A whole lot of new skills!

So over the last few weeks the little kids have mastered a few new skills! Brecken is potty trained and this is a huge deal for him and for mom! That is one less kids diapers I have have to change!! Whoo hoo! Leighton has been crawling and sitting up for almost a month now but just last week managed to learn how to pull her self up! She loves all the independance she now has. She also has a wapping 8 teeth! She is growing to fast. Hudson just yesterday learned to sit up, he is still army crawling but gets around just fine. He is teething right now and has 4 already! He is becoming such a big boy. Well I have lots of work to do so this will have to be short. Brecken's 3rd birthday is only in a few days.

Welcome 2010!

Well we did it we made it to 2010! This year sure has been a crazy one with the arrival of the twins, my new business venture and Crist continuing his journey to become a police officer.
The year in review,
The twins arrived on May 12th 2009 and are now 7 months old. Hudson is the heavy weight that started talking first he said DaDa with Mama quickly following a few weeks later. Leighton is my peanut she has always been a few pounds lighter than Hudson! She does not talk yet but is excelling in other areas; she learned to crawl and sit up in a matter of minutes of each other and has not stopped since! I think I need some fencing:)
Autumn is in 3rd Grade now and loving every minute or most minutes! She and Crist will be taking a trip out west this summer to see some of his cousins and to ski Breckenridge! She is pretty stoked to shred with cousin Matt! Other than skiing Autumn keeps busy with dance and girl scouts. It's almost cookie time so start getting your orders together!
Brecken is getting taller by the day I swear! He will be turning 3 in February; I cannot believe he is going to be that old! Where does the time go? We will be starting to plan his party soon, he wants a train, Spiderman, speed car party. So I think whatever "boy" stuff I find will be just fine. I think we may try and go somewhere this year so mom doesn't have to have everyone at our house.

Crist is doing really well at school. This semester he managed with all the chaos to Achieve a 4.0! I am so proud of him! He only has until May and he is done!!! Only a few months left of craziness. He should graduate right around the twins first Birthdays! What a present, Dad realizing his dreams!

I am doing pretty well thanks due in part to all the wonderful people in my life, all the help driving Autumn to and from school watching the babies so I can get some running done and many other helping hands that have been extended this year. I have also had some excitement in my photography business, I partnered with a lovely lady named Kathy King and we have started a new business called Pictures of You Photography. We are learning a lot about the business end of things but really enjoying all the new opportunities this partnership has brought and will continue to bring in 2010. If you want to see some of my latest work check out: http://siebenalerphotography.blogspot.com/

I hope everyone enjoys the new year and if I didn't get you a Christmas card this year please accept my sincere apology as I am new to this business owner, mother of 4 job and did not get them all done. Next year I may do Happy New Years cards!
-Liz

Family Pictures

Okay so it's that time of year again... and I thought oh I can do this just quick. Okay so we have way too many kids to try and have me set up everything and my best friend shoot ( who is not a photographer). Not only did they all turn out pretty bad I decided that I did not like what my husband and I are wearing. We looked to formal and not like us. So needless to say I think this years Christmas card will have 4 individual shots of the kids or maybe all the outtakes from the many times I tried to take the 4 kids pictures all together. As a photographer the thing I hate the most is photographing my own kids, at least all together:)

The end of summer is upon us...

As we are approaching the end of summer I can not believe all that has happened since school got out last year! We added 2 new members to our family, Brecken has grown about 5 inches and Autumn seems just so grown up.

Autumn will be starting 3rd grade in just a couple of days! I can not even believe that I have a 3rd grader..I am getting old! She is not as excited to start school this year as she has been in the past, I think she is getting the idea that school is hard work. But I think she will enjoy her new teacher and one new student joining her class. (She has been with the same 13 kids since Kindergarten) She also got a new do for the school year she is pretty excited about, I think it made her look more like a teenager so I am a little sad.
She will also start dance, girl scouts and soccer in the next couple of weeks busy busy kid!

Brecken is getting so tall and talking so much! We are getting close to potty training but I wanted to wait until school started and we have a schedule in this house again. He has one more year before he will start school but I think he would gladly go at this point. He likes to play with other kids and really likes going to daycare one day a week just to get out of the house and away from babies:)

The babies are about 4 months now and growing like weeds. Hudson is weighing in at 15 lbs and Leighton is trailing at 13 lbs. They both giggle, smile and roll over! We will be getting official weights soon when we go to their 4 month check up.

Crist and I are looking forward to the end of the State Fair so at least on his days off he will be home. He has been at work, school and the State Fair as a reserve. I am keeping busy chasing kids and getting my photography business off the ground. I have a few weddings in the next couple of months and we are approaching Christmas card season so I will be pretty busy.

I hope everyone had a great summer!

It's been 3 months!

Okay so it has been 3 crazy months since the twins were born, and I feel like it has only been a couple weeks. That is until I saw a friends twins over the weekend and I realized how much mine have grown! They are sure getting big! Hudson figured out how to roll from his stomach to his back about 3 weeks ago and Leighton just accomplished this task two days ago! Both babies are smiling like crazy and cooing all the time. They are just a joy.

Autumn just got home from YMCA Camp St. Croix, she stayed for a whole week this year. With no problems, she could not get rid of me fast enough. They swam, did crafts, did some boating and ate bad food according to Autumn. Autumn will also be starting the 3rd grade this fall, it is only a few weeks away! Where did the summer go?

Brecken is well on his way to being quite tall I swear he is growing a inch everyday. He is also very talkative and enjoys the babies even if they take mom's attention away.

Crist started a new job with Walser Group and is really enjoying it, he will also be starting school on the 24th. So I will be a "single" mom until May when he graduates from Metro State as a Police Officer!! We are so excited this chapter in his life is drawing near a end.

Well I am off to tend to babies:)

Baptism Day

The babies were baptised on Sunday at St. John's in Vermillion. We just got a new priest so it was his very first ( and second) baptism at our church. The babies looked so cute in there outfits. We had a nice get together at my in-laws afterward to celebrate. It was so nice to see everyone. We are truly blessed with great family and friends. Thanks everyone for such a nice day.

Summer fun!

Well with summer in full swing we have been busy busy! The babies are doing good.. and getting big Leighton is now 8 lbs 9 oz and Hudson is 10 lbs 12 oz. They are growing like weeds, but I can not believe that Hudson is 2 pounds bigger than Leighton.

Autumn has been keeping busy this summer with art camp and playing outside in her pool. She will be attending girl scout camp and Y camp later in the summer.

Brecken is just busy as ever. He is learning new words everyday and growing so tall. I think he hit terrible twos, and is very curious especially when mom is busy with the babies.

This weekend is the babies baptism and we have family here from WI and TX. So we will be very busy for the next few days. I just hope the weather is nice on Sunday so we can have brunch outside and enjoy the summer weather!