crazy night

so for those of you that didn't hear , we had SWAT team at our house last night. Call it a crazy night I guess. At about 10:30 last night, the Gang metro unit stopped by asking my about my neighbors and a certain guy they were looking for. I told them what I know-which was not much- and the just told me to keep an eye out for him. First of all Brian was gone to basketball at the Stake at this time, so I dont normally open the door that late, but I could tell they were cops. so Brian gets home and asks what's going on. I tell him who stopped by and he says there is like 5 cop cars outside our house, this was about 11:30. We are getting ready for bed, Brian is going to hop in the shower and the door rings again. It's about 5 minutes to midnight now. The Sheriff is asking me who all lives in our house. I tell him. He says it would be best if we leave. At first I though, well can I just go to the neighbors house. He says that's fine, but then Brian and I decide it would be best to go to my mom's cuz who knows how long this is going to take. Not even 5 minutes later as we are getting the babies in their car seats, the door rings again, now they want to look up in our attic. They want to know if their is a possibility that someone could hop house to house in the attic, so we have 3 SWAT team guys with all their guns and all walk upstairs and climb into our attic and sit up there. The Sheriff asks us to leave now. He asks us if they can use our house to surround the guy in more. What can I say to that? When we left their was about 20 cop cars outside our house. so I guess at about 2 am they evacuated the rest of the street to our clubhouse and it was all over by 4 am.
I came home to alot of our stuff to one side of the house- not sure the reason for that- other than that, just two scared dogs that wont leave my side now. I think they think they let us down some how.
Apparently , their was a known Gang member in the next doors neighbors house. He is a wanted fugitive. The Gang unit thought that he had several guns on him upstairs and that is way SWAT team was here. Apparently he didn't though. But they got the guy in the end. Crazy night. Oh on top of that when we got to my moms, the babies decided it was play time and not night time. ugh.....

it's been a few weeks

Not much going on here in our neck of the woods.
Ali has learned to pull herself up. So all day it's up - up -up!!! Up to standing in her crib, against the couch, against me or Brian, up on the dog, just about anything really that she can pull herself up on. She is saying DA-Da. Still NO teeth. Crawling around like crazy and now doing raspberries. She is growing so fast.
Alyssa is saying Ma-Ma (only when she is sad, or tired or wants attention really bad), Ba-ba, and now UP! She doesn't climb yet like Ali but when she wants UP she says it. She still doesn't have ANY teeth either. She crawling just as crazy as Ali is. She has learned "Dance' and shakes her whole body around and bobs her head. It's too cute. i need to get it on camera and post it. Just growing too fast for me to keep up with.
We are trying to get our house on the market along with everyone else in our neighborhood. It Will be interesting to see what happens. and how long it takes us to sell it. We so badly want to get into a bigger home so we can grow as a family. We cant have any more babies in this house.
Brian and I are going on Vacation this Spring. Mexico here we come. We decided (or I did) after a crazy December of loosing my mind, that I needed to get away. SO that is what we are doing. We are going on a cruise around our wedding anniversary (May 5th). It will be fun.
We celebrated my 25th Birthday by going to the Spurs vs the Jazz last Tuesday. Unfortunately they lost, but it was fun to go out anyways.
Other than that, we are just staying busy with work and the house and the babies. Nothing way interesting going on.

Our house in a nutshell

so if anyone is wondering why we have not been out much lately it's cuz we are all sick. It started with Alyssa and than went to Ali and now I have it. It has not been fun. I have stayed home from work cuz the girls have kept me up all night and wont sleep in their own bed so need less to say that's probably why I got it as well with not getting but a few hours of sleep a night. The girls are both on an antibiotic now (thank goodness) so hopefully we will all be out and about again.
Crib update.... I went to Babies "R" Us to go and pick out a new crib (if you read the previous blog, I didn't want to do this0 But I went there and surprisingly they still sold my cribs we have now. I made sure first that they will not be made from the same place so that they will not get recalled again. I'm still frustrated cuz we had to buy the cribs first and get them home and put together and then take apart the old ones, give them the parts they want so they know they are not being used and than put our cribs in the girls room. Oh and than wait another 2 weeks for our crib vouchers to take my receipt back so I can get refunded the money that I paid with the cribs. It's just such a big hassle.
Brian had his 28th Birthday back in December. we didn't really do much. He got some Jazz tickets that we are going to at the end of the month where we will celebrate both of our birthdays. It will be fun.
New Years Eve, we went to Brians mom's house and played on their WII. That's when we decided we really wanted one too. We bought one a few days later and also got the Wii Fit. I have already lost 4 lbs just by playing on the WII and watching what I eat lately. It's been fun. Ask Brian how much weight he has lost........... (HE He :-) I made Brian promise me that he still has to take me on a well needed vacation this spring if we got the WII. I didn't want it as much as he did. And he promised but we will see I guess.

crib recall

so I have to say that this makes me so sad, mad, frustrated, glad, all the emotions you can put together. I am glad that I get notified when my baby products get recalled, but I'm everything else because I LOVE my cribs. I don't want to look for new ones. The cribs I picked out fit PERFECTLY in the girls room. They were a good price, now I have to go and find another one. and I don't want to take my sweet little time like I had when I was pregnant because they were recalled for a reason (the slots break off) SO frustrating. And on top of that, I have to buy it at Babies R Us Because that is where my voucher is good for. OH and I can't get the voucher until I give them parts from the cribs first so that they know it wont be used. SO frustrating. But in the end I am glad that I am informed of things like this so I can keep my girls safe.

christmas letter and pictures

2008
Dear family and friends~
What an exciting year this has been for us. We started if off by welcoming our two beautiful girls into our home. They were born on April 30th, Ali Ann and Alyssa Jean. Ali weighed 5 lbs. 1 oz & 18 ins long and Alyssa weighed 5 lbs & 18.5 ins long. They are now almost 8 months old and are scooting around like crazy. They love their baby food and taking baths. They are so much fun and can always put a smile on your face.
Brian is still working for Hertz. He started his own business up this year doing videography. He has filmed many weddings. He is excited to see how his business grows over the next year. You can check his work out at http://www.mypreciousmemoriesutah.com/.
Kandice started a new job this past October working for IHC-IMC hospital. She is working as a phlebotomist. Going around to each patient’s room. It’s different than her last job, but she is enjoying it very much.
We made a trip to Disneyland this year with Brians Family (thank you Bobbi and Mike). We had so much fun. The girls even enjoyed some of the rides and all the colors and characters.
We also welcomed another dog into our home at the beginning of the year. “Boston” is a Jack Russell Terrier. He is a great brother to “Bucky” our other dog.
We are so grateful for all of our family and friends and their love and support for us. We could not have done it this past year with out all of you. Thank you very much. We wish you all a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Love~
Brian, Kandice,
Alyssa & Ali