Carlee and Kalee Having Fun

This morning I got out of the shower to find Kalee up playing and daddy still in the bed!! She was enjoying herself being a good girl in the toy room... They love this new instrument that is really Halle's but I think they have blown on it more than her.... dollar store special!!
Kalee trying out her mismatched high heels.... She was so funny trying to walk around in them!!
Carlee found her a matching pair of high heels.... She was pretty good walking in hers and even running a little but in Kalee's defense , Carlee's had a chunkier heel!! LOL
Kalee enjoyed her some chocolate gravy yesterday morning... Syd left her bowl where the babies could get to it.... When I looked around she was really helping herself and enjoying it!! Carlee had a little too but she wasn't quite as messy...

Snow Day

Friday even though school didn't let out until 1 I let Halle skip all day. I wasn't sure what the weather was going to do and really didn't want to be driving on the roads if the weather moved in before it did so Jeffrey and I decided just to let her skip out all day.

When Halle woke up and it was daylight out she came running in the living room in quite the panic mode!!! She hates being late for school which to her is anything past 7:45!! She was very excited when I told her that she didn't have to go.

It didn't start snowing until about dark but Halle and Syd enjoyed playing most of the day inside. They made quite the fort which no babies were allowed in..... :/ Poor babies... Little did Halle and Syd know that when they left to go look at the ice on the trees around Newhope with Nana and PaPaw I let the babies play in it!! ;)

It was just the right amount of snow for the girls to throw a few snowballs and get froze out in about 10 minutes. Jeffrey went out with them and Syd told him that she had a surprise for him and promised it was a kiss and not a snowball!!! ;) Unfortunately for daddy he got hit with several snowballs and received no kisses!! LOL

The babies stayed inside because they still are feeling a little under the weather...

100TH Day Of School

100 toothbrushes.... for the 100th day of school

Halle took 100 toothbrushes for the 100th day of school. She was so excited to get to school to see what all her friends brought. They got to go to the nursing home to see a lady that was 100 years old and another one that was almost 100. Halle thought that was really cool!! She had a great day at school and enjoyed her 100th day of school!!

Sick Carlee

Carlee became sick Saturday night. She began to run a fever along with her cough and congestion. She was still running fever this morning so we decided she needed to make a trip to see Dr. Green. He said that she had what was going around and that all of them may possibly have it before it was over and that the cough would linger for 2 weeks!! Treatment consists of breathing treatments every 2 hours for first couple of days then we can cut back to every 4 hours, oral steroids twice a day for 5 days then once a day for 5 more days, and cough medicine, which she hates!!

She did so much better with the breathing treatment so far than I anticipated!! I first just let her touch and play with it and held it up to her mouth and nose before I turned the machine on. When I held it up to her mouth she said, "OU, OU!" Like it was going to hurt... so I thought oh this isn't going to be good. But once I turned it own she never made a sound or cried one tear!!! We will see if that lasts....

On another note of sickness Syd also decided she would get the stomach virus last night which lasted from about 9 til 2 in the morning. Thankfully she feels much better today!! Nana took good care of her since she was spending the night with her.... So thankful for Nana!!

Praying we have had our share of sickness for awhile!!

Kalee

Over the weekend the big girls spent Friday night with Debbie and Saturday night with my mom. Mom got the big girls ready and brought them to church and Carlee was / is sick so she missed church.

Kalee looked so cute in her dress so I decided to snap a few pics of her!

Welcome To Our Night Time

Carlee likes to sleep with her head at the foot of the bed.....

Sydney and Kalee like to take up most of the room ..... That spot on the other side of Syd is where I was sleeping!! Jeffrey is the one getting kicked!! LOL

And Miss Priss has finally figured out that this is the place to be..... in her own bed with lots of room!! And don't you just love the night mask?!!? LOL

Now they all start out in their own bed but with the exception of Halle this is where they end up...

My Beautiful Family

This was the front of our Christmas card this year... Carmen Tedder takes awesome pictures!! This one was taken behind the football field on the rock steps. Love!!!

Syd's Sayings

Sydney Reese is going through such a funny stage!! She has been saying some pretty cute things.... some of my favs: "Will you do me a favorite?"

Singing Amazing Grace last night... "I once was lost but now I'm found was blind from Tennessee."

She still can not tell Carlee and Kalee apart... the other day one of them bit her and she came running to me and said, "Mommy the black one bit me!" This because one had on a black outfit and the other had on a pink one.

These are just a few.... In the pic she is modeling her new underarmour Pa and Bev bought her for Christmas.

Twin Sweetness

Carlee and Kalee love playing in the toy room. However it is rare that they get to because when Halle and Syd are home they take over and most of their toys the twins put in the mouths or try to break and such. So every chance they get, in the toy room they go.... So sweet..... They got all these dishes out and put on the table and then perched themselves in the chairs and were enjoying a "pretend" bed night snack! I just love watching them interact.... They are always together!! At bedtime Carlee and Kalee are daddy's girls!! I try to hold one and 9 times out of 10 she will get down and go to her daddy. So this is the position you will find them in every night about 9. Notice Kalee holding her daddy's hand.... Love them!!!

Halle Makes All A's

Report cards went out last week and once again our big girl made all A's. We are so proud of her!!! She is also reading 4th grade books so she thinks she should be able to just skip 3rd grade.... LOL!

18 Month Check Up

Carlee and Kalee turned 18 months in December. As you can tell from the pictures they did not enjoy the visit to the doctor. Literally they started crying as soon as we walked through the doors after Ms. Kay called our names. Poor babies had to get 2 shots that day.... one was a basic vaccine and the other was their 2nd H1N1 vaccine. They will only have to receive 1 more shot at age 2 then poor babies will be finished with all these vaccines until the age of 4.

Carlee weighed 26 lbs 2.5 ozs and was 31 inches. Kalee weighed 25 lbs 14.5 ozs and was 31 1/4 inches. Carlee was in the 85% weight and 35 % for length. Kalee was in the 75 % for weight and 40% for length. Close as always in their weight and length...

Dr. Green said that both girls looked healthy and were doing great.

Carlee and Kalee both have 12 teeth and love to brush them still. They were size 4 diapers... so ready for the potty training stage! They wear size 18-24 months clothes and some 2T. They love to eat and will eat whatever you feed them... we don't have picky eaters! They still have very few words in their vocab but are beginning to babble and jabber more and more..... a few are... Uh Oh ( the new one these days), momma, dadda, bite, bye bye, hello. They sure can communicate without saying much though! They come get your finger and take you to what they want.... beat on the refrigerator if they want a drink, beat on the pantry if they want food, move the bar stools around if they want to sit in their chairs to eat, pat a chair if they want you to sit down. So funny...

Carlee and Kalee can also climb in big chairs now and can climb up stairs with us behind them making sure they don't fall. They love to run and race. Halle and Syd really enjoy telling them to run fast and watching them. They have also started mocking Halle and Syd doing gymnastics. They will run and go put their head on the ground like they are about to turn a flip but they haven't flipped on over yet. This is so cute to watch!!

Carlee and Kalee have also started stacking blocks. I was watching one this week playing with a set of blocks where she starts with a big block then you place smaller blocks inside. The biggest block is number 5 then it goes down to 1. She had placed the third block in before the fourth and was trying to get the fourth one in. Once she realized it didn't go she took the third block out then put the fourth in and completed it down to 1. Anyway I hope you get the point..... very smart I think!! ;)

The sweetest thing Carlee and Kalee are doing is that they make the sound when you give them hugs like they are really squeezing you tight. You all know the sound.....
These are just a few things we enjoy on a daily basis!! So much fun...

Halle and Syd also went with us that day.... They got their 2nd H1N1 mist vaccine. So far so good no sickness this winter!!! Everyone knock on wood now!! :)

Pic Says It All.......

So this believe it or not got blamed on me.... Jeffrey is always complaining that I don't put the lids on anything, tight enough, screwed down enough, etc... Reason being when I'm home alone I want to be able to get the lids off of things!

My big girls like chocolate milk at night so we mix milk with Nesquik. This night Syd decides to help dad out and get the Nesquik out of the cabinet. For some reason she decided it needed a good 'ol shake....... And you guessed it, the lid wasn't on tight enough!!! Lucky for us we were about out and not very much ended up in the floor!

Halle and Syd made the most of it and decided to eat a little before we could get the vaccum out to start cleaning it up. Please excuse Syd being naked in the photo... LOL She had already stripped down because it went all over her pjs as well and not real sure why she had to take panties off too!! LOL

I literally laugh everytime I see this picture.....

Liberty Bowl 2010

Jeffrey and I enjoyed the weekend in Memphis with several of our friends. The Hogs finally pulled out a win in overtime!! I promise you by the end of the game I wasn't sure if I had toes or a nose. Jeffrey agreed that it was the coldest he had ever been!!! I was so cold that at the end of the game I was hoping the ECU kicker would make it so the game wouldn't go into overtime.... I know that's terrible!!!

After the game we headed to Beale Street. We ate at the Flying Fish which was very good, I'm not a BBQ fan!! Afterwards we headed to Silkys which was a nice little piano bar.... LOL. They did have 2 pianos... We ran into a few Razorback players there. I had to have my picture made with our favorite player Tejada! ;) Poor guy was so nice..... good thing because he's not much of a kicker!!

Thanks to mom, Papa Rick, Nana, and Papaw for keeping the girls. Mom took the big girls to a birthday party at Chuck E Cheese then to watch Alvin and the Chipmunks. Then she traded them off and took the babies that night so the big girls could go to church with Nana and Papaw Sunday. Thanks to all for keeping them so we could enjoy a nice weekend away!

Happy New Year 2010!!!

Carlee was the only smart one of the bunch...... sleeping at midnight! Sweet baby!!

Kalee woke up at midnight to wish everyone a Happy New Year! She loves her daddy!

Syd still going strong at midnight..... cute as a button in her pjs!

Halle rang in the new year playing games with all of us..... She's getting so big!

I'm so blessed to have my wonderful healthy family...... Looking forward to the new year!!

Loss

On Monday my pappaw passed away at the age of 83. We were very fortunate to have been able to spend the day on his birthday with him on Christmas Eve. He loved his family and anyone that would listen to him he would tell them just how much he loved his grandchildren and great grandchildren. I will always cherish my many fond memories I have of him as a child growing up and wanting to spend as many nights as possible with mammaw and him. I could never understand why my parents would make me go home.
He loved my girls so much and I don't believe he missed many softball games that Halle played the past 2 years. My sweet Syd is named after him. He told me when she was first born that he couldn't remember Sydney but he would never forget her middle name Reese. Carlee and Kalee will not remember pappaw but he sure loved them too. Christmas Eve they couldn't give him high fives enough. He thought this was great and commented on how they just blistered his hand because they hit his hand so hard!! ;)
My family and I are thankful for all your prayers.
Reese D Manasco December 24, 1926- December 28, 2009

Christmas With Nana And PaPaw 2009

We celebrated Christmas with Nana and Papaw last Sunday. Once again the girls received tons of gifts. All of them received a Wii to stay at Nana's house since my girls are there so much. They always wanted us to carry ours back and forth so this makes it much easier.
Halle also got a camera, the doll she wanted, more Nintendo DS games, a purse with peace signs on it, and pixos to name a few.

Syd also received another doll, camera , Snowhite doll, and Nintendo DS games. She also got a TAG reader that is way cool. She will be reading in no time!! ;)

Carlee and Kalee each got new riding toys that they have already fallen off numerous times. They love cell phones and they each received a new one. They also got a reading thing that honestly I have not had time to get out of the box yet but am determined to do so soon!! Also they got bath toys that they have enjoyed so much.

Jeffrey and I received money. I also got another Scentsy that now makes 3 to my collection. If you don't have one these are a must have!!!

Once again this is just to list a few things. My girls are so fortunate to have a loving family!!

Christmas With Gran And Papa Rick 2009

We celebrated Christmas with Gran and Papa Rick last Saturday. The girls loved all their gifts. Carlee and Kalee finally got their big girl chairs like Halle and Syd that they love. Now they don't have to fight Halle and Syd for theirs. That day they sat in the chair that had their name on it everytime. It was so funny ...... we just know they can read! ;) They also got baby dolls that they have been carrying around everywhere.

Syd also got a new baby doll. She got several learning toys to learn to write her letters and numbers that she has been enjoying. She is really into playing doctor these days and got a new doctor kit and has been keeping us all healthy. :) Syd also got Nintendo DS games and movies. She also got a new game for the Wii.

Halle got a new cd player that she has been blasting in our ears with her new Carrie Underwood cd and Kris Allen cd. :) She also got Nintendo DS games, movies, and a game for the Wii. She also got creative things to do all her art projects she loves doing. Halle loves clothes from Justice and she loved her new jeans and sweater.

Uncle Brandon also brought his gifts for the girls. He always gets them all a Christmas bear each year. We are starting to have quite the collection!! Carlee and Kalee loved their toys and new pjs from him. Syd also got new pjs and she loved the Chickos that he picked out after she explained to him what they were and with a little help from me. ;) Halle loved her clothes from Justice and her new Gymnastics pillow case that he bought for Syd and her. He also got them Nintendo DS games that they have been playing non stop!!

I know I'm leaving out some things the girls received but you all get the point.... my girls are greatly spoiled and this was just one place we received gifts!! We barely had room to sit on the car ride home!!

Uncle Brandon loved his new print mom and Rick got him of the '94 Championship team as you can tell from the picture.

Jeffrey and I enjoyed our gifts as well..... wind chimes , perfume, cologne, a Razorback jacket, Nativitiy scene, and money.

Thanks Gran , Papa Rick, and Uncle Brandon!!!

O and BTW that is Kalee making the face in the picture..... She makes that face when she gets mad! So funny....