Backblogging with Dallin

I have decided to blog about the babes separately. A lot has happened in the past month and they have grown so much.
Dallin has enjoyed being in Silver City. He gets to "shave" with Daddy, run and play outside, water the plants with Granee outside, and generally just hang out doing whatever. He has learned several new phrases:
"where did it go"
"no! me!"
"Daddy, get up!"
"not yet"
He has become so independent and dresses himself (most of the time we end up with clothes on backwards and shoes on the wrong feet)! We have loved having him in our family. He leaves us laughing a lot and loves to do anything with Granee or Daddy. There is never a dull moment with Dallin around!

Update on new babies!

No pictures with this post, but an update on what has been happening. This past week the new babies and I decided we didn't want to hang out together. Consequently, I spend 5 days in the hospital. I had gone into labor and they couldn't get me stopped. I am now on strict bed rest until I can get to 35 weeks, which is 2 and 1/2 weeks away. The doctor wanted to keep me in the hospital until I delivered, but as you all know me, that would not have boded well with me. So I convinced him to let me try at home again. We will see how it goes. The babies are doing great. Their heart rates are good and their growth looks good so far! As of 2 weeks ago, they were measuring 4 pounds for the little girl and 4 pounds 6 ounces for the little boy.
Dallin and Clara are doing great. They get to play with their Granee and friends across the street everyday. They do have a difficult time with me on the couch and not being able to play or pick them up, but we will survive.
Mason came on Wednesday last week while I was in the hospital and left today to go back to work. He is exhausted and sick, but is doing well and told me I wasn't allowed to have babies for 6 more weeks! (I told him he was crazy!)
We are all doing well, and now that I am down, maybe I will get some photos posted! No promises though!

3D pictures of the new babies

Little Girl Mitchell


Little Boy Mitchell

This post is mostly for Mason as he was not there this week when I got my ultrasound done. The babies are doing great and growing fast. The little girls is about 2 pounds 10 ounces and the little boy is 2 pounds 12 ounces.
All is well in Silver City. Dallin and Clara have taken over everyone's lives but they are a joy to watch grow and learn new tricks! New pics of them soon.

For Alisa and some cute pics of the babes

Dallin and Clara posing in front of the fridge this morning. What you are missing on Clara are her shiny shoes she insists upon wearing everyday and you cannot image the fights at nap time and when she plays in the mud to get them off of her! Such a girl!



Alisa has demanded another tummy picture. I will comply this time as long as I do not transform into a big blob! Here we are at 27 weeks!

Clarifications

I didn't quite clarify myself about our latest move. The babes and I moved to Silver City because my OBGYN is in Silver City. I have been traveling every 3 weeks to see her and was told to stop traveling. I decided to deliver the new babies in Silver City, because my mom lives here and I need all the help I can get with Dallin and Clara. I will be moving back to Carlsbad as soon as the new babies are born. Mason has been coming to visit on weekends.

February

I will not make it a habit to only post once a month, but a lot has happened this month and I have been busy moving, baking babies and dealing with 2 wonderful two year olds! (please read with sarcasm!)
Here is a smattering of the happenings this past month.


Painting rocks was a great idea Granee had on a warm Carlsbad day to get the kids outside for a little while! Clara ate some paint and Dallin stayed pretty serious about the whole activity!


Haircuts for all. Clara was so excited that I let her get a haircut too. We just trimmed it up and she thought she was big stuff. Dallin has a several haircuts as he has hair like his dad which grows quite fast. I had her cut his hair really short on top this time so I wouldn't have to worry about it as much when we moved to Silver City and now all it does is stand straight up on top!

Silly baby...I won't say what he is concentrating on in this pic!

This is how Dallin and Clara spend their evenings before going to bed...watching a great movie for a few minutes to calm down and give their mom and granee a break! Don't be decieved with how good and calm they look...it wasn't 5 minutes before that they were screaming and throwing tantrums.

"I am going to work"

I haven't wanted to be a slacker in the posting department, but until today my camera chip hasn't wanted to work in my computer.
Here are some recent pics of the babes.

Clara got her ears pierced a few weeks ago and since I have to clean them 2-3 times a day she has started recognizing when I am going to clean them and looks at me while covering her ears saying, "I'm okay!"



Dallin and Clara discovered that Mason had left his work vest at home the other day and proceeded to take turns wearing it with their work hats.


Dallin is everywhere these days and has to do whatever I am doing whether it be dishes, vacuuming, dusting, etc. We love his help, but it does take 50% longer to complete tasks with his help!


Clara has decided that her normal uniform for the day includes any clothes I put on her, a tutu and her hard hat. When I ask where she is going to replies with an English accent, "to work!"