Don't Steal MY Piggy Bank

So, last night was the Tea Party. My friend Brad, my dad and myself decided that we needed to go to tell Washington to stop the spending.

Most of you may know that I have a pretty loud voice, especially on something like this. Well, apparently, so do my girls.

This is the 5 of us at the rally. Just in case you can't read what their shirt says, here they are again.

And BOY is Elizabeth mad about it in this one!!! She is so mad, she is about to start crying. And Ansley is like her Aunt Alden. When she gets mad, she bites her lower lip. Look Out!

I asked Ansley if she was excited to go and this was her response! Let's go - get your hands off my money!!! Elizabeth agreed as only she can - with a great Elizabeth smile.

All together, good evening. Hope they heard us!

Each Knies

So Much to Do

Ok. So there has been so much going on lately that I just haven't had a chance to update you all. But, I will do my best to update you and give you some lovely pictures.
First off - we went to the park for the first time the other day. Boy do my girls love to be in the great outdoors! You can see the slide show to the right to get our outdoor adventure.
But that wasn't all. We also had a great time this past weekend in Huntsville. I took the girls up to the State Park for their first campout. They loved it and apparently, Ansley is more like me than I thought - she LOVES fire!!! But who wouldn't? You can find those pics on the right too.
Last - I took some pics over the past few weeks and thought that they were priceless. So, that will be the 3rd slideshow.
Sorry there are so many slideshows, but that is the only way I can show you all how much fun we had.

As for an update on the girls. They are getting too big!!! That is all I can say. Elizabeth went to the DR today and is 2 ounces shy of 17 lbs. You may be able to tell in the pictures that she is "plenty plump!" We love having 2 rolly-poly babies. The campout was super fun. We went with about 50 of our friends to the campsite and had so much fun. The girls loved the outdoors and loved sleeping in the tent. They also loved all of the attention that they got from all of our friends. I was worried that when they got back home they would not like touching the ground again. I was right. Too many friends, too many people to hold the girls. Of course, that didn't stop Ansley from eating a couple of handfulls of dirt and leaves. Another set of pictures that are worth mentioning are their bath. The girls got a little dirty from eating while outdoors (apparently they watched everyone else eating s'mores and making a mess). Well, they didn't want to be left out, so they made a mess of themselves. So, we took them down to the water spicket and hosed them off there. Cold water - big shock!!! Other than that, all I learned was that they loved the outdoors so much that we are gonna have to plan some more campouts. Also, we may need a space heater b/c Elizabeth has a hard time keeping warm at night. But, she does love to cuddle with mom in the morning on the air matress. They spent a couple of hours sleeping there while dad played with Ansley and made breakfast. Does that sound fair? Oh well.
The best story of the week was this. Elizabeth was holding her hands out wide. I said, "Elizabeth, how much do you love daddy?" She kept her hands spread out wide and smiled so big. Then, Heather thought she would try. "How much do you love mommy Elizabeth?" Elizabeth wrapped her hands around her chest super fast as if to say not at all! She then started laughing about it while everyone in camp got a huge laugh too. Maybe that is why Heather felt like she had to have one-on-one with Elizabeth in bed.
Also going on - Ansley had her first bubble bath with her cousins the other day (on right) while Elizabeth took a little nap with Grand-daddy (on right).
Anyway - that is the update for right now. Hope you all enjoy the pics as much as we do. Love you all -
Each Knies

Fun with Our Family

So we are having more fun every day! Today, I saw Ansley start to crawl. Well, it was more like a comando crawl than anything else, but she was moving. It was a blast to see her.

Also, we ate food from our high-chairs today. It was fun, but a real mess. Ansley sometimes thought that the high-chair tasted better than the food though. So, anyone know how to make high-chair flavored baby food?

She really does like peas! I promise.
I may be a mess, but dang I am cute!
Mmmmmm. This high chair tastes so good.

Any more food Mom?

Also, my girls were so cute this week. I have to show you how cute they are...

I'm Still Super Dad!

So we figured out that baby food costs about $.40 / jar. That wouldn't be so bad, but with 2 kids, we are going through about 6 jars/day. That is about 2.5o / day. Yeah, just multiply that over a year!!! Holy Smokes.
So, a friend of ours told me about a website that I must promote:
www.wholesomebabyfood.com
It is a great site and realy helped us out. So, Heather went to the store this last week and said that we would start making baby food. So we started with some butternut squash and sweet potatoes. I cooked them and blended them all up. They are awesome! The girls like them much more than the regular baby food and we found that it only costs about $.10 - .12 / jar. That is about 75% off. And with the economy so bad, we ned that 75%. We sure aren't gonna get it back from any where else!
Well, then we started looking at other foods. So, we got some peas, green beans, avocados, papaya, bananas and mangos. So on Saturday we mixed them all up and got them all into the freezer. It was a working afternoon, but we wound up making over 120 servings of baby food for just about $14. So we decided that we rock at baby food making. But we didn't know for sure until the girls tried it. Well, Ansley decided she didn't want milk any more, so I think that that is a good vote. And Elizabeth finally started eating baby food. Today she ate about 2 jars at one serving. Piglet! So I say that that is a yes too.
So, if you are interested in homemade baby food, give me a call. I may have some to spare (just for trial purposes though - you can't have all of it!)
So, maybe that will get us some more visitors. Come and see us!
Love
EACH Knies

Weights

Well, I meant to do this the other day, but didn't. Sorry Y'all.
Ansley weighed 15 lbs 13 oz
Elizabeth weighte 16 lbs
Now I know that many of you wonder how Elizabeth weighed more - well she got weighed a week later on her sick appointment. She had a little sinus infection - YUCK! She couldn't breath b/c her nose was so stuffy, but she is doing much better now.
Ansley is still doing great and I think she is in a growth spurt right now.
So, girls are doing great.
See you all soon!

Who is your favorite?

I didn't know if you all knew this, but I asked Elizabeth who her favorite was and this was her response. Sorry, no word from Ansley so keep trying...

Elizabeth started saying this yesterday while we were at church. She was sitting with someone down the row from me and started saying it. They all looked at me and I loved it. Of course, who wouldn't with a smile like that. Now, I didn't want to brag until I could get it on tape so you would all believe me. So, I hid the cameral b/c apparently she doesn't like to perform (as you can tell by so many of her pictures!) But, never the less, here she is performing. Hooray for ME! Oh, and Elizabeth too...

Love to All

Each KNIES

6 months old

That's right folks - the girls hit their 6 month 1/2 birthday this past week. No, we didn't do anything fun (I know, loser parents), but we still love them. As for the update, Ansley has been rolling over front to back and back to front for the past couple of months. Elizabeth, as many of you already know, likes to do things on her own time and as slowly as possible. She is the dead-weight when you try to hold her because she likes to be a little lazy and let everyone else take care of her. However, this week she decided to roll on over. Now that she knows how to do it though, there may be no stopping her. She is doing it all the time now. Ansley, not to be out done, has decided that she wants to start her swimming lessons. She can kick super hard and I think she is trying to tell me that she is ready to get moving in a new direction: in the water. I tell them both that we can't do that yet, but all they do is laugh at me! Oh well, it is fun.

So, things are going great here. We have their 6 month check-up tomorrow and I am not looking forward to the shots. BUT, we will have weights. I am betting on breaking the 16 pound mark for Ansley and Elizabeth at about 15 1/2. Like I said, she just does it at her own time. Boy, she is the youngest!

Well, everyone likes pictures from Christmass, so here is a couple just for all of you who asked. I will update tomorrow (hopefully) with all of the weights and new information from the girls. WIsh us luck.

Love you All

Each Knies