Happy 8 month Birthday Jacob & Mia!!

I can't believe our babies are 8 months old! Time has never moved so fast! We are amazed at their new accomplishments everyday. Its true when they say you experience the world all over again through your childrens eyes. Life has never been so good!

Jacob has quickly moved from crawling to standing. All he wants to do is have Mommy & Daddy sit on the ground with him so he can pull himself up on our hands. He stretches out his arms until we hold his hands to pull himself up..over and over and over and over again! He gets the biggest smile and laughs when he does this. He even will use his sweet sister as something solid to pull himself up on.....poor Mia!

Mia is still very independent, very happy and content to play with all her toys..even when Jacob crawls over to take it out of her hands and uses her as a jungle gym...and she's bigger than him! Mia sleeps all night in her crib and naps during the day in her room. Jacob on the other hand will play in his crib, pull himself up on the rail but when it comes to bedtime we will go in our crib asleep but not awake. If we wake up in our crib we will cry for a couple minutes and then proceed to projective vomit all over our crib. So Jacob spends half the time sleeping in his crib and the other half sleeping with Mommy & Daddy. It seems we have a very sensitive little boy!

Jacob and Mia are having their dedication this Sunday. Were so excited for them and take this opportunity to dedicate them back to their Maker and Saviour. Were so blessed to have this gift from the Lord. We can't wait to see the Lords plan for them unfold as we raise them up in His word and love.

Here are some pics from the last week....

Fields of Gold.......

Mia and Jacob had a little photo shoot yesterday with Mommy!!

Oak Glen Apple Orchard

This past weekend we took a little trip to Oak Glen Apple Orchard. We had so much fun visiting all the little villages and tasting lots of apples and apple cider! Here are a few pics...

All ready for Halloween!!

Jacob and Mia are all ready for Halloween!! We have already been to Disneyland to see all the magical pumpkins and we love seeing everyone in costume!! Soon Mia and Jacob will get to join the cast....in the Hundred Acre Woods!

September 2007

Wow, I can't believe we only have a few more days of September left. Where did this month go? Jacob and Mia are growing up so fast, too fast if you ask Mommy & Daddy. I want to stop time and be able to enjoy these days, cuddle my babies, shower them with Mommys attention and presence always. I guess when you are the mommy of twins there is always a little guilt that they dont get their mommy completely alone like one baby would that first year. They have to share mommy and daddy time, on the other hand they have an incredible blessing of experiencing each and every second since before birth with their other half. I guess thats an experience that we can't imagine since neither of us are twins :) I love being able to watch them without them seeing me. The special bond that they have....always touching the other one, babbling in their own little language and when they are in their side by side stroller one of them always has a hand on the other one. My heart swells with so much love for them!

Mia has really come into a sweet personality. She smiles all the time and is becoming so independent. She is sitting up completely unassisted now and loves to smile and giggle at Mommy & Daddy. When we turn on her video monitor at 6am she is wide awake talking to her animals and playing with her feet......we have no idea what time she really gets up but as long as she is happy talking with her friends then mommy & daddy are happy too!

Jacob is so active!! He is scooting everywhere! This morning I came downstairs after a quick run up to get some laundry and when I came down I panicked because one quick glance around the family room and he was nowhere to be seen, and then I turned the corner and saw my boy all the way across the room next to the hall closet....he had scooted very quickly across the floor. As of this afternoon he is moving his hands to crawl but hasnt learned the finesse of moving his legs with his arms.....so we have some rugburns on our forehead from going head first into the carpet since our legs arent following. I think it will only be a couple more days of practice and we will have a little crawler on our hands.

Here are some pictures of our activities this month!!

Seal Beach with Grandma and Grandpa!!

Check out those chunky legs on Mia!


Grandma and Mia

"Could I be any cuter?"

Seal Beach Pier

Mmmmmmmm Milk Shake!!



We love bathtime and now that we are sitting up we get to use our big bath!! Jacob and Mia love the faucet and want to play with the water as it is coming out!! Mommy just got us a new inflatable bathtub so we can take a bath together without our seat. We'll post pictures soon!




Playtime!!

We love our teething biscuits!!


Were almost crawling!!
Jacob was trying out his new moves and as soon as his clothes came off for a bath he rolled over and started to move away...too funny!!

I've been tagged by The Poehl family!!! Tag your it.....

ALL ABOUT MY MAN.....

1. Who is your man? John Pascua
2. How long have you been together? 3 years, 4 months, & 4 weeks
3. How long dated? dated 1 year & 2 months, engaged for 9 months
4. How old is your man? 38
5. Who eats more? John...the more he works out the more he eats!!
6. Who said "I love you" first? John
7. Who is taller? John.....everyone is taller than me :)
8. Who sings better? John... I can't carry a tune if my life depended on it...my poor babies :)
9. Who is smarter? John...he's the numbers guy!
10. Whose temper is worse? I think we could go head to head on that one.
11. Who does the laundry? we both do
12. Who takes out the garbage? we both do, especially now with the kids, it gets emptied twice a day!!
13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I used to and then we switched when I had to be closer to the bathroom and closer to the nursery.
14. Who pays the bills? John does...my accountant!
15. Who is better with the computer? I'm the techie in the family
16. Who mows the lawn? neither of us do
17. Who cooks dinner? We both do, but John definitely became quite the cook when I was on bedrest for 5 months.
18. Who drives when you are together? Mostly John does but sometimes I do when we have to get somewhere fast and follow directions.....My dad taught me to drive..so I drive like a cop :) :)
19. Who pays when you go out? John
20. Who is most stubborn? BOTH OF US!!
21. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? I am
22. Whose parents do you see the most? Mine, we see them at least twice a week.
23. Who kissed who first? He kissed me on our 4th date.
24. Who asked who out? John asked me out on a date 5 days after we met at church. 25. Who proposed? He did, I taught Preschool Sunday School first service and then John would meet me at second service, he surprised me during our worship session with my preschoolers and arranged a play during Sunday School, the kids held up papers saying "Andrea will you marry me?" and then he came out from behind the curtains to get down on one knee! Our preschoolers still talk about it now that they are almost 6 years old!
26. Who is more sensitive? I'm more sensitive
27. Who has more friends? I think we both have the same amount of close friends
28. Who has more siblings? John, he has 2 brothers and I have 1 brother.
29. Who wears the pants in the family? John...but I try to step into them every once in awhile!

tag, you're it... laura, mary, sarah, lisa, elle.

Our Internet is fixed!!!

Hi everyone,
Our computer has been down for the last 3 weeks and now were back online at lightning speed :) I'll be posting new pictures of the last month very soon!!