Nearing a year

Well, it's April. I can't believe Nora and Colton are almost a year old or how much my life has changed in the last year. I've found myself reading my journal posts from dailystrength.org from this time last year. A year ago today, Andy thought it would be funny to call my mom up and play a prank on her. He told her that I was having contractions and we were on our way to the hospital. Little did we know, that night, I would start having contractions. Keep in mind, my due date was May 24th, so even though we knew I would likely deliver early, we never thought I would start contracting so early. Our little ones had other ideas! Christ Hospital became my new home. I even had mail delivered there, no joke! And now, I have two little miracles who are getting into everything and loving every minute of it!

Speaking of getting into everything, on Sunday, Andy was watching the munchkins while I was getting some paperwork done. I was in the room with them, but he was watching them. We hear them behind the chair laughing at each other, which they do from time to time. They just kept giggling for a few minutes. All of a sudden Andy jumps up. He realized why they were laughing. One of them had gotten the box of tissues off of the end table next to him and they were pulling the tissues out of the box, and of course trying to eat them! They had half of the box emptied!

Nora has now pulled herself to standing up. She isn't doing it constantly, but she can do it. And she has definitely mastered crawling! That girl can move when she wants to! Colton has now realized he can flip over his toy tub and climb on top of it to get to things. What can I say, he is his father's son!

Both of their ear infections are cleared up now. I had to take Colton back to the doctor on Monday because he was covered in a rash. Turns out he has a viral rash that is caused sometimes when they have a virus or are getting over one. It's not contagious and looks like it is clearing up already.

They are both loving the weather and going outside and going places. It's comical. They get excited when I bring their jackets to them and when I carry them to the garage door or go to put them in the car or stroller. I'm glad they enjoy going outside or going places. It makes it so much easier!