Break Dancing Andy

Anyone who has spent time with Andy is probably familiar with his little dance move. For those of you who haven't, here's a little treat for you.

Speaking of Woodland Creatures

I made this cake for a baby shower. It was fun to revisit my good owl and hedgehog friends. I spent a good portion of my pregnancy seeking out little woodland creatures for the twin's nursery.

I was asked to use butter cream frosting instead of fondant for the base of the cake. I personally don't like the look as much but it does make for a tastier cake.

The Adventures of Ben and Andy: The Case of the Kitchen Gate

Andy: Hey Ben, what do you see in there? I bet there's a lot of fun things or else mom wouldn't lock us out.


Ben: Look there's Katie. Let's see if she can help us get in. Mom always lets her in there, maybe she can show us the secret.


Andy: Good job Ben on opening the gate, but would you get off my legs so I can get through before we get caught.


Ben: Go Andy go!


Andy: Ben you've got to get in here. Katie has lots of food in a bowl we can share. Ooh and there's some stairs we could roll down. I can't believe mom won't let us in here.

While Mom's Away

So I was catching up on reading my friend Jen's blog and found these pictures on a post from last month. She was watching the babes for Dave while I was at work. I was so surprised to see my babies being poked with light sabers and sawed in half. Oh boys...




Thanks Jen. It seems like they were all having a great time. I need to have your boys come over and entertain the babes.

Back From Mexico

Dave and I went on a cruise to Mexico last week. We tearfully left the babes with my parents and joyfully worked on our tans.


Our good friends Nate and Jordan joined us on our gastronomic adventures. I don't think any of us particularly cared where we went on the cruise, we were just excited for the wonderful food and sunny days. Mission accomplished.


Ben was especially excited to see us. I think he was a little nervous being away from home.

Andy was too busy working on pulling himself up on furniture to notice that we were gone.

Hello

They boys just want to say hi.

My Little Brother's Wedding

My youngest brother got married over the Holidays to a sweet, wonderful, beautiful , smart, cheery girl (I could go on and on with compliments.) My mom had the wedding at her house which turned out perfectly. Here's the wedding cake that I made. The design was simple and hopefully added to the winter white theme of the wedding.

I also painted a picture that my dad framed and matted to use instead of a guest book. I did something similar for my own wedding and my sisters. I think it's a little more practical than a book and hopefully will add some color to the newlywed's first home.


Here's a compilation of little videos I shot with my digital camera the day of the wedding. It's a little shaky and Andy is squawking through the last half of the video. But the bride and groom look happy and beautiful. It makes me a little teary just thinking about how proud I am of both of them.

Baby's First Christmas

Christmas morning was filled with Andy crinkling paper, Ben eating paper and Katie pouncing on paper. I'm glad to see that my family appreciates wrapping paper almost as much as I do.


Ben and Andy were thrilled to go to Grandma Jensen's house after Christmas. They have never seen so many toys and things to play with.

The best presents under our tree

Happy Thanksgiving

We had a very eventful Thanksgiving. Dave started the day in the emergency room because he dislocated his thumb playing football in the neighborhood Turkey Bowl. Dave was home for about an hour before we had to rush to the hospital again. Stupidly I hung Andy's stocking within arm's reach from his activity saucer. He grabbed it and the star shaped metal stocking weight fell and hit him in the eye. Luckily he didn't have to have stitches and his eye is just fine. I'm sure tomorrow his eye will be pretty purple.

Here are my injured boys.


Apparently Ben thinks he's a bull rider.

We're Six Months Old

Are the happy? Or are they concerned? Boy it's hard to get two babies to smile at that same time for a picture.

Nap Time

It's funny how different the boys view nap time.

Here's Ben... He loves nap time. If he has a binky and his blankets he's in heaven. He can be fussy and all I have to do is walk into the nursery and he seems relieved.


Now here's Andy... You just have to come within a few feet of his crib and he screams and yells. As soon as you lay him down he nudges his way to the very top and smashes his head against the bumpers, sucks his thumb like it's a fish hook and grabs the nearest toy to put over his face.

Tigers and Monkeys

As you can see from this picture, the boys weren't too thrilled with their Halloween costumes. I didn't see even the slightest grin when the costumes were anywhere near them. Hopefully next Halloween will be a little more exciting for the babes.

And the winner is...

Andy keeps rolling over and kicking Ben in the face. But don't worry, Ben can take care of himself. A little toe biting seems to be the answer.

Isn't the crab blanket they are rolling around on adorable? Thanks Sarah for making TWO of these for the boys.

Meeting the Band

My favorite band, Better than Ezra, came to Park City last night. Dave was great to watch the boys so I could go to the concert and have birthday cake with the lead singer, Kevin.

Update: Sorry for not being very descriptive. I'm a little exhausted from the late night at the concert and lack of sleep due to the babelets. My friend Andrea new BTE was my favorite band so she entered a drawing for "Meet and Greet" tickets through a radio station. And luckily she won! It just happened to be Kevin's birthday which made it even more of an event.

I've seen BTE in concert 4 times and this is my second time meeting them. They first time was at Club DV8 about 10 years ago. I bought this tiny baby doll t-shirt that the band signed for me after I sheepishly asked for hugs (I know, stupid 19 year fan). I found the shirt the other night and really wanted to wear to the concert. Unfortunately I couldn't fit it over my big arms. I guess that's what 10 years and twin boys will do to you.

My conversation this time was a slightly cooler than asking for hugs. Kevin showed Andrea and I pictures of his adorable 9 month old twin boys. I guess we have a little more in common a decade later.