First week of Feb 2010

2-3-2011 Jamey was going to work on a snowy day and Carter got ready to go with him. He put on daddy's boots and went to the garage door. It was really cute. Course I guess he didn't care that he was still in his PJ's.



2/2/2011 So I go them matching PJ's and thought it would be great to get a photo of the two of them together. Cedar was not having it. This was actually the best one out of about 6 pictures that I took. He was tired and ready for bed not a photo shoot.

2/2/2011
When Cedar was born we had to have a new bath time routine so that I could get everyone bathed and keep them happy when I was doing it on my own. So the new routine became that the twins would get a bath first and then they would watch a show of their choice while cedar took a bath. So here they are watching Little Bear and would not even think about looking at the camera for a quick smile with daddy.

2/1/2011 Our second snow storm. Here is Calla in her not matching clothes and Walmart bags on her feet since the snow was soooo deep (thanks for the idea Michelle!).

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Cedar crawling around in the snow. He actually really liked it for a little while. Then he got wet and cold and had enough, but at that time I had enough as well. It is crazy that it takes like half an hour to get them all bundled up and we were done with the snow in about 10 minutes. I think it was worth it. I felt like I ran a marathon by the time everyone was back in and dry.

2/1/11 Carter loving the snow!

Second Half of January 2011

1*21*11 This is so super funny. Wrong shoes, wrong feet, and a random mitten on her hand. She loves to dress up still and really puts together the most random outfits.

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We had a gate on cedars room for the longest time so that the twins would stay out of there. They get into everything and we knew that when we did let them in we would have to basically take everything out of his drawers and take the handle off the closet. So we gave in and they love to play in his room. He also loves to play in his room and now he gets to more often. This chair was in their room originally and they really like it. It rocks and spins, what more could they ask for?


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Pick me up!

1*20*11 This is only the second time that Carter and Calla have played in the snow. The first time was when they were one at Christmas last year. So it didn't really count. This time they really liked it . Especially Calla, I think she would have stayed out there all day. Our friends Michelle and her daughter Hannah came over to play. It was fun.

1*20*11 Carter the snow bug.

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I really like this picture. Of course they wouldn't turn around so I could take their picture but they are walking under the arbor that we got married under, which now stands in our back yard.

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So Carter didn't really understand that he needed to keep his mittens on. He doesn't really like things on his hands so he kept taking them off and then would get upset that the snow was so cold. He would then want them back on and they were wet and that wasn't good for him either. Needless to say, our outing was short lived.

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All I will say is Lord help us! Not officially potty training, but really strongly suggesting it.

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Carter still loves that water hose. He will find it where ever it is and drag it around the yard. He pretends to water things. Its really cute. I look forward to putting him to work this summer.

January Finally!

Oh my, I am so far behind on this blog! Finally with spring break here I have a little more time on my hands. As I have looked through my pictures it is becoming obvious that I am really slacking on the picture taking! I am going to work on that! Here are a few pictures from the first half of Jan.

1/15/11 We do love this little smile! He is 11 months here.

1/15/11 Oh my, her hair! It keeps us busy, trying to tame it! Looking at all of my pictures also made me realize that I need to work harder on her hair. I am open to ideas for sure! It really is so pretty, but the curls are so tight that it has a mind of its own!

1/13/11 He is such a chunk! He was playing with all of Calla's dress up cloths. He still wants to do everything that they do.

1/11/11 Carter still hangs out under the cabinets!

1/2/11 This is either his first of second Popsicle. He really liked them. He got the hang of it right away and was chomping down on it. Calla on the other hand did not get the hang of it. She would hold it by the wrong end and finally just pushed it aside. Maybe this summer this will change.


1/2/11 This is so funny to me. Carter has really started talking so much lately, since he got tubes in his ears. This video was before the big change and I could not get him to say anything but his favorite word, "NO". Both of them, Carter and Calla crack me up with their No's. It still catches my off guard when I ask them if they want to do something and they say, "No", and just keep on going. Carter still calls Cedar, "baby", and he doesn't ever address Calla by anything. He sometimes says, "Dad" but doesn't call me anything either. He says Maw-maw consistently and baby, but that is it for names.

December 28th, 2011 Birthday Party

Two years ago we were so blessed to have our first children Calla and Carter! They turned two on Dec 29th! It is amazing to me at how fast times flies by. They are so amazing and we love them sooooo much! Happy Birthday Calla and Carter!

Carter with his birthday cupcake and candle. They dont really have the blowing the candles out thing down yet, but enjoyed looking at them.

They were really tired when we started this family party. It was getting late in the evening so they didnt really eat their cupcakes when we did the candles and singing. Calla came back to the table a little later and wanted one, then another! She called for Carter to join her, so he came and ate a little icing with her. She was so funny!

Since their birthday falls close to christmas the Bowling's were all still here so with them and my family it was a big family event! They had a great time opening presents. We got them the magnadoodles. I apparently should have given them to them last, they just wanted to play with them and not open any more presents.

Our two year olds!

Calla still loving to dress up thought that this witch hat would look great with her birthday dress. She is so silly!

Yummmm!

I wanted to make their cake this year to save a little money so I made blue's clue's cupcakes. They (at the time) loved blue's clue's! They are over it now and have moved on to Little Bear.

Calla and her Daddy!

Cedar and Grandmommy (Jamey's Mom) at the party.

Calla loved her party hat, she wore it right up until getting in the bath tub.

Same pic twice, hmmmmm, great technical ability I have!

December 26th-27th-28th, 2010

We had a wonderful visit and Christmas celebration with the entire Bowling family. It is not often that the entire family is together so it was extra special this year!

This is Uncle Mitch (Jamey's brother) and his girlfriend El. This was the first time that we had the chance to meet her and she is wonderful. We were glad she got to come and visit! They just made her first cheese cake.

Aunt Amanda (Jamey's brother Bo's wife) brought us some great hand-me-downs from her boys and she played dress up Cedar. He was supposed to be taking a nap, but too much excitement kept him up to play.

This is Calla's Christmas dress. Her Aunt Amanda has an amazing talent for sewing. She made all the kids something. I love this dress and so did Calla. She got a bee dress up outfit for Christmas and here she has on the wings, the headband and the wand. She kept them on for a while.

Cedar eating his dinner and stopping to give us a cheesy smile. His little cheeks just keep getting chubbier!

Cedar and his Uncle Rusty. Our kids are so fortunate to have so many aunts and uncles that love them. It makes us and them so happy!

Calla the bee... buzzzzzz

Our boxes that blocked the tree became toys themselves. Calla and her cousin Tommy were having such fun.

Cousin Tommy is so good with the little ones. He is the oldest of three as well so he has had lots of practice. Here he is with Cedar.

Lilly is our kids youngest cousin. She is so sweet. Here she is giving hugs to Cedar. Calla really enjoyed having another girl to play with. She asked for Lilly (wuwwy) for at least a week after they left.

Uncle Mitch and his girlfriend El live in DC. They brought shirts for all the kids that say I heart DC for a picture. Too bad none of them are big enough for the shirts to really show up in the picture. Lilly, Joey, Calla, Cedar, Tommy, and Carter.

I think that Carter might steal some girls heart in the future with this face. :-) Here he is playing with Lilly who is patting him on the head with love. The kids got lots of practice smiling for pictures this holiday season that is for sure.

More box play - Carter and Lilly

Peek-a-boo!

Lilly and Calla in their matching Christmas dresses. Aunt Amanda even made dresses for their dollies!

Here is the official cousins Christmas picture for 2011. All dresses in their outfits that Aunt Amanda made. She made Carter and Cedar vest with razorbacks on them. Calla's smiling face in this picture is just priceless. I love this picture!

Granddaddy reading to Carter. Carter really loves his granddaddy.

Cousin Lilly is hugging Carter and Cedar. These boxes really provided lots of entertainment, we were thankful for them.

Cedar and his Aunt Amanda

This is Jamey trying to get Calla interested in her gifts. She kind of stopped opening after the bee outfit got opened.

Our great big Bowling family! It had been a very long time, several years, since we had a family picture. Everyone is looking and almost everyone is smiling. I am very pleased!

Calla introduced her cousin to one of her favorite places to hang out, my kitchen cabinets.