Spaghetti Dinner Update

Our weathermen were wrong this weekend and the temperature never dipped under freezing - so we were able to have a successful fundraiser with no weather problems.

Spaghetti with Ice Anyone?

This weekend is our Student Ministry's annual Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser weekend and of course the weather is cooperating wonderfully. The forecast is rain, freezing rain, and snow. Unless we get a nice surprise, I'm sure we'll have pounds of left-over spaghetti if anyone's interested.

Poked and Prodded

We took Harper to the doctor about a week ago because she couldn't kick a small fever she had had for a few days. They diagnosed her with a UTI (Urinary Tract Infection). Her doctor wanted to run some tests (kidney and bladder scans) to see if she had any reflux because he said that UTIs at such an early age with a high ecoli count were fairly uncommon. Well, we spent the morning today at the hospital (Harper was a trooper) watching our little girl get poked and prodded in all the wrong places. We won't get the "official" results until her doctor has seen the results, but everyone today said that all her "plumbing" looked good. So the infection is probably due to "normal" little girls stuff (poo getting into her urethra). We are quite relieved at this preliminary news as the alternative are way worse.

Gamma & Papa (from KY)

Carter's, Camden's, and Harper's "Gamma" and "Papa" from Kentucky (Trae's parents) were in town a couple of weeks ago to love on some babies. It was a wonderful visit.
Harper & Camden smiling big with their Papa...
Here's Harper sleeping on her Gamma...

Who's the Messy One?

So ... are the twins messy eaters or are their mommy and daddy messy feeders? It seems, that is the question.
Harper...
Camden...

Church Fire

Yesterday afternoon our Youth Building at Church (New Covenant) caught fire. No one was in the building at the time of the fire and the investigators have yet to determine the cause. The initial assessment is that our Youth facility has suffered a total loss, but we will know more in the coming days.

Here is a news story that aired as the building was burning ...
Church Fire

Family and Senior Pranks at Camp

My mom and dad are arriving in town tonight. Carter is in for a big surprise - he thought Christmas was over - but his gma and gpa from Kentucky haven't given him his presents yet. So tomorrow morning will be Christmas morning all over again for him (without the Christmas tree of course).

Our Student Ministry at New Covenant had its annual Winter Retreat last weekend and I must say that the senior class had the best and most creative pranks I have ever seen.
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The senior guys have been telling the girls every year for the past four years that they were going to put their mattresses on the roof of their cabin - well this year they finally pulled it off - great prank! (side note: the camp director overheard the guys plotting and kept silent and let them go ahead with it - awesome).
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The senior girls had 12 alarm clocks that they set to go off at different times throughout the night (the most creative prank I've ever heard of). They hid the clocks around the guys cabin and hoped for the best (I think most of the guys slept through most of the alarms - they are teenagers - but still a great prank).

Remember When ...

The twins had their 5-month "Well Check" visit today. Both are doing great and growing and growing ...
Harper's stats:: 17lbs.3ozs (97%) // 25in. (75%)
Camden's stats:: 15lbs.15oz. (50%) // 25in. (50%)

Everybody's Growing Up

It's been a little crazy around the house the past few days ...
> Carter is starting to sleep a little better - no longer do we have to sleep in his room with him, but we still have to visit his room a few times each night to quickly comfort him and settle him down (way better than it was).
> The twins moved out of our room and into their own room a couple of nights ago - we also have transitioned them from sleeping in swings to sleeping in their bed.
> Here are some recent pics of the babes ...

The twins cuddling in bed::
Saturday morning cartoons::
Harper eating cereal for the first time::
Carter helping around the house (only if it's vacuuming)::

While You Were Sleeping

It's about 3:30am (that's right a.m.) and no I'm not up because I want to be. Carter has been in an incredibly terrible sleeping funk for about two weeks. He can't go to sleep without Steph or I being in his room with him and if he wakes up in the middle of the night he needs one of us to sit with him until he falls asleep (only to repeat this if he wakes up again - which often happens at least three times a night - we've both spent more than a couple of nights having fallen asleep on his bedroom floor). Side Note:: This is great fun, especially considering we have two babies who need to wake up at night also. Anyway, we're trying all of the expert's advice on helping Carter get back into a normal sleeping pattern. So tonight (or better - this morning) I've been going into Carter's room about every 20 minutes to quickly calm him and then leave (we've been at it for about 90 minutes now). I'm hanging out in the office (adjacent to Carter's room) so we don't have to keep the monitor on and Steph can try to sleep ... well, I think I hear Camden crying ... so much for any of us sleeping.

The great thing about the bottom is that things can only go up from here.

Buzz Lightyear Lives With Us

At least once a day since Christmas we've been visited by Buzz Lightyear - we think he's taken up residence in our home.

The Twins

Harper is rolling over from her back to belly (she hates being on her stomach though). Camden can't quite make it over yet (his torticollis keeps him from getting any momentum). Aren't they the cutest?

Christmas Morning

Every two-year-olds greatest dream - lots of presents just for them - and getting to open brother's and sister's presents too.

Cookies For Santa

Carter had a blast baking cookies for Santa with his mommy.

Steph's Best Friend

Steph's best friend Beki (Camden "Bek" is named after her) was in town for Christmas. She has a one-year-old little girl, Stella, who Carter got to play with one day at Check-E-Cheese.