Happy Birthday Daddy!

Daddy turned the big 30 today! We were very excited to celebrate with him at Grammy and Daddy Bob's for a special Birthday dinner. Preston is the best Daddy ever and he shows Gracie and Bailey that he loves them each and every day. I love when he walks through the door and Gracie and Bailey both go running to him. He is so sweet to always have a special playtime with them while I am cleaning up dishes from dinner. I love the way that he always makes Gracie and Bailey feel like they are on top of the world or at least "on top of his shoulders for now!"

Snow Days

On Sunday night it snowed here in GA and we accumulated around 6 inches. We were so excited to show Gracie and Bailey the snow. As soon as they awoke we took them to the window and Gracie was able to say the cutest little word "snow" you have ever heard. Around 10am we took them out the play and their little legs could barely step out of the snow. We used tupperware bins as make shift sleds since I didn't take my mom's advice "yes mom you were right" to purchase sleds for Christmas. Gracie loved every second of it and through the biggest fit when it was time to come inside for lunch. Bailey quickly discovered that he was not as found of the fluffy white stuff and so I let him hang out and eat fruit snacks in the back of the tailgate while he watched his sister sled down the driveway. Today was day two in the snow and when Gracie awoke she literally went to the front door trying to turn the knob yelling "snow, snow, out, out!" I thought about the day ahead of time because I wanted Bailey to have fun too and so we were prepared with Bailey's snow mobile which seemed to help. Gracie still stayed out longer playing with her Daddy. They went down the slide in the snow, made snow angels, played snow fetch with Dixie and even kicked the soccer ball in the snow. We have loved having Preston home with us these past two days to play in the snow in between his working from home!

Cutest snow twins ever!

Our make shift sleds

Gracie and Bailey's snow castle

Bailey in his snowmobile

Sweet Gracie

Laughing at Daddy being silly in the snow

Our snow puppy Dixie

Imaginations at Play

I found "Imaginations at Play" in Buford on the Internet and I had been wanting to try it out with Gracie and Bailey as it looked so much fun. We were so excited to have Grammy come with us to play. I packed a lunch and we were off. It was great that the center was so close to home and it was fabulous for keeping up with twins as it was completely child proofed which is a big plus. The center had different stations including a "grocery store, art center, backyard patio, music tree, toddler land, vet office, bubble tub, train table, beach and dress up stage." The twins had a blast running from station to station and discovering new things. I think their favorites were the grocery store where they were able to fill up cute little buggy's and the music tree where they played on various instruments. We made Grammy a little nervous when it was time to produce our first painting but luckily all the paint stayed off of our clothing! I am very blessed to have a mother in law who dives right into the fun with her grand babies. If you have little a one then check out the fun at http://www.imaginationsatplay.com

Gracie and Bailey in the music tree

Cooking up some burgers at the backyard grill

Bailey is on a mission with his grocery cart

Grammy and the twins making some art masterpieces

Bailey loving the dumping trucks in the beach sand table

Big Kid Changes

Last night I decided to change Gracie and Bailey's high chairs into "big kid booster seats." I have loved their Fisher Price space saver highchairs and I am so glad that they transform into booster seats. This morning when Gracie and Bailey woke up I showed them their big kid chairs and made a huge to do which included cheering and clapping. They couldn't climb into their chairs fast enough and Bailey started clapping. I recently have been debating about what to do with their room as they have always shared a nursery. I am starting to think about their big kid beds and I am having a very hard time deciding if I want to continue to keep them in their same room or if they need to have separate big kid rooms. It is hard to think about my babies being separated and so hard to think about saying goodbye to their nursery which I love so much. Please pray for our family as we continue with making our "big kid decisions!"

Celebrating our new big kid chairs at breakfast

Celebrating the New Year

This New Years Eve we had Preston's brother, Parker and his wife Nicole over to celebrate and eat dinner. We rushed back from Macon just the day before and I was so overwhelmed with unpacking from about two weeks and trying to figure out how to organize all the new toys/gifts. Somehow we got everything done and we had a fabulous time just hanging out with family. The Dawgs played and although the game wasn't very interesting we still had fun watching Gracie and Bailey cheer on the Dawgs. After dinner the boys played cornhole outside and Nicole and I stayed inside just having girl talk mostly about preparing for Mary Elizabeth's arrival. I love watching Preston and Parker when they get together because it is like they act as if they are literally 10 yrs old again. I think they stayed outside playing until about 2 in the morning! Throughout the night Gracie would point to Aunt Nicole's belly and say "baby" it was the cutest thing ever. She got a little mixed up and started pointing to my belly and saying "baby" and I definitely cleared that one up. It is funny as the new year approaches it seems that Gracie isn't the only one who is questioning us about a baby in my belly. I have alot of friends who had babies around the same time as I had the twins and they all are announcing that they are pregnant again. Just to clear the record...Preston and I are very content with our family of four at this point in time. When I told Preston about people questioning us who are announcing he said "honey they had one, we had two...ask them to ask you when they are announcing their third!" Point well said. At one time I did honestly think we would be expecting by this point in time but I am head over heels in love with having fun with my Gracie and Bailey and want to bask in this fun time for just a little longer. Last year was a blessed but hard, really hard year and Preston and I are enjoying every minute of our time together and being able to do so much more with Gracie and Bailey. With that said...Iam for certain that 2011 will be such a fun year for our family and I can't wait to see what the year entails for my precious family.

The boys "Parker, Bailey and Preston" celebrating a touchdown

Cutest lil Dawg fan ever!

There is a baby, "Mary Elizabeth" in THIS belly!