12 Month Progression Pictures

My favorite part about having Isak and Kira in our family is watching them learn, grow and change.  Looking at these pictures it's just amazing how fast they progress.

Below you can see how Isak's hair started out brown, then fell out and grew back red!  Such a cutie.

 You can see how little Kira just smiles bigger and bigger.  She's definitely a people pleaser.

Together they have figured things out.  Month 5 is probably my favorite picture.  They both have the same body movement!

We count our blessings everyday and Isak and Kira are always at the top.  We love them soooo much!
P.S. Thank you Larysa for the adorable bears.  I have enjoyed taking pictures of the babies with them.  Thank you for your thoughtful gift!

Wrap Up for November

Here's the last of the pictures for November.

Kira is so funny and talented. heehee.  She figured out how to hold the circle shape in her mouth without her hands.

Ta da!

My kitchen cupboards were discovered and are a constant source of entertainment for both kids.

He likes to create an obstacle course for us.

Snuggling with dad.  I just love Isak's red hair. :)

Cute Kira girl.

Kira is attached to this dog blanket toy.  It's actually Isak's, but he doesn't realize it.  She loves it and carries it around everywhere.

Kira in the cupboards.

I made this tutu for Kira for her birthday.  Um, it's big!  I took this picture and she hasn't worn it since.  Yes, that's the snot sniffer she's holding in the picture above and below.

Nels is taking guitar lessons.  The kids LOVE it when he plays.  They will stand at his knees for a while and sway back and forth.  Precious.

This is what happens to Nels the minute he walks in the door from work.  He jumps in right away.  Poor guy doesn't get a break until after the kids go to bed.  Although, I try to give him a few minutes to at least change his clothes...because I'm nice like that. :)

After the babies turned one, we switched them to whole milk.  No more formula!!!  Then I got tired of washing bottles, so now they only use sippy cups.  Hooray!

The girl I visit teach was pregnant (she had her baby on New Year's Day!!  3 a.m. the first of the new year!) so I made her little girl an owl hat.  I got Isak's out to see it and he thought it was so cool.  He played with the hat for a while and carried it around.
I had to take a picture!

It doesn't fit him at all.  But he's such a cutie.

This is what one morning looked like.  Isak in the cupboards and Kira playing with her walker.

Nels worked late one night and I found the kids waiting at the door for him.

Make yourself comfortable Isak. :)  I hadn't had a chance to put the diapers and wipes away after a Costco run.  So he was climbing all over them.

One day I put Isak to bed upstairs for his nap.  When I came down I found Kira entertaining herself...

"uh,oh, am I in trouble?"

"Oh, good, mom thinks it's funny!"

Wipes are easily put back in the holder.  Not a big deal.  I mean, isn't she too cute to be mad at anyways??

Just the Two of Us

We went on the best date ever!  Nels's parents watched the babies for the whole day.  So we got to do a few things.  

First up, mountain biking.  We went to the whitewater rapid center.  Since we have our own bikes we only had to pay $5 for parking.  

We went on the easiest course which provided plenty of excitement for me. :)

Pictures are compliments of Nels's phone.

 After biking we drove uptown Charlotte.  We walked around for a while.  This huge tree stood in the center of the outdoor shopping area.  Fake snowflakes even fell on us making the scene even more magical.

 We were both craving pizza so we tried out Brix.  It has unique pizzas and is health conscious, meaning they offered gluten free and vegetarian pizzas.  It was okay, but we probably won't eat there again.

Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III of England is pictured below.  Charlotte is named after her. She was known to be a gentle, kind woman.  She was short, had 15 children (13 survived to adulthood), loved her little dogs and walking in the garden.  That's what the plaque said. :)

After dinner we went to a movie!!  We saw Hunger Games 2.  Awesome.
We absolutely loved our date, but we also loved coming home to our two beautiful babies.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Far Far and Far Mor (Nels's parents) came to help us celebrate Thanksgiving.  We had lots of yummy food and we got to do a few things too.  

We had an easy thanksgiving dinner so we only spent maybe an hour in the kitchen.  The rest of the day we relaxed and went to the park.

Kira showed off her swinging ability with a huge smile.

I think the grandparents had fun with their grandkids.

Both of them just laughing.

Far Far and Kira

Far Mor and Isak

Isak quickly wrapped Far Mor around his little fingers...literally. :)

Cuddles in the cold.  Keeping warm.

When Kira first saw Far Far she just cried and cried.  But after a few minutes they became best of friends.  Especially since Far Far read to her.

Thanksgiving dinner...filet mignon, twice baked potatoes, orange jello salad, strawberry spinach salad, rosemary bread and pumpkin pie.  Mmmmmm good.

Nels's parents gave the kids these adorable Adidas outfits.  Nels wore his Adidas sweatshirt to match them. :)

Nels was so cute one night with his parents.  They were sitting on the couch and Nels squeezed between them so he could show them something on his phone.  Just like a little boy. heehee.

Far Mor and Kira hanging out.

Isak and Far Far.

We went on one big outing.

We went to the Historic Latta Plantation.

We toured the house.  Two things I remember from it.  There was this little rocking cradle and the tour guide said the baby would sleep in it until they were 5 years old!  They used rope to tie the baby in place.  It made me grateful for our cribs.  The other thing was this huge loom that took up an entire room.  A man was there weaving a rug.  He said it would take 3-4 days just to set up the loom with the yarn.  Wow, everything just took forever to do back then.

Here's the house and the kitchen is in the smaller second house.

Here's the barn.  They demonstrated wood making...toys that were made out of wood and some other things.

They had animals there...sheep, goats, chickens and pigs.

Me and Kira

The babies got to meet an old fashioned Saint Nick.

Kira was mad and did not want to have anything to do with him.

Isak on the other hand was fascinated.  :)

All together.

We enjoyed walking around and the fall colors.

Our little family.

It was a beautiful day.  Blue skies and all.

Last picture of Isak and Far Mor.

Afterwards we went to Jim and Nick's BBQ.  I love their cheddar biscuits!  It was a great day.