Having Fun Together

It's so much run watching the kids interact with each other. I think they really enjoy making each other laugh or at least can entertain one another. Here is a clip of them in their exersaucers making each other laugh, sorta. No mater which direction they start out in, they end up face to face just talking in their way. They were really cracking each other up yesterday and I grabbed the camera....of course they got distracted and calmed down a bit. (we got another exersaucer from a friend at church who used it for her babies...who are now 7 and 9 years old. You can see how far the toy has come in 9 years. Thanks Esther)

Little Surprise

The other night I was cleaning out the memory of my blackberry phone and came across a wonderful surprise. I found a bunch of pictures that Young had taken the day the twins were born. I was so out of it the first few days, I never knew he took any with my phone. So I emailed them to myself so I could save them. The resolution isn't that great on the big screen but they are still super cute!! Ah, the memories...I can't believe they were so small...
(Cameron is on the left, Timothy on the right)

Photo for Grandpa

I took this picture the other day and put it on my Facebook page. Since it got a few comments, I thought I would put it up here so my dad could download it for his digital picture frame and mom's laptop...so here you go dad...

Mommy Moment

I had a mommy moment last night with Timothy. He was overly tired when I put him to bed which means he has a really hard time falling asleep. Normally we'll just put him to bed and he'll go to sleep himself but he missed his afternoon nap and was so tired. After crying a while, I was trying to calm him down, walking him around, bouncing, all my usual bag of tricks and nothing was working. So I decided to just sit and rock him a while. He calmed down and I started to sing to him...he fell right to sleep. If any of you know, I can't carry a tune to save my life, extremely tone deaf. But to my son, it was calming and soothing...just what he needed to hear.
I realized as I was rocking him how big he is now. He used to fit just in the crook of my arm...now he stretches all the way across my body and pass the arm of the rocking chair. I just sat there rocking him for a good 30mins after he was asleep, not wanting to put him down...

Festival of Sail

We went to see the tall ships sail into San Francisco yesterday (http://www.festivalofsail.org/index.asp). Since Young is out of town, I'm trying to get out and keep myself busy. I've wanted to see these for a few years but was always working...but not this year. I loaded up the kids up and we headed to Chrissy Field to watch the parade. There were so many sail boats out in the bay, it was kinda hard to see some of the smaller tall ships. We only lasted about an hour, the kids were getting cranky. That's the thing with kids, they decided when we go, where you can go and how long you stay!
Here are the kids hanging in their stroller...Cameron trying to block Timothy's view.
These two had cannons going off but I kept missing the puffs of smoke.

Goofy Girl

Young was getting Cameron ready for her bath last night, goofing around with her and shot this cute video...she is just talking away...telling her daddy all about her day.

Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'

Tim-O-Tee has officially rolled over. Saturday night he was being very cranky, laying on his back, having a fit...then he was over on his belly. He just kinda stopped fussing and looked around like "what just happened?" I flipped him back on his back, he got fussy again, let out a scream and was over again. I decided to put him out of his misery and picked him up. We tried again yesterday and only got one roll...but he's getting there!
by the way...Cameron is showing no interest in going anywhere...

Extra Pair of Hands

It's always helpful to have an extra pair of hands around during feeding time...especially when they are Timothy's! It seems he wants to hold his own bottle now and doing quite well at it, 50% of the time.

New Toy!!

Another one of my impressive purchases for $25 at our twins club consignment sale this year...an Exersaucer! We had to clear enough space in the living room for it...this toy is huge. The kids love it. We only have one, so they have to share it...15min each before they have to switch. I took these pictures but couldn't get Timothy to look up from all his activities. There is so much for them...lights, sounds, rattles, objects to pick up, things that move and spin. And the seat turns around so they can get to it all . Timothy's feet can touch the bottom but Cameron is still kinda floating in the seat so I spin her around.

Picture Perfect

We took advantage of a sunny day in San Francisco to take a few pictures. We had dinner over the Golden Gate Bridge on Sunday evening and decided to stop at the lookout to snap a few pictures before heading back home. The fog was just starting to move in which only added to the beauty. We felt like tourists...and attracted alot of attention.

Fashion Statement

Young's aunt, who lives in Japan, sent us a box full of the cutest clothes for the kids. They are all very Japanese style and so adorable. Since the tags are written in Japanese I couldn't tell what size they were...but knew they were for at least a 4 or 5 months old. These are the first of the outfits I'm tying on. You can't see it from the photo but the outfits have the sweetest teddy bear faces and little sayings like "Is It Happy", "Family", "Happy Bear", "My Friend".
Here are the kids hangin' out in their new clothes...Timothy is looking especially Asian in the little jumper.

We Got New Wheels

The kids have a new ride. Check out their new side-by-side stroller. We've had the stroller for a while, given to us by my good friend Mary Beth (more on her below), but the kids are just now big enough to ride in it. Young put it together this past weekend and we took it out for a ride. I love it! It's not your little "mall stroller". This is an all terrain jogging stroller. It glides right over all the bumps on the sidewalks and we can go off roading...I mean off sidewalking in the park. The kids barely feel a thing.

No more sitting in car seats, turned around backwards staring at mommy and daddy. They can see the world in front of them. Although, Timothy kept looking at Cameron the whole time. I think before they didn't realize they were in the same stroller. But now that they can see he's probably wondering "why is the girl following me everywhere I go??"


Like I said before, this was a gift from my friend Mary Beth. She and I met a few years ago when she came to SF to show her apple pies at the Fancy Food Show. She is a wife and mother of three teenagers, has a full-time job and decided to start an apple pie business. Crazy woman! Her business has really taken off since we first met. Here is her website if you wanna check out her goods. http://marybethsapplepie.com/. She was one of the first people I told I was pregnant with twins and she has been so supportive and enthusiastic ever since. We told her our list of possible baby names and she was calling them Timothy and Cameron before we even decided. Thanks Mary Beth!!This is a picture of us at the Fancy Food Show in NY, handing out our 5000 samples. I was six week pregnant at this time and feeling sick most of the day...but we had a blast on the trip anyway!

Lovin' North Carolina

These are the last of our trip...I know you're probably tired of reading about it. These are just random moments. The top one is a tobacco field...still remains one of the top cash crops for the state, along with soybeans and corn.

It was hot while we were there. Hot and humid. I love it! We took this picture of the reading from the car one day at 5:30pm. The kids stayed in just diapers or oneies most of the time.

Timothy isn't rolling over yet...almost...but what he is doing is scooting himself around on his back. He can turn around and push across the floor with his feet. This was one day when Mom and Dad put him down for a nap, they came back in and he was turned around and off the blanket. His head was where the white pad is.

This is Cameron fast asleep on the plane home. Our traveling luck ran out with Timothy this go round...he was not the easy going Timothy we all know and love. I guess he was maxed out from all the excitement from the trip. But it's a good thing Cameron was on her best behavior!

The Cameron Family

The main reason we went to North Carolina was to see my (Sara's) family, The Camerons (Cameron's namesake). Even though my parents travel all round now, they still come back to NC for the summer to take care of my brother's little girls...the grandkids. So it was a perfect opportunity to see everyone at once. Here are few pictures of my family hanging out with the twins. The first one is of my mom and me and one of my brother, Kevin, and my niece Kaylee. Then we have my other niece Kenzie with Cameron and one group picture of my brother's family and mine. I think Kenzie and Kaylee enjoyed meeting their cousins...and the twins got to meet their Uncle Kevin and Aunt Angie.

Good Friends

We had a nice relaxing July 4th weekend. Young and I stayed home and just vegged for the whole weekend...recovering from our trip and his work travel. We did dress the kids in their July 4th outfits my mom sent them, but it's was a cool, foggy 55 degrees here so I had to add some layers to them. (It's so hard to get them smiling...they are all smiles until they see the camera...then they are mesmerized)

Since I don't really have any stories of our holiday I'll post some more pictures of our trip. I got to catch up with some of my high school friends while in NC. My friend Leigh Anne, now married and living in New Bern,NC, grew up in Green Level as well. Her family moved there when we were about 8 or 9years old. We grew up together, went to school and ran track together, were members of the same church, youth group, etc...pretty much did everything together. She always has great words of encouragement and solid Godly advice for me. It was great to see her and catch up over breakfast at the Waffle House!

After breakfast we headed down to Wilmington to see my BFF Lisa Yemma. Lisa and I have known each other since the 7th grade, she made me laugh and the rest was history. We too ran track together and were on the same 400m relay team that broke the school record, ha! She has visited me wherever I have moved and I've done the same with her. She even put a dress on to be one of my bridesmaids!! She is a science teacher and has lived in Denver for the longest time but now is headed to Burma to teach for two years. Wow! This was my last chance to see her before she left. Since she is spending the summer at her parents house in Wilmington we drove down to hang out for the day. I was impressed by how great she was with the kids considering how she feels about babies.

Grandma Cameron's house

The Saturday we were on vacation we went to Grandma Cameron's house for a heapin' of chicken n dumplin's. Grandma is 84 years old and still going strong. She cooked a huge meal for about 15 people. We had collards, corn, okra, back eyed peas, corn bread, sweet tea, blueberry cobbler, peach cake, and more. Grandma was so excited to see the twins and was full of advice for me on how to feed, sleep, play with them...as if nothing has changed since she raised my dad. She thought swaddling them was the craziest thing she had ever seen. Babies need to be free to move their arms and legs! Don't hold their bottles for them, prop them up so they learn to hold them...and I won't even go into the concoction she told me I should be feeding them. Too funny. But we had a great visit and Grandma enjoyed having all her great grand children with her(picture above).

I also got her recipe for chicken and dumplings...a sifter full of AP flour, handful of self rising flour, enough chicken liquid to mix, roll and drop in liquid, stir. Use only fresh chicken...frozen chicken will give you brown on the bone meat! Ah, I love my Grandma.

Green Level

Green Level is the small community I grew up in in North Carolina. We don't have a zip code, just a couple of roads leading up to our church on the hill. When I was growing up there wasn't much out our way except lots of tree and tobacco fields. Gone are the tobacco fields, they have been replaced by new roads, housing developments and strip malls. Growing up we had to drive 20mins to get the nearest grocery store, now there is one 60sec. away. How times have changed. But nevertheless, most of our neighbors still live in Green Level and I always come back to visit. They say it takes a village to raise a child...Green Level raised me.

Our next door neighbors, Judy & Roy, threw a little cookout for us so everyone could meet the twins. It was so great to see everyone! We have two sets of twins and one set of triplets in Green Level, one set of boys in their 20s, one boy/girl set that are 7years old and the triplets are about 4years old. It was fun to swap stories with the other multiple moms and know it gets easier. Timothy and Cameron were great troopers being passed all around. The funny thing was everyone there reads our blog so I didn't really have to update anyone...it's like they already knew the twins and were excited to meet them in person.

extra hands to help out with feedings....thanks Brenda and Darlene
how many people does it take to put two babies in car seats??
Shannon and Wendy are like my sisters and Lee a little brother, we all grew up together. Here we all are with our kids (except Lee, he just got married). Shannon (holding Cameron) has twins, Caroline and Joseph (far right), Wendy has Natalie (middle, pink dress). The other picture is of the house I grew up in. Wendy and her husband bought it from my parents but will soon be moving because of a freeway loop coming through. I wanted to get a picture before it is no more...