Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

The Sunday after Thanksgiving we took Colin and Leah to see Santa at Bass Pro.  They didn't cry but were actually fascinated with Santa!  He was a great Santa too with a real beard and played with them a little before the picture.  You can hardly see it in the picture but Leah has her Christmas tutu on which I absolutely love.

Well hello Santa!  Is it really you?!

 Colin, what would you like for Christmas this year?

 Leah, what would you like for Christmas this year?

 These "Peepers" are a tradition in my family.  These are not the originals - those are with my mom.  These peepers are on the look out before Christmas and report back to Santa.  They are hidden in the Christmas tree but they see all....



Happy Thanksgiving and We Have a Walker!!

We went to my aunt and uncle's new house for Thanksgiving this year and had a lot of fun.  Colin and Leah got to eat some turkey and green beans and mashed potatoes.  I was glad that this was their first Thanksgiving and they were able to enjoy it.  It was interesting though being in a house that's not baby-proofed with two crawling busy kids :).  Speaking of their mode of transportation, Mr. Man took his first steps the day before Thanksgiving.  He's cautious but is getting more and more mobile on his feet.  He just can get where he's going faster crawling so that's still his preferred method of travel.

My sister, Bridget, and my mom

Happy Halloween!

Well it has been since Halloween so I probably need to post some pics of Colin and Leah in their costumes.  Not a lot has necessarily been going on in the Breuer house but then again we've still been busy with the normal holiday stuff. 

Halloween was fun but short.  We of course had to dress the kids up and they were definitely the cutest Shrek and Fiona ever!  We went to my parents' house and my aunt's and uncle's house but then the kids were done with the whole trick or treating thing and ready for bed.

Made a trip to the zoo that weekend and had lots of fun!

Shrek trying to escape and Fiona just thinks it's hilarious!

Pumpkin Patch

We had a nice long weekend and took the twins to the pumpkin patch in Bixby on Saturday. We had just enough time to take some pictures, pet the goats, and pick out pumpkins before it started raining.

As you can see, Leah was thrilled at first about sitting in a giant pile of pumpkins.

She finally did warm up to the idea and with Brad and me and my parents all talking to her and standing on our heads, we got a little smile.

We put Colin down next to Leah and he was loving the whole pumpkin patch experience. Shortly after this, Leah let us know she was ready to be picked up and out of the pumpkin pile.

Colin thought it was great that the pumpkins moved a little and he could play on them.

Then he realized he could lick them (gross!) and we picked him up after that. This is his "scrunchy face" which he hasn't done since he was about 6 months old. Now it is his tell for being mischevious or bugging his sister or one of the dogs. We see the scrunchy face and we know something's about to happen!

This little goat was not so sure about Colin at first. He warmed up to him though and let Colin pet him which Colin loved (no you may not bring home a goat, Colin).

Leah enjoyed touching this tiny goat's muzzle. So cute!

We have pumpkins but where are the babies???

Ahh found them! They were asking the scare crow for directions hehehe :)

New Cars and the Fair

So what have the Breuers been up to lately? Well, the twins got a new car to share. The first day Colin "drove" it around the living room in circles. They both love it because it's soft and roars when you press on the top of it.

Mom got a new car too. It is a little bigger than the twins' new ride. It's an 09 Tahoe and I absolutely love it. I wouldn't have believed you if you told me that I would be trading in my Equinox on a Tahoe because I loved the Equinox but we really needed something bigger especially since we make fairly frequent trips up to KC. The Equinox was great but just not enough room. My brother got a great deal on it too since he's the Internet Sales Manager at a Chevy dealership here :). It is so nice to have room for all of the baby "staples" we have with us at all times (double stroller, portable high chairs for eating out, diaper bag, etc) and enough room for groceries or other shopping.

This weekend we went to the Tulsa State Fair. Angie, my BFF, and her boyfriend, Tim, came down and went with us and Colin and Leah. It was a little warm but we had plenty to see in the Expo buildings and really I just go to eat all the fair food. The fried Snickers was better than I remembered from last year and we tried fried pickles and fried green tomatoes which we did not have last year. Brad realized today though that we didn't have a funnel cake while we were there and was pretty bummed. We'll have to watch for when the circus will be in town so we can go get him one :).

8 Months Old

Love these "Born in 2010" onsies from Children's Place

Loving his daddy

I think she's actually pulling my hair in this picture and thinks it so funny

I'm sure he's thinking about something he can get into in this one :)

Leah's goofy face

It's rare now that we can get a picture of both of them because Colin doesn't hold still much anymore :)

Colin is crawling all over the place and pulling up on anything and everything he can. Our living room is barracaded and gated (why did we go with the open floorplan when building?). We have furniture and gates blocking all openings and he does not like it one bit! Leah is rolling and army crawling but it won't be long before she's all over the place too!

They are both wearing 12 month size clothing and putting away the 9 months clothes was pretty hard for me. I may have been a little teary even :)

Leah is "talking" quite a bit. Colin doesn't have much time for talking because he's always on the move. Leah says "mumumum" and "baaaaa" and "daadaadaadaa". Colin says the same "words" but not as much at this point.

They both just light up our lives and their smiles melt my heart :)

Screaming

Colin has learned how to scream - literally. I'm not talking a little squeal. He thinks this is great and uses it at will - when I walk out of the room, when his toy isn't doing what he wants it to, when he can't (sort of) crawl as fast as he wants to...you get the idea. I mentioned when I walk out of the room. This is generally a scream that turns into a cry as Colin has become a bit clingy. He has always been a mama's boy but he has definitely been more clingy over the past few days and I'm hoping it is just a phase. It's something I don't know exactly how to handle.

So Colin kind of crawling. He gets up on all fours and then rocks and then lunges himself forward on his belly. He just can't figure out those hands yet. Leah started rolling from place to place and is doing sooo much better with being on her tummy. I seriously thought there for a while that she was just not going to crawl because of her hatred for tummy time. It is still not her favorite and she doesn't like being on her tummy as much as Colin does as she would rather sit up which she does so well. She loves to sit on the quilt on the living room floor and play with her toys - especially the magic mirror. This is actually a favorite of both of them and they especially love it when mommy sings along. Yes, I know all of the magic mirror songs and the order that they play. I also know their favorite ones and their favorite parts of the songs. They both love "Head and Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" and "If you're happy and you know it" and the peek-a-boo part of one of the other songs.