Things that Lilly likes...

Exhibit A: Lilly and her Baby



Exhibit B: Lilly and her doggy

Did we just have our first(kind of makes sense) conversation?

What, does mommy think I can't ask her a simple question or something?
(turn up the volume to hear her)

Does this make me girly enough?

Mommy is hoping this new purchase will end the question, "ohhh, you have twin boys?"

Objective: To Use Utensils

We'll keep practicing.

Ring around the Rosies

The anticipation of the "all fall down" part kind of gets in the way of the spinning part...don't know what my other circus child is doing...

True Story

So this portrait of the Petersen Family could be true for a few reasons:

Lilly's name is spelled correctly
Lilly does EAT everything, and at an extremely fast rate
Lindsey looks and dresses just like the mom in the picture
Drew likes to point at Lilly

(thanks to Aimee for sending me this card meant for her husband, but seeing the potential for a laugh in our family)

Tagged (TWICE!!!)

Okay...well I am making an exception to my normal posting of Drew and Lilly's lives to respond to two friends of mine that have "tagged" me to reveal some facts actually about me...so here it goes:

WHAT I WAS DOING TEN YEARS AGO:
1998- Studying for upcoming finals during my first year at SRJC (great school!)Watching plenty of SRJC baseball, along with the major leagues. I think the Giants actually had a team worth watching back then...ahhh, yes Shawn Estes comes to mind. Anyone who knew me back then, knows of my Shawn Estes obsession(left handed pitcher for the giants...#55)Don't ask my husband how far the obsession went...he will exaggerate stories. Dancing in a jazz/contemporary company and performing at an assortment of different venues. Driving a dangerously small little two seater car. Still living at home. Exercising regularly. Sleeping in on the weekends until my stomach woke me up to say..time for some yummy breakfast.

WHAT I WAS DOING FIVE YEARS AGO:
2003- Just had met my future husband(end of February)and KNEW he would make me happy for the rest of my life. You know what, I think this was, yes, it was the month Todd took on me on a very thoughtful adventure not knowing of my motion sickness curse. He took me on a glider ride(small plane with no engine...just powered by the wind) that ultimately left me puking in a bag inches away from his face, and puking the entire drive home from middle town. And we all know how sickening that drive is. He says I asked for him to pull over, and I didn't even have the courtesy to get out and puke. I just opened the door and swung my head out. Hey, if he still was interested in me after that day, then I knew he could hang in with me for the long haul. Besides puking five years ago, I was also finishing up getting my teaching credential at Dominican University in San Rafael.

WHAT I WAS DOING A YEAR AGO:
2007- Well, Todd and I hit the ground running and were married and already had our twins by this time last year. Unfortunately, this time last year does not bring as many happy memories. Let's see...Lilly was finally healthy and home from her stay in the hospital for pneumonia. We were nervously awaiting Drew's surgery on his skull that was just around the corner in Sacramento. A year ago was filled with many sleepless nights, lots of prayer we were doing the right thing for Drew, and trying to find an exact blood donor match for Drew in case of a blood transfusion after the surgery...which he did end up needing and thanks to the perfect blood of Uncle Jeff, Drew made a full recovery.

WHAT I WAS DOING YESTERDAY:
April 20, 2008- Enjoying my husband home from a weekend away. Taking a nap. Wiping the runny nose of Drew, who is coming down with my cold that I gave him. Which means what I'll be doing tomorrow is wiping Lilly's snotty nose and have two kids with colds. Back to what I was doing yesterday- Taking a walk with my kids, playing at the park, checking other peoples blogs which has also been called blog stalking :)

THINGS I ENJOY:
The laughter of my children. Laughing so hard you almost pee your pants(almost is the operative word here) Baskin and Robbins Vanilla ice cream. Deep fried green beans from Zin. Anywhere tropical because most likely that means I am or am in the process of being tan. Christmas and everything that goes with it...buying and giving gifts, church, the yummy food, wrapping presents, and yes I like getting presents too, and that is okay to admit.

FIVE TV SHOWS I WATCH:(sorry more than five about to be listed)
Probably shouldn't get me started in TV shows...The Office(love Jim and Pam like to a stalker degree) Grey's Anatomy, The Bachelor, American Idol, So you think you can Dance, Big Brother, John and Kate Plus Eight, The Soup, Live with Regis and Kelly, Oprah, Lost, Friday night Lights, Survivor, Project Runway, Saturday Night Live...hmmmmm do you see a reality show TV trend here? Just a disclaimer, Todd does not watch all of these shows with me...just some of them.

FIVE THINGS I HATE:
Being sick or anyone in my family being sick. Hospitals. Sorry girls, but I did not like being pregnant. Traffic(usually ignites my motion sickness trigger). And lastly, sharks.

FIVE BIGGEST JOYS IN LIFE:
Todd, Drew, Lilly, (not our cat Frankie), all of my friends/family, and church.

I TAG ANYONE WHO READS THIS BLOG ON A REGULAR BASIS AND HAS BLOGS OF THEIR OWN...IF I HAVE TO CALL THEM OUT THEN HERE IT GOES: LAURA, SUMMER, AIMEE, KIMMY, AMY WEDGE, CHERIE, AND ELISSA(which will make this her 3rd time being tagged)

Music Class

We have such a great time at music, playing all different kinds of musical instruments and singing fun songs. We might be slightly frightened for the first 10 minutes or so, but then we jump in full bodies and voices!

At our older friend's birthday party

Adam(our older and more mature friend) had his 7th birthday at Pump it up...a place full of jumpy things! We really got tired out and didn't say one thing to mommy and daddy when they laid us in our cribs for bed.


Lilly likes to give out a lot of kisses these days. Lucky mommy!

Perfecting his forward roll?

Slam Dunk for Daddy and the Bigness

Pump it up Party

Real life 18 month olds trying to figure out how to balance, walk, not get knocked over, and have fun all at the same time.

Dreaming of take out

I would rather me eating Round Table than these chicken nuggets. Let me just dream of cheese pizza.

Man(or monkey) Overboard!

The progress....

Daddy has been really sweaty these last couple days. He says he's building us a backyard.

Driving Miss Lilly

Kind of like Driving Miss Daisy, but with a lilly

Petersen Look-alike Meter

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Roots - Geneology
So with some recent pictures..there has been some changes...does the public agree?

Petersen Look-alike Meter

MyHeritage: Family tree - Genealogy - Celebrity - Collage - Morph

And the back yard begins...

So Daddy got rid of all the "corn weeds" and started throwing some dirt all around our yard. He says he is making us a deck this weekend. We think Boppa is coming over to help too. That little ditch is for a cord that will run under the ground for a fountain...I wonder how daddy thinks it will work?

The jumping Lillybean

I swear my children are not always half dressed, but they wiggle out of the dressing routine pretty quick these days to go to something like this.

The tradition continues

The famous rock in Nana and Boppa's backyard provides a perfect picture moment. Past pictures include Fourth of July, Twins first birthday, and now a late family Easter shot. (The pictures are a little out of order, but you can tell which is which)

Baseball Season has begun!

Not only has Major league baseball begun, but so has little league! We attended Matthew's first little league game and did what Todd calls "herding cats" (drew and lilly) for most of the game. We had fun, and so did Lilly and Drew. Trying to get them to keep on their hats and running out into the parking lot were our biggest challenges. Like Todd said...herding cats...

Trying to relax here...

So what if you are noticing my robe is way too small for me. It helps me relax after my bath, okay?

What are you doing Lilly?

An advanced form of Crawling....beyond running or jumping skills. Could give me a headache though...or a new rug burn on my face