Happy Saturday!

I'm starting to think about Valentine's Day cards (clearly I need to get a life...) so Paige and I have been experimenting with a few different outfits. I think a(nother) trip to the mall is in order!

David is golfing today since it is so nice and I am going for a long run when he gets home. In the mean time, we are getting to play outside a little bit!

Braley wasn't down with the group photo.

Big boy walks everywhere now! It is so strange to be changing a diaper and look up and see this guy just walking around the corner!

Think this little girl looks sweet? Think again. (not really - obviously she is sweet and I love her). This age is tough. When they said that 3 is tougher than 2, it was hard for me to imagine. But now her tantrums are calculated and she is intelligent/can understand enough for them to go on and on.

Good thing she is adorable : )

Girl dates

My Friday nanny started back up today, so Paige and I got to resume our weekly date day! We went to the gym first, where Paige got to play with her bestie, Logan.

Die. I love these sweet girls more than life itself! When we pulled in, Paige saw Logan getting out of her car and yelled, "look, mommy! There is my friend, Logan!"

After the gym, we went to lunch with Amanda, Logan, and Tia. Then - what girls do best on a date...shopping!!

Little bug waiting for the elevator. And yes, she walked right into a store grabbed this pink skirt, said, "I want to try it on!" and put it right on and ripped the tag off. Homegirl likes to shop.

I want to push the button!

Of course on our girl date, we had to go look at make-up and perfume! Duh! Logan liked this purple lipstick.

And Paige helped herself to some bronzer.

Thank the Lord for sweet friends!

David and I are hitting the town for a wedding tonight (yes, Friday the 13th. Don't ask because I haven't a clue as to why someone would do that!) then tomorrow we have a birthday party for a special 1 year old boy.

Have a great weekend!

Gymboree! Yay!

My undeniably generous mom got the twins 5 months of gymboree for Christmas. I am happy to have something fun to take them to do while Paige is in school. Although I must say, I was VERY nervous about how they would do there. They hate being in unfamiliar places and have some of the worst stranger anxiety I have ever seen. Luckily my momma came to help me and they love her.

When we first got there, they clung to Mele, me, and eachother : ) Bless them : )

But before I could even get out, "gah, I knew this would happen..." big boy started exploring with the biggest smile on his face! LOVE him!

Braley, my little momma's boy, never got *totally* comfortable - he spent a good amount of time sucking his thumb in my lap. I have people tell me I need to just put him on the floor and show him some tough love. But I know Braley. I know he just needs a little more time to adjust to new places and people.

The name tags kill me. How is my little bitty 5 pound baby big enough to go somewhere that requires name tags?? : (

Can't wait until next Thursday!

I'm running!

I have been on this huge running kick - hence my goal to run 20 miles a week. And now, I've decided to run the half marathon in April! My goal for next week is to get a double digit run in (so 10 or 11 miles).

I was pumped with my run from Sunday:

And even more pumped with my run last night!

This is what a busy daddy looks like when he is trying to eat dinner:

And this is when you know you are a stay-at-home mom and need a life:

So I have all these sippy cups. The kids love cold water and want it immediately upon request. So I keep them filled and in the fridge. I LOVE getting them out of the dishwasher and finding new combos of cups and lids that I haven't done before. ie - pink with yellow, pink with red, purple with green...that kind of thing. OMG. Loser.

Yesterday, we were playing upstairs. Paige, without saying a word, brought her babies pack n play over to the couch where I was sitting. She then went and got her baby and laid her in it. Then, she looked at me and said, "mommy, can you babysit my baby while I go to the store?"

Back from vacation!

First - to answer a question, that running watch is a Nike TomTom - not sure...my hubby got it for marathon training and I have decided that we are going to share it : ) But yes, it is awesome! It is a GPS and tracks all sorts of cool things!

Anyway - ski vaca 2012 was a success!

We left Monday morning and headed to the airport! We ate lunch there and boarded the plane.

We flew OKC to Denver first. David and I each had a lap child and we had Paige to wrangle as well. The crummy thing was that, since we were on smaller planes, there weren't enough oxygen masks per row for David and I to sit together. So we took turns sitting with one baby and Paige, and the other was with just one baby. Not going to lie, it was pretty rough. Jack and Braley recovered from our first flight by taking a napper in the Denver airport.

Our second flight - Denver to Durango, was only 45 minutes and it was fine! Then we got to the house and the difficulties were forgotten! Paige was so happy to play with her cousins and the grandparents were ready to take the boys off our hands so we could relax!

And a very exciting thing: Jack Attack started walking while we were there : ) Video to come.

The little bud gets jealous when we praise Jack and get excited when he walks. Bless him. So we have to praise him too and he gets a huge grin on his face.

The first day, we took Paige out to play in the snow for a little bit.

The day before we left, it dawned on me that she had no appropriate shoes to wear in the snow. I remembered that Target had adorable rain boots, so we ran up there with all the kids to try and grab them. Unfortunately, the only ones they had to fit her tiny feet were the Thomas ones. But it was fine, Paige freaked out she was so excited over her "THOMAS BOOTS!!!!!"

David and I found a local gym and went up for a work out, did some shopping, then came home to get Paige. We took her up to the mountain for lunch:

Paige is finally a normal kid who likes pizza!

They had some little skis to rent for kids, that just snapped right into her shoes. There was a little bunny slope that parents could walk down while helping their little one ski down. It was seriously the cutest thing I have ever seen. Teaching my daughter how to ski was so surreal to me. I just kept looking around seeing all the happy parents and it was strange to think, "hey, I'm one of them."

I die.




We came home, fed the kids dinner, did baths, played, got the kiddos down, then had game time with all the family! We don't get to spend a lot of time with David's siblings and their spouses, so it was a treat to get this time.

The second day, we hit the slopes all day! David decided to stay home and spend the day with his parents and the kids. He is too paranoid about injury so close to his February marathon. But David and Paige came up to the mountain to meet me for lunch and some more skiing for the bug.

David's sister and me on the top of the mountain. It was WARM for skiing. We didn't need hats or goggles at all. It was amazing and gorgeous.

That night brought more fun - dinner, play time, games!

The next day, David and I got a couples massage, had lunch downtown, and then went snow machining! (when I used to live in Alaska, everyone called it snow machining. I got used to it. I know in the lower 48, it is referred to as a snow mobile.)

I'd say, besides flying, the toughest part about travel was getting Paige to sleep. She was having too much fun with the girls to want to settle down, and when she finally did, she was scared in an unfamiliar room by herself. So we ended up having David sleep with her in a room, and I slept in the room next to the twins. Luckily, with a fan for white noise and a dark room, Jack and Braley had no issues sleeping. Everyone ate great too. But it was sure nice last night getting Paige back in her own bed and getting 12 hours of sleep again.

The flights home were pretty tough. But all 3 slept from Denver to OKC:

And when we got home, it was like we never left! Everyone fell right back into routine.

Vacation is great, but there is no place like home : )

And, I am doing great on my running goal! 21 miles the first week!

Happy New Year!

We had a great night out last night! Dinner downtown with friends and the Thunder game! We came home, rang in the New Year New York time, then called it a night.

I don't usually do resolutions, but here are my goals for 2012:

1. Run at least 20 miles a week - totaling 1040 miles for the year. I realize some weeks I won't be able to get my 20 (like the week we will be spending in Colorado!), but I am going to do the best I can to get my 1040 for the year. I will be logging runs and update my progress on here! This isn't for weight loss, as I know I don't need to lose weight. This is me making a priority to get out of the house without the kids and enjoy being outside with only my music to keep me company.

2. Fold laundry the day I wash it. I have this horrible habit of leaving clean clothes in the laundry room, then I end up having an hour+ of folding to do. It would be much easier on myself if I would just fold it that day!

We will be spending the week in Colorado skiing! Praying for as smooth a flight as possible, with 2 one year olds and an almost three year old. SMH.