The Dentist and A Random Act of Kindness

When was the last time you went to the dentist? Well, for Isaac and I it had been about...oh 6-7 years, that is until today. Today we decided to take the plunge and go to the dentist. I have never been afraid of going to the dentist. Ever. In fact I have always loved going to the dentist. I loved getting my teeth cleaned and polished....I really could go on forever. Which is the reason why I was going into dental hygiene before I met my wonderful husband and put that goal on hold for our little family. Well, today I was scared to go. 7 years is a very long time to go without a cleaning. It stunk. I have never felt like I needed Tylenol or some sort of pain reliever after getting my teeth cleaned, but today I did. Crazy enough, we each had very few cavities, but that did not lessen the pain of our throbbing mouths. Resolution- we are going to be a lot better about going to the dentist. Like every 6months better. Totally worth it in the long run, but sure doesn't feel like it.
After we had been home for awhile, and had started to get over the pain-in-the-mouth from the dentist visit, we noticed something that came as quite a surprise. We're not quite sure when it happened, most likely while we were gone at the dentist, but someone came and mowed and weed whacked our backyard. Beautifully. The absolute wonderful thing about it was that Isaac had wanted to mow today, but by the time we got home and de-stressed it had started to rain. It wasn't until after it had stopped raining when Isaac went to take the garbage out, did we realized our beautiful lawn.
So thank you to whoever so graciously beautified our yard. Thank you so much! We appreciate it so greatly!

A bunch of Pictures

Since I've been so bad about blogging, here are a bunch of pictures to satisfy :) Updates I forgot in the previous post: the girls both had well-child checks a few weeks ago, and my how they've grown! Madi is overall in the 60th percentile, and only 4 inches shorter than Gabi! Gabi is overall in the 40th percentile, HUGE improvement from last year where she was only in the 5th percentile. Madi is super ahead of her age as far as development, and according to the assessment we took she is doing everything that a 24month old should be doing. She talks phenomenally well, in complete sentences and often people think that the girls are twins. She catches on to things immediately, almost too quick for this mama. Can we say, please don't grow up too fast!! Gabi is also ahead of her age developmentally and is doing awesome. She has an amazing memory, and actually might have a photographic memory. She only has to see things one time, and she already has in. In fact she can recite books to us from memory after reading only a few times. Sure makes story time easy! :) We love our girls and can't believe how fast they are growing up!!
Now some pics like promised!

Our first real snow day was this week, we ended up with a total of 6 inches in one day!

The girls when they first came out

 Helping pack the snow on our snowman

 Madi trying to wade through the snow& the girls in front of our snowmen

 A picture of the girls :) Daddy was at work

The girls love love LOVE to color and do it everyday

 I drew the "diamond" and Gabi drew the circle, she was so proud :)

We've been practicing our shapes lately ;)

The only picture I got of New Years Eve, sad!

Playing outside after a walk

 Lots of Love,
The Knights

Thanks Mom!

My mom has been here for the last week and a half keeping me company, doing everything, and baby waiting with me. The doctors keep telling us "any day now, but it might not be until your due date." What's that supposed to mean besides me waking up everyday thinking, I sure hope it's today! My mom has helped keep me sane and keep my mind off of not having a baby yet. She has also been transforming our yard. She's amazing. I am NOT a dig in the dirt kind of a girl, so yard work and gardening definitely take a backseat. She has been out there almost everyday pulling weeds, beautifying our yard, and getting our little garden area ready for planting. I know to her it doesn't seem like a big deal because she likes that kind of thing, but I am SO appreciative, words cannot express. So, thank you mom for all you do!