Christmas Outfits

Great-Aunt Nancy gave us these outfits with tractors on it for the boys - so cute!

I just added this picture because it cracks me up! Aiden is pretending to die because I am taking his picture, and Jack is mad that Aiden has decided to roll over on him. :)

Aw, how cute is that?

Aiden on the left.

They were good little picture posers today (Except for that first one, haha!)

Jack & Aiden's Birthday

AH HA HA HA HA!!! How cruel would I be to do this to the boys? They would never forgive me!

Anyways, onto more serious subjects:

I just ordered the invites! I made thm myself, we'll see how they actually turn out. :)

A sneak peek........

As you can see, I went with the penguin theme. Not only is it a-dorable, but wintery stuff is on major clearance right now! So I can score some super cute decorations for very cheap! Thanks to everyone who voted. Yes, penguins didn't win, but this way you can feel like you contributed. haha!

BUT ....... it's too soon for them to be one! Where has the time gone? Remember this from last year?




At this time last year, they weren't even born! I was still waddling about. Crazy.

Christmas Part II

I almost forgot to say, the boys can stand on their own now for very short periods of time! They started doing that over Christmas. And Aiden especially likes to creep along the furniture. They'll be walking in no time.....ahhhhhhh!

HEY! DON'T TAKE MY HAT!

My hands are full, but so is my heart!

The ladies (and Jack & Aiden)

Bellin's

Ooo, what a cool bow!

Checking things out

Look at my new truck! (Aiden)

Jack is busy with his new toolbench, and Aiden is on to the next present!

Jack figures out the hammer!

Aiden seems very serious about something!

Thanks for having us, Nancy and Darryl!

Christmas, Part I

Now, onto the actual Christmas photos!

Aiden shows his unhappiness with us taking his picture.

(Aiden has discovered that when he gets mad, he can lay down and throw a fit. I'm trying to nip these baby tantrums right away! It's cute now but I can see the future, when they are 3 and in Target....yeah not so cute then. )

It's not easy to get them to stop and wait while we take a picture!

Hey, a Christmas tree with no fence around it!

They thought being able to touch it was the greatest thing ever.

Reading with Nana

Hey there, Jack!

Time for presents!

Yes, I know how to open this!

Great-Aunt Nancy reading to Aiden

The fireplace.....babyproofed. :) I think Jack was eyeing my coffee.

The haul - pretty lucky little boys!

Hey Jack nice bow on your back......I'll take that.

They love Elmo!

With their stockings on Christmas AM

Unwrapping their new blankets

Clapping

So soft!

To be continued ...

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Last Weekend

My sister came over last weekend and brought us all Christmas presents . . .

Jack is looking festive!

Getting the hang of this opening thing.

Thank you Auntie Sarah!

Christmas Photos

To see all the pictures from Christmas -especially if you want to download them to order prints, you can go here:

http://s973.photobucket.com/albums/ae217/hinann/

I know it doesn't work well to download them off the blog, so hopefully this solves that.

Catching up, continued

PRESENTS!

Can I just tell you, how much joy I had wrapping presents? Well one, I love to wrap presents, but this was the first time I got to write:

From: Mommy & Daddy

I've waited what feels like forever to be a mom, and it was just a good life moment to be able to write that and know how incredibly blessed I am to have been given the gift of these three men (two of them very small) in my life!

Okay, I'll stop being so sappy now.

These were from my grandparents - they sent them and I wrapped. We thought about them often this Christmas!

I promise.....

I promise many posts in the next few days! I have so much to catch up on, so I'm going to start at the beginning! Look for many posts per day. :)

First, my sisters-in-law and I got together to make Christmas cookies. Our proudest creations? Mice. A-dorable! Cherries, chocolate, almond slices, and a little candy gel for eyes. Good find, Melena!

Then, I got all the baby food jars from the last month or so and boxed them to bring to Wisconsin to contribute to Uncle Darryl's workbench organization. :)

Can you IMAGINE how much they are going to eat when they are teenagers? Someone please come bail us out of the poorhouse when we can't keep up with our grocery bills! Ha!

To be continued . . .

Merry Christmas!

Happy Holidays!

We are heading out of town tomorrow AM to Wisconsin for Christmas - wow will our minivan be PACKED! Besides all the presents, me, Blake, Jack, Aiden, and Nana, we somehow have to fit all the STUFF that comes with such little people!

I have many, many a picture waiting to be uploaded, but I've just run out of time before the holidays. When we return, I promise an extravaganza of posts. :) I consider myself a semi-super hero to have gotten all the Christmas shopping completed, wrapped, cookies baked, and our house only sort of destroyed and the boys still in one piece despite their best head-butting attempts.

*Note, they (the boys) really do head butt. In case there was confusion in terms of whether baby girls are different than baby boys, I say oh yes! Seriously, only little boys at the ripe age of 10 months would think it fun to headbutt each other. Or spit food out of their mouths and then giggle.

Have a wonderful Christmas, and much love from our family to yours. May this next year of our lives be less eventful but equally as wonderful. :) Somehow, I think 2009 will be a hard year to top. Unless I have twins again someday (**nervous laugh**).

Love,
All the Bellins ....
Anna, Blake, Jack, Aiden,
Sophie & Lily

My boys!

I just love these little guys!

Me & Mr. Jack

Me & A-Bear

I can't wait to celebrate your first Christmas with you, Jack & Aiden!

10 Months Old!

Oh my gosh it is getting darn near impossible to get a picture of them together in the chair! Even the remotes only got them to sit still for a moment!

Jack left, Aiden right

This one is a keeper!

Yeah, this one Aiden wasn't so thrilled about.

WHAT are they doing?

Sigh......

Happy double digit months, my babies!