Not much time..but here are some pictures

Aiden and Jackson sitting on the low wall in the new house.



Aiden and Daddy playing around.



Double Trouble is an understatement!!



Jackson in rare form!

We will be MIA

because IT'S ON! Like Donkey Kong!!

Fernando (in charge of the construction) gives us HIS WORD that we will be done with both walk-throughs and everything fixed BY FRIDAY. It's Tuesday and we haven't yet had our first walk though so I'll believe it when I see it.

But tomorrow we have a walk-through at 10 am which should be interesting. Since they are worse procrastinators than we are and pushed this all off until the very last minute, we weren't able to coincide the walk-through with my mom's work schedule so we will just take a few toys and let them play in their room. We'll see how that goes. Keep your fingers crossed for us. They will be missing a nap.....yikes.

The GOOD thing is that we've been going up to see the house about twice a week so we know where most of the little mistakes are. I feel like we have a little bit of a head start.

But we probably won't be online much at all for the next few days but we will make sure to take lots of pictures and post them when we get some time. We love you all and here are some pictures to get you through the next week or so.


Aiden's imitation of John McCain.

Jackson enjoying some of the cooler weather in the front yard of the old house.

Yet ANOTHER Video!!!

Isn't that just the best? He's just so proud of himself.

We have been taking full advantage of the weather and spending lots of time outside each day.


This is Jackson's infamous pouty-face.


And here's Jackson's pumpkin. We'll show you Aiden's pumpkin tomorrow!

Video!!

This is of Aiden saying "sues" over and over again. You can tell by the end of the video, he's already saying shoes better.

I also ask them if they are going to say hi and wave and if you listen carefully, Jackson says, "yeah." It's hard to catch Jackson talking. He's a man of few words.

Then Aiden steals the spotlight by waving his cute little wave.



Hope you enjoy!

We've been really busy around here. I promise I'll reply to the emails soon. Love you all VERY much.

New Shoes!

THIS is what we've been waiting for...

Here are just a few examples of awesomeness at our house lately.

A few days ago Jackson and Aiden were playing on the floor with Jason and I was cleaning up in the kitchen. I came around the kitchen and Jackson looked up at me, smiled and said, "Mama!" and ran to me to give me a hug. It was one of THE BEST feelings in the world.

Then just yesterday when Jason came home, both boys heard the lock turn and had HUGE smiles on their face as they took off running to get their Daddy's attention. Jason was so proud and said, "Remember? THIS is the age I couldn't wait to get to. THIS is what hurt me most about not having kids." I fell in love even MORE.

Aiden and Jackson are starting to show more affection to each other. It's still not a very common occourance but I try to catch them doing nice things for each other and to each other and then I will make sure to praise them. For example, just yesterday Aiden walked up to Jackson who was getting his diaper changed and he patted him very nicely on the head. Normally Aiden would have smacked him with a wooden spoon or something....so I made sure to clap for Aiden and tell him what a good boy he was being. haha It's the little things.

Today! haha I was asking Jackson to "give Mommy a kiss" and he would stick his tongue out. Here he is blowing kisses. hahahahaha



I asked him to give Aiden a kiss and Jackson leaned over and licked Aiden's face. Aiden looked up at me with a HUGE grin. LOL! I love this stuff!!!

We've also been working on sharing more. They are still far from being what I'd call a great sharers but you can tell that they are at least able to understand what it means to share. That as long as a parent is involved, they will get their turn eventually.


It's still easier if you give them both their own straw. :o)

And Jackson's so smart he thinks that if he sucks on BOTH straws that maybe he'll get MORE.


These kids are simply awesome. Being their Mommy is pretty easy cause it's so much fun! We should have the Halloween pictures back in just a few days so keep your eyes peeled. We will send out an email with the password so you can view them on Penny's website. Mommy's little Monkey's!

Sunday Mornings

Before I start this blog, I have to say that my dad STILL hasn't picked out a name he wants Jackson and Aiden to call him so for the time being, I'm going to call him Paw-Paw (it sounds kinda Native American-ish, right?)

Paw-Paw comes over to visit his boys about 3 times a month, always on Sundays. He normally bring them over a little "knick-knack" to play with. One Sunday it was matchbox cars. Another Sunday it was a few balloons. Grandpa Mark will be impressed to know that this Sunday Paw-Paw brought them over a little fishing game. They are going to be ready for fly-fishing in NO time.

In the last picture you can see how Aiden and Jackson both fight for Paw-Paw's attention.

More About Our Home

Still waiting on the sod but our front door and garage door are finally painted! I was getting worried that there was yet another misunderstanding and they were planning to leave it white. Nope. We mentioned it on one phone call and the net visit, it was done.

Look! It's carpet AND tile!

Aiden coming to visit me in his and Jackson's room.

Jackson and Aiden are already trying to figure out how to escape by opening doors! They are just so smart!

From the stairs, looking into the living room and kitchen.


Jackson beat Aiden on the race DOWN the stairs.

We spent the day in San Marcos and then finally picked out the colors for the master bath. We also got the fans for the living room, master bedroom and the boys' room. We had a very long yet a very nice day. The boys are in bed and Jason and I are watching the 'Horns beat the living snot out of Missouri. GO HORNS! Jackson and Aiden were wearing their Longhorn outfits for probably the last time. The weather should be changing soon...so out with the old Longhorn stuff and in with the new! ;o)

I'll be posting new pictures of the boys very soon. Love you all.

Home Sweet Home

We were told that our house is pretty much DONE. All we have to do now is about a billion different walk-throughs and then we get to sign our life and future away to Countrywide on Halloween and THEN the keys (and house) will be OURS.

It's extremely scary. More so than having kids, if you ask me. At least with kids, you can kick 'em out after 18 years. We've got 30 years to care for this house. Yikes.

I'm sorry about the lack of pictures. SOMEONE (I won't name names) has seemingly LOST the camera. :o( I'm shocked I haven't lost Jackson or Aiden yet.

We also took the monkey's to Penny's last night to get their pictures done in their costumes. I'll be sure to post the link as soon as Penny's posts them online.

We hope everyone has a spectacular weekend!

Errr...

that didn't work well.

It's Not FAIR!

What happened to precious nap time? Where did it go?

Sweet lil Aiden still takes one nap a day but Jackson. Ohhhhhh Jackson. He has just stopped taking naps ALTOGETHER and it's enough to drive a twin Mama crazy!

So I'm trying something different today.

Rather than just letting him stay in his room with Aiden I'm letting him lay on the bed next to me right now. I gave him a book, which he's flipping through and I'm getting some Mama Time. He listens pretty well when I tell him to lay down....so we'll see how this goes. Now maybe Aiden won't be startled awake by Jackson doing head dives out of his crib.

Who knows. He might just let me snuggle with him and take a nap.

Keep your fingers crossed!

My, Times are Changing!

This is how we go from the house to the car now. Gone are the days of having to lug them around in their little infant carriers. They love to walk everywhere and I love it!! Everyone said, "I don't know what you are going to do when they are both walking...." Well, I do! I'm going to enjoy some independence! Walk on, little ones. Walk on.

















JLH and JLH JR are ready to serve! They had a blast playing bartender.






My lil Aiden, Saggy Britches Boy! LOL He's 16 months old now and those are 12 month old pants and he's just SWIMMING in them. Awww. He won't be this little forever.

Jackson LOVES dirt as you can see. A crazy love obsession that only little boys have.

And last but not least...lil ole Aiden throwing a BIG FIT becase he does not want to leave. First he had to throw a hit at the playground and then again when we put him in the car. Gotta love it!

Halloween is near!

Plans have been changed. I'd love to do our Mario/Luigi costumes this year but we had a last minute change of plans when Jackson WANTED to try on a cute toddler monkey costume that was ON SALE! I'm scared this might be the last year I have ANY input in what they will go as, so we wanted them to be extra cuddly and cute. Mommy's Little Monkey's!

Also, Size 5 shoes! Can you believe it? Thank you Grandma and Grandpa Herman! You guessed the right size shoes. I can't believe they are already in a size 5 toddler. Yikes.

We're baaaaaaack!!

Jackson is pretty much a full time walker now. He loves to walk and walk and walk. He is also easy to lead. He tends to play by the rules and is a great listner. He's also the more jealous of the two. He loves his one on one time with his Mama in the mornings and does not like it when Aiden comes close. He will push at him and whine. It's normally just in the morning he is like this though. After the morning nap all he wants to do is play, play, play.

Aiden, Aiden, Aiden. They are just as different as night and day. Aiden is the spunky lil firecracker. He's so independent and he's already got such a big attitude on him. He loves to put things (clothes mostly) on his head and walk around. Heehee We can already tell that he's better at forming words than Jackson. He's been trying out new words all the time now. Shoes "sues" . He LOVES putting his sues on because he knows he gets to go outside "ou-siiiiiyyyyyeeee".

My prediction is that Aiden is going to be the one running his mouth, getting himself into trouble and Jackson's going to be the one who has to come and fight Aiden's fights for him. I can already tell he's going to be more than a handfull come the terrible two's. All of my friends tell me that yes, the terrible two's really are bad. Yikes. hahaha.

They are also down to one nap a day. It's a pretty decent nap, I suppose. They wake up at 7:00 am and then go back down for their (only) nap at 10:00 am. They sleep for about 2 hours. It's wonderful. It's now my only break during the day until backup (aka Dada) comes home. And I don't get a full 2 hours to myself because when they wake up at noon, they are STARVING and ready to eat!!! Lunch must be on the highchair ready and waiting....unless you want to hear the wrath!

We are getting more and more excited about the house. Most of the electrical outlets are up as well as all the lighting and smoke detectors. The kitchen and bathroom flooring are installed, too. I think we are just basically waiting for the carpet, faucets, toilets, sinks and stove. The dish washer has been delivered but is not yet installed. Ummm.....what else?

We got a $60 Macy's gift card in the mail as a thank-you from the March of Dimes for raising so much money for their March for Babies so I decided I was going to go all out on Jackson and Aiden's Thanksgiving/Christmas/Family Picture outfit. I think we do really well with the boys clothes but normally I have to be smart about it. I have to be very frugal, just living on one income. I wanted to just SPOIL them on an outfit and Macy's was a great place to do that. Actually....I have to say. I wasn't that impressed with the selection of clothes....for lil boys!! Girls on the other hand....OH MY! Do they and their Mommies have QUITE a selection! They had an entire section JUST FOR Christmas dresses of all sizes. NOTHING like that for boys of ANY age. We were lucky to find a matching outfit! LOL Ok, I'm being a little dramatic, but seriously...it had to have been at LEAST a 20:1 ratio of girls clothes to boys clothes. Sad. Anyway...we have THE CUTEST outfits for them. They aren't maching but they are similar. I just can't dress them exactly alike all the time because their personalities are just SO DIFFERENT. Aiden has this little tan blazer jacket with dark brown pants that have little puppies all over them. Jackson has a seater vest with a turtle neck and cute tan pants. I just can't wait to get our pictures done!!

Well, I guess that's about it for now. We love you all!

Yet ANOTHER lesson learned the hard way

Whoops! I wish I could blame that on Aiden but no. I won't lie (this time). My poor little guy! I've cut his hair on my own before but I never, ever messed up this bad. I gave my promise to Jackson that I won't ever mess his hair up this bad again. BAD Mommy.

He sure is happy though! When Jason got home from work, we took the boys to get Jackson a professional hair cut. I cut Aiden's hair and even though he screamed and yelled the entire time, his hair cut came out a lot better than Jackson's. LOL I think the $10.95 was money WELL spent. At least for Jackson and his wild-man-just-like-his-daddy's hair.
Isn't he just the cutest? We think the hair cut makes him look older. :o( He's losing his baby face already!!!

And here is a close up of Aiden showing off his new do with a smear of BBQ sauce on the back of his neck. HAHAHAHA! Tonight's dinner was a MESS.

Any Day Now

We are deciding between the bottom two colors. Sequoia or Kimberly Cedar?
Check out all that cabinet and counter space! I'm in LOVE with my kitchen!
And Jazmin decided she wanted to jump out of the second story window onto the roof top. Jason told me to push her. LOL!
Aiden already loves his new room. Jackson and Aiden will still be sharing a room. We don't see the point in putting them in separate rooms yet.
Check out that beautiful San Marcos sky!! Isn't that breathtaking?
And here are the three men that totally own my heart playing in the field just down the street from our house.

It's looking like the house will be ready by Halloween! WE CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!