Happy New Year... Bring on 2016 ("Catch Up" Series)

Happy New Year form Mikayla and Audrey!!!

This New Year's Eve we went out to dinner and these little girls were so great!  They let us enjoy a great dinner and then we headed home to veg out and await all of the fireworks!  It was about 11:55 and the fireworks had already lightly began in the neighborhood!  We turned the TV on to watch local and national coverage... and then, EXPLOSION!!!  Mikayla had a blowout that went from her front to her back!  Mike hustled and quickly ripped the onesie off of her, changed her diaper and wiped her down with literally less than a minute to spare!!!  We were able to share kisses and snuggles with each other and the girls as the clock struck midnight!  

What a whirlwind of a year for the Gonzales household!  These girls are the most difficult, at times, but most definitely the most rewarding aspect of our 2015!  I can only imagine what 2016 has in-store for us!! 

Ho Ho Ho! Our 1st Christmas ("Catch Up" Series)

Wishing You a Very Merry Christmas

Candy canes, tinsel and baby snuggles!  This is what our Christmas consists of this year! :)  I absolutely LOVE the holidays!  I love everything about them!  The excitement, the celebration, the reason for the season, the gifts, the hustle and bustle and now... I have an entire new reason to love the holidays... my sweet babes!  With their birthday only a week before Halloween, my holiday season just became a WHOLE lot more sweet! :)

Although I know that in the coming years, this time of year will mean added fun and excitement, this year it meant a bit more stress and a lot less sleep! O_o  Although I was on maternity leave, Mike had a few shifts here and there that he had to head back into work for that he was unable to get off; Christmas Day was one of them.  I headed over to my parents first thing in the morning and spent the majority of Christmas Day with my parents and my sisters!  The girls were also officially a whole two months old on Christmas Day which was wonderfully bittersweet too :)

Mommy - Daughter Christmas Picture

Daddy - Daughter Christmas Picture (before daddy headed to work)

I have to say that our Christmas was so beautiful and blessed... and Lord knows these girls received so many wonderful things!  Some things they needed, other things were just too cute and I know their aunties and their grandparents couldn't resist! :)

Our new family ornament from my sister!  I cannot believe that one Christmas is already under their belt! 

Grandma & Grandpa time xoxoxoxoxo

All of this Christmas excitement and attention is tiring!  They slept so well at grandma & grandpa's house!  They napped for most of the morning while we opened gifts... I'm thinking it will be different next Christmas! :) 

My older sister had come to my house before heading to my parents house to help me make the drive to La Vernia.  The drive was going to be about an hour so having her relieved any anxiety wrapped around "what the hell do I do if the girls start screaming 10 minutes into the drive?" LOL 

^--- This is my little who helped me on the way home! :)  She was snug as a bug in-between the girls in the backseat!  The girls slept soundly all the way home! :) 

Until next year and there 2nd Christmas... Merry Christmas to all and to all a Goodnight! 

Angel Babies: 2 Months Old ("Catch Up" Series)

December 25th

My sweet babes are 2 months old!  Where is the time going?!?!

Sweet Teddy Bears ("Catch Up" Series)

How cute are these?  :)  My mom got the girls these sweet pink teddy bear onesies but the girls also received a pink and a white one from my little sister.  They look so precious in them... I could just eat them up!

Gobble Till We Wobble: Our First Thanksgiving ("Catch Up" Series)

Gobble Gobble!  These sweet little turkeys had a memorable first Thanksgiving! :)  We spent the day running around, as we do most holidays, but this time with two angel babies in tow! :) We spent the morning at Mike's sisters house and then headed to my sister, Paige's house for Thanksgiving dinner.  The girls did great on the drive across town... until about 5 miles away from my sisters.  Audrey began screaming like crazy!  So much so that I suggested we pull into a Walgreens that was down the street from my sisters neighborhood.  Mike quickly picked up Audrey and tried calming her, to which she immediately did.  I then thought it would be a good idea if we went ahead and checked/changed their diapers so we wouldn't have to immediately after getting to the house.  And that's when I realized that Audrey was screaming in the back letting us know that Mikayla had had an EXPLOSIVE BM... O_O  It was everywhere!  So there I was... in the Walgreens parking lot stripping Mikayla out of her diaper and clothing! Thankfully we had a cute backup outfit that still worked with their precious "My 1st Thanksgiving" bib!  

Everything looked wonderful and festive at my sisters house!  The girls did very well and found themselves in the arms of someone most of the afternoon and evening!  We had come prepared with their rocker-sleepers and although they rested in them for a bit, there was just too much going on and they didn't want to miss anything! LOL

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 My sweet Mikayla Mae

 Miss Audrey being spoiled by Auntie Paigy

My love... the absolute love of my life

6 Weeks Old ("Catch Up" Series)

I love you precious angel babies!!!  My sweet little girls are plumping up and actually beginning to fill out their clothes! LOL

Angel Babies Mikayla & Audrey

 This little nugget really "tests" daddy! LOL  Most of their late nights are spent together... and usually involves a screaming Audrey O_O 

My Sweet Cherubs ("Catch Up" Series)

My sweet girls!  While daddy headed to work for one of the few shifts he had to pull during my maternity leave and the girls' first weeks, mommy and the girls had a sleepy photo session! :)  These sweet girls were fed, happy and napping... so I had a little fun with their beautiful angel selves...

 Be still my heart.... Thanks to God for my Mikayla and my Audrey