Showered by Medtronic

Medtronic showered us with lots of nice and much needed gifts last night. It was a pleasant evening and we appreciate it very much! Eli even got gifts. His Nana Noreen brought him a gift...Leggo's. He played with them as soon as we got home. The cake was made by a co-worker, Nicole, and it was DELICIOUS CHOCOLATE CAKE. She is so talented with her cake making little self. (love you Nicole)!
My Lunch Bunch came up with the names Zaca'Ray' and Zo'Nese'...so we took a picture with those names on the board as well. =)

The Twins room is going to be decorated with the Honey Bees theme so the shower was all about "bee happy".

Cake made by Nicole

Aiden and Ava "bees"

Zaca'Ray' and Zo'Nese' "bees"

precious clothes for the twins

matching onsies that say "if you think i'm cute you should see my TWIN"

Sweet clothes for the twins

Eli was checking out all these gifts

Cutest Picture Frame - It matches the room colors perfect! It is hand painted-has two peas in a pod and says "Twice the Joy"...Thanks Ray!!!

Cutest Outfits Ever! Hand-Made with the Twins initials monogrammed on them...Thanks Mandy!
Opening my humongous gifts from the HR and Supporting groups at Medtronic

Eli and Avery having a good time with all the balloonsEli playing with his Leggo's from Nana Noreen...Thanks Nana!

Happy Birthday Sophee!

Eli was invited to attend Sophee's 1st Birthday party yesterday at the Sprinkler Park. After church we headed over to join in the fun. Sophee's real name is Sophia but Chuck always calls her Sophee. He just loves this baby girl to death. She ALWAYS grins when Chuck talks to her. He's just a "big kid" and you gotta love him!! Eli had a blast...especially since his daddy was out in the water playing and splashing around too.

Birthday Girl...Sophee! Daddy, Eli, and Rivers
Eli checking things out...
Eli in his daddy's arms after he got squirted with a sprinkler
Eli having a good time splashing in the puddles

Sunshine

Eli has been swimming in his little pool at the house some more. I think he is getting use to the water a bit better now that we've been swimming a few times this summer. He is so cute...he wants to play ball as usual. I snapped some pictures of him in action on Saturday. His grin makes me want to melt...he is so cute!

Welcome Baby Jacob!

Our good friends Jason and Becky Sykes had their sweet baby boy, Jacob Aubrey Sykes! We were so excited to get to finally meet him. We have been waiting a while it seems. He is so adorable. He was a little "chunk". 9lbs. 2oz. just like his daddy. =)
Everyone thinks Becky and I are sisters when they see us. When I first came to church everyone would say that I look like Becky Sykes...I heard this a million times I think. I kept wondering who is this Becky Sykes?...then I finally got to meet her. The scary thing is...we do look ALOT alike and we act ALOT alike too. I think we were switched at birth. I love you Aunt Becky and I know you will be an awesome mommy! Jacob is a lucky baby boy to have such an awesome family!

Showered with Gifts!

Tiffany, Leslie, and Bethany gave me and the twins a Baby Shower. It was so so nice. The food was great, the fellowship was awesome, and the cake was so adorable and delicious! I had a really great afternoon spending it with my friends. Thanks you all!!

Hello Aiden Alexander & Ava Grace!

We had another ultrasound this morning...this one was a little more exciting. You can actually see what they are looking like in there. I love technology these days. We got really good pictures of Aiden but as always, Ava didn't want to show her face. Also, she had her face pressed against the membrane that is seperating them. The nurse said it's like pressing your face to a thin balloon...and as you can see that's what it looks like. Her picture didn't turn out so well. We are going to get another one of her in a few weeks. I got a little sick this morning while trying to get the ultrasound so we didn't get to spend much time on the baby girl photo. Sorry Ava! Aiden looks just like what Eli's picture was at this time. Chuck and I said it at the same time. =)

Aiden Alexander weighing in at 2lbs. 8 oz.

Ava Grace weighing in at 2lbs. 5 oz.

Happy Baby

Just wanted to share some pics from the weekend of Eli. He is such a happy little boy. He learned how to stick his tongue out this weekend. His friend Amelia taught him that. She is the sweetest little doll. She showed him one time and that was it. He caught right on to sticking the tongue out.