Aren't the cute? When they are happy.

Madison Loves to wear anyone's shoes but her own so she wore my running shoes, and picked out her own outfit for the day. I think she wanted to dress like me cause she kept saying she wanted to go to the gym.

Caitlyn loves to help with the dishwasher, I won't tell you that those are dirty dishes, that might just gross you out.

Both my kids will eat tomatoes like apples, they just love them, we go through over 10 a week. She may not have front teeth yet but she will eat the whole thing.

Messy messy day...

And I just liked this picture, she loves to crawl in bed with her sister, this is a good and bad thing, good because they just love each other, Bad because she will do it at night and wake her up..or at nap time. But she is learning to just ignore her now so we are hoping for a good nights sleep sometime in the near future.

I'm glad you like them.

The other day I bought some strawberries, I was super excited about it and apparently so were my kids.

here is Madi stealing the strawberries

Caitlyn wanted in on the action (she ate 4 huge strawberries, her record is 5)

And for good measure Madi decided to take a bite out of all of them put them in a bowl and hand them to me, what a good test taster she is.

my girls

The girls are starting to play together and it is soo cute. Madison is always telling caitlyn to "come on, follow me". She just loves her sister most of the time. Caitlyn loves to stand, but doesn't know how to sit afterward. Her new favorite place is the kitchen, so i really have to be careful as to what is on the floor. Right now they are both fighting cold and what not so we are just hanging in there and hoping they get better soon.

future referee

The Sock Puppet was clearly off side! Makes her Daddy proud!

GONZAGA GAME

We have lived here 3 years and had yet to go to a GU game. So when Evan scored some free tickets we jumped on that. It was in the afternoon and the girls did great! Too bad we jost.

my baby is crawling!

Someday's are better than others, but the last few days have been great! My kids are growing so fast and are learning new things everyday. Madi can now count to 15! who taught her that. She is speaking in full sentences most of the time and can laugh all day. Caitlyn is crawling now and jabbering up a storm.. I took a step back earlier today and just looked at them, they are so stinkin cute. I know sometimes I can get down and irritated with them cause everything goes wrong that day, but they really are GREAT kids and i couldn't ask for better. I just need to put on a different hat and laugh right along with them and enjoy the time that we have together. I am blessed to be able to stay home with them.

(this is from week ago)
The other day we went to the mall park with a friend of our (of course i forgot my camera). Madi and her friend loved playing peekabo and going down the slides holding hands, it was adorable. Caitlyn tried keeping up but just isn't that fast yet, just give her a week.

sometimes.....

Sometimes i get really jealous of my husband...I know it sounds weird but as I see him succeed at his job it makes me jealous to a point. He gets to leave and come home from a paying job. home, i can never truly relax because I always see something that needs to be done. I have to admit I like to work and Iwas a dang good employee too. Let me just say that I love my kids and I know that I need to stay home to raise them and I wouldn't have it any other way. But sometimes I would love to go just get away. I feel extremely guilty when I spend money (even on groceries), so my guilt factor on clothes is skyrocketed (so it does not happen much if at all). I can fully understand how some stay at home moms get depression though. When there is constantly crying, messes or you are getting hit or kicked constantly, the tantrums oh the tantrums. sometimes it's just too much. But with the bad comes good also. The little kisses and hugs just melt my heart. And when they laugh i can't help but laugh right along with them cause it is so darn cute. I love when my kids are happy and that I have been given the opportunity the raise them, they are my pride and joy. But a mommy needs a break too.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADISON!!!!

Our baby is 2 years old! How did this happen? She is so fun to be around and just loves to dance and sing. She is most definitely a Daddy's girl and is a wonderful big sister (most of the time).

She does not like to nap, sadly i think those days will end this summer.

She talk talk talks and loves mickey mouse clubhouse!

can count to 12

She can potty in the toilet most of the time!

And she just LOVES animals especially dogs.

for her birthday we went to Jump n' Party, she absolutely loved it! She took Evan everywhere, especially the big slides! She kept throwing herself of things and saying "ouch" and then would laugh about it. Silly silly girl.

YAY MADISON!!!

I have had 2 goals that I wanted accomplished as a parent so far that those were

NO bottle by 1
Potty trained by 2


I can now say I have accomplished both of those with my first child!!!!! WAY TO GO MADISON!!!

grateful!

I rarely have a moment to myself, I have a almost 2 year old that talks my ear off and a 7 month old that also needs constant attention and has yet to sleep through the night...sigh.....my house is a mess and I can't seem to get ahead. That is when I am at the end of my rope. But someone once told me that when you are at the end of your rope tie a knot at the bottom and hold on.
Today my husband could see that I was a little testy, so instead of saying that he said "you should go do something today", I thought he said "we" so I am thinking okay we have 2 sick girls where are we going to go! But again he said "do you want to go to the gym or shopping by yourself today". I was floored, I do not remember the last time i went to town without the girls. So i went grocery shopping. I know I know it sounds lame but it was actually relaxing and when i came home the girls were napping!!! Just what I needed.

facebook and two kids took over my life!

I just read my last post from a YEAR ago!! where has that time gone. I swear i was just on here. My goodness where to start where to start. Oh ya we have 2 girls now. Caitlyn joined our family on June 9th 2010. She is 7 months old now and just a joy to have in our lives. She absolutely adores her big sister. She is becoming quite vocal and is very close to crawling already. I just can't believe it. Madison is going to be 2 next week and a fireball and definitely 2, but we love and she is so fun to be around, she has such a happy personality. Sometimes I look at my life and want it slow down cause i feel like my kids are growing too fast, then there are days where i just want to not have babies anymore so we have a little more freedom. But we are good at rolling with the punches around here and we keep going. Right now i just want to say we are alive and it is one of my goals to keep this updated now, since we still don't live near family. I would give everyone a recap but lets be honest that is a whole year worth of stuff and I just don't have that time or energy.