Friday, October 21, 2011

Two, two year olds!

I've said it a lot, but it's just so crazy to me that my babies are two!
They had their two year appoinment a couple of weeks ago.
Avery weighed 26lbs (50%) and is 34in tall (50%)
Carson weighed 30lbs (75%) and is 36in tall (90%)

So, two years has been fun and challenging already! (and it's only been a few weeks)
I thought the "terrible twos" had just hit us early and maybe, just maybe the worst of it was over.
Nope, we are at an all time high of fit throwing, saying no, and fighting, fighting, fighitng. Did I mention that they fight a lot? :)

They are sure cute though, and they say and do so many cute things everyday.
They are loving school, and get really excited when we talk about it. They have a few friends that they talk about, which I think is just the sweetest thing. They don't even cry when I drop them off now, just run right in without looking back (sigh). They are getting a little too independent for me.

Avery loves shoes! She loves when she gets a new pair of shoes and she loves wearing around mommy's high heals. So cute! She also loves the color pink. Everything is pink and the answer to any color question is always pink. Guess we need to work on our colors a little more.
Carson loves pushing his lawn mower around the yard, especially when Shane is mowing. He gets so excited when he sees Shane getting the lawn mower out, he starts yelling, "daddy mow, outside" over and over!
They are loving their new kitchen Grand-D got them for their birthday.
Washing their hands, going "beep, beep" on the microwave, and making coffee for mommy and daddy, are some of their favorite things to do in their kitchen.

We love Carson's hair! It's long, and a little shaggy, and has a little curl to it, and we love how it looks on him. It's still soft baby hair, and reminds me that he is still a baby! He has been mistaken for a girl a couple of times, and we've had several people suggest a hair cut, and we will cut it one day, but not right now :)
Sweet boy, huggning on his baby.
They love wearing their sunglasses.

Avery tries to wear them on her head like MiMi does.
You can see the look of concentration on her face.
Such a handsome boy!
Carson and Avery are just chattering away lately. I am amazed at some of the things they say, and remember. They repeat just about everything I say (good and bad)
Here is what they are saying and doing at 2 years:
-They love singing. Twinkle, twinkle is their favorite right now and they can sing almost the whole thing. They also love, Jesus Loves Me, the Wheels on the Bus, and their ABC's
-They love Target and get really excited when I tell them we are going. Carson starts saying, "pop, pop" (we always get popcorn when we go) and Avery starts saying, "buggy ride" the girl loves riding in the buggy.
-little story: When we were at the doctor's office recently, Avery kept saying, "Nuhcka ball, nuhcka ball" over and over while we were in the exam room and I could not figure out what she was saying until we left to go check out and she ran over to the basket of dum dums and picked one up and said, "nuhcka ball!" That's what she calls suckers now, the "nuhcka" shounds like sucker, and I guess she says, "ball" because it's round like a ball. It's so cute!
-Everytime they get hurt or bump their heads, they run to the freezer and ask for ice.
-Anytime they see a bandaid on someone they say, "oh no, boo boo, kiss it" while they lean in to give the bandaid a kiss, kinda gross but really sweet.
-Carson loves old people, it is just the sweetest thing. He always waves and says hi to any older person he sees, especially if they're in a wheelchair, isn't that sweet?
-They are still obsessed with the potty. Carson has finally pee peed in the potty a couple of time and Avery has pooped twice in the potty. Still not anywhere near ready to potty train them, but they are definetely interested and excited about it.
-They have started telling each other to "moof" (move) and "moof back" (move back), I've been trying to teach them to say excuse me, and they're getting it, slowly.

Happy two years!!

Monday, October 3, 2011

Oink, Moo, Cock-A-Doodle-Do

We had a very fun farm party on Saturday!
MiMi made the cute invitations,
and these cute banners.
This was such a fun theme! I had so much fun with the planning and decorating!
We had farm food,

a farm family,
farm cupcakes,
and a farm bounce house,
The kids had so much fun in the bounce house.
Carson and Blake had a little run in..
So happy!
Aubrey and Kennedy,
Tay,
I think the little kids loved the bounce house almost as much as the big kids did :)
The bubbles were a big hit too!


Happy Birthday to you!!!
They both actually blew out their own candles.

Yum
We truly have the best family and friends, thank you all so much for helping make Carson and Avery's day so special. I tried to get pictures of everyone, but I missed a few (sorry Loyd's, Everhart's and Alexander's) I'm trying to get better about capturing all these moments and all these relationships on camera, but I have room to grow still!!

Avery and Grand-D
Jo-jo, Bran, and Britty,
Erin and Amy with Molly and Emery Kate
Jenni and aunt TT with sweet baby Jesse
Baker and his mommy Brandy,
Davis family (minus Eli)
Sweet baby Alice and her mommy Amanda,
Brody,
Teagan,
Teagan's mommy Amber and her mom Kasey,
Brooke and Gavin,
Our other twin friends, the Walkers
Sweet Camille, haging out with the "farm dogs" (and no, Carson and Avery did not get puppies for their birthday, I haven't completely lost my mind :)
Carson, Reid and Taylor hanging in the sandbox,
Uncle Ryan and Blake, looking way too excited to be at a kids bday party,
Opening presents was complete chaos,
They would open one, then take it to PaPa so he could take it out of the package for them to play with, completely forgetting about the rest of the presents. It took a long time to get them all open,
They were super excited about the new kitchen Grand-D got them,
Avery put all of her new crayons into her front pocket and carried them around the rest of the day, it was precious!
Carson loves his new trunk Uncle Travis, Aunt JJ, and baby Barrett sent,
Even Maggie had a good time with the new toys, we found her out there the next day like this. There was a pink crayon left in the grass that was a little melted and she decided it would be fun to roll in it,
They were exhausted after the party,
Sweet boy with MiMi,
Happy Birthday Carson, you are our sweet boy and you make us so happy every single day!
Happy Birthday Avery, you are our princess and you bring us so much joy every single day!