and then there were 3

Yep. It's officially just me and my little ones. I really am blessed beyond measure to have so many wonderful friends who have been able to come stay with me over the deployment--Hillary, Carrie, Jenn (for 4 months!), and then Megan. You guys have been great. I am also blessed to have been able to go home for the holidays for as long as i could. It was great to spend that time with my family and give them the chance to hang out with the twins.

But now, it's just us 3--at least until May when we hopefully will be getting another visitor. We'll be fine, i know. The kiddos are at a great age--everyday is fun with them. It's just hard to not have adult interaction everyday, to have the full weight of responsibilty on my shoulders day in and day out, and the logistics of course of just getting in and out of the house, grocery shopping, running errands, etc. Let's face it. It's always easier with help. Still like i said, i was so lucky to have had help for this long. What's a few months, yes?

Anyway...i'd like to say another thanks to Megan for coming and hanging out with us. You were a great help and a lot of fun and we will all 5 miss you (yep, the cats too!) Love you Auntie Meg!

Movie Monday Meeps

Megan has a strange hiccup disease. They are LOUD and funny sounding. They can come out once very suddenly and then never again, or they can be as long lasting and constant as a regular hiccup episode in a normal person (haha, yeah meg, you're not normal!). Anyway, Megs first week here Nora would constantly mimic these sounds, we call them MEEPS, because that's what they sound like. After about a week, we all became accustomed to the MEEPS and Nora stopped trying to make the sounds. That is until last night....we got some funny video of her trying to do it. I know there are 5 of them, they are all short. If you don't think its funny, just don't watch the other 4--though Megan, Mike and I have been watching them repeatedly and laughing. Make sure you scroll down the to bottom and put the music on pause so you can get the full effect! Happy Monday Meeps.








and Holden joins in...

Auntie Megan

Sorry Meg, don't kill me.

I'd like to introduce Auntie Megan. She graciously offered to come help out for awhile and we are so very grateful. Megan is a fun, kind, adventurous, carefree, hardworking, fearless, sweet, southern girl. She's also a twin herself. We're kind of giving her an education on what it was like for her mom to raise her an Michael. I think she has already called home a few times to thank her mom for all she did for them growing up!

Megan has also just started her own blog. I will link it to mine soon, but here's the link so you can check it out. http://www.mjbarbres.blogspot.com/