Certifiably Nuts!!!

Okay, they tell you that you loose brain cells during pregnancy but I was under the assumption that they would return after the baby (babies) were out. That is not the case and I believe that having two babies in your belly for 7 months makes you loose twice as many and the never ending lack of sleep and overwhelming exhaustion causes you to continue to loose brain cells. Seriously folks, I am beginning to wonder if I will ever be the same again.

Yesterday morning I loaded up the kiddies and took off to my moms to spend the day and night. (She had a 1/2 birthday party for them which was fun and I'll post pictures of that later on.) That's right, I drove 3 1/2 hours to my moms all by myself only 3 days after we returned from a week long trip to The Big Easy. Who knows where my right mind was when I made these plans. It was definitely NOT lacking 4 days worth of a decent nights rest. From Saturday to the present moment I do believe I have had only about 12-15 hours of sleep. Period.

Oh but the madness does not end there. This morning I got up and drove to Macon to be with my daddy and Nelda and aunts and uncles and go to church tonight. I almost backed out. I almost drove home this morning but Daddy said they would stay with the twins tonight so I could SLEEP and then drive home in the morning better rested. Yeah, I will let you know how that one turns out!

James and Audrey have been sleeping HORRIBLY. If it's not one waking up or crying or groaning or screeching, it's the other! I told Daddy this morning "I am tired, I am weak, and I am worn". And he replied with "at least you're not poor, weak and worthless. Oh wait, yes you are"!!! I do wish I had thought this thing out a little better like perhaps coming up next week but.............it is wondeful to be "home" and with family. Not all of my extended family has seen the twins so their excited!!

I talked to Dana a little while ago and she told me I was a lot braver than her for driving all that way by myself. I told her "No I am not. I'm just dumber."

And a good time was had by all

The first thing Harrison wanted to do when they got to SuSu and PaPaw's was hold James and Audrey and that started a week long love affair between him and the twins! He was constantly talking to them and loving on them and making sure they were okay. When he would talk to them, they would smile and talk back and Harrison would say in his deep little voice "I think he/she likes me, see"! Emily said after they got home Thursday night, he prayed to please go back to SuSu and PaPaw's and be with the twins. I think he probably would have come home with us!






Miss Issabell here (above) didn't slow down to much to play with James and Audrey but she would stop every now and then and try to give Audrey her pappy. Her main goal last week was to see how many times she could open the pantry door! And she discovered that she can still fit into a bouncy seat so as soon as one was unoccupied, she jumped in it!






On Tuesday we took the kiddies to the park and Harrison and Issy had a ball. They kept their poor mama on her toes the whole time! James and Audrey weren't very impressed but they did enjoy swinging for a little while.




We had a wonderful week in New Orleans. It was very relaxing and we got to see a lot of family that we hadn't been able to see in a very long time because the twins were confined to the house and couldn't have visitors for so long. So it was very special to be with every one and have our children with us. And back in January Ronnie and Susan were able to move back into their house after it was flooded by Katrina. It has been a very long 2 1/2 years for them. First having to live in the upstairs part of the house for more than a year, then moving into the garage they turned into a small, one room guesthouse while they were finally able to start work on their house. They lived in that tiny space until the first of this year. It was wonderful to see them back in their beautiful home and doing better than ever!

Harrison is such a gentle and loving little boy.

They look pretty happy wouldn't you say?!

James and PaPaw

Laissez les bons temps rouler!!!And we plan to do just that!! We are heading out for New Orleans tomorrow after church to spend the week with Jon's family for spring break. So I won't be posting any, except for their 6 month "b-day". Wow, 6 months! I can't believe it.Poor James has another little head cold and he pretty much slept all day today. Please say a little prayer for him that he would get better soon and be able to enjoy his first trip to SuSu and PawPaw's!!

Hannah looked so pretty in her dress this morning I couldn't resist snapping a few shots. Me and the twins didn't go to church with them since James has his little cold. I sure hated to see them go but Hannah assured me she will back real soon with her mama and daddy and Matthew!

Now that's true love I tell ya! I wish Audrey had been sitting on the other knee but of course(just like any other good photo op with family) she was fast asleep!

By the way, the title to this post is French for "Let the good times roll!"

House full of Grace!! Last night my daddy, stepmom and neice came to visit for the weekend and go to church tonight and tomorrow at Pisgah. Hannah was sooooo excited to see "my babies" as she has now started calling them. I guess Papoopsie Darlings is just the title to the blog now! She and Audrey were having a very long conversation about pappies and blankies in the picture above. It was very entertaining to say the least!

Hannah also informed us that there are 4 girls and 3 boys at Aunt Manda's house and three of us have the middle name Grace. She calls herself "the big babysitter" and has watched baby Einstein and Mary Poppins with the twins today and gave them a play by play of each scene!

When she got James in her lap she said "wow James, you are way heavier than Audrey"!!! 4 years old is such a funny age. They know so much and have to tell you everything that pops into their head.

The twins were very excited when they woke up and saw a person closer to their size in their living room this morning. They have smiled and giggled at Hannah and watched her every move.

Me, a baby doll? I know they are my children but have you ever seen anything cuter than Audrey in that hat? I know that all parents think their kids are the cutest but lets just admit that mine really are!!!

This smile was brought on by him looking at the love of his life, me!!!

James gets a little closer every day to turning over and today has been the closest he has gotten! It will only be a few more days and he'll be able to get that big old head to go with the rest of his body!!

Screechy GonzalesMy beautiful, darling, sweet, precious daughter. Audrey Grace. She has many delightful personality traits. She is a very happy child and has a smile that can light up a room! She has the most endearing laugh of a little girl that I have ever heard. She has LOTS of energy already and I am pretty sure that is one of the reasons why she trails behind her brother in the weight department. She has a beautiful complexion(compliments of her father!) and beautiful round, wide eyes. Audrey loves to touch things and see if she can get them into her mouth! She also LOVES to look at books and will actually look at each page carefully and kicks her feet when she is ready to turn the page. She makes the cutest little gurgling noises now when she is studying something like baby Einstein or her toys or when talking to the poster on the changing table as pictured below. For some reason she LOVES to stare at that thing and talk to it. I guess it makes her happy to know her parents will know what to do if she starts choking!

It seems that she discovers new things every day! Unfortunately her latest discovery is screeching. She screeches when she is happy. She screeches when she is sad. She screeches when she is angry. She screeched all through church yesterday morning, boy was that fun. Poor James got none of my attention because his little sissy was making to much racket and I had to find ways to entertain her to STOP THE SCREECHING!! Thank goodness he was such a good boy yesterday!

Last night she was screeching while I was trying to burp her and it just kept getting screechier and screechier. Jon looked at her, smiled, wrinkled his nose, squinted his eyes and in his best Big Mo (Bro. Lonnie Sr.) accent says "Could you adjust the squelch please little darlin?"

Our First Easter Together My sweet husband humored me yesterday afternoon and took us to go have the twins picture made with the Easter Bunny. We went to the mall and ate supper and shopped around for awhile. It was a lot of fun and Audrey really enjoyed it. She fell asleep for about 5 minutes and the rest of the time she was bright eyed and bushy tailed with those legs just a kicking! She didn't want to miss a thing. James wanted no part of all the hoop-la because when he wasn't sleeping he had this blank look on his face like "can we please get out of here mother" and as you can see in the picture, he didn't think to much of old peter cotton tail!