New playpen

Chris bought a playpen for them this week, so they can stay safe and off the carpet. It also keeps the dogs away from them--the dogs don't hurt them, but they do like to give them big doggy kisses!

Stef sent them a bunch of clothes that her baby Cisco has outgrown--thank you! Here are some pictures in some of the cute clothes. Grandma Kathy sent two darling footie pajamas, and there's a picture of those, too.

Nothing much else to report!

Love, j&c, m&t

Special Photos

We had a photographer come to the house a couple months ago to take pictures of the babies. They made this one into a 16 x 20 for us, so we're looking for a pretty frame.

They're getting so big! They're pretty much sleeping through the nights now, which is so nice for us. They're eating purees of green beans, avocado, butternut squash, and apples, as well as oatmeal, rice cereal, and their bottles. Thomas loves eating! Matt is not as interested and prefers his bottle.

Chris is working on the apartments today--trying to move some people out of Sunnyslope who have not been paying. We have a vacancy over at Alice, too, and we've started running ads. I hope it rents soon! I've been able to stay home with the babies all day; it's nice since I was out 2 nights this past week.

Love, j&c, m&t

Happy Anniversary to Jill and Michael!

Jill and Michael celebrated 10 years this past week, on October 2. Congratulations on a wonderful accomplishment!! Love, j&c, m&t

They're finally sleeping!

They've just turned 5 months old, and they're finally sleeping (mostly) through the night in their nursery. We have two cribs, and they do better when they are each in their own. Matthew still wakes up once a night to eat, but then goes back to sleep pretty easily. Thomas is a trooper and sleeps for about 10 hours! He likes to sleep on his tummy, and Matt likes to have his head covered. Whatever works for them! We have the video/audio monitor set up so we can hear when they wake up. Chris and I are finally getting a lot more sleep than we have been for these past many months.

I traveled this week, over to Kingman, which was not windy for the first time I can remember! And, then up to beautiful Flagstaff, Camp Verde, and Sedona. It's perfect weather up there right now. We're looking forward to a nice cool weekend here in Phoenix, too--yipppeeee Fall!!

All is well here at the Herbs!

Love, j&c, m&t