Pictures

Here are some pictures I thought I would share. Not much going on here. We are all ready for summer. I'm glad school is out and the ball games have been in full swing for a couple of weeks now.

I thought we would try coloring on our picnic table. Needless to say this was very short lived. The table was more of a climbing obstacle and the twins figured out real fast that they could reach alot more "things" by standing on top of the table. The table went back outside - until another day!

Never to young to start cleaning! HA HA

Michael HATES and I mean HATES the vaccuum cleaner but he is slowing overcoming his fears.
These two pictures show what Autumn looks like after she has "washed" her hair in apple juice. Kisser has figured out that when she turns her sippy cups with soft nipples upside down and then push the nipple on the tray the liquid inside comes out. After the liquid is on her tray she takes both hands and "splashes" in the liquid and then rubs it into her hair. She has had one other hair washing moment. That one was with chocolate milk! What a character - she will defintely keep us on top of our toes!
Kisser a.k.a Autumn's new faces
My little guy Michael - look at that "innocent" face :)

I MISS YOU DAD!

13 years ago today the strongest, bravest, most caring and loving man in the world passed away from acute miloblastic (I don't know if I spelled this right) lukemia at the young age of 56. I MISS YOU DAD AND LOVE YOU!! Please continue to watch over my family and I will see you again someday.



Your daughter and fishing buddy, Kimberly

Kissers new way to smile

Autumn (Kisser) loves to give the "cheesy" smile. All is going well for the Behling's. Getting ready for school to get out. Cody and Ray get out of school on Thursday, May 7 and Heather gets out on Wednesday, May 20. Oh boy the fun is going to start soon?! I bet by June 1 (if not sooner) I'll hear "I'm bored" "There's nothing to do. " a million times, good thing we live close to the pool. We will be quite busy with baseball and softball (Tuesday through Friday) of every week, now how can they get bored? Enjoy your summer!!! I'll post as time allows.

Could it be......

Ron is getting domesticated? I couldn't help it - I had to get the proof that Ron actually does know what "housework" is and guess what? It didn't kill him!! HA HA

Ron's the BIG 40!!!

Ron is 40

Saturday, March 21 Ron turned the BIG 4-0. We went out for supper with some of my family members to celebrate. Here is a picture of his big day and his cake (I'm no Betty Crocker let alone Martha Stewart) HA HA!!!!

Ron and his cake. Heather made the paper design on the left side of the cake. It was a picture of the farm.

Kids lined up to sing Happy Birthday to Dad!

Pediatrician News

We had the twins 15th month well baby visit last Wednesday. Autumn weighed in at 20 lbs. 4.5 oz and 30.5" long. Michael weighed in at 23 lbs. 2 oz and 33" long. The visit went well the Dr. was happy with everything and we don't go back again until June. Poor Autumn they hadn't even given her the shots yet and she had already begun to cry! Autumn is starting to cut her eye teeth and Michael is barely cutting his molars! Here are a couple recent photos of the babes!

First attempt at pig tails! She actually left them in all night!

Michael up close

Autumn chillin' out watching the Baby Channel
Michael and his fascination with shoes. Be prepared if you ever come over. Michael will make you take your shoes off so he can play with them!

No pediatrician news

Sorry but there is no pediatrician news to report from Friday. We didn't get to go as all of us (with the exception of Michael) came down with a stomach virus beginning on Tuesday and we didn't get over it until Saturday. We rescheduled our appointment for next Wednesday, March 24. I will post then! Have a great week and I hope everyone had a great St. Patrick's Day yesterday!

See no Evil, Hear no Evil

We are missing Speak no Evil!! I couldn't even imagine so let's not go there :)

Grandma Marlene was going to come over on Monday so Aunt Roxie and Mommy said "Oh No Grandma's coming" and their reaction was as follows:
See no Evil, Hear no Evil

Showin' the LOVE

Not much new here. Michael and Autumn were "caught" givin' love on Monday so I couldn't resist getting pictures. I can't imagine what their idea of givin' love will be in a few years? I have a feeling it will involve alot of pushing, shoving and crying!! HA HA I will defintely have to show these to Autumn and Michael when they are older and say "See you did love each other at one time in your life - now get along! " HE HE

The twins have their 15 month pediatrician appointment on March 13 so I probably won't post again until after then.

Here are some LOVE pictures
Michael lovin' Autumn

Autumn lovin' Michael back

Valentine's Day 2009

Happy Valetine's Day (better late than never)!

I hope everyone had a beautiful Valentine's Day. We didn't do much. Ron worked, the kids and I hung out at home and I then I fixed us Salmon for supper. I don't think it was Autumn's favorite meal!! :) Autumn got a new pink swing and Michael got a see 'n say. Michael didn't get a blue swing because he already has one! Heather got Madagascar 2. I can hardly wait to watch it!

I brought in their Little Tikes slide so they could get used to climbing it before spring/summer comes and to say the least it has been a hit! I had to add this picture of Michael wearing Ron's work boots. He is addicted to them!!! If Ron doesn't bring the boots in the house when he gets home Michael sits at the back door and actually throws a "temper tantrum" until we bring the boots in. Oh boy the 2's are going to be fun :)


Autumn and her new swingMichael "caught" with his see 'n say is Sissy's swing. Once again "black mail" material :)
Autumn climbing up the slide
Autumn preparing to slide down the slide
Michael in Daddy's boots. Please Michael do Mommy a favor and DON"T work where Daddy's works!

1st Haircut

We survived another "first". Michael and Autumn received their first haircut on Monday, February 2. Autumn's was more a trimming of her bangs. Poor girl...she is going to take after her Mother and have fine, thin hair that just doesn't grow. :( Michael got an official hair cut! His bangs were down to the tip of his nose, the sides were way past his ears and the back was past his collar. Michael had lots of curls in the back and I hated to see them go but he looks like such a young man now. They both did really well sitting in the chair. Michael got a little irritated towards the end and was ready to be done. Autumn didn't mind the cape at all but Michael ripped it off the minute it was put on (he hates bibs too, actually they both do). In case you're wondering...I did get envelopes of their hair to put in their baby books. Check out the before and after pictures of Michael (he looks like a new kid). Autumn's first hair cut (bang trim)

Michael's first hair cut (look how long it is)

Autumn's bangs after the trim (they were actually past her eyes)

Drum roll please......................

Michael after the hair cut (WOW! is this the same kid)?

I just had to put this picture up.

Not much new here....

Happy Groundhog Day~
Not much has been going on in the Behling household. I think we are just trying to get back to "normal" after all of the holiday hoopla. Autumn and Michael are still climbing onto everything and I mean everything! There is no stopping them - just when you think there isn't anything else they climb on - BAM! they find something new. We have had a few happenings since the last update. We got new carseats! YEAH for Mommy's back (they were getting quite heavy). Autumn has cut 3 of her molars. It probably took her almost 1 month to cut them all. I am very blessed that she does well with cutting her teeth. She was only up 1 time through the night for about 20 minutes and after a little cuddling she went right back to sleep. Michael has only had the 4 upper teeth and 2 lower teeth for about 3-4 months now. Michael has been really crabby lately and I now know why. Last night I saw his other 2 bottom teeth are starting to break through. I took some pictures yesterday of the twins in Heather's pink head wrap. I'm sure Michael will love me when he gets older (I guess I can use it as blackmail material). Michael is getting his first haircut tomorrow night so I will be certain to post again soon.

Autumn in the pink wrap

Michael in the pink head wrap (what a poser)

2009 is the year of......

You guessed it - the "climbers"! (sorry about all the diaper on Michael's picture)

Autumn and Michael are climbing up onto to everything!! Michael is able to get down off the couch with style but Autumn has not mastered this skill quite yet. They love to climb onto our couch and the into the bay window so they can sit and play with their shoes or toys. Then they "tumble" down the couch and back up again. It's a vicious circle! :)

Here are a few of their climbing pictures!

Autumn needing a break after all that climbing

Michael off to join his sister in the window

Their goal has been successful. Looks like Autumn's on her way down again!

Christmas 2008 & New Years

I hope that everyone had an blessed Christmas. Sorry I won't be posting any pictures of our Christmas. Not only was it a crazy day with the twins going in opposite directions but my batteries went dead in my digital camera - Go figure! We celebrated on Christmas Day at my moms, Grandmas Phyllis', house in Blair. Then we celebrated with Ron's family at Bill and Marlene's on Friday, December 26.

New Years Eve we went to the Sleep Inn here in Syracuse. We spent time with my friends Cheri & Doug and their kids along with members of Cheri's family. The twins were so excited to be bringing in the new year. Michael didn't go to sleep until 11:30 and Autumn until 11:50! I was exhausted yesterday :) Of course Ron and Heather got to bed a lot later then Autumn and Michael!

I hope 2009 finds everyone happy and healthy!

Birthday Party

We had the twins 1st birthday party on Saturday. They had a blast and got tons of wonderful gifts - thank you to everyone. A great big thank you to Aunt Shelly for making their "little" cakes just for them. I was shocked as they didn't dig in quite like I anticipated them to. Here are some pictures to commemorate the event!

Our birthday cakes made by Aunt ShellyHappy Birthday to Autumn
Happy Birthday to Michael
The aftermath of Michael's cake eating. We hope the frosting came out of Aunt Roxie's clothes!
The aftermath of Autumn's cake eating experience
The cakes the adults ate.

Pediatrician appointment

We went to Dr. Woodford today and the babies are doing great!! Autumn now weighs 19 lbs 2 oz and is 29.7" long. Michael weighs 20 lbs 10 oz and is 31.5" long. He is going to be a tall boy just like his daddy. Of course the shots were not enjoyed by Autumn and Michael but we got through them again. They had a finger poke this time also and did great with that - not one tear. We now get to start on whole milk. YIPEE-that is going to help the checkbook. :) Here a couple of new pictures of them. We have their 1st birthday party tomorrow. I will be sure to take plenty of pictures and post them. I can hardly wait.

Autumn Elizabeth
Michael Vance

Autumn & Michael turn 1 today!!!

Can you believe one year ago today, after 9 weeks of bed rest I gave birth to my two precious children, Autumn & Michael. Thank you so much to Dr. Robertson, Dr. Doherty (for the gift of Autumn & Michael's life), Methodist Hospital and the NICU (for taking such great care of Michael). I am so blessed to have my children in my life and that they are healthy. We have our next pediatrician appointment on Friday so I will post then as to their weights. I can hardly wait!! Anxiously awaiting their arrival. Can you say BIG!!!! My nephew Austin thought he should put a "You are Here" landmark on my road map belly :) Or he wanted to put Wal-Mart on one side of my belly and then Menards on the other side.

Daddy was all smiles awaiting their arrival. I think it's because he wasn't going to have to "wait" on my anymore since I wouldn't be on bed rest. Much to his surprise waiting on me lasted a little longer due to my swollen legs/feet HE HE :)
Out sweet baby girl. Autumn Elizabeth blessed us with her presence at 6:03 p.m. weighing in at 5 lbs. 8 oz and 18 1/4" long. She has been a true gift. She is so precious to us all. Our precious boy was born at 6:10 p.m. Michael Vance weighed 5 lbs 12 oz and was 19 1/2" long. After a week stay in the NICU he was doing great and you would have never known he had difficulties breathing at birth. Everyone treasures Michael.

Big sister wasn't proud of them at all was she? Look at that smile. Heather is such a blessing for us. Autumn just loves her big sissy. You should see how upset they both get when sissy won't let them in her room. Talk about temper tantrum!! Of course big sissy has much cooler toys then Autumn and Michael.