Our First Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines Day!!!!

Enjoy these absolutely flawless pics taken by one of the most talented children's photographers around, Betsy Marie. Check out more of her amazing work here!

Brody

Baxlyn
KyleeKorbin

Thanks again Betsy for capturing these amazing pictures for us to treasure forever!

Texas Snow!!!!

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I just HAD to do it...

It has been snowing NON STOP here in Texas today (which never happens)! It is sooo pretty outside and I just couldn't resist bundling each baby up and taking them out for their first picture in the snow!

Little B (she recently learned to point and indeed points 24/7)

My Chunk-O-Love
Kylee Mae
Mr. Korbin (ignore the claw mark below his mouth, he was attacked by Baxlyn)

Go Brody Go!

For some of you this little video won't be impressive or mean much at all. For those of you who have followed our blog from the beginning, this little clip means a lot. After hours and hours of therapy trying to get Brody to move forward, he finally did it! I had given him a bath and was drying him off when he saw the lotion bottle, apparently it was all he needed to be motivated and off he went! I couldn't help but sit and cry (happy tears of course!) as I watched him scooch across the floor. Good job Broman, we're proud of you!

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Doctors Rain & The Runabout

We had a fun BUSY day and all got to get out of the house for some big appointments. Bret and I took the boys to their developmental pediatrician, first time just the four of us! After putting the boys in the stroller Bret noticed Korbin was holding Brody's hand.... how SWEET is that????!!!! I immediately dug through my purse for the camera to capture this rare act of brotherly love!

Will probably be one of my favorite pictures FOREVER - I LOVE IT!

Their appointment went great! Both boys have minor issues to worked on but overall are doing fabulous developmentally. Their developmental ped has been with them since they were in the nicu and she says she is AMAZED at where Brody is today given his rough start. She told us several times throughout the appointment his life is "nothing short of a miracle"! We all knew this already, but to see him literally "WOW" a doctor whose been there through it all puts me on cloud nine!

We recently made the switch from infant car seats to "big" car seats. After researching and weighing the pros and cons of different car seats, we decided the Britax Boulevard was right for us. The transition to new car seats also meant we now HAD to say good bye to our SnapNGo strollers and use the new Runabout.

Out with the old....

In with the new!
After the boys' appointment I headed back to the house to pick up the girls and the monster stroller and headed for the hospital to meet my parents for the babies' synagis shots. To make my first (out of the neighborhood) adventure with the Runabout even more interesting... God decided to let it rain - not fun! I decided not to bring the cover for the stroller because, according to the weather man, it was going to rain at night not during the day. Luckily it never poured and the stroller was hardly wet when we got there. The shots went well (well as well as shots can go for babies). The babies all weighed between 18 and 20 pounds!!

Grandpa's job was to hand out fruit puffs while each of them waited their turn to get shots by the mean nurse.

and Grandmas job... to make the boo-boos feel better and offer apple juice!

Love this one of Brody... poor guy had no clue what was about to happen :[
As we left the hospital I felt like an exhibit at the museum being stared at by onlookers, there was an elderly couple who even gave me a round of applause (no joke) as I finished loading the babies and reattaching the stroller to the back of the van.... thhhaaannnkks!! All in all it was a good day, an adventurous day, a day that refreshed me and gave me new strength to face tomorrow!

Until next time!




PS- HOLY COW THE BABIES WILL BE A YEAR OLD IN 13 DAYS!!!

More laughter...

to start your week. Enjoy!

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All Aboard!

This RSV lockdown thing is not fun, but we're trying to make the best of it. Last week we had fairly good weather in our area but it was a bit to windy to take the babies for a walk and the weekend was nasty and rainy outside. We brought in the choo choo wagon to see how the babies fit now that they're a tad bigger than when we purchased it and they loved it. We ended up lugging them all around the house in it, which was a task considering the size of the wagon and the size of our house. I was amazed at how much they enjoyed it and looked around as if they were in a new world!

Brody leading the pack!

As they came down the hall I jumped out and scared each one. There's what... a foot and a half between each of them and yet each time I jumped out it was like the first time! Love this one of Korbin peeking around the corner anticipating Monster-Mommy!

Just a few more months to go.... until then we will continue to look for unique ways to entertain ourselves at home!