House Pictures

Several people have asked me to share pictures of our new house. Well, I am finally getting around to doing that as I am slowly getting all the Christmas stuff put up and the house is looking more normal again:) Today I will share with you my favorite room of our new house, the kitchen. I will share one room at a time as I normally can only keep one room clean at a time with two toddlers full of energy spreading their toys all over the house! I hope to have a living room back to normal soon but with my grandma in the hospital, I have been spending my time there instead of putting up our Christmas Tree!!

My favorites from 2010

Since this is the first day of 2011, I thought I would share some of our 2010 purchases that we wonder now how we lived without!

First, is this little guy.



I have been wanting one for over a year but would never fork over the money to get a Dyson. Well, I wish I would have bought one a long time ago. They are definetely worth the money. And, it doesn't hurt that I got mine on Black Friday at 4AM Half Off! But, they are worth every penny of full price. I will never have anything different again.

Another purchase that I absolutely love is....



I have been admiring these beauties since they first came out. Well, if you know me, you know I'm CHEAP and if you know Twain, you know he is even CHEAPER. My current refrigerator had not fallen completely apart and therefore I would not be buying one anytime soon. Well, when we sold our house they asked that we leave ours. Our new house had stainless steel appliances so we needed to change anyway and it all worked out. I was inlove with it by the first day. The freezer drawers is what I absolutely could never live without again. I pack so much stuff in there it is unreal! If you are in the market, definetely go with the french door with the freezer on bottom and water and ice in the door. Perfect!

You are going to think I'm crazy on this last one. It truly is one of the best discoveries I made in 2010. I have tried every type of face product they make and everyone of them breaks out my face. I have bought hypoallergenic, sensitive skin, blah blah blah. They all break me out. That is, until I tried this bad boy.



I mash up an avocado and put it on my face like a mask and leave it for about 8 minutes. My skin has never been so smoothe and in the morning, NO BREAK OUTS!


What were some of your purchases/discoveries in 2010?

You'll be Jealous!

You will be so jealous, because in March I'm going to be front row seeing this cute guy!

Drum Roll Please...............



One of Braelyn and Bailey's favorite characters right now is Elmo so Mom and I are taking them to see him. I have to admit, I'm a little excited myself. I still remember when my mom and dad took me to see Sesame Street Live when I was about four years old. Memories!

Looking Back

As the holidays are ending, I find myself looking back two years and extremely blessed I am to have Braelyn and Bailey in my life. I don't even remember my life before stretchmarks and fatigue!! I wouldn't go back to it for anything either.



I remember being in the oprating room like it was yesterday. Full of anxiety that they would be okay coming five weeks early. Braelyn was born first and within seconds, I heard her cry and knew she was alright. Then there was Bailey. I will never forget what I said when the nurse walked by and showed me Bailey. I said, " she is so tiny!" I had never even seen a baby so short!!!
Braelyn weighed four pounds, 7 ounces and Bailey weighed four pounds. They were both 17" long. Back then our lives were full of round the clock feedings, checking body temperature, making sure they both always had two blankets wrapped around them and a hat on so they didn't lose body temperature. We couldn't leave the house for two months! I remember dreaming about the day I could just hold them and not all these blankets on them too!

And now, 21 months and 22 pounds later, our days are filled with trying to decide if we are going to play in the playhouse or with the kitchen and watching Dora, Spongebob, and Mickey Mouse. One of their favorite places to go is gymnastics.



It is days like this when I reminisce through photos that I long to have another baby. Oh how I wish I could have the experience again of seeing the first sonogram or the doctor telling you for the first time if your baby is a boy or girl. But I know when we adopt, the feeling will be just the same and we will love he/she the same as we do the girls. I thank God every day that we are all healthy, happy, and ready for what 2011 will bring us!

potty training

So we have just started the potty training process at our house. I would love to hear some of your tricks. My sister in law swears by a process in which her children went naked for a couple of days and pee'd on everything and then they were ready to go. I figure that will be my last resort as no one would want to come sit on my furniture!! Tell me how you trained your little ones!

The start of Christmas

When all is said and done, we will have attended six Christmases this year so we have to start early to get them all in:) Today we had Christmas at my mom's house with my grandma's side of the family on my mom's side. We had a great time. My cousin's daughter, Jayli, was old enough this year to play with the girls so that made it even more fun. And of course, the Dirty Santa was the best part. Twain and I made out good this year. He ended up with an outside hallogen light so he can work after dark on our new fence:) and I got a snowman pillow and snowman to hang on the wall to keep all my Christmas cards in. It went great with the snowman platter my grandma got me. I guess you can tell that I love snowmen!!!

Nah Nah's

Braelyn and Bailey spent some time at Nah Nah's house this morning. It is so wonderful that they have four grandma's that live within 20 miles of our house:)