Santa!!!!

here is Joe playing a few Christmas songs at the ward party. sorry these pics are out of order.

This saturday was our ward christmas party, and of course santa was there to take pictures with all the kiddos. Thanks Rachel for taking these since i didn't bring my camera. As you can see, the boys absolutely loved Santa. This poor guy didn't know what to do. it was way past bed time at this point and the boys are both a little sick. Needless to say, this santa didn't stand a chance. At this point in the night I wanted to lay on the floor and kick and cry and scream too. but joe was asked to play a few songs after santa left, so we stuck around, fits and all. oh how i hate the terrible twos.

Go Hawks!!

Here is a quick video that I made to show my love and support to the Hawkeyes.

Happy Friday the 13th!

Yes, I realize that was yesterday, but these pictures aren't. Here is noah eating some scrambled eggs for breakfast. He wouldn't let me get him dressed, so i just left them in their diapers while they ate. Yum!

And after breakfast, I let them play on the new bed. It's a TON taller than the previous bed so they can climb up into the window frame now.

This is Ethan cuddling up in his blanky. Thanks again Janette Lloyd for this super soft blanket. We don't have pacifiers here, but having their blanky makes them just as happy and it won't ruin their teeth.

And this is just for fun. When i saw this i started singing a revised version of the thong song. "Let me see your diaper thong! Diaper thong th-thong-thong-thong!"

gotta love it.

Is it too early to be thinking about Christmas?

answer?
only when you're thoughts of christmas=gifts.
Guilty as charged.
Joe and i already purchased our Christmas gift this year. A new mattress! We have always known that we needed to get one at some point, and when Joe and i started waking up with back, neck, and shoulder aches we decided that the time was now. Joe is usually the one to research, find, and purchase big things like this, but he was quite busy with school so i decided to pick up the slack. I found a going out of business sale here in coralville, found a mattress, got a deal (a total steal! I'm the queen of shopping in case you didn't know), and then brought Joe to the store to give me the thumbs up to make the purchase. We are supposed to have it by tomorrow, but its still going to count as our christmas gift this year. Some people consider this spoiling the gift, but i think of it as enjoying it sooner.

because i feel like it, thats why!

Just some pictures that i've been meaning to blog, but never actually got around to it.

This is Jackson Abarca. He decided to be a really good helpful boy, and clean up all the toys in the boys room. Obviously he doesn't know where they go so he piled them in Ethan's crib. Everything that was out went straight to the crib. He even went the extra mile and cleaned out the inside of a few drawers. It was very funny. We were all laughing and the poor guys couldn't tell whether or not he was in trouble.

This picture was from earlier this summer. The boys wanted SO BADLY to play in the water in the sink. So i indulged them, and they were very cute and very happy. So long as i was standing there to make sure the water wasn't too hot or too cold, it was perfect.

This is the "before" picture. My amazing aunt sheila promised on her blog that she would give out homemade gifts to the first 3 people that responded. So she sent me a cute handmade craft that allowed me to get rid of this horrendous key ring that i've long hated, but couldn't get rid of bc i'm too cheap to buy a replacement.

Here is the "after". MUCH better, don't you think? Thank you aunt sheila for (1) sending me this beautiful home decor, and (2) allowing me to take out my hatred for the other key ring by stomping on it before i threw it out.

She's so talented, and luckily i reap the benefits for it in this case.

Here are the boys in their cute costumes before we left to trick or treat. You may recognise the other two boys, Spencer as a frog and Jake as a Lion, who are the boys best buds. It was so fun to have all of us parents parading around our mostly oblivious kids around from house to house.

Noah checking out his loot at the end of the night. Boy oh boy did they ever pitch a fit when we had to take the candy away and put them to bed. Don't worry, we did give them a carmel and some other small candies first.

Here are the pumpkins we carved earlier this week. Can you guess which toothy-smiled pumpkin joe and i made? The scary skeleton belonges to our neighbors Jonathan and Kate.

This was earlier today. I made the boys pose with the pumkin, just for fun. I have some other fun random pictures that are a bit outdated, but i'm so frustrated trying to get these dang pictures in the right order that i'm going to give up for today and post the pictures later. bye bye for now. happy halloween!

Ya? So What Else Is New?

This is the follow-up post to the previous one that wasn't all that detailed. So...what to report about life in Iowa with twins...Iowtwins. That was a little bit lame, but oh well.
Things have been pretty average around here, except for the fun Halloween festivities. We've carved pumpkins, carameled apples, and even attended an early Ward Halloween party. We dressed up as whiteheads. We wore all red and spray painted our hair white. As a family we were acne. It was pretty awesome, except for the part when we didn't win the family costume contest. I guess our humor is a little too vulgar for some people, but i thought it was pretty good. Joe introduced himself as Poppa Whitehead, and then introduced me as his main squeeze. We also informed the audience that our boys were crying because they just don't do well under pressure. Unfortunately we forgot our camera, but we had a friend take our picture. When i get the pics i'll blog them for you.
Joe is still going strong with school and us. He is getting smarter (nerdier) every day.
I have been trying my hand at sewing. Joe bought be a sewing machine that we found at a yard sale earlier this summer, and i'm still looking for fun ideas. So far I've made 2 baby quilts (for baby showers, i am not pregnant), two hooded towels for the boys, and i've hemmed a few things here and there. i REALLY want to make a huge over sized pink cuddly blanket for myself this winter, but i'm still searching for the perfect fabric to match what i've already got.
I've also been thinking a lot about life after dental school. I know I want to work, and I'm pretty sure i'd like to go back to school, but i have absolutely NO idea what i should go into. I recently took a career aptitude test that was 486 questions long only to find out that i am best suited for a career as a funeral director. Super Lame. I'm open to any non-ridiculous suggestions as to what field of study or employment would best suit me.
Ok, I posted an in-depth post about what is happening in our lives, so now i can go back to posting adorable pictures of my adorable monsters.