The girls turned 2 months old this week! In some ways its seems like they have been here forever and others it seems like yesterday I was still pregnant! 1 year ago I was in one of the worst funks ever as we were hitting 2 solid years of infertility and I really thought being a mom was something that may never happen for me. Here I am a year later sitting in my living room which now looks like a daycare center hooked up to my breast pump, writing in a blog for my BABIES while my husband holds 2 bottles up to the 2 most beautiful babies ever! Who would have thought? Not me! Don't get me wrong, having twins is HARD, VERY hard! But, of course, worth it!

The other day we were not having an easy day. The girls were fussy, I had to work very late and we were both tired. We were down in the dumps and not feeling happy. Then out of the blue, mid-sentence, Kaylin looked up at David and smiled the biggest smile ever! It melted both of our hearts and also made all the hard work, long nights, stress and money worth it. Its crazy how one little smile can melt away all your fears and worries in the world!

Milestones for this month:

*Cambria has slept through the night 3 times now! Woo Hoo!
*Both girls are smiling! Not really HUGE smiles but definite smiles, at certain
people and things.
*Their personalities are becoming more and more apparent.
*The are starting to learn how to "play" with toys...starting, trying. :-)

Now enjoy some pictures of my BEAUTIFUL babies!!!

Cami and her little grin!
Cami and her smile!
Kaylin and the plaque I made her!
Cami and her plaque

Cami is happy to be next to her sister!
Cambria
Cami, 1st time wearing a skirt!
Kaylin and her 1st time in a skirt and her beautiful smile!
I think Kay is making an Elvis face
Kaylin looking at Daddy!

Easter was great for us! 1st off, its always wonderful to remember the joy of Easter and all it means to us! Thank you God for sending your son to die for our sins and make eternal life possible! All day all I could think of was how awesome it was that I had 2 Beautiful, Amazing little MIRACLES to dress up in tiny perfect little frilly dresses for Easter. ME--I have these two little girls! Its still so odd to me! I can not get over how BLESSED I am! Thank you Lord for giving me the gift of Motherhood.

We started our day with our normal mad dash to get ready, but we are getting better and better at this because we were out the door 10 minutes EARLIER than we had planned! :-) We made it to church at Central Community in Riverside where David's Uncle Eric is the pastor. The weather was awesome, and the 10:30 service took place outside on their park like lawn. We had brought our own chairs and sat in the back under a tree and could still hear the service. It was very nice.

After church we went to Uncle Eric's and Aunt Debbie's with the rest of the family, Phil, Dalene, Julia, John, Stephanie, Patrick, Reggie, Derek, Erica, Uncle Dan, Aunt Kathleen, Will and Silvie and had a nice lunch and good visit.

Auntie Erica and Nana
I can't get enough of those cheeks! (Cambria)
Nana feeding Kaylin
Cambria being held by Auntie Erica
Uncle Derek and Kaylin, she was so in love with him!
We went from Eric's to my parents house and had some more food, which was nice since we never seem to have time to eat at home. Then we took some pictures of the girls! All in all, it was a fantastic Easter!

Kaylin
Cambria
Mimi, Cami, Auntie Rice
My Beautiful Babies

HAPPY EASTER, From the Denton Family!

Hollywood Kids!

So long story short, we sent out an email with the professional pictures our friend Val took of the girls (I am sure most of you got that email!) and next thing we know they were shown to a Hollywood director and we were asked to be a part of his new “tv” show! We started talking with a great casting agent and had 2 dates scheduled for filming! We knew that Anthony Zuiker, the creator or CSI, (yes the creator, the master mind behind the whole show!) was somehow involved but that is pretty much all we knew. On Monday March 30^th we show up at the beach in Malibu for our 1^st of 2 days of shooting.

Everyone was SO nice and kind to us! And we learned a LOT about the “business”. The girls both got paid, a GOOD amount, and can only be on set for 2 hours and work a total of 20 minutes. Of course working for them meant being held by an actor. When we arrived at the set and were taken to our trailer and met with our nurse for the day. When infants are on set its law that they have a nurse and social worker who are assigned to make sure they are safe and to time out how long they are on set and how much they work.

We went down to the beach where the scene was being filmed and got to meet Anthony Zuiker, the CSI guy, and the rest of the crew. Everyone was so polite and catered to our every need! When the staff was setting up for a new scene Anthony came over and talked to us and explained the show. It’s a whole new type of media! Basically he wrote a 100 page screen play that an author turned into a novel, the novel is a digital version that will be read using forms of media like an ipod/iphone, computer, etc. once every couple of chapters there will be a movie clip that goes along with the book. So its basically ½ book, ½ movie! They call it a “digi-novel”. Very new and unique!

Anthony was very excited about his new project and it was so great to sit and talk to him about his new great ideas! He recently retired from CSI and said he was thrilled for the change. In his words , this project “is NOT your Dad’s CSI.” He showed us a clip that was already finished, on his personal ipod EEEk!, and its definitely a DARK show, errr, digi-novel!. But it looks very good and I am still in awe over the concept of both the new form of media as well as the plot behind this novel.

The 1^st day the girls filmed what will be a dream scene of the hero of the film on the beach with his wife and child, the “child” is my 2 girls! The hero of the show is a hottie and had his shirt off the whole time! I didn’t mind and I don’t think the girls minded being held by him either! ;-) They ended up using one of the girls’ car seats for the scene and still needed it when it after the girls were finished “working”, so they sent a stagehand to Babies R Us and got us a new car seat to KEEP! (And gave us our car seat back the 2^nd day of filming) So we got a free $100 new car seat! Woo Hoo!

The day was GREAT! The only down side was the drive! Uggh, almost 3 hours each way. The good thing out of the drive was that we stopped in Claremont and had dinner at Heroes and Legends Bar and Grill, which was excellent! Claremont was a super cute little town and we had a good time even though we were all exhausted from the long day.

I'll give you one guess of whose car this is! :-)

David, the girls, me and Anthony Zuiker The "Hero" and Cambria

The fake mommy

The 2nd day we had to be in LA by 12:30, which was so nice! It was only 1 ½ hour drive with a later call time, Woo Hoo! My mom came with us and it was so nice to have the company and help. The filming site was a huge filming warehouse that had different rooms set up as different rooms like an office, kitchen, bedrooms, etc. Our nurse this day was AWESOME, very friendly and truly had the girls best interest at heart. We enjoyed having her help us. Our social worker was the same girl, Rachel, as the 1^st day, and she was excellent as well! Very sweet girl!

Upon arrival the nurse informed us that the scene was very dark and scary! One of the directing assistances and Anthony came up and explained what scenes the girls would be filming, and you should have seen the look on my moms face! I think she almost grabbed the girls and RAN!

Of course we were all a little stand-offish, but my main concern is safety! And of course the child worker and nurse were there to make sure everything was ok as well. When we went down to the set we discovered that yes, it was dark and scary but that also lighting and music make movies/shows SO much for “real” and “scary”. This just looked like a basement of a warehouse with a movie crew in it.

All in all, we had a GREAT time! Everyone was VERY accommodating, friendly and sweet! It was an experience of a lifetime and I am glad we did it! Side note—I would not let my toddler or older child be in anything that was scary or “dark”, I wouldn’t let them do anything in film that I wouldn’t let them do at home and our morals and values would have to be the same at “work” and “home”. So far the girls were just held and taken very good care of, that I will allow!

On set, Daddy and Cami
Kaylin and Mommy
The villain and Kaylin, he was super sweet and gentle with the girls

Mimi, Kaylin and Mommy at Tommy's Burgers

Pro Pics

I received all the pics that our friend Val took and added them all to the "1 week old" photo album, check them out! They are WONDERFUL!

The girls feel and look like they are growing so well! I am anxious for their next Dr.'s appointment, which isn't until May, to see what their heights and weights all. Cambria feels so heavy to me now! David thinks she is around 8lbs. Kaylin is growing well too! Kay still fits in some of her preemie stuff but they are both mainly in newborn size! That is a BIG jump for our girls. Its so funny because most kids only get to wear newborn outfits once, if they are lucky, our girls are just now starting to fit in them at 5 weeks! Its actually kind of nice, because they have such cute little outfits that people have given us and I have gotten them and we get to enjoy them. Its also helps that we usually wear at least 2 or 3 outfits a day.

The girls are starting to stay awake a little longer and even "play" some! They coo and caw and kinda bat at some toys that hang down from their play mat, more like more their arms and then their arms accidentally run into the toys, but still, I can be a proud mommy anyhow!

We got the girls birth certificates the other day which was exciting, it made them seem "official"! I never noticed before, but it says "TWIN" on their birth certificates and then it says born 1st and born 2nd. How cute is that? :-)

Our time home, without work is coming to a close and that makes me sad. David returns on Monday the 6th, only a week and a couple days away. I think that will be a HUGE adjustment. I have REALLY, sincerely enjoyed this time to bond as a family. We are incredibly blessed that we were able to take 6 weeks off together and they have been an amazing roller coaster of blessings and learning. I would not trade them for ANYTHING! I still have to pinch myself sometimes, this is my life, with an amazing husband and 2 incredible daughters. MY daughters! I, ME, yep ME, I'm a MOM!!! I know I have mentioned this before but when you wait so long to have this little blessing, or in my case BLESSINGS, in your arms it really makes you appreciate that simple little word M-O-M so much!

Disneyland trip

So while I was pregnant one of the most popular things people liked to say was, "Enjoy it NOW!" I understood what they were saying but it kinda bothered me. We waited so long for a family and were so thrilled to be pregnant. I LOVED the 4 years David and I had as just us, but we were ready for that to change. People would go on and on about never being able to do anything. David and I knew that wouldn't be us! You have to live life, and kids can adjust! So with all that being said, we decided that on the girls one month old birthday we would go to Disneyland! Some might call us crazy, in fact a lot of people have, but we had a wonderful time!

We didn't leave the house until 3pm. We decided last minute to go, and so we pulled into the parking lot a little after 4pm. We fed and changed the girls in the parking lot and we looked at the clock right at 4:34, the exact minute 1 month later from when they pulled Kaylin out! Its crazy how quickly time goes by. Everyone says that, but its even more real when you have a newborn. I can say that I would go back 4 weeks and do this all again in a heartbeat! I feel like they have already grown SO much!

We went to California Adventure 1st because my sister and my nephew were there (one of the reasons we decided to go that day). We had a corn dog and then met up with them at the Toy Story ride. It was so sweet to see my adorable 3 year old nephews face light up and him run to me when he saw me standing there. It makes my heart skip a beat just thinking of it! I love that kid like my own! He was so excited to see us, we walked around with them for a while and would sit and people watch while they went on rides. We fed the girls when they were hungry and changed them when they needed to be, it was just like being at home, except we weren't! No big deal. I had a sling that I carried Kaylin in most of the day and David put Cambria in the Baby Bjorn for a while also! It was great seeing him looking so Dad-ish! I loved it!

We wanted to make sure that we at least went into Disneyland on their 1st trip, so we went inside the gates and took pictures and then went to downtown Disney for dinner. Luckily it worked out that our cousins, Julia, Stephanie, Erica and Dalene were in the area and able to meet us for dinner! We had a great time with them!

After dinner we had some yummy Beignets for dessert we headed to the car. Again we fed and changed the girls and headed home. So 6 hours out and about and the girls were great, we had a blast and we all survived! Enjoy the pics!

Tounge-Tied!

Today, 3-18-09, Cami got her tongue tie, also known as ANKYLOGLOSSIA or SHORT LINGUAL FRAENUM, members.tripod.com/~Caroline_Bowen/tonguetie.html, fixed today! I have NOT been looking forward to this day and I am SO glad it’s over. I stayed in the car with Kaylin while David took her inside for the procedure. I am sure the ladies working at the birth center thought I was a bad mom, but I could NOT handle seeing her in pain. David was the brave daddy and took care of her! So he said it was pretty easy, they just held her little mouth open, that is the part she hated the most, then using special scissors they clipped the fraenum and it was all done! Luckily the Dr.’s caught this very early and we were able to correct it now. Dr. Clark, the girls’ awesome pediatrician, told us that after 4 months old the procedure becomes much for difficult and anesthesia is required. Yikes! So I am very happy it didn’t hurt too much and that it is over now! It’s been very cute; she has been sticking her tongue out all day now! She wasn’t able to do that before!

Luckily our girls are both awesome and they let us be “normal”, so after Cami’s procedure we went to Famous Dave’s for lunch, got the minivan washed, went shopping at Kohl’s and Babies R Us and then headed home. Cami and I got in some awesome cuddle time when we got home. I was still feeling guilty for her little tongue so we read a book on the recliner next to the front window with the breeze just blowing softly on us. It was heaven! It was also nice because Kaylin actually spent some time on her play mat, toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2737988&CAWELAID=107500531, all by herself! If you know Kaylin at all, you know this is a big step for her! She is very Mommy-fide!

Tonight we went to Chilies for dinner and then to Wal-Mart for a few necessities. We found the girls some VERY cute outfits and some Easter dresses! The thought of being able to buy an Easter dress for MY very OWN daughters brings tears to my eyes. There was a time that all I could do was dream about such an awesome thing like shopping for my kids! God is so good, we are SO blessed, and I am SO Thankful!!!

"Are they Twins?"--DUH!

Its been hard getting used to what people say to us and I've had a couple of you guys ask what we are hearing, here is a list:

"Are they Twins???"--this one isn't rude but its getting old, and it also makes David and I crack up. We really want to look at them and say DUH! David actually said to one lady, "NOPE, we just got pregnant again REALLY fast!"

the next thing out of their mouth when we say, "Yep! Twins!" is
"Are they girls?"--Nope...we just thought our sons looked really cute dressed all in pink with pink car seats! Seriously people, this happens to all my friends with babies and I just don't get it. I could understand if everything was green and yellow, but if its a blue car seat with a football hanging down and the kid is in blue its probably a boy.

How this is where a nice person would take that info--yes its twins, yes they are girls, and just say cool, or congrats (we actually did get a congrats once! I loved that lady! She made my day!) instead for the most part we hear...

"OH MY GOSH, thats crazy!" With a horrified look on their face.

"Double duty!" "Double trouble" or some other lame comment about being "double" again all with a look of disgust on their face.

This was was so lame I just acted like I didn't hear her..."Well you know they are going to like boys at the same time."

"We you expecting Twins?" I am not sure if she was asking if we did fertility treatments or if they run in our family or if this stupid lady actually thought I went in to have one baby and another just popped out. When we said, "yes" she said, "Oh WOW!!" ???

"You are going to go broke"

"Well its hard enought with ONE, I don't know how you could do it with TWO."--well we are, and its working out just fine!

We went out to lunch after the girls Dr.'s appointment and the girls slept in their car seats the whole time, not a peep! Perfect little babies. David was paying at the register and this guy comes up and says, "Oh wow, you are having a really busy day." David looked at him and said, "Nope." He got flustered and said, "Oh well I guess its normal for YOU."

And then there is the loud gasp, the obvious point and then the loud "whisper" saying, OH MY GOSH, TWINS! Then we walk by and they just stand their with their mouths open. Hahahah, seriously its like they have NEVER seen twins in their whole lives! Its pretty pathetic.

I guess the worst thing is the looks along with the comments. They are horrible! It makes me feel like a freak sometimes! I always reply that they are perfect babies and we are just doubly blessed. A lot of times that works and they feel stupid for being negative over a baby! Which they SHOULD! I just wish people would either mind their own business or say something nice with a NICE look on their face! So do me a favor, if you see someone with multiples just say, "What a blessing! Congratulations!" and keep waking! They are busy enough and don't need to hear all your gasps and answer all your questions.

2 week check-up

We had the girls 2 week check up on Thursday, March 5th with their AMAZING pediatrician, Dr. Clark. We met Dr. Clark when she was the on-call Dr. while we were in the hospital and we instantly feel in love with her! So much so that we switched to her even though we had already picked another pediatrician from another clinic. As of now I am BEYOND excited and happy with our choice. She has been amazing with the girls.

So the updates are:

Cambria weighed in at 6lbs .06oz, so VERY close to being back at her birth weight! Dr. C was VERY impressed with this! She looks great! Dr. C did notice a little bit of heart murmur, which she thinks is completely normal for her age and for her prematurity at birth, she things it will go away soon but is having us get a heart ultrasound just to make sure it isnt anything serious. None of us are worried because both girls had a TON of heart ultrasounds while I was pregnant since I was in the high risk clinic and they always passed with flying colors. She has also grown a LOT! She is 19 1/4inches now! Thats over an inch in growth since birth!

Kaylin weighed in at 5lbs 10.6oz, so she is OVER her birth weight by over 4 oz! She is catching up with her big sister! :-) She has also grown and is now 18 3/4 inches. so she has grown and inch and 3/4 since birth!

They are both great eaters, and have plenty of wet and dirty diapers, which is a good sign! They both do great at sleeping most of the time. They usually go 2-4 hours between feedings and sleep in between. They are now starting to get closer to 3-4 hours which is nice on Mom and Dad!

The Dr. was very pleased with their development and doesnt need to see them again until their 2 month appointment! That seems like forever away, but am glad to hear they are doing so well.

Welcome!

Welcome to our blog! Here you'll find updated pictures and news about our baby girls, Cambria Katrina and Kaylin Cassidy. Our girls were born at 4:33 and 4:34pm Friday February 20th, 2009 at 35 weeks 6 days. Cambria was 17 1/2 inches and 6lbs 1oz. Kaylin was 17 inches and 5lbs 7 oz. They are both miracles babies that we waited years to meet! Our lives feel so complete now that they are here! Come back regularly and watch our babies grow with us.

March 11th, 2009

March 11th, 2009

The girls are almost 3 weeks old today! Time is flying by! The girls are both complete angels...well most of the time ;-) I am loving this time David and I both have off and spending every minute together getting adjusted to our new family! We have all been doing great. We are actually VERY active and go out and do things almost every day. We went to Babies R Us, dinner at Outback Steak House and then to Walmart yesterday and the girls were so easy! We are still getting used to all the attention we attract with twins, people say some pretty rude things! But we don't care, we honestly and sincerely love being parents to these little miracles! Even without a ton of sleep, lots of laundry and a constantly cluttered house, I would not change a thing. I feel beyond privileged to be these little girls Mom. Yep, I am a Mom....ME! Its still the best thing ever to say that outload! I can't even come close to explaining the amazing feeling that washes over me when one of the girls is upset and the only thing to cure the blues is ME! All they need is their Mom and all their little woes seems to fade away. How lucky am I? I have an amazing husband who is beyond supportive and who is a complete natural at being an awesome Dad. I have the two most beautiful little girls ever! My world could not be more complete!

I will **TRY** to keep this site updated as much as possible, even if its just a quick post here and there and of course lots of pictures! I am going to be writing the girls an online journal and then puplishing it once and year and I may share some of those entries here as well.

Thanks for checking out our site! Enjoy!