Living the Dream

Sunday, April 26, 2009

The Twins are Six Months Old

Time to Reflect

Where did half a year go? Wasn't my mom just here when they were first born trying to help me navigate through each day? I feel like they have changed and the obstacles continue to get bigger. Honestly, sometimes I feel like I am losing my mind. BUT they are sweet as can be:

First Day Home from The Hospital Together

Ben on the Left, Dane on the Right

SIX MONTHS LATER.........

Here are "THE FATS" as Brett calls them

Stoic Benjamin

Smiley Dane

Twins in the Tub

Going Out for a Run

Truly I cannot complain. They are cute as can be and while tired, I know that they are special. We do have a lot of fun with them. I just wish they would sleep! :)

Monday, April 20, 2009

Kai's Bday Party

Happy Birthday 4th Kai Cassidy!

We feel like we celebrated for a week. She couldn't decide whether she wanted a chocolate or white cake. She also couldn't decide if she wanted square or round. So we did both. It took me several hours to get it all done, but I think they turned out okay.

We also did a birthday breakfast for Kai on her real birthday. Unfortunately I forgot to bring the camera to her party. She had a blast with all of her friends at the Gymnastics Center. They played in the foam pit, on the tramp and all sorts of other things.

Monday, April 13, 2009

Cody's Ultimate Football Experience

For those of you who don't know, Cody is playing Ultimate Football this spring instead of soccer. His team, the Buccaneers played a double header on Saturday. Everyone gets to QB. This is a picture of Cody at QB. Pretty fun stuff. Its just like Ultimate Frisbee, but with a football. Not too many deep routes are effective at this level, YET, that is by far the most popular play, no matter what the coaches say.

Here's Cody Listening Closely during Half Time

"D - UP"

Happy Easter

Ben, Dane, Cody & Kai all had a great Easter

Observatory Village Easter Egg Hunt

Lucky for us, our neighborhood does all of these great activities so I don't have to plan them. Just show up. We had probably 50 or so kids and lots of easter eggs. It was great. On Easter Sunday we got to visit with Pam and Randy for a nice Easter Dinner.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Twins Eating For the First Time

(Scroll down and pause the music if you want to hear the video)

Ben gets a "little" excited about eating. Is that a Downey or a Larsen trait? Hard to tell. We knew he was ready for food one night when we were eating dinner. As he was sitting on my lap he had his eyes fixated on my twice baked potato. Just for kicks I brought it toward his mouth. Mind you, this potato was pretty big. With no hesitation he opened his mouth as wide as he could with the full expectation of eating the potato. He was a little upset with me when the potato had not made its way into his mouth. Anyway, I hope eating food will make him a little happier. So far he is frustrated with his lack of ability to run at 5 months and he lets us know it regularly.

Dane doesn't get quite as excited, but he likes to eat too. We think he is back to 1lb more than Ben. Dane likes to snuggle and takes his time to observe things around him. He usually only gets mad if he is really hungry or tired. We love them both....what a pair!