Happy New Year...

2009 had a lot of ups and downs for our family but I am SO excited to be bringing in the new year with my precious boys!!

Mike and I have been so blessed with these little guys... and our big guy Brevin.

Wishing everyone a happy New Year with lots of happy times to come!!

Merry Christmas

Just wanted to pop in to say Merry Christmas

to all my "blogger" friends....

I hope and pray that you ALL have a wonderful day...

knowing that this is a day that can be hard with loss of loved ones...

loss of jobs...

loss of a marriages...

loneliness...

heartache...

I pray that you all feel Gods loving arms around you!

Christmas Dream

Christmas is only 8 days away!! Amazing!! I am very excited this year to celebrate with my 3 boys (4 counting my husband). It is a dream come true that we have 2 more little ones with us. I never imagined that this Christmas, 2009, would be the Christmas that my dreams came true.. that God blessed us with three amazing children... Mike and I still cannot believe that we are the parents of 3 boys here on earth and one little boy in Heaven...

This Sunday is my wedding anniversary - it will be 8 wonderful years!! Mike is seriously the most amazing husband (and father).. we have been through a lot together.. with moving to Howell and making our home here... meeting new friends... the birth of our son Brevin... the miscarriage we had in 2006... the stillbirth of our son Troy last June 2008... the death of my father-in-law...and now the birth of our twins... and for so many more things...God brought us together for a reason and I could not be happier... all that we have been through.. the good and the bad... to have Mike right there next to me and me next to him has just been the best gift!!

Never did I think that I could love someone so much!

So... with all that said... I am looking forward to this Christmas... to have the family I have - how exciting it was for me to hang 2 more stockings up this year... I just cannot thank God enough for all that he has given me!!

Here are the newest additions to our tree this year:

Ian and Alex's ornament

Angel in memory of Troy

Brevin's favorite ornament.. Tom and Jerry!


Two new stockings hanging!!

WISHING YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

2 month check-up

The boys had their 2 month check-up - wow are they growing!!

Here are the stats:

Ian

11 pounds 5 ounces, 23 inches long

Alex

10 pounds 8 ounces, 22 1/2 inches long

It's funny because when I look back in Brevin's baby book - at 2 months Brevin was over 13 pounds!!

Their Appointment went really well - I was going to attempt to go on my own but after telling Mike about them getting shots... he met me at the doctor... I am SO glad he did.. the appointment took about 2 hours and the shots were not fun but they boys did so well!!

So what are they up to now? Well.. they still eat about every 2 1/2 to 3 hours and eat between 3-4 ounces.. sometimes they only take 2 ounces but they sure do love to eat... when they are ready to eat they are ready.. not very patient with me taking the time to warm up their bottles!

They love their bouncy seats and their playmat... Alex could lay on the playmat for a long time. Ian.. well.. he would rather me hold him and walk around. He will lay on his playmat but not as long as Alex does. Alex is more content on his own than Ian is.

They both hate the hiccups - soon as they start.. they fuss till they go away.

Ian still has more of a softer cry than Alex does.. when Alex cries.. he just sounds mad.. Ian sounds sad.

They both love music... right now I have Christmas music playing a lot and they really seem to like that. They love looking at the Christmas tree and all the decorations that I have up.

They both smile a lot now - Alex will smile at anything and it is easy to get him to smile... we still have to work a little bit harder to get Ian to smile but they both coo a lot and I love that!!

They both really don't like tummy time but it seems that they are getting close to rolling over.

Ian really loves his binky... Alex could probably go without.

They both love their bath now... I turn up the heat to get the bathroom really warm and I use an apricot baby oil in their bath water that makes them smell SO good.. they like their lotion massage after baths too.. I give them their baths on Mondays and Thursdays because that is when Brev is in school all day and I can take my time.

They both get mad at me because I kiss them all the time and they get a bit annoyed with that!

I could literally stare at the boys all day long - their facial expressions just make me smile and laugh... they are such good babies!!

Now for my 5 year old Brevin... I am so proud of him... a few nights ago he read "Go Dog Go" by Dr. Seus to Mike and I!!! I cannot believe he is reading already it is so much fun to see how much he is learning in school - he is doing so well and is such a good boy - we had parent/teacher conferences and his teacher said all good things about him.. he listens well and is doing well in class. He just loves school and keeps saying that he wants to go all day every day!!

Brevin is adjusting well to the babies - he is very patient with everything and pretty much goes with the flow... he is SO gentle with the boys. He loves to take my camera and take pictures of his brothers.


As for Mike and I.. we are doing well and getting used to two babies... feeding them at the same time is a breeze now.. we just put them in their boppy pillows and are able to feed them together.. I can usually prop up a blanket just right to hold the bottle so I have a hand free to burp the other baby. I do wish I had 4 arms to hold them when they are both crying but it is working out okay... it only gets a little tense when the babies are both crying.. the dog is whining to go out and Brevin needs lunch... well.. I first let the dog out because that would create more work for me to clean up a mess he would leave if I didn't let him out!! :o)


So that is what we are all up to right now... days are going by fast - I can't believe Thanksgiving is here and gone already... we had a wonderful time in Holland/Zeeland... we were busy needless to say but it was great to see family again... Mike made it upnorth with my dad and brother hunting... no one got a deer but they all had a great time... I stayed back and visited with family and friends... the one picture is of Brevin and my friend Heidi's 2 girls - what a great time to catch up and let the kids play!!


I can't wait for Christmas... we are going to try to make a visit to Santa this weekend - Brevin is making his list of what he wants Santa to bring him for Christmas!!


Here are some more recent pictures!!
Thanks for reading!!

The twins with Great Grandma and Grandpa GG

Ian with Aunt Marianne