As I’ve said before our backyard has become a work-in-progress since Dustin hasn’t had many days off. We were able to get the post holes dug and the 4x4’s set in concrete on Sunday before the storm came in that afternoon. Boy will I be glad when this project is done so we won’t have to worry about the dogs chewing or destroying any of Abby’s toys.
We would like to thank everyone that has brought us meals for the past 2 weeks and a thanks in advance to those who are bringing them throughout the rest of this week! It has been SOOOOO nice to have one less thing to think about after keeping up with the everyday dealings of twins and an 18-month old. Dustin, Abby, Mom and I have enjoyed some really yummy food and truly have been spoiled. On Friday night, one of the ladies from the compassion team at church even brought a special cupcake for the big sister…can you tell she liked it? Had I known the end result was this I would’ve taken a before picture of the cupcake…it was so cute and even came with a plastic yellow flower ring on top. Needless to say she was stripped down and went directly in the tub. :)
Beth came over yesterday to take a few pictures of the boys since the weather was beautiful. As usual she did an amazing job…here are 4 of them (for those who don’t know which is which, Davis is on the left and Jackson is on the right in the basket).
I’m going to throw in a side-note here because it is too hilarious to not mention. This morning when I went to get Abby up I found her completely naked in her crib in a puddle of pee. Apparently she had a grand ‘ole time un-snapping her jammies and taking off her diaper before letting me know she wanted to get up. I guess we have to stick with just zipper jammies for now…that is until she figures how to do a zipper which I have a feeling won’t be long. Any suggestions from you parents who have dealt with this before on how to get them to keep their clothes on once they’ve figured out how to take them off? Well at least I should be thankful that my life is interesting I guess. Now on to the main reason for this blog…
As I’ve said earlier in previous blogs Abby is becoming a little girly-girl with wanting to dress up and put make-up on. Yesterday I needed to buy some mascara at Clinique and Macy’s happened to be having their Clinique bonus time. It came with a larger make-up travel bag and a smaller one which I knew would be perfect for her. So I pulled out some old blush and eye shadow brushes and put them in their for her. She loved it and immediately knew what to do with the brushes. Grandma and I became her guinea pigs and she proceeded to “paint” our faces up. We have so much fun playing with her and are amazed at what she comes up with.
When we brought the boys home and started feeding them bottles we had Abby get Baby Laci (her newborn Cabbage Patch Kid) so she would feel like she had a baby too. Since then she has found her bottle and has been feeding and burping her right along with us. She’s a little rough with her but getting better at it everyday. She is just too cute and such a mother hen. She really has been helpful especially when the boys are being fed, getting pacifiers, burp cloths, the remote, my cell phone haha. Dustin calls her my little slave…but I look at it as training, not to mention it keeps her occupied while we have our hands full. My little girl is growing up…I still can’t believe she turned 18 months this past Monday.
We had been discussing for awhile now what we were going to do for a play area for Abby when Spring/Summer came. Our backyard has pretty much been the dogs’ domain so we wanted to make a space where she can play and not worry about dog poop or them chewing up her toys. We decided to extend the railing on the deck and fence in the right side of the yard just for her. This will be a couple week project as Dustin races this weekend and next – but we got a good start on it and will post more pictures once complete. Since it has been primarily for the dogs there has been no landscaping (thanks to Ruby to polished off most of the original plants and Zoe & Gracie for finishing them off). Mom and I are very excited to be able to plant a few plants in Abby’s and hopefully get it back to looking the way it did 3 years ago when Dad, Mom and I did it.
Abby got a new sandbox, picnic table and Little Tikes play set. So far the sandbox is all that’s up but she loved it. She also has a little frog pool from last year that we will be getting back out when the weather is more consistently warmer.
Dustin did a great job on the deck railing and we’ll be finishing the additional fence hopefully this Sunday. Today was a little breezy and started to sprinkle but we pressed on to get as much done as possible before the pouring rain came later in the day. Boy I love when Spring arrives and the weather starts warming up.
The boys had their first bath at home last Friday. They, like most newborns don’t like their clothes taken off but loved the warm wash cloth on their bellies. I forgot what it was like to bathe a newborn…they are so tiny – I’m so used to wrestling Abby. Jackson has the short, straight strawberry-blonde hair (first 3 pictures) and Davis has the longer, curly red hair (his hair is versatile like mine and can be combed straight or made curly hehe)
