Here's a recent shot of Julia talking, like the earlier post of Lincoln.
9/20/09
Marcia and Dave
My aunt and uncle are so sweet. We stopped by for a visit and here's aunt Marcia getting Julia to smile. Miles is playing with a gift their neighbor made them, a tin man. It was really cool and I was always worried he'd break it!! There' Mom holding Lincoln. I wish I had gotten a picture of uncle Dave. Anyway it was nice to see them and let them enjoy the babies. Miles wasn't so enjoyable. He was naughty and wanted to do everything I told him not to do. Alas, our visit was short!
Lincoln is talking!!
Ok, not saying real words but he's suddenly found his voice (Julia did a while back, I have a feeling she'll be talking all the time!) and it's so fun to hear him squaking and cooing and he even does it in his sleep! I'm so glad they're not sharing my room!!
Happy Birthday James
We had fun celebrating James' 35th! Miles was a great help getting the candle blown out! After this one was blown out, Miles had to go get more candles which we lit and blew out after singing Happy Birthday to Miles!! He loved pretending it was his birthday. Wow 35 and with 3 kids! not bad!
Suzanne!!
We found our apartment thanks to Suzanne. My good friend from WSU singles ward days! She lives right next door and seems to drop in just when I need an extra set of hands and she is so great with Miles. She takes him to play in the swings and out for walks in his stroller. We have so much fun talking and going walking together. Miles is in love with her! He always wants to go see Suzanne and the other day when we pulled up in the car he said "I NEED SUZANNE!" So I called her and sure enough, she came right over to visit and we were all so happy!
Moving in
A little out of order... this is the moving truck with James' Pathfinder coming out. So crazy to think our truck had his car, our belongings and another family's car and belongings! That's why they're professionals.
Lucky Visit
Miles hugging Haywee. AFTER he hit her in the head with a diecast car and made her cry... Is he ever going to understand that's not the way we treat our guests?! Poor Haylee. Miles really does love her and asks about her often since her stay with us when the twins were born.
Lance was making Julia laugh.
Nicki feeding Lincoln, Miles and Haylee... kind of a candid shot.
Oh!! Lance, Julia and Haden.
Thanks to some mountain range being closed to 4 wheeling, My brother Lance and his family had to do something with their time and decided to stop by my place to say goodbye before Lance headed back to Eugene. We'd been in our apartment for a week and they were in town visiting. I really miss them and am in shock everytime we get to see them because the kids grow so fast!! I can't believe how tall they all are. They're so wonderful! I can only hope to be as good a mom as Nicki.
Tanner
My nephew asked James to ordain him one of the first Sundays we were here. It was a complete honor for James and really sweet to witness. I'm proud of Tanner and James living their lives to be worthy of the Priesthood.
Disneyland
We're quite a sight. 2 strollers and 3 kids! We had lots of people stop us and show us their twins or just stop us so they can look at the babies.
Miles was so excited that our hand stamps said BUZZ!This was our last chance for Disneyland before leaving CA. James humored me and took us all (it was the twin's first time!) even though I'm sure he had a millon things he'd rather be doing and spending money on. It was a black out date on our tickets so we had to pay extra to park and get in the door! Thanks babe.
First babysitters!
Here's Julia with her first babysitter, Talia!
And Lincoln with his first babysitter Stacy! I'm sure both kids were sad to leave as they got held longer than I can. My twins are so deprived.
Thomas Town
The person in the Sir Topham Hatt suit was a little strange and tried to do something to my hair and just kept touching me. Meanwhile Miles would not look at the camera and was afraid of the guy!
A week before we moved to Utah I decided I had to take Miles to Thomas Town at 6 Flags Magic Mountain because he loves Thomas and it was our last chance to go. I farmed out the twins to Stacy and Talia so Miles and I could enjoy some time together. With only two rides, it was a lot smaller than I thought! Miles HATED the Percy ride and would not ride Thomas. He was so happy with the trainset in the gift shop and that is where we spent our time!! WAAA for me. Now James and I get to listen to Miles beg us to take him to Thomas town almost daily. It's been nearly 2 months and today he threw a fit and went to time out because of it. James warned me this is what we'd get for taking him but I had to do it anyway! Oh life!!
Some day soon I have to take Miles to Thomas Land. It's in England! I guess I'd better wait for Lincoln to fall in love with Thomas and take them both.
9/12/09
Miles and his bed "too small for Miles!"
Miles tries so many tricks to get us to let him sleep in our bed. The latest he says is "His bed is too small for Miles". Here he is beeing so funny. One day for his nap he had to have all of these toys in his bed so he could sleep (and his shirt got dirty when I tried to put a new one on, he didn't want it so that's why he's half naked!). The last is how I found him another day in the middle of his nap with Mickey!
8/7/09
The Fieldens
We just love the Fieldens!! They befriended us in when we first came to Palmdale. Nick and Missy were in my Primary class... yeah, they're a couple years apart but I taught the whole sr primary at one point!! And Scott, the dad, was our home teacher. Anyway, Lisa brings the kids to play with mine and we always have fun when we meet at Sams for a hotdog! Lisa is so much fun! I told her she is definately the one I'd call if I was ever in a Diet Coke emergency. James will die when he reads this! He hates my Diet Coke habit. But you love me right babe? wink wink!
Cowboy!
With his new bubble wand in hand, Miles jumps on Pluto and yells "Ridem cowboy!!" Where did he learn that one? I have no idea!! But I am loving this little guy's new thing: pretend! He is now a big fan of the kids show "Max & Ruby" and pretends that he is Max and I am Ruby (recently we determined that Daddy is the grandma which is so fitting because Grandma is so fun and easy going and Ruby is so bossy, like me!). Miles will say something like "Firetruck!!" and if I don't catch on right then, he'll say, "Mom! Say No Max!" and then we'll proceed to play Max and Ruby...
7/28/09
The boys go to Vegas
Miles saw this and called it what it is: a castle and we wondered how he learned what a castle is?
Miles did not want his picture taken with Mike. Sorry Mike! Miles can be such a rascal.
Here they are enjoying the Billagio's beautiful flower garden.
I really should be havinig James do this post since he was there to experience everything. Basically this is a day in Las Vegas James had with Miles and his brother Mike. I had a pretty peaceful day at home with the twins. Not having Miles to entertain made it peaceful...of course the twins were as demanding as usual.
Isaac James and Sky Henderson with Lincoln
Blossom Layrno with Lincoln
Lilly, Ben Jr. and Bryanna with Julia
Julia spread out on Dianne Malvin's lap Lincoln and Julia got to be held the whole afternoon. I'm sure they loved every minute of it because unfortunately, We can't hold them as much as we would like! It was so wonderful to have so many friends and family come from all over and many at great sacrifice of time and money to be with us on the special occasion. We are so grateful to all of them and really appreciate their love and support.
The Malvins
Ben and Emelia Lily and Ben Jr.
Chris, Thomas and Jessica Petersen
Stacy and Alyssa with Miles
The camera shy Fieldens
The Jackson-Moulton'sSome pictues of a few friends that came to our house after the blessing. I hate that I didn't get pictures of each family/individual that came!! Missing are the Spencers who couldn't stay long, the Houghton's, Layrno's, James' brother Mike and also Ben Bochway who surprized us and flew in from Salt Lake Sunday morning! We're so lucky to have everyone!!
Blessing outfits
July 5, 2009 was a very special day. James had the privilege of blessing Lincoln and Julia at our ward building here in Palmdale. Here are the twins in their special clothes that I loved shopping for. Lincoln is wearing the little tuxedo Miles wore. They were so cute and very good during their blessings, Lincoln fussed a little but neither one cried. Good job babies!
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