Newborn Pictures

LILY AND MOMMY

ROSE AND DADDY

ROSIE

LILY

ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY!

During this photo shoot we were actually at our home! Our friend Janelle and her photographer friend came over to do some pics! The girls were only 2 weeks old and NOT IN A GOOD MOOD! We didn't get many shots of them not screaming, but overall it really didn't matter what they were doing in the pics they were so cute...

A Few Flashbacks

DECEMBER
We have been blessed with many babysitters!
Our friend Joey recruits friends each week to come and sit with the girls for a few hours so I can have a break.
Pictures above are Janelle and Scott (teachers from my school)

Lily sucking on Rosie's arm...

Thanksgiving Dinner

Shawn was the chef! We weren't going to have a large Thanksgiving, but
Shawn got a bit carried away! it was YUMMY!

MY BDAY
Our great friends got together at Rachael and Michael's house and had a little party for me...
I love them!

Myself with Rachael, Lily, Rosie, and Janelle

We went to Daddy's work with our "tax deduction" onsies! They were a big hit!

Our First Road Trip...
We drove to Vista, CA (2hrs) to visit Rod and Bonnie Samson (while Sam was visiting)

Rosie Celebrating the New Year

Lily Celebrating the New Year

Shawn's Cousin Vonelle and her husband Dave came to visit us
on their way to their winter stay in Mexico!

Lily and Rose had their 3 month old visit

We took the girls to see their Dr. for their 3month old check up and found out that they are just about exactly the same size...

Lily is 13-7lbs (65%tile) 23.5in (41%tile) Rose is 13-6lbs (64%tile) 23in (23%tile)

We are so proud of our growing girls...We just hope they start sleeping more at night.
We are trying the "cry yourself to sleep" method which is KILLING ME! I am starting to believe that it would just be better to cuddle them in my bed for the rest of their lives! HaHa!
We will keep you posted...so far it takes them an hour and a half to cry themselves to sleep. The first night I had to go downstairs to the garage and read out loud to drown out their cries. I hate hearing them cry. Wish us luck...

Auntie Sammy came to visit us last week and we had so much fun!
We can't wait for her to visit again!
Auntie Audra is coming this weekend, we are really excited to meet her too!

Rosie was too sleepy to sat good-bye to Auntie Sammy

Auntie Sam and Lily

Auntie Sammers is the BEST BOUNCER!

We love Auntie Sammy

My New Years GOAL...

I am going to try to blog every other day to keep you all in the loop as Shawn does an evening feeding.

Today the girls and I did the usual...nursing, napping, nursing, napping, tummy time, a walk outside in the 80degree weather, nursing, napping, than Daddy came home and we visited for a while. The girls are babbling a lot and Rosie is nearly rolling over on her own, while Lily just wants to work on her sitting in a seat skill. They are so different already. Rosie talks a lot more, Lily fusses a lot more. Rosie hates being burped, Lily doesn't really mind. They are so cute.

Lily

Sleepy Daddy

Sleepy Rose

Rosie, sucking her thumb

Christmas with Uncle Spencer and Grandma Karen

Grandma Karen and uncle Spencer flew down from MN for 2 weeks over Christmas and New Years. We had a great time seeing them again. We are growing so much and are very excited about everything lately. We are learning to hold hands, scream, kick, smile, coo, sit up, sleep for 3 hours straight...mom is happy about that, but wishes it was a little longer at night. We took many trips to the grocery store and to Target while Uncle and Grandma visited. It was a lot of fun!

Mommy even colored Spencer's hair!

Mommy and Daddy went away for a night to a 50's style Bed n Breakfast
while Grandma and Uncle watched us...



Grandma was sleepy too...

Uncle Spencer and Daddy took Mac for a hike...

Rosie loves her dolly...

Lily loves her dolly...

Here we are with Mommy and Daddy on Christmas...

Grandma Karen is so much fun...

Sleepy Girl...

We really enjoyed Santa and his scratchy beard...

Kick Kick Kick

Grandma, Uncle, Mom, Dad, and the 2 of us went to Christmas Eve Candlelight service...

We went on a walk to give all our favorite neighbors cookie trays on Christmas Eve...

We were so excited to see what Santa brought for us...

Mac is a great brother...he protects us as we gaze out the window...

Grandma & Grandpa Norton Visit

Grandma and Grandpa Norton were here from December 1 - 14th, and got to meet and help take care of their first grandbabies! They were a big help and spoiled Sarah rotten. It's been tough retraining her since they left! Here's some pics...

Grandma and Grandpa meeting their new grandkids for the 1st time! Rose on the left, Lily on the right.

Grandma was like catnip for babies - they loved sleeping on her.

Grandpa discovered babies LOVE the bouncy ball! It is now our best soothing method.

Scenery shot

Scenery shot

Grandpa with Lily and Grandma with Rose

Family photo

Being spoiled is exhausting!

Outtakes...

You may be getting a Christmas card from us soon. It was not easy picking a picture, and Sarah was very sad to leave Mac out. But he was more interested in eating grass than being in a picture. It's a lot harder to make a dog sit still when you're also trying to hold a baby. Here's some pictures that didn't make the cut...

The name tags on the stockings didn't last long!

A baby riot...

Trying to make Mac sit still...

Mac is part grass-hound...

Finally! A good pose from the dog! But it looks like Lily is about to take a header onto the grass...

Many thanks to Rachel, our patient photographer! More of her work is available at whiteowl.com....just kidding...don't go there...fake website...