Photo Shoot

We finally took the boys to get their 2-year photos! We also tried to get a few holiday photos, but those didn't turn out as well. Brendan wouldn't smile and Collin wouldn't sit still. It's very difficult to get good pictures of two-two year olds!! We did manage to get one good family shot-which is our first, so I guess we can't complain. :) Enjoy!

Brendan-this is the best we got of him. He was not being cooperative and smiling.

Collin was all smiles the whole time.


I LOVE this one:

Brendan:

Collin:

This is the *best* xmas photo we got! Haha!

And the only family shot with everyone smiling:

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween to everyone! The boys had a great time. They were very into it once they found out they got candy at each house! :)

Brendan is Pluto and Collin is Mickey Mouse:

Helping Daddy

The boys have been into "helping" lately. All day I hear, "I want to help Mommy!". Yesterday afternoon the weather was beautiful, so Mike decided to let the boys "help" him wash his car. They really had more fun jumping in the water puddles!!




Happy Halloween! Hopefully we'll get some good costume pictures.

Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday we headed out to the Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch and had a great time! The weather was gorgeous. The boys have been obsessed with pumpkins since our neighborhood started decorating for Halloween. So they could not wait to go see a pumpkin patch! In fact, they asked me this morning if we could go play with the pumpkins again!

Lots of pictures ahead...Brendan is in red and Collin is in green.











Mike and I squeezed ourselves into these little carts to take the boys on a choo-choo train around the farm! The boys loved it!

World's Greatest Cat

This post is dedicated to our sweet cat, Chloe, who sadly went to heaven this past week. We learned a week ago that she was in chronic renal failure. She was such a fighter because she never showed any signs of being sick until she was really deep in kidney failure.

Chloe was the sweetest cat from the moment I met her at the SPCA. I went there wanting to adopt a sweet and loving cat. She turned on the charm from the time I set foot in her room. She jumped up on my lap, started to purr and rub her head against me. I knew at that moment that I had to take her home with me.

Chloe was with us through Mike and I getting married, moving to our first house and the birth of our boys. She has been nothing but a very loving and affectionate cat. She loved the boys so much and never hid from them, she loved their attention - even if it was sometimes negative. She led a very good life. We are just sad that it had to end so early. I'll leave you with some pictures of our princess Chloe.

This was her perch. The top of the couch was her favorite place to be.

I call this her "queen Chloe" pose

She loved to lay in the sunshine

Chloe was my best bud during my 3 months on bedrest with the boys. She loved having me around 24-7!

Birthday Party

We had the boys' birthday party on Saturday. It was perfect, we had beautiful weather and great family and friends to spend the day with! We had it at a local park that has a playground, covered pavilion and a pond with ducks,turtles, and fish. We got to socialize with our family and friends and the boys played their hearts out with their friends, aunts, uncle and grandparents.

While downloading the pictures I was looking back at photos from their first birthday party, and they have grown up so much since then! I see less and less baby in them everyday. They are really growing into little boys.

Warning-there are a lot of pictures ahead! I had a hard time choosing just a couple.
A few of the party decorations (the theme was monkeys...since our boys are monkey see, monkey do!):


The birthday boys
Brendan:

Collin:

The boys playing

Cupcakes!

After this point we had to strip them of their shirts because chocolate frosting was everywhere!
Opening presents, look at the pure joy on Brendan's face!




And a family picture. Taken at the end of the party when we were all hot, tired and sweaty. Must remember next time to take a picture when we first get some place!

We have TWO year olds!!

Brendan and Collin turned TWO on Thursday, Sept. 18th! It's hard to believe that our little bitty babies have grown into rambunctious two year olds. Before I know it they are going to be starting kindergarten. Ack!
Here they are on their "Birth" day:

And here they are on their second birthday:
Brendan

Collin

And one of the family


Their actual birthday was pretty uneventful as it fell on a day that both Mike and I work. So it was business as usual. But I did pick up some cupcakes and we gave them one of their presents - a Black & Decker little toy tool bench. They LOVE it and have been playing with it constantly! I do wish I had not put the batteries in it though because it really makes life like noises of a drill press, circular saw and jigsaw!


We are having a small birthday party for them on Saturday so I'll post more pictures then. I wanted to document their "actual" birthday for memories sake. We are so blessed to have them in our lives and they have made the last two years the best of our lives. Although raising twins can be difficult it is also comes with all the rewards times two!