James & Lonni's Blog: June 2009

6/17/09

Where are those binkies?

Miles was being a big helper one day and found a new place to store the babies' binkies. In his shoes! Hmmm, not so sanitary!

I left Miles at the kitchen table to eat his grapes, this is what I discovered when I returned; grapes in a row on the table.

This was so cute. I think Miles wanted to be like Shawnee only he was watching Dumbo on his portable DVD player and she was surfing the net on her sweet laptop.

One night at dinner Miles wanted to tap glasses with Shawnee. (Thanks to my wise friend Leann, I now know it's called proposing a toast! I had a brain freeze when I originally wrote the post and didn't know the proper term) It was so funny they did it over and over. We all laughed.

6/16/09

The Harpers arrive!

June 5th is when I was scheduled to have the C-Section. Lynne arranged time off work to come and help. Little did we know the twins would come 3 weeks early! Luckily for me, the Harpers still came! We were so happy to have them come and enjoy Miles and the twins! It was so fun to have them here! Like Nicki & Haylee, they drove for hours and hours and even had to get a hotel there and back. While they were here, James and I got to go on a date and I had many opportunities to run errands while they took care of the twins! It was soooo wonderful!! Thanks so much guys!

Bath time

Julia enjoying her bath

Hold still Julia! Look! You can see Miles is watching! Notice how huge James' hands are compared to tiny Julia!

"So Lincoln, why were you crying during your bath?"

The babies chillin' in the crib after their baths.

Daddy gives good baths! Here he is giving Julia a bath. She was the first (Lincon was about 3 weeks later!) to lose her cord, so she gets the full bath. Lincoln just cries a lot. It's hard to keep him warm when a sponge bath is all he gets.

Kissy Face

Lincoln has a new trick! He puckers his lips and keeps them that way for a while! It's so cute.

6/9/09

So small

Daddy and Lincoln.

Miles is a giant compared to the babies.

two peas in a pod.

Lincoln is holding tight to daddy's thumb.

Lincoln is just hanging out in the corner of the sofa.

Daddy and Julia.

The twins are so small but it seems like they look normal size in every photo. Maybe these photos will show a little better their size.

Fun at the water park

James went with Nicki, Haylee and Miles to Dry Town, Palmdale's water park. When they got there the's funny characters were there to welcome them. Miles thinks their faces are "scary!"

Julia

Julia is so beautiful. I think her eyes remind me of jewels, just like her name. She's got a great apetite so she's super chubby and so fun to cuddle and squeeze! She is so funny. Peek-a-Boo is her favorite thing to do. We usually know she's awake when we hear her taking. She talks all the time and I swear she sings! Any time I sing she tries to join in. She loves her hands. She admires them all the time, it's like she's just impressed with how they look and what they can do. When Miles enters the room she instantly smiles or laughs. Of course she has a special bond with Lincoln and loves to lay next to him. Sometimes we plop Lincoln on top of her (he weighs less!) and they bolth laugh and laugh. We have to be careful though not to leave them lying too close together for very long because they aren't good yet at controling their movements and one of them usually ends up with a smacked face or pulled hair. We call her Jewles or Jewelzie, along with gorgeous, pretty lovely, etc!

Lincoln

Lincoln is a very happy and patient little guy. When he smiles he gets this look in his eyes that just melts my heart. He's very photogenic. He seems to know he needs to pose for pictures, it's adorable. His hair is gorgeous. At 8 months he's still got the bald spot on back but everywere else he's got long tight curly hair. His constant moving in my womb was a sign of things to come. He's incredibly active and really great at entertaining himself. He's very curious and already eyes Miles' toys like he's eager to play with them. He loves to laugh and is super ticklish! His nicknames are Linkie, Links, Binkie and Binks.

Miles

For Miles 2009 has been a year of great discoveries. His language skills are so amazing I can't believe he was only just begining to speak in sentences at the first of the year. Now he speaks like an adult and is very clever! He's a cuddle bug and often says "I want to hold you!" He loves his cousins and is turning into a wonderful big brother. He loves Thomas, Disney, Curious George, Super Why, Dinosaur Train and the list goes on. He's wearing size 4T and size 11 shoe. He's 40" tall, I know because he's tall enough to ride Soarin' at Disney! His new talents include: the best train noise I've ever heard, figuring out how to play kids games online (without the luxury of literacy) and clever sayings like: It's a yummy day! He's got an amazing memory and reminds us of things that happened so long ago we're often impressed. He's a good dancer but he's very shy. Things he's not so good at: brushing his teeth and potty training! We nicknamed him Milo James Thatch when he loved the Disney movie Atlantis.