Melissa, Andy and the kids' Blog

I forgot how cute these guys were.  For 5 straight months they spent almost every night in fuzzy footy pajamas and it was wonderful! Unless they were taking big kid baths in the nursery tub, then there weren't any fuzzy jammies. Melissa volunteered to help a sister in the ward who was having a really difficult recovery from child birth. The days she had these extra 2 girls, it was Melissa vs 4 under 3. Making Valentine's Day cards. Enjoying some fruit suckling. Food drunk. I usually make that face when Melissa cuts my hair too. This was Finn's first hair cut, 2/10/17 Hannah got a few fly-aways trimmed too. Smile for the camera, shorthaired dude. Enjoying Aunt Trisha's Valentine's Day gifts (shirts and stuffed animals with their names on them). "I'm the cutest, only photograph me!" I made Melissa and the kids a Valentine's Day lunch.  Posing with my little Valentine. Posing with HER little Valentine...

  Hannah and Finley have a weekly playdate with my friend, Nikki's, daughter Braylee.  Nikki's mom, Lynette, watches Braylee during the school day.  Here the three are at Lynette's house.     They loved eating fruit and frozen baby food out of these mesh feeders, but they sure made a mess.     I got this rocking horse at a yard sale, and they loved it.     We took the kids off-roading in the Rhino, so they got double bundle.  Here are my little Jedi Knights.     Here they are getting ready for a nap. They would drink their bottles while laying on my old pregnancy pillow.     Just relaxing with their bottles and a rare moment of them holding hands.     Babies love boxes!     Twinner sock monkeys.     We gave them some fresh snow for breakfast.     Here they are in their marshmallow suits, experiencing the snow as statues.     Little snow a...

We drove down the coast to Santa Monica, where Andy had a UCLA Diabetes Conference.  We arrived the 1st of December and left on the 4th.  The conference was for 2 days.  It was hard to keep the kids entertained in the hotel, but they loved it when we took walks on the boardwalk.  Hannah woke up from her nap early, so Andy took her out to visit the hotel pool and patio.  While out there they took a few sunset selfies.       Finley woke up just minutes later, and we were taking sunset selfies from the room.       The next day we stopped at the playground and swung for awhile.  This swing was made for twins!       I took a long walk with them one day, and missed Andy visiting us during lunch time. We got back to the room, just as he was headed back to his conference.  We did have time to share a dessert though.      But we had fun putting our feet in the sa...