Rice Cereal Adventures

This year for Thanksgiving we ended up hanging out at home with the babies. It was a fun day for us to just be together. We missed our family, but it was nice for us to have a down-home turkey day and not have to try to impress anyone. To commemorate the day of food, we decided to give our babies their first rice cereal. They turned six months old that Monday, so it was about time to feed it to them. It went really well and they ate like champs from their new baby spoons. The rice cereal got everywhere (which is to be expected on the first feeding) but it was a fun way to celebrate the babies' first Thanksgiving.

Fast forward a week and a half.

We have been giving the babies rice cereal almost every day since Thanksgiving. Tonight we were doing our same ritual with the babies and this is what happened with Dallin.

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Needless to say, we were confused as to why he so despised the thing that he enjoyed the day before. Even though we did not force him to eat any more, we enjoyed this little random moment amid our crazy life

5 Months Old

This is very late, but the babies have reached and passed the five month milestone. The day that they turned five months old, Cameron really started turning over. He gets stuck on his belly and cannot flip to his back, but he and Dallin are both becoming increasingly mobile. It is getting to the point to where it is becoming overwhelming because they are really able to move around--especially Dallin. He can roll all over now. I have to be really careful because we have laminate floors and Dallin will roll and could bump his head on the hard floor. We will soon be going to the Doctor and getting new measurements. I weighed them myself on our scale and it measure Dallin as 14 lbs and Cameron at 16 lbs. I don't know how accurate that is but they are both growing. They really miss all of the attention and love that they received on a daily basis in Utah. So do I!

Our Halloween

At dusk on Halloween night in Kirtland, New Mexico, we stopped to take care of our babies (diaper, feed, play, etc.) at an LDS church. While we were in the parking lot a suburban came and drove around slowly and seemed to be looking at us. We didn't think much of it. We finished taking care of the babies and then proceeded to go to a nearby gas station to fill up the gas tank. I went in to use the restroom while Darin gassed up the car. While I was in the gas station, a couple of police cruisers squealed to a stop in front of our xterra. A cop got out and this is what happened.

Cop: "We have a report of a vehicle matching your description at a nearby church."
Darin: "Sir, we were there taking care of our twin boys."
Cop: "What brings you to this town?"
Darin: "We are just passing through on our way to Texas."
Cop: "Well, someone thought that you were attempting to steal some four wheelers that were located at a property behind that church."
Darin: "No officer, we were taking care of our twin boys."
Cop: "Where are you guys from?"
Darin: "Northern Utah."
Cop: "Where in Northern Utah are you from?"
Darin: "Perry, it is by Brigham City."
Cop: "Really? I am from Provo."
Darin: "Cool."
Cop: "Well you guys have a good night. Good luck with your move."

I then came from the gas station to see two cop cars driving away. I got into the car and was wondering why the cop cars were there and why random people were coming up to Darin asking what just happened. I laughed when Darin told me what events had just expired.
We didn't dress up, but apparently our costume was four wheeler thieves. What an eventful Halloween.

Brother L Said:

"One of my friends told me that the other day he found himself being taken into heaven to be translated. While he was ascending to heaven he said, "I can't be translated. I'm not perfect yet." He then found himself back on Earth for telling a lie."

Ha ha.

Something to Ponder

I learned tonight at enrichment:
-We use 20% of our things 80% of the time.
-Vinegar and coke don't make good cleaning agents (who cleans with coke?).
-If you have a good door mat, you can significantly reduce the amount of dirt in your house.
-If you make the boys in the family clean the toilets, their aim is 70% more accurate.
-You can systematically clean your bathroom in 3 and-a-half minutes (apparently there is a video explaining it all on You Tube).


I came home wanting to dejunk. I need to go to those more often.

Don't You Just Love Fall?

I found this beauty (the apple) at Sumida's Fruit Stand in Perry. It weighed about a pound and a half. These pictures don't really do it justice. This is probably the coolest apple I have ever seen.


(This is what it looked like next to an average sized apple)

Update

A lot of things have been happening lately. We went to the doctor last week for our four month appointment and we found out that Cameron weighed 14lbs. 15oz. and Dallin weighed 13lbs. 2oz.. Wow they are growing!!! Last week Dallin really started to roll over. That is a great thing except for two major times: when we are changing his diaper, and when he is sleeping. Sometimes he turns onto his tummy in his crib and can't flip back over. It is a very traumatic experience for the boy and he tells us by screaming until we come and get him--even if it is the middle of the night!

The babies are becoming more and more social and fun. It is so fun to hear them giggle and coo. I am really enjoying this stage of their lives because they aren't very mobile and yet they have such fun personalities!

Darin and I have only three more weeks until we move. It is going to be a very bittersweet change. We are so excited to have our very first house and to have Darin start work, but we aren't looking forward to leaving our friends and family. It has been so great to be with family members since the babies were born. We have been very supported and we appreciate everything that people have done for us. We have enjoyed letting the babies become acquainted with grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and our friends. We really will miss Utah.

Off the record: If there is anyone willing to experiment with shipping, we would love for someone to figure out how to (safely) ship Cafe Rio food to Texas.