She is Here!

While in Springfield for one of Brandon's interviews, my friend Sara had her adorable baby!

Molly made quite the entrance, she arrived four days after her due date and was born on Sara's dad's birthday!

I was so excited yet bummed when I got the phone call that she was in labor, but that I wouldn't get a chance to be there, since I was in STL. But it worked out perfectly, I was able to see her two days after she made her grand entrance into this world. And she is beautiful!

Congrats Sara and Justin!!!

Playing in the Snow

A couple of days after Super Bowl Sunday, a good size snow finally fell in St Louis.. and the even better part- we were completely prepared to play in it! We usually talk about getting a sled around Christmas- but put it off until after it's too late. But not this time! This time I went to Target a few nights before the snow was supposed to hit and bought the boys snow bibs, a sled, and all the other necessitites.

Aren't those blue eyes just beautiful?!

After playing around in the backyard for a while, Brandon wasn't satisfied. He said that we needed to go down a "real" hill. So we loaded up and went to the high school that is just a couple of miles away from the house. While we had a blast going down the steep hill, I think it took the boys a little while to get used to the speed.

After going down the hill went headed home for some "warm" hot chocolate and cookies. And then we all went down for naps! It was a great day

Super Bowl Sunday

GOOO SAINTS!!!

Since Brandon and I started dating we've always looked forward to Super Bowl Sunday. We used to make a ton of food and watch the Friends Seasons all day until the half time show of the game, but since living in St Louis, we've actually started watching the game. This year was especially exciting, since the New Orleans Saints made it to the Super Bowl for the First TIME! My whole family is from Louisiana, so even though I might not be the biggest Saints fan (I was born and raised a Dallas Cowboys fan who married a die hard St Louis Rams fan), I still have to route for the home team.



We dressed the boys up in their LSU Tiger shirts and taught them to say GOOO SAINTS! It sounded more like "Go AINT'S!!!! So we all pigged out on Rotel, little smookies, brownies and cookies and watched the great nail bitter of a game!

The Magic House

In all the years that Brandon and I have been together, I have heard him say how awesome the Magic House is.... but in the almost 3 years of having kids we have never even thought about taking the boys there until last week!

We weren't sure at first how much they would be able to enjoy- but all 3 loved every minute of it! I am glad I was able to sit them a snap a quick picture before the craziness began!

We can't wait to go back, when we have longer to play. The Magic House is massive! It is definitely an all day trip!

Too Cute

There isn't a point to this one... I just loved the pics! They are seriously best friends..we'll get to the potty training posts later!

Lincoln

I thought I would do a post about each boy. Afterall this is what the purpose of this whole blog is!

How do I describe my Lincoln?
Lincoln was the first born. Lincoln Grant Howard ( we call him our presidential baby)was born at 4:32pm on May 9, 2007. As soon as we saw the first ultrasound pics of our boys, Lincoln was always the bigger of the two. He was always the more "aggressive" of the two in utero. He was always kicking Daniel in the face, stretching out and taking up all of the attention on the ultrasounds. He was "Baby A".

Weighing 5lbs 12oz, Lincoln was the heavier of the two. He was the one to go into the full term nursery, come into my roomn whenever he wanted, and the dr's just ranted and raved over him. He was the big boy. And still is to this day!

Lincoln has always done things first. Even if just by a day, he's usually the first one to accomplish the goal. Even though he is only 5 minutes older than Daniel, he has the oldest child attitude. Lincoln is my snuggler, my helper, and the one that wants to make everything okay. If you say "ouch" he drops what he is doing, and runs over to ask,'' are you okay momma?" Lincoln has a heart that is 10 times bigger than his body. He says his "Thank you God"(night prayers) every night, and thanks God for his Baby Brooke (his cousin) and every night while tucking him in, he refuses to let Brandon or I leave the room, without asking for a second helping of momma hugs and kisses and dadda hugs and kisses. When you ask for a hug or when he just randomly comes up and give you one, he'll pat you on the back, just as a extra way of saying love you!
Lincoln loves football and dancing. He has just this week learned how to shake his bottom, and loves to show you how. His favorite toys are his choo choo trains, firetrucks, and hot wheels cars. He favorite store in the world is Target! He asks to go there every other day. And when we do go, he knows exactly where the toys are- no matter which location we go to! ( and I think we have been to almost every single Target in the greater St Louis region!) Lincoln's favorite food is BBQ baked lays and pizza, and he loves chocolate milk.

I don't know why, but when I look into Lincy's eyes everynight, it's like he melt's my heart. There are nights where I just don't want to stop giving him hugs. I've tried to create a speical thing between each boy and myself; and for Lincoln, we kiss each other as fast as we can about 10 times, and then give each other noseies. (wierd, I know, but he started doing it and requests it!)

New Years

Brandon and I did a first this year. We spent New Years with another couple. Since moving to St Louis, I have made a dear friend through my local twins club. We don't get to spend nearly enough time together since she has 4 kids I have 3, she works full time crazy hours, and lives 35 miles away! So we decided early on in December that we would spend NYE together.. with 6 of our 7 kids. Did I mention that all of the kids in the house were 5 and under?! Yep, we are just that crazy folks!

We just cooked Sam's Brand pizza's (so yummy!) and ate some super delicious queso her hubby made. The girls gabbed, the men watched tv, and the kids ran around her house like it was Chuck E' Cheese.

Eily(her little girl that is 3 weeks younger than L&D) passed out on the couch with her ginormous Minnie Mouse that she got for Christmas. Seriously, this Minnie has to be at least 3 feet tall. Anyway, she passed out and Daniel played trains on the floor beneath her.Okay, two things: is that not the most adorable thing you've ever seen? and second I told you Minnie was Ginormous.

While Carrie's kids pass out and stay asleep, we attempted to put the boys down in Eily's room. That resulted in Greyson crawling into bed with Eily snuggling with her, and the twins whispering, " Eily seeping. Trey move!" ( They call Greyson Trey) So after about 15 trips upstairs they finally passed out. About 30 minutes later Eily woke up, and then the boys woke up! So we got loaded up and headed back home. All 5 of us made it til midnight!
On the 30 minute drive home we remembered that we had no milk at the house, so we thought we would be smart and stop at a WalGreen on the way home. I mean we live in St Louis, so they should all be open all night, right? WRONG! So then we headed to Schnucks across the street, thinking that it would be open... once again, WRONG! We had to drive to the Wal Greens past our house to pick up a gallon of milk. But this time it was well into the 1 am hour, and the boys were still awake!
Luckily, as soon as we got home, we put the boys down they passed out and slept until 9 the next morning! Thank goodness we all were able to recover a little!