first Camping Trip

So, we were pretty adventerous. We went camping in San Onofre with three other couples who have babies that are close to Julian and Caleb's age. It was pretty crazy- on one site we had four tents, five babies, and one long night. Actually, the kids did really well. We've got Halle- the only girl of the bunch- Josh a bit bigger than the twins, and Beckham- also bigger than the twins but the youngest of the pack. We did some surfing, and some cooking and talking. The Taylors made a pineapple upside down cake over the fire. It was so good! We were all thinking about staying two nights, then on Saturday the 4pm snooze crush hit and everybody decided to bail. One minute we were sitting around the fire chatting about doing some shopping, the next minute after we agreed to go home it was like we couldn't get there quickly enough. Ian and I were literally throwing items into our car right before the rubber hit the road. So was everybody else. Funny ending to a super fun trip.

NICU gettogether

When my kids were in the NICU, I got a lot of strength and support from two other moms who were going through a similar preemie-rollercoaster. Their kids were born at the same time and at the same Gestational Age as Julian and Caleb. We would talk about getting together when our kids were out of the hospital and big and healthy. At the time, it seemed like that was soooo far away. Each day in the NICU was an eternity. But somehow we got through it and today we celebrated Cole's first birthday at Douglas Park in Santa Monica. Our babies had a lot of fun together, Caleb kept grabbing the other kids' bottles and Julian couldn't stop squaking and waving his arms around in delight. Little Abigail is just getting herself around everywhere and Thomas was so sweet, he loved being with his daddy. Ryder was so big and Cole was so cute! I just wanted to scoop them all up and give them the greatest hugs and kisses. They are such hardy little warriors. Thanks for the great gettogether Cole, your first year you overcame tremendous obstacles and came out the conqueror. Way to go little guys!

We moved!

Aye Carumba. Moving into our new place was crazy because we went from a spacious three bedroomer to a smallish 2 bedroom. Somehow we managed to fit everything in... sort of.
The boys just went through an electric cable phase- they would cruise past all of their toys and head straight for the cables that I never even notice. How do they see those and know they want them? We just cleaned off a safe one to let them play with- which they loved. Who am I kidding myself, it's not the safest toy to play with, but hey, I can't argue with something that's going to keep them entertained and not electrocute them. At least they're not playing with anything sharp- unless you count those dull knives we keep lying around... just kidding.

St. Patty's Day Bike Ride

We celebrated leprachaun luck-day by going out with our friends' from law school Todd, Carrie and their wee ones Lucy and Charlotte. We took the kids in our matching Chariot trailers along the Santa Monica beach path. We saw a crazy tall bike called a 'high wheel' (see above-let's hope that dude is a steady rider for the sakes of all those on the bike path), another crazy guy yelling doomsday stuff as he skated by too fast for people to yell back and, a random famous person Xzibit from 'Grid Iron gang' and 'pimp my ride'. The day was a little gray- a welcome change after all the sun. Even the flat tire we picked up didn't slow us down- Todd put some sort of glue on it and we were good to go. Hiya!

Easter surprises

Ian took one look at these photos and started laughing- boys look pretty crazy!

visual aids

slowest camera in the West

For some time now I've been trying to get a photo of both of the boys smiling at the same time- I've seen them do it a million times but securing physical evidence seems to be out of my power. I swear from the time that I press the shutter to the time that the camera actually clicks the photos is at least one hour... these boys are growing so fast that if I don't get a faster camera I'm going to miss it altogether!

first playdate

This actually happened a couple weeks ago but I am finally finding a little time to make a post about it- Julian and Caleb's little friend Ally came over to play! Ally is just a little bit younger than the boys (AA) and she is a real sweetheart. Ally played with Julian and Caleb's toys and they all played sort of.. around each other. But I discovered one of the great secrets of playdates- I get a little chance to play with my friend Ally's mom Krista. Krista and Ally will be moving soon to Florida but they are coming back to LA in a year. Hard to imagine what the kids will be up to then!