Couples Vacation

Beau and I went on our first "kidless" vacation since our honeymoon. We went to Breckenridge CO with two other couples, skied two days, and stayed in an awesome house/condo.









What is funny is that we ended up in bed by 10pm every night, despite valiant efforts to get in party mode. I blame the altitude, but reality tells me I am just getting old. Though the good news is that we feel extremely well rested and are really looking forward to seeing the babies!
I did get to talk to Al every day, but obviously Hope is not quite to the phone conversation stage.
In conclusion...vacation was fabulous and much needed!

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Girls Day

This was a hallmark family weekend for Beau and I. We spent time together the two of us with friends on Friday night, followed by Mexican night with the babies on Saturday-- then we ALL went promptly to bed at 8:30pm! With all that sleep we actually got up, ready and out the door for church at 8am!! (we were even 10 min early) After church we went to Rooster for brunch and both sister and brother were amazing. Al sat at the table the ENTIRE time and Hope didn't cry once, despite the fact that it was her nap time. It was a dream morning... Makes me so happy.
Then Hopie and I went to Abby's house for girls day followed by dinner with my college girlfriends. Here she is sitting on Eepies lap dancing to Beyonce on Pandora.






She is so sweet and chill... It is relaxing to be around such an adorable child. I know I am biased but she is wonderful and makes me smile. She and I dont always get to spend the afternoon together, so it was really nice. She is babbling all the time, almost standing on her own, cant sleep without her loveie and her thumb-- those go every where with us, loves to wrestle her brother, and is finally sleeping through the night!!! Woo hoo, after 13 mo... Ha!
Al got to go to daddy's basketball game and had a blast running with the older boys. He is now potty trained and finally poops on the potty. He is so great at it and it is no thanks to me... All on his own and already wakes up dry from naps and in the morning. I am ecstatic. Here is his chart we used for potty training...



We finished the night a little later than usual, so Hopie was crying in her bed and we heard Al say.. "It's okay Hope... Stop crying!"


They are too cute right now..


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Snow Day

Winnie and rush joined us for "movie morning" at the Reinberg house. We ate popcorn and animal crackers and watched Ice Age- Dawn of the Dinosaurs, which Al loved bc he likes Anything dinosaur!



Rush and Hopie are becoming fast friends... Or at least Hope thinks so. She tried to kiss him a couple of times and he wasn't that into it. (You can't win them all Hope)



After movie morning Al and Hope spent the rest of the day in their pajamas lounging around. Here they are playing on AL's trundle bed grandma has been sleeping on since the blizzard hit. It has been great fun having her stay with us!


I have also caught up on some movies: Babies-- I wasn't too impressed with- lots of boobs and pooping. I see that enough around here.
Inception-- this was awesome! Am I dreaming this blog post??


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Let me review...

I am not inclined to blog as much lately, but I can't pinpoint exactly why. On a whole life had been pretty happy lately. Work is good- keeps me on my toes and I continue to learn new things everyday which I love in a job. I am looking forward to having nights off to spend with my family again at the end of March. We had friends over for dinner last night and had a great time. We are so fortunate to still have a couple of people still without children who are able to come over, stay late, and no one has to pay a babysitter! Beau let me sleep in this morning and then we all took a two hour nap this afternoon which could be why I am in such a good mood right now.... Sleep is a powerful medicine.

My willful little daredevil of a child- Al- has been incredibly sweet today as well. Though the past couple of days have been rough with the testing of mommy's limits, I am always hopeful that every day is a new day. There is slight anxiety in the unknown of your childs temperament however!! He is al and Winnie making the most of Monkey Joes yesterday. They just love each-other...






And what inspired me to blog just now was my baby girl in her new Skinny Jeans. Life doesn't get cuter than this ...



Hopie and Al are finally starting to feel better after several rounds of antibiotics and the previous couple of pictures are a far cry from how they felt here...



The weather has been warming up and we can't wait to get outside. We went for our first jog outside of the new year this past week and the kids did great braving the snow laden streets bundled in blankets... We are getting stir crazy here-- that ground hog better bring good news.

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Hope at 1 year

19lb 14oz- 25th %tile
30 in.- 75th %tile
She has a double ear infection right now, but is getting better!

I am obsessed with girl clothes... In the picture above, the grey stripped tights have ruffles on the bum that are totally adorable.

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Merry Christmas 2010

Meant to post this a while ago!...

It has been a whirlwind of a couple days. Presents at grandmas, presents at Aunt Cheryl's, presents at home, presents in TX- where we are now.
It also snowed all day on Christmas Eve and Al was so happy to play outside in it...




And Hopie wanted to go out so badly...



Babies in their Christmas pjs






My cinnamon rolls finally rose!


And Al's work bench... Love it!




Merry Christmas everyone!

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Happy Birthday Hopie

The day started out a little rough bc both my babies have been sick and I have been trying to wean Hope for a week now and she isn't having it. So grandma gave her a bottle and made her feel better....




As soon as she saw the pink balloons all was right in the world



The decor...( I was pretty proud of myself for this one)





(the Cakery, of course)

And she LOVED it. Skeptical at first, then ate almost the entire thing.





The party was great and all the kids had a blast. So fun to see them running around playing together.
I can't believe my baby baby is one!

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