I guess this could have happened with any siblings, but it just made a good post title to say twins, and after all, that is what the girls are. :)
Poor Lauren has been coughing up a storm, so I have been giving her cough medicine, over the counter stuff, that most likely doesn't do anything, but maybe psychologically make her and I think it is doing something and help in a very small way that way. Anyhow, my poor sweet girl has been coughing a lot, and when she goes to bed it seems like it is NON-stop coughing.
We propped her head up more so that maybe it would help. She seems to sleep through the coughing though so at least that is good.
Last night though, just as we went to lay down she was coughing, coughing, coughing. I heard her over the monitor. I was had just made it upstairs to check on her and give her a drink and fix her pillows when she gagged and threw up... on HERself, HER pillow, BROOKE and BROOKE's pillow. Yum.
She is now awake. She is also upset that she threw up. I start to pick her up when she throws up again, this time all over the blankets that were covering her. I call for Bryan over the monitor. He comes up stairs. I get her out of bed and she throws up on the floor and all over her jammies (whatever wasn't covered the first time).
We get her stripped down and give her a drink. She stops coughing. Thankfully. I get her all washed up and in new jammies. She is feeling great. :) (she even said she felt great!) lol Bless her heart.
Bryan takes out the pukey blankets and we start to get Brooke up to change her. She wakes up after I have her jammies off and start to wash her arm. She is happy and smiling. It is after 11 PM but not much later than that. We get her changed. She is now wide awake with Lauren.
They are smiling, happy girls. Amazing. :) We fix their bed up and tuck them in. They went to bed easier this time then the original time we put them in that night and they were actually both in a good mood. ~ I can't even wake them up from naps because they cry and carry on and have such an attitude and fit that lasts until they go back to bed that night, it is unreal. So who knew that they would be okay with all this last night.
I also put some Vick's on Lauren's chest AND much to Bryan's second guessing on the bottom of Lauren's feet. He doesn't think there is any way that this would really help and/or work. BUT, she did cough a LOT less. I'm willing to try almost anything to make her feel better and be able to sleep more comfortably, especially if it's as simple as putting Vick's on the bottom of her feet.
Well I guess I should go start to motivate the troops. I am not feeling well at all this morning, my stomach is NOT happy, so it may take us more time to get going and get out of the house this morning than usual. Better start now then.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Fun with Twins
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Lauren's Art...


Lauren's LOVELY art work

a little bit better picture of her lovely circle drawing
THAT is me!!
Friday, December 19, 2008
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Labels: Brooke, December 08, Lauren, Trevor
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
SHOTS!!
xoxoxo
Posted by Jennifer at 10:40 AM 5 comments
Labels: Brooke, crying, doctors, funny stories, happy, kids, Lauren, shots
Friday, November 28, 2008
500!!
500! although the post before this one hardly counts as a post because of the amount of words in it... but since what is says is pretty serious, then I guess I'll count it. :)
I went shopping this morning. I got up at 3:35 AM and headed off to Wal-Mart for all the HOT sales. I've gone other years... and I have to say that this year... was HORRIBLE!! I mean a total mess!! wow. It was as if they had no idea that today was Black Friday.
We got there around 4 AM. ~ We being, Heather, Barb, Rachel & myself... and we had to wait in line, in the store, thankfully, b/c the line did end up going out of the store and onto the sidewalk, for an hour. The sales started at 5 AM and last year they let you in the store to walk around before that... this year... no such luck.
The hour went fast though, so that was good. But then the HELL began. Barb and I went off to the toys... Heather headed for the DVD's and clothes, and Rachel went to electronics... we had a plan and we were going to get everything on our lists!
YEAH right!!
the store was crazy. people were sort of nice, in a PUSHY way. they had NO idea what they had, they had NO idea how many they had... it was so unorganized and chaotic! they also didn't have everything that was advertised in the flyer... to which they replied, "if they didn't have it, they didn't have it and they weren't responsible for not having it." GREAT!
one of the things they had that I was trying to get, the one thing that was a BIG thing on my list for Trevor, because I knew he really wanted/loved it was the Batman Wayne Tech Mega Wings, for $30 ~ could NOT find it any where, I don't think they had it at all. Unless it was or IS still in the room that was full from 18 tractor trailer loads of stuff, that they had no idea what was in there.
oh well. I'm sure I'm more upset about it than he will be Christmas morning... when he doesn't even remember that he wanted it because there is so much other stuff.
They had stuff where they didn't even know where it was. In the HUNTING section we found Wii games and DVD's that were supposed to be by Electronics and the other DVD's that were by the food section... no one knew where they were... we found them by accident... but didn't care because we got our Wii Game. :)
I got the kids a bunch of board games, which I'm happy about... I think we will have a GREAT time playing them together! It will be good for them to have something to do that isn't TV or movie or whatever and something that we will do as a family. :)
We got:
- Memory
- Cooties
- Ants in The Pants
- Trouble
- Guess Who
and I can't remember if there is more or not... seems like there should be. But I know my parents also got them some...
- Hungry Hungry Hippos
- Perfection
- Operation
- Sorry
I think. I'll have to check with my mom... I know that Trevor will LOVE Perfection and probably be really awesome at it... and I know he wants Operation... so if they didn't get it then we will. We bought him some big fancy Operation with different modes and stuff... BUT... it sucked! It was NOT fun and hard to figure out and we never even played it... the kids messed around with it and all but that was it... finally some of the pieces were missing and I just got sick of seeing it around, so I threw it out.
I also got the kids some movies... since I'm preaching that I rather have them play games and all that... I wanted to let you all know that I'm human and I do let them watch TV and movies... I pray for that quiet time... for my sanity, I NEED it! Only they don't really watch TV and movies that great... only sometimes. And, only Trevor really... the girls some, but it is hard for them to sit that long. :P
I got them the new Tinkerbell movie and also Wall E. So that is good.
Well today our goal is to clean the house and then decorate some, and then I'm going to try to work on cleaning up more down stairs... hopefully the guy will come soon to start working on our foundation and then we will be able to finish up the downstairs... which I really want, hope and pray will be done before Christmas... although it isn't looking too good. We'll see.
I'm trying to have faith...
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Worth Noting
~ The wind is blowing and the rain is coming down. It is only hovering around 40 degrees... not what you would call paradise.
~ Inside though the fireplace is on and if you listen closely you can hear little girls talking softly to their toys and the tv. It is a great day!
~ Lauren is the play room playing with some of her dolls, brushing their hair and talking to them, and she also built a really cool Mr. Potato Head guy that I over heard her walking to school. :)
~ Brooke is in the living room watching tv and building a very long train of blocks and talking in Chinese with Kai-lan... which is utterly amazing to me.
~ And while my lil' princesses are playing peacefully I am getting to clean and organize in Trevor's room finally! So today is going really well. I'm hoping to be able to get something NOTICEABLE done today! :)
~ That's all from us for now...
Posted by Jennifer at 11:09 AM 7 comments
Labels: Brooke, every day life, girls, kids, Lauren
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Things to Remember...
Posted by Jennifer at 12:25 PM 6 comments
Labels: Brooke, every day life, family, kids, kids Trevor, Lauren, love, my life
Monday, October 20, 2008
Dumb, Dumb, Dumb, Ddddddduuuummmmmmmbbbb
People come up with the stupidest things to say, and I do mean STUPID!! (or maybe I'm just totally burnt out and bitchy ~ could be)
The other day at my dad's job the girls and I were in his office, and one of the
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Labels: Brooke, dorks, kids, Lauren, stupid people
Monday, October 6, 2008
MY girls
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAUREN & HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROOKE!
I am such a sucky mom today... I wanted to do a touching beautiful post dedicated to my beautiful, amazing girls that are THREE today, but I'm home for the first time this morning since driving Trevor to school. I reek of BLEACH... it is burning my throat and eyes. I have to get those lil' beauties in for a nap, clean this house b/c it is looking as bad as the "new" house and then work on making dinner. Once I make dinner I am going to feed the kids and myself then I'm going to take food over to feed "the guys" aka Bryan, Kevin & Chris... who are hard at work in the "new" house. I am going to try to clean some more in the kitchen for a little bit, but I have to get home in time to get all three little rug rats in the tub and then off to bed at a descent time b/c Trevor has school tomorrow.
So I will try to get back on here to type a wonderful, heartfelt post to my darling little ladies, BUT I'm not sure I will be able to get back here.
Happy Birthday my Libby Lou Lou girl (Lauren)... I love you more than anything in this world you are wonderful and amazing and I'm blessed to call you my own.
Happy Birthday my little Brookie Cookie Monster... I love you more than anything in this world (also) and you are amazing and wonderful and I'm blessed to call you my own.
I LOVE YOU GIRLS!! <3
xoxoxox
Mommy :)
Posted by Jennifer at 3:48 PM 3 comments
Labels: birthday, Broooke, girls', house, Lauren, new and old, THREE
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Making Progress
Tootle Lu!
Posted by Jennifer at 8:58 AM 4 comments
Labels: bday parties, Brooke, house, Lauren
Friday, October 3, 2008
KEYS!
Also, Saturday we are having Lauren's & Brooke's Third Birthday Parties!! :) wow!! I can't believe they are going to be THREE! They are so amazing!! :) I can't wait to share their special birth story on their birthday, which is Monday. I did the Baby Meme that I stole from Jenn @ My Kids Are My World... (check her out on my side bar, there is a badge there for her that will take you to her!) and I'm going to tweak it some to do the Baby Meme for when I was pregnant with Lauren and Brooke!! :)

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Labels: beautiful girls, birthday, Brooke, kids, Lauren, NEW HOUSE, princess', THREE
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Holding hands
Brooke & Lauren were outside playing... I was in their room cleaning and organizing... I could see them right out the windows and I could hear them... then all of a sudden the chatter was quiet... I looked out and couldn't see them.
Thinking that they were under the swing set and I just couldn't see them or hear them or that maybe they were in the play camper, I went out onto the porch to call to them. Not in any panic what-so-ever. It was less than a minute ago that I saw them climbing up the slide.
I go and I'm standing on the porch and before I call them, I see them. They are walking in the high grass behind the swing set... they are headed for the horse pasture. UGH!
I yell to them, "Girls, what are you doing?" And they keep on walking. I say a little louder as I'm heading off the porch... "Lauren & Brooke, where are you going?" They turn around... and I'm almost to the swing set by then, I say to them, "where are you going?? you cannot be down here, there is prickers and branches and you are in the high grass where there are ticks and all kinds of bugs. Come on get back over here now." They are coming back now... I help them both out of the high grass, avoiding the branches with their nasty prickers.
I stop them, as they are walking up the house to tell them, they they cannot go by the horses. One, there is prickers and bugs in the high grass... you are going to get hurt.
Two, there is electric fencing around the horse pasture you will get hurt really really badly if you touch it.
Three, the horses don't know you if you go by them they may try to bite or kick you and you would get hurt really badly then too.
Forth, I have told you a bunch of times that you cannot go over there. You have to listen to Mommy... I have rules to keep you safe.
So then Brooke says... "Well, we wanted to see the horses." And I said I understand that but you can't just go over there... and you definitely cannot go by yourselves.
Lauren pipes up and says "Well, I was holding Brookie's hand. And we wanted to see the horses."
It was like... duh, mom! We were together and we were holding hands gosh!! What is the problem??
I love toddler reasoning... some days at least. lol
Posted by Jennifer at 12:26 PM 14 comments
Labels: Brooke, funny stuff, horses, kids, Lauren, out of the mouths out babes
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Salutations
Posted by Jennifer at 9:12 AM 7 comments
Labels: Lauren, siblings; love, sweetness, Trevor
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Growin' Up... Potty!
36,000 minutes or
600 hours or
25 days & nights or
3 full weeks!! ~ no matter how you look at it Lauren and Brooke both have been potty trained FULLY since June 15th ! They have NOT worn a pamper one time. Not even for nap or bed time. Although we have had some bed wetting accidents, we are getting past that too. Brooke says it rained in her bed, and is usually really angry to be "soaking wet"!! She refuses to agree that she wet the bed. It is pretty funny to hear her tell you all about how it rained in her bed from her window. :) Lauren didn't start off doing so well at night, but now is becoming a little pro. :) It seems that they are just so tired from long play days and doing a lot of running around that they are just exhausted and then sleep so deeply and soundly that they don't know they are wetting. It's okay. We don't get mad or upset, we just wash more bedding. :)
This morning I was watching tv while everyone was sleeping and I saw a commercial for Luvs... and I thought... "Wow. I don't ever need to buy diapers again." What a revelation. It is amazing for the last 4 3/4 yrs I have had to buy and change diapers. I probably have bought them for a lot longer than that b/c I tried to stock up on a bunch while I was pregnant with Trevor.
So it has been almost one MONTH that the girls have been out of diapers. I think it could have been a lot sooner, but I was slightly lazy busy and didn't always try to work with them on potty training.
We haven't had a day time accident in so long... I sometimes forget that they have only been out of diapers for less than a month... but then at the same time I can't believe it has been that long either. So I can now add to my mom record that I have had all three of my children fully potty trained before they were three years old. :) GO ME!! Trevor started in the summer too, but it took us a little bit longer... but I also had two infant babies to take care of as well, and Brooke & Lauren were dreams, I think b/c they had an older sibling to follow.
So that is that... we are potty trained!!
Posted by Jennifer at 8:35 AM 12 comments
Labels: accomplishments, Brooke, every day life, kids, Lauren, potty training, trained, Trevor
Monday, June 23, 2008
Weekend In Pictures...











The first few pictures are from yesterday afternoon at the races. The first race of the season. They just finished the track the other day... and although there was another race going on at another track about an hour away they had a pretty good turn out. :)
Posted by Jennifer at 11:23 AM 9 comments
Labels: BBQ, best friends, Brooke, family fun, Lauren, pictures, races, Trevor, weekend
Friday, June 20, 2008
CCC #1 Heads Up!
CLASSY CHAOS CHALLENGE # 1 (CCC#1)
Think outside of the box. The summer light is perfect for taking pictures of heads. Yes. Take a picture of a head. Go ahead. Teeheee... there is virtually no shadows when taking pictures of heads. You do not have to worry about lightening or poses, just snap away
After 414 pictures this is what I got....













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Labels: Brooke, CCC #1, Lauren, pictures, pictures of the kids, Trevor
Monday, June 16, 2008
Just Hilarious!
This happened a few weeks ago and I found this post in my drafts:
Lauren: Mommy can you change my poopy?
Mommy: Sure I can, lay down, I'll get the wipes and a new pamper.
Lauren: Okay.
Mommy: This poopy should have been in the potty. Maybe you'll try next time you have to go poopy to make it in the potty.
Lauren: Yep. (little to no expression with her comment)
Mommy: Okay, we'll try tomorrow.
Lauren: Yep. (cracking me up at how blank her expresssion really is)
Mommy: You are hilarious some times!
Lauren: No! I not hairyous! I LAUREN!
Mommy: (chuckling)
Posted by Jennifer at 10:00 AM 5 comments
Labels: funny, Lauren, potty stuff
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
~Wordless Wednesday~
Posted by Jennifer at 2:53 PM 9 comments
Labels: 06/08, icecream, Lauren, Trevor. Brooke