Well, we are needing to update you on a few things from where we left off. Part of the problem is that it takes FOR EVER to upload pics. Very annoying.. I only have so much time.
So Troy and his family came to stay with us while they came to Wichita. It was wonderful to have them stay at our house and enjoy the babies! They gave us news of wanting to leave NY and head to the Mid-West. What??? Could this be true? We were very excited about the possibility of them being closer to spend time with the kids and us to be able to build a stronger bond with Huck. But the job they were looking at was not what they were hoping for in Arkansas. We are still hopeful for them to move closer. Rylee and Jackson must have a Crazy Uncle close to them.
Grandma Twyford had a surprise birthday party for her 90th. Mom planned it all out and Troy and I tried our best to get grandma 20 feet to a meeting hall. Boy was that one of the hardest things I have seen my brother do. We got her there and it ended with lots of smiles and hug. PTL.. it could have gone either way.
The heat of the summer kept us in most of the summer. We finally got out for a few wagon rides towards late summer early fall.
I had an Alumni Game at WSU finally after so many years! It was so awesome to get out there and play a little softball. Seven of my original team came out and it was so good to catch up and see their kids. It was awesome to be able to say they still got it. I was a little slow on the bases compared to back in the day. But I got on every time and it made my day! I hadn't seen some of my friends for almost 15 years. That's way too long.
We took the kids to their first pumpkin patch and it was so much fun to watch them have a ball. It wasn't crowded so they got to ride a few rides and take their time on everything because there wasn't very many kids. We went down a huge slide and played in a corn box. They even got to ride in barrels like a train. Very very fun.
Halloween was a blast this year. We went with a prairie theme. Scott's mom Beverly made Rylee a green prairie dress and it was awesome! She looked so great and even for the bonnet! Jackson wore Scott's old cowboy vest from when he was a kid and it took some time but we finally got him to wear it without crying. Scott made him a little holster for a little gun he had, extremely adorable (well the fact Scott puts so much time into our Halloween costumes. Some friends of ours gave us a horse to play with and take to the party. On Halloween, We went to a Candy Corn Carnival and they loved it! Both sets of grandparents came and we did crafts, played in a paper pit, did a cake walk(but took cookies instead)and raced on Tricycle's. Their favorite things would have to be the lady bug dot removal and the football throw. Because Mom and DAD let them have their cookies so late, when we got home it was a running fest in the living room for about an hour with their new sun glasses.
November and December have been all about FOOTBALL! When Jackson sees it on the TV he yells "GO Guys GO!!! Rylee yells "Go!" and gives out high fives and kisses everyone, of course).
We are also slowly working on going to the potty. Jackson likes the idea of sitting on the big potty. So when asked if he has to go potty if he really hasn't he will run to the toilet and sit with a magazine for about five minutes. If he has gone or is going.. he tells me "Unah ah!" It's the cutest thing on earth. Rylee get's very upset by all this attention so we have to sit her on the floor or on mom's lap so she can read a "BABY" Magazine as well. Of course every page has a baby so I figured they would be able to read it out loud. And they do... "Baby,.... page turn.... baby!!! Momma...... page turn... BABY!!! It's a very easy to read magazine.
Food has been interesting. They love strawberry and Cottage Cheese both of them can say the words. Jackson's main words right now are Light, Truck, Look, Watch, Up, Strawberries, Cheese, All done, Hot, cool, shoes, socks, purse, Scott, Tina, Apple, Elmo, Cat, Puppy, Ball, Horse, Duck, Cow, BABY, Momma, Outside, car, circle, goat, pig, bird, gross, icky, Rylee, Sis, Kiss, ABC, Bible, EIEIO, bye Bye, Dadda, Bus, sick, AH Oh, Grapes.
Rylee words, Bye Bye, DADDA, Momma, Ah Oh, bubba, sis, ball, all done, Hot, shoes, socks, strawberries, cheese, cottage chesse, outside, apple, bird, puppy, car, cow, baby, horse, circle, A B, when she can't express herself she throw a fit but will quit if I say, Rylee do you want to go to your crib? She is a smart one that Rylee.
She loves puzzles and building things. Lately she has impressed me a ton with how quickly she can do certain puzzels. She has a very good memory.
Well that's all for now... some of this is for me because people say you will forget if you don't write it down and I think they are right. I have forgotten a lot of stuff.
They both weigh about 24 pounds.. Jackson is closer to 25 and Rylee is closer to 23. They are about the same height. PTL... Glad Rylee isn't taller at this point. :) They are getting better with the fighting finally.. the last two months has been hard. Pray for us!!! We need it.. Pictures coming with it doesn't take five hours to load them.
No comments:
Post a Comment