no time this summer

I have found that with Julian out of school, I have no time for any extras in the day. We are so busy entertaining during the day and then I am done in the evening, so the computer is taking a back seat right now.

Julian finished his kindergarten year. I can't believe he is in 1st grade now. It didn't bother me so much until he brought home his yearbook on the last day of school and I looked at his picture from the beginning of the year. He had grown up so much and changed so much from just the start of school that it made me realize how fast he is going to grow up. Hopefully, he will always be my sweet boy that like having his mommy with him. I took him out the other day so that he and I could have a special day without the babies to see Toy story 3. It was so sweet, he asked me that when he goes to college if he can print out a picture of him and I so he can take it with him so he can always see me before he goes to bed. I love him so much.

The babies just turned 15 months old. The are doing really well. Doctor was very pleased with their progress. Alex is walking and getting around well. Lilly is is walking with assistance, and he wasn't concerned she's not quite there yet. We still have ups and downs with lilly's eating, but he also said that was a normal toddler action, so I try not to worry so much about the downs.

Alex weighs 23 lbs 4 oz

Lilly weighs 18 lbs 2 oz

They love playing outside. Here are a few pictures.

Baptism

" All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful; The Lord God made them all."

"All thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children." Isaiah 54:13

We had a great weekend. We finally scheduled to have the babies baptised. I felt really bad it took this long. We just wanted to the babies to be a little older due to their prematurity before we took them to church, and then it was hard to find a new church that we all enjoyed going to and felt connected to. We did find a methodist church nearby that we had been going to (Chris and I have been alternating taking Julian, it's during the babies nap time so we have been leaving them at home), and Julian has really enjoyed the sunday school. Typical for us, the pastor that's been there 17 years is leaving at the end of the month. He was really wonderful and every sunday, it felt like he was talking to us. It was nice that he was able to baptise the babies before he leaves. He told us in 24 years he had never baptised twins, so it is special that he will always remember us. It was a very special day to have most of our family there with us for that special event. It is important to chris and I that our kids know god's grace and love. Without that, I know the my kids wouldn't be here. He definately had a hand in their births and existance with our trouble getting pregnant. Baptism is the start of the babies relationship with God, and hopefully they will live a life to practice their faith and commitment to him. We also had Jess, blake, and Kelly stand with us to profess their commitment to help teach my children God's love, and their commitment to be there for my children to love and protect them. It was truly a special day.

We then had everyone to the house for lunch and had a great time with the company of family. Living further away from everyone as always been hard for us, as well as everyone else to see us. But it was really special to see everyone take time out of their busy lives, and work schedules to be here for us. I wish we could all live close together, but for now, Chris's job has taken us to different places. One day, maybe it will be easier to get together, but for now, I am grateful for the visits.

Lilly looks exhausted here because she slept after the baptism for the rest of the service with Anne because she missed her morning nap.
May May and PopPop sitting with babies in church with their lovely outfits that Mary had made from her wedding gown. The looked adorable.

Lilly getting baptised. She was just kind of like what is going on. She did great though.
Alex after his baptism. He even had a little chuckle with the sprinkling of the water.
The Stanford's. Hard to see Alex because he is turned around backward, and Lilly is asleep. Best we could do.
The pastor
Papa and Lilly

Lilly loves riding on Julian's toys with him. she is going to be the little daredevil

Kelly and Julian lighting a candle for Lilly and then Jess, Blake and Julian lighting one for Alex.

memorial weekend

We just got back from my parents house this for memorial weekend. We had a good time getting away. It's nice to be able to leave for awhile and have a few more hands to help out. We got to spend time with my whole family. Jess and Blake were there and the babies did surprisingly well on the trip there and home. We took the babies on their first boat ride, and went to Greenport NY for lunch. The are boat babies just like Julian. They all took naps on the boat (including Julian). The sound is great to help put kids to sleep. Everyone is doing great. Julian has his last baseball game this week, and we have snack stand duty, so still trying to figure how we are going to pull that one off with the babies, but we'll manage. Then he only has 7 more days as a kindergartner. He is my little man. Everyone in CT commented on how sweet and loving he is. He truly is a very good little boy. I really lucked out with all my kids.

now we are getting ready for a bunch of company to come and celebrate the babies baptism. I feel bad we waited this long, but with the babies being so premature, and the move, and trying to find a church, we just couldn't do it any earlier. But better late than never, Right? We look forward to having everyone in town. We love company.