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Sunday, July 12, 2009

DJs SMS and RIRI

A Long Saturday






Laurin has planned us a jam-packed summer, and Saturday was the first of ~8 weekends where we have major events or travel plans. Laurin helped organize a reunion of her club soccer team (1980 Michigan Hawks) in the Detroit area. Seeing as how I love to drive and we hate to sleep anywhere but our house, we made the 9 hour round trip in one day. I drove the entire way and Laurin slept most of the way. Thankfully, the drive home started at ~830 after a fun-filled afternoon for the girls. They slept almost the entire way home. The girls had fun with the other babies (including another girl named Riley who also yunts interestingly enough). They rode the swings, played with Dawson, ate food, and acted cute for all the other partygoers. I acted as grillmaster and photographer.
Friday, July 10, 2009

Daddy Got a New Toy




I decided to invest in the photographic future of our family this week. Say that ten times fast. I bought a new DSLR camera, and it is fantastic. It is not amusing to Big Momma, who insists there is never a reason to take 300 pics in one day. The pic on the top of the blog is one example, as are these other pic. I can also shoot HD video now, so watch out.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009

C'mon Ride That Train

Which is Cuter? Sanna honking the horn or Riley making care noises? Poll to the right...




Sunday, July 5, 2009

South Haven Shananigans

The girls had a wild and crazy week in good ol' South Haven. They created mustaches and goatees out of ice cream..............


They went for their first boat ride in the little inflatable. They grew a little agitated by the lifejackets that kept creeping into their mouths. For them, putting on a lifejacket must have been comparable to an adult slipping on one of those gigantic sumo suits.


They had an early first birthday party where Great Aunt Patti and Great Uncle Gary hooked them up with some sweet clothes and a crazy ball popper. I have a feeling that it soon will become an extension of one of the girl's arms after they get stuck going down the tube after the balls:) The fuzzy Elmo birthday card was a big hit too. GAP and GUG really nailed it this time:)


They tried to get their party on, but I had to remind them that they are still underage........


Hung with the relatives.........


Played with the other twins that live in Grandma and Grandpa Smith's closet.............


And, of course, ate sand at the beach:)


New Riley Face


possibly our cutest video ever....prepare yourself.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Pic of the Day


Taking after her daddy already.....
Monday, June 29, 2009

Beach Babies





Babypalooza 2 was much more exciting due to the nice weather and mobile babies. There were minimal amounts of fighting/crying which was suprising since Finnegan is such a whiny sissy. We actually made it to the beach armed with lots of sunscreen, goldfish crackers, and pale bodies. Sanna took to the water much more than Riley. Finnegan was the true champion, crawling right into the water despite his inability to swim or stand. The big surprise of the day was the discovery that sand is tasty. I still debate this fact, but Sanna and Riley assured me it was the case. Our fun can be seen in flickr. There were no magic crystals this time around. Our ladies diaper rash was the only bad part of the weekend. While it is getting better it still has a way to go before we can let them roam in their diapers and have cry-free diaper changes. Hopefully we will see more updates from Laurin, who has the ladies for the week as I work and travel to Chicago.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009

The Nanner is Walking ........... Kinda




Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Random Assortment of Pics for Your Viewing Pleasure

Sanna and Mama.

Daddy's attempt at the cheese face (he LOVES this picture of himself).

Sanna couldn't resist another cheese face, despite our attempt to capture a "normal" picture.

Those crazy kids:)

Riley hoarding toys from the other kids at the Children's Museum.

Sanna playing nice............for the moment.

The girls "picking" and "planting" flowers.

Fearless Sanna throwing herself all over the padded maze, while conservative Riley refuses to move.

Who knew that Riley could spell.  She even capitalized her name.  She may be the smartest child that I have ever encountered (I am not biased or anything:).

Sanna is brilliant too.

Hydrating before our swim in the 90 degree heat.  Too bad the refrigerator broke, so we never made it outside.  Sanna just enjoyed showing off her svelt new body:)

Riley prior to the swim that never was:(  She didn't realize that her daddy is, in the words of Ryan Iannucci, "all that is man".  This meant that he would spend the next few hours defrosting the freezer and installing a new fan motor in the refrigerator instead of lounging by the pool.