Happy Birthday Auntie Holly:)

Yesterday we headed to Auntie Tammy's for Auntie Holly's birthday! It was really awesome seeing everyone... And the food was wicked good!! Little did Uncle Robbie know but I had been craving grilled hamburgers:) I need to get better at taking pictures while I am at birthday parties... We had a party for Auntie Tammy and Uncle Ed a few weeks ago but I didn't take any pictures... The girls have actually been very busy the past few weekends... We went to visit Uncle Chris, Aunt Cindy, Cousin Ellie, Jen and her new baby Xavier a couple of weekends ago. Then we had the party for Auntie Tammy and Uncle Ed. We went to the beach for the first time last weekend when we visited with Paula, Patty and Elizabeth. We didn't actually go onto the beach that day but next time we will!! Then we went to the Mall this past Friday. Uncle David came for a visit Saturday. And then the party yesterday... It's been a long winter. We were very nervous taking the girls out. We just didn't want them getting sick... But now that the nicer weather is here we are going to get out of the house more often. The girls love being in their stroller. I think they are nosey and like looking around at everything! Another big thing is the girls are now eating 3 meals a day! They get cereal and fruit in the morning, cereal and a veggie around noon time and then fruit and a meat and veggie at dinner time! We are now doing 4 bottles a day instead of 5 which is good for me... So we will see how this all goes. So far they are doing really good with it... Now if I can just get them to nap in the afternoon I will be all set! Here are some pictures I took yesterday... Have a great day everyone:)

Latest Dr's appt:)

So we went to the Dr's today. More shots which was not fun. But this is it until they are one! So here are the latest stats:

Charlotte= 15lbs14oz 26 3/4 inches long

Maggie= 15lbs2oz 25 1/2 inches long

I can't believe how big my babies are getting! Charlotte is starting to sit on her own. She's a little wobbly but she's getting there. Maggie is doing this new growling noise that is quite interesting... They just amaze me everyday....

On another note... April 24th was my due date with Brian and Lillian. I woke up this morning and they were the first thing I thought about. I can't believe it's been 2 1/2 years since we lost them. I swear I see Brian in Maggie and Lilly in Charlotte... I miss them everyday...

We went for our first walk today!!

Since spring has sprung and everyone is over their colds, I thought I would take the girls for a walk around the neighborhood! Let me just say that I am sooo out of shape!! The winter has not been kind to me... Neither were the tons of chocolate cookies I ate either... I better get my butt in gear if I am going to walk the World Showcase at Epcot! So we strolled up and down our street. Of coarse I picked the day that someone was doing yard work so it smelled like cow poop... But the girls seemed to enjoy being outside. After our walk we can home and ate, then they took a 2 hour nap:) I am going to try and do this everyday!! So here are some pictures of them in their new umbrella strollers...

Maggie's trick...

So as some of you might know, the girls LOVE the Wiggles!! I mean really love them. They both smile whenever they come on. In the morning they are on at 7 so they watch the Wiggles and then eat their breakfast. We put them in their car seats cause it's easiest for me when I feed them. But Maggie has this trick she likes to do... She plants her feet on the bottom of the seat and arches her back and scoots down the chair until she's basically on the floor!! She's crazy! Here we thought she would be our quiet and mild one. Boy did we have that wrong...

Remembering our Angels...

A girl on the Nest (Thanks Amanda) put a post out about this tile that her mom made her after her recent loss. I fell in love with hers and decided to order myself one. I love it. I am so happy that I did this. I've been thinking about Brian and Lillian a lot lately. I have been talking with a woman (I mentioned her in a previous post) who just lost her precious twins a couple of weeks ago. And it really has brought back a lot of memories. I think about them everyday but it's been awhile since I have really thought about everything we went through at that time. Her thoughts are exactly what mine were after we lost Brian and Lillian. It's like she took a page out of my journal. And it's also got me thinking about all the support I got during that time. Of coarse reading my friend Beth's blog this morning really got me thinking about it. Thank you to all my friends and family who were there for Brian and I during what was the darkest time in our life. Without you we never would of gotten through it. But I want to send a big THANK YOU to Beth and Carrie. Without you guys I don't think I would of survived. Having not just one but two ppl (Beth has twin angels and Carrie has triplet angels)to talk about my angels with helped so much. I have said this before, but one good thing that came out of all of that was finding you guys. It's like they all knew we would need each other... And I still can't believe we all got pregnant around the same time... Beth has little Sarah (born Sept 17), Carrie has little Nolan (born Nov 20) and of coarse my little monkeys (born Sept 30). I tell you there must of been a non stop party up in Heaven!! And I hope that one day we can have a big party together... Disney maybe:) So thank you girls... And Schoomdle (Kathy) I think about you and your Doodles everyday. And just know that there are a lot of ppl out there praying for you and your family...

Some debate...

I guess ppl are talking about Maggie's hair. So I thought I would put this post on here to see what ppl think... Should I do the spike do or the flat do?? Let me know what you think... And I should say that her hair does kind of stick up on it's own... Here are 2 pix, one with it spiked and one with it flat...

Introducing the newest memebers of Red Sox Nation!

So I thought I would try out these Red Sox outfits on the girls!! They fit perfectly!! Now I think they are spoiled a bit... Most Red Sox fans had to wait years and years for a championship, but not the Souza sisters!! They weren't even a month old when the Sox beat the Rockies in a clean sweep... Hope they aren't in for disappointment... GO RED SOX!!!

Testing 1,2,3 Testing...

I got a new camera so this is my test to see if I can figure out how to download... Wish me luck:)

Worth the wait...

So I know most of you know our story... We tried for a family for about 8 years, suffered with IF, did 6 IUI's, 5 IVF's, suffered a second trimester loss with Brian and Lillian... And then we were blessed with our little miracles Charlotte and Maggie. My mom bought these onesies for us shortly after we found out we were having girls. As painful as everything was, these little girls were worth the wait...

Maggie's fiesty side...

So yesterday the girls were playing on my bed... I decided to take some pictures of them. Here's what I got...


Are you playing with that rattle?
Not any more!!

Oh you like Mrs Rattle do ya??

I didn't do anything... Hee hee... They think I am so innocent...

Look out Mickey cause we are coming for a visit!!

I booked our Disney vacation today!! I am beyond excited! We are staying at the Boardwalk Villas thanks to the Disney Vacation Club... One of the best ideas Brian and I have ever had was to buy into their timeshare program!! This will be the first time we are using it... Last year I was pregnant so we didn't go... We are going September 21st-October 2nd. So we will be there for the girls first birthday!! I can't believe it's been almost 2 years since the last time we went. Should be interesting driving 24 hours with 2 one year olds... Oh well. It's all part of the adventure right??