Great 18 Month Apt.!

We had a wonderful 18 month visit on Friday and the doctor was very pleased with the boys.

Christian:
33" tall- 75%
24 pounds 12 oz- 50%
Head- 65%

Brock:
33" tall- 75%
24 pounds 10 oz - 50%
Head- 65%

Crazy how close they are in size. All their measurements were on a "regular chart" and not adjusted at all. She was happy they had words. Right now Christian has "bye," "mine", "more", "hi" and "mom" and "da" and Brock has all those plus "no no", uhh-ohh and he is close to "bath". VERY cute! She was pleased they had words as she said just lots of babbling would have been fine too. Both little men had ear infections so we got meds for those and are coming back in a month for our shots. Boo.

We had a great time in OKC this weekend and the boys spent Sat. and Sunday with my parents in FW. They had soooo much fun and slept in this morning so they must have played a lot!

Go Steelers!

Go Steelers! Sara and Grady with Brandon and the boys.

The boys watching the Steelers win on Sunday!

Christian tonight at dinner! Ha!! He loves gram crackers and had this one stuck on his head for about 5 mins.

Brock trying on dad's boots.

Christian in dad's boots.

Bath time is our most difficult time when dad is traveling and I always laugh when I look at our bathroom when we are done. I usually put both in the tub, wash both, get one out and put him on the rug while I dry him and dress him while watching the other baby. I close all the doors to the bedrooms (before bath time) and then let the first, dressed baby run around while I dry and bath baby 2. Cue messy bathroom. This way works best so no one is in the bath alone at any time. Oh, and I would like to add that it usually takes me about 90 seconds to dress the second baby so all this is done in about a minute and a half.

Great couple of weeks around here. Brandon has been traveling for work quite a bit so the boys and I are having a great time hanging out at home. I so enjoy spending time with the munchkins :) Brock is working on his first molar (and sleeping pretty bad) and Christian has a burst of energy these days and is boycotting nap time.

The boys had several play dates this week and had a great time seeing Rylee O'Neill and Grady a couple of times. We had so much fun!

Brandon and I are heading to OKC this weekend to co-host a baby shower on Saturday night. I am really excited to stay in a hotel for the night and the babies are really excited to stay with Nana and Papa!

On a much sadder note we lost someone wonderful last week. Grandpa Barefoot passed away last week. We were so happy he was here to visit in June and was able to see the boys and go fishing with all the men in the Barefoot family. He will be missed.

A Couple More Pics

Christian exploring our furniture :) Oh, they move all our furniture around the house now. You never know where you will find anything. Super cute :)

Christian enjoying his chocolate cake.

First Snow

Christian enjoying the snow

Christian on Saturday morning in his crib.

Brock in the snow

Brock

Brock

We had a great Christmas and New Years! It was so wonderful to spend time with the family on Christmas and we had SUCH a wonderful time!!! We spent a very fun New Years with friends and the boys and on Saturday the boys got to meet my Aunt Ruthie! What fun!! We gave the boys chocolate cake and had a great time. Today we had a first winter snow in Dallas. This was the boys first time to actually play in the snow.

The boys have been so sweet lately. This is my favorite age yet! We are learning new words, and starting to listen a little more to mom and dad. Lots of pointing and noises and new voice inflection. Brock has been a little constipated lately so he has done a lot of cuddling with mom (which I love). Lots of mimicking and running and climbing. Christian got an x-ray a few days ago for a limp which has totally healed up and now is back to running!

Brandon had a good PET scan results and good EGT scan results too. We feel so blessed for happy healthy boys and a happy and healthy hubby!

We also want to say CONGRATS to my cousin Brittany! She got engaged this weekend and will be getting married this summer! Let the fun begin!! Twin boys are starting to run in this side of the family so beware :)

I uploaded videos of the snow below.

Thanksgiving- Part 2

Dad wheeling around the boys... he did this for two days. They love Blue Car

G. Grandma Jane with Grady and Brock in blue car.

The Linn's with their grandbaby herd.

Brock and Grady.

Ok, there must be a million people blogging today since it kicked off some of my pics last time too! Here is the second part of thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving Pictures... long overdue. Part 1

My parens with the boys

Nana Lois with Christian and Grady

Grandma Jane with C

Grandma Jane with B

Ok, I posted these all on the last post and they erased! I guess I have a limit on how many I can post per blog post.. here we go again!

Post about Brandon

Mom and B with his stick.

B and C

B running with stick.

C in front and B behind.

Dad and B

B and stick on left and C.

Dad and B. He found this stick during the shoot and loves it soooo much!

Mom, C, B and Dad ( and of course the stick!)

How cute is C in this shot?!?

Mom and B

Dad and C

Mom and B

Family shot

Well the biggest thing going on in our lives the last couple of days has been Brandon so this post is about him! Last Thursday he went in to get the results of his routine cancer screening (now a CT every 8 months instead of 4). I had to pick up the kids and so I was not with him for this visit. They found two nodules in his stomach area that were small and concerning. There is a layer of fat and tissue that holds your stomach and organs into your body and this is where they found the two nodules. Dr. Jordan was concerned and Brandon went in for a PET scan on Friday. The boys and I drove him and he did the scan in about two hours. The scan measures for any "activity" in the body. They can check for cancer growth. After a LONG weekend of waiting, praying and more waiting the results came back and were GREAT! No activity shown!!! Brandon will do one more test on Jan 7th and endoscopy to see if they can tell what these little nodules are. Most likely they are a result from his half marathon (run 3 days before CT exam) or cysts. Needless to say, we are MUCH less worried now that we don't see any cancer activity. We might not end up knowing exactly what these nodules are, but we are thrilled that they don't look "active".

This year all I want for Christmas is a healthy family. With our ER trips for Christian this past month, Brandon and his scare... I just want everyone to be healthy. My boys have all contributed to my wrinkles and most likely a new couple of grey hairs these last few years.

We are heading over to Fort Worth for Christmas this year and we are really excited since the boys were not able to really know what was going on last year. This year they should be able to unwrap gifts and participate in all the festivities. Mom is also going to watch them on Saturday morning while mom gets a VERY needed sleep in. It has been TOO LONG since I slept well and I feel like I am WAY overdue :) Thanks mom! We will also be taking the boys to Christmas Eve service at my parent's church, Christ Chapel. Nana Lois is playing the harp this year for three services so I know that she has a big job but will do GREAT!

We thank God this year for our miracles, not only with the twins but with Brandon's excellent, clean PET scan results. We love you so much B. Thank you for all you do!

I have added a bunch of pics from Nov and Dec to the post....enjoy! All the ones with the orange and white vests were taken this Nov. by Lea Popham. She is an old sorority sister of mine and did such a great job we had a hard time picking our top 30!! Thank you Lea for catching us all so wonderfully!

Merry Christmas to all!!