Mommy cheated!

And Daddy did too! Jason built the girls' birthday presents yesterday- the ones from us. And, we could NOT resist a little sneak preview.



They LOVE their cars from us and take driving VERY seriously. Its hilarious! Jason and I were laughing and smiling so much that our cheeks hurt.

Poor Addisen has ANOTHER fever. This time is pretty low-grade though and hasn't gone over 101.5 as of yet. I think its teething. Did I mention lately that teething BITES! ;) So, we let them have orange popcicles at my mom's house for their teething/fever and just for fun. What a mess...but a fun one!

Addisen


Parker


Parker with mommy:

Am I the only one...

that cries during Jon & Kate + 8? Ha ha! In all serious-ness...is that a word?...it is now...anyway. I do. I cry when the little kids get older and I cry when they show footage of the twins as babies. Its sad to me. I cried tonight. I had two episodes on Tivo and I cried when the kids made a video journal for Kate and I cried when the sextuplets, Joel especially, learned to ride his bike without training wheels. I swear, motherhood has turned me into a SAP. Ha ha! I think it has a LOT to do with the fact that my girls are on the verge of turning 1. :( Oh...what a basketcase I will be that day. I have been really nostalgic lately and talking a lot about the day they were born, my pregnancy, how fast it goes...it makes my heart just ache for kangaroo care and breastfeeding again. That's my advice to ALL new twin moms...no matter HOW tired you are, how sick you are, how stressed you are or how deep in the trenches of post partum depression you are...SOAK UP THESE MOMENTS. They soon won't let you kangaroo care with them or rock them all night. Soon they will be too busy furniture cruising or even- gasp! -standing 100% alone to let you sit and stroke their hair while you nurse them. Soak it up. Its fleeting and short lived. Sadly enough.

I leave you with new photos of the monkeys!


Addisen HAD to have my sunglasses...stunning little one. Just stunning!


Having dinner at Jason's parents. We forgot bibs so Grams used kitchen towels...we are the "Grahm Cracker Bandits!"

Fun playtime photos!

Snuggle time!

Today was rainy and cool here in 'sunny' California...a good time for snuggling up with my favorite twins and a good book!





Believe it or not, they love to read so much that we read every book they had in the pile in that one sitting tonight. We read together like this 3 times a day! They love it-- and so do I!!!

Fun with food!

Tonight the girls had fun, Parker especially! I made them some 'baby stew' with home raised beef/cooked stew meat, some Gerber Organic pasta & veggie dinner with some carrots...Addisen gobbled it up and Parker...well, Parker had pears for dinner. HA HA!



"Yeah, I made this mess...whatcha gonna do about it?"


Addisen was quite happy to be semi-clean at the end of this meal-time adventure.