All Smiles

Ahhh...if you could only smell them! Freshly bathed and ready for bed. It is one of the best smells in the world. Speaking of ready for bed, the good news is both Justin and Megan are sleeping for longer stretches of time. Megan slept through the night three times last week! I know, it appears as though Justin has enough fat on stand by to keep him satisfied through the night, but the poor little guy just can't make it!
Annie and Emma had the time of their lives last night at their friend Molly's pajama birthday party. We are still hearing all about it...

A week ago we saw Megan's first smile. A day later came one from Justin. I actually thought Justin would be first, he has been smiling as he drifts off to sleep for a couple of weeks. Smiles are still hard to come by. I have to all but stand on my head, sing, and cross my eyes to make it happen. Here, I nearly caught Justin in a picture but just didn't quite catch him. It is so sweet to listen to the older kids try to get a smile out of the babies.

Falling for Fall

I must admit I normally don't care much for fall. As beautiful as the colors and smells may be, to me it is just a precursor to winter and I hate winter. However, this fall may have changed my opinion forever. It has just been such a wonderful season with the birth of the twins and a few other miracles that every fall from here forward just may remind me of this one thus changing my opinion forever.

Yesterday the babies were sleeping and I was scurrying about as I do when they are both asleep. It really is quite a site to see. One woman doing a half dozen things at one time while she has a few minutes! Back to yesterday...as I was scurrying I heard the most wonderful commotion outside. It was the screams and giggles of the older kids having some kind of wonderful fun. I peeked out every door and window and finally found them behind our willow trees playing in the fallen leaves. Annie had even found the rake and was busy pulling all the leaves into a pile and getting everyone set to run and jump. I ran inside to get my camera and Jake followed me saying, "Mom, do you wanna play in the leaves? Do ya?! Do Ya?!" My minutes to scurry quickly turned to my minutes in the leaves. It was so fun! See, I am falling for fall.

Emma is such a big help to me! Sometimes I find myself counting down the minutes until she is home from kindergarten. Friday while I made lunch she tended Justin right to sleep.

Justin has really taken to his bink. I couldn't be happier--blessings come in so many different ways, even in the form of a bink!

A Day in the Life

Can you almost hear him getter fatter?!

We never know what he will think of next!


It is with great pride that I announce Megan's first pony tail!

My own personal assistant

Travis thought he was sooooo funny one night! Yep, this is Megan! I tell you what at her 3:00 a.m. feeding I was really confused. I would drift off as I was feeding her, wake up and think--wait when did I start to feed Justin--wait, when did Justin grow all that hair...then finally, OH TRAVIS!!

Double Blessings

As I mentioned before, this was the weekend for the babies' blessings. Everyone was so kind to take the time to make the trip here to be with us. We really missed Maria, but she is just about to deliver a little blessing of her own.

Wouldn't you know though, sometimes with blessings come trials. At 3:30 Saturday morning Frank was having symptoms of a heart problems. Travis rushed to Frank to give him a blessing and I dialed 911. It seemed like an eternity before the ambulance arrived. They did finally get here however, and took him to the hospital in Caldwell. Poor Annie was awakened by the commotion and saw the paramedics take Papa away. No one really knew what to do, we really thought we ought to wait until later in the day to bless the babies, having faith that Papa would be there. However, Papa and Grandma urged us to go ahead as planned and really not wanting to add any stress or anxiety to their circumstance, we went ahead. No one can describe the ache we felt without them there. So, Grandma and Papa these pictures are for you:

Miss Megan is becoming a little more feisty each day.

See Travis' face? You get only guess where he decided to put his hand!! Ugh.

Seeing these two together all dressed in white makes me think about how truly special their circumstance is. I can't help but stare at them and think about their lives in an eternal perspective. There will never be a time eternally before, here and now, or eternally after this life when they will not have known or been without one another. What a blessing to our family.

Our first complete family picture

Now for an update on Frank...All test results came back with good results. He will follow up with his doctor to try to determine what happened and if it can be avoided in the future. We are so thankful and grateful that this incident wasn't more serious. It was so nice to see them come back through the door last night!