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Let's see...It's been a while since I've updated but I guess that's because there's nothing much to report. We're looking forward to taking the girls to their first DMB concert on Tuesday! They haven't played in Albuquerque since 2005, and we promised the girls that the next time they came here we'd take them.

Brian and I will be celebrating our 8th wedding anniversary on the 12th, and 12 years together this summer. We've got a couples massage scheduled, I can't wait for that! Then a few weeks later we're headed to Galveston to spend some time at the beach and visit family on my mom's side. I haven't seen some of my cousins since my wedding and am looking forward to catching up with them.

Here are a few recent pics of the kiddos:

Jacob and Ayden

Dear Jacob,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
I’m sure you will hear me say this many times still… It seems like just last night I was tucking my tiny, newborn baby into bed between your dad and I, and thinking about how quickly this very day would come. I told myself to enjoy every moment you were a baby, because I knew it wouldn’t last long. But each day you replace any longing I have for that babyhood with pride and anticipation. The past two years has been full of so much joy, fun, and laughter. I cannot picture my life without you.


At two years old, you make the funniest faces, you LOVE motorcycles (or momo’s, specifically Daddy’s. Not feelin it son, sorry!!), and absolutely crack me up jumping on the trampoline. You have traded your pacifiers in for gum, which I anxiously await finding ground into the carpet or in someone’s hair. (You’d think experience would steer that decision, but you are already getting away with things as the baby of the family.) And you still let me call you poo-butt, so all is well.

I love you,
Mom

One step farther away from babyhood...

My little man slept in his big boy bed last night! We took down the crib :,( and stored it safely away, and put up his new Cars bed. It's super cool and he loves it! We have totally spoiled this kid by letting him either lay with us for a little bit before he gets in his bed, or fall asleep with us. Last night was no different, but Brian took him to his room awake, (he always goes in there willingly), and we only heard the cat meow at him in the hallway once! Brian went to check on him and he ran back in his room right away, lol, and jumped back in bed. Ten minutes later I went to check and he was fast asleep :)

Sooooo....

I've been thinking of something to report here, but not much is up!
Let's see...The girls are on spring break this week, just in time to break in their new trampoline. It's 15' in diameter - this thing is enormous. We have a pretty big backyard and it still looks seriously huge back there. The girls love it and are already flipping around like crazy.

Jacob was pretty leery of it until this morning, when he let me hold him and jump (which is crazy good exercise, as it turns out!). He kept saying "jump! jump!" By this afternoon he was jumping on his own.

Jakey-poo will be two in just two short weeks, can you believe that?? His birthday is on Good Friday and we'll be having a party at the house for relatives and close friends. He's getting a Cars bed, and I'll be putting the crib away one last time. :(
Brian's niece Crystal, who had twin boys at only 27 weeks on January 5th, is having a baby shower for them on Sunday. They are both thriving and almost ready to come home!! We also have two birthdays still this month - Brian's sister Grace on the 29th, and my brother Neil on the 31st. Will be a busy weekend!
What else...oh! We got our concert tickets to go see DMB at the Gorge in Washington state over Labor Day weekend! WOOT!! It's one of those venues you have to see them at at least once, and we are very excited. Will be a nice, sans-kids, vacation :)

My fav new pic

Isn't that sweet?!

Dear Mom and Papa,

H A P P Y

B I R T H D A Y!!!

I wish you both a wonderful day and an even better year to follow!

Worth every penny

That would be our new Canon Rebel XS SLR camera! I absolutely L O V E it! I didn't realize how terrible the pictures that our old digital camera took were until I saw what a nice camera can do. Here are some of the first pics taken with it!