HAPPY BIRTHDAYS

LANDYN LACLAIRE 03.15

SANDY LACLAIRE 03.14

We love you both so much! Happy Birthdays xoxoxo

Photo Updates

grandy & grumpy

thank you to grandy and grumpy who came to visit this last week. grandy cooked and cleaned and bathed and changed diapers and babysat and grocery shopped and did loads of laundry and took care of everyone. lucky for us grandy will be back next month.

this picture was taken at the draper temple open house. my babies first temple experience...they slept through the whole thing ;-)

girlie things

baby girl got a new dress from auntie kim and mom is loving the accessories

Babies Blessings

Sunday March 8th Joel gave our babies beautiful blessings. Joel's parents, brothers Paul & Spencer, sister Noelle & hubby Josh were there. My father & his family, Grandpa & Bonnie, brother Michael & sister Emily were there. We had lots of friends come out and support us and several people from our former ward were there too. It was such a busy day and I felt so rushed and pulled every which way BUT we really appreciate everyone coming out and being worthy to stand in the circle and bless our little ones!

Fun with Contacts

good news, we both like our natural eye colors better :D

Random pics of the twins

Isaac's toes with his uncle Paul and I love this one of Isaac just sunbathing in the bili blanket.

Mama's baby girl in her pretty dress and hanging out at granddad's.


David's Baptism

my little brother David (pink shirt next to Landyn) was baptized at the end of January. we took Miles & Landyn. thank you for your example to your nephews, David! we're very proud of you. (Miles didn't want to be in the picture the little stinker.)

finally pictures of our new place

the nursery and dining room

the living room from two angles
there are little messes everywhere but that's my reality

she bangs

i love 'em! thanks jennie.

Sunday Laundry Shirt Dress GIVEAWAY!!!!

Sunday Laundry Shirt Dress GIVEAWAY!!!!

i love love love this dress. the style, the colors, the material...everything is great.

The Lady and Sons Peach Cobbler

Paula Deen is the woman! Try this and love it. :D I've had it twice this week already.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1 (28-ounce) can sliced peaches in heavy syrup, un-drained (If they are available, by all means use fresh peaches; see note*)
• Cinnamon, for sprinkling, optional
• Vanilla ice cream or fresh whipped cream, for serving

Directions

*In a saucepan, mix 2 cups fresh peach slices with one cup sugar and one cup water. Bring the mixture to a boil and then simmer for about 10 minutes. Stir often, making sure the sugar is completely dissolved. Substitute this for the canned peaches.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Put butter in a 13 by 9 by 2-inch baking dish and place in the oven to melt. Stir sugar and flour together and mix well. Slowly add milk and continue stirring to prevent the batter from lumping.

Being careful not to burn yourself, remove hot baking dish containing melted butter from oven; pour batter directly over butter in baking dish. Do not stir.

Spoon fruit on top of batter, then gently pour syrup on top. Do not stir. Sprinkle cinnamon on top of batter, if using. (The most important part of this dish is not stirring the mixture at this point in the recipe.)

Bake for 30 to 45 minutes or until golden brown. Your batter will rise above your fruit, producing the most wonderful of crusts. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or fresh whipped cream.

an update on Miles

Here is Miles with his snow gnome. He made this last week with his grandma. Miles really loves playing in the snow.

Today Miles had his 4 year pediatrician appointment. He'll turn four next month and if you ask him he'll tell you his birthday is March 31st! He currently weighs 42 lbs and is in the 93%tile for weight and is 42 inches and is in the 95%tile for height. His BMI is 15.96. He is a big healthy boy! Miles did have to get another chicken pox vaccine today because we have the babies. He was NOT happy about it and I hate having to hold my child down to get shots but after only a few tears he was back to my happy Miles. He DID however enjoy peeing in the cup. I had to remind him that we don't pee in cups at home, only at the doctor's office. :D
I love this kid. He is such a big helper and has recently gotten into giving my back rubs which are actually really good. This kid could follow his auntie down the path of massage therapy if he wanted to.
In some twin related news Miles is learning the difference between boys & girls. (Think Kindergarten Cop.) He's watched many-a diaper changes lately.

a hug for you

we love each other and we love you! hope you're having a great day. xoxoxo

Dr. JUDD!

The night before we left the hospital we were there kinda late. We had both the boys and they got to hold & "pet" the babies, mama got to nurse them & daddy took lots of pictures. We also ran into my 2nd favorite man (Joel being number one of course) Dr. Judd. We caught him just before he left to go deliver another set of boy/girl twins (who incidentally were born on Friday the 13th AND Valentines Day).

I just want to take this moment to say how grateful we are for all of the doctors and nurses who took care of our family when we could not. We are in debt to the women who loved our little ones and helped make them healthy so we could bring them home. Right now I feel like these words are a pathetic attempt to show our gratitude but words cannot describe the love we have for each of them: Susie, Raiden, Debbie, Denise, Debbieann, Sherry, Ana, Carrie, Darlene, Paula, Tiffany, Jill, Nancy, Sheri, Kandis. The first night I felt apprehensive about the care our little ones would receive was the night we brought them home but knowing I have Joel to help me gave me the confidence I needed.

In other news, today was the twins 19th pediatrician appt but the first one when we brought the twins to Dr. Cornish instead of him coming to us. The good news: Scarlett weighs 5lbs 8oz and Isaac is 5 lbs 12oz!! They've both put on 5oz since they were discharged from OCH. I'm feeling really good about this and so is Dr. Cornish. Initially we were told he'd probably want to see the babies every 5-7 days but instead we only need to go in for a follow up in 2 weeks. Thanks aunt Noe for coming with me today. It is a little more difficult than you might think to carry two babies around with you. PS I also found out that 2 babies means 2 copays. Good thing we're super rich. ;-) (super rich with children that is)

Home At Last

Wow, after 18 days we are finally home. Just a couple of days ago it seemed like we were never going to leave; they told us that we might have to keep our babies there until there due date (march 2nd). On Friday Dr Cornish decided to give them a twelve hour "request" trial to see how they would do with nursing and bottles, and they did so good that on Saturday morning when Sara got the hospital to nurse them, our NICU nurse had already taken out their feeding tubes. When Dr Kendall came to see the twins she said that there wasn't anything going on at the hospital that couldn't be done from home. What a GREAT Valentine's day present!
When we got home we fed the babies and went to bed only to wake up every 2-2 1/2 hours to either feed or change the babies. It was the first of many long nights to come. As I was giving Isaac his bottle, it looked like he was holding his bottle himself, and sure enough, when I let go, he continued to drink his bottle all by himself. I called for Sara (who had just gone back to bed) and she was just as amazed as I was. I love our babies!

Nelms and Me

Ok, so I was at work a couple of days ago and I heard that David Nelms, the CEO of Discover Card, was at our center and was going to speak to us. Now any time I hear his name, I can't help but picture his hair...it rivals Donald Trump's trademark style. both of these men have incredible amounts of money and are both very successful in what they do. before the meeting I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and what I saw was a guy who hadn't showered in a few days that had been camping out at the hospital. So I did what only a LaClaire would do, I did my best David Nelms Comb over I possibly could and set out to meet the man. I succeed at Discover with "Name repetition, personality mirroring, and never breaking off a handshake." I could not help myself, so I had to take a picture, which picture now occupies my background on my computer at work. I wonder if he had any idea? I say his smile says no.