Huge Giant Babies

Every now and then, I disappear.  It's nice for a while.  But when I come back, I have like 40 million blog posts that I need to update.  But instead of going back and catching up, at least for today, I just want to share this cuteness.

I can't even believe how beautiful these curly haired toddlers are.  This was from this morning, playing on the bed together.  They are going to be two in less than three months.  When did this happen?  Wasn't I just pregnant?  Weren't they just these tiny preemie preemies living in the NICU giving me a heart attack over not eating more than an ounce of milk?

Not any more.  These kids eat fruit snacks in bulk, down yogurt smoothies, run around the house making up dance moves, and talk in their own language.

Playing on a Friday morning:

Mini Cougars {present day}

The weather was so nice today, we all spent a few hours outside in our back yard.  Just look at some of this cuteness:

 Finally it wasn't in the hundreds outside and I could put these cute jeans on Jane.  She is totally feeling fancy and struttin her stuff.

Dave picked out their jammies and of course, made sure they were in game gear for the BYU game tonight!  They look so cute in their Y shirts.  

Now they are fast asleep and Dave and I are eating twizzlers, watching the game.  It was a good Saturday with our mini cougars.

Ethan and Jane's First Trip to the Beach

Back in May, we took a trip to South Padre Island with some friends of ours.  We rented a big house with 6 bedrooms, split up the meals, and relaxed...or tried to relax!  Vacationing is much different with kids.  Instead of staying up late watching movies and sleeping in, you stay up late watching movies, and dread getting up at 6:30am when the kids get up!  This house had lots (and lots) of stairs.  So Jane and Ethan's mission in life was to climb them.  Even though they didn't know how.

And the beach?  We probably spent a total of 1 hour (over all 4 days) at the actual beach.  But, that's just how it goes when you have two 15 month olds.  You find little joys in things other than sitting in the sand sipping an ice cold dr. pepper.  Mmm...sounds nice.

Like for instance, going out to eat and watching their faces when they taste a coconut milk shake.  Or laughing at how cute they look in pirate hats:

And you're telling me milk shakes have been around this whole time? 

That was a coooooold milk shake 

He did this face with his lips the whole trip.  It was so cute!

Ya I could get used to that!

I don't know what he was doing here, but he has a crazy face and 1 little tooth. 

Getting them to sleep at night was the hardest part about the trip.  They are quite fond of their cribs, which is something that we worked hard to make possible.  But for this trip, it backfired. It took them hours to fall asleep the first night.  They slept in a room below us, and one morning we heard them joyfully talking on the monitor at 6:30am, we went in and found this:

Ok ok...it's time for chunky baby cuteness at the beach:

Beach Beauty

Rolls for ankles.  Love it.

And the post beach bath:

Fun times at the beach house:

Still a little wobbly when she walks

 Oh that belly!

Curly Haired Cutie 

Trying to break through the barricade we made for the stairs. 

South Padre ~ May 2012

The Girls