THE WALTON'S

Random cuteness!!

2010-11-18T17:00:00.000-08:00

My In-laws just had their anniversary. For the occasion my father-in-law bought my mother-in-law a picture frame and wanted a picture of all of our kiddos to put in it. This was the best I could get.

Hailey got to go to a pumpkin patch with her pre-school class and made a really cute scarecrow hat!

Izzy-bella (as Chris calls her)

Chris stealing Papa DeVon's hat

Hailey showing her muscles to Aunt Amanda

Cheesy Chris!

Cheesy Maddie!

Our two 2-year-olds

2010-11-16T23:43:00.000-08:00

Our little Christopher and Madalynne are now 2!!! Actually they have been two for almost a month, but I've been a little busy. On their birthday we had a little celebration with just our family. They each had a cupcake after dinner and we sang to them. They weren't really sure what was going on, but had fun anyways. That next weekend we had a small party for them. Some friends and family came over for pizza, cake and to hang out and/or play. They had SO much fun!!!

Birthday morning opening cards from their Great Grandparents in Arizona and Aunt, Uncle and cousins in N. Carolina. Thanks for remembering them guys!!

Our CUTIES!!!!

Opening presents. Thanks everyone!!

(They're half naked because presents came after eating cupcakes)

Halloween

2010-11-05T23:03:00.001-07:00

Our ballerina butterfly (she couldn't decide)!!

Buzz Buzz the Bumble bee!!

Pretty pretty flower!!

A Bee and A Flower ready to go!

The whole trick-or-treating crew!! This year was the first year Chris and Maddie really understood what was happening and they really liked trick-or-treating.

Nighttime hide and seek

2010-10-16T22:45:00.000-07:00

Can you find Chris?

We went to check on the kids before going to bed and this is what we found. Aaron woke him up and got him out. While Aaron was under there he said it was kind of nice, warm and cozy.

Stylish and Visitors

2010-10-16T22:06:00.000-07:00

Hailey loves to get all of her "pretties" and shows tells me "Mommy I'm stylish!" she usually does this right before daddy gets home, cause she wants him to see.

My brother and his wife came to Cali to visit. They came up and spent the afternoon at our house. They got to meet Izzy and play with our other munchkins. They also told us some exciting news, they are expecting!!!

One month old

2010-10-06T17:25:00.000-07:00

Isabella turned on month old yesterday. She has grown so much. I don't have any stats to report since she doesn't go to the doctor for a well baby check-up until she's two months. She holds her head up and smiles a lot (mostly at her Daddy).She is doing much better with sleeping. Still a little fussy some nights, but way less then she use to. She is adored by her siblings. Hailey loves to pick out Izzy's PJ's and clothes. I think Hailey thinks Izzy is her own real life doll.

Number 14

2010-10-02T20:35:00.000-07:00

Izzy is the 14th grandchild for my parents. She also evens out the number of grandsons and granddaughters, at 7 each. In a conversation with my brother, he had an interesting question that since 2004, when my parents 3 younger girls all got married, has there been a time that either one of the daughters or daughter-in-law has not been pregnant?

4 Stars

2010-09-28T09:28:00.001-07:00

Hailey has been potty trained since she was just over 2 years-old. However she sleeps very, very soundly at night and doesn't wake up to go to the bathroom, so she has been wearing pull-ups at night ever since. During the summer we made a deal with her that if she was dry 4 nights in a row we would by her a pair of Lelli Kelly shoes. Lelli Kelly shoes are very sparkly tennis shoes. She has wanted a pair of theses shoes ever since she saw a commercial for them a while ago. When she is dry in the morning we put a purple star on the calendar. This weekend she got her 4th star!!!
YEA HAILEY!!! GREAT JOB!!!

A Love /Hate Relationship

2010-09-22T12:37:00.001-07:00

Christopher and Madalynne continue to tech me new things about twins everyday. Just when I think I've got them figured out they suprise me. They love to play together and hate it at the same time. If I put them in a room together they fight over toys, wrestle with each other and sometimes even brawl with each other. If I seperate them neither one knows what to do and they continualy ask for each other. Chris calls Maddie, Laly and recently he has started to say "Laly hitting" anytime he gets hurt or anything he doesn't like happens to him.

Also at home Chris is out numbered and is picked on the most. His sister gang up on him and he is left out sometimes. Luckly right now he doesn't notice or care. Maddie is a bully. She will run at you and tackle you or she will act sweet and pretend she is giving you a hug and not let go until she has drug you to the ground.

The other day I was talking to one of their nursery leaders and discovered that they switch rolls in nursery. Chris picks on everyone and steals their toys and Maddie is helpful and sweet. One of the leaders has a little boy that is around 15 months and Maddie holds his had and helps him walk around and play with toys.

Helping and playing

2010-09-16T21:02:00.000-07:00

Aaron gave himself a haircut the other day and Hailey wanted to help. She did a pretty good job considering that the clippers vibrate a lot and were hard for her to hold. She was very proud that she got to help Daddy!

Our other munchkins hanging out!

Later on that day we took the kids to the park. They had a blast and used up a lot of energy (which Mom and Dad like!!!) It's really fun and a little hard to keep up with 3 active kids at the park. I can't wait until we are chasing 4 kids around and they are more independent.

The only picture of Hailey at the park. She's to busy for me to take her picture!

Maddie doesn't like to get her hands dirty.

Peek-a-boo!!

Cheesy boy!!

Good thing it was bath night!!!

Introducing Isabella Iris

2010-09-08T16:22:00.000-07:00

We just had our 3rd little girl! Isabella Iris was born on Sunday, September 5th. She was 8lbs 5oz and 19inches long. She and I came home the next day!! She is sweet, quiet and a good sleeper. She is LOVED by her siblings!!!

There isn't really much to her delivery story, but for those of you that might be interested. I woke up with contractions around 3 in the morning. They were about 10 minutes apart. Not close enough to do anything, but close enough to not to be able to go back to sleep. So I got up and picked up the house and finished packing the twins to spend a couple of days with my mom (thanks a million for taking them mom!!!). At about 6:00 I woke up Aaron and he called his mom, so she could come over and be with the kids. Because I'd been moving around my contractions were now 4 to 5 minutes apart. We left for the hospital. Once I had been checked and was lying in bed my contraction began to be farther apart (of course). After a while I was back to having contractions every 4 to 5 minutes. I got an epideral and then turned to lay on my side to help the little one along. From there it was time to start pushing. About 4 pushes later, at 1:47 pm, Isabella was born.

Life is crazy!

2010-03-02T13:15:00.000-08:00

Sorry, I know it's been a while but life around here is a little crazy and doesn't leave much time for Mom to do some of the things I want to do. Here is a little catch up of what has happened with the Walton's.

*Aaron is still in the same position at the same bank and loves it! He is now the President of the Chamber of Commerce. He is so well liked that he was nominated by a few people in the Chamber and everyone in the Chamber voted for him. He is amazing with the kids and they can't wait for daddy to get home everyday. He is also a huge help to me, since I am just now beginning to feel well enough to keep up with the kids and the house.

*I am still at home with all of my munchkins and as most of you know pregnant with #4. I am almost 13 weeks along, due on September 9th and doing alright. We are not going to find out the sex of the baby. We enjoy the surprise of finding out when the little one comes. We have names picked out for a boy and for a girl. Hailey is really hoping for a girl! Mom and Dad don't care either way.

*Hailey turned 3 at the beginning of February and thinks she knows everything. She does amaze us all of the time with how quickly she learns new things and with how much she wants to learn. She is so excited and desperate to go to school. She is VERY social!! She loves to talk to everyone and anyone that comes to our house she thinks is here for her entertainment only. She also recently got her own room (until the new baby arrives) since Uncle Andrew moved out. She loves it!!! We are still working on sharing with her brother and sister, but she is great at sharing with everyone else. Most people can't believe that she just barely turned 3. Sometimes I have trouble with it too.

*Chris and Maddie turned 1 on October 21st. They are walking and get into everything once my back is turned. They keep me very busy! If one doesn't think of something mischievous then the other one does and they both join in. Chris is very physical and likes to problem solve his way out of most things. Maddie is social as long as you are an arms length away and she is becoming much more vocal.

Now you are all caught up with us!!! Enjoy!

Happy Halloween!!

2009-11-02T11:55:00.001-08:00

We had a lot of fun this Halloween!! On Friday we went to Grandma Susan's work to visit and then to Aaron's work to visit and trick-or-treat some of the businesses in Palo Cedro. Aaron dressed up for as Clark Kent/Superman for Halloween (pictures to come later). He took Hailey around to the participating businesses and I followed with Chris and Maddie. Hailey had a blast!! On Saturday we went to Trunk or Treat at our ward building. All of the kids loved being around all of the people and Hailey loved getting candy!

Maddie in her pre-trick or treat outfit!!

Chris in his pre-trick or treat outfit!!

Minne Mouse - It was very hard to get her so pose for any picture.

Thing 1 and Thing 2 - Maddie hated to wear her hair.

On the way home from trunk or treat.

Catching up

2009-10-27T13:13:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't posted anything in a while. Life has been pretty busy! Here are some highlights of what has been going on with us. Some of the more fun stuff I'll post more about later.

First, we got a new vehicle!! We traded in my Camry for a '08 Dodge Grand Caravan. We love it!! We love the Camry too but with the kids getting bigger everyday it was getting a little cramped. White wouldn't of been our first choice, but it had most everything else we wanted.

It has stow and go seating which we love. I can have the seat down in the storage compartment, which gives me plenty of room to get Chris and Maddie in and out of the back seat. With the other seat up for Hailey to sit in I have lots of room to put stuff in the compartment it goes in.

This is one of my favorite things, with the push of a button I can open the doors. Since Chris and Maddie are not in their carrier seats any more I have my hands full. I just push the button and Hailey can get in the van instead of waiting in in the parking lot or wherever we might be she can get in the van and wait for me to buckle her in. So much safer!!!!

Next, we took a vacation!! Aaron took a week off of work and we first went to Vancouver, WA to see some amazing friends for 4 days. Thanks, Higham and Harris families!!!! The rest of the week we spent on the California coast. There are beautiful little cabins you can rent that are just south of the Oregon border. These cabins backyard is the beach. We've been here before and love it!!! (More about the vacation later. To much to tell about now).

Each family has a 2 year-old - Cater, Kylee and Hailey

All of our kids first time at the ocean

Next to last, Chris and Maddie turned 1 on October 21st!!

We now have 1 2yr-old and 2 1yr-olds! Life can be a little crazy but always entertaining.

Last, we had a birthday party for Chris and Maddie on the 24th. It was so much fun and they loved it even though they didn't really know what was going on.

(More about the party later)

Oh, and in there somewhere Aaron and I both had a birthday! He is now really old and I'm not!

Learning to walk - kind of

2009-09-15T23:06:00.000-07:00

Looking back

2009-09-13T13:45:00.000-07:00

The last few days I have started to plan Chris and Maddie's birthday party. I can't believe they are almost 1 year old. While trying to find and decide on birthday invitations for boy-girl twins (harder that you might think unless you want to spend a lot on them. I'd rather spend the money on the party and not the invitations) I was looking through my pictures and saw these...

27 weeks pregnant

35 weeks pregnant

38 weeks pregnant
Picture taken just before heading to the hospital! I still can't believe how big I was and the fact I had to be induced.

And about 6 hours later we went from a family of 3 to a family of 5!!!

Random Cuteness

2009-09-10T15:08:00.000-07:00

Typical morning at our house.

One of the many beautiful flowers at the Sacramento Temple

The serious face.

Smiley Girl!

He sure has his Daddy's eyes.

Since Maddie's hair seems to only be growing in the middle this was really easy to do with her hair.

Papa Pirate (aka: Papa DeVon)

I get comments on her hair all of the time. I love and hate her hair all at the same time.

I love this picture so I had to post it!

Chris' month full of firsts

2009-08-28T17:57:00.000-07:00

August has been a very full month for Chris. He has had a LOT of firsts this month and the month isn't even over yet.

1. He got his first tooth. That cute toothless grin is gone. It's still a very cute and most of the time mischievous grin, but now there are teeth.

2. He took his first bath in the big bath tub. First I tried giving them separate baths, but soon realized that it was faster and easier for me if I give them baths at the same time and they like it better when they're together.

3. He got his first hair cut. The hair cut was a little need for looks but mostly needed to save him from pain. Maddie would grab handfuls and pull. Since they are about the same height (she is a little taller) it was hard to continually stop her.

~Before~

~After~

This face is his latest trick.

4. He got his first black eye. While in the bath tub he tried to climb over Maddie to get a toy and fell. He hit his head, right on the cheek bone, on the side of the tub. Poor boy his first shiner at 10 months old.

Getting older and bigger

2009-08-28T17:21:00.000-07:00

Chris and Maddie are now 10 months old. It seems like it took forever to get to 6 months and now time is flying by. I didn't even realize that they were 10 months old until someone asked me, the other day how old they were. Both are still crawling and pulling themselves up on the furniture. But, both are much braver about holding on to stuff and walking around. Maddie still only has 6 teeth, but Chris is catching up, as of this morning he has 3. Maddie will hold on to the push toys and crawl on her knees. I don't think it will be long before she walks around while pushing them. Then the fun starts again, because when she is faster than Chris she can keep and take whatever toys she wants. This is what motivated him to move from the military crawl to a regular crawl. Once they are walking might life will be easier and crazier all at the same time.

Hailey loves to play with them and gets very frustrated by them all at the same time. Poor girl, she's out numbered. She'll move a toy so that one of the babies can't get it and the other one will be right there trying to get it. Both of the babies adore her, some day she'll appreciate that. I hope.

Hailey wants to be...

2009-08-12T20:50:00.000-07:00

In the car tonight while we were driving home from swim lessons (post to follow later) I told Hailey that tomorrow we are going to take Papa DeVon to his doctor's to get some papers and then to Papa's work to deliver them (DeVon had eye surgery and has to be off work for 2 weeks). She said that she needed to go to her doctor too, because she has the hiccups. She loves going to the doctor and thinks she need to go often.

I asked her if she wanted to be a doctor when she grows up she said "No."

So I asked the obvious question "Then what do you want to be when you grow up?"

With out missing a beat she said " I want to be a Mommy." That made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I must be doing something right if she wants to be like me when she grows up. Then after a minute or so she said "Brother and Sister can be doctors though." I'm not quite sure what that means.

Caged Animals

2009-08-07T11:26:00.000-07:00

Because Chris and Maddie are now crawling and pulling themselves up to stand they get into everything so I put up the gate to keep them in the play/family room.

Maddie didn't like it, but doesn't mind now.

Chris is so easy going that he doesn't care.

We're 9 months old!!!

2009-08-01T13:42:00.000-07:00

Chris and Maddie turned 9 months old on the 21st. I'm a little late with this post, but I wanted to wait until their 9 months check-up to give you all of their stats.

Chris is 28" tall and weights 17lbs 11oz. He still does the Army crawl, but recently started to pull himself up to a standing position and while holding on to something he will take a few steps. He eats like a horse and sleeps very well. Most nights he sleeps for 11 to 12 hours, but once he wakes up he's up and won't go back to sleep for a while. Lucky for us he is content to be put in a swing and watch Baby Einstein until we all get up. He loves to cuddle and has no teeth.

Maddie is 28 1/4" tall and weights 18lbs 12oz. She crawls and pushes herself to the sitting up position. She also pulls herself to the standing position and while holding on to something will take a few steps. She doesn't eat nearly as much as Chris and sleeps good. She is a light sleeper and at night sleeps for 9 to 10 hours, but she'll drink a bottle and go back to bed for a couple of hours. She recently learned to clap and is very proud of herself when she does. As of today she has 6 teeth. Her hair is also long enough to put a clip in.

They love to play with each other and hate it at the same time. They fight over everything and both love to watch and play with their big sister. Who love it sometimes and hates it others. I love to see the differences and similarities between them.

Missing Daddy

2009-07-31T20:13:00.000-07:00

As most of you know Hailey not only looks like her dad she is a Daddy's girl. She LOVES her Daddy a LOT!! Everyday, a couple of times a day she asks me when Daddy's coming home. Just before he should be home she will go out front and sit on the porch swing and wait for Daddy. Even if he's late she won't come in, without a fight, until he comes home. She is missing him very much right now. Aaron is gone backpacking and has been gone since Wednesday afternoon. Where they are has no cell service, so she hasn't seen or talked to her Daddy for a while and won't be able to until Monday evening. When she sees something of his or I say something about him she says " Daddy be back soon." Like she is reassuring herself that he is coming back. Tonight I asked her if she was missing Daddy and looking like she was about to cry she said "Yes Mommy, can I talk to him." We called his cell phone and when she heard his voice on his voicemail her entire face lit up. Poor Daddy's girl.

2 weeks old

4 months old

Daddy is so much fun!

First time meeting Grandpa DeVon's goats. She wouldn't go near them unless Daddy was holding her.

Dancing with Daddy

She hates the lawnmower, but sat with Daddy anyway.

2009-07-27T10:28:00.000-07:00

In order to fully appreciate this story I need to give you a little back ground. My nephew, Brendan that makes a kind of humming noise when he eats. It's a long story to explain why he does, lets just say it's his Dad's fault.
Now that you have the background information, back to my story. A couple of nights ago while we were eating dinner Hailey asked Aaron to sing her a song that he has been teaching her. To this request Aaron replied "I can't sing while I eat because I have food in my mouth." He then closed his mouth and tried to sing. By doing this he made a humming noise while he ate.
Hailey's immediate reaction was to say "Daddy your not Brendan."

Sleep walker

2009-07-07T11:20:00.000-07:00

Last night Maddie woke up around 3:00, so I went in gave her some teething stuff and put her pacifier back in. When I headed back to bed I noticed something was in the rocking chair that I feed the twins their morning bottle in. I didn't have my contact in or glasses on so everything farther than about 6 niches from my face is fuzzy. When I went to clean off the chair so I could use it in the morning this is what I found...

Pretty cute discovery!!!

Can't help but smile

2009-07-02T12:04:00.001-07:00

Chris and Maddie almost always find their big sister entertaining and Hailey loves to entertain them.

The Next American Idol?

2009-07-01T14:37:00.000-07:00

Every time she sings she has to stand on something, like it's her stage.

8 months

2009-06-26T16:15:00.000-07:00

Chris and Maddie are now 8 months (and 5 days old)!!! A little late, but not bad considering all that is going on around here. Enjoy!!!

Always Entertaining

2009-06-26T15:36:00.000-07:00

Anytime I get the camera Hailey insists I take a picture of her. Here are a few of her recent ones.

WARNING: If you come to our house and take off your shoes this will happen to you. Good luck finding your shoes when you want to leave. Heels are her favorite, because they make the most noise. This happens to me every Sunday when we get home from church.

Random but necessary

2009-06-23T15:51:00.000-07:00

About a month ago we had the Redding Rodeo. To show his support Aaron had his branch decorated, had a chili cook off with all of his employees (he didn't win) and on the last day before the rodeo he shaved his facial hair to look like this...

Lucky for me we had family pictures that weekend so it didn't stick around for long.

Breakfast of Champions

2009-06-12T10:03:00.000-07:00

This morning Hailey said "Mama, I'm hungry."

I replied "OK, what do you want for breakfast?"

And after thinking about it for a few seconds she said "Burgers!"We had cereal instead.

6 Flags Discovery Kingdom

2009-06-09T13:01:00.000-07:00

This past Friday we went to 6 Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo. It was a blast!!! It was Hailey's first time at an amusement park and she loved every minute of it!!! She was a little to short to ride any rides by herself, but I think she would rather of had Mom or Dad with her anyways. She also loved spending the day with one of her Grandmas, a couple of Aunts and about half of her cousins. Since we had 3 double strollers and one single stroller, all of the older kids played musical strollers. She liked any ride that went up high, went fast, or spun around but her favorite ride was the swings.

Hailey and Mommy in the Tea Cups

Hailey and Daddy in the Helicopter

Most of the McDaniel's

Hailey and her cousin Eva

Hailey, her cousin Canyon and her Aunt Tina

Hailey loved all of the animals but her favorite animals to see were the dolphins.

I think Chris and Maddie had fun too, even though they had no idea what was going on. They enjoyed being outside all day and took turns sleeping in their double stroller.

Learning to Sharing

2009-06-09T12:26:00.000-07:00

Now that Chris and Maddie move around better it's easier for them to get to each other. Like most kids they want what the other one has, even if they just had it. I use to be able to put them on either side of the room with their own pile of toys and everyone was happy. Now Chris kind of crawls and Maddie rolls until they get to each other, really to the toy that other one has. While it is very cute to watch, someone always ends up getting upset. In these pictures Chris is doing the taking (except the pacifier is attached to Maddie) and Maddie is getting very upset.

Don't feel too sorry for Maddie, because it does go both ways. Sometimes she is the one taking from her older brother.

Our Beautiful Andrea

2009-06-08T09:33:00.000-07:00

Our niece, Andrea graduated from 8th grade this passed Wednesday. She is a wonderful young woman!!! I can't believe that she will be in High School next year.

When Aaron graduated from High School Andrea was a toddler and there is a picture of him holding her at his graduation. We thought it would be fun to have a picture of him holding her at her graduation.

During the ceremony the graduates came out to the audience and gave their moms a flower as a thank you.

Hailey loves her cousin. She called out her name the entire ceremony and climbed into her arms as soon as Andrea came over to us.

Congratulations Andrea!!! We are proud of you and love you very much!!!

Does everything comes in two's?

2009-06-01T14:14:00.000-07:00

Maddie got her first teeth!!!! Yes, teeth. On the morning of May 18th I felt the little sharp points of a tooth popping out of Maddie's gums. When Aaron got home from work (around 6) I had him feel her gums for the tooth. When he did, he said "Don't you mean, teeth?" He was right. That morning it was one tooth and with in 9 hours she had popped out her second tooth. I waited until now to post so I could have pictures to go with it.

"Mama"

2009-05-26T11:39:00.000-07:00

Maddie is now talking (kind of). It's more coping what I do, but after a couple of days she will say "Mama" to get my attention.

Hailey said Dada first, so I really wanted either Chris or Maddie to say Mama first. One out of three isn't bad. Chris is now the tie breaker.

The begining of the end of bottles

2009-05-20T12:18:00.000-07:00

Chris and Maddie are now eating baby food!!!!

Here are a few pictures and video of their first taste.

(Carrots)

Car Show

2009-05-14T16:40:00.000-07:00

A couple of weekends ago we went to the Hot-O-Rama car show in Anderson. Here are some things that we saw!!!

Hailey and Grandpapa DeVon by his favorite car at the show

They let kids sit inside the helicopter! Hailey loved it because we get to see helicopters and planes all the time since we live right by the airport.

This picture is for Uncle Jason!!

Daddy and Hailey

The oldest car there

Smallest car there!

These are bicycles!

Too cute, not to share

2009-04-28T12:39:00.001-07:00

Maddie and Chris rollin' around

Asleep @ the park

They may not look alike, but sometimes they act alike.

Havin' fun @ the park

Getting bigger everyday

2009-04-28T12:06:00.000-07:00

Chris and Maddie are now 6 months old!! Technically they were 6 months on the 21st, but I wanted to wait to post pictures until I had their 6 month stats to go with it and yesterday was their well baby check-ups.

Chris is 26 3/4in tall and weights 16lbs 5oz!!

Maddie is 27in tall and weights 16lbs 9 oz!!!

She is now bigger than her older brother. Until this appointment she has always been 2oz lighter and any where from 1/4 in to 1/2 in shorter.

When we were comparing their stats to Hailey's at 6 months they are both much bigger than she was. Hailey was 25 3/4 in tall and 15lbs 3 oz.

~Hailey @ 6 months~

Chris dose have, and has had since birth, some white bumps on his tongue. The Doctor thought that they would go away on their own, but since they have not yet he has referred us to an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist. I'm waiting for them to call me back to make the appointment and will keep you updated on what is going on with him.

Random Things

2009-04-24T12:51:00.001-07:00

Last week we started Chris and Maddie on baby cereal. Messy, fun and frustrating all at the same time. Hailey loves it and stand behind me the whole time I'm feeding Chris and Maddie. They love to watch their big sister and smile at her most of the time which is cute, but it makes it hard for them to keep any cereal in their mouth.

Maddie decided that she no longer wanted to share a sleeping space with Chris, so we went and got her her own crib. Once it was in their room Hailey climbed underneath and said "I'm in a cage Mama."

Maddie now rolls all over the room. Once I set her down she is off and is fine until she gets stuck against something or is too tired to make herself roll over anymore.

Chris' favorite thing to do now is bee in the jumper. He could be in the jumper for hours and be happy the only time he wants out is for food and too sleep...

most of the time.

I laid Chris and Maddie down under the projector screen to watch Baby Einstein (which they love) while I was cooking dinner. When I came back in Hailey had climbed in the middle of them and was watching too.

Hailey loves her little brother and sister and love her too. Hailey gets so excited when she plays with them and all she has to do is look at them and they will smile or laugh.

Chris and Maddie's first walk sitting up in their stroller. They loved to be able to look around and see more. Especially being able to she their big sister in the stroller next to them.

Big Jack!!

2009-04-15T15:54:00.000-07:00

People who see Jack almost always comment on how BIG he is. Here are some pictures for you to compare our lovable and patient dog!!!!

Jack just after we got him. Jack when he came to live with us again.
Jack today.

A few of my favorite things about being a mom

2009-04-10T11:23:00.000-07:00

I had to share/vent:

1. Children who have to have their plug (pacifier) in to fall asleep, but continually pull them out. And when you wrap them up tight so they can't get their arms out to pull their plug out them get mad and still don't fall asleep.
2. Children who share their illness with their siblings and parents.
3. Children who cry and get upset for no reason.
4. Children who, on their own, continually roll from their back to their stomach and then get mad they are on their stomach. Especially when you know they can roll from their stomach to their back.
5. Children who have to be next to each other, but then get mad when one of them is touching the other.
6. Children who refuse to eat their lunch or dinner and then 10 min later tell you "I'm hungry".
7. Children who cry every time you comb their hair, even when there are no tangles.
8. Children who need to eat and while you are feeding them they reach up and push the bottle away over and over. Especially when it's 5 in the morning.
9. Children who ask you the same question over and over and over even when you've already given them an answer.
10. Children who are as stubborn and you and your husband.

But then they smile at you, or give you a hug or a kiss, or say something really cute, or do something nice for one of their siblings, or any number of things and all the annoying stuff is forgotten (most of it). I really love being a mom and wouldn't trade it or any of my kids for anything.

Help!!!

2009-04-02T15:26:00.000-07:00

I would like to get Hailey potty trained!!! With 3 kids in diapers we spend a lot of money on diapers. She is very, very stubborn (not like her mom or dad at all, Ha! Ha!) She will sit on her potty for a while and then say "I'm all done" and she hasn't gone. Once I put a diaper on her then she'll go pee. It's kind of frustrating!!! We've bought her books, which she knows by heart because we've read it so many times. We've tried using using "potty candy" as a reward. I ask her all the time if she wants to go in her big girl potty. She usually thinks about it for a second and then says "No". We bought her Disney princess pull-ups and use those as a reward as well. It doesn't work. When she gets upset that we are changing her diaper we tell her Mommy and Daddy won't have to change your diaper if you go potty in the big girl potty. She still doesn't care. With Chris and Maddie needing my attention too I don't know what to do. Help!!! Any thoughts?

First 5!!!!

2009-03-30T15:07:00.000-07:00

OK! So this is how this works...the first 5 people to respond to this post will receive something made by me for you. My choice. Made especially for you.Of course there are some restrictions and limitations:

1 I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2 What I create will be just for you.
3 It will be done sometime this year.
4 You have no clue what it will be. It may be a story. It may be poetry or an article on properly cleaning your face before a masque. I may draw or paint something. I may bake something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure.
5 I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

The catch? The catch is that you must re-post this on your own blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on their blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did will win a fabulous homemade gift by me!! Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!!

5 months old!!

2009-03-27T14:13:00.000-07:00

Chris and Maddie are now 5 months old and this month I'm only 6 days late in posting their pictures. Hurray for me!! They are SO much fun!!!! They are also getting very heavy. I'll be glad when the time comes that I don't have to carry them around in their car seats anymore, but in the mean time I'm getting really toned arms.

Better late then never

2009-03-25T17:07:00.001-07:00

Chris and Maddie's first Valentines Day!

Can you tell I picked out the onesies

All smiles, most of the time

Funny Girl

2009-03-16T11:51:00.000-07:00

Hailey gets funnier everyday!!! This morning she screamed and I told her "Screaming in the house is bad because it's loud and obnoxious." She replied "An-oxious, I'm not an-oxious." She loves to repeat everything she hears or things that we (mostly Aaron) teach her to say. Aaron has taught her, if asked "What's Uncle Andrew?" she'll say "gay" and if asked "What's Uncle Joe?" she'll say " a retard". She'll also says, when Chris and Maddie are upset "What's Chris/Maddie's problem". She is also very protective over her little brother and sister. She always has to know where they are and doesn't like it if people she doesn't know hold them. She also doesn't like it if they are upset, she'll come over to Aaron or myself and tell us to fix it!!! The other day Maddie was fussing for no reason, she is very emotional and dramatic. Aaron was holding Maddie and started to bug her because she was fussing. Hailey came right over to Aaron and demanded that he give her Maddie because he was being "not nice" (as Hailey put it). She is very demanding and loving when it comes to Maddie Girl and Stinky Boy Chris, as she sometimes calls them.

Party Girl

2009-03-05T10:27:00.000-08:00

As you can see by the post below Hailey turned 2. That means party time!! Of the choices she was given Hailey decided to have a Cars themed birthday party and loved it. Some family and close family friends came to celebrate. Hailey had a lot of fun seeing and playing with everyone. Since she is still a little to young to play most birthday games we just pulled out all of the toys and let the kids play while the adults chatted. Then we had lunch, opened presents (thanks everyone she loves her new toys and books), sang Happy Birthday and had some cake. It was so much fun and Hailey really, really loved it.

~ Thanks for coming ~

~ Presents~

~The Cake (not to bad for my first b-day cake)~

~ "Happy Birthday to Hailey"~

~Enjoying the cake~

Chris and Maddie enjoyed the party too because they got held the whole time. Lucky babies!!

Happy Birthday Hailey

2009-03-04T21:19:00.001-08:00

On February 6th our little Hailey Bug turned 2 years old or as she says it "2 fingers". When I asked her what she wanted to do for her birthday she said "walk on the bridge". Once Aaron got home from work we went to the Sundial Bridge and walked across. She said "Hi" to everything, the bridge, the people there, the river, everything. Hailey and Aaron went down to the river bed and threw rocks in while Chris, Maddie and myself walked around under the bridge and took pictures. From there we went to Olive Garden for dinner. Pasta is one of Hailey's favorite things to eat. After dinner we went to Wal-Mart and picked out her present, fish. She loves to look at the fish at Wal-Mart and every time we go there she asks if we can. We got her a small fish tank and 5 goldfish. She loves to watch her fish and asks us to turn on the light and feed them all the time. She also talks to the fish and tells them what to do. It's very cute to watch. Here are a few pictures of her day.

~Hailey 2 years old~

~Hailey 1 year old~
Still just as cute as she ever was

Getting bigger

2009-03-03T15:02:00.000-08:00

Chris and Maddie are now 4 months old. Here are some pictures to show you how they've grown and their stats from the 4 month well baby check-ups.

Chris - 24 1/2 " & 14lbs

Maddie - 24" & 13lbs 14oz

Chris is still 1/2 an inch taller and 2oz heavier than Maddie.
Boy, am I getting some buff arms caring these two and their car seats around!

Random Walton Cuties

2009-02-26T14:31:00.000-08:00

Here are some random cute pictures of the Walton children, to catch you all up on the fun we have around here.

Twin Connection

2009-02-26T14:08:00.000-08:00

Whenever I put Chris by Maddie or Maddie by Chris they always reach for each other. No matter if one is upset or not they both stop what they are doing and smile. Now that they are moving around more sometimes they will turn and look at each other and smile. Also if they are laying by each other, they will hold hands.

In hiding

2009-02-13T13:52:00.000-08:00

I haven't really been in hiding, but since my last post was almost a month ago it looks like it. The truth is we rearranged the house a little bit. In the rearranging the computer got moved to a spot that doesn't have direct Internet hook up, so we had to get all of the stuff to make it wireless. All is well fixed now and working great. Now I have to get Aaron to reload my pictures onto the computer so I can share them and let all of you in on what the Walton's have been up to. In the mean time here are a couple teasers: Hailey turned 2, Maddie rolled over (stomach to back) and Chris is trying to roll over back to stomach (he already accomplished stomach to back).

Mommy's big helper

2009-01-24T09:04:00.000-08:00

Whenever either of the twins is upset Hailey will always come tell me. She loves her little brother and sister and always wants to know were they are. She gets upset if some one she doesn't know is holding one of them and tells Aaron or myself to go get them. She is going to be a great mom some day!

3 months old

2009-01-23T14:10:00.000-08:00

Chris and Maddie are now 3 months old. Sometimes I wonder where the time has gone. Other times I wonder has it only been 3 months? It is fun to see how they have changed in such a small amount of time.

Christopher Aaron

Madalynne Lily

The Walton Twins

This one was for my enjoyment. I think it is hilarious!

An afternoon at the park

2009-01-21T14:22:00.000-08:00

Since Aaron had Monday off we took the kids to Kids Kingdom. Hailey had a blast being out of the house and playing with Daddy.

Aaron watches Hailey on the jumping bridge.

Chris enjoying the park!

This is how Maddie enjoyed the park!

Hailey having fun!

Daddy playing with Chris and Maddie before we left for the park!

Playing in the backyard

2009-01-21T11:52:00.000-08:00

Since having the twins, Hailey and I aren't able (without help) to go out and do a lot of the things we use to, like go to the park, see friends or even to go the grocery store. Hailey is very much a people person and loves to be out and about. She usually gets bored of being in the house by the time she gets up from her nap, so since we have been having nice weather I send her outside and she plays on the back patio.

Now because I take pictures of Chris and Maddie, Hailey will slow down and ask for me to take a picture of her too. She usually does something like this, cute but a little dorky too.

If Jack doesn't follow her outside she will come in and get him. It's very cute to watch her try so hard to get him to come outside with her. Jack will look at her like, you want me to do what? Then he'll turn to me with his puppy dog eyes pleading to not have to go outside. I don't do or say anything and he almost always follows her outside, plowing her over as he does and she treats him like this. It's a love/hate relationship for both of them. She did however just discover his dog brush and will brush him for as long as he'll sit still. He loves it!!

I love both of these pictures!!

Getting in her workout!!

She really likes to play with the broom and will sweep off the

whole patio. She must me my daughter!

Poor girl, I don't know what we'll do if it starts to rain again.

Any ideas on how to keep a 2-year-old entertained

while Mommy is taking care of two babies?

Husband Post

2009-01-19T12:59:00.000-08:00

My sister Christine tagged me a while ago, but I've been kind of ignoring it until I had more things crossed off my to do list. Well I have about half of my list done so let me tell you a little about my husband, Aaron.

5 Things he loves (not in any particular order):

1. Our Family
2. Watches (he has 8)
3. Shoes (especially Clarks and Adidas)
4. Knowing weird yet interesting facts
5. Chicago Bears and music

5 Things on his to do list:

1. Enjoy his 3 day weekend

2. Take his dad's watch to get fixed

3. Get us out of debt

4. Take Hailey to the park

5. Find some lunch

5 snacks he likes:

1. chips and salsa

2. pretzels

3. pork rines (yuck

4. combos (double yuck)

5. sour or cinnamon candy

5 facts you may not know:

1. He likes to clean

2. He hates spiders (I kill all of the spiders in our house)

3. He hates to wear t-shirts

4. He has seen every episode of Gilmore Girls

5. He wanted our first child to be a girl

5 places he's lived:

1. Redding, CA

2. Chico, CA

3. Anderson, CA

4. Red Bluff, CA

5. Various places in the state of Sonora, Mexico

5 quirky things about him:

1. He always knows at least 1 person no matter where we go
2. If dared he will do most anything
3. All animals and small children love him (seriously random children that we don't know will come up to him and talk to him or at church they will come sit on his lap)
4. He loves clothes and has more than I do
5. He likes to mess with people (ie: at stake or ward activities he will tell random kids, that he may or may not know, that their mom or dad is looking for them when they aren't. Or when he was in high school he and a friend broke into another friends house, while the family was on vacation and moved all the rooms around, ie: all of the furniture from the living room into the bedroom and all of the furniture from the bedroom into the kitchen)

5+ Wives I tag:

1. Kate

2. Erin

3. Robin

4. Wendy

5. Nicole

6. Elen

Attack of the big sister

2009-01-09T13:37:00.001-08:00

Hailey loves her little brother and sister. She always wants to know where they are and loves to help mom with them. She also loves to give them kisses and talk to them. When either one gets upset she will go to them and try to give them their plug (pacifier). If that doesn't work, which is most of the time because she tends to put the plug in upside down, she'll talk to them trying to make them happy.

Chris watching Hailey, whose ready to strike!

Attack of the BIG SISTER!!!

Contrary to this picture Maddie is actually her favorite. Hailey specifically asks for Maddie to sit next to her in the car. And if you ask Hailey she which she likes better she will usually tell you Maddie. Must be a girl thing.

All three of your children. We had to hurry with this picture since Chris and Maddie were grabbing and pulling Hailey's hair.

The beginning of the end

2009-01-09T13:20:00.000-08:00

He did it!!!! Chris rolled over on Tuesday! I'm excited and sad at the same time. Excited because he's growing up and sad because he's growing up. I'm also a little nervous because, like the title says, this is the beginning of the end. Pretty soon he'll be sitting up and then he'll be crawling and so on. What am I going to do once Chris and Maddie are mobile? As for Maddie, I don't think she'll roll over for a while. When I put her on her stomach for tummy time she just puts her arms out in front of her and puts her head down and screams. Very, very loud!!!!!

He use to just fall asleep during tummy time!! I swear he

can fall asleep anywhere as long as his belly is full.

Instead of Stockings

2009-01-08T15:03:00.000-08:00

Instead of stockings every year my In-laws come up with something else to fill. For instance last year they bought and filled slippers for everyone. This year it was hats. Here are all of our kids in their Christmas hats! My father in-law says he already has an idea for this year. I guess we'll have to wait and see what will replace stockings this year.

My kids still know know all about stockings though. My mom made these beautiful stockings for Santa to fill. We'll have to see how this year goes before we'll know what he is going to fill them with.

Chris and Maddie's Blessing

2009-01-03T10:56:00.000-08:00

This past Sunday (Dec. 28th) we took advantage of the fact that a lot of

family would be in town for the Holidays and blessed Christopher Aaron

and Madalynne Lily. It was a wonderful day and I am so happy

that almost all of our family could be there.

The Walton men! Don't they look hansom!!

Can you tell she is already a Daddy's girl?

Mommy and the twins

Twins, Daddy and both Papa's

Most of the men in the blessing circles
(Uncle Andrew snuck off before the pictures were taken)
Front row R to L: Papa Dave (my dad), Aaron, Papa DeVon
(Aaron's Dad)and Ryan (brother-in-law)
Back row R to L: Uncle Bradley (my dads brother), Jason
(brother-in-law) and Joe (brother-in-law)

Thank you to all of those who came to Chris and Maddie's
special day and to all of you that couldn't make it
we missed you.

Christmas

2008-12-28T17:50:00.000-08:00

This Christmas was more fun than last year since Hailey gets it

a little more. She really liked opening her presents and

and playing with all of her toys. After opening some

of the toys we would have to remind her of the

other presents that she hadn't opened yet.

Hailey coming down the hall Christmas morning. Since she comes

into our room when she wakes up, we all showered and got

mostly ready for the day before we came out to see

what Santa had brought us.Jack decided to wait for us too.

Hailey's favorite present!! As soon as she saw it she ran to her trike and wanted to ride it right away!

Check out the smile!

She also loved the fish lamp she got.

She immediately wanted it out of the box to watch it.
Uncle Andrew helped with that while we opened more presents

She also got more beads to make necklaces to add to her pretties collection

Chris and Maddie - 2 months old

2008-12-28T17:06:00.000-08:00

Chris and Maddie turned 2 months old on December 21st and the following day

went to the doctor for their 2 month check-up. Chris weighted 10lbs 2oz and

was 22 1/2 inches long. Maddie weighted 10lbs and was 22 1/4 inches long.

Both are right on track. They both also got their first shots, two in

each leg to be exact. Poor babies :(

Madalynne

The many faces of Madalynne Lily

Christopher

Getting your picture taken by Mommy must be really boring

Hailey, I think?

2008-12-14T19:29:00.000-08:00

She wears the hat and purse on a daily basis. The

sunglasses were a new addition. She is always entertaining!!!

Catch Up

2008-12-08T15:56:00.000-08:00

Having 3 children under the age of 2 keeps my hands full. I'm usually holding a baby or keeping Hailey entertained or feeding someone. When Aaron gets home he is a big help and usually takes someone off my hands, but when he gets home I want to spend time as a family. All of this combined puts me a little behind in blogging. The following posts should get all of you caught up on what has been going in around here.

Anniversary

2008-12-08T15:17:00.000-08:00

Last month was my In-laws anniversary (37th I think). For those of you who know my father-in-law won't be surprised by the following pictures. He dressed up like a very old man and brought my Mother-in-law a long steamed rose at work. Since Susan works at an elementary school and DeVon came during lunch, all if the kids thought that it was very funny.

Hailey is in these pictures because Susan didn't know what to expect so she wouldn't go outside without a grandchild and Aaron and I already had Chris and Maddie.

Ready for Church

2008-12-08T14:24:00.000-08:00

Since Chris and Maddie have grown quite a bit they now fit into the clothes we have for them to wear to church. Aren't they adorable!!!

Twins 1 month old

2008-12-08T13:57:00.000-08:00

Halloween

2008-12-08T13:14:00.000-08:00

Halloween - better late than never

Our little flower - Hailey

Madalynne

Christopher

Walton Look-alike Meter

2008-11-26T15:16:00.001-08:00

I finally got one that looks like me!

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Family history - Family heritage

Walton Look-alike Meter

2008-11-26T14:52:00.001-08:00

Another Daddy's girl!

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Dynasty - Free family tree templates

Walton Look-alike Meter

2008-11-26T14:44:00.001-08:00

I don't think that this should suprise any of you!

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Free family tree - Family photo sharing

Rainy Day Fun!!

2008-11-20T14:09:00.001-08:00

I have been receiving baby boy clothes like crazy (thanks everyone!!). My sister Amanda, along with other stuff sent a rain coat. We had a big rain storm a couple of weeks ago, so Aaron took Hailey out to play in the rain (in her new coat of course). She and Aaron had a blast!!! She really needed the one on one time with her Daddy, since we brought Chris and Maddie home the week before. Thanks for the rain coat Amanda, it made Hailey's rainy day fun possible.

Sweetie Post

2008-11-17T14:01:00.000-08:00

So here it is:

Each person answers questions about their sweethearts. At the end of the post, the person then tags 6 people and posts their names; then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment, letting them know they have been tagged.

What is your husbands name? Aaron DeVon Walton
How long have you guys been married? 4 1/2 years
How long did you date? 1 year and then we were engaged for 4 months
How old is he? 30
Who is taller? Him, but only by a couple of inches
Who can sing best? We both can sing, but Aaron is better than I am. Since his dad loves to sing Aaron gets roped into singing a lot.
Who is smarter? Aaron!! He absorbs everything and is such a people person that he learns a lot from just talking to anyone.
Who does laundry? Me, but he does help a lot with putting it away since I have my hands full of babies right now
Who pays the bills? Both of us. He is in banking, so he knows how to handle money
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do! We tried switching when I was pregnant because his side was closer to the bathroom, but he had trouble sleeping on my side.
Who mows the lawn? Until we moved into this house we haven't had a lawn, and since we moved into this house we have had to hire people to do it since we don't have a lawn mower. So I don't know, but Aaron I hope. I hate to mow the lawn.
Who cooks dinner? Usually me, but Aaron is an excellent cook
Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? We both are way too stubborn. I guess it's about 50/50.
Who kissed who first? I didn't remember so I asked Aaron and he said that he kissed me first.
Who wears the pants? Um, depends on the situation???

I tag: Wendy Day, Wendy Johnson, Kate, Christine, Robin and Nicole

Per your request

2008-11-13T13:05:00.000-08:00

I have had many requests to post more pictures of Chris and Maddie. I hope this post will fufill those requests.

Aaron's favorite

(He put his hand like this on his own)

Sleeping Habits

2008-10-31T11:28:00.000-07:00

Every night before we go to bed we always check on Hailey, give her kisses and cover her up (she hates to be covered up, so we have to wait until she is asleep). The other night when Aaron checked on her before going to bed this is what he found. Funny girl!!!

We're here!!!!!

2008-10-24T14:50:00.000-07:00

Here are the vital statistics that you all have been waiting for, Christopher Aaron Walton was 6lb 3oz, 19 inches long and was born at 4:40pm on October 21 2008 and Madalynne Lily Walton was 6lb 1oz, 18 1/2 inches long and was born at 4:43 pm on October 21 2008. Both are doing great and so are mom and dad. Big sister, Hailey loves her new baby brother and sister, although she is currently at my parents and hasn't been home with them yet. I don't think that her feelings will change once she is back home. Here are some pictures for all of you to enjoy. You can also go to Mercy.org and check out the pictures that the hospital took.

~Christopher~

~Madalynne~

~They love to be together~

Here is what my belly looked like that morning!

Wish me luck

2008-10-20T10:49:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow is the day!!! Tomorrow I go to the hospital to be induced. Maddie and Chris are coming out weather they like it or not. I think they will like it!! There are so many people who can't wait to meet them that I don't think they will be put down for the first month of their life. Aaron is at work today, but then he will be off the next three weeks to help me with everything. I know that we are in for a BIG change, but it will be a wonderful change!!!!! As soon as we can we will get pictures up on the blog so everyone can see them.

Aaron's 30th Birthday

2008-10-06T16:02:00.000-07:00

Aaron is turning 30 on October 15th. Kind of scary that he will become the father of three the same month that he is turning 30. I already tell him that he is really old. I have kind of been waiting for this all year and wanted to do something special, but once we found out that we were having twins that idea went out the window. I was unsure of when the twins would come and how everything would go with the pregnancy, so we are going to have a nice quiet, small party at home. However, I would like you all to do me a favor. If you could please type up a memory about Aaron. What ever you want: funny, heartfelt, entertaining, whatever. Then send it to me either my email or the old fashion way, by mail. I want to put them all together in a book for him. Kind of like a recap of the past 30 years. If you want to write up more than one memory that would be great!! And if you know of more people that would like to contribute that would be great too!!! Thanks for your help.

Random Tag

2008-10-06T15:13:00.000-07:00

Eight TV shows I love to watch (in no particular order)
1. Life
2. Chuck
3. Bones
4. House
5. The Office
6. Gilmore Girls (I own all the seasons on DVD)
7. Sunday football (with my honey)
8. New Amsterdam (thanks to Hulu)

Eight things that happened yesterday
1. Slept in (Aaron took Hailey since I was up part of the night sick)
2. Watched football with Aaron (the Bears won!!!!!)
3. Went to Wal-Mart to buy a new battery for my car (the old one died Saturday night and I two baby appointments I had to be at today)
4. Went to my in-laws to spent some time with Aaron's Grandma (it was her 84th birthday on Friday)
5. Helped Aaron put the new battery in my car
6. Put the bases to the twins car seats in my car (just so we are ready when they decide to come)
7. Gave Hailey a bath and put her to bed
8. Made dinner (beans and homemade bread)

Eight favorite places to eat (in no particular order)
1. Olive Garden
2. Red Robin
3. In & Out
4. Casa Ramos
5. Peter Chow's
6. Costco (Polish dogs)
7. Grandma Evie's house
8. Home (especially if Aaron cooks)

Eight things I'm looking forward to
1. Having the Christopher and Madalynne
2. Watching Hailey with Chris and Maddie
3. Watching Aaron with Chris and Maddie
4. Holding Chris and Maddie
5. Aaron's 30th birthday
6. Hailey at Halloween (maybe this year she'll get what's going on)
7. Aaron being done with school
8. Owning our own home

Eight things on my wish list
1. Not having a c-section
2. Having an uncomplicated delivery
3. Sleep (not going to happen once the twins arrive)
4. My feet returning to normal size
5. Being able to fit into normal clothes
6. Having my Thank You cards done
7. A pedicure
8. All of the things that I didn't know that I would need for the twins

People I tag
1. Aaron (since he has never written anything on our blog)
2. Erin
3. Kate
4. Wendy Johnson
5. Wendy Day

35 weeks pregnant

2008-10-04T11:32:00.000-07:00

For those that are interested here is what I look like 35 weeks pregnant with twins. Aaron took these yesterday. On Tuesday I will be 36 weeks. Maybe some day soon these two will come out to meet everyone. Enjoy!!!! And no laughing (j/k).

Day full of babies

2008-09-30T10:56:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I had three different appointment for the twins. First I had to go to the hospital for my 20 minutes of monitoring. Everyone is great and no Braxton Hicks. From there I went straight over to my doctors office. Once again everyone is great. I asked her about having a c-section. She said that we would have to wait to see what the ultrasound (my next stop for the day) said before we made any decisions. But if Madalynne had not flipped that I had two choices. One, we would schedule a c-section. Two, I could deliver Chris, who is head down and presenting first, and wait to see if Madalynne flips then if she doesn't then I would need to have an emergency c-section. The reason that I would have to have a c-section if she doesn't flip is that since everything will already be stretched out, for delivering Chris that she might come out butt first and her head could get stuck. The only benefit I saw to Maddie not flipping was that then I would have a scheduled delivery. From my doctors office I drove across town to the ultrasound place and got to see the twins. Chris was his usual photogenic self and we got to see his face. Madalynne on the other hand had her face in toward her brother and down a little so we couldn't see any of her face. We could see that she has hair though. We could also see that she had flipped!!!!! Yea, they are both head down and very, very low. Chris is at the top of my pelvic bone and the top of Madalynne's head is level with his eyes. I'm now 35 weeks along and could have them any day and all should be great. Oh yea one more thing that most of you want to know, Madalynne is about 6lbs 2oz and Chris is 5lbs 4oz. This is not completely accurate as most of you that have had children know, but according to the measurements of each this is any estimate. I can't wait for them to come!!! I really want to hold them.

One more place to go

2008-09-26T10:38:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I had to go up to the hospital. Nothing to worry or get excited about. My doctor wants me to go to the hospital twice a week to monitor the twins. All that happens is that I lay in a hospital bed for 20 minutes with a fetal heart monitor on each baby and also the monitor that checks for and keeps track of contractions. This is something that my doctor usually does at her office, but since I'm having twins and she is only equip to monitor single babies she sent me to the hospital for it. The nurse that checked everything said that the twins are doing beautifully and also informed that I'm having Braxton Hicks contractions (which I don't feel). I thought that it was pretty funny that I'm having contractions, even if they are fake, that I don't feel. They also monitor how the babies react to the contractions. The only bad news that I got was that if Madalynne, who is head up, doesn't flip to be head down when I go into labor that I will have to have a c-section. I know that that isn't all that bad but I really don't want to have a c-section, because the recovery time is much longer and much harder. We have another ultrasound on Monday so we should be able to see then if there are any changes in the babies positions. That's all for now I'll keep you posted if anything else changes.

Piggy Tails

2008-09-15T17:21:00.000-07:00

Hailey's hair is now long enough for me to do something with. Enjoy the new hair do! Aaron and I agree that she looks older with her hair pulled back. What do you think?

Papa's goats

2008-08-29T12:48:00.000-07:00

My Father-in-law has two goats and last weekend Papa DeVon called and asked if Hailey wanted to ride one of his goats. It sounded like fun to us, so we went out to where the goats are kept and Hailey road one of Papa goats. She had a blast!! The only thing that she didn't really like is if the goat started to go a little too fast. She now talks about Papa's goats all the time.

She also thought that it was really fun to feed the goats too!!!

Daddy getting kisses from one of the goats

Putting her on the goat Getting use to the goat
Check out that smile!!! What a happy girl!!

My little, big girl

2008-08-26T16:57:00.000-07:00

With the twins coming soon, we decided to try to get Hailey use to sleeping in her new toddler bed. With help I moved it into her room yesterday and let her play on it while I moved stuff around to make room for it. Once she was already for bed she laid down in her new big girl bed and cried a little when we shut the door. After about 2 minutes we didn't hear anything and went to check on her this is what we found.

She had to have all 5 of her favorite animals to sleep, but she slept all night in her new big girl bed. This morning when she woke up and I went in to get her she was very excited that she had slept in her big girl bed all night. She also took her nap in it this afternoon. I think that we might have already succeeded in the transition to the new bed. We'll she how well it goes once the twins arrive.

Twins update!!!

2008-08-18T15:34:00.000-07:00

We had our 3rd ultrasound today. All is well!!! Both Chris and Maddie are right on schedule with their growth and size. Maddie is the bigger of the two and has her head up by my ribs. With all her measurement information she measures at 30 weeks and 3 days and weights just over 3 1/2 lbs. Chris is the smaller of the two and he rests with his feet up by my ribs. He measures at 29 weeks and 6 days and weights just over 3 lbs. I'll be 29 weeks tomorrow. I'm told that most twins, while in the womb, will be in the opposite direction of each other. There is a little more room this way. Both are right on schedule as if they were single babies and not twins, but they probably won't gain as much weight as a single baby does at the very end of a pregnancy. The tech said that they can't give me an accurate birth weight and size until after my 34th week, which will be about the time we have our next ultrasound. The tech also said that if I go past my 37th week I will probably have another ultrasound after that. I really do like all of the ultrasounds that I get to have since there is more than one baby in me. It is really cool to get to see them more often than I got to see Hailey in the womb. Chris is very photogenic and cooperates very well with what the tech wants to see. Maddie on the other hand hides and moves all over and makes it difficult for the tech. When the tech tried to show us their faces Chris moved right in the way and we could see his face very clearly, however Maddie kept her hand over half of her face most of the time but we did one picture of her with her hand on her head instead of covering her face. They are both perfect and I can't wait for them to come.

Interesting and fun!

2008-08-18T15:14:00.000-07:00

HowManyOfMe.com

There are
73
people with my name in the U.S.A.

How many have your name?

There are 111 Aaron Walton's, only 2 Hailey Walton's, 1 or fewer Madalynne Walton's, and Christopher beats us all with 475 Christopher Walton's. If I use the twins nick names there are 101 Chris Walton's and still 1 or fewer Maddie Walton's. I guess we picked names on the opposite ends of the list. Also, Walton is the 357th most popular last name. I also tried my maiden name and there are only 3 people that would of shared that name with me. I guess marring Aaron made me popular.

New Job

2008-08-11T12:36:00.000-07:00

Aaron has a new job!!! He is the branch manager of Tri-Counties Bank in Palo Cedro. The Palo Cedro branch is as close to our house as the Anderson branch (the branch that he currently works at), so we are not moving. He will be taking over his new branch at the beginning of September. He went there today to introduce himself to his new staff and said that everything went great and that they are all excited to have him there. The best part for me is that the Palo Cedro branch is a traditional branch, meaning that they close at 5:00 and are not open on weekends. This will give us more time together as a family and give me more help with Hailey, Madalynne and Chris. The only downside is that he is not inside Wal-Mart any more, so I loose my personal shopper. I'm very proud and excited for Aaron!!!!

Kids Kingdom

2008-08-03T13:43:00.000-07:00

In Redding we have this very cool park called Kids Kingdom. It has a huge play area with lots of activities. Next to the play area there is a small water play area with a volcano that erupts every 15 minutes spraying water out the top, arches with in them misters, holes in the ground that spray up water, and a lot more. Aaron and I took Hailey there last weekend. She had a blast!!! She wasn't too thrilled with the volcano only when it erupts, but other than that she would play on everything. The best part about it is that it is free to the public.

The volcano erupting! It's really fun! (Sorry it's sideways)

The Hair

2008-08-03T13:23:00.000-07:00

Lately I have been getting a lot of compliments on Hailey's hair. People ask what I do to it or which side of the family it comes from. I say thanks and that she gets it from both sides of the family. Sometimes I just don't know what to do with all those curls. Most days I just comb it and let it be, knowing that that's all I can do. I do love and even envy her curls a little. I hope that she keeps them for a while if not her whole life. I think her curls add to her personality. They are fun to play with too.

Princess Hailey

2008-07-31T14:51:00.000-07:00

Hailey and I have kind of been stuck inside a lot this summer due to the poor air quality outside because of all of the wildfires around us. A couple of days ago I was running out of things to entertain her and then I remembered some PJ's that Grandma Caren had given her because Tina had out grown them. So we put on the PJ's, that look like a dress on her and all of her "pretties" and played like she was a princess. She had so much fun and I was grateful that she had something to entertain her. We had to wait for Daddy to get home from work so he could see his little princess.

Babies

2008-07-31T14:10:00.000-07:00

We went to the OB today and all is well. Madalynne has a heart rate of 160 and Chris has a heart rate of 148. Both are doing great!!! Although Chris was kind of being a punk and wouldn't stay still so the nurse could get his heart rate. Got to love boys. Maybe that is a preview of what is to come. I don't know what to do with a boy. I'm also far enough along that I now go to the doctor every other week. That should be fun since Hailey doesn't really like doctors, since she gets shots at her doctor. Before we go in I always tell her that we are just going to check on the babies, but she still says "NO" as soon as we pull up to the office.

Correction

2008-07-28T11:27:00.000-07:00

Aaron and I talked about how we wanted to spell our new baby girls name and we decided to spell it Madalynne instead of the previously stated Madilynne. Her middle name will still be Lily. I have another OB appointment on Thursday and will up date you all then of how Maddie and Chris are doing.

When Daddy isn't watching

2008-07-24T13:11:00.000-07:00

I was trying to clean up the house and I asked Aaron to keep an eye on Hailey. I don't think that he heard me because he usually watches her if I ask and sometimes even if I don't ask, but look like I need a break. When I finished what I was doing I didn't see Hailey near Aaron and I didn't hear her anywhere and as all of you parents know when you can't hear you kids then it's time to worry about what they are doing. This is were I found Hailey.

She had climbed in between the two couches, where most of her toys are kept and was happily playing with everything. All of her toys and my knitting are all back in this area because she couldn't get to it, or at least that's what we thought. She now knows that she is not suppose to be back there and will come and ask if she can have something that is back there. Funny girl!!

Chris & Maddie

2008-07-17T13:35:00.000-07:00

We had our second ultrasound today, which told us that we are having a boy and a girl!! One of each should be a lot of fun. We already names picked out for both of them, boy: Christopher Aaron and girl: Madilynne Lily. Hence the title of this blog "Chris & Maddie", which will be their nicknames. They both are doing great and are growing right on schedule. Both weight approximately a little over 1lb each. Aaron and I are very excited and can't wait until they arrive.

The belly!!

2008-07-11T12:45:00.000-07:00

I have had a couple of people, who live to far away to see, ask about the size of my belly since there are two babies inside. So for those that are interested here is a picture of the belly. I am almost 24 weeks (6 months) along. At my last OB appointment, on the 3rd, my belly measured 16 inches. I have also posted a picture of me at 7 and 8 months pregnant with Hailey for your comparison. Enjoy!

Backpacking

2008-07-11T12:08:00.000-07:00

Aaron got back from a backpacking trip on Wednesday. My father-in-law (DeVon), three of my brothers-in-law (Joe, Jason, and Andrew), a friend of my father-in-laws and many animals (4 horses, 2 dogs, and 2 goats) made up the group that went. From all of the stories that I've heard and the pictures I've seen they had a really good time, except maybe for the hike out to the truck. Our dog Jack messed up his back paws and could hardly walk. He is now retired from backpacking. Here is a little video of some of the fun they had.

I'll have to make Aaron post some pictures and tell you more about the trip. They get to see some really beautiful things on their backpacking trips. Some day I'll be able to go with them.