Sad News

On Saturday, April 9th my grandpa passed away. We miss him very much, but are so happy that we got to have all the time with him that we did. He always wanted to become "great" and he loved Liam and Olivia very much. On Friday (the day before he passed) we spent the day with him. He got to see Liam and Olivia crawling, sitting, laughing and smiling and give them lots of kisses. It was another day of good grandpa memories that I will always treasure.

Spring Fun!

The weather has been beautiful here this week. Sunny and 80 degrees. But a few weeks ago it was raining like crazy. We took advantage of a break in the rain and took a picnic over to the park. The babies had a great time playing. Mommy and Daddy had fun too!

Road Trip to Oregon

Last week we took a road trip to Bend, Oregon.... Mommy, Daddy, Liam, Olivia and Peyton in our car, and Grandma, Grandpa and a whole lot of baby gear in their car. The drive went great both ways. We all had so much fun while we were there. We stayed at AJ and Uncle Dave's beautiful new house. They live in a great neighborhood with nice parks and little shops and restaurants you can walk to. We had a lot of fun exploring Bend and hope to go back soon. Peyton got to play in the snow for the first time. He slid all over the deck and loved the snow flakes falling on his head. We also got to celebrate AJ's birthday while we were there. Check out the cake I made her.... chocolate chocolate chip with chocolate butter cream frosting and raspberry filling... yum yum! I wish I could eat another piece right now! We can't wait for our next trip.

Gran Visits

Nathan's mom, AKA Gran, came for a visit and to watch the babies for a couple of weeks. It was great having her help, and we will miss her until her next trip. While she was her the babies and Peyton enjoyed lots of fun walks in the new jogging stroller. Too bad it rained a lot too, so they didn't get out as often as they would have liked. Thanks for everything Gran!

We also celebrated the twins first St. Patrick's day while she was here. The babies wore matching shirts that said "I'm a McCutie".

I posted a few cute pictures from the last two weeks. You can catch a couple of glimpses of Moses Penitentiary - our new playpen we set up to keep our very active crawlers contained!

More Videos

Olivia was jealous that Liam had a YouTube video, so we decided to post one of her too. Then we got on a roll and posted a few more. Enjoy!

Olivia in her favorite toy, her jumpy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3R7D2Nw5JU

Olivia learns to use her jumpy as a swing. Turn up your volume and you can hear her blowing raspberries at Mommy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcw6Z5D4lEk

Olivia also likes to "chase" Peyton:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVgMolilY-s

and...
Liam loves eating. He will eat anything we put in front of him. And, unlike Olivia, he loves real bananas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX8fcbY7SRM

Playdates, colds and Baby Gaga

It has been a busy week so far.

Sunday we had a very fun playdate. My friend since childhood, Aimee, came to visit from Colorado with her sons Camden and Beckett. It was our first time meeting Beckett, who is just 4 months old, and we were so excited to get to meet him. Aimee's mom Martie also came with her, so they all got to meet the twins for the first time. And our friend Megan and her family came too, so it was a full house with lots of fun!



The babies and I are all sick. We went to the doctor today, and she basically said (in a very nice way), "Everyone has colds, come back in a week if the babies are still not better." So, the good news is, it is just colds. The bad news is, we have more nights of crying, coughing and not sleeping. Good thing Daddy is taking such good care of all of us!

Olivia has started talking.... well not really talking but jabbering. Her favorite phrase is gagagaga. She says it high, low, loud, quiet, short, long..... but gagagaga day and night. You put her down to go to sleep and she says gagagaga. She wakes up from a nap and says gagagaga some more. She is even happy to sit and talk to herself. She likes the phrase so much, that Grandma Lori named her Baby Gaga!