London & Lilly's 1st Birthday!

I cannot believe it has been 1 year since these two little angels were born. They turned a year old on Tuesday, February 24th. We had a little party with just family. My Mom and Dad came up and Alisha, Michael, Hayden and Maya came over. Spencer video taped, Fallon took the snap shots and I did everything else. We dressed them in little too-toos. London had a purple on and Lilly had a pink one. They opened their presents first. They each got a rocking chair, talking elmos, and books. Fallon made them each a stuffed animal from build-a-bear. London's was a monkey and Lilly's was a bunny. Spencer and I bought them a playhouse for the backyard. They will have a blast in it this summer. After presents they ate their first cake. It was so cute watching them carefully touch the frosting for the first time. After the first taste it was over for the little ladybug's. London stuck her whole hand in it. Lilly just ate and ate. London kept saying "hmmm, hmmm, hmmm" over and over. She obviously loved it. She is our eater though. She loves food. After they finished we had to strip them down and wash them up. Cake was in the ears and hair and eyes. Too cute!

At the end of the day we were all tired, but feeling very blessed to have such a beautiful growing family. Having twins has been so fun and rewarding. We thank the Lord everyday for all three of our beautiful girls.

All about Fallon!

Fallon is now 12 1/2 years old. She is very grown up for her age, sometimes. She loves pizza, cheese only. She loves texting her friends, swimming, playing the guitar and fashion. Her and her friends planned out matching valentines outfits. They wore pink/red skinny jeans and came over here to make valentines t-shirts. Fallon's turned out really cute. This last weekend she swam in sectionals, which qualifies you to swim at the state meet, if you make the cut off times. Fallon made the state cut off times by far this year and will compete in the state swim meet on March 7th. She has also qualified in to swim at regionals this year in nine different events. Regionals will be held in Minneapolis, MN on March 28th and 29th. We are so proud of Fallon and all she has accomplished this swim season. In June, she will attend a swim camp at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. It is 5 days and four nights. She will be rooming with her friend on the swim team. I am excited for her to learn new things from coaches on a higher level.

Fallon is also in choir at school and had a concert not long ago. She sings with her new guitar she got for Christmas. She began taking guitar lessons in January and has done very well. Her instructor is very impressed by her ability so far. She does well in school and will be an 8th graders next year. We went to orientation last night at the school. I cannot believe she has grown up so fast! Spencer and I adore her and know she is well on her way to becoming a great and accomplished daughter of God.

Let's catch up!

The above slide show is in October and November. London and Lilly were Lady bugs for Halloween. London was always in the candy bowl. They were crawling everywhere and getting into everything. Fallon made a dinner for us to pass of a 10 hour project for Young Women's. She also made the apron she is wearing, for the project.

This slide show is during November and December. We celebrated Christmas here in Iowa. We made a gingerbread house, which was lots of fun. Fallon got a guitar and the twins got an ice cream truck to ride in. They love their gifts. My parents came up and spent Christmas with us. We had a family dinner on Christmas eve and Alisha and her family came over. This was the first year we have had family with us for Christmas. The twins sat on santa's lap, but didn't really like it. Fallon wouldn't, I guess she is getting to big. She is such a beautiful girl.

These pictures are in January. Take notice of the twins in the snow. Spencer brought some snow inside one day for them to play with. We then decided to bundle them up and put them out in the snow and make snow angels. I don't think they enjoyed it too much. Also note the funny faces that London and Lilly are making, they just learned it. They love bath time and are so cute during nap time. Fallon loves to play with them. They get so excited when she comes home from school. They crawl all over her.

London and Lilly are both walking and have been for a while. They think they are so cool now that they are upright like the BIG people in their life. They both have 12 teeth, but little hair. :)

I AM BACK!!!

Girls first pool experience, at the hotel by Mall of America

At Mall of America

After church one Sunday

Ok, so it has been very challenging to keep up with my blog, but I am going to try harder! The twins are now 8 months old! Where has the time gone? They are both crawling everywhere. London has 7 teeth and Lilly has 4. London can now pull herself up to everything, which makes for a lot of bruises. I think she is wanting to walk, what am I going to do. As you can see London favors me, left, and Lilly is a little Spencer, on the right. I have enjoyed every minute with them.

A quick update: Our summer flew by for us. Spencer was so busy that the only vacation we could squeeze in was a three day weekend to Mall of America. It was lots of fun and lots of shopping! Fallon absolutely loved it. If any of you haven't been there I would highly recommend it. There is a fun amusement park in the middle of the mall.

Fallon is back to her swimming and has her first meet on November 8th. She is now in young womens and loves it. We are very proud of her.

Spencer is still working hard, but is now considered a senior resident. This makes it nice when he is on call. He gets to sleep more often!

I am doing great and love being a mom to a teenager and twin babies. Wow, life is busy but great! The best news is that my sister and her family moved here this summer. They only live a mile from my house! It has been so great having my family here.

We are two months old and growing!

The past two months have flown by. I have cherished every moment with my new girls. They are very good babies. They each have their moments, but don't we all. I have truely enjoyed getting to know their personalities and watching them grow. Boy have they grown! They have both DOUBLED their birth weight! London is in the 10lb range and Lilly is in the 9 lb. range. They are smiling all the time now and London is trying to roll over. Lilly hates tummy time, but I have her do it anyway. Mean old Mom! It is so fun to watch Fallon with the babies. She is a little mommy too. I honestly don't know what I would do without Fallon's help. She is my rock, especially when Spencer is gone. She will even get up with me at night when Spencer is not home! What a gem she is! The girls are on the same schedule. They eat and sleep at the same time. They get up once a night and are up by 7 am for the day. When they were first born they were up every three hours at night and it took an hour to feed them!

I am getting braver everyday with them. At first I didn't take them anywhere. They were 7 weeks old before we went to church. Once I started taking them out I always had to have someone with me. Now I take them where ever I need to go. It is amazing how nice people are at the stores. They see a mother with twins and fall all over themselves trying to help me, but especially to see the girls. I will have 5-6 people around my cart at different times. I try to take them on walks around the neighborhood when the weather is nice. Cars slow down when they see the big limousine stroller rolling down the side walk. It must be quite a site.

We had the girls blessed when they were eight weeks old. All our family came up, Spencer's and mine. Spencer's family had never seen the girls. We had a full house that weekend. It was nice to see everyone and to watch them with the babies. They are now 10 weeks old. I don't know where the time has gone. Soon they will be graduating from high school and leaving for college! Maybe not that soon, but time does go by fast.

Fallon has really grown up this year. She will start back swimming for the summer. I can't wait for her to be home this summer. It will be nice to have someone to visit with during the day. She will turn 12 in July and will go into Young Women's. I cannot believe she is that old. It is so hard to savor the lives of our children when time goes by so fast. I am so glad I have been able to stay home and be with our children during their growing up years so far. I can't imagine what I would have missed out on.

One month old today!

Lillian is now 5lbs 8oz and London is 6lbs 3oz. We are having so much fun watching them grow and discover the environment around them. Viv's hanging in there. She is pretty exhausted at times, but loves every minute of caring for her little ones. Fallon has been a HUGE help around the house and with her sisters. She has been on break this week from school and spent most of her time playing with the girls. She is a big help with bath time. You probably can't tell from the pictures, but the girls love to take baths. Spencer has always enjoyed cooking and it's a good thing, because he's been doing alot of it lately. He made Shepard's Pie recently for the first time and it wasn't "too" bad - hehehe. It's certainly been a change to our lives, a change we are so thankful for. More pics later. We love you all.

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