Not much story here…

Owen came over to play the other day so we took the babies outside and turned on the bubble machine for them. Baby craziness ensued:

On Sunday we made chocolate pudding for a treat.  Jack and Annie had a messy taste.  Jack loved it! He kept raising his arms and throwing his head back.  He was so excited he just didn’t know how to act! Until it was gone….then he was sad.

Well, at least at our house.  And only in the world of blogging.  Unfortunately everything else is still speeding by. The blogging world is frozen because our computer broke. (I didn’t do it) And Mike put all the blogging shortcut that I know how to use on the computer and not the laptop.  So because fixing the computer is on  the list of broken stuff a little too far down, I am going to give a quick up date and have Mike add the pictures later!

Mallory finished up her soccer season.  She still asks everyday if she has soccer practice.  I think she really liked it.

The girls started  swimming lessons.  Hailey is a little nervous about it but she has hung in there.

The girls had their dance recital.  Hailey did a great job.  Mallory did a great job too!! This was a shock and a huge improvement from the Christmas recital when she jumped off the stage to me.

Jack and Annie had their 9 month check up.  Jack is a nice                    18 1/2 pounds and Annie is just over 17 pounds.  They are both doing great.   I think Annie is a little taller than Jack but is is hard to tell because getting them to stand still is impossible.  They are crawling everywhere….fast and pulling themselves up to everything.  They are even trying to stand alone and walk behind things. I was hoping this would come a lot later but it might be nice to have them walk instead of carrying them all the time. But the time has come at our house to once again baby proof.  The gate is up, the plugs are in, doors are shut, the blinds are raised,  and the third shelf is still not high enough. We find them everywhere.  In the house they are good to stick together and follow each other but outside they go separate ways!

Places we have found Jack…..(Annie started crawling later so we had rearranged the house by then and she seems to have a little more reserve to situations!)

I did find Annie under my bed.  She likes to take the thighmaster under there to play.

Hailey got the Soaring Eagle award at school.  She had a list of things she had to pass off and present and she did a great job.  She memorize some pretty funny poems!  So now it is on to second grade.  She gets to go to the new school they built.  Falcon Ridge Elementary is about a 10 minute walk from our house.  If the neighbors house in front of us was not there, we would be able to see it from our front porch.  We are too spoiled!

Jessie and fam came for a visit at the end of May.  We had lots of fun.  We look forward to their next visit.  Hailey already has a few plans up her sleeve! 

No I’m not talking about Jack’s new ability to crawl anywhere and pull himself up to anything.  Or Annie trying to copy Jack (although this new adventure may be the death of me).  The end has come to my life as a nursing mother.  The twins have kept me awake every night for as long as I can remember, which is not long because I am so tired.  I have been nursing them every other meal and at night.  But on Tuesday at 4am after being awake for way way way too long I decided that the reason these two don’t think they need to sleep is because they think I need them to be with me.  Well I have thrown in the towel.  After 8 1/2 months I am done. And I don’t know if there really is a connection between nursing and sleep but the last two nights the only person who has kept me up is Hailey who has a bad cough.  So it is with mixed feelings that we move on! Silly babies!

About 4 days ago we discovered, to our mixed excitement and horror, that our house had once again been infested by the dreaded Crawly Monster. After having successfully removed the previous Crawly Monster a few years back, we were a bit alarmed to find that this new monster has taken up residence and is making itself quite at home.

These tiny creatures are fairly easy to identify and are only occasionally thought of as a pests, but they are always accompanied by the removal of objects from shelves near ground level. There are many precautions that can be taken to protect against the Crawly Monster, but the most effective option seems to be capturing the beast and then detaining it within a high chair, play-pen or bouncy saucer thingy. It’s usually pretty easy to to predict this particular type of infestation, but just in case you’re not sure what to look for we thought we would share the few pictures we were able to snap during one of the beasts recent rampages through the girls room. BEWARE!!