Christmas Pictures

We had family pictures taken on Friday (since I'm not a Black Friday shopper) and it was the first time since Ainsley's birthday that she has had her picture taken. She didn't start walking until 13 months, so her birthday pictures were really easy - we just plopped her down where we wanted her and she would sit there and smile for the camera. Piece of cake. Now, she's all over the place and has really started to come out of her shell so it was not that easy. She did pretty well in the first room and they got several great shots, but when we moved over to the second room for another round of pictures she was not interested. They did get one picture of me holding her but after that she kept running out of the room or trying to check out the giant teddy bear in the corner. I'm pretty sure we didn't get our ten minutes in each room, but there were still more than enough good pictures to choose from. Here's a few of our favorites . . .

I hate pictures of myself and I can't get over how huge my butt looks here!

The jury is still out on who she looks like.

Although it's pretty obvious who he got his good looks from ;)

She looks like a little girl here instead of a baby. I can't believe how big she is!

Thanksgiving "Break"

We have not really had a break since we got out of school on Friday, but I wouldn't have it any other way.



Nana and Papa came to visit over the weekend (and I only got a few pictures because the batteries in the camera died) with hopes of watching our future pro play in a baseball tournament. The tournament was cancelled due to the rain so Ty had to show off his talent at the batting cages at Putt-Putt. We made a mega trip to Babies'R'Us and got a lot of stuff for the babies and then the guys put the cribs together on Sunday. Ainsley has been so sweet the last week or so. I think the giant top molars she has now were possibly the cause of her crabbiness a few weeks ago. Poor baby - it's too bad (for all of us) that she has quite a few more to come!
We're working on several projects (mostly related to cleaning/organizing) and I have very high hopes of getting at least our kitchen better organized after being inspired by Anjolee and Connie. I would like to post my pitiful "before" pictures for everyone to be shocked and mortified by, but unfortunately it sounds as though naptime is over ;)

24 Weeks

So I'm over halfway there and everything is going really well so far. I don't feel very different than I did being pregnant with Ainsley, but I feel now more like how I felt around 30 weeks pregnant with her. I am still going to the Dr. every 2 weeks but I'm not sick of it yet because I love getting to see the boys on the ultrasound so often. We cleared out their room today (which mostly just made a huge mess upstairs) and ordered their cribs yesterday. I still can't decide what to do about paint, but if I can make a decision Stuart might be able to paint over Thanksgiving break! We also took a new belly picture (cause I know everyone couldn't go a month without seeing one ;)

Here's one of me 28 weeks pregnant with Ainsley. I think I look bigger now at 24 weeks with the twins.

Play Ball...

Ty had a baseball tournament this weekend in Flower Mound. Ty's team was the only rec. team in the tournament, as all the other teams were either AA or AAA teams, who play these tournaments every weekend. It was a great learning experience.

The tournament was called the holiday classic, and the kids got to wear costumes. Being the Angels, they wore halos and angel wings. My own personal angel!

It was in the 50's in the morning, and there was a lot of dew on the field. I took this picture during warm ups, and I love how you can see their wings. That's Ty in the middle.

The coaches decided to dress as monks. So we had two monks and a team of Angels. We are blessed!

After their games on Saturday, they also had a league game to play. Courtney and Ainsley came to watch. Ainsley had a tough time as she couldn't tell which kid was Ty. They all looked alike in their uniforms. She was so excited when he came over to see her. She wanted to spend the whole game doing one of three things. Poking the players in the dugout through the fence, playing in the mud puddles, or running around the fields.

Ty had a blast, and loved spending the whole weekend at the ball fields. It was exhausting though.

When we got home, Ainsley wanted to play catch with Ty. We gave her an old glove of Ty's and she ran around the house with it on one hand, and a ball in the other. Ty was a great big brother and played catch with her. She loved it!