Happy 1st Birthday- Camden & Emma

Emma right after delivery!
Camden right after delivery!

They came into this world so tiny...and now they are not so tiny! I am just amazed at how much they have changed in one year!!

Getting a picture of the twins together is nearly impossible! We took pictures for an hour and this is all I could get of them together, and individually! Oh well! They are still so cute!

So the girls celebrated their first birthday on Wednesday! It was so much fun! The day started off with Grandma Pam coming over to give them a birthday hug and a few gifts, which included more toy cell phones, and a fun box of blocks. After that Aunt Melanie came over to take them shopping...Melanie has decided that she will take them shopping every year for their birthday! Which is so cute of Mel...but I wonder how many years it will last! She bought them so many toys, including a very loud drum set! Thanks Mel! We ended the day with a family dinner, and a movie. Aunt Jami (Rob's amazing sis) made this incredible movie out of the pictures from our blog over the last year! It makes me cry every time I watch it! So sweet- thanks Jami! We are so blessed! Happy birthday Camden and Emma! I can't believe how fast this year went!

Halloween 2008

Sophie didn't want us taking her picture!

Camden was definitely the Queen Bee for Halloween!

Sophie's Daisy costume was to big for her little body! So she wore her new little pumpkin outfit!

Camden was a little nervous trick or treating, until she saw the candy in her bag!

Emma was a feisty lady bug! Melanie was flying her around my parents neighborhood!

Are they not the cutest little bugs you have ever seen?!

Last year we did not have any children to dress up for Halloween...this year we had three! Isn't that crazy! Rob and I just keep saying that to each other, so that we can face our new reality! I have to admit Halloween lost its effect on me years ago when my Mom told me that I was too old to go trick or treating. I have a new found love for Halloween now that I can take my own little monsters trick or treating!

( I will probably post more pictures from Melanie's camera! They were just too cute not to share!)

Sophie Anne Finlinson

Sophie Anne Finlinson 

Born on October 24, 2008, at 8:07am

Weighing 7lbs 2oz., and 20.5 inches long

Both Sophie and Amanda are doing great!  More information and pictures to come! Thanks everyone for all your phone calls! We love you all!

Rob

Friday.

Quick update on baby girl #3! Unless something happens in the next two days, she will be born on Friday morning. I have a scheduled c-section at 7:30am on Oct. 24th! I can't believe I am actually going to make it close to my due date! After having the twins so early, I didn't know if my body was capable of going full term. Apparently I am! So check back on Friday, hopefully I can get someone to post pictures of her! I don't know what I am more excited about...not being pregnant or seeing my sweet baby! Of course, seeing my sweet baby!

The little darlings...

Emma playing with Austin! She is a little aggressive! She kept hitting him in the head with a plastic soda bottle! Sorry little buddy! We still love you!

Camden doing karoke at Grandma's house! My girls love the microphone!
We have to wear our hats backwards so we do not pull them off!

Just a few snap shots of the girls! I absolutely love the stage the girls are in right now! Everything is new and exciting, and everyday is different! It is pretty much impossible to get the girls to take a picture together. One is always on the move! They were weighed last week at the doctors office, and are quite chubby! Camden is 21lbs 8 oz., and Emma is 21lbs 6 oz. No wonder I have to stop and catch my breath every time I carry them up the stairs! Being pregnant does not help! I love the picture of Camden holding the vacuum! She loves the vacuum, and thinks it is a game to chase it while I am cleaning. Emma on the other hand, hates the vacuum, and is usually crying the whole time it is on. She is also hiding behind the couch, to avoid getting near it! It sometimes surprises me how different the girls really are! I swear I am doing the exact same thing with both of them, but the reactions are always unique. Camden is a very busy girl, and gets into everything she can touch. She will not sit still and talk to me unless she has something really important to say, or wants my attention for a new trick or needs food. She is always smiling and happy to see her parents or her sister! Emma is very dramatic and vocal. She knows how to scream, and demands the attention of everyone in the room. Her verbal skills are impressive, and she loves to fake laugh when anyone else is laughing. She also pretends to pick something off the floor and eat it, so of course I am constantly putting my fingers in her mouth to fish it out. Only to discover there was nothing ever in there! Both girls are moving everywhere, Emma thinks she can walk like Camden sometimes, but really she is not quite there. They are both so much fun to watch! I could not imagine our family without them! Seeing how different they are, makes me wonder how this new little baby will be! We can't wait to meet her! I am sure that she will be just as unique! The big question is will she have blond hair or brown? Good thing we do not have to wait much longer!

Mariah's Homecoming Dance

My cute little sister Mariah went to the homecoming dance last night! It was her first dance experience, now that she is legal to date, and I was thrilled to see her all dressed up! She looked just beautiful! Here are a few pictures of my adorable little sister! (Lucky for Mariah, she was blessed with three older sisters, we all made it a point to share there opinions about hair, makeup, shoes, and jewelry! I don't know what she was more excited about, going to the dance, or getting away from us yesterday afternoon!)

Camden's Black Eye

Last month our faithful computer decided it no longer wanted to work! It woke up one day and decided it was done! Rob and I were beyond upset when it happened, and were just praying that our very computer talented friend Aaron would be able to retrieve all of our pictures and documents from the hard drive. Luckily, Aaron is brilliant and was able to recover everything! Anyway, to make a long story short, we finally have a new computer, and I was able to download all of the pictures from my camera. So I want to record a few things that I missed posting about in the last month!

First, while I was getting the bath ready for the girls, Camden took a spill into the dresser and instantly had a black eye. When I got the room, where Rob was "supposedly" watching the girls, all I could see was Camden crying and her eye starting to bleed. Being a new mother, I was instantly preparing to take my child to the emergency room for stitches. Rob quickly calmed me down, and showed me the tiny scratch that was already done bleeding. The least I could do for my daughter, who was already on to her next accident, was place a band aid over the wound. The next day her eye was completely black and swollen! I was afraid to take her out in public, I thought someone might report me to the authorities for child abuse! When I removed the band aid the next day, there was a nice rash left in its place. To make the whole eye worse, my attempt at doing something to fix the problem, actually gave Camden's sensitive skin a rash. She is allergic to the sticky stuff on band aids! Anyway, it was crazy! Here a few pictures to document my wild child!

Camden's First steps

Last night at family dinner, Camden decided to let go of whatever she was holding and walk to her Grandmother patiently waiting at the other end of the room. Rob and I just couldn't believe our eyes! We thought she would be weeks away from letting go and stepping into the big girl world of walking! We were very wrong! We were also completely unprepared for the event...we left the camera at home, and the video camera battery was not charged!! She has not tried it again since last night, but I am sure that she will be going everywhere she wants in no time at all! I was so proud of her in that moment...but at the same time I wanted to cry! I am not ready for her to be walking...that will mean that she needs me a little less! I guess they have to grow up no matter how many times I try to stop them!

P.S. Cute, chubby little Emma has no desire to walk! She can pull herself up and walk around the couch, but she is still very content to sit and play with her toys. Good baby! One at a time!

Rise and Shout!

The cougars are out! We are trying desperately to teach the girls how to clap and cheer when BYU football is on TV! It has been pretty challenging considering they don't even acknowledge the TV when it is on or off! We are hoping that by the end of the season they will automatically begin cheering when they hear the Cougar fight song! We also always dress them in cougar colors on game days! You have to start young, if you want them trained right!

For all you cougar fans out there...don't miss the game today against UCLA! If only I were not so pregnant, we would be traveling to Provo to see BYU in person!

Fun in the...Snow! What!

So we took off this weekend for Solitude ski resort with Rob's family! A fun weekend in the sun! It was beautiful weather for most of the trip, until Sunday night! It started raining, and it rained all night long. In the morning as we were packing to come home, the rain turned into snow! We could not believe it! Rob took several pictures of the snow...to say he was excited would be an understatement! It was really nice to feel crisp air after feeling heat all summer long!

We really did love our weekend getaway! We had so much fun spending time with family and relaxing with our sweet girls! Thank you Jensen's and Turman's for hanging out with us! We love you!

Other highlights from the trip:

1. Swimming with the girls!

2. Nature walks...trying to get the girls excited about ducks and deer!

3. Playing with cousins!

4. For Camden the coffee table in the condo was the most exciting thing! Even though she came home with too many bruises to count!

5. Eating lots of yummy junk food, and staying up late watching movies!

Here are some more random pictures!

The girls in the back seat on the drive home! They were ready to be out of the car!