The other 'W'

So I know that just by admitting this I am substantially upping my dork quotient, but last week Emma and I went to the Michael W. Smith concert here in Redding and let's just say we both walked away asking "Is it wrong to have a crush on a 50 yr-old?"
Yes, 50! Can you believe it?! Emma kept saying "He's only 2 years younger than my Dad!" We felt like we were back in high school again - the Katina's performed as well, and so did Melinda Doolittle (from American Idol). He's an amazing performer and composer and it really put us in the Christmas spirit. The whole time though, I was thinking, "Joe could SO do this!" (apart from the pesky piano playing part maybe...!)
So, check out the clip - it doesn't do it justice, but you get the idea.

"Uncle" & Emma

Simon and Emma (my bro & sister-in-law) just spent the past week with us and it was awesome. Of course we took them to all the fine establishments that America has to offer - Starbucks, Sonic Burger, SuperWalmart...you name it - we either ate there, or shopped there!

It was so nice to be with family and Bella absolutely LOVED them! Come back soon - the girls miss you already!

Do you think she likes jumping?

Pajama Girls!

Bella and Lucy looking as cute as ever! They're both getting so big.

Bella just started counting to 12 today! For some reason she always skips 5, but we are still pretty proud!

Talking already!

Chockas!

Here's a pic of our Thanksgiving chow.

Funny...I never remember to take the photo prior to eating...not a top priority when you're hungry I guess!

Only in America

So we just had the post-Thanksgiving Day sales here and for some reason a bunch of stores thought that it was entirely reasonable to open at 4 A.M!! Craziness I tell ya!
Needless to say I didn't set my alarm to line up at Penney's for a lousy snowglobe. However, Bella and I did brave the masses at about 10am, and although we weren't nabbing a super cheap big-screen TV, we were just as pleased with our $1.99 boardgames!
Note to Charlene & Julie: it just wasn't the same without you! I needed someone to sprint across the Macy's parking lot with, to scarf McMuffins and generally feel like dog-poo for the rest of the day with! Ah, but there's always next year...

You heard it here first...

So Bella has made her prediction...she thinks that she will be getting a little girl cousin...so be prepared for lots of pink Myles & Jo!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNTY JULIE!

Happy 25th b'day Julie! Hope you had a great day and got lots of fun pressies!

Some useless trivia for everyone: November 20 also marks 5yrs since I first came to the US for my 4 month holiday!

NEWS FLASH!

Bella JUST did her first poo on the potty!

Just to be fair...

So Joe has a theory that what we do for one kid, we have to do for another, so here's Miss Bella (beating up her father none the less!)

We caved...

So we've finally joined the 21st century and got ourselves a blog. We don't have a clue what we're doing, but it should give us a few laughs none the less.
Basically we hope that this will be a great avenue to keep in touch with everyone and show off what beautiful babies we have (I have a feeling that's all we'll be doing!)

In fact, let's start right now....