Off we goooooo....

We this is how our day before leaving for the Bahama's went!

Avery was battling a cold and teething and had a bit of a fever that would not go down for 3 days. I thought I should take her to the doctors in the early morning to be sure it wasn't an ear infection or something. So I scheduled an appointment and then I would go to work after. Well we get to the doctor and her fever is still over 100 and they decided to check her blood and give her chest x-ray. Needless to say my little punkin butt had PNEUMONIA. I was already sad to leave her for 12 days and now even more sad because she had a pretty severe sickness in infants! I knew she would be in good hands but it was the fact that I was going out of the country ya know! So we went to Target to get the medication and the last min things for the trip and we went home so she could nap. She took a 2.5 hour nap (she needed it) and I did some work from home. I then picked up Madison and Avery and we were off to pick up TJ at work and head over to the Kvilhaug's. We said our goodbyes to them and Avery! The only thing I wanted was PICTURES PICTURES and more PICTURES and updates on her...I am a mom...I need to know! :)

Off we went to the hotel to stay the night by the airport because we had to leave by 3:30 am.
We got on the plane and arrived in Miami and took a connecting flight to the Bahamas! Madison slept the WHOLE time during that one hour flight. She did SOOOOOO good considering the long day and long flight to Miami! Both Aiden and Isaiah did great too! Madison had fun playing with the boys at the airport! They are both so sweet to her!

We finally arrived in the Bahamas and to the hotel about 4:30-5pm.

It was BEAUTIFUL!!!

Here are some of the pictures from the first day....

Madison in line at the ticket place...she looks so cute for only being 4am!

LOVING looking at the Airplanes!

She was very active!

Mom and Grandpa sitting before boarding the plane!

Madison had so much fun watching movies with the boys!

Here we are before boarding the plane!

WE ARRIVED...she is one tired little girl!

Here is the Royal Towers from our balcony!

What a beautiful sight!

Just to let you know after Avery was on her anti-biotic and her nebulizer...she was back to herself with in a few days! Thanks to the Kvilhaug's for making our little Avery's first Christmas memorable.

Christmas with the Kvilhaug's!

Since we were going on vacation over Christmas and New years we had Christmas with the Kvilhaug's a weekend early! It was fun to see the kids open up gifts and all the cousins play together!

We also had wonderful Christmas with my dad's side before the trip but my camera was dead so I didn't get to capture any pictures of the girls and the wonderful things they got!

Madison and Avery are such loved and VERY spoiled young girls! We appreciate all the love and wonderful things for us and the girls!

Love you all!
Here are some pictures to enjoy

Madison got a sit and spin and as you can tell from the upcoming pictures...it was a HIT!!!

Felicity and Scarlett enjoying the sit and spin

Madison all smiles with her new baby that came with a baby sling!

Felicity was having fun with her new baby and baby stroller set!

Dad's hard at work putting together the Twin's strollers for their babies!

Avery and Sam were pooped out!

Bare with me folks...

So we have been gone for the past 2 weeks and I have A LOT of pictures to share from Christmas and the trip! So in the next week or so there should be A LOT of updates to the girls blog! Hope everyone is having a great new years!

Christmas at Daycare

Yesterday Madison and Avery got to see Santa at Heather's Daycare! All the kids did great!

Thank you to Santa and Mrs. Clause for the GREAT visit, gifts and cookies!

Thanks Heather and Chuck :)

Mrs. Clause and Santa reading all the kids a story!

Mr and Mrs Clause

All the kids and Heather enjoying the story!

Kara sitting with Santa...she wasn't too thrilled but did good! :)

Madison liking Santa but would not sit on his lap!

Lucas loving his new plane from Santa

Ruthie sitting with Santa

Avery all smiles with Santa!

Baby Elsie tired out from all the fun with Santa!

Wednesday Morning Cuteness :)

How can you not smile at these adorable faces!?!?!?!?!?!

Teethign much...look at her wet shirt (only been on for 20 minutes)!

Can't get over how old she looks here! She baby looks so grown up :(

ENT Results

For all those that are interested:
Avery went to the ENT specialist at the Children's Hospital yesterday! They wanted to check her throat area because she was always sounding like she needed to clear her throat and cough up phlegm for going on 6 MONTHS.
First of all I need to complain...driving down there is NOOOO fun. Thanks to TJ who did that for me!
We get to the appointment and Madison is LOVING the toys the waiting room! Avery found this big block thingy and loved it (see picture)...I should look in to getting her one of these things! Wish all waiting rooms at doctors had fun children toys!

The doctor checked Avery out and wanted to put a small tube that has a video camera type thing on the end and put it through her nose. She DID not like it but did great!

Results are:

She is fine. There is nothing wrong with her anatomy and all looks good. Doctor said that she will grow out of it. She either has just extra fluid or just doesn't pass it through fast enough (not a bad thing) but will grow up and wont be a problem. He did say that Acid Reflux can go hand in hand with this type of condition. There is nothing I can do to help it, just let her body grow. He did say that it will fix itself around 1-1 1/2 years old! I was not "all" that worried about being anything serious just wanted to get an answer to what is going on or anything. I am happy with the results because I know she will grow out of it...even if its not a clear answer I know its okay!

Fun Video to Share

On Saturday during the crazy snow storm, Madison got all dressed up to go outside! Avery thought she LOOKED HILARIOUS!!! She would laugh at Madison everytime she would see her! Here is a fun video!

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow...

Good Ol' Minnesota winter weather hit! We got A LOT of snow! There was shoveling going on all day long and yet snow kept on coming down! We all staying in our pajamas...or comfy clothes, ate yummy comfort food (aka not good for you type), lounged around!

Madison had the opportunity to go out and enjoy her first snow fall of the year! I of course as a bad mom I am, I have not gotten her a new set of winter gear! Thankfully her last years stuff "fits" still :) She looked hilarious! Avery laughed at her so hard...it was so cute!

Avery's 6 Month Stats

We went to Avery's 6 month stats! She is growing very well!

21.1 lbs and 29 inches long! She is well over 100% on the growth chart. Doctor said she looked great! She does want us to take her to the ENT specialist to find out exactly why she always seems to have phlegm in her throat area. Our appointment is on Monday...I will keep ya all updated! Doctor is not concerned because she is growing well and does not seem to be bothered by it but it is causing Avery to have a cough that wont go away! Hope to get some answers!

Here is a little fun video of Avery and Madison! Avery LOVES to watch her sister and laughs all the time at her!

Santa Visit 2010

Last weekend we attempted to see Santa and it was going to be a 2 hour wait. Not happening with 2 small ones!

We made our second attempt to see Santa today and it was successful, well sorta!

We went this evening and we waited maybe about 15-20 minutes! It was perfect! Madison was excited to see Santa and kept saying "Hi Santa" while we waited in line!

1. Its our turn.

2. TJ had the camera ready. We were only allowed 2 photos of our own. I refuse to pay out of my butt when I can take my own!!

3. I can already tell Madison was starting to get scared! After I put Avery on Santa's lap I turn to Madison. I had to peel her off TJ and bring her to Santa's lap!

4. She FREAKED out! She was CRYING and saying MOMMMMMAAA!

5. Then my little peanut Avery just sat there with a smile on her face.

6. I grabbed Madison after our two shots and Avery was sitting on Santa's lap and then finally realizes what is going and then starts to get the crying face.

I was just SOOOOO surprised that Madison was the one to freak out! I DO just get a good laugh when I see kids crying when the see santa, ONLY because they make for such great pictures and such great memories :)

So here everyone are the funny pictures! I wish and pray that everyone has a great, safe, fun and family filled Christmas! We love you all and wish you a happy holiday!

Avery wondering why her sister is crying :)

Holidazzle Parade

TJ, myself, Maddi and Avery joined Travis, Dyan, Aidan, Scarlett and Felicity at their hotel room downtown. We all were going to go to the Holidazzle Parade downtown at 6:30 on Saturday!

We got to their hotel room and we decided to try to go to Macy's 8th Floor display. We got all the kids ready to go and off we went. Well that came to a screeching halt because it would have taken us over an hour to get to the display. We turned our large strollers and went back down and went back to the hotel room and ordered some pizza!

While we waited for the pizza, the men went to get a few cocktails! The kids enjoyed running around and playing with each other and getting in to things! Of course their hotel room had a very nice bathroom that had a bidet! Once us parents were busy the kids got in the bathroom. Aidan and Madison enjoyed the splashing of the water in the bidet...GROSS!!!!

The pizza finally arrived...the kids were HUNGRY!! We got the kids pizza ready...shirts off!!! The kids LOVED the pizza...they all wanted each others! The adults had a couple adult cocktails while the children enjoyed their juice and milk!

After eating, cleaning all the grease and pizza sauce up we winterized the kids and got them in the strollers (the girls couldn't move)! Here is Madison, minus her blanket...she was ready to rock and roll!

Off we went in to the blistering cold! I quickly ran across the street and got us a good spot...right at the corner! The only problem with our spot was that it was REALLY windy! I am telling ya all, it was COLD!!! All us adults were cold...so we knew the kids were!

One float went down Nicollett Ave, so we though SWEET its starting! Well, we were wrong! There was a LONG wait before the next one came. We decided to move towards a different part because it was really cold and the kids started to get antsy and whinny. As soon as we left our spot and went to the other side closer to the hotel...the floats came. I took Aidan and TJ took Madison and we lifted them up as high as we could so they could see the floats pass by! They LOVED what they saw but their little cheeks were so red and it was time! They saw some cool floats but maybe next year it won't be as cold and windy so we all can enjoy it! It was a good attempt made by all! Ya just never know Minnesota and how the winter will be!

We got back to the hotel room and the kids ran around a bit and we decided it was time to head back home! We gathered our belongings and said our goodbyes and thanked Dyan and Travis for inviting us. We can't wait for next years attempt!

Happy 6 months Avery Elizabeth

Avery 1 day old!

6 MONTHS OLD!!!

Avery is 1/2 way to her first birthday. Holy crap! Its gone by fast and slow at the same time. She was a tough for the first 4-5 months. The last couple months she has been great!

• She is wearing mostly all 9 month clothing...only a couple 6 month clothes fit her. She is in 12 month pj's at this moment! She is tall drink of water!
• She is eating all baby food now and has even tried some table food. She prefers cereal and baby food right now! She actually loves to have small bites of cheerios and those cereal puffs for babies.
• She is now sitting up and playing with toys! She is giggling a lot and now making some crazy weird smiles...its too funny...see the pics for yourself!
• She is wanting to crawl but not quite getting it yet. She will get on her knees but ends up scooting backwards. She is a HUGE mover in the crib. She is all over in that thing.
• She continues to still be a BIG hand sucker, which means...DROOL Machine. Also a BIG spitter upper! Some days are better than others, but some are NOT fun! She basically always smells of formula! But I love it :)
• She is a BIG momma's girl, which I secretly love (sometimes)!
• She is starting to talk a lot...nothing too specific but I think I have heard Dada come out a couple times. Let me tell you this if she says Dadda before Momma...I will NOT be a happy camper! :)
• Her big sister, Madison Jo, loves her to pieces but gets quite jealous of her! She has never actually intentially hurt her yet but sure has yanked toys out of her hand. We are working on sharing ALL of Madison's toys :)
• She WAS sleeping through the night for about 3-4 weeks but since last weekend she decided to wake up numerous times. I believe she is teething. Let me tell you no matter how cute she is I HATE teething more than anything! Its just a pain in the butt and there isn't anything that we can do for her except lather on some Orajel and Tylenol...and of course hope and pray it doesn't last too long!
• She is already in a big girl car seat and is doing great in it!

Of course when I was taking pictures of Avery this morning Madison HAD to be in the picture too! She was laying in bed and didn't want to wake up today and this was the ONLY thing that would get her out :) She is a DORK but love it!