My good friend Karla gave us the cutest dog house the other day. I didn't think that Daisy would like it, but I knew Ginger would. Ginger already loves her kennel, so this dog house was going to be pure luxury for her. :) (no, I don't let my dogs on the couch, or under the covers with me...) After we put the house together Lucy and Ava had fun in it. Now, Daisy LOVES it. She doesn't look so happy in the picture, but trust me, she is!

Look at the picture of these quadruplets!! J/K.

My good friend Brittany came over today with her twins that are only 6 weeks younger than Lucy and Ava. We took them all for a walk down to the river by my house. It was really fun even though on the walk back my girls had a major melt down. They are usually so good on walks, but not today! Anyway, despite my kids crying, I still enjoyed having them all over. :)

Ok, so I am a day late on my Easter post..... But here is it anyway. We went to church, came home and started to prepare dinner, put the girls to bed, they woke up, we had and Easter egg hunt, then we ate dinner, cleaned up the dishes and went to bed. :)

Well, it may have been a bit more interesting than that, but that about sums it up. The best part of the day was going to church to celebrate what Easter is really all about.

The twins were grumps as you can tell by the pictures. But that is nothing new, they are always grumps. LOL

This morning started off quite crazy. The girls had one of those mornings where they had to be held all the time and needed one on one attention. It made is close to impossible to get ready and out of the house and head off to our Easter Egg hunt at the park. We were supposed to go to ElDorado Hills to meet some friends at 9:00 or 9:30, but when 9:30 rolled around and we were still at home, I knew we were not going to make it. So, we did the next best thing, we went to the park by our house. And save the day, my brother called me around 9:45 and was going to the same park! I say "save the day" because now I had an extra pair of hands to watch the kiddos, plus Maddie was able to play with her cousin. Anyway, overall the morning went really well. Lucy and Ava had a blast collecting Easter eggs and were slightly upset when they were all done. We went to play at the park after all the fun festivities were over. When we got home, Maddie and I dyed some Easter eggs... The only thing that could have made our morning better is if Chris was able to join us. Unfortunately he has to work...

I forgot to post this cute picture the other day when we all went on a walk to the river. On the way home Maddie was getting tired of walking, so we let her ride on the front of the stroller. This is not the first time she has done this, but it is the first time I took a picture. People give you the funniest smiles when they see you pushing three kids with two dogs attached to the stroller. :) It really is not as hard as it looks, I promise.

Arn't these girls just so darn cute when they wake up in the morning? I love Lucy's hair! :) The twins have now started "talking" to eachother from across the room when they wake up. I just can't get over how darn cute all three of these girls are!!!

I haven't worked as a Paramedic since Maddie was 10 months old, and the whole time I have not been working I have kept up with my Paramedic license. I got a notice a while back from CA EMS telling me that I needed to renew my license because it was going to expire soon, blah, blah, blah. I put it with the rest of the stuff that goes in my "in box" and told myself I would get to it later... Fast forward a few months.... I am paying bills a few days ago and realized that I have about 2 1/2 weeks to take 48 hours of continuing education if I want to keep my licence current!... OOOPS! I have been frantically trying to get in all done, and guess what? I finished today. :) I am so happy that my new license will be coming soon and I am officially a Paramedic for another 2 years.. Hopefully next time I won't put if off until last minute.

The girls love to go outside everyday, and so do I if it frees me from crying! LOL My newest challenge is keeping the twins out of the street. They think it is so funny to walk in the street and have mommy come running after them... Can you tell I am amused? We are making some progress with them staying on the concrete and the grass in our front yard , but it is sloooow. Lucy "ran away" on her little riding toy and by the time I caught up with her she was sooo proud of herself. LOL Just look at that grin she gave me!

Madeline got an extremely good second trimester report card, so we decided that she would get to pick out a present. Madeline picked out some new Rollerblades, and she is just thrilled! She wants to use them everyday, and although she is far from good, she is darn cute!!

We had another one of those perfect and gorgeous days here in Sacramento. I think it hit about 70 or maybe 72 degrees today. Anyway, we decided to go to the zoo after the girls nap. The zoo was a bit crowded, but all the girls had fun. We try to keep them in the stroller, otherwise they end up running in two different directions. Ava listens pretty well, but Lucy? Well, she thinks it is funny to run away. Not to funny if you ask me...... The most exciting part of our zoo visit today was petting the deer (this deer is a visitor, not part of the exhibit.) Yes, we actually pet a deer! This deer was so friendly and kept walking up and down the fence line looking for some love. :) The bears were also out and up close. My gosh these bears are BIG!!! No way I would want to run into one of them in wild!

Here are a few misc. pictures of the kids. They are all doing well!!



I am SO cute!!

Thank you Grammy and Grandpa!!
I don't know what it is about this hat, but the girls are always wearing it!

The girls love to kiss each other now... Ahhh, so sweet!

I finally got the results back from my hip pain... I have a labral tear. My hip hurts almost daily, although the pain really gets bad after I work out at the gym or play to hard with the kids. I refuse to live a sedentary life style, so I am going to have surgery on April 7th to repair it. I am keeping my fingers crossed that all goes well. :) Here is a good article I found on the internet that explains a labral tear.


Labral tear
The function of the labrum is to add stability and cushioning to the hip joint. It’s the cartilage found around the bony rim of the hip socket, acetabulum. Degenerative labral tears can be associated with arthritis or occur from years of repetitive minor injuries to the hip. Oftentimes, those playing sports may tear their labrum by causing rapid hip motion through sudden stops and turns on the field. A labral tear causes pain in the groin area, or a “catching” sensation within the joint, but usually doesn’t result in pain during normal daily activities. If you believe you have a labral tear, see your physician immediately for individualized treatment.
In most cases labral tears require surgical repair. However, your orthopaedic surgeon may initially prescribe physical therapy and activity modifications along with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin, ibuprofen and ketoprofen.
Arthroscopic surgery may be necessary to repair the torn labrum if symptoms persist and you cannot continue your desired physical activities. This arthroscopic surgery is done on an outpatient basis. Full recovery usually occurs in eight to 12 weeks.

We sing this song all the time at our house...

Snuggle Puppy by Sandra Boynton

Well, I have a thing to tell you and it won't take long-

The way I feel about you is a kind of a song.

It starts with and OOO and it ends with a KISS

and all along the middle it goes something like this-

It goes: OOO! Snuggle puppy of mine!

Everything about you is especially fine!

I love what you are,

I love what you do.

Fuzzy little snuggle puppy, I love you.

I say, OOO snuggle puppy of mine!

Everything about you is especially fine!

I love what you are,

I love what you do.

OOOOOOOOO I love you!

Now, I wanted just to tell you,

and it didn't take long-

the way I feel about you

is a kind of a song.

I started with OOO

I gave you a KISS

I hope you like the middle, not we'll end it like this...

OOO, Snuggle puppy of mine!

Everything about you is especially fine,

I love what you are,

I love what you do...

OOOOOOOOOOOO!
I LOVE YOU!!!!

And of course my girls are my snuggle puppies. :)

Tonight we had Maddie's investiture for Girl Scouts. This is when the girls finally get to wear their blue outfit and earn "petals" which will create a colorful daisy on the front of the uniform. So there it is, Maddie is officially a Daisy Girl Scout! I hope you are all getting hungry for girl scout cookies! LOL

18 months today!

Wow, where has the time gone? I can't believe that Lucy and Ava are well on their way to turning 2! I never thought the day would come when we would have toddlers, but here they are! I can actually see how much fun we are going to have with them in the future; ocean trips, Disneyland, bike rides, and more! It has been hard to imagine the future when I can hardly get through the day, sometimes I can hardly get through the hour! LOL.. .. (Brittany, I am sure you can agree with me here...) Anyway, here are a few photos from today. Notice in the first 2 photos the girls have the same finger in their mouth? I found it kind of funny since the usually suck their thumbs. Must be a twin thing. :)

It was such a beautiful day today! We started our day off by going to church and then visiting Chris at the fire station. We came home, had some lunch and then the girls took a nap. Maddie has been begging us latley to take a walk to the river, so today we did! It was a great walk. The girls had a blast in the stroller, and Maddie walked the whole way there AND back! The river is about 1 mile from our house, both ways! I can't believe our little munchkin walked 2 miles without breaking a sweat. There are many things that I love about living in Fair Oaks, and the American River parkway is definitely one of them. Here are a few photos of the munchkins playing by the water. Ginger and Daisy really wanted to come swim in the water, but there were to many people around to let them off the leash. Too bad because it is fun to throw the ball for them and watch them swim to get it...