A tisket.. A tasket..

Babies love a basket! Owen and Paige have really started to interact and notice one another. The other day they sat and played with this basket for what seemed like forever but was likely on 20 minutes or so. They laughed, screeched, and babbled at each other the entire time. Owen has also started to "run away" from his sissy, which means if she inches toward him he squeals and tries to crawl in our laps. It's adorable and makes us all laugh, including Paige. You little babies fill my heart and make each day funner than the last.. Mushy mushy momma, I know:)

Cabin Fun!

Pics from the trip to celebrate our Nana's Birthday.

Nana's pre-bday celebration!

The trip to Taos was a success and I have to say the babies did a fabulous job of traveling.  To Taos there was some crying in the last 30 minutes but being a quite dirt road Nana rescued Paige from the seat and she was happier for it. 

Jenny and Isaac were sweet enough to come watch the babies on Saturday so Dan and I could both go rafting with the family.  Nana will be turning 60 next month and this was on her bucket list so it was great to share this experience with her.  We are a lucky bunch to have such a wonderful Nana!

The cabin was nice and I even got to enjoy the hot tub twice.  Owen had two difficult nights making sleep for Daddy and I a little less than we are use to but we adjusted well.  On Friday Dan and I headed out with the babies and hit the grocery store, then lunch and a neat little pizza place. We sat on the patio and truth be told I was a little nervous because we haven't ate out much with the babies, especially now that they are alert.  We all did pretty well and we even got to eat our entire lunch which I know in the future may be challenging. 

Packed Full!

This is going to be a busy month..  Its only July 8th and we have more excitement and fun than we have had in months.  On the 1st Nathan and Alex came and stayed a few days.  Traci and her friend Shana also came for the 4th of July fun. We had a bbq that ended up a little bigger than we had planned but it turned out great!  It was a great mix of new and old friends, our friends, Jon's friends, and Geri's friends.  Definitely makes me want to have more get-together here. 

On the 2nd we went to a birthday party for little Ronan who turned two.  Ronan is the son of Mike who works with Dan.  Super nice guy and a great dad..  They had made a Elmo cake which got me really excited about making the babies their birthday cakes..  Gonna be so fun.  Ronan is a super sweet little guy with some pretty impressive manners for a 2 year old.  Need to have some play dates with him for sure!

The night of the 4th we headed to Tere's (another twin mom) house for a bbq.  Met a lot of very nice folks who wanted to hold the babies but they were a little shy so they mostly stuck with us.  Paige didn't last too long and spent most of the time sleeping in a pack-n-play in another room.  We missed Tere's twins, they were asleep when we arrived. 

We are now enjoying the company of Papaw Joe and his friend Diane.  They are already on a shopping trip to cook up some food for the weekend.  Ahhhh...  Gotta love our Papaw.  He is the best for sure. They plan on staying until Monday and even offered to watch the babies Saturday night to give us a night out. YES! 

Almost forgot to mention that we also have cousin Derek staying with us for a few weeks before heading to Taos for a surprise for Nana's 60th birthday.  He does a great job of not only entertaining himself but the babies too.  They love to watch him jump around and build stuff.  He even made them a little castle out of cardboard that is now a cat house at Nana's house. 

Like I said "packed full"..  So glad there are so many people around to see and get to know the babies at this age because they are so much fun.

Happy Father's Day!

The best thing I have ever done in my life is marry this man. He was first a trusted friend, then a supportive and adventrous boyfreind, on to a amazing husband and now a loving Father.

Here is how his first Father's Day went. He traveled back from a trip to see Jon and got home around 2. He was tired so he we let him take a long "Father's Day Nap". I planned on cooking dinner but the babies were a little fussy so he had to make his own Father's Day dinner which is probably best being that he is a better cook. The babies continued to have a rough night and we ended up having to reheat our dinner. His present also didn't make it in time so that was another bummer.. Luckily we have chill Daddy that wasn't too concerned about it all. I promised him that next Father's Day will be much more planned and go smoother.

Inch Worm...

So Little Owen has been on the move for a few weeks now. He's really starting to pick up some speed too! It's still not a real "crawl" being that he uses mostly his arms and drags the rest of his body behind him. It surprises me how quickly he can go from point A to B in seconds. He also lets nothing stand in his way, including his sister. I have had to rescue her a few times when he attempts to bulldozer right over her.

He continues to have two bottom teeth and no sign of others but him seems a little fussy from time to time due to some teething stuff.

He also loves to be walked around in carriers and enjoyed being hauled around on daddy's back while he did the dishes and watered the yard this evening.

I can't get enough of his little smiles, babbling, and laughter. Almost forgot to mention that he is saying "MaMa"! It could be some baby babble but I choose to believe that he is saying "Mommy I love you and you will always be the number one woman in my life"..  Yep, that is exactly what he is saying..

Momma and her babies..

Yesterday when returning home from giving Nana a ride to work I saw a Momma quail struggle getting her many little babies across  Roadrunner which is a very busy road.  I slowed down and watched as she scrambled to get about a dozen babies together.  The passing cars were blowing them all over the road and the Momma looked panicked.  I pulled on a side street where I could still see the car and ran over where Momma had made it to the other side but now the babies could not get over the curb.  A city worker saw what I was doing, he put on his vest and made sure traffic saw us and moved over while we helped the babies up the curb.  Momma ran off when she saw us but I could hear her calling her babies.  I hope that by touching them I didn't cause another problem and that all the babies found their way back to Momma. This made me think about my little babies and the panic and worry I will face for pretty much the rest of my life.  With all of the love and joy that fills me everyday, there is also a constant worry.  Are they okay?  Am I doing what is best for them?  Like the Momma quail today, I'm sure there are going to be moments that I feel helpless and panicked.  These are the things that I don't think you are really able to prepare yourself for until you have kids.