Growing up

It has been a while since I have posted twin photos. I took a few the other day. Naked, as they always are in the summer time. They seem to be growing up so fast these days and really picking up on a ton of things. So, here they are on one of the few occasions that they get to watch tv. They are watching Baby Einstein of course.

Laycee is loving on a pillow. She didnt want to share.
Haylee pushed her way up there and Laycee finally let her.
She loves Baby Einstein. Logan was off playing ball in the hall, so I didn't get too many pictures of her. Loni, I think Laycee looks like she belongs in your family lol.
Special moment. They are both laying there and loving it. Of course Baby Einstein is still playing.
Close up
They are finally starting to pick up new words too and they are both teething again. Logan only has 6 teeth... 4 on top, 2 on bottom. Laycee had 6 on bottom now. And 8 on top.

Logans Words- Mama, Dada, "doll" for ball, Eww, uh oh, stinky, "was tis?" Whats this or whats that?, bup for cup, hi, bye, uce for juice. Most of these I say and he immitates though. And he recently starting being able to point to my eyes and nose when I ask.

Laycee's Words- Mama, Dada, doll, eww, uh oh, up for cup, hi, bye. She still only walks on her knees although this week she has braved her feet a little bit. And she sings really pretty.

So, thats our latest update with the babies. They are almost 18 months, so we will have their 18 month check ups soon!

Trent Turns 5

Yesterday was Trent's 5th Birthday. I didn't plan anything, but we were going to the pool with some friends so I bought a present for each of his friends to give to him and we sang happy brithday and ate cupcakes. I know it was so last minute, but Trent was really happy about it. Then when we got home, Dave brought home a big surprise. A new bike. Perfect for the 5k race!!

Not just a Fluke

Well I guess I really learned my lesson this time. The other night we put Logan to bed naked thinking that his previous diaper removal was a fluke. Well, that won't happen again. He will now wear onsies ever time. I am just thankful he didn't paint the walls. But he sure did love making a mess and peeing in Laycee's bed. What a sick child!

Portugal

Dave recently went to Portugal for work. While there, they let them sitesee a little too. Here are some of the pictures he took. Unfortunately, I don't know what any of the pictures are of, but it is cool to see another country.

Funny Things Haylee Says

Haylee has an amazing memory. I don't know how she remembers so much. Every once in a while, she just can't quite recall though. So today, she was giving me a lesson on the human body. (I have been having a lot of lessons lately, on reptiles, dinosaurs, and sharks to name a few). This is what she says...

Mom, I know that your nose and ears don't have bones. (really haylee?) Yup, your ears have cottage.

I was thinking that cottage only sits in my butt lol. I corrected her and told her it was cartilage. She says, yeah that is a hard word to say.

Haylee is amazing, even with her little mixups.

Playgroup

On Wednesdays, early developmental services hosts a free playgroup for children newborn-6. Usually I don't go because the babies just weren't old enough, but now that Logan is walking, I thought he might like it. Laycee hates it. It is too noisy for her. But, here are some of the pictures Nancy and I took while we were there.

So Cute!

The other day Logan brings me this dog backpack/leash that I used on Haylee and Trent. Anyway, I put it on him and he didn't take it off the rest of the day. He loved it!

4th of July

For the fourth, we went to a promotion bbq for Dave and the other guy who got promoted. Here are the kids all dressed for the 4th.

Darn Trent!
On Post, they had rides for the kids, food, and entertainment.
And what do you know? I was part of the entertainment. We showed off the new Body Jam coming to post Aug 2008, and Body Combat.

The kids stayed for the fireworks while we took the babies home. We could see them from the house though. They were great as always! Hope you all have a wonderful 4th of July.

New Favorites

Cell Phones are the babies new favorite toy. Thankfully, we have 4 play phones from when Haylee and Trent loved phones. Laycee especially loves to pick up the phone and "sing to dada". I will try and get video of it one day. But here is Logan, checking out his phone.

And here is Laycee after she stole the phone from Logan.

Promotion

Yesterday was Dave's promotion. YEAH!! Pictured from Left to right is Dave, SGT Burton who was also getting promoted, and then the commander. They are reading SGT Burton's orders here.

Dave wanted me to stick on his new rank, so this is while they are reading his orders.
Here is after I changed over his rank.
Sorry I didn't get better pictures. My camera woman was not so hot and she said that I went too fast. She offered to stage it so we could get better pictures, but I wasn't too worried about it. It was the first time I had been to or seen one of these and I am so proud of Dave. He is finally part of the NCO club!

Pudding

The babies were finished with lunch the other day, but I was still busy, so I had to come up with something to keep them a little bit happy. So, I decided on pudding. They LOVED it!

Needless to say, I think I created more work for myself, but at least I got some smiles.

Body Jam

As you all know, I went through a training to be certified on Body Combat by Les Mills back in January. Well, I am branching out and am now going to try Body Jam as well. I am hoping when I am certified that it will pay off and I can work. Here is a little sizzler about what I will be doing this weekend.

Finally, some good news!

As everyone knows, this year has been a hard one for us. You know in life, sometimes everything is going well, and sometimes nothing is going well. We are in the nothing going well stage. However, we are still receiving blessings. Dave made the cutoff for promotion for July! YEAH!!! We are truly blessed because he has only been in the for 3 years. So, now Dave is SGT Higbee. Congrats Babe!! If they invite me to the promotion ceremony this time (the last two times they didn't) then I will post pictures.

Doctor Visits

Before I tell you all what is going on, I wanted to say thank you all for your concern. We appreciate it. Okay, so yesterday I was taking Haylee, Logan, and Laycee in for routine check ups since they all needed something, but since the babies were sick, I figured that I could kill 2 birds with one stone. So here is the report and it is not pretty lol.

I was taking Haylee in because she also has cafe au lait spots. Since neurofibromatosis can be genetic and they are checking Laycee out, I felt like Haylee should be seen. Well the verdict is, the doctor has to get back with me after she talks to the neurologist lol. But she definately has over 6 spots which is one of the diagnosing criteria.

Logan just needed a follow up on his weight. He was 8.4 kilos in March and now he is 9 kilos. He is still way below the weight chart, but he is finally tracking on a curve. Next step... see the nutritionist and get a calorie count. The doc wants to put him back on pediasure, but I don't because then he stops eating. As for a sickness, he has a severe case of pink eye, but nothing that can't be cured with a little medicine.

And now for the drama of it all. Laycee was just supposed to be seen as a follow up to her visit in Germany. I wanted to enroll her in the Army medical program (efmp) so that as they assign Dave's next duty station (which isn't too far off), it will have access to a neurologist, which is what she needs. Anyway, she also has pink eye, and as I mentioned was vomiting and having a high fever (up to 104.3). The high fevers are common for her. It is just how her fevers go. I was not too stressed about that at all really.

So, the doctor said she definatly has pink eye, then she has one ear infection and the start of a second one. And she was dehydrated. So, they did a bunch of lab work and hooked her up to an iv. Her lab work was normal, but she might have a urine infection also. She has a yeast infection. She got two doses of iv fluids and iv antibiotic in between.

After almost 4 hours at the doctors office, we came home with a get back to you on Haylee, pink eye for Logan, pink eye, yeast infection, dehydration, and maybe urine infection for Laycee. All in all, it was just a story of my life visit lol. But you know what, I am thankful because we avoided the hospital. I hate the Italian hospital.

So thanks for letting me complain!