Fall festivies, Baptized in Christ, and a special flower

So Halloween has come and gone :( which is bitter sweet for me. I am sad that Halloween is over but it just means that Christmas is right around the corner :) A lot has happened so here goes:

Halloween/Pumpkin Patch
My neighbor De was kind enough to go with us the the pumpkin patch to take pictures of the us and the girls. The pictures turned out great for how quickly we were there. The girls were hot and didn't think this was mom and dad's best idea.

Jax on the left and Kai on the right

Jaxyn

Kairyn loving this!

Jaxyn not loving it so much

On Halloween night we got together with the neighbors at our house and grilled hamburgers and handed out candy to all the little spooks. The girls were a cop and a doctor. Also, their bff neighbor, Paisley was a little piggie...too cute!! It was a lot of fun! Maybe next year we'll get the chance to take the girls trick or treating.

Paisley

Hanna and De

Vanessa (De and Hanna's mom) Hanna, De, and me

Hanna, her husband Andy, and Paisley

The cop (Kairyn)

The doctor (Jaxyn)

What's going on with the girls?

The girls are about to be 4 months old!! Wow so big already! They are growing up and doing so well! Since they are more aware of their surroundings we are having so much fun with them. They think we (actually just daddy) are the funniest people they have ever met. Here is a video of Michael and Jaxyn:

They are sleeping through the night!!! Never thought I would type those words. They get 3 naps during the day and two cereal bottles (one in the morning and one before bed time) and they sleep from 9:30/10ish to 6:30/7ish. In order to get to this point we did have to do the "cry it out" thing for a couple of nights. It was not a fun time for anyone, but we knew it needed to be done. Amber (our friend with identical twin girls) helped me out a lot with this. She also informed me that just when you think you have everything under control the girls will change again. Sooo we are not breathing a sigh of relief yet. We know there are many more obstacles and great times right around the corner. They have not rolled over yet, but any day now... They are able to hold their heads up for a long time and Jax wants to crawl and go places :)

Kai on left and Jax on right

I can't say enough how wonderful it is to have Kai and Jax in our life. Michael and I have no idea what we would do without their toothless smiles every morning. They have shown us what it means to love unconditionally.

holding hands..They love each other

such big girls :)

Kai and Jax got baptized!!
 On November 5, 2011 the girls were baptized! It was such a special time for all of us. Family came from all over to join in the joyous occasion and it could not have been more wonderful! It was so great to have all of the people that have played such a huge role in us growing in our faith show their support for Kairyn and Jaxyn taking their first walk with Christ. After the ceremony we came back to our house to continue the celebration. Kairyn and Jaxyn met Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Motl for the first time. Precious moments :) Kendl and Brian were so proud to stand up with the girls as their Godparents. Warms my heart to be so blessed with all these wonderful memories. Thank you Alan for taking pictures (I have been so bad about remembering my camera). Also, for future reference, if any one happens to catch some great memories on camera please share them with us so I can add them to the blog.

Kairyn

Jaxyn

Jaxyn thinks her daddy is the funniest

proud dad

Godparents Brian and Kendl Leatherwood

Not sure why this is sideways..had to add it bc its the only one with Father Tony

Jax

Kai

Aunt Mary and Jaxyn maybe?

Kairyn, Great Grandma Motl, and Aunt Yvonne

Kai and Aunt Am

Grandpa Alan and Jaxyn?

Great Grandpa and Kairyn and Great Grandma and Jaxyn

love this

and this...so special

 side note: Kairyn and Jaxyn were baptized with a little water from the river Jordan :) pretty cool huh?

 

Whats going on with mom and dad?

We have really been enjoying the extra sleep we are getting, that's for sure...Aside from that we have been really busy getting everything ready for all these special events and even got to spend a weekend with our favorites, Kendl and Brian for Texas State's homecoming. Nini (Cindy, Michael's mom) came and watched the girls so we could kinda come and go on Saturday for homecoming and for a night out on the big town of New Braunfels. It was so good to be able to let loose a little and enjoy each other's company without everything baby. We were very grateful to Nini for helping out and I'm sure she didn't mind spending time with the girls either ;)

Michael and I also got to attend Wurstfest (German festival here in NB) a few nights thanks to Megan staying on shift a little later than normal. Again it was nice to get away and enjoy our German heritage with lots of beer, great food, and music!

Me and Hanna (neighbor) and not sure who the kid is behind us, Hanna's old student maybe?

I also had a girl's night in Austin this past Saturday. It was so great to get to catch up with some of my favorite girls and lots of laughs were had! Thanks Michael and Nini for letting me escape for a day and night...(it was my first night away from the girls..I missed them like crazy)

Casey and Heather

Heather, Marti, Natalie, and me

The Natalies!

You all will be glad to know that we are on top of this Christmas card business this year. We had pictures taken this past Friday with a lady from Michael's networking group and hopefully we got some really good shots to make for a great Christmas card :) Check you mailboxes!

And I will leave you with this one last picture

 This is my first confederate rose bush. My mom gave me a piece off of hers from last year and I planted it over the summer. It is finally blooming so pretty. My mom told me that these flowers remind her of my Nanny (her mother) because they begin bloom in October and that is the month she past away. This bush will forever remind me of her now. I miss you so much Nanny and I would have loved for you to be able to meet my angels, but I know you are watching over us and I hope you are so proud of me.

Until next time..... <3

Fall Is In The Air!!

So a lot has happened since I blogged last...I know I know I'm not very good on staying on top of this blogging stuff, but I'm doing my best :)

Shots

The girls got their 2 month shots and it was as sad as everyone said it would be :( they cried like we had never heard them cry before. As sad as it was it was also a bonding experience because as soon as the nurses gave them their shots they handed them over to us and they looked at us and calmed down almost immediately...so special. It was over quickly and I don't think they experienced much soreness that day or the next :)

Church

Since the girls got their shots we are now officially "allowed" to take them to church :)


Jaxyn catching a few zzzs before mass :)



Kairyn ready to praise the Lord :)

They did wonderful in church! They slept most of the time, but seemed to enjoy the music, but not so much the clapping. Since our first trip they have become more alert and Kai wants to look around so I have come to the conclusion that we will have our hands full in church the older they get.

Trip to Gruene

A few weekends ago my mom was in town and we decided to go to Gruene to get the girls out of the house. We invited my neighbor and her little girl (who is about 7 weeks old) to join us. Of course this led to lots of stares and people asking "are they triplets?" lol. We had a great time and we cant't wait for our girls to be the best of friends.


Jaxyn, Kairyn, and Paisley

 Kai and Jax In The News

The Columbus Citizen printed the birth announcement of our little angels.

MOPS, Chairs, and Smiles

My neighbor DeAnn talked me into attending MOPS (mothers of preschoolers) in New Braunfels. I loved the group, but I now know that I must leave the girls behind next time. The meeting was held at a church in town and we met a lot of wonderful mothers. The girls were with me and did well until it got closer and closer to feeding time. Thank goodness I had De with me. She entertained Jaxyn while I changed and tried to calm Kairyn while someone was giving a talk. We had our hands full with three infants and agreed that next time we need to get a sitter for the meeting. Lesson learned lol. 
The girls are getting so big! Michael went in the attic and got down the little "bumbo looking" chairs to see if the girls were ready to work on their core and neck muscles. We sat them in it and they liked it for a little bit, until they realized that it was hard work controlling their neck and upper body. We will be working on perfecting this technique :)

Jaxyn on left and Kai on the right

Jaxyn and Kairyn have both discovered that their parents are pretty funny (more like goofy) and they smile at us all the time. Cece (my mom) was able to capture Jaxyn smiling away at Cece talking to her :) Thank God for moments like this :)

Here are some other pics...day in the life of twins...

my little Aggies (Jax)

Kai...the Aggies lost this day so I'm not sure if we will be wearing these again any time soon ;)

Grandpa Danny came to visit briefly while on a business trip in Austin

Cece and her ballerinas

This is how we stroll :)

Fall Photo Session

I decided to play photographer while I had mom here to help. We dressed the girls up in their "1st Halloween" onesies and this is what we came up with:

This is a good idea of how their personalities are lol (Jax on left and Kai on right)

Whats going on with us?

Michael attended a conference for New York Life in Dallas for 9 days. Of course I freaked out a bit when I heard how long he was leaving us, but thank God for family and friends! My mom came up the first and second weekend and helped me out tremendously...I finally got to "sleep in" for the first time since they were born! Nini (Michael's mom) came to help on Thursday and Friday and I was so relieved  to have her here to help me while I was working. Not to mention she even cooked for us! We were able to spend some time bonding as well! Love you both and thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping so much! The girls are so lucking to have ya'll!! Michael had a great time at his conference and really learned a lot about himself and met some wonderful new friends :)

I have enjoyed being a part-time stay at home mom and part-time working woman. If I haven't said it before I am very blessed to have the job flexibility (and to work for the wonderful people that I do) to stay at home with the girls in the mornings and work in the afternoons. I love being with my girls, but I also love being a therapist! So while I am not doing those things I have found a new interest in Pinterest. Its basically an online blog type thing where you can get many different ideas and organize them on "boards". They have everything form home decor to fashion. So the first thing I tried turned out pretty well.

Its a t-shirt head band!

  There are so many different things I want to do and try so we'll see if I can add this into the million other things I try to keep up with in life :)

How many of you partake in fantasy football or something like that? Michael's family does a Yahoo "pick'ems" thing every football season. We have a lot of fun trying to see who can place confidence points correctly on which team. This allows for a lot of rib poking at family functions :) I enjoy it b/c it keeps me in the football loop (where I would normally be sooo far out of). I must say that I am not a bad player and have beaten my husband every year I do believe (I am sure he will correct me if I am wrong ;)

If you can't see it well its me "Rookie" at the top, winning last weeks picks :)

I have to capture these times b/c they don't happen often :)

Well, I think that's about it for now...stay tuned for more..

Parent's of Breaths of Heaven