The Day my Daddy Dressed Me!

Ok, so one lovely weekend day, helpful daddy dressed both babies in outfits of his choice while mommy was getting ready. Poor Claire turned into a baseball player (the reason there is only one picture of her is because I changed her directly after the pictures were taken). We want to be sure she looks like a girl.
This was Jacob's ensemble.... (he sure looks happy with it)

To translate the shirt (which I haven't decided the original color of....blue? grey? white?), it says "My GOAL is to be as COOL as my Dad" and yes, the O's on cool are sunglass lenses. This lovely shirt mysteriously ended up in the pile of clothes purchased at the last mother of twins sale. And the shorts...yes, they are shorts look more like longs. Look at those cheeks. (Kaci you aren't the only one with a gangster baby).

(there are 2 more new posts below, so keep scrolling down!)

Oh to be a twin!

In the next three pictures you will discover that one of our babies is a bit more photogenic than the other, but that the other is full of crazy faces....but they both are sure cute.



This picture is a display of two exciting things: 1) our babies are on their way to rolling over, see how far on their sides they are? 2) They are really discovering the "other baby." I would like to title this picture "Who are you?" I really wonder what they are thinking.
 

Kirtland

The weekend before labor day we took a trip down to Kirtland. I had never been there, so it was very interesting for me. We started at the Kirtland temple then moved on to the LDS visitors center where we saw the Whitney store and home and the next morning the new Joseph Smith movie. We also went to the Morley farm and the John Johnson farm. It was so great to learn more about church history, and now as I am reading D&C to think that I have been to some places where these things happened. The babies did great in the car on the way to Kirtland and they started out well on the way home, but lost patience and the last 45 minutes were pretty rough! We would do it again though. OH---and as a side note, we would not recommend the Motel 6.

 

4 month pictures

What cute babies!!! (keep scrolling down, there are lots of new pictures)


 

 

Big Baby Eyes

Both Claire and Jacob were wide-eyed for our walk the other night. They love being outside! Claire loves to look at the trees we walk under, and Jacob likes to sit and smile at us while we walk.


We love this picture of Jacob! He has a cute smile.

Claire loves being in her Bumbo. She looks pretty cute for having a little fever this day!
 

Memories of sharing a bed

Claire and Jacob are getting more and more active and are starting to be able to move themselves. One morning this week, Dani went in to check on the babies and found Claire with her head at the opposite side of the crib to where Dani had put her to bed. So, we decided it was finally time for the twins to sleep in separate cribs. It was actually pretty sad for Dani and I to put them into their own beds, they look so little and lonely! But, it means Claire finally gets to sleep in a pink crib!

With that in mind, we will re-visit some of the pictures we have of them sharing a crib!

In the hospital, they not only shared a crib, they were bundled together. We found it funny that, no matter how they were bundled, they always ended up looking right at one another.

This is the crib they came home to on April 24, when they were 6 days old. They look so tiny!

The first signs that they were moving around! They almost always woke up with their heads close to each other. Jacob looks like he's offering a thumb for Claire to suck on in this picture.

Claire is the "Andrew-like" sleeper, she's all over the crib! Then, if she woke up mad, she would start to kick her legs and get her brother revved up. We always liked seeing where Claire was when we woke up!

By the way, our babies were in bed at 9:30 tonight (and back up again at 12:30 for a midnight snack, which is when I'm typing this). We felt very proud of ourselves. Now if only we could get ourselves to bed at a decent hour... 

Just can't help how cute they are!

Here is our very happy Jacob smiling for the camera. It is so easy to get a smile out of him!

We also have a very smiley Claire. No, she isn't really that chubby, it is just that when she smiles her face expands!

These big blue eyes are irresistable.

And our smart girl is sitting up in her Bumbo and playing with her toy (and like babies do, inspecting it in her mouth).
 

A week in Cody

Lots of pictures to show! Make sure to scroll down a ways, especially if you haven't been on for a few days.

This is Hart Mountain from John and Vicki's back deck. We had beautiful sunsets every night! It's a fitting way to start the Cody vacation pictures!
Claire and Jared taking a few minutes to enjoy the sunset. This is one of Dani's favorites.

Jensen Family Photo Op
 

Fun time with Grandpa John!

Not every grandpa has such hot swim trunks!

All this partying sure tires a guy out! Fortunately, John was there to watch after Jacob for us.
 

Picture time with the Streeters

What does 1 family + 4 newborns+ 4 grandmas + 6 cameras equal? Take a look at the pictures, and you'll see!

We took pictures at John and Vicki's neighbors' home. We had a little bit of everything, crying babies, camera malfunctions. We were lucky to get at least 1 shot that looks okay!
And we got a few that didn't! This one is a 5-generation picture, with Geneva Caldwell (97) down to Toby Edwin (2 months).

The babies were matching and in good moods...

for some of the time! We even got to see that Breckin, just like his dad, is a sympathy crier! Here, Breckin is showing off the trick of the week, sucking his toes!