Kaylee & Grace's First Birthday

Well their first birthday has come and gone but we had a lot of fun. It was just us on their birthday but we had a lot of fun. Reed and I decorated the house the night before and when the girls woke up that morning they were very surprised to see all the stuff hanging in the dinning room. After lunch I put them in their birthday girl shirts that their Gen-Gen had bought them and the tutu's way back in early October!

Dad came home early with some dinner from Chili's and I made the girls homemade cupcakes and ice cream! The girls had fun diving into the icing and smearing it everywhere. Kaylee loved it more than Grace, I think Grace reaches a point where she is to dirty and she doesn't like it. Both the girls loved the ice cream and enjoyed staying up an hour and a half past their bedtime (I think I didn't want the day to end, so I let them stay up late).

We spent the rest of the night taking pictures, dancing and eating food...

Becareful what you wish for: It just might come true...

Wow I can't believe it's been a year since my precious babies were born. I remember the day we found out we were pregnant! We were so excited and yet scared to death at the same time because we didn't want to miscarry this pregnancy like the two we suffered in the previous 8 months before that. On August 5th 2007 I thought I had lost the pregnancy and we went to the ER, only to find out the best news of our lives that not only was the pregnancy fine but we were also pregnant with twins!!! Over the next nine months Reed and I would pray and hope that those babies would say alive and well in my tummy. We were so thrilled and scared at the same time but more happy than scared. Then before I knew it at 38weeks and 3day my two babies were in my arms. I have never experienced this kind of love and joy in my life and I am so proud to call Kaylee and Grace mine. They are the most beautiful, smart, sweet, loving, carefree and perfect children I could of ever asked for. I love them and I am so proud to be their mom!


When I was a girl I used to dream (wish) that one day I would have twin girls, maybe because my mother was a twin, or maybe I just always knew that's what I was destine to do, but now I realize that dreams really do come true and I am truly blessed!!!

Valentines Kaylee & Grace Style

We all had a great family Valentines... Reed and I would of spent it alone but it was the girls first Valentine's Day so we wanted to be with them. Reed cooked dinner and me and the girls made cookies and decorated them. Well I decorated them and the girls ate them while decorating them...


Enjoy the girls decorating ("eating") their Valentine's cookies...

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!! XOXOX ALEX, REED, KAYLEE & GRACE

The Twins Slide...

Picture Fix!

Not to much to report here on the Murray home front. We finally had some warmer weather so we were able to take the girls out more comfortably to the park for some good play last weekend! The girls loved it. Kaylee love to play in and eat dirt and Grace is kinda scared of her own shadow but we had fun anyways...

On the corner of our house is a little play yard/tot-lot for the girls to play in and they learned to go up the stairs and down the slide all by themselves. They loved it!

Other than doing their baby things the girls are just eating, growing and getting more teeth to eat more with... We are doing great! Enjoy the photos.

11 Months Old! Where does the time go?

Sorry it's been a while since I have posted an update but things have been very busy in the Murray house! The girls are both running all over the place now and getting into everything. There is now no safe place to put anything that they are not supposed to be into b/c they are into everything. They also love to taking their baths. They are also starting their sibling rivalry already, they fight about toys and who gets to sit on our laps. But they also have a ton of sweet moments playing together and when they are they are always laughing at each other. But no matter what they always play side by side never apart I am so glad they have each other.

Things new with Kaylee: Lets see... She has learned to shake her head back and forth when I tell her NO! She has learned how to get on the couch all on her own and how to get up on her activity tables and stand on top of them. She loves for me to stack blocks/cups just so she can knock them down and she is so close to saying so many words like "cah" is for cat and "baa" is for ball, she can get the first syllable down but can't get the last part of the word. She loves to sit on our laps and cuddle and suck her thumb... She is also a great eater and eats anything and everything that she can feed herself. She will not allow me to feed her anymore... her favorite thing to do is dance... she loves the theme song to Star Trek: Enterprise... (NOTE the video)

Things new with Grace: Lets see... she is getting good at running and climbing the stairs... they both refuse to let me carry them anymore up the stairs they want to crawl... she can also climb onto her activity table and stand up... She also has this fasination with hitting everything to her forehead, it's almost her way of figuring it out instead of putting it into her mouth. She is also my best eater of all she loves all food and eats it as fast as she can shovel it into her mouth. She likes to stick her tounge out at you and make all sorts of noise with her mouth... and she is also saying the same words as K is we are working on the last syllable.

Other than that we are enjoying our first snow days and we are getting their 1st birthday party together. Enjoy the photos and video clips

Christmas in Texas!

We flew out of VA on the 18th and it was a long trip but the girls did great! I swear I have the best two kids ever! They absolutely love flying... everyone told us it was going to be hell with them and that take off and the landing would be the hardest b/c of thier ears popping... well not my girls... they either laughed looking out the window or fell asleep... Not to say it wasn't hard having two 10 month old constantly in your lap/arms for 8 hours straight!

When we got to TX we were greeted by all our friends and family for a little party for our 4 yr anniversary and our return to TX!! Later on Reed's Grandparents (Kipp's parents) came in for 4 days! This was the first time they had ever met K&G it was so nice seeing them.

I also had my mom, dad, sisters crystal and lisa and mary come in to visit since we did not get to make it down to S'ville b/c Kaylee had her first cold! My girls had never been sick before... I blame it on the plane or sick visitors!!! But all is well now and they just have runny noses!

The girls had a spectatular Christmas and were showered with gifts from all sides of the family and a ton of my friends! I can't thank you enough!!

The girls are happy to be home and so are we. So enjoy the pictures and hope all of you received your Christmas Cards!!!