Lake Trip

Sorry for the delay in blog posts lately! Coleman accidentally spit up on my laptop when I was holding him one day and finishing an email at the same time (multi-tasking mama!), so needless to say some of the keys on my laptop are now toast and I have to sit down at a desktop when I get a sec to type. A new keyboard is on its way though, so hopefully this is temporary!

This weekend we went to Lake Martin to visit with Jared's parents and brother and sister. We had a blast and so did the boys while they played with all of the new fun toys at their Lovey and Big Poppa's house. Jared and I also both got two full nights of sleep...not sure that Lovey and Big Poppa knew what they were signing up for when they volunteered to watch the boys for the night, but I am definitely well rested and reengergized! The boys also went on their first boat ride of many to come since there was no one else on the water. They did great and fell asleep from the sound of the motor.

Here are some fun pictures from our weekend...

The dogs experiencing the paddleboard...


Coleman in the exersaucer/bouncer...

Carter in the exersaucer/bouncer...

Our first boat ride...

Meal time...


Hanging out with Uncle Daniel...

My Boys

Wordless Wednesday

We're trying hard...not quite yet but getting closer!

Twinkle Toes

When I was a little girl I used to love to hook my left foot onto things (my stroller, highchair, etc), and it looks like the boys are following my lead! Carter's new trick is to hook his left foot up on top of the bouncer and to talk to the animals...it's super cute to watch!

Deal Diva

My brother nicknamed me the "Deal Diva" because I love to find a good deal and am constantly on the hunt for the best deals when it comes to groceries, diapers (as you can imagine), and anything and everything. Yes, I am that crazy woman in the grocery store with a binder full of coupons too!
So of course it is no surprise that I LOVE to go to the consignment sales and find fun things for the boys. It is amazing what you can find for a fraction of the price and not to mention it's just fun to get out and about. You can also get some super deals on clothes at the consignment sales, but I really enjoy having the boys in matching or coordinating clothes so I typically only find toys at the sales. Well, this month and next month are the prime times for consignment sales so I was up and at 'em this morning as I went to my first consignment sale in Georgia. It was a small sale at a local church but they had some great things, so I bought some toys for us to play with now....


and some for later...

Carter and I enjoyed looking at all of the new fun things and reading a new story...

Tonight and tomorrow morning there are two consignment sales given by the local twins organizations here, so I can't wait to see what I may find for the boys there!

We have had a good week this week! Our sleep habits have a little bit to be desired but a lot of that is contributed to the "four month sleep regression" which is where the boys are at with their adjusted age. Hopefully they will grow out of that soon and we will be back to sleeping through the night!

I decided to prolong the boys on the rice cereal because it seemed to be hurting their little tummies. With them being preemies it wasn't surprising for me to discover that their digestive systems just weren't quite ready yet, and to be honest I'm okay with holding out on solids for right now too....it's going to be a lot of work once I have to start making all that baby food! ;o)

I really am enjoying having mom be able to help me out with the boys. It had given me some much needed one on one time with each of my sweet babes that I rarely get. I used to have to get through our day as best I could with just me and when family or friends came to visit they of course wanted to spend time with both boys, so I was still unable to spend some quality one on one time and I am loving being able to do that now. I feel like such a better mama!! We have only been in Atlanta for two weeks now and I still feel like we are on vacation and are going to go back to North Carolina any day now. I'm sure it will eventually hit me!

We took the boys shopping the other day and here is a picture of when we started....

and when we finished...


As you can see those sweet boys shopped 'til they dropped! They LOVE being out of their car seat stroller though and into a regular one where they can see the world and all of the things going on around them. They are still too small for our jogging stroller but hopefully they'll be in it before long!

Monday Funday

We had a lot of fun today! It started with some early morning snugs in bed....

...and then it was time for breakfast...sometimes we like to munch on our fingers as appetizers...okay, all the time we like to munch on our fingers...



...then we had our first playdate in Atlanta! My friend Jennifer and her sweet 4 month old twin boys came over to play :o)

We finished off our day with some fun in our bouncers...



What will tomorrow bring?