San Francisco Zoo

Okay, I know this will be a bit of a let-down, but the only picture we got of the twins at the zoo was with statues!! Wait, let me explain - we went to the zoo using free passes that Sarah had from work. Saved us $28. We went through the first third of the zoo, and then decided to have lunch. By the time we were done with lunch, we could tell the twins were tired, and we decided not to push it, so we hopped in the car and headed home. Two minutes after we got in the car, both girls were sound asleep - new record.

At the zoo, before lunch, we saw the Savannah exhibit (giraffes, zebras, etc.), African Aviary (some ibis birds, ducks, and a couple others I can't remember), the gorillas, lemurs, howler monkeys, and more. Mostly African (or Madagascar) animals. When I was looking at the pictures, I realized we had so few, but honestly, since we had been to the petting zoo at the CA State Fair just a few days before, where the twins could get right up close, there really weren't any animals close enough to get a pic of the girls and the animals in the same shot. It was still fun, but we'll have to go back another time to get more of the zoo. And I'm looking forward to taking the girls to the Sacramento Zoo.

Emily petting the lion cub

Emily and Ella sitting on the lions

Watching the Parade at the California State Fair

While we were at the fair, we saw a short parade and I took a quick video of the girls watching the parade.

California State Fair

Yesterday afternoon, we all went to the California State Fair. It was great! Sarah, Sherri, the twins, Darryl, and I went. We went to the petting zoo, walked through the farm and jungle areas, saw the county exhibits, etc. This was the twin's first fair.

Ella on the left with Emily and Smokey!


Smelling the orchids(?) in the rainforrest display.



On the lawn for dinner. Emily didn't want Darryl to let go of her.



Ella had a ball walking on the grass.


Ella with Sherri after dinner.

Emily's Teeth

Over the past month, Emily has been getting two more of her lower teeth. These are the teeth immediately next to the two front teeth. I really noticed that they were finally in this week. For those of you keeping track, she now has four top teeth and four bottom teeth. (It's a good thing the biting seems to have stopped.)

Ella is getting those same bottom two teeth now. I can see them, especially the one on her right, coming through her gums.

My Dad and the Twins

Yesterday I had the great pleasure of going to my Dad's house with the twins. I always enjoy the times my dad and I spend together when there is no pressure, no one else around, nothing to distract us. That's not the same as saying I don't want anyone else around. What I'm saying is that the times I remember most with my dad are when we can relax and he plays music, and we don't have to be somewhere or go some place else. So yesterday was perfect. I took the twins down to his house and we had a ball. The girls walked around, Dad played his ukulele, we went to the co-op for lunch. Great times. I even got a little video on my digital camera of Dad playing and singing for the girls.

Biting Resolved

We think Emily's biting has stopped. While I was gone at my company's Sales Conference, Sarah said there was no biting that week. And since I've been back a week, there hasn't been any. We're very thankful, but we'll continue to keep a close eye on it for a while.

BTW, check out the Tahoe Reunion and the Emily is Walking posts because I added some pictures to them.

Three Nights in a Row

Okay, I'm back from my company's annual Sales Conference, so that is why the absence of posts. Here's a quick one - the last three nights Emily has been sleeping really well in her own crib. Last night she went to be at 10:00 pm and didn't wake up until after 4:00 am. But more impressive than that are the two nights before where she went to be around 9 pm or 10 pm and didn't wake up until after 6 am. Ella has still been waking up anytime between 11 pm and 2:30 am, but it's easy to get them both back to sleep again.

More posts to come...