Katie has been talking so much recently, so I will share:

-She has a pair of blue boots, which have been renamed "Bloots"
-If you ask her if she wants to go to church, she says "No church! I go shopping!" I swear I didn't teach her that!
-She talks to inanimate objects like they are her friends. Example: She is eating dinner, and has a cup of milk. She says, "Hi milk! How we doing?"
- Her new favorite movie is "Mermuhdaid" Translation: The little Mermaid
-If she doesn't want to do something, she says, "I can't want to!"

They lose a little when you write them down instead of hearing it in a cute two year old voice.

Katie also has decided that she wants nothing to do with Mommy if Daddy is around. She is such a daddy's girl recently. It's cute, and I only mind a little bit :) But Aimee is still mine. (And yes, I realize it's because I'm the one that feeds her 10 times a day, but I'll take it!)

This weekend I went down and visited my parents, it was fun. They fed us lots of good food and showered Katie and Aimee with attention, so we were all happy! And then we got into a discussion about politics, which led to national health care. I'll admit I lapsed back to teenager-ness. I played the devil's advocate, and talked about how it sounded like a good idea, just to get a reaction out of my dad. Sadly, my dad was no fun, and didn't get riled up! (I love you dad!) My mom was nice enough to give me her haircut time slot, so I got to get my hair cut too! I love it. The last time I got my hair cut was on Katie's birthday, when she turned one! So I needed it! By the way, what kind of girl goes that long between haircuts? I am determined to never go that long again! Anyway, Thank you mom and dad!
Here's the girls hanging out. They are so cute together! Katie wants to hold her and hug her all day.

One month old! (yesterday)

Well we survived a whole month of two kids. More importantly, they survived it! I also survived my first week of work with four kids! Here is our cute one month old! (wearing her cute bow from Aunt Kelsey!) On an unrelated note, we found out what happens when a two year old doesn't take a nap. Yesterday Katie fell asleep in the car about ten minutes before we got home from work, and big surprise, she woke up before we could get her in bed. We tried putting her to bed anyway, but she screamed like we were trying to kill her, and my nerves just couldn't handle it. So after that, any time we didn't give her exactly what she wanted, exactly when she wanted it, it was full scale meltdown, complete with throwing herself on the ground, kicking, and screaming. It was hilarious, but I also wanted to give her away for the day. Thankfully she was back to her cute self today!

This is freaky!

Sooooo, I think I have a Danny clone! I took some pictures of Aimee last night, and I was amazed! Check this out!

Kim, you'll have to tell me what you guys think! I'll have to see if I can get a picture from when he was a baby to compare!

Another cute one!

This is pretty much what happens all day. Although Aimee is usually not smiling! She's usually sleeping, or trying to. But I really can't complain that Katie loves her so much!

Things here otherwise are pretty good. Nursing is going really well, and it didn't with Katie, so that is really nice. I'm still not getting much sleep, but that's to be expected!

Jon started school on Monday, so he will be gone until 7:30pm on Mondays and Wednesdays. It's definitely hard watching both girls by myself, but today has actually gone pretty well. I do have 3 more hours to go though!

Even though we are totally exhausted we are so happy to have our two cuties!

Merry Christmas!

Better late than never, right?

Here are our two cute girls!

Aimee Elizabeth is here!

She arrived December 17, 2007 at 8:07pm. She was 9lbs 3oz, 21.5 in long! She looks so tiny, but she's actually a pretty good sized baby! She is so cute, and we are all in love with her!

Bye Bye Belly!

Well, I'm going in tomorrow at noon to be induced, she's getting kicked out! We didn't think I'd make it that long, since last Monday I was 5cm already! Hopefully that means it will go pretty quickly! So I'll be back soon to update and post some pics! I can't believe I'm going to have two kids so soon!

Snowman...

So we got all ready for church this morning, and Katie ran to the door (sliding glass door, we don't technically have a front door) and she pulled the curtains away and yelled, "IT'S SNOWMAN!!!" So we went and looked, and sure enough, it was snowing. It didn't last very long, but it was so cute I had to share!

Update! (still pregnant)

I was kind of hoping that I would have had her already, but sadly I am still huge and pregnant, getting more uncomfortable by the day. Jon is excited though, since his finals are on Monday and Tuesday, so if she had come already (or if she came this weekend) it would be kind of stressful for him. So as soon as Wednesday rolls around, I think I may go take some castor oil and jump on the trampoline :) Ok, not really, I'm not desperate yet!
Oh, at my Dr. appointment on Monday, I was measuring 2 weeks ahead of my new due date (Dec 21st) and I am 2.5cm dilated and 80% effaced! Of course that doesn't actually mean anything, I could technically be pregnant another 3 weeks, but it's still exciting. Also, it means I'll probably be having a somewhat large baby.
The contractions are starting to drive me crazy though. I didn't have any with Katie until about a week before I had her, but I've been having them with this one for like 10 weeks! They are starting to come at regular intervals too, just long enough for me to get excited, then they stop. And I also get one every time I stand up, or sit down, or bend over, and the list goes on. But enough about that!

Katie has a new obsession, Nemo has been replaced. I can't say I'm disappointed! She is now in love with The Emperor's New Groove, aka Llama movie! I think it's because we have 3 houses on our street that have llamas (and she has to say hi to each one as we drive past, and comment on whether they are asleep or eating). I must say, I was getting really sick of Nemo, and while it's a great movie, by the 45th time you've seen it, and you know every line, it's time for a change. So ask me again in about a month if I still like Emperor's New Groove!

Nesting?

So I'm 36 weeks pregnant now, and I think the nesting has started. I want to do laundry so bad, the only thing that's stopping me is I have to go outside to get there! I've kept the kitchen really clean, all by myself, since Jon is sick. You probably don't realize how amazing that is for me, I think I went our first couple years of being married without cleaning the kitchen once! Luckily Jon doesn't mind it, and does it for us. But I have this strong urge for the kitchen to be clean! And the bathroom too. And I reorganized Katie's toys. It's getting ridiculous.

So the thing about keeping the kitchen clean that makes it even more amazing is that I've been cooking and baking like crazy. I've been freezing half of everything I make so it can be easier when the baby comes. But the one thing I've been dying to try is cinnamon rolls. I found a recipe that was supposed to taste just like Cinnabons, and so I tried them. Last night I made the dough and got them all ready, and put them in the fridge, then this morning I baked them. They were SO GOOD!!!!! Here's the link to the recipe, if you're interested. It's been a long time since I've been to Cinnabon, but I swear they tasted just the same!

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Clone-of-a-Cinnabon/Detail.aspx

Here they are! (The pre-frosting one is because they were so pretty!)