Summer is gone

I can't believe that April was the last time I wrote any thing here, opps! Well over the summer the girls spend lots of time at the local parks, one of which has a wading pool that drains and fills ever 15 minutes. (Fills up like a waterfall over some stones.) All the kids love it! Katrina's parents rented a unit in their building and got to spend some time with the girls over the summer. They loved visiting Granma and Granpa and playing with the toy shelf Granma kept stocked.

Trinity is about 25 lbs now and Terra is 22 lbs. At least that is what the pumpkin scale said when we went to gather our Fall pumpkins at the end of Sept, before the October rush! I think Katrina had more fun that the girls. Katrina was off in the field hunting for the perfect pumpkin and Troy was with the girls who didn't like tripping over the vines.

So here are some picture, enjoy.

Active and Growing Girls

Sometimes hanging around the apartment during the

Portland winters can make a girl a little bored.

While their ability to tell us what they want is still limited, it is
becoming very apparent that they understand more of what we are saying.

When we ask if they would like to go for a walk,
it seems like they can hardly get dressed fast enough!

And then they are off! The days of always sitting in their stroller
are done. Now they love to explore the streets of Portland.
Their farthest walk so far was five blocks. Walking with Troy
makes walks much easier. Two little girls exploring the world
can make a walk seem like herding cats.

They love going to the park. There is always
lots of new stuff on the ground to pick up and show us.

The girls also like to go down the slide. Unfortunately, the rain
sometimes ruins that fun. They still find the slides fascinating
though, even if it is putting mulch on the end of the slide, beating it
with a stick, and then wiping it off with one big sweep of the arm.
Check it out.

Trinity likes to walk while holding hands.
Terra it still getting used to the idea.

Trinity even likes to walk holding a stick.

Inside, the girls stay very active. Their growing interest
in climbing has required a new level of baby-proofing.
It seem like they will climb on anything. One day we found
Trinity laying in the second level of her bedroom shelves.
Here we found Terra climbing up on Trinity to see if
there is anything on top of their box-fort.

And after getting dirty at the park, who doesn't love a little bubble bath?
Is Terra pretending to have a goatee like daddy?

After such a busy day, sometimes laying down
for a nap seems like too much trouble.

Until next time....

1st Birtday! Hooray!

Feb 9th was Trinity's and Terra's first birthday. That morning we all went to have our pictures taken with Troy's parents who came up from Phoenix to celebrate. The party was held later that day in our apartment. My sister Teresa and her husband Bob came by along with our friend Brook. The girls were stripped down to some onesies that we didn't mind if they got covered with cake and the party began.

A video of them and their cakes HERE
Cute video of a tummy attack HERE

Christmas

Hello all. Wanted to share some pictures of the girls and wish you all a Happy New Year. (even if it is a few days late.) We spent Christmas morning with my sister Teresa and her family. Then two days later we flew to Spokane to visit my other sister Merri and her family. We went sledding and Troy couldn't be kept from the slope! Katrina went down a few times but froze her fingers off almost instantly. The girls, despite having coats, hats, gloves and blankets, got too cold after about 45 min and were much happier in the mini van with the heat on full blast. We loved seeing Carson and Jack (Merri's kids) and were told they missed the 'babies' terribly after we left.

On Jan 9th the girls will be 11 months old. We can't hardly believe it - almost a year old. Now we have to start thinking of planning a first year birthday party. OMG! Terra now has cut 5 teeth and Trinity has taken about 6 steps on her own. She'll be walking soon. Aaaahhhhh!!!!!! Love to all.

Christmas morning at Teresa's
HERE is a video.

Katrina and Terra in Spokane watching everyone else sled.

Kat and Terra New Years eve.

Kat and Trinity on New Years eve.

The girls in their crib - hanging out.

Big Daddy - O getting ready to sled while in Spokane.

Cheerios everywhere

In five days Trinity and Terra will turn 10 months old! As every parents says 'how time flies.' Trinity crawls everywhere, pulls herself up and grabs whatever she can and puts it straight in her mouth. I've got to keep a close eye on her now! Thank goodness Terra can't quite crawl yet. She's getting close though. I have a friend whose child didn't crawl until 10 months so I'm not too worried. Terra enjoys standing at the coffee table and banging the remote loudly while giggling gleefully. She still needs to learn to fall properly because she'll fall back straight as a board and knock her head resulting in a cry fest for several moments. So her and I are working on her falling on her bum and then clapping and yelling 'hooray'.

They both have two bottom teeth and are just now breaking in the top. Which equals very grumpy and crying. Solid food is now an 2-3 times a day adventure. (Cheerios are now found regularly throughout the house amid various toys, Tupperware, wooden spoons, pacifiers and sippy cups.) They've eaten everything we've offered and love cheese. They still drink formula but we are slowly weening them off. As far as talking they continue to say 'dada', 'mama', and 'baba' but no real words yet. Although they have begun exploring new sounds such as 'nana', 'riri' and *bbbrrrr* said with spit flying wildly.

Funny video HERE

That's all for now. Love to you all.

Getting ready for bed

Trinity
*Wwwwaaaaa*

What?

Almost 8 months

Hello all. We've been a busy bunch and haven't had time to post to the blog. At one of the girls check-ups the doctor heard a heart murmur in Terra's heart. We go in on Oct 8th to have it checked out by a heart doctor. I'm a bit concerned but it could turn out to be nothing and the heart is still just developing. Terra has also broken in two bottom teeth!

HERE is a cute video of Troy singing to the girls.
HERE is a video of the girls playing on the floor.
HERE is Troy feeding Terra.

We went to Sears and got our first family pictures taken. Here is a collage and some others too. Enjoy!