Don't Have Much to Show

We had a great time relaxing with the family in the mountains, however, I don't have really any pictures to share with you. I have really been trying to focus on videoing the boys rather than taking pictures all of the time (just because my home videos from childhood bring me so much joy) so consequently I really did not take many pictures. Here is one of the boys on the floor playing together...

And I love this... they do it every time they lay by each other...

And the reason I only have two pictures to share...

SO TRUE...

I am in the mountains with Clay's family this weekend. We knew that there was no gift we could give his parents for Christmas that they would enjoy more than a weekend in the mountains with 7 of their grandkids... so here we are! Hopefully I will have pictures to share soon but for now this video will have to do.

I can not tell you how very very very very very very true to real life this video is. It is basically word for word dialogue that Clay and I have with almost every person we run into when we are out in public. It is just perfection and so hilarious to us.

Enjoy.

Young Life Weekend

Sharptop Cove was a fantastic weekend! Young Life is a wonderful ministry and they really do know how to show Christ's love to high school students. Their camps are done so well and they do all they can to make those kid's introduction to the gospel a very special and memorable one. They make sure that every aspect of camp is high quality so that the kids will see that something is really different about how this camp is run and in turn may ask themselves WHY is this camp different? It is different because each and every person who is involved in making camp great LOVES the Lord and wants the campers to see Christ in every thing they do!

Clay was asked by the Gainesville Area Director to help put on "program" for this past weekends camp. "Program" is basically a skit that will be put on throughout the whole weekend at camp that will be done every time the campers get together to eat. Drew (the area director and friend), Tim Putnam (friend from college) and Clay made up the program as well as all the games and other skits that were put on. They did a LOT of work to get this done and it turned out to be wonderful. They were so funny and you could tell the kids enjoyed it.

Since Clay was SUPER busy the whole time, I had many many people that helped me out with the babies. Allison (Drew's wife) was my permanent assistant and then every one else helped where they could. It was so nice to have babies at camp. They did great and every one loved them :) They just went every where we did, even to club that lasted until midnight! (club is where the kids gather for singing, games, skits, and a brief sermon) It was so so so loud in there but the boys were all about it! I did decide to take them to bed at around midnight because I was scared they would forget what night time is and that would be BAD NEWS.

AND NOW for pictures from the weekend...

First, some pictures of my helpers...

Took a lot of work to get the stroller up those hills, but

Allison did say she wanted the whole experience.

Double duty!

The "real life" part of taking care of babies

that I spoke about last post.

Jessica Allen is a pro. She takes care of babies

professionally. She was the nurse for camp and she

happens to be a NICU nurse... score for me!

Second, the boys at work...

Tim was a nerd. In this particular part of the skit,

he was trying to be Twilight's Team Edward.

The kids up and cheering for the skit.

Lastly, other pics from the weekend...

Charlie

Charlie again.

Miller in the morning! So sweet. The boys slept

together in the Pack and Play for the first time.

The fam.
Love them.

Cool dad.

Charlie in his snow hat.
At club.
Miller with his snow hat.

So that was our weekend. It was packed and tiring but we did it and it was good! Also, we didn't scare Allison too much with letting her experience "real life" with the babies. I think we actually did the opposite! All right. Got to go eat...

Snow Day, Four Months, First Foods... The List Goes On

Yes, a lot has happened since I last wrote. As everyone knows, there was a lot of snow that fell last week! I thought it was great because Clay was able to stay home for a couple of days and enjoy the snow with us. Also our friend Allison got to come hang out because her husband was out of town and she didn't have to work. It was a nice break from the usual routine. Here are some pics...

The boys also turned 4 months old on the 13th! They are so old! Miller is weighing in at 13.8lbs and Charlie at 14.8lbs (Charlie is our better eater). The doctor visit was good but the doctor said that Miller had to go on breathing treatments because he never kicked his cold. So we are pretty busy again with medicines and treatments... Boo!

Miller pulling off his mask during his treatment.

He DOES NOT love it.

Another exciting thing that has happened is the boys got to try food for the first time. I will try to post a video later of their first experience with it. They HATED it. They screamed and cried like we were giving them poison. BUT we gave it another try and they have really taken to it. The doctor said that at this stage, food is kinda like dessert. They don't have to have it but if after their bottles they want to eat it, then we can do it. They have had carrots, bananas, apples, and sweet potatoes so far. Here are some pics... (these are not from the first attempt)

Lastly, Clay had a little photo shoot with the boys when he realized that the Braves shirts that they were given now fit! Here are a few of those...

Hopefully that caught everyone up on what we have been doing recently. We have been busy but we have been having fun! The boys have been great babies and ever since their eating has improved, they pretty much are perfect (as perfect as twin babes can be!).

This weekend we are heading off to Sharp Top Cove (a Young Life camp) because Clay is helping out Drew McClesky with program. I am excited and I think we will have a lot of fun with the boys there. Allison (Drew's wife) has offered to help me with the babies! I am not sure she knows what she is getting into but she has promised me that she is excited about the challenge. She is always telling me that she likes seeing "real life" when she comes and hangs out and I am POSITIVE she will see a lot of "real life" this weekend :) You know, like crying and pooping and spitting up everywhere and the list goes on... I will let yall know how the weekend is soon!

Christmas in Charleston

Our trip down to Charleston was great! The boys did not make a peep the WHOLE way down! We stopped once to feed them and had to wake them up to do so. They are great travelers and I am enjoying it while it last because I know once they are old enough to know that they can move, they are going to want to get out of those seats.

We first stopped at my Aunt Brenda's to see everyone. We gave Noah his favorite present he received all of Christmas (well we think it was his favorite)... His first Power Wheel...

Since he had a little trouble keeping the

power button held down...

... he would just get off and push! He loved it!

Cade and Noah.

Hanging with Uncle "Jimmy"

Then we headed to Pop Pop's and Bebe's house to open presents...

Cabe's "Shark" watch. Apparently not everyone had one of

these when they were young like we did. Clay had never heard of it.

Jamie gave me a gift that was priceless... a trip to the spa!

(and a rice cooker I wanted)

Bebe and Miller.

Miller...

and Charlie...

in their bear suits from Mimi and Poppi!

The boys hanging out.

The boys loved meeting Aunt Hannah for the first time.

She is a natural at taking care of babies... :)

We also celebrated Noah's 2nd birthday...

I don't know if that is the best summary of our time in Charleston but that is as good as it is going to get!