KC - Grammy & Papa's House

Jaafe and I took Jaaten, Hudson and Steel to my parent's house (Grammy & Papa's) in Missouri for Mother's Day for a week!  The kids were actually better on the airplane than we anticipated for the most part.  Things got a little crazy every now and again but no biggie.  Everyone in the airport and on the airplane were really nice and quick to offer their help once they saw twins!!  Of course that would involve strangers actually touching my kids so most offers were nicely declined.  ;)  HA!

Steel at Grammy and Papa's

Hudson at Grammy and Papa's

First thing Jaaten did when we got to Grammy and Papa's was go outside to see all the new stuff!  I'm sure many flowers were lost that day.  ;)  She also found this box turtle which she thought was the CAT's MEOW!!  I wish I had a video of how excited she was when she came back up to the house to tell me, "Look!  Come see the turtle, Mom!"  So cute!

Jaafe and Papa took Jaaten down to their farm to fish a couple days into our trip.  Jaafe did all the picture taking!  Jaaten has no fear of getting dirty! 

Papa goes to a local diner a lot when he is out at the farm.  They stopped at the diner on their way back from fishing.  You can see Jaaten has talked her Papa and /or her Dad into getting not ONE but TWO ice creams!!  I text Jaafe when he was at the diner and asked how it was going.  His text back said, "I don't think they will be asking your Dad to bring his granddaughter back to the diner anytime soon!"  Ha! I did not dare ask why!!

This was Jaaten on the drive home from the farm!  Papa said at one point he looked over at Jaafe and he looked about the same....LOL...no picture though I guess!

Jaafe, Jaaten and I went to Lake Lotawana to see my good friend Zach, his wife Katie and their sweet baby girl Violet.  Zach took Jaafe and Jaaten for a boat ride.  Boat + Jaaten = LOVE. ;)  Thank you for everything, Zach & Katie!!  We had a GREAT time!

NOW WE ARE HOME!!  I gave Hudson and Steel one of Jaaten's old baby toys.  Of course it was totally new to them so they LOVED it!!  It makes noise, has moving parts....what more could they ask for!!

Jaaten and I went to lunch the other day.  I told her to smile so we could take a picture to send Grammy and Papa.  This is what I got...

Catching Up on the Pics!

These pictures were also taken before we went to KC.  I am just getting caught up people!  Jaaten is never excited about having her picture taken.  Can you tell?!?!?

Steel will crawl anytime now...

Hudson and Stell May 9th, 2012!

 Jaaten has this LOVE of picking all my flowers in the front yard and then pulling the petals off one by one. I do not care for this hobby of hers! ;)

 

Ready for the Pool!

These pictures are from just before we took a trip to KC this month.  Jaaten finally got to swim after asking a zillion times over the winter!

Steel & Hudson - 8 Months!

We Are BIG!

Jaaten LOVES to paint outside!! She looks so grown up in these pictures!!

I took this picture after I gave the boys a bath last week. They are so big!! Steel is in yellow. Hudson in gray.

And they are BOTH going to crawl soon!!

Hudson

Steel

Jaafe brought Jaaten by my office this morning. I gave her this balloon....she was in heaven.

Gettin' Out

Abbey and Louie offered to take Jaaten to Joe's Farm Grill with them last Wednesday. Jaaten will play outside any chance she gets. I was glad they thought of her. ;) The weather was so nice that day and Jaaten told me, "I get to wear shorts today." And "I need my sunglasses."

Then they went to the park...

Sunday Jaafe spent part of the day with Jaaten. They got lunch and sat at a picnic bench across from my office. I have only been at this office since January so Jaaten has never been there. I took a couple pictures as I walked over to them. Jaaten eyed me a couple times and then said, "Mom you're here!" when she finally recognized me. Too funny!

And Hudson is a sitter!