What a fun weekend!

We had a great time this weekend! On Friday night my parents came up and the boys went to a Diamonbacks game. They left in the 11th inning and the game was still going on when they got home!
On Saturday we went to the Pointe South Mountian and swam at the water park with Grandma and Grandpa. The girls did pretty good and Livvy fell asleep in Grandma's arms. Olivia's tummy has been hurting her because we have thrush, so she was a little cranky. But overall they did great! Audree loves to kick and splash in the water and she went down the lazy river with Mom.

Later that night Doug and I went to see Tim & Faith in concert!!! WOW! We had a blast! We were in the 6th row! It was so awesome to be that close. Out of all the people I would like to see in concert, it would be them! They are very talented and sounded great live. Faith has an incredible voice and is very personable with the crowd. She even waived to me and gave me a wink!!;) They sang about 6-8 songs together and then sang by themselves the rest of the time. I just kept taking pictures because they were right by us. We sang right along with them, our voices were tired and our ears were ringing at the end of the night. We were right in front of the back up singers and it was so fun to watch and listen to them. The couple next to us got engaged on the last song, and of course I took pictures and am going to send them through email. Doug surprised me with the tickets just because. He is such a sweetie and does so many things to make me happy! He is a great husband, father and person. I love you Doug!

Yummy Food!

Audree and Olivia started eating rice cereal about a month ago when they turned 6 months. The first time I made it I didn't read the directions and made it SUPER thick. Livvy was gagging! I then read the directions and made it really runny. Since then we have introduced lots of veggies and fruits and even a 2nd meal. The girls like to snack on puffs and are learning to grab them and put them in their mouths. It's so fun to watch their faces when they try a new food! YEA for new things!

A built in buddy

So our girls are interacting more and more these days. Livvy usually wakes up 1st from her nap, and when we go to get Audree, they get so exctied to see each other. After they eat I sit them in front of each other and they coo, smile and try to gives kisses(really try to eat each other:) I love watching them interact. It is so neat to see the bond they have already. There are the curiosity hair pulls and the accidental bonks, but every bit is worth it to see them smile at each other. I can't imagine having one....it's so neat that they have a built in buddy!

Our story

So just for journaling sake and to reminice(sp?) I wanted to post about my story about the girls. Doug and I decided to have a baby and got pregnant on the first try. We were elated! I went to the OB at 10 weeks and he gave me and ultra sound. Lo and behold their were 2 heartbeats!! We couldn't believe it! There are no twins on either side of our families. I had a great pregnacy and worked until I was 29 weeks(about7 months) I then went on modified bedrest and had the girls 3 weeks early by c-section. (Audree was breech) Here is what they looked like when they were brand new



Audree Eliza weighed 7.3 and Olivia Suzette was 5.10. Their middle names are after our mother's. It is so neat to have 2 that way no one feels left out!

My mom got to stay with us for 3 weeks which was such a blessing because I got to sleep a little more and I was still recovering from my c-section. I was blessed to be able to breastfeed them and it's still going great!

I loved hearing their 1st little cries! I couldn't/can't believe that Heavenly Father would entrust me with two of his angels! They are the sweetest girls. I love being their mother and love watching Doug be a dad. My life is full of love and so many blessings!
Here is another one of my favorite picture I took when they were 3 weeks old.

We are sick:(

Audree just got over an ear infection and wouldn't you know it Livvy now has one! We went to the ped tonight and he had to dig some wax out of her ear. She was SOOO upset! She threw up and was screaming! I just hate seeing my babies sick:( Thank goodness we can do something about it to help her feel better.

7month pictures

For those of your who didn't know I am obsessed with pictures! I take sooo many here and the girls are such great subjects! Every month I take some to chronicle how they look that month. Here are their 7 month pics. I love the little booties! HA! I hope they don't hate me later. ;)

My first post!

I am bloggin it! Whoo hoo! I think this will be a fun way to keep family and friends up to date on what's going on with our little family! And I hope to print these out someday and have this act as a journal. I will still be emailing ya'll pictures(sorry:) but I wanted to share our lives with you in a different way.
Of course I chose the pink background b/c I LOVE pink and I have 2 sweet girls! Sorry Dougie!