Growing up too fast!!

My babies aren't babies anymore!! I started looking back through pictures and oh how they have changed...chubby cheeks, rolly polly legs, Mahlon's bald head/Sara Beth's comb over! It's hard to believe that they weren't even 6 lbs when they were born and now Mahlon is 40 and Sara Beth is 36.5. They aren't preemies anymore!!
First picture without tubes/hoses in the NICU.

Love their sweet little booties in the air!

First family professional photo...3 months old

8 months old...so cute and chubby! And another favorite family picture.



This is how you do it with twins!

Portrait at almost 1 year.

Christmas 2009

Easter Sunday 2010

Thanksgiving 2010

Easter egg hunt 2011


3rd birthday!!

I had so much fun looking back and can't believe how quickly they are growing up. We are truly blessed to have such precious, healthy children to love each and every day. And I am so thankful to have been blessed with twins...though they can be double trouble...I can't imagine life without them and I'm not quite sure what we did before them! I love you Mahlon and Sara Beth! XOXO

3rd Birthday!

We had such a fun birthday party and day!
The babies (or children I guess I have to call them that now!) woke up to a room full of streamers and balloons and a water slide in the backyard! We had a wonderful day with friends and family celebrating the "3"!
I was so busy playing I didn't get a whole lot of pictures!
Here are a few of the decorations...



Cheri made the cakes...Mahlon wanted a blue cake and Sara Beth wanted a pink cake so we tied them together with a toy box and all of their favorite characters!!


The water slide was a blast...Wesley, Brian, Sara Beth and I played on it for another hour after the party ended!

Time for cake and presents!

Birthday Part 2

Birthday Part 2 included both sets of grandparents and Aunt Lani and Uncle Brian...but it didn't begin until 9pm...once we returned from the E.R. with Mahlon!!
After a long and fun birthday party we realized Mahlon wasn't feeling well. He went down for a nap without any lunch, but after cake and ice cream and lots of snacks I thought that was normal. During his nap I checked on him and realized he was breathing funny! So by 4pm we were at the doctors office and 30 minutes later we were in the E.R. having xrays, steroids and 6 breathing treatments a little scary. Wild night at Children's hospital but they were great. Then we came home to a house full of people and lots more presents to open and a crazy child on lots of steroids.
Mahlon and Sara Beth both got REAL bikes from Doc and Cheri!! Lightening McQueen for Mahlon and a Princess bike for the Princess herself.

And Matching helmets and bells for their bikes from Aunt Lani

And a MSU cheerleader outfit with "real" pom poms and a MSU football jersey and football from mommy and daddy.

And Daddy Day built Sara Beth and Mahlon a dress up clothes rack...or as M. and S.B. call it a dress up castle stage. It holds all of the costumes, shoes etc. and provides them a place for hide and seek, singing, and it serves as a head board for Sara Beth's bed.


Our day started off great, had a little chaos in in the middle and ended with a house full of family and surprises and memories!

News from Mobile

We went down to Mobile to see Lani and Brian and...




wait for it...




Aunt Lani's Baby BUMP!!! Yes she is 13 weeks!! YAY!!!

It was a rainy weekend so we stayed in a lot!! We did go to the movies to see Winnie the Pooh!
We went out Saturday with their friends so they could share their news!! Everyone was so excited! We had BBQ at The Shed and the kids ran wild!! Mahlon really loved the motorcycle!

And Sara Beth really loved all of the attention she got from Uncle Brian!

And this is Aunt Lani and Uncle Brian opening their very first BABY PRESENT!!! And they had some good little helpers to show them what everything was!!


The "theme" of our gift was a good nights sleep! They got lullaby cd's, a sheet saver, some bedtime books, a sweet/soft baby sleeper...all things that a must at bedtime!!!

A good bedtime routine=happy baby=happy mommy and daddy!

We all can't wait til February 4th!!! HAPPY BABY Aunt Lani and Uncle Brian!!!

Oh and Mahlon says she is having a boy and Sara Beth thinks she is having a girl! We'll see who is right in a few weeks!!

mini-me

Mahlon LOVES to "mow the yard." He gets his truck and follows daddy whereever he goes. Sometimes it takes daddy just a little bit longer to mow because he has to take a lot of extra steps!
Literally he takes the exact same steps as Wesley!

And Sara Beth is a big helper too...she is the "water girl"! So Sweet!!

The second weekend in July is always the Thompson family reunion in Fayette, AL. We left Atlanta and headed to Fayette for a cookout on Saturday night and then a potluck lunch on Sunday!

Sissy was having a hard time pulling Brother around...he only weighs 40 lbs!!!

If there is a tractor somewhere Mahlon is going to find it!!


Don't have many pictures to show for it, but I have a few from the cookout and video of the twins singing on stage at the Fayette Civic Center...they loved entertaining everyone!!


Actually Mahlon did most of the entertaining...Sara Beth is going through a bit of a shy stage!


Jesus loves me and I love Sissy!

Nana in Atlanta!

Last weekend we had a busy weekend full of family and friends!! We headed to Atlanta to see Nana! On our way we stopped and had dinner with the Coulson family and got to meet baby Caroline...though I don't have any pictures...5 kids at one table was a bit busy!! And then we continued our journey!
We got up early and headed to Nana's to spend the day! We played and got to see Aunt Daphne, cousin Greer and baby Day! Again no pictures!! But we had fun catching up! Then is was time for lunch and Nana had an extra sweet Watermelon to go with the twins favorite Chick-fil-a!
Mahlon didn't want any watermelon until he saw that we were eating it with the "stem." He thought that was the coolest thing!
Nana and S.B. were talking about the seeds!
Love this picture of all of us!! At the last second instead of saying cheese Nana sad another word that had all of laughing!!
And the babies got spoiled by Aunt Daphne and Nana with some early birthday gifts! What a fun surprise!

We headed back to Nana's the next morning for breakfast before heading onto our next stop Fayette, AL. Love how tiny Nana is standing next to Wesley!!
And this is Nana's famous wave! I love it and though I am always sad to leave I look forward to this little goodbye!! We had a great visit and she spoiled the babies with cookies and ice cream, but that is what Great Grandmothers are for!!!

July 4th!

July 4th was a busy day at our house!! Doc and Cheri came up and spent part of the morning and afternoon with us! Doc and daddy worked on the finishing touches to our new playset while Cheri and I cooked a big lunch!

And then later in the evening we had some neighbors over for more food and fun on the playset and topped the night off with some fireworks and sparklers!! Happy 4th!! Great day with family and friends!! Too much excitement to remember to take many pictures!!

Family Date Night!

We decided to have Family Date Night and go see Cars 2 and then go for pizza!! Mahlon was sooo excited to see "Li-tin-a-queen"(aka Lightening Mcqueen) They were very excited about popcorn and candy, though S.B. decided she didn't like popcorn...the M&M's were a hit!! This movie seemed a bit long...especially by the 3rd potty run with 2 almost 3 year olds!!! We had fun though and then we topped the night off with pizza!! I look forward to many more family date nights!! SO FUN!!

Look we can swim...sort of!

We had a slow start, but after 2 weeks of lessons I have 2 little fish!! Week one involved lots of tears and a trip to the emergency room because S.B. decided to inhale half of the pool, but we were back kicking and screaming the next day!! And at the end of the lessons they loved Mrs. Deborah and now when we go to the pool they want me to pretend to be Mrs. Deborah and tell them to jump in, and kick, and dive for rings...they are a mess!! We didn't get to watch any of the lessons so this is the last day when they go to show off all they had learned!