tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68106030171430347432024-03-13T09:52:39.344-04:00The HatchersThe Hatchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08722444926491452580noreply@blogger.comBlogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810603017143034743.post-21126209344455076492014-07-31T13:38:00.000-04:002014-07-31T13:38:29.806-04:00The Good Kind of Busy...<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">There have been a lot of changes over the last few months. I
took on my very first business with Rodan and Fields skincare products. It has
been an amazing little thing for our family and I am really enjoying all that
has come with it. I have finally found truly effective skincare products that
not only fight my longtime acne issues but have brought back a soft, blemish
free skin. I haven’t had that in many, many years. I love sharing this with
those around me and I am really having fun with all the people I am meeting and
linking up with through this little side gig.<a data-ved="0CAUQjRw" href="http://playdatesandpearls.com/rodan-fields-review/" id="irc_mil" style="border-image: none; border: 0px currentColor;"><img height="124" id="irc_mi" src="http://playdatesandpearls.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/RodanFieldsLogo.jpg" style="margin-top: 115px;" width="320" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">On top of that I decided to accept a new position with
Sayres and Associates. I spent the last 5 years working for Integrated Warefare
Systems and have moved on to a Financial Analyst position within Littoral Combat
Systems (LCS) PMS 377. We build LHA class ships. I am responsible for Task
Planning Sheets (TPS) along with many other budget related documents that are associated
with the funding of the ship. It has been an incredibly huge learning curve, which
is something I was looking for. I love being stimulated and learning new
things. I never would have thought I would be involved in such things but I am
really enjoying it. I am learning a lot about what goes into these
ships and what it takes from thought to take off. This position also came with
full time responsibilities. We had to think long and hard if this was the right
thing for our family. Some days I still am not sure when I spend way too many
hours away from my kids, but overall I believe it seems to be the best thing
for all of us. I am thankful I was able to spend two days a week at home with
them for their first 2+ years but now that I was able to let my other part time
job go I can really focus on this one and give Avery, Grayson and Kevin all of
my attention when I am not at work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">On top of all of that, Avery and Grayson will begin preschool two days a week in September. We finally found a great preschool and the best part is that it is right down the street from us. The second we walked in I knew the feeling was what we were looking for. A & G had so much fun and are really excited that they will be going to preschool soon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, if life wasn't busy enough before...it sure is now!</span></div>
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The Hatchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08722444926491452580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810603017143034743.post-34697678318569661252014-07-31T13:28:00.002-04:002014-07-31T13:28:48.936-04:00My dad...<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I could not be more proud of Avery and Grayson over the last
month and a half. On June 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> my dad suffered his third stroke. It’s
a long story but this was his first brain bleed type of stroke and it was very
different from the others. We weren’t sure if we were going to lose my dad
those first few weeks as he was in and out of consciousness, ended up getting a
form of meningitis and spent weeks in the intensive care unit. Throughout the
first few weeks of him being so fragile and not knowing what our future would
be with him I stayed in Raleigh. I learned what an amazing support system of
friends and family I have and most of all what an AMAZING husband I have. Avery
and Grayson went back and forth between Kevin, and Kevin’s parents, and a few
other family members and friends. They were able to spend a day here and there
with me when my dad was having okay days but for the better part of a month I
did not see Avery and Grayson for much more than a 24 hour period here and
there. They were champs and took to all of the changes incredibly. I am so very
thankful that they are relatively easy going little munchkins. We are still
continuing to go and spend the weekends in Raleigh. Avery and Grayson spent one
weekend with the Fishers and were able to come with us this past weekend. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My dad is slowly but surely improving. He moved out of the
intensive care unit and into Wake Meds Inpatient Rehabilitation Center. The
staff throughout this entire experience has been wonderful. They have explained
to us that we cannot look at it day to day that we have to look week to week.
Some days he does really well and then others we take steps back. This is all
normal and that is why they ask us to look and compare week to week. It is so
hard to see him on his bad days and or when he takes steps back but each and
every week he has made major improvements. Right now he has gotten a lot of his
speech back and is steadily gaining strength back in his upper body. They are
not seeing such improvements with his lower body. However, they also say that
is normal as that is the farthest part of the body from the brain and it takes
a lot of work to re-gain those connections. This is an incredibly slow but
steady process and we (my mom, sister and I) continue to try and provide the
support my dad needs to keep his head up and keep working hard. Soon he will
move out of the hospital and into a Skilled Nursing Facility. We are hoping he
won’t have to stay there long but he has a lot to gain back before they will
allow him to go home. He wants so badly to be home but we know he is getting
amazing care and attention where he is. They are working him really hard in his
therapies and we have seen such a difference since he got out of intensive
care. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My dad was pretty excited that we were able to bring A &
G with us this past weekend. He gave them candies, watched them play and truly
lit up when they were around. I am beyond thankful for this wakeup call and being
given more time with my dad. I do not know what I would do without him and we
will do whatever it takes to get him as close to where he was before the stroke
as we can. He’s a fighter and it’s evident in how far he has come. He has
always gone above and beyond to take care of those in his life, it’s about time
he lets us try and repay the favor a little.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This was three weeks in on Father's Day when my dad was having a good day. He was still in the ICU but managed a smile for his girls...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A & G came to visit one day and spent a bit of time being so good in the waiting room!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This was 6 weeks in....amazing improvement. My dad was moved to the inpatient rehabilitation center where he had numerous therapies every day. As you can see he is already really improving. A & G got to visit because they suggested it would make my dad get motivated. That it did...look at those smiles!</span></div>
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The Hatchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08722444926491452580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810603017143034743.post-58698443450037563252014-07-31T13:25:00.001-04:002014-07-31T13:25:24.020-04:00It's time for another catch up post...<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Wow! So my last blog post was in April. Needless to say we’ve
had a pretty eventful few months. I had many intentions to update the blog in
May and would get started but never finished. So, I’ve decided to attempt a
catch up of May, June, and the first half of July. Get ready…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Avery and Grayson are almost 2 and a half! They pretty much
remind us of this daily with their two year old attitudes. Avery learned to use
the word no when she does not get her way, but not just your casual no. She
somehow learned that she needs to scream NO, point her finger at you and make
the stink face. Hmmm…not sure this one’s quite working out for her. Grayson on
the other hand learned that if he does not get his way he should all out lose
control of his body, slam to the ground and begin screaming at an octave I didn’t
even know was possible for a two year old. I’m pretty sure that not really
working out for him either. Between the two of them they have definitely tested
our patience over the last few months. However, we are beginning to see
improvements by re-directing and trying to figure out the source of frustration.
As hard as these attitudes can be on our patience it’s all worth it with the
incredible new things they seem to be interested in every day. Avery and
Grayson are beginning to love pretend play with each other. They also love
games, reading books, singing the ABC’s, Skinna Marinky Dinky Dink, Let It Go, and
most of all playing outside. Grayson continues to love anything that has to do
with balls, trains, trucks or getting dirty. Avery continues to love her baby
dolls, anything pink, playing on her ‘cell phone’, and anything else girly she
can find. She has definitely become quite the sassy little girl. They talk a
mile a minute and will carry on entire full sentence conversations. I think
that is the biggest change in the last few months. They truly interact as one.
They check to see if each other is okay if one of them gets hurt or is upset.
They yell at each other, they fight, they hold hands, and they love to hug each
other. They do not go anywhere without each other and they melt our hearts on
the daily. Sometimes I wonder how we will ever put them in separate rooms. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In May we decided it was time to move them to their toddler
beds. The transition went fairly well. The first week they didn’t even try to
get out of their beds. I’m not sure if they didn’t realize they could get out
of bed or just didn’t realize how fun it was to get out of bed. Once they
figured it out we had about a week of struggle trying to explain they could not
get out of bed during nap time or bedtime. Every now and then through the
monitor we see one of them start to get up and as soon as we tell them to get
back in bed they dive for their bed and act like they weren’t doing a thing. It’s
kind of cute! The best part is listening to them talk to each other at night
when they first lay down. There have been a few nights we’ve found one of them
asleep on the floor but overall they are toddler bed champs!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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One of our many, many trips to NC.</div>
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Stopped off at Aunt Lois' to have Tea :) Happy girl!</div>
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Such a boy!</div>
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Why his daddy needed to teach him this so soon I do not know?!</div>
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They got to go fishing one night with daddy!</div>
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McKenna's 3rd birthday!</div>
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Hanging with our buddy Grady!</div>
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New big girl bed!</div>
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Pure love!</div>
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Holding baby Lyla!</div>
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Florida Georgia Line concert </div>
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the girls :)</div>
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My other sister...</div>
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We had planned to spend Easter weekend at Kevin's dads beach house in Oak Island, NC until a few things re-routed our plans to Winston Salem. The first thing is that Kevin's brother was in a motor cycle accident. He is doing a lot better now but broke both of his legs pretty bad and got a residual infection that took weeks to get under control. In the midst of all of that his dad and step mom found out their beach house had flooded. The hot water heater on the top floor busted and had been spraying throughout the house for weeks. They have an incredible amount of damage but thankfully everyone is doing better and the house has lot of contractors fixing it up like new. </div>
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An added bonus in changing our location of Easter weekend meant that we got to see the Crawfords. Anna's sweet baby girl is 5 months old and I had not met her. When we found out we were changing plans we decided to make a surprise day trip to see them. Anna was beyond surprised and it was so much fun to watch how much fun Avery and Grayson had with Colson and all of his fun toys. I was especially happy to spend some quality time with Anna and the most adorable, well behaved baby girl Kennedy. </div>
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We went to the park and happened upon an Easter celebration. We ended up with a bunny, a choo choo train, and a tiger!</div>
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Another bonus was that we got to see Gigi all weekend long. She helped Avery and Grayson decorate their Easter cookies.</div>
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It's crazy to think two short years ago Avery and Grayson fit in these buckets.</div>
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This was the first year they understood (sort of) that the Easter bunny came and brought them some goodies. Avery was pretty excited with all of her special surprises.</div>
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Grayson and Uncle Austin opened his surprises together.</div>
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A&G made these sweet cards and a bird house for Nana.</div>
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This was their first Easter egg hunt.</div>
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It was so much fun this year watching how much fun Avery and Grayson had hunting Easter eggs. </div>
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Avery and Grayson, work, life, you name it and it is keeping us busy! I will recap our last couple of months through pictures...</div>
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Avery and Grayson got to meet their buddy Lyla for the very first time at a play date we had with Amy, Lyla, Becca and Ryan. We can't wait for more of these!</div>
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We got a few visits with Suz and Nette in the past few weeks. Avery and Grayson love every minutes with them and especially reading books!</div>
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For St. Patrick's Day daddy made green Mickey pancakes. Needless to say there were two very happy little ones in our house that morning.</div>
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Could this be any cuter?!?! All three of my babies on St. Patrick's Day looking out the window at daddy.</div>
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It's kind of hard to tell but this is a picture of Kevin reading their favorite book before bed. You shine a flashlight at the pages and it displays the projection on the wall when the lights are off. Of course an awesome present like this came from Aunt Devin!</div>
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This one is ALL girl! I guess I should start looking into dance classes in the near future. She also calls herself a princess (see video below). Not really sure where she learned that but it's pretty cute!</div>
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At the end of March Becca and I took a girls road trip to Wrightsville Beach where we spent the entire weekend with our favorite girls in celebration of two Xi babies on the way. Our friend Mandy is having a baby in May and Claire is due about one week after her in June. We threw two baby showers in two days, I got to see my high school BFF Brittanie and her adorable kiddos, and I spent lots of quality time with some of my very dearest friends.</div>
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Kevin and I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary on April 2nd. April also marked 10 years together! By FAR the best 10 years of my life with this handsome, loving man. I cannot wait for many more.</div>
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Suzanne's class hatched baby chicks and she invited us to come see them. We got a VIP visit with these little cuties. Needless to say Avery and Grayson had so much fun with them and all of the other neat things in Suz's classroom.</div>
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Kevin and I were able to escape on our first solo overnight trip since A & G were born for a late anniversary getaway. We went up to Shepherdstown, WV. The night we arrived we attended an Oyster Roast and Wine/Champagne tasting. The next morning we enjoyed breakfast in bed, a run, a bike ride and lunch before heading back home to our little beans.</div>
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Our old neighbors brought A & G this AWESOME hand me down Barbie Jeep. We've had lots of fun with this already. I'm just trying to teach Avery to sit down while driving and how to use a steering wheel.</div>
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Never a dull moment in our house during potty training. Yeah, turned around and found this! Sweet cheeks :)</div>
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We enjoyed breakfast on the beach!</div>
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I finally got to spend the day with these fun girls!</div>
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Avery and Grayson took their first boat ride of the season and LOVED it!</div>
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Avery has been going pee pee on the potty so frequently that she earned her first ever movie. Of course it was Frozen and she is now obsessed like many other little girls with the songs, "Let it Go" and "Build a Snowman". This is Avery's rendition of "Snowman" when I put her down for a nap the other day.</div>
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I'm having a really tough time not calling Avery and Grayson "the babies". I have referred to them as the babies since they were born. It's kind of hard to break the habit but they really aren't babies anymore. Part of me can't believe it and part of me just doesn't want to face the fact that they are getting so big so fast. I do however feel incredibly fortunate that those tiny little preemies that decided to surprise me with such an early entrance are thriving, healthy little two year olds!</div>
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We had their two year check up on Wednesday . Avery insisted on bringing Minnie Mouse in with her and Grayson insisted he must bring his flash light (Yiy-Yite). We have definitely entered the persistent toddler stage.</div>
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Their vocabulary has exploded over the past month or so. I cannot believe some of the things they say these days. We have definitely entered the parrot stage and need to watch what we say (or maybe we should have been doing this for awhile now). </div>
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Avery is a constant chatter box that loves to go on and on about things we don't always understand. Sometimes we understand exactly what she is saying. and other times it's kind of a puzzle to see if she is saying something intentional or just blabbing on about nothing just to talk. She also loves to sing and dance, play with her baby dolls and read books. </div>
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Grayson has a bigger vocabulary than he wishes to consistently use. We've noticed he will spit a word out on his own time but doesn't choose to blab on and on like his sister.
Grayson loves to dance as well. When music comes on they literally start
bouncing and swaying. It is so darn cute. He also has a slight obsession with
balloons, balls, his new trains and train table and really just anything boy
and destructive. It is insane to see how very different Avery and Grayson are.
Every time I turn around he is trying to ram Ellie or any one in his way with
whatever push toy he can find. The boy also has a pretty decent arm for his
age. Watch out if he has a ball in his hands because he hasn’t quite learned
when it’s appropriate to throw and when not. Avery prefers the calm pretend
play. She is constantly rocking her baby, trying to feed her baby, dressing and
un-dressing her baby and so on. I’ll even find her talking to her baby. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I love watching the clear bond these two already share. If one wakes up before the
other they ask where the other is. In the rare occasion (which I need to do
more often) that we take or do something with them separately they ask for the
other. They now call each other by name. Avery has (finally)dropped calling
Grayson “Sissy” and calls him “Esson”. Grayson still calls Avery “Sissy”
occasionally but mostly calls her “Abey”. It is by far one of the sweetest
things I’ve heard. Avery can even say her own name when you ask her what it is.
Which is also “Abey”. They play together all the time which I believe is one
huge benefit to having twins as they keep each other entertained. They love to hug each other and hold hands. Avery is constantly patting Grayson on the back over something.
However, we also see the other end of the spectrum. We are currently working on eliminating
hitting and/or biting as a reaction to something they do not like. They
definitely know how to set each other off, but even their fighting can be a bit
cute <em>sometimes</em>. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We are slowly beginning to work on potty training, more so with Avery as she
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ready to get rid of double diapers! </div>
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They still eat pretty much everything we offer. Avery has decided to be
pickier when it comes to vegetables and doesn’t want to eat them when other,
more interesting items are on her plate (aka carbs). However, we’ve learned to hold back
the bread and offer it as a treat if she eats her vegetables. My carb loving
daughter usually obeys. Their absolute favorites are yogurt covered raisins and pops (vitamin lollipops) that we take advantage of and use as treats when they do something like clean up their own toys or use the potty.</div>
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Abey – Avery<o:p></o:p></div>
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Esson – Grayson<o:p></o:p></div>
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Eh-eee – Ellie<o:p></o:p></div>
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Nana – Banana and Nana Hatcher and Nana Gurley<o:p></o:p></div>
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Da-Daddy – Grandaddy (one of my favorite renderings)<o:p></o:p></div>
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ShiShi - GiGi<o:p></o:p></div>
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Eh-in – Devin<o:p></o:p></div>
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Book – Book and Brooke<o:p></o:p></div>
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Seebra- Zebra</div>
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Shish – fish/ goldfish crackers<o:p></o:p></div>
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Shag – Jag<o:p></o:p></div>
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Oatmeal – Camile<o:p></o:p></div>
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RoRo – Rosemarie<o:p></o:p></div>
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Doo Doo – Thank you<o:p></o:p></div>
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Yiy-yight – Flash Light<o:p></o:p></div>
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Onj- Orange<o:p></o:p></div>
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We are beginning to work on numbers, letters and colors. They amaze me every day with where they are and all they are learning. Avery refuses to start with number one and usually repeats "two, free, two, free" when counting things on her own. When she counts with someone she will count along with you beginning with two. She also loves to call everything pink when she can't remember what color it is. I think she may have a favorite color already. If you can keep Grayson interested long enough he will count with you as well. However, he usually runs off mid counting or color naming to throw a ball at someone or jump on something.<br />
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They are showing their true toddler colors through their strong will and typical two year old temper tantrums. We get the all out, throw yourself on the floor, flail your arms and legs and shout at the top of your lungs two year old every now and then. Sometimes it makes us want to pull our hair out. Other times we kind of laugh and move about trying to figure out what exactly they are trying to express. None the less we are making it through this stage trying to enforce rules and how to handle feelings the right way. I'm sure by the time we tackle this phase we'll enter another one. </div>
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Every day with these two munchkins is a new adventure. They literally make us laugh every single day. The past two years have without a doubt been the most interesting, exhausting, exciting and life changing years in Kevin and I's 10 years together. We could not possibly imagine our lives without both of these two crazy little monkey's. Considering all we've done in the past year I have no doubt the year ahead will be full of adventures. Happy 2's Avery and Grayson! We love you to the moon and back!</div>
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year olds. It began Friday with Nana and Granddady arriving all the while running
around getting ready for the big Mickey/Minnie Mouse themed birthday party.
Saturday Gigi and Uncle Austin decided to get up extra early and brave the
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She was pretty happy about the cow suit I made her wear to stay warm. (She was actually upset because I wouldn't carry her).</div>
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Yes, I made them sit in the snow for birthday pictures :) Might as well take advantage of the snowy backdrop.</div>
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Love, love, love these two more than words!</div>
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The spread...missing a few things (oops)</div>
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She loved her friend Aurora's tutu</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Avery and Grayson were overjoyed with excitement at all of the people that came from near and far to celebrate their birthday. They were also pretty excited about all of the Mickey and Minnie Mouse decorations and food. Grayson of course was IN LOVE with the balloons and probably didn’t let go of them the entire party. Avery posted up by the food and decided she was going to help herself. I think I found her eating with a different person every time I turned around to look for her. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Monday the Fisher’s met Kevin, Devin, my mom, my dad, Avery, Grayson and I at the Verizon Center for Disney on Ice to continue the Mickey themed birthday weekend. I was hoping they would stay interested for most of the show but wasn’t quite sure how it would pan out. What was I thinking? I have never seen my kids sit so still EVER! They were beyond excited every time Mickey and Minnie came out. They loved watching all of the characters dance across the ice. Each time Mickey and Minnie went away they would wave and say “bye bye NeNe”. They also asked a few times, “Where go?” They each got a special toy and kept a pretty big smile throughout the entire show. To say we had a blast is an understatement. After seeing their excitement from this I CANNOT wait until the day comes that we can take them to Disney World.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It was a super eventful few days with so many fun activities. I really cannot believe my tiny, fragile little preemies are now active, spunky little TWO year olds! I cannot imagine my life without them and I cannot thank them enough for all of the joy and excitement they bring to our lives. They continue to make us laugh and smile each and every day. They are the loves of their daddy and I’s life and we cannot wait to see where this next year takes us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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At the end of January Avery, Grayson and I went on our first trip to Seattle. Kevin's Aunt Rosemarie and her family had a trip planned out there and asked if we wanted to jump on board in order to make an otherwise impossible trip with two toddlers on a plane possible. I checked to see what it would cost for one ticket (Avery & Grayson were free) and it was such a deal. I decided if I could get my work schedule re-arranged it was meant to be. I flew two kids and myself for under $300 round trip for a once in a lifetime escape to see my sister. I am beyond thankful to the Gibbs for making a round trip cross country flight with two almost two year-olds bearable!</div>
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There were 5 adults for Avery and Grayson to be passed back and forth between. I finally loaded up on games, apps and of course Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episodes on my kindle and I-pad. Let's just say they were pretty useful. I was worried about Grayson as he is all boy and usually sits still for all of 30 seconds at a time. Avery on the other hand will sit and engage in activities for lengthy amounts of time so I wasn't as worried about her. On the way down our first flight went amazing and we didn't even have to pull any tricks or devises out. The second (longer) leg was not so easy. Grayson actually fell asleep about an hour into the flight and Avery decided she did not want to miss a thing and refused to fall asleep. However, she was beyond exhausted as it was way past bed time at this point. Let's just say she made me work and possibly get a bit embarrassed while trying to walk the aisles to get her to fall asleep. Eventually she gave in and all was good. Until...she woke up screaming 20 minutes before we landed. This in turn woke her brother up which then made for two unhappy toddlers that both wanted me. I have never been that mom with two screaming toddlers, no way to calm them, and no where to go. It was a pretty uncomfortable last 20 minutes with lots of eyes planted on me but there wasn't anything I could do. As soon as we got off the plane all was good and forgotten (sort of). Thankfully my munckins were back to themselves again, minus being exhausted. However, my sister scooped us up and we headed to her apartment to get some rest so we could begin our Seattle adventures the next morning.</div>
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Avery and Grayson must have been work out because they slept until 8am (11am Eastern). I could not believe it. We spent our first day visiting with my Aunt and Uncle (Neile and Jim), we walked to breakfast at my favorite little café just outside my sisters apartment and we went to the coolest play place EVER called Play Date Seattle. It was a play place that kept Avery and Grayson entertained for 3+ hours. They also have a coffee bar, really good food and local brews. Pretty cool place that I would love to re-create on the East Coast. </div>
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Aunt Devin bought them the coolest bowls that they can drink their milk out of. They were quite a hit!</div>
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He literally spent hours at this spot rounding up and placing all the balls in the chute and then pushing the button to watch them go flying.</div>
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We spent our second day touring around downtown visiting the Seattle Zoo and Pike Place Market.</div>
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So we decided to go hit up the arcade waiting for Grayson to wake up. Avery LOVED the carousel horse with Aunt Devin.</div>
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We finally made it to the zoo and the Gibbs joined us. It was Hawaiian day and we got real live beautiful lei and beads.</div>
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Avery enjoyed watching the scuba diver in grass skirt and coconuts. He even waved to her.</div>
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My brave kiddos touching the star fish.</div>
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They had a super cute play area for the kids to dance in these cute terry cloth (towel) octopus costumes. The teacher told them to all lay down and be still as the shark came around. Avery actually followed directions. Grayson...not so much haha</div>
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Love my sister! What a fun day at the Seattle Aquarium.</div>
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On the way in Grayson was asleep. On the way out Avery was asleep. Too much fun to be had in Seattle!</div>
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Our last day was spent walking around my sisters little downtown Ballard. I found the neatest stuff in a little trendy children's shop. I definitely could have gone broke in there. We had brunch with Kevin's Aunt, Uncle and cousins, we shared local cupcakes, and Avery and Grayson had their first sushi dinner.</div>
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Aunt Devin made the coolest fort!</div>
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We got to FaceTime with Daddy and Ellie. We missed them SO much!</div>
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Dance Party with Aunt Devin, Mommy, Andrew and Jag</div>
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Sadly the next morning we hit the road for our flight back home. I was beyond sad to leave. My sister and I had the best time and it was so much fun to see Seattle through Avery and Grayson's little eyes. They may not remember their first trip to Seattle but my sister and I definitely will! Thankfully our flights home were GREAT! I'm already planning our next visit out...</div>
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Seattle was playing in the Super BWI the very next weekend so the airport had balloons EVERYWHERE. Grayson was one happy little boy.</div>
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Avery figured out flying and decided she would sleep on me for a few hours on the way home.</div>
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Grayson and I had fun with selfies passing the flight away...</div>
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As with all other stages I feel like we've reached a new stage that brings about some difficulties as well as some really neat new discoveries. Grayson was having a pretty rough time there for a bit as he could understand everything being said to him but couldn't quite get out what he wanted to say. When he was frustrated the temper tantrums were thrown every which way possible. He was definitely testing mommy and daddy's patience but I'm happy to say now that he's learned to say so many new things the temper tantrums are far and few between. Thank goodness, because it was so hard to see him so frustrated and not be able to make him happy. On the flip side, hearing them talk to each other and talk to us is one of the neatest things thus far. Seeing how they interact with each other, encourage each other and entice each other is pretty awesome too, even when they are trying to get into mischief. I'd definitely have to say I believe they get into more mischief having each other to join in the fun or egg the other on. Two brains are better than one, right? But most of all, they love to give each other hugs and kisses before bed, they love to hold hands and they are constantly giggling with each other. I can't begin to describe how much those moments melt my heart. They truly make the trying times almost non-existent in my mind. Life is pretty fun these days and we continue to fall more in love with the life we have with each other and our adorable little monkey's.</div>
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Kevin and I got a night out to attend our good friends, Heather and Jimmy's wedding.</div>
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Prime example of mischief. They climbed up on these chairs, reached into the top shelf of the fruit basket to grab two lollipops I didn't remember I had placed there, pulled the wrappers off, and began eating them. Mommy learned to even when they are in the same room while cooking they can still get into trouble.</div>
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Avery loves some selfies, especially with Aunt Suz.</div>
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The weekend before Christmas we packed up and headed off on our tour of family all over North Carolina. We stopped in Raleigh on our way down and spent the evening with my parents visiting Santa and having dinner. Then we drove the rest of the way to Winston Salem and spent a couple of days visiting between Kevin's dad and step-mom and his mom. On Christmas Eve we headed back to Raleigh to spend the day with my parents to wake up and have Christmas morning with them. Christmas afternoon we packed up again and headed for Lake Ewharrie to celebrate Christmas at Kevin's Aunt Anita's beautiful home with his dad, step-mom, cousins, their kids, and aunt and uncle. That night we settled back into Winston before taking off the next morning for our final stop in Lumberton with his moms family. We stayed there until Saturday before making the trek back to our home sweet home. </div>
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I was beyond impressed with Avery and Grayson and their ability to handle bouncing from place to place, living out of a bag, sleeping in pack n plays, and spending LOTS of time in the car. We successfully celebrated 5 Christmas' in a week, saw almost all of our family and managed to make lots of fun memories. However, we are beyond exhausted and think we might have to stay put next year and hope everyone can come to us!</div>
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On our way to NC we stopped off at my mom's mall to visit Santa and let him know what Avery and Grayson wished to have for Christmas. It went exactly as I had expected. However, in the line they kept waving at Santa and saying Ho Ho Ho. The moment I put them on his lap they freaked. The second I got them off they looked at him waved and said, "Bye Bye Santa". It was quite hilarious!</div>
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Christmas morning with my parents (Granddady and Nana)</div>
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Christmas night at Kevin's Aunt Anita's house in Lake Ewharrie, NC.</div>
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Christmas night in Lake Ewharrie, NC with our second cousins Edward and Lily.</div>
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Avery is slightly obsessed with her baby dolls and got a very special cradle from Nana Hatcher.</div>
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Our Christmas dinner at Gigi's house. She made Avery and Grayson their very own little table to sit at and enjoy their salad and dinner.</div>
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They loved spending quality time in Lumberton, NC with their Great Grandady Sutton.</div>
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Love her little pig tales. She now asks for two bows so this is how we do it.</div>
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We had such a great time and couldn't believe how quickly our visit to NC was over. We truly miss our family more than words and cannot wait to see everyone again soon. This was the best Christmas Kevin and I have ever had seeing how much fun it is to play Santa and watch Christmas through Avery and Grayson's little eyes. I have a feeling next year will be even more exciting!</div>
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We've been having a lot of fun so far this month. The weather has been so up and down. One day it's almost warm enough we don't need coats to play outside and the next day it's so cold we need coats, gloves, hats and we're still freezing. We started this month off by celebrating Kevin's birthday. Avery and Grayson drew all over their daddy's card. They also made him a handprint picture that turned out super cute. I love that they are old enough to participate in homemade crafts. Avery and Grayson got to have a sleep over at Aunt RoRo's house so Kevin and I could join a group of our friends in Baltimore at a comedy show. We had such a great time but could not get to our babies fast enough Sunday morning. We got there just in time to see the snow coming down. Now we're ready for a good, fluffy snow, so we can really play in it. </div>
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We went to Kinder Farm Park and got to see sheep, ducks, and a calf. We also got to see Santa and Mrs. Claus and go on a tractor ride.</div>
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This was our Happy Birthday Daddy picture! It melts my heart to see all of these sweet photos of my amazing husband being such a great daddy.</div>
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We also got to start the advent calendar that Aunt Devin and Aunt Suz made Avery and Grayson. They LOVE getting the presents down. So much so they have tried helping themselves a couple of times. We are working on asking mommy if it's present time. Avery opened a new little baby on her first day and as you can see she was in love! Grayson opened a lion puppet!</div>
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Gotta love Facetime with Aunt Devin! Yes, my daughter is climbing in her kitchen cabinet. Never, ever a dull moment these days.</div>
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Go figure I went with a picture I took of them outside in the leaves for the front of our Christmas card this year. I couldn't resist using this one since I literally laughed out loud when I saw the face Grayson had as his sister practically strangles him to give him a hug and face the camera at the same time (Miss Priss). Love these two more than words!</div>
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This was the Monday night after the time change. Poor lil man fell asleep on the floor in his room, dosed in his high chair and then fell asleep on the floor in the kitchen before I finally gave in and let him go to bed for the night at 6:30pm. I was afraid he was going to wake up before the sun came up but he must have been tired because he was still asleep when I left for work!</div>
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He thought it was funny to try and catch my tongue...eew!</div>
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Their absolute favorite 'teet' is having a marshmallow...can you say chubby bunny?!?!</div>
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Avery and Grayson had their 20 month check up and Avery officially surpassed her brother in the weight department. Avery came in at 21.6 pounds and 30 3/4 inches. Grayson came in at 20.15 pounds and 32 1/4 inches. What can I say, my girl loves to eat :) Still not quite on the charts but at least we are healthy and happy little monkey's.</div>
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She'll kill me for this one someday!</div>
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Hmm..guess we're not quite ready for potty training. Wishful thinking!</div>
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Snuggles with my baby girl.</div>
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Daddy aimed the blower at them one afternoon when he was out working on the yard and they thought it was SO funny.</div>
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I love watching them play together...until 5 minutes later when he decided he was done pushing her and dumped her to the ground. Sigh!</div>
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Kevin and I enjoyed a date day. He got me tickets to the Redskins/ Charges game for November 3rd. We had so much fun and even got to stay long enough to see the Skins pull off the W in overtime.</div>
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This year we had a blast experiencing all the fun to be had at Fall Festivals and Halloween parties. I was pretty excited to see Avery and Grayson really took part in trick or treating. Our only problem was that they tried taking handfuls rather than one piece. None the less, they understood the concept of walking up to the door, picking candy out of a bucket, and then placing it in their buckets. </div>
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We heard about a really neat place in Thurmont, Maryland that would be fun for the kids and adults. Our friends Shane and Reece joined us on our trip to Lawyers Farm.</div>
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Kevin had fun shooting pumpkins from a cannon at metal sculptures</div>
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Avery and Grayson enjoyed the kids play area and running around in the maze</div>
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Grayson loved throwing hay all over the place.</div>
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Little buddies Avery and Reece.</div>
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Grayson took the ladies for a ride :)</div>
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Later that same weekend we met up with our friends the Leichs and Schoens for our annual trip to Homestead Gardens.</div>
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A little harder to get the kids to sit and look at the camera this year.</div>
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Going for it all :)</div>
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The day after Halloween we had our playgroup friends over for a Halloween party.</div>
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Ryan the super hero, Grayson the cow, Brenner, Avery the pig, and Reece the ladybug.</div>
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First and foremost Avery got her ears pierced. I went back and forth on when to do this. After talking to lots of moms I decided it was the time and of course Anna insisted on taking her. She cried for a few seconds before receiving her very first lollipop which immediately ceased the tears and put a smile on her face. She has done remarkably well and doesn't even touch them or whine when I clean them. I am beyond impressed with how brave my little girl seems to be.<br />
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Watching her clean everything to get prepared...<br />
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Brave girl barely even shed a tear!</div>
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Yumm...my first lollipop!<br />
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Next up was Miss Kennedy's baby shower that I threw for Anna along with her sister in law Mandy. The venue was so chic and Anna was beaming as we spoiled her and baby Kennedy with lots of family, friends, good food, and presents :) We cannot wait for the arrival of that sweet baby girl!<br />
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Somehow I knew Krispy Kreme would be a hit for these two!</div>
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My absolute favorite picture of these two!</div>
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This was the second year we've brought Avery and Grayson to the Renaissance Festival but their first to truly experience it. Last year we just strolled them around and we had the fun. This year was SO much better because they were able to enjoy and take part in all the fun activities at the festival. It was oddly warm for October but that didn't stop us. They rode an elephant, ate LOTS of yummy food including their very own ice ball, got their face/arm painted, rode ponies, and went down a really big slide. They were absolutely exhausted and completely dirty by the time we left. I don't think any of us were able to stay up too late that night.</div>
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The frozen ice inside a orange peel may have been their favorite part. We got them one to split and you would have thought I had just hurt my child when I tried to get him to share it and give his sister a turn to taste it. I quickly decided to spend $3 more dollars so they could each have their own. They were in pure heaven...</div>
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Avery was holding on for dear life to let us know no one could take her ice away.</div>
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He was saying 'YUM' in this shot</div>
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Happy boy</div>
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Picking out what they wanted painted.</div>
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Grayson had a dragon painted on his arm.</div>
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Avery had a unicorn painted on her face.</div>
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The whole family rode the elephant.</div>
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Grayson loved the elephants.</div>
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...and playing games with Daddy.</div>
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Fun with Suz on the slide (just a little bit scared).</div>
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Yeah...pretty messy by the time we left. But I'd say they had a little bit of fun!</div>
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In August we were thrilled to have my cousin Meredith and
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could not wait to get all the cousins together. We had a wonderful time that
passed entirely too fast. The little ones enjoyed their time together playing
and checking each other out. Avery was enamored by her little cousin, always
wanting to pat him and give him toys. We were able to get off to downtown
Annapolis for lunch and some sightseeing and even had some time to show Dominick
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I couldn’t wait to get the kiddos to the National zoo now
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myself when I was growing up. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was
waiting for the weather to cool down a little and school to be back in so the
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Friday with our friend Reece and her mommy Abbey. The dads were able to pop
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I had been training for weeks to run my very first Half Marathon.
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it on my birthday) I ran the Navy/ Air Force Half Marathon in Washington D.C.
with my very best friend Ren and my co-worker Jennifer. 13 miles on my 31<sup>st</sup>
birthday! I’m not gonna lie, the training was pretty rough considering I had
never really pushed myself beyond my comfort zone of running about 4 or so
miles. Not to mention I was training in the months of July and August…ugh
(H-O-T and H-U-M-I-D), but I did it. My long runs leading up to the race were
pretty rough but the actual half really wasn’t so bad. The weather was amazing,
a nice 70ish degree day, no humidity and the adrenaline of all the racers coupled
with running alongside my best friend made for an awesome first half. I definitely
got the itch and cannot wait to sign up for my next race…and maybe a full
marathon someday…maybe! After the race we all met for brunch followed by a
quiet afternoon of resting and hanging out with my family. I couldn’t have
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The Hatchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08722444926491452580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810603017143034743.post-85894078813378257882013-09-10T20:38:00.000-04:002013-09-24T07:38:32.174-04:00Oak Island 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
We've been back from our 2013 Oak Island family beach trip for over a month and I am forcing myself to take the time to post about it. I feel like a broken record, but oh my lord how busy life has gotten with two toddlers. This is by far my favorite and most tiring stage we've reached. I am trying desperately to keep up with two incredibly active, spunky toddlers all while keeping up with working two jobs, house duties, family duties, etc. You name it and I'm probably behind on it! That being said, this blog has become my form of documentation aka baby book for Avery and Grayson so I'm trying my best to keep up with the bigger events in our lives, one of which was our yearly trip to Oak Island, North Carolina.</div>
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I treasure this week every year as it rolls around because it is our only week in the entire year that we truly get to spend every moment together as a family with little outside interruption. This year we were lucky enough to have my sister join us and oh how she helped with two little crazy monkeys! It was the second year with Avery and Grayson in tow but the first year they were really able to partake in the fun. They LOVED the beach, which I pretty much knew they would from their experience at our neighborhood beach. We made sand castles, sand pools, chased a sand crab, played in the water, ate watermelon and ices on the beach, went on runs, ate yummy food, spent time with lots of visitors and just plain enjoyed our time in paradise. Oak Island is absolutely beautiful and I feel so fortunate to have the opportunity to go every year to such an amazing place for our family vacation. </div>
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The Hatchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08722444926491452580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810603017143034743.post-52866979267038902282013-08-27T21:35:00.000-04:002013-08-27T21:35:01.037-04:00Buh Bye Pacifier<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We officially gave up the pacifier!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For months now they only got it at nap time and bed time but I was hoping to get rid of it all together. I tried once or twice and just didn't think I could take the crying. At their one year appointment their doctor even said there was no real reason to fight the fight just yet. Put them in bed and give them their paci and blanket and they would literally be asleep in minutes with no fuss what so ever. Put them in bed with their blanket and no paci and it would sounds like someone was in their room hurting them. So I gave the thought up for a few months. Until...Grayson starting reaching in his bed for his paci (where we made them leave them after waking) which made me realize he was getting more attached rather than less attached. I decided if he was going to whine for it I might as well take it away before it got too bad. I started by not giving it to them at nap time one day and oh my goodness I did not think I could follow through. They literally cried for 45 minutes straight. Not a whimper cry but a full on someone is hurting me cry. Just when I didn't think I could take it any more I called Kevin to tell him I might fold. I had been reading articles on getting children to give up the pacifier and it said, DO NOT GIVE IN or you are teaching them if they throw a big enough fit they will get their way. So I stayed strong and after 45 minutes and a phone call to daddy it was suddenly quiet. They had both fallen asleep and slept for 3 hours they were so worn out. But I still wasn't sure I could take such sad crying for who knows how long. 45 minutes is a REALLY long and torturous time when you have kids that rarely make a noise when put to bed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">After that they really didn't even cry at all. For the next few days Grayson seemed a little off but they were falling right to sleep and sleeping throughout the night without waking for the paci. I believe taking the pacifier away is all about timing. They were big enough they didn't need it anymore for soothing purposes but they were attached and therefore needed some time to figure out how to put themselves to sleep without it. Thankfully they are still pretty little and did not have it during the day so they didn't really know to ask for it.</span></div>
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The Hatchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08722444926491452580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810603017143034743.post-15225213416877120532013-08-26T20:18:00.001-04:002013-09-24T07:15:17.064-04:0018 Months (A Year & a Half)<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>Clothing-</b> They are in 12 month
clothing for the most part. They can fit some 18 month clothes and sometimes
still fit in something that is 9 month or smaller depending on what it is. Avery is pretty much a size 3 shoe and Grayson is a size 4. They are still in size 3 diapers. I bought 4s but they were entirely too big. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>Hair- </b>Grayson has the blondest of hair that is straight as can be. It grows SO fast I feel like every time we turn around we need to cut it. He has already had 4 hair cuts since his birthday. Avery has brunette hair with the cutest little curls. We haven't had to cut it yet and I hope the curls don't go away when we do. We can finally put her hair in little itty bitty pigtails. Kevin had the kids the other day and I came home to Avery with a little tiny single pony tail. I didn't even know he knew how to put a pony tail holder in! I only wish I'd seen him doing it :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>Teeth-</b> They both seem to have most of their front
teeth and a molar 4 molars. We’ve had an occasional rough night but I can’t
even say for sure if it was teeth hurting or just an off night. For the most
part Grayson hasn’t been bothered too much with his teeth and I’ve really haven't ever
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b>Skills-</b> At this point they’ve both mastered
walking and are full on running. Grayson is so fast sometimes I literally have to kick
into high gear to catch him. When I ask him for something he loves to take off
running full speed to try and get away from me. He thinks it’s so funny he will
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the dishwasher door when it is open. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">They are really good at pushing toys including
their walker, shopping cart, Little Tykes cars, or really anything with wheels.
Grayson has tried pushing his highchair, the diaper pail, the recycling bin, you
name it he tries to push it. I feel like every time I turn away for even a few
seconds I turn back and they are trying to get on something or in something
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certainly taught me how very busy it can be having twins. This is by far the
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wand full of liquid in their mouths). We are also working at using utensils. They
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it as well. They blow kisses and love to blow raspberries thanks to their Aunt
Devin. They love to hug and kiss each other and will sometimes hug and kiss
others when asked. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They think it is so
funny to play ‘night night’ and lay their heads down where ever they are for a
few seconds and then pop up and laugh.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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becoming more attached to each other. They will help each other get something
as well as get each other into trouble. I am amazed at how well they play with
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had a few instances of being placed in timeout and just recently Avery decided
to join him in being placed there. Anytime there is a behavior that is
dangerous or that I am trying to stop I remove them from the situation, explain
simply what they did that is not okay and I sit them on the floor in their room
with the light off and the door shut for a few seconds. They definitely get it
and know they have done something they shouldn’t. I ask them to say sorry upon
being taken out of timeout. I have gotten Grayson to say sorry but Avery has
only been there twice and hasn’t gotten out the word sorry just yet. At least she knows it's not a fun place anymore as the first time I placed her in timeout she looked at me, smiled, and started laughing. I’m sure
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Grayson: Ball, Dada, Uh-Oh, Here you go
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">They will say Mooo if you ask what a cow says, roar if you ask what a lion says, kack if you ask what a duck says,
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belly every time and sometimes other body parts when asked. We definitely need
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have a feeling their vocabulary is about to take off. It seems like they have a new word every day and they try to repeat Kevin and I anytime we've said a single word at or around them multiple times. I guess we better start really paying attention to what we say around them!</span><br />
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Grayson- What a spitfire my little man is. He is the happiest, sweetest little guy I've met. He loves to nuzzle up with me, cuddle and give hugs. On the other hand, upset him and you will see a whole other side to him. He has a pretty short temper theses days (can we say terrible 2's already???). He is SO loud when he is not happy just to ensure that everyone is aware of the capacity of his lungs. He will throw himself to the ground and bangs his head, something we are trying really hard to curb. I believe all of his intense reactions come from how much he can comprehend but how little he can verbalize. He isn't quite sure how to get his point across or his words out. I try very hard to get him to use the words he does have such as 'help' or 'no thank you'. Outside of those moments we have a happy wild little man on our hands. He absolutely loves balls and basically anything round or moving such as balloons and airplanes. He loves to get messy and act wild. He couldn't be happier than when he gets to run around and play outside (especially when daddy is home).<br />
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Avery- Avery has quite the personality as well, but oh so different from her brother. She prefers to sit back and take in what's going on around her. She is OBSESSED with her daddy. She rarely cries other than the occasional time her brother has gone too far and upset her or if her daddy leaves and doesn't take her with him. Most of the time she is fine with Grayson taking a toy from her or knocking her over. She kind of just looks at him funny and moves on to the next best thing. Although lately I've noticed her giving it back to him a little. She is such a girly girl. She plays in my make-up and loves to go to her drawers and pull something out and bring it to me as if she is trying to put it on herself. If she sees a bow or a shoe laying around she will pick it up and try to put it on herself. And the girl loves to dance. As soon as she hears music on TV, in the car or out somewhere she starts bouncing and waving her hands. She will look around and smile to see who is watching.<br />
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This month has brought so much more to each of their personalities. They have had such differing personalities from the start which still holds true today. I love them each so much for what fun and joy they bring to our lives every day. It's incredible to watch how they take the world in as so much is new and entertaining to them!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Happy 18 month birthday Avery and Grayson! Now please stop growing so fast!!!</span></div>
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The Hatchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08722444926491452580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810603017143034743.post-15139522593204738382013-08-26T12:56:00.002-04:002013-08-26T12:56:45.044-04:0017 Months Old!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I just realized I left this post in the draft stage. Needless to say it has been a pretty busy month/summer for us. Avery and Grayson are INCREDIBLY busy these days and becoming increasingly independent with each passing day. Below is one of my favorite pictures of my little monkey's at 17 months. However, not such an awesome thing having matching black eyes! I guess with independence comes bumps and bruises. Avery bumped a speaker trying to run after her brother and about a week later Grayson fell into the padded part of the coffee table but still managed to get a shiner. Good news is we are all healed and having fun!</div>
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The Hatchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08722444926491452580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810603017143034743.post-25353738767544664082013-07-18T20:18:00.000-04:002013-07-18T20:18:00.488-04:00First time in Ocean City, MD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Last weekend we were invited to Ocean City, MD by our neighbors Heather and Jimmy. We had so much fun playing on a real beach, eating yummy dinners and riding amusement rides for the very first time. Grayson took a little bit to warm to the rides but Avery enjoyed every minute of it. She was waving like Miss America as the carousel horse went around and around. She rode a fire truck all by herself turning the wheel and honking the horn. It melted my heart and made me realize how very quickly my little babies are growing. I couldn't believe she was doing that all by herself. She was by far the tiniest little peanut on the ride. Grayson's favorite ride was a boat ride with his sissy where he was able to turn the wheel and pull the bell! We had a great time with our friends and are so thankful they invited us for the weekend!</div>
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We had a wonderful 4th of July weekend together. We stayed home this year but that didn't slow us down. The night before the 4th we got a babysitter and went for a date night. We joined our neighborhood friends on a boat tie up in the river where we could see a great display of fireworks. We had a great time and it was so nice to enjoy time with my hubby and a few glasses of wine uninterrupted.</div>
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In late June we got a chance to spend the week in White Lake, NC at Kevin's granddaddy's lake house. We absolutely love going there because it is quiet, beautiful and full of memories. Kevin went there every summer growing up and has always hoped A & G would be able to do the same. </div>
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This year was a lot different from last year when they would spend most of the day sleeping in their bouncy seats by the lake. This year we got to have LOTS of fun playing in the water and running around the house. We had the best time with our Great Granddaddy, GiGi, Aunt Rosemarie, and our cousins Andrew, Jag, Stephanie, and Nicholas. </div>
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Most days we had lunch out on the pier in our stroller. We were having too much fun to go in and eat lunch.</div>
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So much special time with my lil man</div>
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Our favorite part of the day was watching the sun set from the end of the pier</div>
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Chilin with my cousin Stephanie!</div>
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Loving on mommy...love these times!</div>
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Rosemarie found out about an amazing event being held in Lumberton while we were there. It was the Vonta Leach Foundation Casino Night Silent Auction. There were over 20 NFL players present and lots of fun gambling and dancing. We dressed up for the occasion, left the babies with Gigi and headed out for a night of fun. I've never seen so many NFL players let alone met them. </div>
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Grayson loved playing on the pier</div>
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Poppy came to visit for the day!</div>
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GiGi and Avery enjoying a snack on the pier</div>
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Handprint casts for the garden- maybe one day we will get a chance to paint them</div>
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Gray and dad at the O's game</div>
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