I have fallen Behind!

It has been a while since I posted pictures. Joe has been 'experimenting' with the computer to see what is making it run so slow. He made it so I was not able to do anything with pictures for a few days. I can't believe how far behind you can get in just a matter of days! I am still working on some, but here are the ones I have so far. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

The girls are into EVERYTHING!! Both of them crawl, pull themselves up to stand and walk along the couches and their toys. I am constantly running from one girl to the other trying to stop them from getting into things they know they shouldn't be in. The other day I was recording Melody crawling through a tunnel. You could just see Bethany's backside through the other side. She was standing up at the endertainment center. She turned it on to the radio and started to dance to the music. I could see her little behind bop. I am so glad I got that on video! We are working on getting a website up to post videos, so hang in there.

This week Melody learned something new. If you pat your hand to your mouth and make noise like an indian, then pat her mouth, she makes the same noise. Of course we tried it again the next day and she forgot how to do it.  We notice that they do that sometimes, one day they will do something and then the next day or week they 'forget' that they can do it.

Our House... In the middle of our street.

Our house has been on the market now for a week, and the only person who came to look at it was our realtor. Joe and I put long, backbreaking work into cleaning and beautifying our home. The least someone could do is ooh and ahhh over it. So, I am going to post some pictures of our home so you can ooh and ahhh. It will make me feel better ;0)

With all the stuff we put into storage, it made me see how much junk we have. When we get to Alabama, most of that stuff is going to end up at goodwill.
Tomorrow the girls are going to be 8 months old!! Where did the time go? Joe and I still take multiple pictures of them everyday. I did get a little behind on my scrap booking pages during our long days and nights of decluttering our home. But never fear, I will catch up shortly.


Bethany is crawling all over the place. She can even climb up the one step we have in our home. She has taken off! After bath time, we usually see her naked bottom hurrying away. Melody is starting to look like she wants to crawl. She is starting to rock back and forth on her knees. Both girls stand up very well. Bethany pulls herself up against toys and furniture, and stands on her tip toes. Melody does need help standing up, but once she is up, she is there for the long haul. She is very sturdy on her feet. She even lets go of her toys for a second or so at a time and does not fall down. I don't think Joe and I are ready for them to start walking yet.


Bethany is getting two more teeth. Her incisors. I hear the new twilight movie is coming out next week. She will fit right in with her vampire teeth! Ok, enough talk, here are the pictures. Remember to ooh and ahhh.

Here are a couple pictures that I have not scrapped yet. This is the view we get of Bethany after bath time.

She thinks we can not see her when she hides behind the couch.

Happy Anniversary!

Joe and I have been married for 6 years! In those years we have accomplished many things and seen all sorts of different parts of the world. We have been to 11 different countries and many more states. We also have two beautiful daughters whom we can't seem to stop taking pictures of. They are too adorable to resist. We are not celebrating today since I am cooking for a friends wedding which we will be attending tonight. Seeing her run around in a whirwind reminds me of our wedding and Joe's graduation week and all the insanity we delt with.

Enough talk, I don't even know if anyone even reads what I say anyways. I think everyone goes straight to the pictures. I know I would. :0)

These next few pictures Joe had a lot of fun with. I am not done with them since I am still thinking of what to title them and what I should say as far as 'journaling'. My mind has been drawing a blank, so until then, at least you can look at the pretty lights!

7 Months and starting to get around

Watch out!! Both Bethany and Melody are starting to become mobile. Bethany crawls and Melody scoots on her bottom. They are still in the beginning stages of each. Bethany does make it across the room, but it takes a while with multiple colapses on her tummy. Melody just started to scoot a few days ago. She does not get very far. The other day she only made it 5 inches on the carpet, but in the tub where there is no traction, she went over a foot before I had to grab her to make sure she didn't fall and hit her head in the tub. We tried putting her on the hardwood floor to see how she would scoot on that. Well, she went over a foot, but in the wrong direction. She went backwards! She does know how to scoot in a circle to change directions, she has been doing that for a few weeks now. In a few weeks when both girls are better at their forms of transportation, we will have to set them up in a race. What is the fastest method of travel, by knees or bottom? Enough talk, here are some pictures.

Bubbles!

Everyone keeps telling us to try blowing bubbles at the girls to see what they do. Well, we should not have tried on a windy day. It took a while to get the hang of getting the bubbles to form right with the wind. When we finally got it down, the girls had the instinctive reaction, they closed their eyes whenever we would send bubbles their way. After a few tries, Bethany and Melody tried to catch them. Bethany with her little hands and Melody with a wide mouth. Neither girl was successful at getting any. It is always fun to watch them experience something new.

And of course I have a few more pages that I threw together in my spare time. I am getting less and less of that these days.

6 Months Old!

Can you believe that Bethany and Melody are already 6 months old? Where did the time go. I guess time flies when you don't sleep at night. Actually, these past few weeks have been great. The girls go to bed at 8pm then don't wake up until 3-5am for a bottle, then go back to bed until 8-9am. Joe and I would get great sleep if we would actually go to bed at a decent hour.
To celebrate this milestone, they went to the doctor's office to get shots. They are not too happy today.
Both girls are sitting up now. They have been for the last few weeks. Bethany rolls all over the place while Melody is content looking cute in one place. Here are some recent photos as well as some that I forgot to take care of earlier.  Enjoy!

and of course many of you might have seen this classic one before, but I wanted to put it in the 12" x 12' scrapbooking size.