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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Guess Who Is Six Months Old?

Kate and Madison are officially half a year old! That time has flown by. Wow.

Mommy's Little Katie-Bug.

"Maddie-Moon"
(She has somehow acquired this nickname from a song off of a classic movie...Dumb & Dumber. Don't ask.)

Our unseasonably warm March (84 degrees!) allowed Chad to get an early start on ~~playing on his tractor~~ cutting the grass.

Our nanny was sick yesterday, so I had an unexpected day off for the twins' 6 month birthday! We celebrated with a mini-photo shoot done by Mommy. We have a real photo shoot scheduled during spring break with the photographer who did their newborn shots. I'm excited for those!

What's new with everyone? Chad is busy drawing up plans to build a deck himself, Lauren is keeping busy in make-believe land and spends her days pretending to be Rapunzel. Mommy is quite proud that Lauren's also begun learning to read! I brought home several beginning reader books from my classroom that she can already breeze right through and have created several fun practice booklets for her. Maybe that's a perk of having a Mom who is a kindergarten teacher and reading specialist?

Madison has two new pearly whites! Poor Kate. She was the first born of the two of them but since then, Madison has been first for everything else. First to roll over, first to babble, first to find her toes (and suck on them), first to sit without support and first to get a tooth. Maybe Kate will be the first to walk?? Oh, wait. She was the first to sleep in a bouncy seat in Mommy and Daddy's closet. Woops. Probably don't need to broadcast that!

I will try to post new pictures of the twins from my impromptu photo shoot later this weekend.

Happy (early) Easter!
Love,
M

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

We have a sitter!

Tonight, Madison sat by herself for the first time! Here she is!

Maddie also recently modeled a tutu made by a friend of mine. Poor Kate missed out on the fun because she was napping.

First walk in the new double jogging stroller!

Good night!

Love,

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Birthday, Engagement and Other Big News!

We've been busy, busy, busy! It's been a llloooonnnngggg time since I had the chance to sit down and do a blog post. There are lots of pictures for you :) What's new with us? Well, lots! First of all, our first baby girl turned FOUR YEARS OLD on January 14th! Where has the time gone? It seems like just yesterday that she came into our lives and changed our world forever. She celebrated in fashion with a big birthday bash at her favorite local "hangout"...the Children's Play Gallery in Delafield. We went there for her third birthday too but this was her first real birthday party and she had a blast! Her Aunt Holly and Uncle "Big" Matt were able to join us, as they were visiting from Japan. I probably hadn't mentioned on the blog that they are living there right now while Matt works for Nissan in Japan. Shortly after their visit, Matt proposed to Holly and now another Lucas family wedding is in the works!

The babies are doing very well. At their 4-month-old checkup, Madison weighed in at 13lbs 12oz (50th percentile for her weight). Kate weighed in at 11lbs 11oz (10th percentile for weight but at least she's finally ON the growth chart!). Both babies have begun rolling from their tummies to their backs, are cooing like crazy and have just started to try to reach for their toes when laying on the changing table. They are super happy babies, smiling and "talking" our ears off!

The title of this blog hints at other big news. After teaching kindergarten for 8 years, I have decided to take some time off to stay home and be with my girls full-time. I turned in my official resignation letter on February 15th but will stay in my current position until the end of this school year. Then I become a full-time stay-at-home mom! I am SO excited about what this means for our family and about the active role I'll be able to play in Lauren's schooling when she begins 4K in the fall. In order to help make up for my loss of income, I'm going to try to do some tutoring in the evenings. I have my Reading Teacher license, so I think I could easily find some local kids to tutor in reading. I'm also considering watching 1-2 children (in addition to my own) a few days per week. I am so happy and thankful to have the opportunity to do this. I am nervous about quitting my job but I know this is a decision I can't possibly ever regret.

And now for the real reason you're here....enjoy the photos!

The babies enjoyed a dark, quiet nap at Lauren's birthday party!

Making cupcakes with her EZ Bake Oven. And with Boppa and Madison :)

These fraternal girls even have very different hair. Kate on the left, Maddie on the right.

Westin was supervising tummy time!

4 months old today!

Hope you enjoyed our pictures! I posted earlier today too so scroll down to see pictures taken just this week :)

Love,

Four and a half months!

Here are a few recent pictures. I will do my best to post several more later today. Enjoy!

Kate on left, Madison on right.

More to come later today. Stay tuned!

Love,

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Christmas Pictures

Perhaps a New Year's Resolution for me should be to add to the blog more frequently? Unfortunately, I just do not have the time. When I have a moment to actually sit and work on it, I'd just rather be holding one of the babies or doing one of the millions of things that need done around the house. I'm back at work now, so that adds to my hectic life. So please don't expect frequent blog posts in 2012. When I am able to get to it, it'll probably be just pictures. But that's why you visit here anyways, right?

Kate on the left, Madison on the right

I think Kate is going to be the feisty one in the family. She holds her own, that's for sure.

Just before bed on Christmas Eve, Lauren set up a plate of cookies and milk for Santa, a bowl of carrots for the reindeer and a chair for Santa to take a rest.