about face

it's finally happened. my girls are big enough to face forward in their new 'big girl' car seats. ok, so they've been big enough for a while there with their little feet hanging out of their carriers - but it's one of those things that you only think about when you're strapping them in to go somewhere. and lets face it - if we're strapping in, it's because i have a plan...

they are LOVING their seats and the new view. they love to look out the windows. of course it is a bit harder to get them both strapped in when it's just me. soon enough they will be able to strap themselves in, and then i'll really be sad because they'll be sooo big!

all caught up

ok, i know i totally slacked for a few weeks/months - whatever. i'm caught up now so check out the latest posts and i'm going to do better. christmas is coming and we're very excited.

family pics

we had brooke take some family pics of all my siblings and their families a few weeks ago. it was so much fun that we're going to try to do it every year. here's a few... and btw i got a hair cut Yay!!

the whole crewmy brothers & sisters (not in any order)

don't i have the cutest babes ever! so fun with me and my babes. we'll work on smiling next year!i think we do okay too.
thanks brooke!

Birthday

the girl's birthday was november 19th and we had a great time. the girls had their very first cupcakes and while they spit the actual cupcake out it was fun to get frosting everywhere
they also had fun opening presents. abby has a special knack for pulling paper off of things i didn't think possible (like board books, and boxes) so this was right up her alley. it still took a little encouragement but they caught on and it's great practice for christmas!grandma and grandpa won the day with their scooter gifts.
the girls took to them very quickly... i put abby on her's pushed her forward a little and she grinned and took off.same with maddie. they had a very fun night with several scooting sessions.

Walking

the girlies are having alot of fun learning to walk. abby is the front runner by far, which i never would have guessed. here's some video of all the good times. this is pre-walking to abby walking. she is almost running now, and maddie hasn't really taken an interest in it at all, but we're working on it.



Pre-Walking Training from Jason Hansen on Vimeo.


It's tough being a box - but we're livin it up from Jason Hansen on Vimeo.


Abby's Walking Skills from Jason Hansen on Vimeo.

Halloween

I know I'm way behind, but the girls have really picked up some momentum, so without anymore excuses here are some halloween pics.
Abby was Batgirl and Maddie was Supergirl. Following the theme Jason was Clark Kent and I was Lois Lane.



We had a busy night starting out with our new ward trunk or treat for a minute to say hi to the 5 people we know there - then off to grandma's to say hi and get some treats from them. This was probably the most fun for the girls. We took them to the door to see all the trick-or-treaters which they loved. There was a little girl that came to the door saw the girls and forgot all about the candy. Her little princess jaw dropped and she said "super hero babies... two super hero babies" and stood there in awe as the rest of her troop got their candy and were on to the next house. It was the highlight of the night.

Then it was off to the old ward trunk-or-treat which was fun to see all the old friends again. A very fun night.