Hats

We love the hats our BFF Sarah made for us. Dallin wears his when he is pretending to run away from tigers and Clara needs hers on to draw and color!

Crazy Life

Cute babes!

Say cheese (with ketchup all over my face!)

Big eyes!

Clara and mama and the baby doll Aunt Annette gave us. The only one she loves!

"I love vacuuming but not with this attachment!" Dallin

Well we have been busy...here is an update on the latest happenings in the Mitchell Family.
We moved to SLC specifically for me to do another round of IVF and we implanted this past Tuesday. I have been on bed rest for the past 3 days and still have a couple to go. The babies are having a great time with Granee and Aunt Helen who came to help with all the craziness.
Mason has been in town the past couple of weekends and other than that is quite busy with work and school.
All in all, there is never a dull moment with the babes. Dallin got sick a couple of weeks ago and gave his cold to EVERYONE. He is feeling great, but Granee, Clara and I are pretty miserable and Mason let me know that he got it too! So I am sure Helen will catch the bug too! Those with low immune systems stay away!

New Big Baby Bedding!

Since moving to SLC, I decided to move Dallin and Clara into big kid beds (AKA twin mattresses with frames). It has been a challenge getting them to stay in the beds, requiring more time with mama sleeping with the babes, but it is working out.
Another problem I had was bedding. They are going to be in the same room when we move back home with daddy (wherever that is) and I wanted their bedding to be something they could grow with, but still had a toddler feel and would coordinate without being matchy!
Calling my best friend Sarah always works out. Look at the beautiful bedding Sarah and her wonderful mama came up with! I am so excited about the bedding. I found some cute sheets for them and everything has come together so nicely! Thank you, thank you Sarah! We love and miss you terribly! Come see us soon!

Life is like a bottle of ketchup...

"Am I supposed to be playing with this?"


The jail shot is one of my favorites because I think I need a place like this for "time out"!



All the babies loved the horses. Which was very surprising for me regarding Clara. She loves animals BUT only from a great distance. She kept signing and saying "more more" after the ride was over! Benjamin had to ride twice! And Dallin just wanted off until he had to get off and then he wanted back on!


Mason Junior!


Movie Star!


The look of "I know I am NOT supposed to be here but mom hasn't seen me yet!"


...I don't have the ending for that statement. I just thought it looked like a good eye catching phrase.
We have been busy here is Salt Lake City. A couple of weeks ago we went to Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, UT with our cousins Ashley, Sam and Benjamin. We (the babies) rode horses and fed the animals. It was great to see Ashley and her cute family. The quote of the day with them was when Ashley asked Benjamin (who speaks quite eloquently for a 2 1/2 year old) to ask his friends (Dallin and Clara) if we were ready to go see the animals and he replied,

Mom, my friends don't talk so well!

We have also spent time wearing sunglasses, playing in the sink (Dallin can climb into and onto anything he wants to now!), holding ketchup bottles while wearing a white shirt (to all the Grandmas having a heart attack, the bottle was still sealed) and just looking cute in general.
We have loved our time with Granee and the weather in SLC, but we sorely miss our Daddy!

From changing diapers to talking on the phone...

what will they come up with next?!

Concert in the Park with Granee

Concentration takes sticking ones tongue out when you are dancing! It was funny that both of them are doing just that!

I had to take a picture of Clara's cute cute curls!

Granee before she is to be attacked by Dallin and Clara. She is still smiling...

Granee loving on Dallin as he snuggled in the covers. Hey it was a chilly 80 degrees outside!

Dallin talking on the phone, but what needed to be captured was the hint of red in his hair. I took this picture just for Daddy!

Staying in Granee's downtown condo has its many advantages. One of which is the Concert series they put on in the Brigham Young Historical Park every Tuesday and Friday nights. The babies love music and it has been nice to wear them out by walking down the hill to the concert, dancing at the concert and then walking back UP the hill to go to bed. I have really enjoyed being back in a big city with so many cultural experiences right at my door step!

Cousin fun with 2 sets of twins!

Today we went to the Gateway and met with our cousins on Mason's side. She is one of the cousins that got pregnant with boy/girl twins 3 months after we got pregnant. She (Jasmin) also had 2 older children that are as cute as can be and great big brother/sister! We had fun playing in the splash area, but boy can 4 babies under 2 disappear faster than 2 very tired mama's can keep up with!


Dallin didn't appreciate the water splashing him even though I tried to explain that is was a splash area! Doesn't he look like Mason in this picture? Grimace and all! (I will be getting in trouble for this comment!)

Clara can be such a poser some times! She is cute!

All the cousins! Crazy!

As good of a picture one can get with 4 babies under 2 looking at the camera at the same time! As you can see not all of the participants appreciated this photo shoot!

PS I usually edit and zoom in on the photos a little better, but I am just glad that I am actually blogging at this moment!