Goin' swimming!

May has been such an eventful month, but one of the biggies was the babies' first time in the pool. On Monday, May 19, 2008 (the day after I got home from CA) we put the babies in the pool for the first time. Now when it comes to cold water, I am the biggest wimp of all, and this water was cold! But they got used to it pretty quick and seemed to really enjoy it. They have been back in several times since. Price especially seems to love it and even wants to put his face in. He has since started trying to put his face in his bathwater too (eww) - I think he may be trying to get a drink??

Mama took a girls' trip!!

Can you believe I left Chris alone with the babies?? Actually he did a great job! Better than I could have hoped for (although he does have a blog-worthy story that I will have him post sometime soon). I went to Corona del Mar in Newport Beach with Amy and Liz for 3 whole days, Thursday night to Sunday. It was truly blissful!! Check out Amy's blog for the details. It was beautiful and relaxing and so strange to go a whole day without changing a diaper. I thought it would be harder (and Amy said she never thought I'd agree to go!), but I missed them a ton and was glad to be home Sunday night!

Mother's Day 2008

This was my first Mother's Day. It was so exciting. Also neat to look back on where we were just last year at this time - I was huge already, and the babies were only about a month away from making their grand entrance to this world. We went to Church in the morning and then had the family over for dinner. The babies are doing great in the Church nursery now; it took about 3 times before they seemed to really get comfortable. But the evening with the family was great. We had burgers on the patio, and the kids seemed to have so much fun. And they love seeing their big cousins running around.

Big, giant turtle alert!

On a recent trip to the zoo with Cheree, Tony and Caedyn we had lots of fun seeing the turtle right next to the glass. And since Chris was along, we got to go in the area with the birds (I could not handle this without an extra adult!). But with a bird food stick (thank you Tony and Cheree) the kids got to see the birds up close too!

10 months old!

I am a little late on getting this posted, but the babies turned 10 months on April 20. They are just so fun these days. The cutest thing lately is how they will stand at the end of their cribs and look at each other, reach out for each other and crack up. They reach for each others hands in the high chairs sometimes too. And just smile at each other. It warms my heart. That is not to say there are not some struggles over toys. Charis used to just let it go when Price would take her toy, but no more. Sometimes she even will crawl over and take his toy, and then push him down (little bully). I know we have a lot of little, and maybe big, battles in store over the next few years. I am so excited that school is done, though, and I am not teaching this summer. We are going to have lots of fun. We have already been to the zoo three times!! It is hard to believe we are so rapidly approaching their first birthday. What fun times!