Thanksgiving

I really wanted to go home for Thanksgiving...So we did.  Evan only had a couple days off, so I thought it would be more advantageous to go out earlier and spend more time with my family.  The only problem was I have 3 kids.  So my mom flew out and spend 1.5 days in Cheyenne then my mom, my three kids and I all flew back together.  It was a hassle.  The Denver airport is ridiculous and we had so much stuff tromping through the airport.  They even gave me a pat down because the breast milk I had in a bottle set off some sort of alarm.  Not sure how a pat down is going to prevent the potential bomb I had hidden in the bottle, but whatever.

Autumn played with this fake sand all week.

The reason I bought my wedding dress instead of renting....so my future daughters could play dress up!

My brother and his family visited too.  Autumn had a good time bossing Korey around.  We took them to a hands on museum that the girls loved.

Uncle Dustin did a great job of watching both kids most of the week, since Autumn and Dustin both followed Korey around the whole time.

Twinner skirts my mom made them for Thanksgiving.

Dustin bought rabbit ears so the boys could watch football on one for the TVs at the church.

My dad is getting the twin thing down.  He is rocking both of them with his feet.

Autumn and her new pal Luke (her second cousin) at the kid table.  Notice Autumn's feast; Jello, roll, black olives, and pretzels.

Jess and Maverick

My aunt and Violet

My mom planned a few crafts for the kids after dinner.

Some of the gang.  My mom's brother and his wife along with two of their kids and their families joined us...hence the reason we ate at the church.

Violet had a mating skirt too.

Maverick and his fancy pants.

Autumn didn't want to join the family picture...First Thanksgiving for the twins.

We also went to a jump house place.  Both girls were quite adventurous.  

The trip home was much easier since I decided to check all the car seats and stroller.  We hired a guy to cart all our 5 bags, 3 car seats, and stroller, from the baggage claim across the street to the shuttle (that took us to our car in the long term parking).  Also the flight was really early in the morning so Autumn sleep for a portion of the flight.  

Snow days

Autumn bottom getting violet dressed

 A non-cranky faced Violet

 Playing.  Autumn changes her outfits about 4 times a day.  She puts real clothes on but need to put on "comfy cozy" outfits/jammies a few times a day.

 One day I had Autumn take a bath and she was cold so I wrapped her up in her "titty" blanket (she means "kitty" as in hello kitty) and took a good long nap, which is very rare these days.  I told her to "smile" and she responded with "babies don't smile".  Too smart for her own good.

 Lookin' handsome.

 I came out of the shower one day to find this...Evan helped Autumn get Violet on the couch.  Autumn can be quite helpful when she wants to be.

 Maverick has a huge head.  Here they are at 2 months and a few days because I totally didn't realize they were "2 months" until my mother in law said something late that night and didn't have time to take pictures.

 I think this mid sneeze picture is too funny.

 They are both in size one diapers.  Violet wears 0-3 month clothes and Maverick is moving up to 3-6 month clothes.  Violet can sleep up to 9 hours at night.  I think Maverick made it 7 hours one night. However Maverick eats really fast in the middle of the night and goes back to sleep very easily unlike Violet.  Maverick is not a great sleeper.  The organ wakes him up at church and he has a hard time staying asleep.  Both kiddos smile and like to look at rattles and Autumn.

 This is what happens when you have two sisters...You get put in one of their shirts when it is the closest clean one around.

 Cute matchey-matchey outfits from Aunt Sara.  I think the hat makes Maverick's head look smaller...but not when he is right next to his sister.

 It has been very cold this week.  We've been hibernating.

Autumn spent about an hour cutting felt and taping them to her clip princesses to make each one of them a "fin" so they could swim.

We also put stickers on this box to make a rocket ship.  Violet is sitting in a Bumbo.

I thought this picture was pretty advanced.  You can see fingers, a mouth, two eyes, and legs.  It is a drawing of Maverick!

Halloween

I woke up on Halloween EARLY so I could help Evan get his costume ready.  Evan's costume was the only one I "made" this year.

 People at work thought he was a pirate, despite the Ariel sticker on his shirt I gave him so as to give people a clue...he is Prince Eric if you also couldn't figure it out.

 Autumn was Ariel from The Little Mermaid.  My mom made this awesome costume.  I didn't think she'd keep a wig on so I sprayed her hair red.  I didn't think that one through all the way.  I forgot how the dye gets everywhere.  Basically her hands, neck, shirt and car seat are all red.  Also she was not pleased with how many times I had to wash her hair that night.

 Autumn helping Violet pose as one of Ursula's eels.  

 Autumn eating a cupcake frosting at Evan's work party.

 Autumn and I at our ward's truck-or-treat or rather the 15 minute activity where you let kids walk in a circle getting candy and the older kids going around in multiple circle getting candy from the same 15 people.  Autumn and I passed out candy waiting for Evan to get off work, until I realized that 15 minutes into the hour long activity people were leaving, so I went around with Autumn while Grandma Linda feed the babies and Grandpa David finished passing out our candy to the same 12 kids. I am really glad I didn't spend anytime decorating my car.  I would have been very pissed off!

 Ursula and Eric.  My sister and my mom made my costume.

 Maverick (both babies still have blue eyes)

 The gang

 See what I mean by everyone left...this is 1/2 way through the activity and there is one car left (ok and my car).  So we went to the mall since we didn't want to take the babies out in the cold.

 Autumn was satisfied with this sucker and didn't care too much to get anymore candy.  But when she did get more candy she always chose the sucker...I mean seriously?  Suckers?