Marriage Tag

I read this on Angie and Jarred's and Dave and Nicole's Blogs. Nicole said "tag" to anyone who reads it, so here goes!

What is your husbands name? Alberto
•What is your full maiden name? Sara Whitehead
•How long have you been together? almost 5 years
•How long did you date? We dated about 2 months before getting engaged, but we were engaged for almost 8 months!
•How old is he? 26
•Who said I love you first? Alberto
•Who is taller? Alberto
•Who sings better? I would say we both sing pretty poorly, but I am way better at memorizing songs. I love to make fun of Alberto for making up words. However, singing in the car together is one of my favorite things. I know our kids will be mortified when they are old enough to understand how dorky their parents are.
•Who is smarter? I think we are about even. I think we are smart in different ways. I am definitely right more often. :)
•Whose temper is worse? Mine, sadly.
•Who does the laundry? I do
•Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Alberto. I have to sleep on the side closest to the door.
•Who pays the bills? Alberto
•Who mows the lawn? Alberto, but lucky dog only has to mow our tiny little patch in the front now!
•Who does the dishes? We used to do them together, but since I became a stay at home mom, its pretty much all me, although Alberto did help tonight.
•Who cooks dinner? I do.
•Who drives when you are together? Usually Alberto, but I drive a lot because I am usually dropping him off at work.
•Who is more stubborn? We are both pretty stubborn. I never knew how prideful I could be until I got married.
•Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? I think me, but I am rarely wrong so I don't have to admit it very often. haha. Actually, Alberto will admit his wrong if I cry :)
•Who kissed who first? Alberto kissed me first.
•Who proposed? He did.
•Who is more sensitive? Obviously me, but Alberto has his moments. When the babies were born, I saw a whole new side of him. It was so sweet. Once we found out I was in labor, he cried at the drop of a hat for the next week. My favorite was the day we were going home from the hospital and he was out loading the car and my mom and I were dressing the babies and when he came in, my mom said, "look at your little girl in pink," and he broke out into tears. He is the best daddy.
•Who has more friends? I have more friends that we actually associate with, but Alberto makes friends with everyone he even looks at. Literally, everytime we go somewhere he sees someone he knows. I grew up here and he is from Brazil and he knows way more people than me!
•Who wears the pants in the family? I try to share the pants, but I think I wear them more.
•How many kids do you want to have? We always say 4 and lucky for us we are half way there in one shot! I think we will just take it as it comes.
Now I tag you....Bria and Kristin

Say Cheese!

We finally took the babies in to get their pictures taken. It is sad to admit, but I haven't had professional photos done of them since they were a month old. Here are some of the pics. These ones don't have all the enhancements, but none-the-less, they are cute!

Samurai Babies!!

Alberto's sister, Daniella, lives in Japan with her husband and daughter, Sayuri. Many of you have seen our babies sporting the "Anpanman" bibs and toys from Japan. Here are the latest additions to their Japanese attire. They are cute little baby Kimonos.

Poor Allie

So this past week myself and the babies all got colds, we also gave it to gramma (again)! This cold has been no where near as bad as our first colds, but with two miserable infants it seems worse than it is at times. Anyhow, Allie gets much sicker than the rest of us. The poor girl gets so stuffed up and you can just see in her eyes that she feels terrible, but inspite of all that both babies manage to be playful and happy. Here are some pictures of Allie this last week after she just couldn't take anymore and crashed.

A Poem for all the Moms!

This year for my first official Mother's Day, my mom gave me a part of a poem she found about being a mom. I loved it so much because it is exactly how I feel and obviously how other moms feel too. Anyway, I have wanted to share it with my friends so here is some of it. If you are not a mom yet, once you are, I am sure you will agree. It is funny how at the end of a long day, I am so excited to put the babies to bed and have a nice quiet evening, but once they have been asleep for about an hour, I start to miss them and then can't wait for the next day to come! Sorry I don't know the author of the poem:

Before I was a mom- I slept as late as I wanted, I cleaned my house each day, I never tripped over toys...

Before I was a mom-I had never been puked on, pooped on, spit-up on, chewed on, or peed on... I had complete control of my mind and thoughts, I never looked into teary eyes and cried, I never got so gloriously happy over a simple grin...

Before I was a mom- I never sat up late hours watching sleeping babies, I never held a baby just because I didn't want to put it down, I never felt my heart break into a million pieces because I couldn't stop the hurt, I never knew something so small could affect my life so much...

Before I was a mom- I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby, I didn't know something so small could make me feel so important and so needed..

Before I was a mom- I never got up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes just to make sure all was okay (and everyone was breathing), I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a mom, I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much before I was a mom.

Fun at the Lake

I copied this picture from my friend Tara's blog. I am surprised it worked! Last week we went to Quail with some of our neighbors to play at the lake. Our neighborhood is so fun because it is mostly younger couples and many of us have babies around the same age. Just on our little corner there are 5 babies within 2 months of eachother! This is Allie, Gabrielle, Ayla and AJ.

Allie

Allie is our sunshine. She is perhaps the sweetest baby ever. Sometimes Alberto and I feel bad because AJ demands so much attention that we will leave Allie alone to entertain herself, but she doesn't mind. She is very self sufficient and loves to discover new things about herself. When she is drinking her bottle, she strokes her cheeks and hair. She loves to look at the colors and patterns on her clothes and ours as well. Most of all though Allie loves her family. She squeals and smiles each time one of us enters the room. She especially loves her brother and every chance she gets, she pulls him close and gives him "kisses".

AJ

AJ is the definitive boy. He is so aggressive and on the go all of the time. Lately he pulls himself up on anything in site and pushes himself back and forth and growls. It is pretty funny. Today he was standing in Allie's crib and grabbed onto the posts and started pushing back and forth and smacked his head on the crib. He looked around as if he was making sure no one saw him and then kept on doing it. He loves attention and always has big smiles for everyone. He is charming just like his daddy and people can't help but love him.

update

A lot has happened with the babies since I last posted. I told you I wouldn't be good at this blogging stuff. I still haven't even shared our blog with anyone, including Alberto. Allie and AJ are now sitting up, crawling and pulling themselves up on things. It is so fun to see them changing and they are definitely keeping me on my toes!

Fun weekend

This weekend we had a fun visit from Uncle Glauco and soon-to-be Aunt Camilla. We went swimming and on a picnic and even went to Vegas for some shopping. Allie and AJ loved all the attention. Today when Glauco and Camilla left and Alberto went back to work, the babies didn't know what to think because for the first time in 4 days they weren't being constantly held and entertained.