Little Musicians!

We made a 24 hour trip to Soso for Wesley to do a little work and to hopefully get his car fixed! Cheri always finds something "new" to entertain the babies. This keyboard was mine and Lani's growing up...if you ever came to a slumber party at the Jefcoat house I bet you played with it to! Especially if watching the movie Grease was involved. We would sing and dance for hours! Well now it looks like Mahlon and Sara Beth have joined in on the fun!! They were precious playing and dancing...and shoving each other out of the way!! We haven't quite grasped the concept of sharing! This kept them entertained and in the same spot for a whole 15 minutes!! Don't think I want one of these at my house...it is little loud! What a fun thing to do in Soso!

If you're happy and you know it...

Yep we're from the south...gotta love Mahlon's southern drawl!! He LOVES to dance and anytime you sing or he hears music his little head starts a movin'. Precious baby boy learned to say "A-MEN!" on Monday when we were driving and singing in the car! And yesterday Sara Beth decided she would sing too, but not on video!

Chillin' in my chair watchin' ELMO!

What's up dude! Actually S.B. is blowing a kiss while wearing mommy's sunglasses!


Who needs to learn to eat with a spoon!?! Your fingers work so much better!

Just a few pictures from last week! I can't believe they are 18 months old!! We didn't have an 18 month check up, so Wesley and I did our own check up...
Mahlon is 34 1/2 inches (94%) and 31 pounds(94%)
Sara Beth is 31 3/4 inches (48%) and 27 pounds (82%)

We decided to draw a little this weekend...again, eating the markers seems to be more fun than drawing, but they are getting the hang of it!




Daddy brought us to breakfast in our CHAIRiot! What a fun ride!

A few more special orders I've done recently...
Love the rules the Walker family gave me to turn into art!

A beach frame for sweet Sarah Mckinley!

Growing up too fast!

The babies were having so much fun running around I had to get it on video and share with you! Sara Beth has decided she loves baby dolls! Yesterday we went strolling with our friend Brinley and her momma Susan. Brinley kept kicking her blanket off and her momma kept bundling her back up...Sara Beth...being the sponge that she is...immediately came home and got her baby and blanket and spent the rest of the afternoon with baby and blankie!

It is so much fun seeing the twins interact with each other!!

The babies and I have had the best time the last couple of days. The sun has been shining so we have had lots of outside time. Today we played and played outside!! I can't believe this week they will be 18 months!!! Boy time flies!! I am still calling them babies though...most people look at them and think they are 3 years old!! A few new things going on...
Mahlon has started talking...we have no idea what he is saying, but Sara Beth does!
Mahlon LOVES to dance anytime/anyplace, Sara Beth will dance sometimes but it has to be "the right" music.
Both babies now run...rarely walk!
They are very good at sign language...they know signs for milk, eat and more...and they let you know if you can't understand them they'll show you! So precious!
They've both had a growth spurt...up and around their bellies!
Sara Beth is our parrot...whatever comes out of your mouth she will repeat!
Mahlon has learned several new facial expressions...he really likes to open his mouth as wide as possible and "look surprised."
Mahlon has 14 teeth and Sara Beth has 13!
Mahlon has a very assertive "No No!" if he doesn't like something, Sara Beth says a very soft sweet "nooo" what a little Southern Belle.
They both love to sit like big boys and girls at the breakfast table...and yes they are tall enough to not need a booster!
They are both doing a pretty good job at spoon feeding themselves...this makes for a LONG meal and sometimes a spoonful of yogurt turns into a hairbrush! That is fun to clean up!!
Both babies LOVE to weed (read) as Sara Beth says...they are so sweet if you are sitting down anywhere they come and pat your leg until you start reading.
My favorite "new" thing is the babies have started calling each other and themselves "Mey Mey" and "Sissy." So sweet!

One of Mahlon's facial expressions!


Sara Beth took her baby down the slide and said "WEEEEEE!"

Her baby goes everywhere with her!


Mahlon's favorite thing to do is open and shut his playhouse door!

18 months has flown by...probably because I was a zombie for the first 9!! We are so blessed to have such healthy, happy babies!!

Race Day!

We are so proud of daddy!! On January 9 he ran his first marathon!!
Sadly I did not make it out with the babies in the "arctic blast"...I think the wind chill that morning was 15!!!! What perfect weather for a race! It was FREEZING!!!
He did an awesome job...just a few stats...
558 people ran in the marathon
Wesley finished 170 overall in 4 hours 3 minutes and 3 seconds (4:03:03)
9 min 17 sec miles (26.2 miles)
19th out of 32 in his age group
142 out of 360 men
He was the 4th 29 year old to finish the race
He has been training/working so hard and still has his "ultimate" race goal in March! I know what you must be thinking...a marathon is most people's ultimate goal...no not Wesley! His race in March is 31 miles!!
This is the website from the race with pictures of Wesley!
Yeah daddy!!
www.asiorders.com
last name: day
bib number:664

These are a few of the orders I filled for gifts for Christmas...just now posting them because I wanted to make sure everyone got them(didn't want to ruin the surprise!) The crosses are cut from Katrina wood...50 year old timber that was blown down during hurricane Katrina. A few of the frames I made were from Katrina wood too. The "Message Boards" are made from old army barracks windows...I love making things that have a story/history behind them!

While Cheri was in the hospital we decided to make her a little art to cheer her up! Our sweet friend Ollie gave us an art pad and the these fun markers! While I was helping one twin "draw" the other on was drawing on his/her face, hands, clothes! Oh what a mess, but so much fun!
Here is our card we made!

Here is the art on Sara Beth's hand!

And here is the pink marker on Sara Beth's face...she thought it would be fun to eat the marker!!

riding horsey!

This is our fun game we played with Doc at Christmas...Mahlon was a little too heavy to ride on Doc's foot and he likes to bounce A LOT!! And everytime Doc stopped Sara Beth started "riding horsey" on her own! Doc's sound effects are too funny...BOOM BOOM BOOM!! He's a mess!

This was one of the babies' fun Christmas toys...the mambo combo! We had to take half of down so Wesley and I could still function in our home. It is crazy how toys/children just take over your home!! We are guilty...we let them! This video makes me smile everytime!