Meeting your Great-Grandma and Grandpa

You both got into Vancouver on Monday and had a great day playing with your Kanooth Grandparents along with Aunt Lairen. You were both cuddled and held throughout the day. Then on Tuesday morning Grandma Kanooth, Mommy, and you both went to meet your Great-Grandma Martin. She is in a nursing home but is as strong as ever. Great-Grandma Martin loves your father a lot and brags about him daily. But today all she did was brag about the two of you.

As we entered her room she started to cry and said, "My little twins are here." Her face light up at the sight of you both, and you could tell that she was so excited to meet you. First Great-Grandma held Micah and talked about how much he looked like her little Leif.
Then she held Savannah. Savannah, you normally cry when you are layed down in a sideways position. But today you let Great-Grandma hold you that way without crying. In fact you looked up and smiled at Great-Grandma most of the time. Grandma Martin kept saying that she prayed for you both every night. Tears continued to fall from her eyes every time she talked about her prayers. She kissed you both over and over, and loved you. It was a very nice visit.


On Friday (Oct. 29th) you both meet a lot of new relatives including the Brooks family, Aaron & Katie's family and Great-Grandpa Kanooth. Grandpa Kanoooth lives out in Ridgefield all by himself, in the home that Grandpa Kanooth grew up in. He was surprised by our visit and loved every minute. In fact he kept saying, "It is so good to see everyone!" We put Micah in one arm and took some generation pictures, then Savannah was placed in the other arm. Great-Grandpa was surprised at first but then relaxed and enjoyed the pleasure of holding both you sweet babies.

Train Ride

On Monday morning (Oct 25th) at 2:45 a.m. you both boarded the train for your first time ever!! You were both sleeping when the train left, and slept until 6:00 a.m. Savannah was the first to wake up and Mommy feed her breakfast. Savannah and Mommy then looked out the window until Micah woke up at 7:00 and wanted breakfast too. I then held you both on my lap and we all looked out the window together. Savannah loved it. Your little eyes were so big as you looked at the new scenery.

Then about 9:00 a.m. our train stopped in Vancouver, Washington where Grandma Kanooth came to meet us. She was so excited to see how big the 2 of you had gotten. And you were both excited to see your Kanooth Grandparents as well.

Leaving Grandma & Grandpa Maughan's

6 weeks in Spokane went by a lot faster then expected. You both had so much fun playing with Grandma and Grandpa Maughan. You both also enjoyed meeting your Aunts and Uncles (the only on that hasn't meet you is Aunt Kjersti). And every relative had a lot of fun playing with the both of you. I thought that 6 weeks in Spokane was going to be long, but it was a blast. Your mother had so much fun introducing you both to old friends, and playing with relatives. I really enjoyed the help from both Grandma and Grandpa Maughan. And they both enjoyed getting to know their two twin grand babies.

Grandpa Maughan claimed that he taught you both how to smile and how to gain weight. Grandma Maughan claimed that you both learned how to laugh from her. I let them both think what they wanted... but deep down I know you learned everything from your mother!!

Grandpa loved holding the both of you when he played on the computer. Grandma would talk to you and tickle your bellies. At night time both Grandma and Grandpa would help me get you ready for bed. Grandpa Maughan normally gave you both a bath while Grandma and I put on your PJ's, feed you, and read you a story.

Your last day there was Sunday October 25th. We all went to church and then Grandma cooked us a really nice meal. For the rest of the day neither of you were put down as Grandma & Grandpa realized that you would be leaving. Your Grand partens love you both so much. They let you know that through words and actions. It was sad to say good-buy and leave.

carving you first pumkin

You both carved your first pumpkin today. Grandma picked the pumpkin out when we were at Green Bluff. Then everyone took a turn at carving and creating the outcome. You both were in charge of digging out the insides. Savannah scraped and Micah dug. It was a great team effort!!! And the pumpkin looked amazing.

Your Aunt Amy flew in all the way from Utah just to see you both. Aunt Amy is a kindergarden teacher in Utah. She teaches at a Charter School and therefore has a Fall Break. So she was here for 5 days. Aunt Amy loved playing with the both of you. She would hold you both and cuddle. Amy loved balancing Savannah in her hand and tickling Micah. It was a wonderful time.

I love Micah

A young boy from our home ward asked me what baby I like better. I replied that by telling him that you both took turns. One day Micah is my favorite and the next day Savannah is my favorite. Therefor each day I take turns giving my favorite baby some special love and attention. I am sure that one day you will both figure this out and I will be in trouble.
Today is Micah's special day. I just have to say that I love Micah. You are now learning how to smile and talk. You cuddle with Mommy and love sleeping with me. You have the sweetest little personality and I love you so much. We have had a lot of fun together.

Savannah Laughed

Sunday morning Josett, Mat, and Daryn left and headed back to BYU. We were all sad to see them go, so we enjoyed a big breakfast together.
Then during the morning session of Conference something exciting happened. I was holding Micah and Grandma was holding Savannah. Savannah got really excited when Grandma started to play with her. Your eyes got really big and you started kicking you little legs. Then Grandma started to tickle Savannah's belly. And you laughed!!! It was the cutest laugh ever. It was your first laugh ever. Then you got the hick-ups!!! It was so funny.

Meeting Uncle Mat, Aunt Daryn and Josett

Your Aunt Daryn loves babies and wanted to meet you both really bad. She therefore talked Uncle Mat into driving all the way up to Spokane for the weekend. They drove up Friday night and left Sunday morning. Aunt Josett came up with them to surprise everyone. It was so nice to see the three of them and they all loved holding the two of you.
One Saturday we woke up to a nice waffle breakfast with strawberries, huckleberries, and wipe cream. We all then watched General Conference together. You both were held all morning and your bottoms never touched the floor. Aunt Daryn loved holding Micah and Aunt Josett played with Savannah.
After Conferance everyone went to visit Grandpa at the hospital. While at the hospital Grandpa held you both in an arm and brought you over to visit the nurses. The nurses ooh-and-awed over you. Grandpa then weighed you both on a baby scale. Savannah was 11 lbs 11 oz. and Micah was 11 lbs 11 oz!!!!! The nurses laughed and laughed and talked about how twins are always the same. Micah had finally caught up with his sister.
All-in-all it was a wonderful weekend. Your Aunts loved you both. Your Uncle thought you were both so fun.

Going to the park

Your mother still has friends in Spokane, so we have been going on a lot of outings to the parks and restaurants. You have both made lots of new friends and are always being held by someone. You both LOVE going for walks and you both LOVE being outside. Today you both swung in a swing for the first time ever!! Savannah loved it and swung for almost 10 minutes. Micah didn't like it as much and looked really scared when I pushed him.

All the mothers thought you were both so cute in your swings.

Savannah finds her feet and Micah his thumb

Today (Sep 28th) I walked into the kitchen and found Savannah with her feet in the air!!! You were kicking them up instead of out, and watching them like you watch T.V. You were so cute sitting there moving your feet. I then tickled your foot and you jumped. I am sure that your foot will soon go into your mouth.

Yesterday (Sep 27th) we all went to the part with Aunt Alena. While at the park, Micah was sucking his fist and his thumb happened to pop in his mouth by accident. Your eyes got so big as your realized something was in your mouth. You ended up taking your thumb right out of your mouth, but kept your eyes big and excited.

Growing so big

You both LOVE looking out the window, looking at adults faces, looking at ceiling fans, or just plain looking at anything moving. You both are holding up your heads all the time. In face Savannah's nick name is boggle-head!! Every time I try to cuddle with Savannah, you just lift up your head to look around at the world. When ever I walk into a room and say something, both of you look at me. I love that you recognize my voice and try to communicate with your eyes. Night time is also getting a lot better. Savannah is staying asleep between 5-7 hours and Micah is staying asleep between 3-5 hours. If I want you both to stay asleep longer, I will feed you formula before bedtime. In fact you both are now taking formula 2 or 3 times a day, and drinking 3 oz each feeding. I just can't believe how fast you have both grown.

I can't believe how big you guys are getting. Before we came to Spokane you were both just barely holding up your heads and looking around. NOW... You were both just stating to recognize Mommy's voice and face. You were both still sleeping most of the day, and not the night. And you were both only drinking every 3 hours.

Meeting Your Great-Grandma

Today you are 4 months old. And something really exciting happened... you both got to meet your Great-Grandma a Edvalson. She drove up from Milton-Freewater just to see you both. My Aunt Kelly (Grandma Lorraine's sister) drove Grandma Glenda up here for the day. Together we all went to church.
While at church Grandma Glenda loved holding both of you. During the last hour Savannah decided to toot on Grandma Glenda's lap. You made a really loud sound so Aunt Alena took you to the Mother's lounge to change your diaper. As soon as Alena picked you up we saw the effects of your toot. You had gotten Grandma Glenda's suit all stained, along with your pretty dress, tights, and frilly panties. Grandma Glenda was so sweet about it, and said she didn't care. Now it is a good story to laugh about.
I was so glad that your Great-Grandma Glenda got to meet you. She really loves you both and really loved holding you all day.

Meeting Aunt Alena

Your Aunt Alena flew in on Thursday to visit both of you (and to go to a friends B-day party). I hadn't seen your Aunt in 2 years, so it was really really nice to see her. Aunt Alena is 7 months pregnant and having a little girl in November. You both now have a lot of cousins your age, Jade, Rese, and now Adalynn.
Aunt Alena loves to cuddle with the two of you. In fact she is always changing your diapers, feeding you, or burping you. It is really nice to have the help!!!

Micah loves to cuddle with Alena and lay his little body over her belly. You will put one arm on each side of her belly and your head on the top. Then you just fall asleep!! I think you like being close to your cousin Adalynn.

Savannah loves to be held by by Alena and look around at the world. Aunt Alena thinks it's funny to let you suck on random foods. She feed you a pickle and you loved it!! The next day Alena feed you some ice-cream, and you liked that even better. I wasn't very happy with your Aunt, but you were very happy. You also like to cuddle with your Aunt. Micah crying because he is dressed like a girl
Aunt Alena playing a trick on Mommy

Savannah growing up

Little Savannah is almost 4 months and is growing up so fast. My sweet daughter is awake more throughout the day, communicating more, and getting so much bigger. In the short 13 days that we have been in Spokane you have done the following...

* Decided that cuddling with Mommy isn't fun anymore. Instead you want to hold your head up and look around. When Mommy tries to cuddle with you, you lift you head and look at me as if saying, "talking is funner then cuddles."

* Decided that you don't want to take a bottle anymore. Every time I try to give you one, you gag and spit everything up. This means I now have to give you all your vitamins from an eye dropper.

* You LOVE standing, and you LOVE talking. When ever I (or anyone) holds you, you fuss and fuss until we change your position so you are sitting or standing up. Then you hold up your head and look at me. You then open your mouth as if you are trying to talk. But it is so so cute.

* You have realized that you do not like bows on your head. Whenever I put a bow on your head, you will fake cry. As soon as I take the bow off, you stop. But if I put a bow on your head when you are sleeping, it stays on! (Mommy is tricky).

* You don't take your Binky anymore. One day you just stopped liking it. You now suck on you hand or wrist.

* You love to be talked to. Whenever Grandma is in the kitchen, she will put you in your bouncer and place the bouncer on the counter. She will then talk with you as she is cooking dinner. But whenever Grandma has to leave the room, you cry!!

Micah has a cold

September 16th Micah woke up with a running nose and watery eyes. Grandma and Mommy had plans to go shopping and eat lunch with Aunt Kelly and Taraka. But we had to cancel our plans and stay home with sick little Micah.
So today was Micah's day. I held Micah most the day. When I put you down, you cried. You kept looking up at me with these little eyes as if to say, "Make me feel better." I hated seeing you having a hard time breathing. It really does hurt a mother to see her child sick.
That night you were still sick and I didn't know what else to do besides hold you and squidgy out your nose. We went to be around 9:00 p.m and I let you sleep on my stomach the whole night. You woke me up 3 times in the night because you were so plugged up, you couldn't breath. It was so sad for the both of us.

Oh, Savannah had to sleep on the floor because I didn't want her to get sick. That mean it was the first night you two didn't sleep next to each other.

first week in Spokane

The 3 of us flew into Spokane at 10:00 on Wednesday night. I stroll you both off the plane and over to the baggage clam. Then all of the sudden we heard bells ringing and Grandma Rain came running into the airport yelling, "welcome home!". She was so excited to see both of you. The last time she saw you both you were still in the NICU and less then 5 pounds.

We all managed to fit into the Toyota, stroller and all. When we got back to the house Grandma and Grandpa both took a baby and played with you on the couch. Micah loved to cuddle with his Grandparents and Savannah was loving looking at a new faces. Neither of you wanted to go to bed because of all the attention you were getting.

The next couple of days in Spokane were really nice weather wise. We went on walks every day, each walk you both feel asleep. We would walk to the library, walk to play tennis, walk to the store, or just walk to walk. You both get so excited when I put you in your car-seats. Savannah smiles and Micah makes funny nosies. And you both love walks. It is a great way for Mommy to get out and you to both stop crying.both of you walking on a sunny day

Air Plane Ride

On September 8th at 5:50 p.m our plane left from Kansas City to Spokane, Washington. I was VERY nervous about taking both of you babies on the plane all by myself. There are so many horrible stories about babies ears popping and they therefore cry the whole plane ride. Well, I thougth Grandma Maughan was going to come to KC and then fly with us back to Spokane. But instead she just paid for our tickets. Savannah got her own ticket at the age of 3 months and 2 weeks. And Micah got to be a lap child. But in the end the plane wasn't full and you both got your own seat.

The hardest part for Mommy was going through security. I had to take you both out of your car-seats and carry you through the security gate. Then I had to put you both back in your car-seats with no help. Every security officer was wanting to help me but couldn't touch either of you or our property.

As we were getting on the plane a really nice lady asked if I needed any help. I accepted and she ended up holding and feeding Micah as the plane was going off. I feed Savannah as the plane when off and therefore neither of your ears popped. You both were awake for most of the flight, but you didn't cry at all.

We then landed in Denver and you both played on a blanket that Mommy laid out for you. Mommy didn't find anyone to help her on the second leg of our trip, but you both slept the whole time and didn't even wake up when we landed. I was so proud of both of you for doing so well on your first airplane ride ever!!!!

Family Pictures

When Daddy came into town I really wanted to get a family picture. He will be leaving again for 2 months (September and October), and I know you both are going to grow so much. We put the camera on timer to get the perfect picture. But now that we have a family of 4, it is so much harder to get that perfect family picture. Someone is always closing their eyes, crying, uncomfortable, or uncooperative. But in the end it ended up alright. You both sure make our family exciting.
(Micah was awaken for the picture and not happy about that!)

Bath Time

My most favorite part of the day is getting the you both ready for bed. Each night I get you both naked and you get a bath in the sink. When Daddy is in town we do a real bath in the tub. You both LOVE baths and I love watching your little arms and legs move around in the water. After baths we get into P.J's and I read you both a church story. Savannah loves looking at the colors on the pages and watching the pages turn. Micah falls asleep most of the time. After story time, one of you says a prayer. Well, Mommy will say it from your point of view. During prayer time, both of you are quite and I honestly believe you realize that we are talking to Heavenly Father. After prayers I rock you both a little and then lay you down together in your crib. While in your crib you either watch each other or watch the little mobile.

While Daddy was in town, he helped me with our bad time routine. It was so nice having he here to help me, and I know your both enjoyed it too.

Leif washing little Savannah in the sink.

Rachel washing Micah in the sink.