Our cutie update

Now for the fun blog! Updates and pics of the 3 cutest girls around. Adriana is a great big sister and loves to play with and help her baby sisters. She is great at getting diapers, putting pacifiers back in and entertaining them. It makes her day just to play with them.

Elena and Abigail are both rolling over now, but Abigail does it more frequently. She also likes to roll over and over. Elena is more content in one spot. They are both great babies and have the cutest laughs. It's hard to get that on camera, but when we do we'll add it.

Abigail, Adriana, Elena

Abigail, Elena, Adriana

Elena, Abigail, Adriana

Adriana is now sleeping in her "big girl bed", which is a great accomplishment. The one drawback is that she can get out of her bed unlike her crib. She loves reading and this is how I found her one day after I had put her down for her nap... Guess it doesn't matter where she sleeps. :)

She's also been working on potty training and getting dressed all by herself.

Elena

Abigail

Elena &Abigail

Elena & Abigail

Our sleeping beauties

A little photo shoot we did on our own.

Abigail

Elena

"Why am I in this pot?"

Adriana wanted part of the action too.

Utah

We took a big trip this summer to visit family and friends in Utah. I mean big because we drove there. We took 2 days each way, which was good to break it up, but will most definitely fly next time. We are counting down the days until we get a van. I tell you, the sedan just isn't made for a 40 hour car trip with 3 car seats jammed in the back. The best is when the babies would finally fall asleep and Adriana (out of complete boredom) would lean over and play with one.



The drive was probably the biggest adventure of our trip. Adriana really did a good job staying entertained (yes, the babies helped her) with coloring... demonstrated in the first photo, reading, playing pretend with anything, etc. We only had to break out the DVD player at the very end. We were very impressed with her patience in the car. The babies had a harder time...




We stopped in Denver on the way to see my sister and her family, but were doubly-lucky when she had her baby that night. We were able to see him in the morning. They gave him a great name, Tanner.

See any family resemblance?

Once we got to Utah we had a lot of fun seeing everyone. We also got to go up to our cabin and stay for a night. Adriana loved exploring with her cousins.

Adriana and Caslea

She was also brave enough to take a canoe ride with Uncle Nate!

We also had a great dinner with Chris and Di and were able to taste the awesome corn from their garden, not to mention the rest of the amazing meal they made for us. :)

Adriana loves her corn!

We also got to see the grandparents and introduce them to two of their newest great-grandchildren.

Adriana and Margaret

Samuel with Elena & Abigail

2 more months have passed

I can't believe that 2 more months have gone by. All the days and weeks blend together and we don't always know which side is up. We've had a great summer and wanted to highlight a few things we've done. In July Mark's parents came to visit. This was their first time seeing Elena & Abigail which was the biggest draw to come visit. We also took them to see a few sites as well.

We went to South Fork Ranch to see where Dallas (the TV series) was filmed. It is only about 10 minutes from our house.

The actual house

We also went to visit the arboretum.

The other big highlight was going to the new Cowboys Stadium! We went to the BYU Oklahoma game last year, but this time we got to go on the field.

Adriana & Elena

Adriana had fun trying on all the football gear.

"Let's go play some football! I'm ready!"

TOUCHDOWN!

Elena, Adriana, Abigail

Here are a few of the gang!

The Second Month

Okay, this is the last post for awhile. Here are more pictures of our cuties! You'll be able to tell a difference in their size from the beginning to the end. They are now both 22 inches and Elena is 10 lbs 9 oz, and Abigail is 10 lbs 10 oz.

I will add a little side note about Abby's name. When she was born we called her Abby. We didn't really decide on a name for her until the day before we left the hospital so since Abby was the top on the list, that's what she went by since we couldn't just say "the baby." Too confusing! We gave her the name Abigail because we love it, but were already used to calling her Abby. Well, about a month later we decided to try out Abigail and we like that so even though we call her both, we're using Abigail more.

Elena & Grandpa, Abigail & Grandma

Gotta love the Moby wrap when you can fit 2 into it!

Elena & Abigail, sleeping beauties.

Their blessing day

Abigail & Elena

Elena & Abigail

Elena

Abigail

This was the funniest little photo shoot. They were both content when we started, and Elena was even asleep. During our picture taking Abigail woke up and was not happy (as you can see). We took a few more pictures and Elena didn't wake up at all. Adriana even joined us for a few pictures in the middle. She must have been pretty tired!

during...

and after

With their Aunt Emily

And with Aunt Sherene

With their big sister

Elena & Abigail in their cute outfits.