Bucket swings

One of the greatest thing I did when I was pregnant with the girls, was find the Got Twins? board on Baby Center. If you've got twins or are expecting them, go check it out because there are thousands of moms ready to answer every question, give you a virtual hug, listen to you complain, or share their hilarious stories. There's a long going thread on the board called 'Picture Uno'. Someone posts a picture, and you respond with a picture of your own that has something similar in it (make sense? It should...it's just like the game). Anyway, the thread was one of the first ones I looked at and it got me excited to have two little girls. There are some pretty hilarious pictures on those threads, but the ones that made me the most excited were pictures of various twins in bucket swings sitting back to back.  I've seen those swings my entire life, but have never thought "those would be perfect for twins' until I saw the pictures. I couldn't wait until spring when my girls would be big enough and it would be warm enough for me to get those pictures myself. Well, guess what? That time has come (well, we've had a few springy days) and I didn't realize that the girls would love the swings more than I would love taking their pictures in them. Take a look...

This one's pretty blurry. These were taken not only on manual, but while the subjects were in motion. I'm not that good yet. :)

The saturation on this one is a little high compared to the rest of them. Oops...

This picture is pretty funny because Sophie hides perfectly behind Lillian except for her little sockless foot (it's seriously hard to keep socks on that girl) and the top of her head. Don't worry, we fixed Lillian's misshaped head. I promise. :)

This trip was actually the second time we played on the swings. Here's a pic from the first time! I forgot my memory card, so I had to take it with my phone, hence the awesome quality...

Seriously. Bucket swings, warm weather and twins are the perfect combination.

Mr Golden Sun, please shine down on me

Yesterday was wonderful. Why you ask? The sun. It was amazing. After Josh got home from work, we set a blanket out by the playground at our apartment and watched the neighbor kids play. Sophie and Lillian were a little unsure about the bright light, noise and slight wind. They were so concentrated the entire time. Expressionless stares. It was hilarious.

See at how much Lillian loves Josh? All he has to do is walk up to her and she does this.
She is obsessed with him.

Josh did his favorite activity and tosses Sophie in the air...

and the girls took their first ride down the slide (don't worry, no slide burns were made while creating these pictures)

The playing kids were very curious about the babies. One in particular wanted to know why they weren't wearing the same clothes {truth is, they were coordinating until Lillian had a blow out in her disposable. I've never had a cloth blow out. Just another reason for fluffy bums}, she also wanted to know if they were talking, if I was pregnant again {yep, way to slaughter a woman's self esteem} and if my camera saved the pictures I took. She was quite entertaining. We were also given some free pizzas from a guy in our ward. I guess the warm weather put everyone in a good mood!

We then decided to go on a walk and Sophie let us know that she didn't want to leave

We walked around the apartment property (which is a decent size) and then we walked on a pathway across the street. I forgot water and quickly realized how I can't do anything without some H2O (I wish I could make the 2 little...) The walk completely wore the girls out...

So, we went back inside after playing outside and this was Lillian's reaction

Adorably sad, right? So spring, please come back soon. Today is much different than yesterday. It's rainy, colder and windier. I'm not surprised, but I was secretly hoping it would last. My entire life, I've laughed at those silly BYU students who are from out of state that go tan on their apartment lawn at the first sign on the sun. Don't they know that this is Utah and the weather changes on a minute to minute basis? Well, I ate my own words yesterday. Although I didn't go tanning on the grass, I took full advantage of the beautiful, beautiful weather. So Mr. Sun, please continue to shine down on us. We need it.

Thank you.

I never thought the sound of a lawn mower would make me so happy.

I love it. I sounds like summer. Happy first day of Spring, everyone.

Photo by Lacy Lynn

Also, someone invited me to become a fan of, Twilight New Moon! First 10,000 Fans Get a Free New Moon DVD!!!

Seriously? I wouldn't even make it in the first 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 fans. I'm glad my facebook friends know me so well. :)

One last thing. I bought my first pair of maternity jeans yesterday with the fabulous photographer mentioned in this post. They are a dark wash, skinny jean and I love them. I'm finally ready for pregnancy. Bring it!