Walking

The babies are walking. Loryn has been walking a little longer than Kristen, but Kristen is catching up fast. They look like little old women who need walkers as they teeter around the house. When they want to get somewhere fast though, they still crawl.

Loryn coming after me while Kristen looks on. Trying to take their pictures is getting harder since they start coming toward me as soon as they see the facinating camera. Someone needs to invent an invisible camera.

Catching Up

I haven't kept up with my blog very well this last month. Stomach flu, pink eye, and really bad colds hit our family. But things are looking brighter again since the babies slept through the night last night. (Mostly through the night--Loryn still ended up in our bed. I am not sure when or how, but I must have gotten her and brought her to bed with us.)

At the beginning of January I helped Catherine install her hardwood floor. It was a ton of work, but very fullfilling. It is so "pwity"!!!

April, Catherine and Nielson posing on the beautiful new hardwood floor we just installed. It is so exciting to see it come together. Catherine and Rachael are happy because the scary carpet is gone.

Catherine and Rachael posing with the stacks of boards waiting to be installed. Girl Power!In October or something, Catherine and I tiled her shower. To make a long story short it took FOREVER but looks Awesome now. It was a first time tiling experience for both of us, and we might even try it again. But next time--BIGGER TILES.

Surviving Stomach Flu

Sorry it has been a while since I updated. I have been a little busy. You see we have been battling Stomach Flu around here. Both babies have had it for a week now. Supposedly it lasts between 7-10 days so we should be seeing some progress soon. I sure hope so because my hands are kind of raw from all the washing they have had to do.

While taking care of these kids, I have had a lot of time to contemplate this not so glamorous job and how a lot of things were not in the original job description. I have since revised my job description to better reflect my daily chores. I am now the Primary Poop Management Facilitator. If you have ever dealt with babies with stomach flu you will understand the full impact of this title.

Hopefully I will have a better update soon.

Presidential Baby Photos

Yesterday Catherine and I saw this on the MSN.com home page. I don't usually click on things I see there, but this one looked so funny I couldn't help myself. We had a good laugh.

http://www.slate.com/id/2181495/

Basically a father in New Hampshire set out to get his little baby photographed with every presidential candidate. Be sure to click on the slide show and read his comments with each picture.

New Christmas posts

Today I put a bunch more posts on from our Christmas trip. Enjoy! Feel free to comment or make suggestions.

Sledding on Ice

The day before the hill side was still fresh and powdery, but the second day it was all packed down and icy. We didn't sled very long because it was too fast and it was also a lot colder the second day.

Say Cheese!

Those are some amazing red cheeks Hunter. Ashton getting ready to head down the hill in the background. What are you thinking?

Ashton on his way back up the hill. Is that a happy smile, a scared stiff smile, or a "my face is completely frozen" smile. Knowing the temperature I think it is the last.
Dave looking glamorous in his "Men in Black" sunglasses. It was more fun to watch from the top of the hill than to actually put your life on the line and speed out of control down it.

Look into my eyes!

Rachael and Catherine--half crazy! It was so cold Rachael's glasses were fogging up even while we were still outside. Actually she is a space alien in disguise, Catherine probably is too.

Antarctica

Catherine brought snowshoes. We felt very extreme crunching across the frozen tundra in our fancy spiked snowshoes. Ignore the houses in the background--we are in Antarctica. Who knew Antarctica was so inhabited.

Along the coastline of Bear L---heheemmm--I mean Antarctica. We aren't really smiling...our faces are just frozen that way.

We claim this land for US--as in the Ashton, Day, Speirs families.
Land, beautiful land!!

Note: Dave is the strategically placed shadow.