CONGRATULATIONS Brady and Emily

Congratulations to Brady and Emily. They had a beautiful baby girl yesterday. Click on their link to see the cute pictures. We love you guys!

Six Months!

The babies are just over six months old. I know I said this at five months, but I can't believe how big they've gotten. They are more fun every day. I love being their mom and playing with them all day every day. What a wonderful blessing. They are learning new things each day and looking more like kids to me than babies. They are pretty good at sitting up and they are learning how to get where they want to go. They roll, scoot, and move all over. I love them more than I ever thought possible.

Don't look too closely, I need to clean my scanner and re scan these pictures.

Enjoying the Weather

We have really been enjoying the nice weather. I love nice warm evenings outside. It feels so good and we don't have to worry about sunblock! This was the first time the babies were on the grass with no blanket. Blair seemed fine, but Davis wasn't so sure. After playing on the grass we rocked on the porch. Hanging out on the porch in the evening brings back such great memories. I love summer.

Capital Reef

A couple of weeks ago, we went to Capital Reef for a little vacation. It was a quick trip, but a lot of fun. We went with Spencer's family and had a great time. The babies were pretty good considering they were in the packs a ton. The actually slept when we were hiking, but they didn't like it when we stopped walking. This was the first time they had to be in the packs for a long period of time and it worked out great. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Erickson for the packs; they're awesome!

Happy babies because we took them out of the packs

when we got to the end of the hike before we turned around.

Donnell, Grandpa Olsen, Grandma Olsen, Britt, Davis and Spence

We had just stopped for a second and Blair was sleeping in the car.

First Haircut

The other day Davis got his first haircut. His hair wasn't super long, but it was all different lengths and looking a little crazy. We went to Logan to have Grandma Erickson give him his first haircut. He did great and so did Grandma. Davis looks so cute with his hair cut. Thanks Grandma. Mom loves her hair too.

Getting Ready
Grandma in Action

The After Shot
Blair Waiting for Davis

Bib or Cape?

The babies were playing on the floor this morning and I looked down and saw that Blair's bib was on her back. That doesn't really help the spit up, but it does make you look like a super hero with a cape. Okay, not really, but I thought it was pretty funny.

I love that my babies are always holding on to each other.

Bikes

We just got new bikes and a bike trailer for the babies. We are so excited to be able to get out and enjoy the nice weather. The babies love the bike trailer, but they hate the helmets we got for them. That is why there were no pictures in the helmets. We're going to have to work on that one. Here are some pictures of us testing it out.

Bumbo Chairs

My Dad brought these chairs home for the babies the other day. He had seen people that had them and thought they'd be good. They sure make feeding the babies easier. Thanks Dad!

Lake Mead

April 15th finally came and so did the much awaited vacation. We went to Lake Mead with my family and had a ton of fun. Thanks Mom and Dad! The weather didn't cooperate too well, so we had a couple of days in Mesquite hanging out by the pool, but it was still so much fun. We loved having Spence all to ourselves and he loved getting to hang out with the babies all day. The babies were pretty good considering their schedule was out the window and they did better than I thought with the hats they had to wear. Here are some pictures from our trip.

Hanging out at the pool
Riding in the boat first thing in the morning
Driving the boat with Grandpa
More pool time Catching some shade with Dad

Austin relaxing on the dock

The babies enjoying the beach
Davis headed to the pool
Blair headed to the pool
Davis swimming with Grandpa
Hanging out with Mom
Headed down to the dock

(Oops. I missed the arm holes for Blair.)

Five Months!

I can't believe our babies are five months old today. Those months have flown by. Time flies when you're having fun and we're having a blast! Davis and Blair are such great babies and they get better every day. They are learning new things each day and growing like crazy. It is so fun to sit and watch them discover new things. They love to look at each other and hold on to one another. They both love to "talk". They make noises non-stop and I think they know when we're at church because they increase the volume. They love to smile at anyone who will talk to them and Davis loves to laugh. He has the cutest giggle and he does it quite often. Blair has recently discovered her toes and she loves to hold on to them.

I thought being a mom would be fun, but I didn't know it could be this much fun. It is such a blessing to have them. Sometimes things can get a little crazy, but it's all worth it when they smile at me. Life doesn't get any better than two cute babies and a wonderful husband.

Girlie Girl

I love having both a boy and a girl. It is so much fun. I painted Blair's toenails last night. Don't look too close; I didn't do that great of a job. She is almost five months old and squirmy. She did tell me, however, that she needed her nails painted for flip flops at the lake, so we did a test run.

Ready for the Lake

As soon as tax season is over, we are heading to Lake Mead. It will be fun to hang out with Spence and let him have a break. He's super excited to see our babies all day every day. He misses them when he only sees them ten minutes each morning. Here are pictures of the babies in some of their beach gear.

They love the sunglasses. I thought they wouldn't leave them on, but they do. Davis doesn't like the sun in his eyes, but wants to see out when we go on walks, so I can't put the cover up on the stroller. I saw these and thought they might work. He has worn them on a bunch of walks lately and loves them! Pretty funny.

More Mobile

Tuesday Blair learned to roll from her back to her stomach. She had been turning up to her side for a week or so, but she would always get stuck on her bottom arm. She finally made it over. That night she rolled at least ten times. She loves it. She can move all around her room now. She even performed the new trick for Spence Wednesday morning when she saw him. I love when they learn new things!

Spring Church Clothes

The Easter Bunny forgot to make an appearance at our house this year. I don't know how that happened, but it did. Because of this, the kids waited a week to show off their new Spring church clothes. I thought we'd just forget about it, but Grandma and I found these and thought they were cute.

College

This afternoon I was helping Austin pick classes to register for next fall and I decided I would love to be in college again for a minute. I would like to go for a week every now and then. I love my life right now. I love my wonderful husband and my two sweet babies, but college was a great time! As I looked through the classes, there were a bunch that sounded interesting. There are still of lot of things I'd like to learn and it turns out, they teach that stuff in college. Who would have thought? I really need to go to the bookstore and find something interesting to learn about during nap time.

In addition to all the learning that took place in college, the other aspects of life were sweet. I had great roommates (Laurie and Jenny, of course!) and fun friends that I could hang out with all the time, and one of the boys (Spence, Adam, Paul, and Josh) was always ready to hit Beaver Mountain. We usually went about three times a week! Life was good.

Below is a picture of the one time that we went snowboarding this year. Yes, I said one time. I would like to think that this was due only to the fact that we have twin babies that were born at the first of winter, but let's get real, we only went once last year too. Picking accounting for a profession was a serious mistake on our part. The busiest season of the year is ski season. Lucky for me, I retired early and I can look forward to the day we teach our babies to love skiing/snowboarding and I get to take them all the time. As for Spence, he really needs a change of profession before the kids learn.

Despite the fact that busy season isn't super fun for anyone, we are looking forward to what we call "vacation season". Summer time is sweet as an accountant and we have plenty of time to hang out together and go fun places. The countdown to April 16th is on...