Twins Birthday Party part 2

Hello my wonderful readers! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. I just wanted to finally share some of the pictures taken of everyone at the twins birthday. We had such a wonderful time and I still can't believe they are 1 it just blows my mind! We really only invited family and a couple friends, we knew that some people wouldn't be able to make it due to it being close the holidays and other commitments people have which is totally ok we get that.

 Juliet is more of the person that will go to people without throwing a fit, Andrew is the crier of the two haha. Here is Juliet with my mom and dad.

 Andrew with his mommy, and when either Aaron or I put him down this is what happened haha.

 Andrew and daddy.

 They were starting to get good at ripping all the bows and cards off the gifts. 

 Juliet: Who is this from? 

Andrew: I don't know but this looks like a good gift!

 Daddy with his twinnies <3!

 My mom and her twin my aunt Jill.

 They both loved the cake. They did much better at it than Penelope did at her first birthday haha.

 Juliet trying on her new hat and checking out her new cups.

 My brother and dad. Aaron's mom with Juliet.

 Sister wanted to help blow the candles out.

And just like that they are 1! So crazy how the first year with them seemed so much faster than with their sister. They are just adorable and we love them so very much! Lots of Love! 

Merry Christmas!

Hello my wonderful readers! I just want to wish all of you that read a very Merry Christmas!! May the Lord bless your families a million times over! 

Love always,

Aaron, Kristina, Penelope, Andrew and Juliet

Twins Birthday Party Decor

Hello my wonderful readers! We had so much fun at the twins first birthday, pictures of them will be in another post. Today I'm going to share the decor of the party with you. Aaron and I talked after Penelope's first birthday that with all of our kids we would have a bigger 1st birthday and I would go all out with decorations but birthdays 2-4 will be very close family only and just a couple store bought decorations. The twins first birthday I wanted to be just as grand as I did for Penelope's first because I didn't want them to look back and think we skimped just because they weren't the first kid. So their birthday was Winter ONE-derland! I had to come up with a gender neutral kind of theme since they are a boy and girl and in December this would be perfect to do I thought. I made pretty much everything, we did recycle some stuff from Penelope's Frozen birthday and also from Penelope's first birthday that was Paddington Bear. The colors I chose were black, white, blue and red.

I did an invitation that said, "Waddle on over for some fun, our little penguins are turning ONE! join us for Andrew and Juliet's Winter ONE-derland"

I took the same penguins that I drew for the invite and drew them bigger and put them in the front window to greet everyone that came to the door.

We decided we wanted to do something warm and easy for food so a chili bar was what we came up with, with chips and dip and veggies. We had some toppings to go on the chili also.

We also did a small hot chocolate bar with lots of toppings.

 

We also did a bunch of pictures on the board from the last year of them.

I really wanted to do something individual for them so I did their 12 months of pictures separate and made them each a banner.

The Happy 1st Birthday banner is actually a recycle of from Penelope's 1st birthday.

I made a couple simple high chair banners that I think turned out wonderful so they could eat their cake and not a big deal if they get messed up.

I also made the canvas guest book like I did for Penelope's first birthday so they can each have one.

I put together a little kids table for them to eat and not have to worry about them messing up the carpet. 

 The party favors were a cups worth of hot chocolate mix with a handful of mini marshmellows and the tag says "Thanks for making my birthday so ONE-derful"

 I made two small funfetti cakes and cupcakes with vanilla frosting and blue sprinkles.  

 At the last minute I put together this paper snowflake decoration with cotton balls and some string, we might keep it for our Christmas decor if it lasts. 

Hope you enjoyed this look at the decor for the twins first birthday winter ONE-derland. I still can't believe they are one! Lots of love to you and yours.

Twins at 1 year old!

Hello my wonderful readers! I can not believe I have 1 year old twins! Andrew and Juliet turned 1 a couple days ago and we have just had the best and hardest year of our lives to be honest. We were not expecting twins when we got pregnant with them and if you have followed a little while you will know that we didn't see two little people on the first ultrasound at 8 weeks, it wasn't until 13 weeks when I found out at my routine physical that there were two and not just one in there like before. It has been a roller coaster of year physically, spiritually and emotionally for all of us. I am so happy though that God brought them both to our family and that they are ONE!! We went to the doctor Thursday and they got a bunch of shots they were not too happy about of course, but thank the Lord for their daddy being able to be there and help me! Andrew is 20 lbs and 28 inches. Juliet is 17 lbs and 28 inches. Both are healthy and on track growth wise.

Diaper size: Andrew is on the second size snaps on his cloth diapers and Juliet is still on the first and they are still wearing a size 3 disposable diaper for now but not for much longer I'm sure.

Clothing size: Andrew is growing out of his 9 month clothes and headed into 12 month and 18 month clothes, while Juliet is growing out of some of her 9 month but still holding strong in that size for now she is wearing some 12 month clothes.

Sleeping: They both still take 2 naps a day, even though big sister keeps them up sometimes when the afternoon nap should be happening. They sleep through the night just fine when our neighbors decide to be quite.

Feeding: They are still eating 6oz bottles 4 times a day and 7oz bottle before bed. We are now going to start on milk slowly. They eat breakfast and dinner now and we are going to start lunch now that they are one to take the place of one of the bottles.

Routine: Routine is still the same as it has been for awhile, see past post on that.

Firsts: They had their Last First Holiday which was Thanksgiving and saw outdoor Christmas Lights for the first time at a local church drive thru lights display. They also had their First Birthday party (other posts on this to come!)

Movements: Andrew has taken a few steps without holding anything he is gets more confident each time but Juliet has yet to have any interest in walking without holding onto the couch or anything.

Teeth: Andrew has 3 teeth with more coming in. Juliet just has 1 but more I think are coming in.

Their last first holiday ended with me feeding them and snuggles before bed.

I don't know if I have ever shown this onesie, we only had one of them, both twins wore it and now Juliet is about to grow out of it but one more time for fun.

Juliet is loving sitting on this little couch we got Penelope a year or so ago. 

She reminds me so much of Penelope when she is pointing and staring at the Christmas tree. 

We win for the worst Santa picture of the year, no one but Juliet is looking at the camera and Andrew is screaming. 

First Christmas jammies for them, these were both Penelope's her second Christmas.

They got another walker toy for their birthday from their great grandma so they are both on the go having lots of fun "racing" as Aaron puts it haha.

They experienced decorating for Christmas for the first time, it was so much fun to see their eyes look at the tree for the first time since last year they were only 10 days old or so at Christmas.

 This will be the last monthly picture! I can't believe it, it was so hard to get them to stand there and smile, I will try to take one at 18 months but who knows how crazy they will be then haha.

Every year on Penelope's birthday so far Aaron has taken a picture with her just the two of them so I decided that I would take one with the twins each year so maybe on their 18th birthday I can give them each a book or something, we will see. 

Hope you enjoyed the update on our little twinnies! Love to you all!

Christmas Decor 2017

Hello my wonderful readers! Today I'm just going to give you a glimpse of the decor we have in our home this year. After taking last years decor down I got rid of some stuff and simplified my stuff. We also have 3 under 3 on the move so everything had to be put up where they can't reach it haha.

 This is my little cabinet in my dining room I've got a nice bow on and my NOEL nativity on the top of.

 These two little reindeer are one of my favorite decor they are so cute, I have my tealight holder and my big wonderful smelling cinnamon and clove candle. 

Santa and Frosty are hanging on either side of the tv. 

 Since we moved our china closet there has been this blank white wall that I can't stand so I hung some tinsel and a bow with this little elf guy. 

 Our stockings and my Christmas wreath are my favorite to put up every year. 

 My classic nativity is up where the kids can't reach it but where Penelope can see it so we can talk about it. 

 Between Aaron and I we have accumulated a few nutcrackers so they all went into one place this year with two snowflake fake candles. 

 This is a little Christmas decoration that Aaron's dad made a long time ago. 

 We have our little no breakable decorations on the closet doors so Penelope could help decorate and can touch them. 

Also kid friendly is the felt Christmas tree I made Penelope last year, this year it is in the hallway outside the kids room so the twins can't really get to it because they don't quite understand not to just eat everything haha. Next year we will put it in a place that all 3 can decorate it together. 

And last but not least is our Christmas tree, plain and simple, only used not even half of my ornaments but Penelope helped put them on this year. Also this year it is behind the couch again so the littlest ones don't hurt themselves. 

Hope you enjoy our Christmas decor this year! Lots of love for the holidays!