eeeeekkkkk so cute!

That is the only title I can think of. It was just me and the twins Sunday afternoon and night while Ryan was gone to meetings so after our mega bath (superior cleaning effort after waaaay too many days without a bath) I got out their little bath robes and went to snapping away! I can hardly stand it!

Vacations! Vacations!

Vacation has been so fun this year with two babies in tow! We definitely do not come home rested anymore! It takes another week to unpack and recoup from our "relaxing" vacations. Our families have been so gracious to us and offered to help us with changing, burping, feeding, and playing with the twins.

Right after the wedding, we came home for ONE night, unpacked, washed, repacked and headed to the Lake with Ryan's side of the family. We had a wonderful time! The twins started teething that week so they were up and down all night. Caden turned into a temporary rooster and woke up at 5:45 am every morning. They were terribly off schedule the week after that!

The twins were able to have their 1st boat ride thanks to Nana for finding infant lifevests!

This is Uncle Brent taking up the challenge to feed the twins their lunch. Minimal spillage and crying. Good job Uncle Brent!

Aaaaand this is Uncle Brent when the boat broke down. We are not getting anywhere fast with that paddling! hehe :)

After all of this excitement, we came home and had a week of terror getting the twins back on a schedule, then Ryan left for camp for a week. I somehow narrowly survived thanks to wonderful family members who came and gave me breaks during the day and night! Despite all of the novelty of twins and how cute they are sitting next to each other, pink and blue, bla bla bla, two babies teething at the same time is a nightmare. The next week we packed up and hit the beach for the 4th.

Before everyone else joined us, me and Gigi took the twins out to the Shag Dancing Contest. The twins loved looking at everyone and listening to the music :) We dressed them up in some good patriotic gear. They were passing out free beach balls so we took one for the twins. It would later be the cause of a very upset Jenna when Caden kept kicking the ball right in her face. Will have to get those pics from Aunt Robin to show you :)

One day, we rode the Fort Fisher ferry and took the twins over to the rocks. Dont worry, we didn't go all the way across, but I'm sure Papa T will take them over to Zeke Island one day!
Getting them on the ferry was a little tricky!

We decided we really need a wagon now to carry all of our stuff out to the beach. So we got one the last day we were there :) Oh well, its waiting for us for future beach trips!

We should play an "I Spy" game involving babies. :)

This is us after we unloaded just my stuff, moms and the twins stuff. Geez! Another game of "I Spy"?

That bottle must be good!

Love my little man!

The beach wind has created this perma hawk on little Jenna.

They were such big sitters and loved sitting up by themselves watching everyone walk by at the 4th of July celebration in Southport.

And here are the boys...they look worn out from a fun vacation!

And we will end with my favorite picture snapped during the week at the beach. Looooove how precious Caden looks!

Aunt Robin is STILL married...

HAAAAA the wedding saga continues! After Robin and Brad came home from their honeymoon to Cancun (jealous!!!) they had a "Raleigh Reception" and invited friends and family from Raleigh to come and enjoy some incredible food, see some wedding pictures and talk to the new Mr and Mrs Johnson. It was another chance for the twins to wear their Wedding Gear so I was all for it! :) This is officially the last event of the Thompson-Johnson Wedding Extravaganza :)

Adorable little sandals!

Fabulous cupcakes this time made by the talented Caitlin Glover :)

I love Cadens little smile in this picture

Little chunky cheeks!

Pool Days!

I recently got brave (aka sick and tired of being inside, but sweating to death transporting the twins in and out of the heat when we went anywhere) and attempted a day at the POOL! Some friends from my church had a pool play date at one of the moms' neighborhood pool so, I got together my checklist.

Twins swim suits - check
Hats, Sunglasses and Baby Sunscreen - check
Two floaty things - check
An extra set of hands - errr oops.

Aunt Robin to the rescue! Aunt Robin, recently married and in the honeymoon, my-husband-is-the-best-ever-goo-goo-ga stage of life, accompanied me on my mommy play date to talk about baby food, cutting teeth and swimmer diapers:) I was nervous about how the twins would do but they LOVED it! We had the best time and somehow outlasted the other kiddos there. (I'm kidding...its easy to handle when you feed them a bottle and they are happy and can't talk back :) )

Jenna LOVES the water! She immediately knew to kick her feet like a little fish. I will call her my little mermaid. Caden was stoic. He didn't cry, but just looked around with a very serious, contemplative look on his face most of the time. So I call him my sitting duck.

We had a great time with Aunt Robin and mommy friends...we will certainly be hitting up our neighborhood pool now!

Yea for our $2 floats from the Twin Consignment Sale! We had to keep blowing up Jenna's shield as you can tell from these pictures!

Loook at this little water baby. Adorable!

My little mermaid....