Christmas Dance Recital 2009

Rylie and Sydnie had their Christmas Dance Recital on Friday night. It is so fun to see their excitement for dancing on the "big stage." They both did a great job! Sydnie practices all over the house. She will dress up in her old costumes and prance around the house.

Sydnie is right in the middle.

Rylie in the middle.

Meeting Santa

We went to Ryan's mom's Christmas Party down in Roy, last weekend and Santa made a visit. This is the twins first visit with him. So far so good....no crying!

Hallie & Remie

Rylie

Sydnie

Twin Pics

Ryan took these pictures of the twins the other day. He had just got back from Washington DC and they are sporting their new shirts. Plus, we also bought them new Bumbo Chairs. (The best invention ever!) So the other two pictures are of them sitting in their new chairs. They love them! (And so do I!)

Remie & Hallie

Sleeping on the Job

Sydnie loves her babies...the real ones too. Ryan took this of her the other day. Don't worry it is her baby doll. As the real babies have gotten bigger, I have been going through their clothes and getting rid of a few things. The premie clothes fit Sydnie's dolls perfect. So all of the clothes sitting next to her are all of the twins old premie clothes. (It is really crazy to think that they were once that small!)


She will make a great mom some day!

Trying to be Good!

We received a letter from Santa the other day. It said how he was watching Rylie and Sydnie and how they needed to work on getting their room cleaned up so he could bring them some more toys. At the end it also asked them to leave out some cookies for him on Christmas Eve. So later I asked Sydnie what the letter said, and of course all she can remember is that we need to leave Santa some cookies. I think the letter may have backfired a little.

Well this morning I was sitting downstairs after breakfast, trying to get one of the babies to sleep and I hear the water running in the kitchen. Ryan came in from the garage about that same time and he found Sydnie at the sink trying to do the dishes. She was rinsing the dishes out and setting them on the counter. When I came up, she told me she was washing the dishes. So maybe the letter is working after all....however, they still haven't touched their room, maybe I should take what I can get at this point!

DC Trip

I had the opportunity to go to Washington DC for a conference for work. While I was there I took in a few of the many site that were there. It would have been nice to have the family there at least Kim the girls would have been to small to really understand everything. I seen the major monuments in the DC area. There was so much to see I just hurried along so I could see as much as I could. I did see a few of the Smithsonian's Museums and went into the National Archives building to see the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. I also had the opportunity of taking a tour of the White House. Everywhere you went there was history.There was so much to see and so little of time to do it in. Cant wait to go back. Next time I will know what I'm doing and have a better plan.

First Band

I got my first band. Kim thinks I'm a dork for being so excited about something so dumb. Well if you know anything about waterfowl hunting it is not an everyday thing when you shoot a bird with a band on it. What it is when a bird is young or when it get captured the biologist put a band on the birds leg so when someone finds the band they can track the movements of the bird. The band has a identification number on it so anyone can call and give them the information. I sent mine in and the bird was banded when it was young back in 2007 somewhere in the salt lake area. So my bird didn't travel far. Never the less it is some bling to add to my lanyard. Again something Kim thinks is crazy.

Riggs

About the hunt. Kyle received some permission to hunt on some land. I invited my neighbors Jason and Cole to come along to see if we could find us some birds.
It was a very cold morning but the river was free of ice in parts. As we were setting up in the morning we scared a hundred or more geese off the water. Things were looking good. As the morning went on ducks were flying in here and there. The geese came in and a couple of different times. It was a great morning. We cant wait to get out again

5 Months Old - Holy Cow!!!

The twins turned 5 months old on Friday. How crazy!!! I took some pictures of them to post on the blog, but Ryan has taken the camera with him to Washington D.C. And once again, I wasn't thinking fast enough to get the pictures, so I will journal for now and add some pictures when he gets back.

Each baby is doing really well, it is almost scary!! They are both gaining weight and getting stronger every day. Our Babysitter put them on the scale earlier this week...so I have an unofficial weight of 13 pounds for both of them. Becky said that there is still about 1/2 pound between them. Her scale doesn't do ounces. As they are gaining weight, it is getting harder to tell them apart. Even Ryan said he has to put them together to make sure he has the right one. I won't admit it, but it is easier when they are side-by-side.

We have had to switch bracelets in the last month. We had some when they were first born and that is what we used to help tell them apart. We keep losing Hallie's new one. The bracelets are just a little too big and her's keeps falling off. Remie is better at keeping her's on. Maybe its the extra 1/2 pound.

It has been fun to see their personalities coming out. Hallie is our little talker. She will talk (coo) your leg off. She is so smiley and happy....most of the time. Remie is more reserved. Remie will talk and smile...it just takes her a little longer to warm up. They both are doing well with their motor skills. They both are beginning to find their hands and know that they can reach for things. Hallie is doing a little better with it, but Remie is starting to catch on. They are also starting to hold their own bottles. THANK GOODNESS. We still have to help, but it is nice to know that they be able to do it, on their own soon! It is also funny to watch them when we shake up the bottles. They get so excited or even stop crying when they hear it.

As for the sleeping, well, they are starting to sleep longer at night. They are generally waking up just for their binkies....those dang binkies! We typically don't feed them until 6:00 am. So I should probably be grateful it is not earlier. It is just all of the in-between binkie runs that make the night hard. Ryan has been really good about jumping up first. THANK YOU!! So that is the last month in a nut shell.

I should probably be more grateful that they are not walking yet, that is when all of the fun will begin!!