Wordless Wednesday

Morley's Binks

Neither of the girls have ever been huge binki suckers. They were more when they were tiny but it's always been mostly when they are going to sleep.

The gumdrop binks have always been their favorite. We have tried lots of different kinds but have always come back to these. 

They always liked to play with the other kinds though so I put them in with their toys.

A couple days ago Morley found one in the toys & put it in her mouth. She has been sucking on it ever since. 

Even in the bath.

Then she found some other binks & decided it didn't have to be just that one. So I find her sucking on different binks all day long. 

The little goof cracks me up. :)

P.S. She stands all on her own now!

28 years!

This is a picture of my parents on their wedding day. 28 years ago today.

These are the two greatest people I know. 

I'm so grateful that they decided to get married 28 years ago so that they could be my parents! :)

Seriously though, they are amazing.

I don't think a child can really know or understand how much their parents love them until they have children of their own. I definitely had no idea. It's an indescribable kind of love. 

I'm realizing more & more (since having the twins) how much my parents have done for me (and still do for my little family) & sacrificed for me throughout my life. From the sleepless nights & diaper changes to the rebellious teenage years. I'm grateful for it all. I'm grateful for the things they taught me. I'm grateful there were always consequences to my actions, even though they weren't appreciated at the time...I'm understanding now more & more why they did the things they did. And it was always because they loved me and wanted what was best for me. I'm grateful for their unconditional love. Never once in my life have I ever doubted that they loved me. I'm grateful for their example throughout my life. They've always taught me how important it was to be Christlike but even more than that, they've showed me in the way they live their lives.

I love my mom & dad more than words can say and feel so blessed that they are mine. 

Happy 28th anniversary mom & dad! :)

Oh Christmas Tree

We finally got a Christmas tree on Saturday! It's a real one :) I love that I get to smell pine now every time I walk through the door. It smells like Christmas :)

I was worried about the girls not leaving the tree alone but we haven't had any problems with it. They both touched it when we first set it up & didn't like the feel of it on their hands so have pretty much left it alone since. We have pulled a few pine needles out of two little mouths though. I just end up vacuuming 4-5 times a week now instead of the usual 3!
They occasionally will play with the Santa ornaments but I'm okay with that. They can't really hurt them.

They were so helpful putting the ornaments on the tree.

I was letting them play with them/suck on them until Wrigley decided to start pounding on the rest of them with the one in her hand. It shattered and then Jeff was put on baby duty while I finished up.

 

I let them help me put their very first ornaments (from Grandma Maria) on the tree :)

We went to Jeff's grandparents' house for dinner on Sunday & they gave us these Santa ornaments & some cute chocolate ornaments to add to our tree.

We added a fun new Christmas decoration to our collection this year.

It's the Little People Nativity Set.

We set it up on the bottom shelf of our bookcase & the girls love it. 

I always set it back up when they are sleeping and it's the first place they go when they wake up. :)

Festival of Trees

We got to go to the Festival of Trees last week with my family & the Klands.

Jeff & I have been to the Festival of Trees together every year since before we were even dating. This was the 5th or 6th year that we have gone together. We even went last year even though it was miserable for me to walk around for that long. I insisted. I was so excited to be able to bring the girls with us this year & keep the tradition alive. I knew they would love seeing the trees all lit up! We went on Thursday night, hoping to avoid the crowds since it wasn't the weekend but it was still crazy crowded. 

We had to skip a few aisles because of a poop explosion all over Wrigley & her clothes. Poor girl had diarrhea for over a week.

We cleaned her up, put her pajamas on & caught up with the rest of the group. 

My favorite tree this year was this Minnie Mouse one. 

 Okay, it was probably this amazingly cute bed that was my favorite! Love.

Morley gives "loves" to everyone. It's the sweetest thing. :)

The girls are so great when we take them anywhere. I love it. They are definitely not homebodies. They love to be out & about. No matter where we go, they are happy. They are both very curious & always looking around, taking everything in.

We didn't get to see all the gingerbread houses this year but we did see this cute Tangled one on the way out.

P.S. We ran into Mike, Nate & Caitlin and the boys while we were there. It was so random. We had no idea they were going to be there.

Wordless Wednesday

Temple Square Lights

Last week Melinda's choir was singing at Temple Square. It was a good excuse for us to go up there to hear her sing and then walk around and look at the lights. 

 Melinda's choir sounded great. Wrigley was dancing & clapping the whole time :)

We bundled the girls up in the stroller & they didn't move the whole time. Seriously. When it's super cold and we wrap them up, they are still as can be. So funny.

 They were pretty much in awe of all the lights. They just stared.

Temple Square is always gorgeous but at Christmas time it's even more incredible. Going up to see the lights is one of my favorite things to do around the holidays. 

It was weird being there without any snow on the ground. We've had hardly any snow this year, so far.

I took about 3,000 pictures of the girls that night. I just couldn't get over how cute they looked in their little snowsuits!

They both crashed on the way home.