Bubbles!!!!

It is a beautiful day in Tiger territory today! I went to coffee and a little shopping with a friend. The girls got some uninterrupted daddy time. And jake gets to coach his BE Blaze. Not to mention the amazing weather! 

There is no question that these girls like water. Always have, and I hope they always will. They also both love bubbles! So, what better thing to do but combine the two? Kiddie pool + dish shop + water = great entertainment for Hannah & Hailey! 

We've gone from being slightly afraid of the giant pool of white, saying "icky" when we touch the bubbles to standing in it...

...to thoroughly enjoying...

...to deciding all our balls needed to be in the water too...

We have even played all the bubbles away...

What a great way to spend a beautiful afternoon! 

Hailey says...

We are constantly amazed at what Hailey can say. I swear, the words that come out of this girls mouth! (And no, no swear words yet.) Jake and I decided we should make a list of everything the girls say, and what better place to do that then in a blog? So here we go.

Hailey says....

No (well duh) 

Hi

Cat 

Dog

Cheese

Nakey (naked)

Avocado

Read

Caterpillar (first said on 6/15/13)

Boobo

Mom

Dad, dada, daddy

On

Meow

Moo

Ribey (instead of frog)

Cloth

Blanket

Bottle (started as baba)

Bakey (for blanket)

Bink

Go

Bird

Boobies

Baby

Caillou (how could I forget that one) 

Help (when she needs help and when she wants to help you)

Kipper

Balloon

Spoon

Yumm

Down

Okay 

Etein (Einstein)

Abade (not really sure what this is, apple maybe)

Boo

Juice

Ball

Ouch

Deesty (sister)

Boat

Duck

Mine

Bubble

Shhhhh

Hot

Cookie

Ear

Eye

Mou (mouth)

More

Gone

Now

Wow

Woah 

Walk

Hat

Run

Hair

Egbert (a charecter on Poppy Cat)

Hurt

Button

Nana

She has started saying two word sentences as well. 

Hailey says...

It broke

I fall

I bonk

Oh no

Hi babe

A bird (for Angry Birds)

Oh boy

Go way

I color

I down

My juice

My <insert any of the previous words>

Right there (first said 6/16/13 in the bath)

Thank you

It <insert any of the previous words>

I scared (first said 6/19/13)

I drive

Jail bird (said 6/22/13)

Even THREE word sentences come out of this girls mouth. She has said...

I rip it (said 6/19/13)

Hailey is also learning letters. So far she knows...

W

E

C

A

(Most of these she is able to point out)

She is also learning numbers. So far, we have heard her say...

One

Two

I know there are so many more words our little Hailey says. I will update this post with more as we think of them and as she says new words.

Hailey at 18 1/2 months

Sick. Sick. Sick!

I am so sick and tired of being sick. Not really me, but it seems someone in our house is always sick. Just when I think the cold and flu season is done and over with someone else gets sick. This time it's all 3 of the Martyn girls.

We had a really easy pregnancy, none of the normal multiples problems until the very end. Delivery went well, I healed from the c-section much better then I thought I would. The girls were born at good weights and healthy, not having to stay in the hospital longer then I did. We had our first cld in July last year, 2012. And then really nothing until spring break 2013. 

My dad blames himself but who knows where they really got it. We had one crazy bad cold after another. One of those colds even landed miss Hannah in the emergency room. TWICE in one day I might add. 

So we get cold after cold after cold, teething, pneumonia, ear infection and possible pneumonia, more teething, and then we get better. So what do we do? We go to the Oregon coast for a few days with my parents. And then what happens, what else but another cold. Ugh,  I swear we are being punished for not being sick the first year and having an easy pregnancy.

The girls finally did get better, thankfully. But, now we are sick again! Does it ever end?? Or are we doomed to always have someone sick in our house? Ugh! 

At least the girls are happy today, bring sick and all :)

But, because of this cold we girls have....this mama can't go to Zumba Zumba :(

Sunshine and summer time

I am just now able to get this post to upload, a week after writing it. But the pictures are just to cute not to post...

While jake is up at a basketball tournament, that seems to run our lives for the time being, the girls and I are out enjoying this beautiful weather! 

I am counting down the days, 25 to be exact, until we get to go to the lake for the summer! 

I know the girls went swimming in the lake last year.

I know they went for boat rides last year. 

I know they played in the sand last year. 

But I can't wait to do all those things again with them this summer! 

Summer travels

For the past 7 summers, Jake and I have spent a large amount of time driving back and forth across the state. Forth of July. Basketball tournament in Liberty Lake. Our weekly trip in August. That changed last year with the girls. It's a little more difficult to drive back and forth with little ones. That and with only Jake working, have to save money someplace. Last summer the girls and I ended up being at the lake most of the summer. It was so nice, but we all missed daddy a ton! 

This summer we are doing mostly the same thing. And with an action packed summer the girls and I are headed over Thursday the 27th of June. 

Our busy schedule...

June 29th...Ami's bridal shower

July 3rd...Jake drives over

4th of July

July 5th...Jake drives home

July 6th...Ami's bachelorette party

July 11th...rehearsal 

July 12th...mani/pedi with the bride and other bridesmaids

                 Rehearsal dinner

                 Staying at a hotel with bride and bridesmaids

                 Jake gets into town

July 13th...Wedding wedding wedding

July 14th...Jake has to go home again.

July 16th...Jake and BE Blaze drive to Liberty Lake for a tournament 

July 17th...Silverwood with Jake, the team and my sister-in-law Caitlin

July 18-20th...watch a few basketball games at the tournament 

July 21st...Jake might have to drive the team home and get our cats, just to head back to the lake for the rest of the summer, until the middle of August 

And that's just what we have planned. I know my God sister and her kids are going to visit us in August. Along with a friend and her daughter over the 4th of July weekend. And possibly more friends and family in August. I know we will have a lot of time with Nana and Pop mixed in all summer too. And cousins. And of course more friends. Not sure we are going to rest at all on our vacation. Oy. But that's what summer vacates are for, right?

So, what started this post was a call to Southwest Air trying to get a few tickets for Jake to come back and forth a few times. I guess Southwest did away with the direct flight from Seattle to Spokane several years ago, that's how much we fly I guess. I was having issues looking up flights on the computer so i called to talk to someone. The shortest flight to get Jake to Spokane was going to be from Seattle to somewhere in California to somewhere in Arizona to Spokane. And that was the shortest. Seriously?! It would take all day, plus over $300 to go what would take 4 1/2hrs and an $80 tank of gas. Craziness I tell you.

Oh well, on to their competition to try to find a flight for Jake. And in the mean time, I need to start packing to move...yep, we sold our house but that's a whole other post :)

Our little family

These past few weeks have been busy for our family. The girls are finally feeling better, and sleeping through the night for past 5 nights I might add, and so the are getting their energy back. Jake's summer basketball league has started and it seems like he is always gone. Ad me, well being a wife and mom of twins, I'm always busy.

One of the new things with the girls is they like to color. Both of them are always asking to color. Even Hannah, who still doesn't has as large of vocabulary as Hailey, is constantly asking to color. "Color, color". It's really cute. One of our problems is staying on the paper. But there is enough on that subject for a whole other post. 

Last night, while Jake was down in Seattle with his boys, the girls and I were cleaning up. They had been coloring for most of the evening while I made a triple batch of hamburger soup. While we were cleaning up I gathered all of their colored pages from the day and stacked them on the counter. A little later in the night I knocked them down or some thing. While stacking them again one page caught my eye.

Now Hailey likes to have you draw things for her. Her favorites are cats, balloons, really just those two. Hannah likes stars and hearts. Cats too.  Hailey will ask for you to draw something and then ask again as soon as you are done. Here are what most of the pages look like...

Or Hannah's famous drawings...

So this drawing that caught my eye was done by Jake. And it just made my heart so happy.

Looks like mom and dad are even holding hands! Hannah, aka Bananna, even has more hair in the drawing then Bop :) Dads and daughters can be so cute. 

I love our little family <3