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Thursday

145-245 - nursing babies and watching TV
500-600 - nusring babies and changing babies
730-830 - getting Bianca off to school, nursing babies
1000 - No more sleeping for anyone.... Nurse babies, dress babies, Yoga Time for mama and babies
1130 - lunchtime
1200 - Drive to pick up Bianca from school
1245 - Home again, nurse babies and try to get them to nap... Didn't work - play / nurse babies
245 - leave for the gym with Bianca, Sydney and Peyton
430 - Home from the gym - nurse babies - put them down for short naps - Daddy's making dinner - babies wake up, we play
600 - Target and Sams Club
700 - Home again - nurse babies, change babies, play with babies
800 - Babies take showers and get ready for bed, reading
930 - Babies asleep finally and I'm going to bed too

eat my feet

it started out slow - a fetish of sorts - but now I can't get enough of them



...SYDNEY "now my sister likes to eat my feet too, get in line"

Babies and Lovies

The babies love to nap with their lovies... They each have two lovies. Both have a baby (one brown haired, one blonde haired) and Sydney has a Polar Bear and Peyton has a Lion...

They love to love the lovies

Monday Blues

midnight - wake up & nurse two babies
3 am - wake up - change wet crying babies, change sheets in cosleeper, nurse babies
730 am - I was missing Bianca and Ben today - wake up, nurse babies, play with babies, eat blueberry toast and milk,




830 am - change babies, get babies dressed for the gym, get myself ready for the day and the gym
10 am- get to the gym, work out, nurse babies, ride the bike, change babies
noon - get to my parents house to get my swim on (didn't happen) Nursed babies, sang to babies, changed babies, tried to get babies to nap, hung out with my mama, sister and Ruben, played more with babies, danced with babies
3 pm - left parents house to meet Ben at home
4 pm - left the house with Ben, Sydney and Peyton for inlaws and to pick Bianca up - she stayed the night with Dominic - ate, nursed, changed diapers, played
7 pm- headed to the grocery store with the FAMILY
830 pm- Home to relax.... nurse babies, change babies, get babies to bed
930 pm - I'm BEAT, lay down with Ben, Bianca to watch a movie - fall asleep about 30 minutes into the movie




Wake up at 3 am to nurse and change babies, get back to sleep about 5 am - wake up for good at 730 am... and the day starts again

pool monitors

Uncle Rudy and I were the pool monitors, but first we had to see who the captain was... so I gave him a lil push when we were standing near the pool, but I wasn't trying to force him in... he took that as the challenge and grabbed me trying to toss me in... I couldn't go down like that... so we were scrappin UFC style, he went for a leg lock and I took his leg too, if anyone was going, it would be together or no one at all. he kept pulling and i kept pulling right back, I had to keep myself low to the ground to have some leverage against him, after a few minutes - okay maybe not even that long Papa Rudy made Baby Rudy let go.... So it was a draw and the title is still on the line....

Back to the pool party - we did our best to keep those crazy kids in line. There were cannon balls galore. I did a lot of catching the bomb as Dominic would do his cannon ball right at me - making sure I was there to catch him. On the other side of the pool Uncle Rudy was teaching Kayln and Matthew how to do flips from the side of the pool. The closest Matthew got was a Superman style belly flop, and Kayln stuck to the mini cannonball.

Auntie Joan finally got in with Andrew, he did a lot of swimming on his own, he's a big boy for two... He's the more indepedent type, he didn't need mama, Tia or Uncle Rudy helping him. He enjoyed throwing the cars and boats into the pool and watching them go. He did some launching of the sailboat with Andres. It seemed like he was more interested in taking the jeep for a drive around the pool than swimming this time.

Dominic enjoyed riding the jetski around the pool, he didn't want anyone getting to close to him. I think his daddy's gonna have to take him out on the REAL JETSKI's soon. He's gonna be an adrenaline junkie.



Donovan, Peyton and Sydney all took dips in the pool too. Donovan had lots of fun splashing around while Peyton and Sydney preferred less waves and kickin back - I think they're gonna like the LazyRiver.

Sydney and Peyton did some kicking while we swam around the pool, they got the feet kicking down - just like laying on the floor - again the hands are just out. That style works best in the pool when a pool monitor is holding them ~lol~ Neither baby wanted to get outta the pool, but since daddy was sick (AGAIN) the girls took turns. Daddy snapped pictures and managed to get a whole 8 of Peyton in the pool and 32 of Sydney - SO UNFAIR

it's a party

Uncle Michael gets wild with Peyton



What are you looking at?


Silly grins - We can be twins


Finally a smile!




Papa, Donovan & Grandma, Sydney

making the band

In between swimming sessions Andres got his Trumpet out playing us all a tune - Bianca grabbed a stick and the kids lined up and started marching... Yes a marching band. Matthew found something to blow too... Hey Puffy - P Diddy - you want some of this??? You better watch out - Bianca is starting young and she might just take your place in Making The Band. As you can see we've only got one jazzy guy, go Andres, get the party started.

Cage Match

mischevious

Sydney on the trampoline





Dominic and Matthew get crazy

Rolling

Guess who's rollin now? Peyton... She went from back to tummy. Lately when the girls are laying on their backs they spin around lots, wearing the hair off the back of the head, and they are always trying to roll over but the elbow stops them. NO MORE. Peyton has managed to overcome the elbow. I got it on video after the sixth time of rolling... So exciting... She took a nap and when she woke up, she rolled right onto her tummy, I think it scared her.

Sydney went from her tummy to her back first and now Peyton has first dibs on going from her back to her tummy.

Watch out - The girls are on the move....

bikini babies

BIANCA, SYDNEY, PEYTON, PATRICK


PEYTON - "Come here and give me a kiss"


SYDNEY - "Look, she hooked me"

Swimmin

We've been going to Nana and Papa's to swim after picking Bianca up from school. Sometimes we all get to swim, other times just Bianca gets to swim. What I mean by all... I mean the big kids... not the babies... They do wear their bikini's but it's just for show. Not sure if they'll be swimming babies this year or not. We usually swim during the babies nap times... only it seems they prefer to take short cat naps when we visit my parents. At Ben's parents house... those babies can sleep for a couple hours... Whats up with that...

Yesterday we went swimming and we swam long enough that my feet got pruned.... how crazy is that? First time this year...

Gotta run Peyton just woke up and it's time to head to Nana and Papa's

weekend of fun

Sac Valley Live Steamers Railroad Museum Dominic's Party Pictures

Shots Ring Out

Four Month Dr Appt - let's just say there was lots of screaming after the shots... Peyton took it bad, she cried the longest before we left the dr office, and she went last... We had to let Sydney go first because she kept trying to fall asleep while we were waiting for the vaccinations.

Sydney is 24 1/2 inches long (50%)weighs 15 lbs 2 oz (85%)
Peyton is 24 3/4 inches long (75%)weighs 14 lbs 0 oz (55%)

Sydney looks longer than Peyton - so I'm thinking the nurse messed up, she drew the lines totally off when she measured Peyton, cuz I'm thinking Sydney is a good inch longer than her sister... I could be wrong... but I don't think so.

Went to the in laws after the doctor, grandma is home with a sore knee - she had surgery on it, and I knew she could use some company and I could use some extra hands while caring for CRANKY babies. They started off great... they nursed and played in the bouncer and swing, fell asleep. Peyton woke up first, she nursed again and then I left to pick up Bianca from school... when I came back Peyton was SCREAMING, and had been for quite a long time, she was sleeping and screaming... not sure how that works.... MORE TYLENOL please.... finally I calmed her back to sleep and she slept on the couch.
Sydney woke up and was fine for a few minutes and then she started screaming and screaming, nothing worked... she was RED. she wouldn't even nurse. She skipped a meal (hard to believe). Finally grandma got her to fall asleep. When she woke up again she was WONDERFUL.... and she nursed extra since she skipped lunch. Peyton woke up cranky, nursed and went back to sleep, finally she got up at 5 pm..... and was awake and happy... YEAH

I'm thinking tomorrow will be a GREAT day to go to my parents and swim, it's gonna be 105, not sure what today was.. but it felt 105.

bikini babies

Sac Valley Live Steamers Railroad Museum (outside event)

Saturday was my nephew Dominic's 4th birthday party - he turned 4 on the 9th of June, he thinks he's five cuz he had a birthday party on the 9th and again on the 17th. He's one lucky guy, two quick birthdays and everything was a POWER RANGER toy (not really, but don't tell Dominic that).

First thing when we got there -It was HOT, Sydney was CRANKY, she cried, screamed almost the entire time I nursed Peyton, who was super hot and eating SLOW. They had those great mist things, so we were getting a lil wet, which felt good, it would have felt better if we could get a lil breeze. By the time I finished nursing Peyton and finally calmed Sydney down, she was out like a light, she didn't even nurse before going to sleep. She slept about 30 minutes, enough to reenergize herself and gave me enough time to eat - one handed of course.

The kids boarded train after train, taking the 1.5 mile train track around the place. Some of the kids/adults got to see a mama deer and a baby (tiny). It was very cool, ... er so I heard. I only got to see the mama running around. She was looking for her baby I think. I only got to take the train once... I was nursing babies and making them content more than I was partying. ~lol~ the life of a mama.

We had yummie BBQ, but they had to feed the help, which cut into the train rides, another reason I only got one ride. I'm thinking they should eat in shifts, that way one train is always running the track. Must be why i don't own a business.

We had a lil soccer game after eating. I only played a half of the game, the end half, long enough to be on the losing team. Oh well. We had fun and that's what counts.

After the party we went to uncle rudy and aunt andria's house (dominic's parents, my brother and sister in laws). The kids played in the pool after Bianca helped Dominic open all his presents. The three babies (Donovan, Sydney and Peyton played on the floor, Donovan rolling around mostly, and my two girls doing some tummy and back time. Sydney fell asleep during the play time. We headed outta there and home. Bianca stayed the night with her cousins.

...I have no pictures because I forgot to charge my battery. OOOPS

Baptism

SUNDAY

What a wonderful day for a baptism... okay I was a lil excited about the whole thing finally happening. The air was cool and crisp, I love that feeling. We made it to the church with plenty of time, we were actually the first families there. We laid the girls dresses out in the chapel, so they'd be set after the baptismal water was poured on them. There were a total of 7 kids during the 930 service. The 730 service had two sets of twins, 930 had our twins, and the noon had a set of twins also... wow, there's lots of babies...

We lined up in the back of the church to make our grand entrance, Peyton, Sydney, Mom, Dad, Bianca and Nino Rudy and Nina Andria.... then came the other families... Peyton went first at the baptismal fountain, I held her over, placing her feet and legs in the warm water, she enjoyed it, Deacon Fong poured the water over her head, to her it was the best type of shower... She wore a swimmie. It was sisters turn next, Daddy held her over the fountain, she enjoyed the warm water too. After the water we placed them in towels and took them into the chapel to change them into their beautiful dresses... We had four people to dress the girls and about 7 minutes to get it all done... We managed. YEAH for us. We finished the ceremony, holding the girls up so everyone could see them.... I think they liked that... During the end of Mass Sydney got GRUMPY... she was yelling and very upset.... She wouldn't fall asleep either... Peyton on the other hand was napping... We took some pictures after the Mass then headed to the reception.

We had fun, it's always good to get together with family and friends and eat yummie food. Any excuse is good for me. We are a partying family for the most part, most of the time it's birthday parties... but sometimes there are just BBQ's... ~lol~ The girls enjoyed visiting with everyone and nursing lots.... Sydney didn't sleep at all during the party, but Peyton got a good nap in while being held. When we got home Sydney was out for a good three hours, and she woke up in a happy mood. She was throwing smiles all around.

the family

one  big happy family

family with papa & gma

peyton & nana

nana & sydney

amy & peyton

papa & sydney

grandma & sydney

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tia carmen &  tio  martin

uncle josh & cousin patrick

Rollin and a Rockin

Sydney rolled over from tummy to back for the first time while laying on the floor. There's been some rolling over while on the bed.... but never on the floor while playing... She was having a great time, she'd roll over right onto Peyton, and she'd laugh. Peyton meanwhile isn't rolling over, she's cleaning the blanket with her mouth while she's doing her tummy time. I grabbed the video camera to capture the moment - and all I got was a quick shot of the two of them and then the fastest roll over around, It was like she was on her tummy and magically she was on her back....

Now that Sydney knows how to roll, she's just a rollie pollie. It's exciting.

Peyton on the other hand is rockin, if you sit her on your leg (I'm sitting on the floor), she'll lean forward and push off the carpet with her feet and push herself back, like she's in a rocking chair. She did it for at least five minutes before she got tired and started to doze off, I think she gets it from me when I'm rocking her in the LAZY BOY.

SATURDAY - Babies first wedding

Scott ties the knot. My oldest friend Scott got married on Saturday. We've been friends since the summer of 1986, twenty years now. It's hard to believe we've been friends that long and even harder to believe he found someone who wanted to marry him ~wink wink~ She's not the best judge of character... cuz she doesn't care much for me... ~lol~ it all goes back to when Scott let me borrow his 4Runner and he'd never so much as let her drive it, let alone borrow it... ~shrugs shoulders~ oh well... we did manage to get past that... I guess once I got to know her a lil better and once she got to know me a lil more... everything worked out.

They got married at St. Philomeans, at 2 o Clock. It was a strange event. Doreen tripped while walking down the isle, she caught herself luckily, she got a lil wabbily again, I'm thinking she wanted to turn and run the other way ~lmao~ She finally made it... The Priest mentioned - as he was stuttering - that he didn't like that they were starting late and he was nervous and anxious because he had to take confessions at 430 and then do a mass.... kind of a strange announcement before performing a wedding. One of the kids in the wedding party - the ring bearer - got a lil upset and bored - was jumping up and down on the stage, near the alter and it was HOLLOW, it made quite a racket... sounded like someone was working on the roof... A guy in the wedding party (doreen's brother) yelled something I couldn't understand... (I guess he said it's okay to cry - didn't go with the kid stomping I guess) the Priest turned and got ANGRY... he said this was a sacred moment and they had to redo it... he was really aggitated after that.. he almost dropped the rings... and he got upset at Scott for not reciting the vows and looking at Doreen.. Scott was looking at the priest during part of it.. and the priest got upset... it was quite crazy... BUT they finished... YEAH. now they are off to Europe... (or so I thought.. the plan was to leave on Sunday... but they just stopped by the house and it's Monday night about 9pm. Things didn't go the way they planned... they got into San Francisco airport twenty minutes late and they couldn't board the plan.... twenty minutes late for the hour early check in, not twenty minutes late for the actual flight... so they had to change the flight out of Sac for Tuesday morning, and it cost another $2500 on top of what they already paid... OUCH it's expensive. Half of the wedding party didn't show up at the Capital for pictures... it was Doreen's side of the family. She said they are so GHETTO... I know what she means sometimes. I guess there was more drama at the reception - we didn't make it cuz the babies usually go to bed about 8 and the reception started at 6, I didn't want to have cranky babies at the baptism on Sunday)


Sydney wasn't in the mood for the wedding... she got fussy and her and daddy sat in the way back of the church. Bianca, Peyton and I stayed up close and personal.