Flight of the Conchords

Where have these guys been my whole life? They are soooooooooooooooooooo stinking funny. Check out this little diddy (for those unsure, click on the word diddy to watch the video).

Best of 2007....

I love best of lists and just today discovered NPR's All Songs Considered list of top 25 records of 2007. I was rejoiced to find that all of my favorite records this year were on the list!

Feist
New Pornographers
Ryan Adams
Andrew Bird
Tegan and Sara

Reading with Asher

Reading has never been more enjoyable! It's a shame this video turned out so dark b/c the reason it is so cute is the delight in Asher's face when looking at our book of kitties.

Hilarity for Lunch

This hampster cage one is for you Margaret!!!

Who doesn't love to share a coffee and a laugh with their infant?

This series of images had me LOL'ing so obnoxiously that tears were bursting out of my eyeballs--love, love, LOVED the ridiculousness of it all (thanks Hyon).

Baby Bliss

Here are some fun photos and a video of my sweet, sweet young men.

Soren helped by holding the bottle himself!

Serious Baby Skills

My babies are practically sitting up on their own-especially Soren! They are such amazing little people. Soren is not content to just lie down and his 'stiffness' is highly amusing. Soren also loves to stand up and has even started bouncing a bit. Asher and Soren also play with toys! Whoa babies, since when did growing up happen so stinking quickly?

Before having babies I thought six months was when babies REALLY got cute b/c they could basically sit on their own and they were quick to smile and even laugh. Now that I have my own babies I have concluded that EVERY month is adorable but four months is when the cuteness really starts to grow exponentially. They talk, have greater arm and hand control, they smile, they coo, and they KNOW their mom. Yay!

My New Niece!

Fancy shoes for a fancy little lady.


Lucille Ann Carver was born January 3, 2008 weighing 7.2 lbs and was 18 1/2 inches long. She is adorable and I can't wait to meet her and to show Asher and Soren that they have a younger girl cousin practiclly their age!

What up G?

I'm talking the big G here...guilt. Sigh. I feel it ALL the time. Every morning when I say goodbye to my sleeping babies I feel wretched for missing out on yet another day of their unbelievable cutes. When I get home from work and have to put the babies in their bouncy seats to make dinner I feel guilty-it's at those times when I wish we didn't need food to survive so I could skip the distraction of preparing a meal and worst of all, cleaning up after a meal.

Today as I was cleaning the kitchen, which again required the babies to hang out in their bouncy seats, I decided that chores should be done strictly when Asher and Soren are sleeping. I just hate to waste play and snuggle time with them to wash dishes or clean countertops.

Asher hung out in the Bjorn while I cleaned and that was fun.

Do you see the Guilt? It's there and I'm not talking guilt for wearing fugly crocs--I'm talking guilt for anything and everything that discounts my baby time.

Felt Cutes

Love these shoes from Jenjira!

A Rothko Birthday!

Birthday on the mall! Jamie is standing next to my favorite garden, which winds between the Smithsonian Castle and the Hirschhorn museum.

Residual holiday decorations--soo cute!

Birthday Cutes!

I realize this photo is totally blurry (but clearly I am not opposed to blurry photos on this blog) but flash photograhy was not allowed and I LOVED this Rothko print.

Baked eggplant for the moussaka.

A steaming pot of mushrooms and onions--just looking at this photo makes me gag.

The recipe source.

Cardamom Lassi!

Birthday daddy!

Celebrating Jamie's birthday was a blast. We hung out with the babies in the morning then we left them with Chon and went straight to DC. The mall was our first destination--the Hirschhorn to be specific. Oh the joy of holding hands with my honey in our favorite museum. We saw a new Rothko and that was the thrill of the excursion for me.

After the museum we went to a Mexican tapas restaurant called Oyamel. I had high hopes for the place since I love Messican food but shoot, it was sadly disappointing. I felt like the service was pitiful and my tamale, although still delicious, was cold! That said, being with Jamie was blissful and it was exciting to be at a nice restaurant alone with him.

The lowlight of the birthday was watching the Spanish film, "The Orphanage." MISTAKE. As new parents, we were thoroughly tortured by the film. Sad.

Jamie requested a birthday dinner of recipes from the latest Saveur magazine. Mushroom and eggplant moussaka, cardamom lassis, and berry pie. Since I love Jamie tremendously I was able to set aside my abhorrence for mushrooms to make the moussaka and I must admit--it was super tasty and Jamie freaking loved it. He gushed over the meal and made me feel like a stellar wife and cook.

Celebrating Jamie's birthday is always fun and this year was special because of Asher and Soren.

Birthday Hubs!

Staunton, VA, birthplace of President Woodrow Wilson.




Jamie's birthday was on Monday, which was perfect because it was also a holiday. We had a fabulous celebration--post coming soon. Reflecting on the joys of past birthdays made me realize (I am always having this realization) just how LUCKY I am to have such a warm, loving, hilarious, and interesting husband/best friend. Life is always fun and amusing with Jamie and I am grateful for the daily support, compliments, and attention he gives me.

Knowing that last year would probably be the last time (in a long time) we would celebrate Jamie's birthday with just the two of us, I surprised him with a weekend trip to Staunton, VA. I packed his bag and presented him with a map of VA and told him we would be going someWHERE on the map (got the idea from Christian, the creative one, who did that for Nicole).

What fun we had! We stayed in a stinking cute hotel in the beautifully historic downtown. We saw Hamlet at the Blackfriars theater and best of all...it snowed on Jamie's birthday! Nothing like snow to remind us of Utah, where our relationship started.

Friday Baby Cutes

Well, here are the babies at the end of their first week with mom back at work. They still look adorable and they still know me, sigh. To comfort me about going back to work my mom said, 'take the babies smiles with you...' What joy in those smiles!

FOUR Months OLD

Ouch, four band-aids for four stinking shots.

My baby babes are four months old...and compared to being a newborn preemie, they might as well be driving and preparing for SATs. They practially sit up, love to stand assisted, talk, coo, and are very vocal about when they are tired and ready for food. Feeding them takes all of ten minutes and I haven't been projectile vomited on in months. Good baby times!

Soren and Asher have mercifully been sleeping awesomely at night. Three nights in a row Asher slept from 10pm to nearly 8am. Amazing! Soren has been sleeping really well too and if he gets up I can calm him with a pacifier. They are SUCH amazing babies.

Here are their stats from the 4 month check up:

Asher--12.2 lbs and 23.5 inches long

Soren--15.2 lbs and 24.5 inches long

Getting more shots was NOT pleasant. Asher was entirely offended by the pain and I have NEVER heard him cry so hysterically. His pain made me cry and lactate at the same time so thank goodness for nursing pads. Soren didn't even cry after the first shot but the subsequent shots made him cry but being the chilled out entertainer, he was smiling three minutes later when I put him in his car seat. Such a sweet baby babe.

Hospital Sounds

I had an intense labor/delivery hospital flashback this morning. I used the Bureau's hospital grade Symphony pump and that sound coupled with the whir of the anti-bacterial liquid being dispensed took me back to my post-partum hospital room. The hospital symphany was my first pump and every nurse and doctor used the anti-bacterial liquid as they exited my room. Those sounds reminded me of the heartache of being separated from my babies when they were first born--two floors and a maze of tubes separated us. I know the heartache of separation again and I miss my BABY babes.

Paperwhite Drama

Asher looks so cute in his little blue pants.





I wanted to show the great height of my paperwhites by putting Asher next to them and the drama from that kid was heelarious. He's soo stinking funny when he gets irritated because he is very vocal and chatty. I love that kid.