February has flown by!

This month has been full of nothing but stress. There has been some funny moments, but for the most part, I will be glad to flip the page to February!!

My cousin's son Braden had to go to the hospital for a scheduled surgery. I wanted to get him something to take to the hospital and found this KU pillow pet. For some reason Julia just fell in love with it. I actually had to go and buy another for Braden. This one now goes places with us and is always in her bed. She is a crack up!

When Braden was in the hospital we did watch his sister, Hadley, some and the girls had a blast!

While Braden was in the hospital, Mom's best friend ended up in the ICU in very critical condition. We were up at the hospital a lot. Here is Julia visiting Braden.

 

To run off some energy I took the kids to the YMCA. Julia was a huge fan of the foam pit.

On Valentine's Day Natalie finally had her scope. All of the results were great and the procedure went fine. Here are Natalie and Mi Mi in the waiting room.

And here we are waiting to go back.

 

And here we are sleeping so sweet in recovery. She didn't want to wake up at all!!

And we are awake and got a Popsicle. The first thing she wanted to do was go and see Carol. She has a heart of gold.

Julia and I made a little time for pancakes before library time. I swear that girl can eat her weight in pancakes.

To get away for a while I decided to take the kids to the ranch. Kendra joined us with her kids and we had a great time!

Our babies.

Getting ready to head out and see the cows.

Playing with some play-dough and having a snack!

Letting Julia take a spin in the truck.

Nope, Natalie's attire at the ranch is the same.

Silly kids.

I have no idea how we are going to get these paci's away from Julia!!!

Since Natalie had her scope on Valentines day, we decided to celebrate it later. Here the girls are opening their gifts.

With all the stress going on, my MAPS girls sent me some flowers. They are the best!

My baby cousin Chelsey cheered her last game this Friday night!! Man, we are getting old!!

Julia is a climbing and swinging monkey. Good thing we have had good weather!!

Natalie certainly has her very own fashion sense!!

Julia is also in love with cows. Darryl got her this Red Angus one from an auction. Yep, she adores it. Mike also got her one, so currently in her bed there are 2 cows, 1 Jayhawk pillow pet, 1 teddy bear a pillow and about 6 paci's. Crazy girl.

And here are some videos I had on my phone!

 

Playing Catch Up - What's New?

With everything that has been going on I don't even know where to start! Dad had to leave a week after my surgery. The next week Natalie had an allergic reaction at school that led us to using the epi pen for the first time and an ER visit. Then, both girls came down with RSV. And finally, last week Natalie had another allergic reaction at school, but we caught it with Benadryl. The weather here has been fantastic, so we have been trying to take advantage of that, I am sure it is going to change at any moment! So, in no particular order, here is what we have been up for the past couple of weeks.

The older girls love driving thier battery operated cars and now the babies are in on the action. Too bad they can't steer yet!

After Natalie had her visit to the ER I stopped to get her some ice cream. I am pretty sure that it was awesome. I was just so thankful that she got to come home and was OK! She started running a fever in the ER, but I think that was due to the epi pen. It was scary to use it, but I was glad to know that we could use it if we had to!

We also had to take Natalie to the allergist after her reaction and Mom had to drive because I wasn't allowed to yet. This is Julia in her car with headphones on watching Elmo.

We also went to the ranch again last weekend. It is so beautiful there. Much to Julia's surprise, the cow's were right out the back window! Man, that girl loves cows.

Here the girls are cuddling in Pa Pa's big bed at the ranch. They are so sweet.

Of course there is always good food at the ranch. Here the girls are enjoying one of thier favorite meals, steak! Shhh...no one tell the cows!

I had to take the girls to the doctor last week and we were told they had RSV. The poor things. The cough was awful! They are finally on the mend, but i have to admit they looked pretty cute when they had to do their breathing treatments!

The weather here has been just great and we have been trying to take advantage of it when we can! After preschool one day we took the kids to the zoo. It was Julia's first time to really "get it" and wow, she loved it!

After the zoo we met Dad for some very nutritious McDonalds.

Julia's favorite thing is the ketchup. Yuck.

Last weekend Jeff helped me with a lot of craft projects around the house. Of course that meant a trip to lowes. Natalie wants to dress her self everyday and all she wants to wear are leotards and tights. Whatever, not worth the battle. So, here is Jeff and his very stylish girls at lowes!

Here is one of the craft projects that Jeff helped me make. A bow/headband holder for baby Landrey! Wish I would have had one when my girls were little!!

We surprised the big girls with tickets to the Disney Princesses show. They were super excited and I have to admit that it was good! I think Natalie ate her entire tub of popcorn. She has also seemed a little sensitive to sound, so Jeff got her some shooting ear protection and it worked perfect!

The, "I am done taking photos" look.

When Dad was here I let the girls put on some makeup. Wow. That is all I can say about that!

Julia loved Pa Pa's hat. Here the girls are modeling it. Sorry Dad, I think they look a lot cuter in it!!

 

Not sure what is going on in these photos of Julia. Looks like just another dinner...she is such a goofball.

Natalie has her Ba-Ba and Julia has her handmade blanket from her Godmother, Kendra. Has to sleep with it and every once in a while it gets to leave her bed.

Pa Pa and his girls. They don't like him at all, can't you tell? :)

When the girls had RSV we had a couple rough nights around here. After I had been up with Julia for most the night, Jeff took over in the early morning. I got up and couldn't find them. Jeff finally emerged and he and Julia were sleeping on her floor. Too sweet.

Every night we read to the girls and of course Julia has to pinch my armpit. Goofy girls.

Julia is just now getting the phone. Her favorite people to talk to are her Pa Pa's. What a lucky girl, she has three! I was getting her dressed when the phone rang and I couldn't even finish putting her dress on before she wanted the phone!

Jeff took this photo and I love it. Yep, that is my girl!!

I know that every kid has some unusal things that they do, but Julia has some really weird bedtime things. She has never really wanted anything except her blanket in her bed, until last night. My cousin's son has to go in the hospital on Wednesday, so we went to get him something. I found a KU pillow pet and thought it was perfect. Unfortunately, Julia fell in love with the "bird" and even insisted that it be in her bed. She then also wanted her cow in her bed. I am not sure how long this will last, but it is pretty cute to see that pillow and cow in her bed! Oh, and she has to have a ton of paci's in her bed, because if she can't pinch my armpits, she pinches the nipple part of the paci's.

The other thing she insists on is having her Elmo sleep in a bowl with a glitter bouncy ball beside it. She cracks me up.

Sleep tight Ji-Ji!