Crawling babies!

I can't beleive it has been 3 weeks since my last update. We are super busy as always, my only excuse for not blogging regularly. The babies are now crawling, as my blog title states, so our house is more crazy than usual. They go in opposite directions and their favorite places to crawl are to the places they are not allowed, i.e. the kitchen and the hallway that leads to the bathroom and laundry. Jake also learned how to pull up this week and this is also opening a new chapter for us. At first it was just in the crib but now, according to Grandma Brenda, their daycare provider, he is pulling up on everything. This only means it will not be long until Ms. Alexis is doing the same thing.


Happy Jake!

I found Jake and Alexis like this the other night, it was too funny, I had to take a picture! And no, I did not let them stay in that position.

Alexis, looking thrilled, as I posed her with her stuffed animals.

Jacob on his daddies chest. Adam didnt want to be in the picture, but I was not entirely successful at getting him completely out of the picture.

Our Diva, Alexis.

Here is Alexis crawling and Jake watching their favorite tv show, The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

They love this show, whenever they hear Mickey's voice they go crazy and our glued to the TV.

Here they are sleeping with their Mickey and Minnie dolls.

I would love to say this picture was not posed and they were looking at a book together. But lets face it, they are nine months old. Yes, I did pose them, if you didnt already figure this out. They have a Noah's ark book that I read to them, mostly I just point out the animals and make the sound that animal makes. Hopefully it making some impact on them cognitively.

Alexis is such a ham. I wish this showed her teeth more. This child has huge front teeth.

I took this picture to show how tall they are getting. I don't feel like they are babies anymore! They are a lot of fun right now. Adam and I have so much fun watching them grow right in front of our eyes.

Tomorrow we are getting their nine month picture taken. HOPEFULLY, I get a few of them both smiling together. Any friends and family, you will certainly be getting copies.

Also I wanted to say to the non Gracelanders that visit my blog, to check out my new links. I added my fellow Graceland Alumns Jenn, Sarah, and Katie. I have had Jenn's blog up for awhile, if you haven't checked it out you should. She is an awesome writer and her blogs never fail to entertain me. Sarah and her husband Scott have a blog about their life with their little girl Greta, she is a doll! The other is Katie, she has three boys, a singleton and a set of twins! She also has a great blog and her boys are adorable.

Jacob's first hair cut

Jacob recieved his first haircut this past weekend. Let's just say it was not the most enjoyable experience for him. My neighbor, Boone, is a barber and told me to bring Jake over when he was ready for his first haircut and he would do it at his home. Boone and his wife Kay are family friends and also go to the same church as I do. I took my camera over and Kay took a lot of pictures. Please disregard the dork holding Jacob with no make up, messy hair and clothes, I was not prepared for the photo op.

Also, I still have not got the hang of blogger yet and these pictures are in opposite order.

He hated having his head being held in one place...

as you can see!

This was before the hair cut began.

Thank you to Boone for the great new 'do! Next time, more Alexis pictures.

Other updates, if you care; they are almost crawling, they are so close! I am dreading and looking forward to it. Both children have turned into momma's babies. They want me and no one else , I am only one person, but they don't understand that. All they know is their mom is holding another baby and it isn't them. Of course, saying this, I can leave them at Grandma Brenda's everyday and they are fine. They barely know I am gone. They love it there! I guesa this all for this week. I will try and get some more pics posted next week!!

As promised, Jake and Alexis pictures!

I am going to follow through on my promise of more pictures and less of me rambling on. I do want to pass on that I did pass my boards! Yay! I found out tonight. Adam and I went up to Topeka this week so I could take them (a story in itself).

Enjoy the pictures of the babies!


Alexis this morning, she looks like such a big girl!!

Uh this occured a minute after the first picture was taken. Alexis somehow, rolled under Jake while he was jumping.

Silly face of Jake, but too cute of Alexis

A good picture of both of them! And no, she does not sleep with the cap on, this is only put on for pictures.

I love his big boy pajamas. I am having a hard time parting with the footsie pajamas. I am having a difficult time finding them past 12 months. I am going to try and go up to KC again soon and hit babies r us and see if I can find some. Anyway, Adam and I bought this cute little pj outfit at Kohl's the other day in Lawerence. We got it home and it barely fit our 8 month old little boy. We were sad, not only is cute, but it was a 12 mo old size. He is growing up fast!

They are not crawling...yet. They are so close!

This is how I found them the other night. Alexis is at the top with the blue blanket and Jake is at the bottom with the pink.

What a doll. Alexis went to church with Grandma Brenda this past Sunday.

I am not sure how long the bow stayed in, knowing this girl, we were lucky if it was still on her head when she got into the car.

They look so serious here. Lately, they see the camera and start smiling!

This is Alexis' new little smile. She does not open her mouth to smile at all anymore.

This picture was taken late at night, well for them. They had gotten back from church and had formula or something wet all over them.

Hope you enjoyed the new pictures. I will defintly be able to update more now that my life does not consist of studying for 2+ hours everynight!

Will update more soon!

Well, I have almost made it a month without blogging. Before I graduated from school, I think I imagined I would have a whole lot more TIME to spend with my family, cleaning house, going to church, ect... you know, all those important activities! I guess I forgot that I work full time and have to study for my nursing boards, which, NO I have not taken or even scheduled yet. When I think about boards, my chest tightens up and I seriously think I am going to have a panic attack. I hope to take them next week. And yes, I do have some meds to help my anxiety now!

On to more brighter subjects, Jacob and Alexis. I wish I had more pictures of them but these two pics are the only ones I have taken since NEW YEARS!! I am a bad mom. They look the same now as they did two weeks ago when this picture was taken. Both of them have sprouted their front upper teeth. I never imagined they would have this many teeth this soon. I dreaded the teething stage even before I gave birth. But God must have decided to throw me a blessing with these babies; I dont even know when they are teething, one day we will just spot a tooth sprouting up in their mouths.


Even better news, we paid off my lovely little Civic in December. I loved that little car, but it was time to move on to bigger and better vehicles. We ended up buying my brother in law, Justin's two year old 4 Runner from him and his wife Vanessa. I love it! Of course it doesn't get my little Civic's gas milage, but I sit up high and have so much more room. I will try and to take picture for next post. Another plus to the car, it is bigger without being too soccer mommish. No offense to those lovely mom that drive a mini-van, I didn't think I was ready for that transition yet.

Also, the reason Justin and Vanessa got rid of their car is because they wanted a different vehicle for their new little baby boy! Jacob and Alexis, along with the rest of the Tourtillott Fam, welcomed little Everett 2 weeks ago. Vanessa has also ventured into the world of blogging and I have link to their page on my friends link. Check him out, he is adorable!

Another happening since I last blogged, our furnace's motor went out . I knew it was a matter of time before this happened. Our furnace is ancient and needs to be replaced in the next couple of years. For three nights, Adam's parents were bombarded with me and the babies. It was very kind and generous of them to let us stay there. Adam stayed at the house and suffered the cold. Anyway, it got fixed today and now we are back at home and our furnance has a new motor.

Sorry for all the rambling and not enough pictures. If there are any other blogger/stalkers out there like me, I rarely look at the words at times and just want to see pictures. Of course it depends on who the blogger is. Anyway, I thought blogging would distract my studying, which it successfully did. I will stop here and I promise more baby pictures and less rambling from me!

Alexis and Jacob's First Christmas

The Tourtillott Twins celebrated their first Christmas last week. And yes, Santa was good to them, too good. Their parents did not go all out this year, geez, they are only 7 months old, how much do they enjoy or remember from this occasion? Jacob got a new carseat and shoes and Alexis got clothes and twin dolls from us. The following pictures are not in any order really, they just show the twins the last week.

But first let me introduce the newest member of the family...
our Wii. We are like the last family in the U.S. to get one, this was me and Adam's gift to eachother. He also got some tools he wanted and I got my Indiana Jones movies...what nerds we are.

This was Jake a couple nights ago in a new sleeper his aunt and uncle got him. What a happy boy he has turned out to be! We don't miss newborn Jacob much, this Jacob is much more pleasant.

Of course both babies enjoyed the wrapping paper more than the actual gifts on Christmas day. Here is Alexis enjoying someone's left over paper.

Here is the twins at my aunt and uncles house in Ottawa. My cousins are helping them sit up while they played with their cousin, Mason's Christmas gift. They really liked this thing, so I went and got it for them a couple days later. Big mistake on my part, I didn't realize it made so much noise! I am not a fan of music-making-toys/educational things.

Here is Jake and Alexis with their cousin's Kendall and Mason. This was their last stop of the day and they were troopers. They were good babies here and enjoyed seeing the Wiltse side of the family. As always, we had good food and good company!

Here is Alexis on Christmas morning at our house. She is holding her twin newborns, that we originally called Jacob and Alexis.

Jacob wearing an antler/headband that Adam bought a couple of years ago for a Christmas party.

Alexis the night before Christmas in her 'My First Christmas' sleeper.

The babies asleep on Christmas Eve.

Here they are at the Tourtillott's Christmas morning.

Jacob getting his circus train!

Alexis and I with her Dora the Explorer's twin brother and sister.

Lastly, the twins sitting our Santa's lap at their grandparent's Christmas party a couple of weeks ago. Poor Jacob does not look too happy, while Alexis looks pretty content. The mystery Santa is actually their Grandfather!

December so far....

As usual, I have been busy, actually busier than normal. After Thanksgiving I had finals and graduation, followed by working and studying for boards. I hopefully willl be able to take my nursing boards within the next couple weeks and pass the first time! My graduation was on Decemeber 12th. Not trying to be stuck up, I didn't put much emphasis on my nursing school graduation. I thought I have already done the college graduation thing and walked across the stage. But I didnt mean to leave my camera at home and not capture the moment! The ceremony was very nice and I am so glad I am done. Afterwards, I met up with my friends and the picture below was the only one taken on my camera.



Me and my friend Sarah after graduation. I will miss all of my friends from school, you defintly form a close bond with your nursing schoolmates!

Jacob and Alexis went to their first Christmas party with my mom a couple of weeks ago. Our church had a special party just for the kids. The babies brought me home their hand prints that are supposed to look like angel wings. It is too precious. Adam immediatly put them on the fridge. Their first artwork!!

The babies love playing on their floor. I don't think it will be too much longer before they crawl, seriously. This stage of their life is so much fun! I really did not like the newborn stage, and each month gets easier and easier.

Alexis is really starting to be a little trouble maker! When her and Jake are on the floor playing, she will grab whatever Jake has in his hand at that time. Jacob just lets her do it and finds another toy to play with.

Jake still loves this bouncy thing I bought for them at a garage sale last spring. Let me say, this was the best 25 dollar investment EVER!! It is a huge contraption and it literally takes up about a 1/4 of our living room, but it is never moved from it's spot. I do not know what I would do without it. Jake loves it and when he is happy, everyone is happy, when he is upset, the house is not a happy place to be.

Saturday we put Alexis in her swing so we could get ready to go to the Tourtillott Family Christmas party. I left Alexis for a couple of minutes and when I returned she had her sock in her mouth. I thought it was too funny.

Here is Alexis with her Greatgrandma Tourtillott and Aunt Linda on Saturday. We traveled two hours to Adam's aunt and uncles house in Monett, MO. They have a beautiful home and it was good to see everyone. The twins loved it, because as usual they got held the whole time we were there. Plus they get lots of love and attention.

Jake's new thing is sticking his tongue out and feeling his little teeth. His teeth broke thru the skin two days after Thanksgiving.

Here he is with Aunt Clarissa. We only get to see her a couple times a year, she lives out in Hutchison, KS and is super busy with work. The twins loved seeing her!

Here is the twins with Adam's parents, Ken and Brenda. The twins love them, especially Grandma Brenda, who they spend a lot of time with. We are so lucky to have the babies Grandma be their daycare provider!!

Here they are on their Aunt Marilyn's floor playing with their toys.

Alexis with her cousin Claire. Claire loves these babies so much.

Another accomplishment, sitting up! They still have to have some suppport but they are doing pretty well and I think they should be sitting up on their own soon.

Ms. Alexis sitting up too! She is such a girl. She is now only 7 months old but she really likes dolls and stuffed animals! Whenever she has the choice between boy like toys and baby dolls, she chooses the dolls. Jake likes the boy-toys, like trucks,rattles, whatever will make noise.

The babies sitting up together. They are so much fun!! They get more interactive all the time. They love to smile and laugh. They do have their fair share of meltdowns, but it seems to be less all time.

We want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. I hope everyone has a safe holiday season!!