January 2014

Sorry for the lack of pictures the last few months!  Life is crazy to say the least.  Here are pictures from January to give you an update.

The Jordan men love each other!  Henry will copy Nick and follow him all over the house.

For New Year's we went to Maw Maw's house for greens, hog jaws, and black eyed peas.  The twins wanted to eat with Maw Maw.

Uncle Andy and Henry hanging out at a restaurant together

The kids love to play and laugh together.  Every day is filled with laughing, giggles, screams and fits.  We are blessed!

Merry Christmas!

2013 has been a big year in the Jordan household!

Cali started Pre-k 4 playschool.  She loves playing with her friends and learning.  Nick has been doing a great job of helping her learn to read.  Her favorite things to do are play with her family, play on the iPad and to play on playgrounds.  If Cali is awake she is talking.  She is so smart, kind and loving.

Henry is a full on 2 year old toddler.  He is 100 MPH and all boy!  If he isn't climbing on, throwing something, bouncing, running and knocking something over he is eating.   Henry loves to play with balls and his sisters.  He started playschool this fall in the toddler room.  He loves it!  Henry is very funny, caring and sweet.

Hannah is a sweet little girl.  She loves to play and do things.  She enjoys working with puzzles, blocks and coloring.  She is doing well in playschool with Henry and loves her teachers.  She prefers to play by herself but does play well with the other two.  She is very happy, sweet and smiley.  

Nick is doing great as the Middle School Director at our church.  We hangs out with 5th-8th graders all week and tells them about Jesus.  He is perfect for his job!  Nick had back surgery in August for a bulging disk and has recovered very well.  Thanks to the surgery he is now pain free!  With any free time Nick mentors students and plays video games.

Pam is working part time as the VP of Finance at a contracting company.  This year she received an honor of Financial Executive of the Year from a local Business Journal.  In October she completed her first half marathon.  She continues to write a Gluten Free blog at I'm a Celiac and published a cookbook this year, Family Approved Gluten Free Recipes.

Thank you all for being a part of our journey!  We love you all dearly!

Merry Christmas!

Twins 2nd Birthday Party

To celebrate the twins 2nd birthday we had a Curious George party at our house with just family.  We decided to go small and simple this year.  It was supposed to be an hour and half but we were having so much fun it lasted three hours!  We had seven kids here under the age of ten.  It was a blast to see them all playing and running around.  

Here are some pictures from all the fun!

Hannah and Henry in their George shirts

Big sister Cali in her party dress

Cake Time

Present Time

The Twins are Two!

Henry and Hannah are two years old today!  Praise the Lord we all survived this long!  There have been wonderful moments, hard moments, funny moments, tears, fits and that is just Nick and I:)  It is such a blessing to experience twins.  The bond they have is something so special!  They love each other fiercely.  They care about one another so much.  It is clear they are two totally different people though.  They have very different personalities, likes and dislikes.

Henry 2 years - This is his face when he says "cheese"

Hannah 2 years - She has a bow like her new doll

For birthday presents Cali made the twins animals at Build A Bear.  Henry got a dog named "Silly Dog" and Hannah got a Hello Kitty doll named "Kitty Kitty".  They both loved them.  Here they are feeding their dolls.  Hannah loves to play Tea Party. 

MONTHLY UPDATE:

Food -  They drink milk, water and juice.  They love to eat pancakes, pasta, cereal, crackers, chips and cookies. 

Sleep - The twins go down at 2pm for a 2-3 hour nap.  They go down for bed at 8pm and get up around 7am. 

Clothes - Hannah is in 18 month.  Henry is in 24 month clothes.  Hannah is in size 5 shoe and Henry is in size 6. 

Weight -  Hannah 24 lbs Henry 29.8 lbs  

Height - Hannah 32 inches Henry 34 inches  

Diapers - Size 3

Health - They struggle with teething and the occasional runny nose.  Other than that they are good. 

Fun Facts - Hannah has started to talk non-stop.  She is very animated when she talks.  However, we can't tell what she is saying.  Henry is all boy.  He goes 100 MPH, loves to wrestle, throw balls, and climb on things.

After dinner we celebrated with cupcakes.  After which they proceeded to run around the house on sugar highs.

The blur is Henry pushing Hannah through the house.  This was shortly followed by Henry running Hannah into the couch causing Henry to fall down.

We are having a small family birthday party for them this weekend.  The theme is Curious George!

Pumpkins

We took the kids to get pumpkins last week.  They had a great time running around hunting for their pumpkins.  The kids kept picking up different ones and showing each other.  It was absolutely adorable!  After tons of running around we ended up with three pumpkins and three happy kiddos!


All three of our pumpkins!

Picking out pumpkins is serious business!

When we got home we gave the kids markers and let them decorate the pumpkins.

A few days later Cali and Nick worked together to turn her pumpkin into a jack-o-lantern!

The finished product!

Twin 22 Month Update

Henry and Hannah turned 22 months old on September 14th.  It was a fun filled Saturday with lots of fun family time.

Playing with blocks

The kids love to play at parks so we visit them a number of times a week to get out some energy.

They have settled into going to play school and seem to really enjoy it.  The teachers say they do great.  Henry is a little helper and very loving.  Hannah was quiet and not interested in being told what to do.  They may be twins but they have very different personalities.

Hannah 22 Months

Henry 22 months

They continue to love each other!  They like to play together but sharing is hard most days.

MONTHLY UPDATE:

Food - They drink milk, water and juice from sippy cups.  They love pancakes, pasta, rice, chicken, cereal, chips, crackers and cookies.  

Sleep - We finally made it to one nap a day.  The twins go down at 2pm and nap for 2-3 hours.  It is wonderful because it frees up the morning to actually go and do something. 

Clothes - Hannah is in 12 month and 18 month.  Henry is in 18 and 24 month clothes.  Hannah is in size 5 shoe and Henry just moved up to size 6. 

Weight -  Hannah 22lbs Henry 26 lbs  

Height - Hannah 31 inches Henry 33 inches  

Diapers - Size 3

Health - Aside from teething they are doing well.  After two laser treatments Hannah's hemangioma is 99% gone!  Henry's head is also all healed from the stitches.  

Fun Facts - Hannah loves to swing.  She will let you push her for hours on a swing.  Henry is a climber.  He will get up on top of anything you will let him.

First Day of School

The kids started play school this week!  It is the same place Cali has been going for the last 3 years and the teachers are wonderful.   Cali is in the 4 year old Pre-K class and Henry and Hannah are in the toddler class.  Day one was easy.  All three kids walked in and started playing.  Day two the twins cried some, while day three Nick had to drag them in to class.  Hopefully next week will be easier!

Here are some pictures from the first few days.

The kids with backpacks on and ready to go

Cali on the first day

Henry all ready to go

Hannah playing