Birthday Party

My brother-in-law, Matt, & I have birthdays just 3 days apart, so every year we celebrate at both our birthdays at once at my parents house. Last night, my mom cooked chicken spaghetti, broccolli cornbread, and a wonderful apple cake for dinner & we had a little birthday party! We had such a good time! Hadley was an angel, but Cooper wasn't a happy camper. He has had his days & nights mixed up lately so we were trying to keep him awake & he wasn't liking it! Here are some pictures from last night...HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATT!!!

I got this precious platter from my parents...it changes with the season!

and this 2009 calendar from the Edwards featuring Cooper & Hadley throughout...

7 weeks

Just a few cute pics from today...

Cooper & Hadley's Birth Announcements

Many of you have received one, but I wanted to show the rest of you how they turned out....simply amazing!! It is a tri-fold card, so I hope you can tell how it opened from these pictures! You can click on them to make them bigger to read! Again, thanks to my sister, Mika Beth, for the pictures & all your time designing these!

Front:

Opened Front Flap:

Inside Spread:



Back Spread:

Back:

I'm 29 on the 29th!!

Happy Birthday to me!! I am 29 today...only one more year till the BIG 3-0! No big plans for the day...hubby has a meeting tonight, so I'll be alone with the babies again! No complaints from me though...I am staying in & staying warm! I am extremely tired today anyway...I had a little meltdown last night with the babies. We were up all night! I finally got them settled and asleep in my lap around 4:00 this morning, set them down in their crib & both were screaming immediately...and then I started crying! I know some people deal with this every night, but I am so not used to it! I am not talking just crying, I am talking unconsolable screaming!!! I am not sure what is wrong, but hopefully tonight will be a little better! Say a little prayer for us!!!

Swaddled & ready for bed

My sweet baby girl all swaddled & ready for bed...just not ready to go to sleep!!! Doesn't she look tired??

Snuggling...

On this cold, snowy day, I was snuggled up in the recliner with these two precious babies in my lap...there was no where I would have rather been!!

P.S.-Thanks to Jen at Meet the McFamily for the precious blog makeover!! You are so talented!!!

New pictures

We have had these frames for a while now, but we just decided on what pictures we wanted in them. I am loving them! We have a few more on order for the playroom, but that will be another post later! Here are a few in the nursery...

above Cooper's crib

and above Hadley's crib

and above the changing table/dresser

and a few in the den above the TV!

What do u think??

Our Little Man

I am up late tonight rocking a fussy baby & thought I would share this cute picture of Cooper! He is so precious & growing so quickly...now if he would just go to sleep!!!!!!!!!

Tummy time & Daddy time

Today I tried tummy time with the babies. I have really been noticing their necks getting stronger everyday, especially Hadley. Our pediatrician said that we should be doing tummy time often, but I haven't felt like they were ready for it until now. I plan on doing this more often to strengthen those necks. Hadley really enjoyed it...Cooper just layed his head down & went to sleep after a little fussing.

After dinner tonight, I worked out & showered & then found this....my 3 loves! It just brought a smile to my face!!

Two screaming babies...

I promise I usually don't let my kids cry like this, but I thought I would get it on video & let you see what it is like when both babies are screaming! It is a little overwhelming...this was tonight at dinner time...you think they might be hungry???