Favorite Baby Item

I absolutely love this baby product. My cousin gave me two of these at a baby shower and you just put pieces of fresh fruits or vegetables in the mesh part and the baby is able to suck out the pulp and juices without choking. The babies love them and I do. I highly recommend this product to anyone with a seven month old baby (or seven month old twins :0) :0) ).

We Were Good to Santa, So Santa Was Good to Us!

Happy New Year y'all!

We had a wonderful Christmas. It was so exciting to be able to spend Christmas with two cute little babies. We decided to hang out at our house instead of going up to Utah. In some ways we missed our families, but it was fun to enjoy the babies' first Christmas in our own home and to start our own traditions.

We made sure to leave Santa a treat so he would be good to us....
and of course he was!

He brought the babies a new jumparoo (that they absolutely love), he brought Darin some new clothes, and he brought me a home decorating book and a snuggie (I never thought I would be the owner of a snuggie but it is kind of fun).

The babies were also lavishly showered with adorable new clothes and a jogging stroller compliments of grandparents and relatives.

Aside from Christmas, so many other exciting things have happened this month. Darin and I celebrated our fifth anniversary on December 18th. He surprised me with a diamond anniversary band to go with my existing wedding ring and we enjoyed a delicious steak dinner at home. For the occasion I made a lovely vanilla cake that would have been even more amazing if the oven did not char the edges (it was not I who charred the cake--never!).

On our anniversary Dallin began to sit up by himself, Cameron began the next day. I am so proud of them! Since that day, they have become quite good at sitting. Even though Dallin can sit really well, if you put him in a sitting position he will sit there for about thirty seconds then scramble down to go and find something to chew on or play with.


The week of Christmas the babies began scooting around the house. They aren't crawling yet, but they can wiggle over to items and are a little more independant. For some reason, Dallin likes to panic me by wiggling over to things such as cords and electronics which he then starts chewing on. I am sure that I am getting gray hair from this new stress associated with mobility!

As far as our house goes, we have begun the absolutely dreadful process of popcorn ceiling removal. I don't know why people made the decision to have their ceilings look like that. It is a tedious process, but we have already finished three rooms and have about five more to go. I don't want to start to really decorate until the popcorn is removed and the walls are painted. If anyone would like to come to Texas and help remove popcorn ceilings, be my guest. We'll serve you some nice Texas barbecued sausage :)

It has been a great December and the babies have changed so much this month. I look forward to 2010 with much excitement and also look forward to finding a hairdresser with knowledge on how to prevent premature hair graying!

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.