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Saturday 4 October

Fourth Birthday - Part I (13:08) - Porter and Fallon recently turned four years old. I can look back at photos of them from only a few months ago and I realize how quickly they are growing now. This realization has made Toni and I more aware... | 0 Comments
Home Coming (11:48) - Toni, Porter and Fallon visited their grandparents at their mountain home in North Carolina a few weeks ago. I stayed here in Washington in the meantime. I have to say that I've never slept better...but on the other hand, it... | 0 Comments

Saturday 28 June

Unusual Attachments (22:50) - Fallon and Porter always seem to get attached to certain toys or other objects, as the case may be. Lately, Fallon cherishes her My Little Pony collection, as well as a small catalog with pictures of small model horses. Today,... | 0 Comments

Saturday 17 November

Little Devils (21:15) - It's been a while since I wrote about the latest things that Porter and Fallon are doing, so here's a quick update... Porter continues to be a little mechanical whiz. He insists on using my tools rather than the plastic... | 0 Comments

Sunday 30 September

Third Birthday (17:54) - We celebrated Fallon's and Porter's third birthday last weekend. The party began at the community playground just in front of our house, where the kids, neighbors, and a bunch of Toni's friends from the twins club played and ate snacks.... | 0 Comments

Monday 23 July

Questions (22:09) - For the past couple months now Fallon has been very curious about any conversation that Toni and I might have in which she isn't directly involved. She very much wants to be part of everything we discuss, so we get... | 0 Comments

Sunday 8 April

Lake Sammamish State Park (18:18) - Here are a few photos from a recent visit to Lake Sammamish State Park. Issaquah is surrounded on the west, south, and east sides, by Cougar, Squak, and Tiger mountains respectively. The north side is bounded by Lake Sammamish. The... | 0 Comments

Saturday 7 April

Olympic Sculpture Park (23:10) - We visited Seattle's Olympic Sculpture Park (OSP) a few week's ago. The kids, Toni and I really enjoyed it. I took the camera along and snapped a few photos, a couple of which turned out nice so I thought I'd... | 0 Comments
Sea Glass (21:58) - Spring is here and the weather is slowly morphing from Seattle's typically gray and wet winters to something undescribibly beautiful. Since it was fairly warm today (though a bit grey) we decided to drive out to Alki Beach and let... | 0 Comments

Thursday 6 July

Naked Lunch (21:02) - The weather last weekend was relatively hot(at least for the Pacific NW) hovering somewhere in the mid 80's. Of course the humidity was really low making it uncomfortable only when sitting for too long in the direct sun. The... | 4 Comments

Thursday 15 June

Little Personalities (21:22) - Porter and Fallon are beginning to develop their own personalities. They have both become so much more interactive over the last three months.... | 0 Comments

Sunday 19 March

Dancing, Babbling, and More (22:00) - Spring is only a couple days away now. The local cherry trees have already flowered and many of the bulb flowers in our patio garden have sprouted and bloomed too. The kids are really sprouting as well. Fallon is walking... | 0 Comments

Sunday 22 January

Second Christmas (20:13) - A little more than a year ago we celebrated our first Christmas with Porter and Fallon. Porter had been home for about a month by that time. Fallon, delayed by the laser procedure on her eyes, had only been in... | 2 Comments

Sunday 11 December

First of Many Part II (20:39) - So it wasn't really Porter and Fallon's first Thanksgiving this year, but it was a first for all of us in our new home. We cooked non-stop from about 10am to 7pm (we had a late dinner because I kinda... | 1 Comments
First of Many - Part I (20:16) - Porter and Fallon have been learning so fast lately. They both had their first Halloween this year. Porter was dressed as a cow and Fallon was dressed like a pig. We took them to a "Harvest Party" hosted by eMOM's... | 0 Comments

Saturday 5 November

Learning Quickly (16:53) - Porter and Fallon are both learning new things very quickly now. He's standing up by himself for a few seconds and is obviously trying to get his legs to move his feet so that he can take his first step.... | 0 Comments

Sunday 25 September

First Birthday! (21:21) - Today was Porter and Fallon's first birthday. They enjoyed opening gifts from all of their relatives and friends. They seemed to enjoy the wrapping paper, tags, and ribbons in particular. It seems like the year's gone by very quickly in... | 3 Comments

Tuesday 16 August

Crawling Critters (23:45) - Porter and Fallon are both crawling now. I think I mentioned in an earlier entry that Porter was starting to crawl. He gets around really well now, doing a very confident goose-step with his arms, slapping his hands loudly on... | 0 Comments

Tuesday 5 July

Fourth Festivities (01:08) - Porter has made a few big development milestones in the past three days: he's learned to sit up on his own, crawl, and he has two little incisors coming in. Fallon isn't too far behind him. She's rolling all around... | 0 Comments

Monday 11 April

Easter 2005 (23:47) - Finally, I'm posting some new photos of the kids. The last two photos were taken in our house with Jessica, the kid's wonderful nanny. The rest are from their first Easter celebration, which was held in Orlando at their Grandma... | 0 Comments
Milestones (23:39) - Porter rolled over from his back to his stomach completely on his own for the first time yesterday. He did it around 6am while playing on the floor in his play center. Toni and I were both half asleep when... | 0 Comments

Wednesday 2 March

First Tooth (19:37) - Recently we had been noticing that Fallon seemed to be drooling more than normal. Though we did have a family of opossums (five in total) visit our back yard one late night a few weeks ago, I think the possibility... | 0 Comments

Thursday 17 February

Growing (22:51) - Fallon and Porter are now 8Lbs 14oz and 11Lbs 4oz respectively. Their pediatrician has recommended changing Fallon's baby formula recipe to increase the formula to water ratio. This way she'll be getting a few more calories per ounce of formula... | 0 Comments

Thursday 3 February

Unencumbered (21:33) - Fallon is finally free of her heart rate monitor. Now we can walk her around the house without tripping over her cords. They both had a doctor's checkup on Monday. Fallon is now 8Lbs 8oz and Porter is 10Lbs 8oz.... | 0 Comments

Tuesday 25 January

Four Months (21:44) - Porter and Fallon turned four months old today. At first I didn't even think about how much time had gone by. Now it's beginning to hit me as I realize that FOUR MONTHS have gone by already. Crazy - a... | 0 Comments

Thursday 13 January

In Case You Were Curious (21:32) - Alby, referenced in the previous entry, is our pet staffordshire bull terrier. He's about 4 years old now and is a great little companion. He's really taken a liking to the babies. Despite his usual spastic and willful nature... | 1 Comments

Monday 10 January

Winter 2004 (22:18) - These photos were taken Christmas day and New Year's eve. You can click on each image to pop up a larger version. Porter weighed about 8lbs 12oz, and Fallon weighed 7lbs even. They were three months old exactly on Christmas... | 3 Comments

Tuesday 14 December

Fallon is Home (22:43) - Fallon came home yesterday evening. The discharge process at TGH was a bit of an ordeal, but at least she's home. By the time we had returned from the hospital she was really hungry and very upset. It took a... | 0 Comments

Sunday 12 December

Together (14:35) - This photo of Fallon and Porter was taken by one of the nurses at St. Joseph's Neonatal ICU (NICU) of Tampa, Florida, just after they were reunited for the first time since being born. Until then, they had lived... | 1 Comments
Fallon's Progress at Tampa General Hospital (12:53) - I visited Fallon at TGH Saturday around noon. She's had her eye treatement and is recovering very well. She has even put on a few ounces, but is still almost two pounds behind her brother's weight (of course, he's eating... | 0 Comments