so tired!

i've been so tired that even writing a few lines wasn't possible for the past few nights! i did take both of you to get comprehensive eye exams by an opthomologist for a multi-ethnic pediatric eye disease study and both of you have healthy eyes! yay! jt, you have 20/20 vision which was already established by our pediatrician at your 4 year check up but it was confirmed by the opthomologist. so yay for healthy eyes (so far)!

we did a family day today. we usually do a family day on the weekends and just to let you guys know, mommy and daddy started this tradition when we were first dating. but back then, we called it "caroline day". one day on the weekend (either saturday OR sunday, but not both), daddy let me choose an activity to do where we would get out and not check emails or be available by phone or watch tv. we did lots of fun things and went all over the county, wondering how it would be if we had kids to take around.. and then, we had you guys! and "caroline day" turned into family day. so today, we went to church, picked up some good hot dogs at the slaw dogs and headed to the arboretum. we had a little picnic outside the arboretum and then headed inside, searching for a grassy dinosaur that daddy SWEARS is in the arboretum (i think it's at the huntington, myself). we didn't find the dinosaur but we had a nice stroll on the grounds. at one point, we took a little break near a lake and jt, you said to me, "this is a nice place, here..." sometimes you just surprise me with these little bits of maturity. it's not so much the words you're saying but the WAY you say it...

jt - i love the time after sunday school, where you tell me the story you learned at church that day.. you have an amazing memory and can retell the story in great detail and then add your little commentary at the end. i hope you learn to know God and to love God and most importantly, treat people with compassion. with your dad as an example, i know you'll grow up to be a compassionate person...

c-bear - you are a riot. you are a loud girl with definite thoughts and feelings (just like ME). when you have these very strong expressions, your dad and i just look at each other and crack up because you seem like such a mini-me. you can now stand, crouch and then stand back up again. your record is 5 steps. i hope you're walking by your one year birthday. i can't WAIT to dress you when you can WALK! i have been waiting a looooong time for a daughter to put in dresses! you've worn dresses so far, but i like the look of dresses on babies who are WALKING :) can you tell i'm so excited?!!?

today, at the arboretum, i could see you guys having fun and then i wonder how your strong personalities will play out in the future. both stubborn, both strong-willed.. but i do know that oppa is extremely giving and unselfish and i'm counting on that to balance out the negatives :)