Texas Fight!

Today is the Texas/OU game - biggest game of the year!  Last year the twins missed this game by one day.  In fact, I went to labor a few hours after the game (I'm assuming that the stress of the game DID NOT have anything to do with my early labor!). 

Forrest left early this morning to play golf, so he wasn't here to prevent me from outfitting us all in Longhorn gear.

Texas Fight!

 Sorry about the poor quality of this one.  It is very hard to take a self portrait while holding two one-year olds on your lap.

One year birthday

Olivia and Carter turned one year old on Tuesday.  I don't think I've ever looked forward to any birthday more than I've looked forward to this one.  It came with a strong sense of accomplishment and thanksgiving.  Is it weird to say that I was mostly just proud of them?  That's really how I felt.  I was so proud of them for growing into the toddlers that they are now.  Plus, I was extremely grateful to have experienced this year with them and Forrest. 

When I went into their bedroom that morning, I immediately proclaimed that it was their birthday.  Then I sang them every birthday song I could think of.  They understood my excitement but probably not its cause, but that's ok.  I want them to know that their birthday is a big deal to me, which is just what my parents did on my birthdays.

I also heard Forrest telling Olivia that "one year ago today was a great day for us, probably not for her, but it definitely was for us."  I thought that was really sweet. 

We didn't have a party because we'll do that at the lake house next weekend.  They did get a couple cards in the mail and some balloons from their teachers and classmates at school.  I served them yogurt for dinner with mandarin oranges inside, as that is their favorite meal. 

O and C - thank you for the best year of my life.  You two are such a joy to me and I'm grateful for the time we've been given together.  I love you this much!

P.S. babies.... I know one of you pooped in the tub on your birthday but neither of you have owned up to it. You seem intent on keeping that secret from me.  I will forgive it since it was your birthday and it's a general rule in our family that you can do no wrong on your birthday.

Sunday Funday

"Funday" is probably an abuse of that word....we didn't do anything particularly fun.  We just hung out at the house, but these two are getting so fun that every day feels like a Sunday Funday.

Bath time

Is there anything cuter than bath pics?  I'm not sure that there is.  I look at some pics of me, my sisters, and cousins in the bathtub and I find them to be adorable.  Some people find them humiliating and I'm not sure why.  Surely baby/kid nakedness isn't embarrassing to the adult version of that person.  Who knows....hopefully these two will smile at these pics some day just like I did as I took them.

Saturday morning on the porch

Last night their grandfather Frosty stopped in to meet the twins.  Unfortunately he arrived after they had gone to bed, but he did get to see them this morning.  He was great with them.  They are definitely in a "stranger danger" phase but he didn't push them at all to open up to him.  He just waited for them to warm up on their own and after a little while, they did just that.  Olivia even crawled over to where he was sitting and reached her arms up, asking him to hold her.  It was very sweet.  He had to leave mid-morning so it wasn't a long visit, but it was still great.  I'm so glad they got to meet each other.

I didn't get any pics of them together.  It was really kind of a whirlwind.  These pics were taken out on our porch after he left.

A night with Hannah

Hannah (the woman who know from church) babysat the twins at our house for the first time on Wednesday night.  I was in Dallas for one of my business trips and Forrest taught, so Hannah stayed with the twins from 3:00-9:30.  I got the below pics from her and they made my night.

There was one more bath pic but unfortunately it wasn't modest enough for the blog, but it was adorable as well.

Theme month at Crayon College

Take a look at this bit of ridiculousness:

When I saw this calendar I wanted to scream and throw it away.  It would take a lot of money and work for me to dress my kids in "theme" for even half the days of the month.  However, upon second look, there are some days that my kids can participate in without causing me a bunch of drama.  So, we participated in the first day of theme month: Pajama Day. 

I didn't get pics of them at school in their jammas, but I did take a few before they left for the day.