Where Everybody Knows Your Name

George and I took a trip with Matt & Sarah about 3 years ago now to Boston. During that time period George and I were trying to get pregnant. We ate at the Cheers bar in Boston and then visited the gift shop. They had really cute baby t-shirts and onesies. However, we weren't pregnant yet, but out of faith we went ahead and bought a (notice it's singular) t-shirt. Well, I stuffed it in my dresser drawers and just kept believing by faith that we'd have a baby to fill it one day. When I found out that we were having twins, I knew that we had to get another t-shirt. Luckily, Matt and Sarah went to visit his parents in Boston and I had her snatch another t-shirt. Well, they finally got to wear them today because they fit into them. Sorry these pictures aren't the best. It's really hard to get them to sit next to each other and stay still. They love to crawl towards me as soon as they see the camera come out.

Sisterly love (we have already entered the spatting stage-pulling hair, pushing, biting each other's toes-AHHHH!)

Kate is recovering from crying. It really is a smile on her face.

Kate (letting her displeasure be known) & Hannah

Kate

Hannah & Kate-they love to play with anything that opens and shuts

Hannah & Kate

We also went to story time at the library again this morning. This story time was a little bit more overwhelming than the last because of the large volume of moms and babies. What was funny though was that Kate decided that she was going to be the little social butterfly and "introduced" herself to almost every mommy and her baby during story time. At least no one seemed to mind and the door was closed so she couldn't escape. I think most people were probably thinking, "Poor woman. She's already got one kid in her lap. She's too busy to chase after this one." All in all, it was fun! And George got A LOT done around the house today. We are going to rent our current house out and attempt to find a bigger house for our doubled family.

Gotta Love Em

Nothing too exciting happening here in the Lantz household. We (all the Lantz ladies) are recovering from small little illnesses. Hannah & Kate were both running fevers last week, but are feeling better now. Last Friday and Saturday, I went with some friends from church and my Mom to a women's conference in Orlando. Kay Arthur, Beth Moore, and Priscilla Shirer were the speakers and, man, were they awesome! Our women's minister at Bell Shoals warned us to be guarded against Satan's attacks to discourage us from going and allowing God to work in our lives. Man, let me tell you, Satan sure did try on Friday to discourage me, but I pressed on. Kate's diaper rash & yeast infection returned with a vengenance so I made a last minute doctor's appointment and turns out she also had an ear infection. Between getting her prescription filled and picking Hannah up from Sarah's house (while avoiding 2 head on collisions that honestly weren't my fault) and then rushing home to get packed, I would say that Satan did a good job of piling up the obstacles, but he must have seemed to have forgotten Who fights for me. Anyway, God really opened my eyes up to having a joy for His word and even really spoke to an issue that George and I have had this week (not within our marriage) about discernment through the Holy Spirit. It was really nice to be able to bring something home that God taught me and share that with my husband to encourage him and pray through a situation. And I had an awesome time of just hanging out with the girls!

I know what you're thinking...what happened to the little girls? Well, George watched them for a good portion of my time gone and even took on Rachel for about 6 hours, too. I think he was a little overwhelmed. Welcome to being everyone to everybody while doing everything.

Here are some cute pictures that just exemplify why my daughters are just so irresistable!

Kate

Hannah

Hannah-you can kind of see the 3 teeth she has growing in on the top

Happy Hannah Hamming

Here's a picture of my little ailing sweetie. She woke up fever free this morning, but then had another 101+ fever this afternoon. She cuddled with me until she fell asleep and now I'm enjoying some alone time with Kate. So for the second Wednesday night in a row, we'll have to call in the reinforcements. So blessed to have family in town!

Hannah

This is their new favorite thing to do that keeps them busy for at least 10-20 minutes. So simple, yet so fun to them! I paid $20 (off of Craigslist) for the whole toy, yet the most fun thing about it is just hearing the balls bounce against the tile floor. Whatever keeps them happy, right? If you watch it all the way to the end, you'll get a sweet close up of Happy Hannah hamming it up.

Recent Pictures

Not too much exciting happening here, except for Hannah's 101.5 fever this afternoon. She woke up from her nap with it. It caught me by surprise, but I actually got some really sweet cuddle time with her because she wasn't feeling well. Hannah is growing in three top teeth. Kate has another top tooth coming in also. We went to another birthday party this weekend. I am LOVING the women's bible study I am in on Tuesday mornings. God is really teaching me a lot and I love the fellowship between the group of women that I meet with. Just busy, busy, busy.

Here are some recent pictures: Hannah & Mommy
Hannah & Mommy

Hannah practicing standing on her own

Where's Hannah? Can you guess who hid her in the laundry basket? No, it wasn't Kate.

Hannah & Kate watching their favorite Baby Einstein video-it's all about water

Kate

Mommy & Kate

Kate

P.S. I finally vaccumed up the baking soda in my car and no smell! Yeah! I still have the box of baking soda tucked in the pouch of one of my seats, but I am very impressed with the baking soda.

Have I mentioned that I LOVE these girls? They are so precious to me and they are more fun every day! I couldn't imagine my life without them!

Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk, Unless...

it was spilled in the backseat of your car on a warm Florida afternoon and you were stuck in a place where you didn't have anything to clean it up with until a few hours later. That's right. Every time I get into my car, I am greeted with the smell of soured milk. I packed a bottle of milk for the girls in a cooler and the cooler spilled and with it the milk that was in the bottle. It was partly my fault for not putting in the little disc that ensures nothing spills from the bottle. Silly me, I thought a cooler would actually hold any liquid inside of it. I guess I learned my lesson. At least we are on to spill free sippy cups (that's right-we are successfully weaned from the bottle & no more bedtime bottle either-woohoo-that was much easier than I thought).

I tried regular old carpet cleaner and Febreeze, but that didn't work at all. I am currently using baking soda and lots of it. I basically spilled about 1/3 of the baking soda box on the floor of my car where it spilled and left the rest of the box in there to freshen my car. It actually seemed to work, but sometimes I get in and it still smells like old milk. We'll see what happens when I vaccuum it up.

Since I have a lot of seasoned mothers who read my blog, I was just wondering if you have any solutions to our spilled sour milk dilemma in case our baking soda stops working? Thanks in advance (especially from Hannah & Kate who ride in the backseat)!