Papa and Grandma D

We had a wonderful visit from Papa and Grandma D. The babies loved spending so much time being held. We`miss you guys already!







New toys!!




Happy Birthday, Mom!! We love you!!

The Trenton Airplane

A favorite game of Trenton's is flying. He sticks his legs out as straight as he can with a huge smile on his face! Bill swoops him around saying "Trenton airplane!"

5 Months!

Sleepyheads

Trenton has decided to fight sleeping these days. Sometimes he will just stay awake and talk all naptime to himself. One day, after not getting his nap, we put him in the bouncer to play. We heard, bounce, bounce, bounce, and then silence. This is what we found. The funny thing was, when we went to take the picture it surprised him awake and he immediately started bouncing again! Then just as quickly fell back asleep.


Emma loves to sleep on her belly. I love the sleeping position in this photo!

"Surprise!"

Best Friends

Trenton and Emma love to talk and laugh at each other. The exercauser and jumper are about the same height so they can play and talk together. I love to sit and watch.

Visits from friends

We had a wonderful visit from our good friends, Tracy and Meagan Nelson. The boys got some football watching in and us girls got some shopping done. We behaved though and just window shopped.

Visiting Granny Sal

We had a wonderful quick trip to Phoenix to visit Granny Sal. We were able to meet up with her for a long lunch!

A Girls Vanity

I now hear giggling and talking at the end of naptime and in the mornings. Emma has a little mirror in her crib. She loves to talk to herself and finds it very entertaining.

First Nike's

Trenton got his first pair of real Nike's! We love them and he wears them all the time. Thanks Auntie Donna and Uncle Jason!

Girls Must Have a Doll

As Auntie Maria says, all girls must have a doll, so I had to find just the right one for Emma.


Trenton of course couldn't be left out!

To the Uncles at Station 5

Thanks a bunch for everything! We love the T's!

The Art of Entertaining

It's all in what they like. Trenton has really taken to the bouncer as he can now touch the ground and kick like crazy.

Emma absolutely loves the book Grandma D made. When she was done reading it, she tried to eat it! Totally versatile.

Rice Cereal!

On their last doctors visit we were given the go ahead to add rice cereal to their diet. We've got the before, during, and after shots! Think they liked it?!

4 Months Old, Oh My

We've reached the 4 month mark and just had our checkup. We grew tons!

Trenton - a big increase as he was in the 25% for all measurements at 2 months.
Height - 25 inches (60%)
Weight - 14 lbs (50%)
Head - 42 cm (50%)

Emma - about the same percentiles as 2 months.
Height - 24.5 inches (60%)
Weight - 13 lbs 10 oz (50%)
Head - 41 cm (50%)

Visiting Papa and Grandma D

We just got back from visiting Dad and Mom. We very much enjoyed the time spent with them but can't say the same for the long trip up. We left around 5 pm on Sunday and were towing a trailer for the purpose of bringing my first car, the 1970 Mustang, back with us. We got just outside of Phoenix only to have a tire blow on the trailer. With no spare and finding all tire shops closed by 6 pm (we arrived at 7pm) we checked into a hotel to wait it out until morning. Shops opened at 7am so we got a new tire right away. We got through Blythe and just about ran out of gas as we headed towards Indio. Thankfully there was a chevron just outside of Indio with only about 10 miles of gas left to spare. As we pulled into Indio, KABLAM!!!! a tire blew on our truck! Thankfully we could nurse it off the freeway and to a Big O tire after many, many, many 411 calls and reconnecting to them to find the location. I was bawling my eyes out as the babies were extremely fussy, Bill was uptight and we had to have 4 new tires put on. Dad and Mom started heading down from San Luis and we continued on, meeting up with them in LA. With their much needed support for the rest of the trip, Bill had Dad and silence in the truck towing the trailer and Mom and I had the babies in their car. We arrived at 11 pm. After a wonderful night of sleep, I didn't get up until noon the next day, we enjoyed the rest of the trip. Trenton and Emma got tons of loving from Papa and Grandma. They had a wonderful time with all the cuddling and playtime!

Grandma D entertaining Trenton or Trenton entertaining Grandma D. Not sure which!

Snuggle time for Papa and Emma



Grandma D and Trenton


An absolute must when visiting Dad and Mom - a trip to the beach. We went to Avila Beach which seems to be a bit quieter than the main beach at Pismo. Its small and is known for the seals and shark visits! Bill and I had a date night here at Avila and saw tons of seals and a couple of dolphins. As you can see, Daddy had the camera!

Trenton and Mama

Mama and sleepyhead Emma

My goal on this trip was for Bill to get completely rested up. Here's proof he got some sleep! Mama got plenty of rest too thanks to Papa and Grandma!

After a rediculously long trip home although thankfully uneventful, the babies needed a bit of cooling down time. Off came the clothes and into the comfort zone.
Emma

Trenton