Happy Halloween!

Miss Kenzie Poo
Miss Lexie Loo
Miss Madi Moo

Halloween was a lot of fun this year! Next year will be even better. We dressed up all the girls and took them trick or treating with some great friends. The little ones stayed in the stroller and just enjoyed being pushed around while Madison and Norah collected their candy. It was fun to see the houses all decorated and people really into the Halloween spirit. Madison collected an entire bucket of candy which we are all enjoying :) We also stopped by Grandma's house and she had special treats for all. Miss Madison stayed true to herself and was Bell from Beauty and the Beast (3rd year in a row as a princess!) Kenzie was an elephant (so cute!) And Lexie was a little lamb. Can't wait to be chasing them all around next year!

8 Months Old!

Here we are at the end of October and my little ladies have hit the 8th month mark. Again, I will say that I really can't believe it! They are getting so big! Here's the scoop on the Phillips' Household.

Miss Madison is loving how active the girls are. She is like a little mommy to them and plays with them, feeds them, reads to them, etc. She will chase whoever is on the move and carries them back to safety. I am pretty sure she is their biggest supporter of the crawling/walking fiasco we are entering. Mama could stand to wait a bit for the walking portion! I am constantly amazed at how smart and mature Madison is. She is such a great kid. She cleans her own room, sorts her laundry, puts laundry away, helps clean the livingroom, helps with the babies, and pretty much does every thing I ask of her. Hard to believe she isn't even 5 yet! I love her so much! She even has her own nickname for the babies "Trouble Monsters" lol. So funny!

Miss Kenzie is crawling absolutely everywhere, including under the coffee table. Down the hall, to her room, in the kitchen. Everywhere! No matter how I try to confine her to one area, she figures out a way past it! Her favorite word is... wait for it...DADA! Say what? She said mama a couple of times, but has switched to dada and there is no stopping her. She will crawl over to the couch where David sits and say dadada over and over. So cute. She gets excited when she hears his voice. She is our music lover and dancer.

Miss Lexie is still my little squeaker. She babbles on and on. Mostly saying Mama. She has also mastered standing up, but has yet to figure out how to get back down which is causing some trouble. And now that she is standing, she is also trying to cruise. Which, of course, Madison thinks is awesome and is totally encouraging her! I went into their room last Tuesday morning to find her standing up in her crib. That's how I find her every morning and after every nap. Such a cutie.

Today, Lexie was trying to cruise while holding onto the coffee table and fell and bonked her head. She was crying so hard. Normally, one doesn't really react to the other's crying, but today, Kenzie stopped what she was doing, crawled across the room to Lexie and started patting and rubbing her face trying to console her. It was the sweetest thing ever! I almost started crying when I saw how concerned she was for Lexie. She kept looking at me like "aren't you going to do something mom?" I love watching them interact with each other!

Sleeping schedule is still amazing. I am lucky. Bedtime is still around 6:30 pm and they sleep until at least 6 am. Sometimes until 7. After bottle, sleep until 8:30. Breakfast, playtime. Naptime. Bottle, lunch, play, nap. Bottle, dinner, play. Sleep. That's it. That's the routine. Great eaters, Great sleepers. But, now that I spend pretty much all day chasing them around, I am exhausted come bed time! I am able to bathe them both at the same time now so that saves me a little bit of time. Neither one have cut a tooth yet, but, I think Lexie is close. We will see! They fit best into 6-9 month clothing, but they can wear a lot of 12 month stuff. Lexie is in size 2 diapers, size 3 at night because she wakes up wet a lot. Kenzie is in size 3. Once we use up what's left of the 2's I will switch to 3's all the time.

Lexie is a little clingier of the two. She prefers to be held and loves to give kisses. Kenzie would rather be exploring and checking out what kind of trouble she can get into!

We broke Madison from her binkie at 8 months. I don't think I am brave enough to go there yet. They only have them for naps and bed time, so it's not horrible. I will let it go for at least a couple more months and readdress that issue in a little while :) Bottles will be done by 12 months. Period. I think it will be fairly easy because they have already weaned themselves to only 3 a day and they never have them before a nap or before bed time.

I finally got up the nerve to get their ears pierced yesterday! Yahoo! They look so adorable! We had Madison's done at 2 months but for some reason I wanted to hold off on these two. I am glad that I finally got it done and they have handled it like champs! Funny story about it, which I will get to later. :)

So excited to take their pictures, maybe today. I am going to do some of them with their pumpkins :) Can't believe how close we are to Madison's 5th birthday and their 1st birthday!

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the pumpkin patch at Seven Oaks Farm yesterday and it was so much fun! The babies were in a great mood and loved being out and about. We walked through the patch looking for Madison's perfect pumpkin. Our general rule is that she has to be able to carry it out of the patch herself in order to get it. We had a cart to haul our pumpkins in, so we bended on that a little. She could lift it herself, that's good, right? :) We ended up with 4 pumpkins. One small one for each little girl, Madison's and Daddy's. Madison and Daddy will carve their's soon and bake the seeds. I think I will put the babies' handprints on theirs. Can't wait for this to happen!

I took a ton of pictures while at the farm. Even managed to get Kenzie and Lexie to sit on pumpkins briefly to get some super cute photos. Only problem was they were so interested in everything around them, I had the hardest time getting them to look at me! We sat them on the ground by a pumpkin and I couldn't keep the straw out of Lexie's mouth!

They have a small petting zoo as well so we were able to feed the goats and see some ponies. Madison loves animals so that was fun.

It was such a beautiful day out and I loved being able to be out as a family of five :) Can't wait for more holiday traditions to begin!

Look How They Have Grown!

Getting ready to do a massive print job of pictures of the little girls from birth to the present. I am going to do a scrapbook for each child for their first year of life, them do a family scrapbook after that. Looking through the pictures of those tiny newborns is making me so sad. They have grown so quickly!

Randomness

Stole this from Krystle, since I always seem to talk about the kids! :)

If were to get pregnant again...I...would love to have another baby! hubby says no way, so we will see!

If I could have any job in the world...I would be a teacher

If I had a day to myself...sleep in, shop, eat delicious food...

If I could get married all over again...I would run off with david and have a quiet ceremony! and, we would actually go on a honeymoon!

If I could live anywhere in the US...i would like to have 2 houses. one in oregon close to family and one in hawaii!

If my girl would have been boy they would have been named... Madison would have been Landon. and, we didn't have any boys names at all for the baby girls

If I could have any talent in the world....I would love to be an artist

If you met me in real life...talk. a lot

If I could go back to school and get a different degree... I really don't want to go back to school, but if I did, I would want to be a teacher or a photographer

If money was no object...We would have a house and I would always be able to enjoy being a stay at home mom

If I could meet one celebrity, it would be....Paul Walker. No reason needed :)

If I could shop at only one store the rest of my life...The Buckle

If we were to get another pet it would be...Ugh, no more pets!

If I could go on a trip right now...I would love to take the girls to Disneyland. Or, Hawaii with David

If I had to choose between a house cleaner and a personal chef...house cleaner!

If I had the option of plastic surgery...tummy tuck. (Oh yes, Krystle. I feel ya)

Pictures of My Beauties

My Beautiful First Born - 3 months shy of 5 years old!
Miss Lexie - 7 Months Old
Miss Kenzie - 7 Months Old

7 months!

4 days ago, my babies turned 7 months old. I really am in shock. Partially because the last 7 months have went by so quickly and because my babies are getting so big. They are changing so much right now. Kenzie is crawling. Well, army crawling, but she can get anywhere and everywhere, so I consider her completely mobile now. She started last Monday, out of the blue. She is so proud of herself. I love when she gets to wherever she wants to be and turns to look at me with her adorable smile as if to say "I did it mom! Ha!" She loves being able to get whatever toy she wants, including whatever her sister has! She is our little bully of the 2. Always grabbing lexie and trying to eat her. Taking her toys, blanket, whatever. Her first word was mama. :) She was mad one day while I was feeding Lexie breakfast and started yelling at me. About 2o minutes later, I was holding Lex and Kenzie started in again, "mamamamama" Yay!

Lexie is practically crawling. She is so stinkin close! On her hands and knees rocking herself forward. she was even crawling backwards last week! Which means, they have figured out how to go in opposite directions! Yikes! She is finally sitting up on her own and she can even get into a sitting position when she is on her tummy! I couldn't believe it when I turned to look at her and she was sitting up! So cool! Lexie has also said her first word. Chalk it up for another win for mom. I am three for three baby :) Daddy even heard her and was not too happy :)

My girls are amazing. They sleep a ton and are the easiest babies I have ever seen. Bedtime is about 6, sometimes 7. They go down without a peep and I don't hear from them until at least 6 am. Most days it is closer to 7. Today, it was 8:45! Oh yeah! Normal morning they have a 7 oz bottle at 6 am. Back to sleep until 9. Then they have about 8 ozs of cereal and fruit. Nap for 2-3 hours. Bottle, playtime, nap. Dinner of 8 ozs of veggies, bottle, bed. Two solid naps a day and a solid 12 hours a night. Best schedule ever.

Child proofing is in the works. I feel like I need to vacuum twice a day! Kenzie is a huge fan of the dog food bowls :/

Madison is so happy that the babies are starting to play with her. She can read them stories and they watch her so intently. It is really sweet. She loves them so much and is the best big sister ever. They light up when she is around. She has adjusted so well to becoming a big sister. She is so helpful to me. I love my girls :)

Birthday planning is in the works! We will have a busy season ahead of us! My birthday this week, halloween with 3 kiddos, Thanksgiving, Madison's 5th birthday, Christmas, New Years, Babies' first birthday! Can't wait for all of these "firsts" with our family.