Top ten reasons we love having twins...

10. having the best of both worlds- a boy and a girl at the same time
9. shopping for both of them
8. matching outfits
7. no need to ever fight over who gets to hold the baby
6. 4 hands and 4 feet :)
5. watching them interact and discover each other
4. only pregnant 1 time
3. 2 smiles
2. 2 giggles
1. walking into the living room and seeing them hold hands and coo at each other :)

Our new toy!

So my friend Alisa inspired me to "rediscover" craigslist (thanks Alisa!) so thanks to Alisa we now have...

1. a king size bed on the way! (this is wonderful considering we are sleeping on ty's parents old mattress- pretty sure it's like 20 years old and totally sags in the middle, it's bad) can't wait for a great nights sleep and to wake up without my whole body being sore! plus it's a king so no more fighting for space on the bed!

2. for $20 my mom now has an almost new pack and play at her house, so no more lugging ours around! (well we still have to lug one, but WAY better then lugging 2 around!)

and last, but definitely not least...

The twinos have a new toy!!! and we now have any less space in our living room! (i'll post more about this later, but since we've got back from utah, i've been on a declutter kick, slowly working on each room, changing furniture, throwing stuff away, and reorganizing- it's been fun, but lots of work!)

so for now here's the new toy :)

What cuties :)

I know I'm biased, but boy are they are so cute!!

we're 5 months old!

Micah and Hallie are officially 5 months old as of yesterday :)





I absolutely love this age, there is so much learning and discovering going on, it is so fun to watch "the wheels turning."

Utah fun!

What a wild and fun week! We all had a great week here's the week from each of our different perspectives...

Micah and Hallie review the week...

We met A LOT of new people! we met great granny and papa thomson, great grandpa moses, uncle crandall and aunt jen, aunt laurie, celcily and kids, kevin, diego, peggy and tim, mary and tracy, lots and lots of funny "moses" 2nd cousins (we loved you all), jenn and joe, tim and kylee, gramma pat and tom, and we know there were some more, but wow mom and dad we can't remember there were so many!

We spent a LONG time in our car seats, but we slept for a lot of it

We were so happy to be out of our carseats when we got to SLC at 3am we decided to have a party- of course we invited mom and dad and it lasted through the rest of the entire night.

Micah reviews his week...

I was so overwhelmed I had a really hard time slowing down to eat

Auntie Peggy helped me roll over for the first time and now i act like i've been doing it all along

I'm still trying real hard to figure out how to get my binky into my mouth all by myself

I had a fun time on dad's shoulders walking around temple square and downtown

Hallie review her week...
Daddy tried to sneak and feed me squash without telling mommy, i didn't really like it yet, and mommy was sad she missed it.

Micah got so much attention when he rolled over that the next day i decided i'd do it too, only mom was changing his diaper and didn't even see me do it! how rude!

I learned how to suck my thumb and brother didn't ha ha ha

We rode in the car a lot and went to some yummy places to eat, but i couldn't have any so i screamed at the people who could.

I soaked every shirt i had with drool cause my gummies hurt, but my teeth still won't come through :(

Tyson reviews his week...
mid-week: "this is what you have to do all day every day?!?"

beginning-of-this-week: "i miss my babies and wife so much!"

I love my fam! I am such a Moses. I had fun being with people of my own kind :) (for those who don't know, ty's bio dad's name is Roy Moses, he passed away when tyson was in high school, he was adopted by his mom's 2nd husband, kevin thomson, and now happily has a wonderful step-dad, robert stoddard)

i had a blast on my bro/sis date at dee's

i saw my brother and his wife for the first time in like 4 years

i played a thousand games of bubble breaker and finally beat my wife, by a lot, i am now the bubble breaker master and she'll never catch me.

i am even funnier then normal after a monster energy drink

i ate some mouth-watering food at cafe rio and a few other places.

Stacey reviews the week...
i am so thankful for all of the help i had this week!!

utah has WAY better scrapbooking stores! my head was spinning after 3 hours at roberts crafts and paper creations, i had to go home cause i couldn't handle anymore :(

i thought ty talked a lot normally, but give him an energy drink and he doesn't stop for 2 hours!!! seriously! i heard more stories and laughed harder then i've laughed in a long time during those couple hours!

i finally understand utah roads! yeah! and 7th E is way faster then 13th E

i WILL beat tyson at bubble breaker, (btw he cheats, restarts the game if it won't be a high score)

i am reminded once again as to where tyson gets his "tysonisms" :)

peggys "treat-filled counter" + my mouth = pants that don't fit!!!

even after 11 years of knowing each other i still have a hard time keeping his family straight, but love all of them!!

i did not take enough pictures!!! please share pics from this week if you took any cause i'm finding mine are not very good and there's not very many :( you can email them to me staceymae81@gmail.com :)

Back to life, back to reality...

So the WHOLE way home yesterday i had to get after tyson because he would randomly sing the line... "back to life, back to reality" (i don't remember if it's an actual song, chant, or if it just came to his creative mind!) BTW, coodos to us, we left SLC at 10:30 their time and made it home by 11:30 our time- so 14 hours including a 2 hour pit stop in boise to visit shawn, both babies did SO well! we had to stop only 3 other times for the babies! yea there was a little crying (mainly because of a dirty diaper), but for 12 hours in the car, i have no complaints!

anyway i don't know about you all, but this is the worse part of vacation!! ty had a psych test at 9 this morning and now is going straight to work, i have laundry to do (not a ton thanks to my hubby and aunt peggy's trusty washer and dryer!), unpacking, cleaning bedding thanks to a weeks worth of cat hair (way to forget to shut our bedroom door!), and let's face it just coming back to reality! we had a wonderful week though and i will post pics and goodies after reality settles in :)

tag

So i just noticed that Tania tagged me- a little slow on my part- must have been a blonde moment :)

#1 Ten Years Ago:

Stacey- I was 16 and a junior in HS, Ty and I had been dating for over a year- so probably hanging out with either him or my friends :)
Tyson- "I don't know- who wants to know" (LOL- can you tell he really digs the whole blog thing!) "I don't care- I was 19 and should have been on my mission- thanks for rubbing it in"

#2 Five Things On My To-Do List:
Stacey- Since we are on vacation... con ty into letting me go to down east basics clearance store and another scrapbook store, pack the diaper bag, meet Jenn and her fiance :) in provo for dinner, feed babies, and put my shoes on :)
Tyson- get rich, watch hoops, stop answering these questions, get dressed, eat lunch, and finish laundry

#3 Snacks I Enjoy:
Stacey- Chocolate, TLC oatmeal raisin "cookies," double fudge cookie dough blizzard, toast with blackberry jam, grape juice, target popcorn, Chocolate, crackers and cheese, chocolate, kit kats, peanut m&m's, and did i mention chocolate? cause that's on the list too!
Tyson- Blue Diamond Smoked almonds, crackers and cheese, guarna, diet pepsi, chili cheese dip, donuts, and pretty much anything i can get my hands on.

#4 Three Bad Habits:
Stacey- eating too much chocolate and sweets, trying to do too much in not enough time, and packing way too much!
Tyson- chewing my finger nails, procrastinating, getting angry about stupid stuff

#5 If I Suddenly Became A Billionaire:
Stacey- I would pay off our debts, our families debts, travel around the world with our families, give to charities, and invest
Tyson- I would by lifetime supply of twinikies, go swimming in a ocean of jello, pay off all my debts, and build a youth ranch.

#6 Places I’ve Lived:
Stacey- Seattle, Prosser, Cheney, Basin City, Kennewick
Tyson- Richland, Benton city, Kennewick, Prosser, cheney, spokane, basin city, wa; san antonio, tx; salt lake city, highland, murray, ut


#7 Jobs I’ve Had:
Stacey- Cleaning houses/small businesses, Lifeguard, "cashier" at our produce stand, Recreation Therapist and assistant, Foster parent, Mental Health Counselor, and mommy!
Tyson- mouse milker, retail, grocery, mental health counselor, group leader at boys ranch, bartender (in my rebel days), server, produce stand owner, ebay guru, entrepreneur, and world's coolest dad.

#8 Things People Don’t Know About Me:
Stacey- I'm REALLY competitive and don't like to lose, but if i really like a game will sometimes let people win so they'll keep playing :)
Tyson- i'm in the air national guard on a regional search and rescue team and i like to randomly show up at places and surprise people.

I tag ben and lisa, and george and mandy :)

MS Lifelines Walk

Friends and Family,

As many of you know, my dad has MS, I have witnessed firsthand how debilitating MS can be and as a result I have recently decided to participate in the MS LifeLines Walk MS and I'm inviting you to join my team!

By joining my team, you will be signing up not just for a day of fun, but also for a celebration of the great things we can achieve when working together for a common cause. Each step we take brings us one step closer to a cure - and closer to a world without multiple sclerosis. So what are you waiting for? Join my team today or make a donation on my behalf.

P.S. If you would like more information about the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, how proceeds from Walk MS are used, or the other ways you can get involved, please visit www.nationalmssociety.org/was.

you can also visit my site at
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/sthomson

or follow the link to our team page Bruce's Buddies
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/WASWalkEvents?pg=team&fr_id=8817&team_id=110759


The walk will take place Saturday, April 12, 2008 at Columbia Park here in Kennewick-
thanks for checking it out and hope you can join us if you are in the area!

Love Tyson and Stacey

One last photo for the day...

Don't let those cute lil' faces deceive you!

So we went to Spokane this last weekend for drill, and as tyson was checking into the hotel my heart sank when i realized i forgot the suitcase with the babies clothes, some of ty's clothes, and all of my clothes! thankfully i had 1 change of clothes in a diaper bag for the babies (lesson learned after our first "official" blow out the week before- i had never fully understood why i needed to pack extra clothes in the diaper bag until that blow out, which i will spare you all and not share the picture!) anyway, so i had great plans to meet my friend Suzi, from Lourdes and her fam and thought that since the babies were SO wonderful last month when we tried to meet up that we'd shoot for the Northtown mall (they have a great nursing room which worked great last month!) that way i could get new clothes for myself and the babies- no such luck :( after a lunch with Suzi and her adorable family i had to go feed babies, who decided they wanted to make things difficult, Hallie seriously screamed and was inconsolable for like 20 minutes, i still to this day have no idea what was wrong with her- nothing worked, i'm sure people we're standing outside wondering what on earth i was doing to the poor thing, but some how we made it through and i was able to spend a few more minutes with Suzi before she had to leave to feed her own baby! so needless to say, i left the mall after a very quick stop at the downeast basic kiosk for a shirt for me and no other clothes for me or the babies. oh and to top it off hallie had a "minor" blow out on the one outfit i had for her, so i cleaned it up the best i could and headed back to the base to pick ty up.

I was finally able to make it out to walmart to buy the rest of our needed clothing by 5 in the evening, with just enough time to enjoy the tail end of tyson attempting to feed to screaming babies (what a trooper!) we discovered (thanks to the wisdom of my mom) that micah is now terrified of strange places, he seriously woke up at least every hour at night for the 2 nights we were there. i feel SO sorry for our neighbors in the hotel, they too must have wondered what on earth we were doing to our poor babies!

Needless to say, it was a weekend of many lessons learned! We have enjoyed a quiet week with 2 super cute babies, that have almost erased the horrific memories of the weekend :) and are looking forward to our week in Utah! we have so many people to see and so many people for the babies to meet! i can't wait to hit all of the scrapbook stores and ty can't wait to have a week off of work and school! it will be a much needed break for us all!

What a good daddy

Tyson is such a good dad, he has been such a huge help lately and is so fun to watch him interact with both of the babies- they smile everytime he comes into the room or comes home from school or work! they really do love him!

Socks...

So I plan on posting some more pics at some point today (cross your fingers) but it's been way too long since i posted any- so here's one i love, i went into the room and found both had kicked a sock off and who can resist a sleeping baby pic?? so cute- enjoy :)