Will's First Week Home!

Baby Will spent the week resting and eating and getting used to being in the outer world. He's a very sweet and easy baby so far. Hopefully that lasts for a long, long time! He's a little guy -- having dropped about 12 oz. at the hospital -- but he's slowly regaining that weight back. He *loves* to be held and there has been no shortage of people here to help with that job! Here is Auntie Shelly holding Will:


Will just hanging out:

Grandma Jean with Will:

And Will with cousin Mikayla:

In the meantime, the girls have had a blast with all of the extra company. Here they are getting ready to go to the Farmers Market with Daddy and Grandma, with their babies in tow. First Natalie, then Amanda:

And here they are feeding their babies -- Amanda first, then Natalie:

Grandma brought them Elmo coloring books and new crayons and they had fun coloring.

And they *love* to swim in the pool, especially on the hot days, which we've been having a lot of.

There have been a lot of Popsicles lately too. Amanda loves hers so much she insists on wearing it all over her face!

And, finally, the girls graduated from high chairs to booster seats and now get to eat at the table with the big people. They are growing up so fast -- it's just amazing!

Welcome to the World Little Will

Natalie and Amanda are very excited to announce the arrival of their little brother, William Alexander ("Will"). He joined us at 8:03 a.m. on August 19th. He weighed in at 6 lbs, 13.4 oz and is 19 inches long. We all came home from the hospital on Saturday and we're settling into our new routines.

Here are the girls wearing their "Big Sister" shirts and sitting with daddy at the hospital.

Here is Will, only a few hours old!

And here he is at 3 days old.

Here we are coming home from the hospital.

Will's foot "tattooed" on daddy's arm.

Will and cousin Rebecca.

Will and cousin Mikayla.

Will and friends Alexandra and Addison.

Summer Time Fun!

The girls had another busy weekend. Most of the weekend we spent playing ALL AROUND the house and ALL OVER the back yard. (However, on Saturday we did venture out to celebrate an open house with several friends. Thanks, Donn and Tania for your hospitality!) The girls love to explore the house and especially love going into Mom and Dad's big closet...while exploring the closet this weekend, Natalie and Amanda found and had fun playing with some of mommy's hats. Here is Amanda buried in her hat....



Yee haw, Natalie!

There's Amanda!

Today was another hot and beautiful day, so we inflated the new "pool" and turned on the fountains! Not quite like Trevi in Rome, but equally inspiring to see these two beauties!

Here is Natalie looking quite glamorous.....

And here are the girls shuckin' some corn.....(the girls *love* to be given tasks to do and are pretty darn good at some of them!)

Here they are eatin' their yummy popsicles......

And shining like little stars.....

Smilin' pretty.......

And just lookin' cute from behind......

Look! Mommy is going to have a Baby!

Hello everyone following Natalie and Amanda's weekly adventures -- it's Daddy here writing today. We had an action packed weekend so we only we able to take a few photos this evening. On Saturday, we all went to the Davis Farmer's Market to pick up the weekly fresh produce. On the way there, we stopped to look (and just only to look) at the different minivan flavors being sold at the Honda dealership. Neither Julie nor I want a minivan, but the girls sure did enjoy walking around the parking lot looking at cars! It is amazing what the girls find amusing...so we may go back every weekend just to walk around a parking lot full of cars. Later that day, we had a make up photo shoot with the girls in the park. On Sunday, we went to Ali's birthday pool party with several families with small kids. The girls had a wonderful time in the Kiddie Pool. Natalie is the dare devil and wanted to run straight into the deep end. Amanda is a little more reserved, but gradually warmed up to splashing around the shallow end. The girls received parting gifts as we left, and below are several photos of them enjoying the fun gift bag!

Here is Amanda eating a cookie and holding her animal cracker bag.


Here is Natalie offering you a bite. Want some?

The girls are enthralled with Mommy's belly. They always pull up Mommy's shirt, point and say Baby! They also pull up Daddy's shirt, point and say baby! Daddy never feels real good after hearing that revelation! Here are some very cute photos of the girls trying to imitate Mommy!

Sunday Fun!

We had a fun Sunday; hope you did too!

Dancing Queens

Natalie and Amanda still love to dance and they have some new moves to show off! Here they are dancing to a Baby Einstein video on daddy's iPhone.

Popsicle Girls

Last weekend, it was hot, hot, hot outside and the girls actually stood still for a few minutes (a rare occurrence!) enjoying some popsicles. A complete mess, but a lot of fun!