GUESS WHAT HAPPENED A YEAR AGO TODAY?!???

One year ago today, we got our referral for "twins!" THE twins! OUR twins! I can't even imagine life before them anymore. {I usually say I can't remember life BC (Before China)} I do remember what Sabrina said at the begining of our referral call. She said, "I have some good news and some bad news. Which do you want first?" Well since it was the day after most everyone received their referrals, I figured she was calling to say we didn't get our referral and that it would be here next month. So, I opted for the bad news first. She told me that I wouldn't be getting much sleep. Hmmmm... uh,why??? Then she went on to tell me that I was the mother of twins!!! I screamed in her ear and immediately apologized for doing so. I probably permanently damaged her ear drum. Have ya ever heard a Southern girl scream??? Come to find out this was our agency's first referral for twins. Wow...and the odds it was us??? Who really knows...but I am the luckiest mommie in the world! Our twins are the best! What strong, beautiful, funny girls they are. Oh and, way too smart for their mommie.

MEMORIAL DAY

The twins and their first hot dogs, deviled eggs, baked beans, and potato chips...

MAXINE

Beans, beans good for the...

What the heck is this? Can I eat it?

Mmmmmm.....ketchup

Eeeewwww...dawggie, this t-dawg is da bomb.

BIBI

What is that? And what am I suppose to do with it?

Uhhhh...where's my pasta?

I sure hope we are having pasta for dinner.

Monkey see. Monkey do.

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT????

THE TWINS ARE A YEAR AND A HALF!!!!! Happy 18 months, BiBi and Maxine!

HAPPY EASTER

Color-it-yourself Easter Bunnies with Easter Eggs


Pink Camoflauge Bucket Hats with Easter Baskets. (Nothin' fancy here. We shopped at Wal Mart) PS. Plastic eggs stuffed with cheerios. LOL.


Notice how Mommie's color-it-yourself bunny is tossed to the side. Nice, huh??? Otherwise the Baskets and Goodies the EB brought were well received with screams and screeches.


CANDY!!!! (Only 1 piece though and they actually shared 1 piece.)


Edible Easter Grass! I knew they would try to eat the paper or plastic kind so.... just opted for the edible kind. And, it comes in different flavors and colors. It is like eating a cross between taffy and raffia.

BiBi, her bonnet and bag of tricks....

BiBi in her straw Easter bonnet with matching bag(given to her by Norma, Lil Norma, and Miguel) riding the Easter duck that Marme' sent.


Giddy Up Duck


I love my Easter hat!


Ride 'em Cowgirl!


I really love my Easter hat!


BiBi, where are your ears???


BiBi, where is your nose???


BiBi, can you pat your head???


BiBi, is there something stinky???

LITTLE MISS MAXINE

Maxine, where is your nose???


Maxine, where are your ears???


Maxine, can you pat your head???


Look. It opens!


And, it's green! I like green!


Can you put something in this???


Cheerios!?? I don't want no stinkin' cheerios!


Give. Me. Some. Chocolate.


Ridin' Rodi.


These better not have cheerios in them.

S. O. S.

Excuse me, is that $hit on your $hirt???
And, S.O.S. is not referring to $hit On a $hingle as my dad refers to chipped beef on toast. It is referring to $hit On my $hirt....& the floor, the bed, a bottle, a toy, etc... all coutesy of one $hit $lingin' baby, AKA BiBi. No, she didn't just $ling poo. $he took off her diaper and $lung it around with glee. It just so happened it was a full load. How lovely. NOT. I am not blaming anyone for this but... someone who remain nameless, changed her diaper this morning. Thank you for that but next time do it right or don't do it. I told this nameless person to put her pants back on or she would take off her diaper. And, I even gave this person clean pants for BiBi. But NOOOOOOOooo he...oops, nameless person, didn't put her pants back on her. Of course I could have done it but I was making the twins brekkie and nameless person's "to-go" brekkie, washing dishes, unloading and loading DW, feeding dog, cleaning high chairs, etc....all before peeing. TMI, right? $o when I look around from chores while taking my first bite of my Nutella English muffin, she is very happily laughing, twisiting, shouting, and slinging her diaper. Now if we had a $low motion replay of this you would $ee me leap tall cabinets and baby gates in a $ingle bound. Hope I didn't pull a muscle. There was poo all over her. Poo covered baby...yuck. I would have liked to extracted her from the disaster zone and decontaminated her with a bath but then Litle Miss Maxine would have been left to have her way with the aftermath. That couldn't happen. $o while holding back the $truggling $hit $lingin' culprit and blocking Little Miss Maxine form entering the disaster zone, I baby wiped the area and baby. In the process $.$. $wiped me with her poo covered hands on the front and back of my $hirt. I haven't checked my hair yet. GROSS, the thought of it. No longer hungry for my Nutella English muffin. I am due for a bath anyway. LOL.
Oh the joys. $orry no pics of the $hit $linger available.

A MOST IMPORTANT DAY!!!!

Well.... at least to me, today turned out to be a very important day. No one else seemed to give a rats ***. I would say IMO it was just as important as the twins' first Christmas with me but not quite as important as their christening day (which BTW I have no pictures.) So... what is soooooo darn important about today????? Well....... The twins had {DRUMROLL, PLEASE}their first..... PONY RIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YUP. THEIR FIRST PONY RIDE!!!!!!!!!!! OMG!!! THEY WERE SOOOOO CUTE!!! YES, I'M BRAGGING AND EXAGGERATING LIKE ALL PROUD PARENTS DO SOMETIMES. BUT COME ON.... THE TWINS RODE A PONY!!!! A REAL LIVE PONY!!!
First up... Maxine looks like she is ready to race.





Now we serious with BiBi. Let's get this show on the road.



BiBi checking out the competition.

Ride 'em cowgirl!

GONG HEY PHAT CHOY!!!

Happy New Year!!! Today is Chinese New Year's Day. Mok's mom has been visiting us since before Xmas so we are celebrating this year with red pockets, presents which include a new red ball and an animated pony named Smores (on sale at Target for 50% off), yummy food, China Mum flowering plants, Mandarin oranges, etc... Oh and the greatest present ever from Aunt Jamie... Parents brand toy cell phone that you can record your voice onto so the girls can have a special message from mommie. (Thanks Aunt Jamie!)
If I have a spare minute between diaper changes and feedings, I will post some pics of the twins.
I would like to wish all my buddies a special Happy New Year who have their kids at home for their first CNY and BIG HUGS to all my friends who are celebrating their (hopefully) last CNY without their babies.

GUESS WHAT HAPPENED 6 MONTHS AGO....

DOES ANYONE REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED 6 MONTHS AGO??? GOTCHA DAY...THE DAY WE MET BIBI AND MAXINE FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT REALLY SEEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN WITH ME FOREVER. I CAN'T REALLY REMEMBER LIFE B.K. (BEFORE KIDS).

A never been released photo of Maxine and BiBi with their caretakers just before we get to hold them.

My Girls. Awwwwww.... Notice the square bald patch on BiBi. We later found out that is where they shaved her to give her an IV. Ugh...in the head.
More post to follow....

Santa Claus does exist!!