Right now: victorious!

We flew. We survived!

Hello, Utah!

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so much, so much, so much...

...so I am doing away with all the quaint little posts in my brain and just dumping a whole lot of pictures and an occasional caption in Picasa. I CAN NOT believe July is almost over. Our month was spent with the Lee grandparents, visiting with friends, visiting the ER, and enduring the hot hot hot hot hot summer in the city. Love it.

Enjoy pictures HERE!

another first-- the ER trip

I guess every kid and parent has their first ER visit at some point. Bethany's was last Monday night. She had a high fever which turned out to be due to a urinary tract infection, the poor thing. I'm pretty sure it was the worst day of her life. She's all better now, I'm happy to say.

There were tears, understandably, when they drew blood from her tiny little hand (and filled a BIG tube, I might add), when they took a urine sample via catheter (they couldn't just wring out her diaper? boo.), and when she got her injection of antibiotics. She screamed and shook so hard with the blood draw that I cried too. We cried like babies together.

Otherwise, B didn't make a peep. She was just so sweet and mild the entire time, despite staying up WAY past her bedtime and probably feeling awful with her high fever and infection. Such a little trooper. I am just so amazed at how well she handled everything. Kids are tougher than we know sometimes... (thoughts of some of my friends' amazing kids that have endured so much and so well...)

8 pm and waiting to be seen. Bethany just quietly looked around and let me hold her.

After the traumatic blood & urine tests. Awake but so sleepy!

11 pm and finally asleep. An hour later we headed home.

no shirt, no shoes, service

So, we think we're pretty smart now that we're a whole half year in as parents. A lesson learned about feeding... it's best done when babies are nearly nekkid.

Peas!

Rice!

Carrots!

attempting shoes

Before we even got out the door...

Well, we tried.

the sprint and the sneak

Slow and steady wins the race! Watch the twins in action on YouTube or facebook. It will make you smile, promise. :)

PS Why am I having such a hard time posting videos to Blogger? I'm trying to upload with QuickTime but it just says "uploading" forever. Someone HELP!! Send me an e-mail!

Some cute (but unrelated) pictures for your trouble...

** UPDATE: Here's the video! I'm learning. :) **

fireworks I can blog about

July 4th is my favorite holiday. Love the warm summer nights, love the fireworks, and oh, love appreciating our country. Jared has learned from experience that I'm a sad, sad girl if I don't get a good fireworks show (being from DC has spoiled me), however, this year I was perfectly happy to stay home. The heat and the babies were two good reasons, but what really sealed the deal was being able to see Macy's amazing fireworks show from our bed.

So, Jared's parents pulled up two chairs to the window, Jared & I lounged behind them on the bed, and the kids slept through the whole thing in their cribs. Pure magic.

And since someone had to say it, here's a direct quote from my mother: "I'm glad you still experience fireworks in bed."

Oh, Mom.