Happy Halloween!

Happy 1st Birthday Collins and Claire!

It's hard to believe it's been a year since our sweet little rugrats arrived!  It's even more difficult to believe they weighed 2.11 and 3.13!  We sit in awe everyday praising God for blessing us with two beautiful healthy children.  Collins weighs 22lbs 10oz and Claire 22lbs 2oz and both 30inches long.  They both have quite the personalities.  Believe it or not...Collins is our chatter box...Claire only chatters when she's not happy and that is typically a cry!  They have been crawling since the end of June and have been walking behind their walking toys for about three weeks.  Collins is about a week or two behind Ms. Claire but don't let that fool you because he is everywhere telling stories!  They keep mom and dad on their toes...thank goodness they are great sleepers!  8:00 bed time...rise and shine 7:00am with smiles on their faces!  We are down to one bottle and that's at bedtime and it will be going in a week or so...maybe!  I'm back to work full time still trying to find balance between motherhood and work.  Luckily, we have a wonderful nanny that comes to the house to keep them...she loves them and they love her too!  Dad is about to be back to working nights with football season so say a prayer for mom because let me just tell you...bathtimes are not easy at the Roddy homefront!  They started about a month ago hating their baths...it takes two so i'm not sure what i'm going to do when dads not around.  Life couldn't be better and we owe it all to our God Almighty.  We want to thank everyone again for all their prayers...

8 Months Old

We are finally sitting up and beginning to fuss over toys! Most importantly, we are sleeping through the night!

First trip to Nanny and PawPaw's (Oklahoma)

Collins and Claire spent their first weekend of spring break at Nanny and PawPaws.  They were great travelers considering it's a three hour drive.  Slept the whole way while listening to U2 Lullabys.  First day at Nanny's we had lots of visitors...we met our second cousin John Wesley, who is five days older than us.  Day two, mom had to drags us to Beavers Bend to see our first river and the creek we will be toddling around in next year this time.

Nanny & Twins at Beavers Bend

Collins at meal time!

Claire and PawPaw Jimmy



Collins is serious about bath time...splash, splash!



Strolling through Beavers Bend

Hanging out with Nanny at Beavers Bend.

Stopped at the famous Stevens Gap for fried fish!

Six Month Milestone!

Cereal Time!

Twins First Snow!

Collins and Claire sporting their new winter hats from their Aunt Paige, Uncle Blake

and cousins Ava and Brooks!  Perfect for the occasion!

Christmas Holidays 2010

Merry Christmas to all!  We hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas and was able to spend time with their families.  This was a very special Christmas for our family as you can imagine with the two new additions.  God has blessed us in so many ways but most importantly by completing our family with Collins and Clarie.  They spent their first Christmas at two very special places...at their Bear and GiGi's on Christmas day with the whole family and with their Nanny and Papaw Jimmy at Aunt Amy's (Paris) with seven cousins the day after Christmas. This was the twins first day long adventures and road trip from home!  They did great..kept their daily routine and slept for the 2-hour trip to and from Paris.  Needless to say, it was a joyous two days for everyone!  Dad has also been home for the holidays and has really enjoyed his one on one time with them and so has mom (break for her)! 

Lots of milestones have been accomplished over the holidays! The twins have found their hands, (daddy does not like their hands in their mouth but mommy lets them!) they are jabbering, laughing, and recognizing mommy and daddy's voices.  They are happy babies as long as they are full, dry, napped, and entertained!  Well correction...Claire needs to be entertained!  The bouncy swing has been a life-saver for mommy when it comes to entertaining Claire.  Thanks to Aunt Mel, my best friend, for suggesting it when she came to visit/help while Daddy went hunting.  They have the Roddy sleeping gene too...they sleep anywhere from 9-10 hours at night.  Praise God! This is His gift to mommy so she can reenergize for the next day.
We are sad that the holidays are coming to an end.  Dad goes back to work and mommy is going back part-time.



Christmas at Aunt Amy's

Oh, I almost forgot, Claire was so excited about Christmas that she decided she was going to wake up and meet Santa...the child has been sleeping for weeks through the night but woke up at 1:00am with a big smile on her face!  She wanted to see Santa!

All nine cousins!

Collins and Claire's cousins have been waiting patiently to meet them and finally got to at Christmas!  What a wonderful Christmas present!

 

Tummy Time at 4 Months Old

Duo Tummy Time



"Hi Daddy," Claire

 

Collins peeking up at Mommy.



Twins - 1st Day at School

Twins 3 months Old

Claire and Collins posing for mommy so she can capture the

beautiful quilt made by their Great Aunts, Pam and Alice.

Twice the Fun!

Collins says...I love my swing!

Claire trying to talk...

A Day in the Life of Collins and Claire

Mom and Claire start the day off cooking breakfast.





Mom giving instructions for upcoming "Center" play time. 
Notice Claire is already ignoring mom.




Center #1 Science: Collins and Claire learning about animal habitats



Center #2 Reading- Listening patiently to mom while she reads to us.

Center #3 Music: Collins practicing music notes.



Center #4 Math: How many flowers do you see Claire Bear?

Nap Time:  Praise God...mommy is tired!

 

 

   













Update 12wks Old

The twins will be three months old Sunday and they are doing great!  They've had a busy week at 12wks old.  Collins and Claire made their first trip to Dallas early Thursday morning to go to the eye doctor and to get their synagis shot (RSV).  GiGi and Mom started getting ready for the road trip at 5:00am and was ready to leave the house by 7:00a....Whew...what a morning!  We were back in Waxahachie by 12:30 and they were so good.  Note to self...if fussy...take a road trip...they slept the whole time!

Friday morning we made another quick trip to the doctors for a weight check.  Collins weighs 8lbs 6.5 oz and Claire weighs 9lbs 10 oz.  We aren't skipping any meals around here.

Both are still on the monitors but hopefully they will be off of them in a couple of weeks.  We've had minor alarm sounds since we have been home.  We are anxious to not have to carry them around but at the same time, we sleep good knowing if something goes wrong we will be alarmed.  It will be another adjustment for mom and dad when they can't depend on them to alarm when something is wrong. 

The kids are great sleepers at night.  They have been sleeping 4 to 5 hour stretches at night between feedings, which is very helpful for sanity purposes for everyone in the house...including Lacey!  Luckily, we have had GiGi here day and night to help.  We rotate feedings at night so that everyone gets a long stretch of sleep.  During the day they feed, play, FUSS, and then decide to take a cat nap.  The definition of cat nap is "a short nap for mommy to wash bottles, clothes, vacuum dog hair, and maybe blog."  Really you only get to do one of those duties during a cat nap!

They are good babies and have no major health problems.  Collins has mild reflux and a gassy stomach but things could be a lot worse.  Clarie's health problem...well she is an addict when it comes to her pacifier!  Bless her heart, she loves her pacifier.  Luckily that is mostly during the day...we do not have to get up (yet) in the middle of the night to put it back in her mouth.

So as you can read...all is good on the Roddy Home Front!

Happy Halloween!

First Week Home (10wks old)

Double-Wide Recliner for weekend lounging

Stretching Out

Collins first bath at home.

Claires first bath at home.

Playing dress up!

Off to the doctors office.

Cuddle Time!