It's been a long time!!

Aww- look at Bella riding through the Irish Countryside! LOL ;)

our babies are so big now! Can you believe it? Or how happy Bella is in her winter gear? LOL

Wow! It's been forever since I last wrote anything! Sorry! Christmas was a whirlwind! We had a family dinner party here at our house which was sooo much fun! I cooked a ham! Yes, a whole ham! And it was amazing tasting if I do say so myself (thanks Paula Deen). The girls got so much for Christmas they are set on toys until 2012. Eric got me gorgeous diamond earrings- i will have to post a pic later! We also got ourselves a Digital Canon Rebel camera, which Eric is obsessed with now.

Lots going on here. Bella is growing so quickly in her agility, speech and all kinds of development! (LOL.. i realize my education class jargon is cropping up)... She is saying little sentences now, especially when we don't press her for them and she is just babbling to herself. Some she is using a lot are... "NO Ta Ta" (No Tot Tot- remember we call Lauren Tot), "Mommy, come here" and "bahdow" (I love you). Tot is zooming as well- standing on her own (sniff, sniff) and wanting so badly to walk. They are so cute together! Bella is full out running, working on her jumping, loves dancing and singing, is so incredibly independent and is interested in "tray" (trains- especially Polar Express), Barney and Elmo, she is also into being a WWF trainer right now and wants to wrestle with Tot, which send Tot into a crying fit and speed crawling to Mommy. It's really quite funny. Anytime Bella comes near her, Tot squeezes whatever toy she has tightly and whimpers since she knows she'll either be tossed down or her toy will be taken. So sad! Ok, that isn't so cute, huh? BUT, there are sweet times where they play their version of peek-a-boo or tag and just roll laughing. No one can make them laugh like their sister. I love this- I can already see this amazing bond between them. Bella loves Tot like crazy and takes me to her when she cries, hands her the bottle and tries to help change her. (Then tries to body slam her).. but it's all outta love. Little Tot is so different than Bella. When we prayed for a cuddler, boy did we ever get one! She is a total Mommy's girl right now- wants to be cuddled and held constantly. Where Bella was independent and pushed us away when we tried to hug her (as early as a few months!?), Tot whimpers for us to pick her up and clasps our legs. She's a chubbly bubbly, only 4- YES 4 pounds away from Bella's weight!!! People more and more ask if they're twins. I can't wait for them to be the same size and to dress them the same LOL...

As for the adults, we are great. Eric's job is awesome and he loves it. My schoolwork is fantastic so far (straight A's last semester), although I have math this session so I am scared! My professor is from India which helps me not-so-much. His accent is deep and although neat sounding, unhelpful when you are not understanding. It hasn't been bad so far, but we just started yesterday hahaha... my other class I LOVE.

I have also met a couple good friends here after a long time of being immersed in babyworld. It is nice to get out some. We also have been visiting a great church- we shall see if it's a home for us!

I am also SO excited about the trip Eric and I have planned for our honeymoon sans babies to the coast. We are staying in the B&B we stayed in last year and loved. I cannot explain what it means to have this trip to look forward to!
:) pics to come will be even better- we are still reading the longer-than-the-Bible instruction book.