Finally!

16 years ago my Dad started dating Muriel Smith. No one ever thought they would get married after such a long time. But, to my surprise (and great joy) i watched my Dad get on one knee and propose to Muriel while we were visiting Long Beach for Christmas. It was safe to say there was not a dry eye in the room that night! They announced they would be getting married on January 15th, just 3 weeks from that proposal night! Talk about planning a wedding quick! Jay and i talked about it and he offered for me to go to So Cal for the weekend of the wedding by myself while he stayed home to watch the kids. What a man! The wedding was incredible. No one would have guessed they put it together in just 3 weeks. It was intimate, and special. The first time my dad and all of his siblings and mother and all of his kids were together in probably 20 years or more. In the process i also gained another brother, Brian. Muriel looked stunning in a beautiful wedding dress and my dad was so handsome waiting for his bride. They did it. After 16 years they are married. I have another Mom and my kids have an "official" Grandma. So happy, really! Ed and Muriel Wilcox.. i love it! Here are a few pictures my brother took of the wedding. My friend Joey Colombo was the official photographer but we are waiting to see those pictures in a few days or so!

Twins are 8 months old!

Corban and Kinsley are 8 months old now! Kinsley just started crawling today and she can get to a sitting position from her tummy. Corban is behind her in this, which is typical for boys. He can get onto all 4s and rock, but hasn't started to move at all yet. They are both eating solid food and LOVE banana puffs. Their new favorite food is pumpkin and banana puree from Plum Organics. They love it. No teeth yet, and they are still waking at least 2 times each at night to eat. (Can you say tired Mama!) They are gaining such incredible personalities.. i love it!

Family Portraits

These are our family pictures shot December 2010.
Tristan is 4.5 years old, Rylie is 3 years old, and the twins are 7 months!

Slacker!

Has it really been 3 months since my last post? Goodness, i am sorry to any of my readers who are still out there! Things have been crazy for us. We moved to Marina, and really love our new house. It is bigger and has a great backyard.. and is within walking distance to a great elementary school. That will be so great when Tristan starts Kinder in the fall! Other than that, we have been doing well. The twins are 6 months old, well really almost 7 months old. They can roll all over the place, sit up, are eating solid foods, and are on all formula. After much debate, we have decided to quit cloth diapering the babies. I am sad about that because they are just so darn cute. But, i was spending 5 hours every other DAY washing them and i just dont have that kind of time. Our washer is an HE one so it doesn't allow the necessary amount of water to pass through the diapers. So, sadly.. i am selling away our stash. Oh well. They are also sleeping pretty well through the night, usually only get up once at night.. but they must be growing right now because they are getting up WAY more lately! On October 11th my little sister Natalie gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Cailey Anna. She was born without oxygen, and other complications.. despite the doctors best efforts she passed away 10 days after she was born, to the exact minute. I was able to fly to Idaho with the twins (thanks to my sister Nicole) to be with Natalie and Greg for the memorial. It was a very hard time. Very hard. This caused me to lose my milk supply. Too much stress. But, the twins are growing anyway! Prayers for Natalie and Greg and their continued healing and grief are appreciated. What a hard road. In other news, we have decided to travel to So Cal for Christmas this year. We will spend the beginning of the week with my family and then travel to San Diego to spend the rest of the week with Jay's family. Should be really fun. Anyway, that is the latest. Hope all is well with everyone out there!! And, what is a post without a photo? Here are a few of our adorable kiddos!

Twins are 3 months old!

Seriously, where is the time going!? The twins turned 3 months old on August 13th. Their personalities are really starting to show. Corban is still super chill. He hardly cries, and when he does it is more of a wimper. He is smiling a lot and cooing all the time. We like to have full conversations cooing back and forth. It is adorable. Katelyn is still on meds for acid reflux and they seem to really be working! She is spitting up less and less and is no longer super fussy when she is eating! She smiles with her whole body, which you can see in some of the pictures attached to this post. They are sleeping 7-9 hours per night, (Corban even slept 11.5 hours one night!!) and are waking up more and more throughout the day. We are still using Softbums cloth diapers and really really love them. They are super cute and super easy. Pretty soon i should have enough so i won't have to wash every single night!! All in all i would say we are starting to get used to being a family with 4 kids. It is hard, but we love it. We are taking our first roadtrip to So Cal this weekend for my sister Nicole's reception. Wish us luck on that 5+ hour drive! I will update when we return! Enjoy the pictures!