23 Friday Dec 2011
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Addisyn, Allen, Bella, Christmas, Daddy, Granddaddy, Grandma Duncan, Great-Granna, Great-Mammaw, Greg, Hope, Jackson, Jane, Jaye, Jordan, Kurt, Lindsay, Madison, Meredith, Mimi, Monte, Natalee, Norah, sick, Trey
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So in the the last post, we talked about taking awhile to get a post done. We are still running …
22 Sunday May 2011
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2nd Birthday, Addisyn, Aunt Mere, cake, Chastity, Cole, Ellie, Granddaddy, Kyla, Lindsay, Monte, opening presents, Stacey, Wes
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The girls had a great week celebrating their Birthday 3 times. On their actually birthday, Stacy and I gave them …
13 Wednesday Oct 2010
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Addisyn, Bella, climbing, Grandma Duncan, Lindsay, listen, Meredith, mimicking sounds, Monte, Norah, running, understands, video, Zoo
Grandma Duncan & Girls
This past weekend we had a house full of visitors. My mom came up on Friday evening to spend some time with Bella and Norah. She enjoyed some time playing with them and gave them their bath that evening. On Saturday I went to work and Aaron and Grandma stayed home with the girls. Grandma had so much fun with the girls and what would a visit be without Grandma taking the girls on a wagon ride? My sister and her family came into town on Saturday evening. They got there around 5 in the evening and we ordered pizza and spent the evening at home. It was great having everyone here and watching all the girls–Bella, Norah and their cousins Addisyn and Lindsay play. Just watching them all interact made for a great Saturday night.
Baby Bar Talk
Bella & Lindsay
A Hug from Addisyn
Monte & Girls
On SundayOn On Sunday Grandma left early and we were planning on meeting up with my friend, Christy and her family who were visiting from Australia. Unfortunately there were too many changes in plans and we ended up not being able to get together with her. But the guys proposed a trip to the zoo instead. We all got ready (Aaron, Bella, Norah and me along with Meredith, Monte, Addisyn and Lindsay) to head out on an adventure. Of course getting Aaron’s SUV ready to handle 4 adults, 3 babies (all under 2) and 1 child presented some logistical challenges but we were able to work those out. So we went for a few hours which was the girls’ first trip to the zoo. Addisyn seemed to enjoy it, but the younger ones didn’t get as much out of it. Bella and Norah I would say enjoyed the meerkats and sharks the most. They also seemed to notice the elephants, but that was about it. By the end of the afternoon the younger ones were hot, tired and desperately in need of naps.
At the Zoo
Meerkats! Our favorite!
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Norah in window sill
How high do we have to move things?
This week I am able to stay home with the girls on Tuesday and Wednesday. It is fun, but also more challenging now that they want to climb on everything. Norah has taken to climbing up on her toybox and sitting on the window sill. She also likes to climb up onto the end table and turn the lamp on and off (a new trick that she just picked up and already taught Bella). Lucky for us Bella can’t climb up on anything other than the toy box at this point in time. You will see some of Norah’s antics in this week’s video.
Bella
Bella just continues to amaze us with how well she understands what we are saying. Just today, Aaron pointed to the fork that Bella had in her hand and said “fork” to which Bella promptly mimicked. Aaron then asked Bella to go and take the fork to Mommy. Bella came running into the kitchen and handed me the fork! This is just one example, but it amazes us how well she seems to understand what we are asking her to do. Norah on the other hand, is more determined to be defiant at this point in time. Norah does things on Norah’s terms and not anyone else’s terms. Norah is also beginning to run more and more. Bella is pretty good at this with Norah now catching up. She still stumbles from time to time, but she gets right back up and tries again. All in all with Aaron’s parents 2 weekends ago and my mom and sister’s family, the Hufnagel household has been busy. It will be nice to have a restful, relaxing weekend at home with the girls.
We hope you enjoy the pictures for there are many. The full collection is on Flickr. Also a new video from Aaron with a new opening (for all our ‘die-hard’ viewers). We hope you enjoy and can’t wait to hear from you!
29 Sunday Nov 2009
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Addisyn, Bella, first real food, Granddaddy, Grandma Duncan, Great-Mammaw, Hope, Kurt, Meredith, Mimi, Monte, St. Louis, Stacey, Thanksgiving, travel, Trey, video, Wes
Isn't Bella just cute?
Last weekend we went to St. Louis for my family’s Thanksgiving/Addisyn’s birthday party. The trip there was not as bad as I had feared because we got home from work, changed the girls into their pj’s and fed them so they would sleep most of the way there. The first night there was more than a little rough. We were sleeping in the guest bedroom and put each girl into their own pack-n-play beside the bed, Jasmine was in her crate and Sadie was in bed with us. Bella was not a happy baby about the accommodations because she ate at 11 and fell back to sleep, but woke up again at midnight. So, I rubbed her back and she fell back to sleep only to wake up again at 3:00 am. She did not want to be held in bed with us, she did not want a pacifier, and she wasn’t happy being put down with Norah in her pack-n-play. No, I had to stand up and hold her up again me with her head on
Addisyn
my shoulder…sitting down was not even allowed. I took Bella downstairs and finally calmed her enough to let me lay her on the floor and I laid down with her. Finally got her to sleep after about an hour and I slept on the couch close by. Meredith got up around 6 and her dogs woke Bella up, so we were all up for the day. Norah and Aaron ended up getting a pretty good night’s sleep.
We didn’t do much that day. We went out to lunch…four adults, a four year old and three infants. Surprisingly things went smoothly and Bella slept almost the whole time. When we returned to their house my mom had arrived, so the guys ran out to get some last minute things and Mere and I took a nap while Mom watched the kids. Kurt and his kids, Hope and Trey, arrived later than night. Natalee wasn’t there because she had to work the next day. That night the girls got baths and we put the
The Sisters Hufnagel
twins together in Lindsay’s crib and Lindsay slept in her pack-n-play in the same room. They all slept great! I couldn’t have been happier about that.
The next day Monte’s parents, Ron and KayAnn came up and we did the big Thanksgiving thing. The food was delicious as always. The only hitch was the dog poop that came in on Hope’s shoes after the kids went out to play, so it had to be cleaned up before we ate. We did Addisyn’s cake after later that evening and Monte had bought the trick candles that relight, so it was hilarious watching Addisyn and Hope both trying to blow the candles out! It was a good day and a smooth evening. Monte’s parents left after that and Kurt left a little later that evening. We stayed until Sunday.
The Sisters Willard doing "Big Buck"
We love each other
Sunday was not a good day. The dogs decided to act up. Jasmine pooped on Addisyn’s blanket and Sadie was jealous (I guess) because she peed on the floor right in front of Meredith. It seemed as if Monte was chasing them with his little steam cleaner. The trip back was smooth until we were about an hour or so from home and Bella started fussing because she woke up from her nap and was just done with her carseat. Norah slept the whole way up until maybe the last 20 minutes or so. We were happy to be home and I think the girls were too because they have slept great every single night this week.
Grandma Duncan aka "The Babysitter"
On Thanksgiving Aaron’s parents and grandmother (Mimi, Granddaddy and Mammaw) came up to celebrate with us. They came up and brought most of the fixings, but I cooked my first turkey. I guess it was ok…it could have tasted worse and I didn’t burn it which is always a plus. We had green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, dressing, corn, mashed potatoes and gravy and it was all so good! Mimi had the opportunity to feed the girls their first real people food. Norah went first and wasn”t really sure about the mashed potatoes, but Bella loved them and couldn’t get enough. The girls really enjoyed seeing them, but they were only able to stay up for the day. As usual, Mimi, Granddaddy and Mammaw had a great time holding, kissing and loving on the girls.
This past weekend we did Thanksgiving at Wes and Stacey’s on Saturday. Greg and Jill were also there. The guys almost burned the house down (or so I was told) because Wes didn’t make sure the turkey was completely thawed prior to sticking it into the deep fryer and it overflowed all over the
Mammaw and Bella
garage floor! I know we have told him on more than one occasion that it would do that, but he isn’t known for his listening skills. We had a good time and the turkey was only a little dry:) I ended up leaving early to bring the girls home because they did not nap well and were getting really tired and cranky. Today we took the girls to do their 6 month pictures. We had some cute ones, but Norah was not willing to smile for the camera. Bella was all smiles, but we had a hard time trying to get her focus off of her shoes. We will have them back next week and will bring them in with us when we come in for Christmas.
I'm not too sure about this Mimi!
All in all it was a pretty busy last week for us and the girls. It was trying at times and great at others, but I guess that is what being a parent is all about. We are super excited about the girls’ first Christmas upcoming. We bought them there stockings which are absolutely gorgeous. They each have a little charm on them that say, “Dear Santa, I have been good!” We also got them the first Christmas ornament which are sterling silver baby Mary Janes that say their name and all that good stuff. We have got them a few gifts here and there including their first teddy bear, which is a lot bigger than they are! We will have some more traveling obviously around Christmas and hopefully all will go well with that. I am glad to say that we are very glad, although it was enjoyable, to be done and get back to some normalcy. We hope to have all the pics uploaded to Flickr in the next few days, but enjoy the nice sample (about 45+) of pics until we get them all. Also enjoy the video!
