The first year

How to even put into words the first year! The year overall has had a lot of ups and downs.  The excitement of the babies, the sadness with Gaga- Grandma was diagnosed with breast cancer, Sara with her awful reflux and helmet (tron baby), the happiness of watching all of the grandparents enjoy the babies. .

Sara - aka Monkey
You were the first to take steps and are a curious little monkey. You decided on your first birthday you had enough crawling and really started walking!
You have 6 teeth

Danyal - aka Dino's
You are happy to play alone and not have your hair pulled by your sister at times. You are introspective and like to figure out how things work.
You have 8 teeth

There are so many fun times that we have had and we have many more years to come! I love that the kids are so happy I guess we are doing something right!

A wonderful 4th. Family, Friends, and FIRE!

Running free

I am just 6 weeks past the partial "H".  I have to say that life has changed for the better in so many ways.  I get to wake up each morning and not have to worry about pills anymore, if I will have pain for the day, and how it will affect me.

Since the "H" I have taken to trying to run again to see if being pain free makes a difference. It really does! I haven't run in years partially because of my foot, partially because of pain.  I am now on week 2 day 3 of couch to 10K and I feel great. Oddly, I haven't felt this great in over 15 years.

So here is to hoping for getting back in shape. I pray that my daughter will never have to live in daily pain like I did. If she does I will surely be more proactive now that most doctors are convinced it isn't just "in your head".

Wordless Wednesday -11 Months

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Rain rain go away

All I can say is I am ready for Summer to start anytime now. I feel like I am living in a hazy state.  Oh wait, we are! I would love 80's every day, walks with the kids, playing in the pool.  Here is to hoping for warm days in July!!

I should mention the kids had their first swim class and they did fantastic!  Both kids had their faces in the water and there were no tears!  I am not sure where they get this from as I plug my nose still and their dad can't swim.  I sure hope my kids turn out to be little fishes.

Wordless Wednesday

Sara

Danyal

Walk through day!

Today is the day we get to do the final walk through on our new house! I cannot wait! Even though we close tomorrow we won't be moving in right away as we have a few updates to do to the house. I will post some before, during and after pictures of the process.

As for yesterday it was a big day for Sara.  Exactly eight weeks to the day after she started wearing her helmet she is done!  In that eight weeks time she has made such improvements with her head shape but in other areas too.  She was just starting to sit up well and now she sits up, crawls, pulls up, can stand unassisted, and take a few steps while holding onto a finger.  It is amazing what changes happen in an eight week time period.

Since we have already had a 103 degree day in MN I am hoping for cooler temperatures to get the kiddos out for a few walks soon!