Happy Grandparents Day

In 1978 President Jimmy Carter proclaimed that National Grandparents Day would be celebrated every year on the first Sunday after Labor Day. Today we would like to say Happy Grandparents Day and we love you.

The babies never got to meet him, this is Gam-Paw with our cousin Huck

Naw Smith

Grandmother DeMore

Granddaddy DeMore

Great-Granny DeMore

Giddy Up Partner

Howdy Partners. Can you read our shirts?

It says - Someday I'll demand a pony

Well I guess granddaddy heard our demands.

Those girls our our cousins Michelle and Victoria. They are just breaking in the pony till we are ready to go out and ride. We did get to sit and check out our new toy. How do we look?

We even let Evan have a ride. He will be in charge of scooping the poop and cleaning the stalls.

Thanks, Granddaddy for Badger our new toy. By the way, you gave in way too easy. We will let you know what we want next!

Love Ellie and Charlotte

Are you ready for some Football?

Evan is
Go Blue Hose!

For those who do not know I played football at Presbyterian College - our mascot is the Blue Hose. You might be asking what is a Blue Hose? Click Here to found out. We hope you enjoy some football this weekend.

Matthew & Evan

Eat It ...... Just Eat It

During our Dr. visit last week she gave us the go ahead to start spoon feeding. I of course was ready to rush home and breakout the Cheerios and milk but Jenn says they are not ready for that, yet. The first food of choice for babies these days is rice cereal, but back in day of Great Granny DeMore they always used Cream Gravy. We waited until Saturday to start this new adventure. We had been forewarned by a mother of twins that once you start you can never go back - and yes feeding multiples will be difficult. We strip the babies down, strap them in their chairs, and get ready for the fun. Here's a before picture - babies waiting for the first meal.

Evan Ellie Charlotte

Evan was first - since he's the boy and boys usually will eat anything. He took the first spoon and just grinned and laughed as it rolled down his chin. We kept shoveling it back in and he eventually swallowed some - we think. He did open his mouth as the spoon approached but it was usually just to grin. Here's his pictures.





Ellie was next! She had been munching on her arm so we thought she might enjoy some cereal - wrong! Different baby - same result. Spit and shovel, spit and shovel. Just like Evan we think she eventually got some down. Here she is...




Two down and one to go - Charlotte. Would she have the same reaction as the first two? Absolutely not. She went into shutdown mode just as the spoon hit her lips. She frowned, she pouted, squirmed and almost cried. She was not having a good time. Take a look:

Now that we have gotten a couple days under our belt we are making progress. Evan still laughs through the whole thing but is finishing his meal. Ellie has been the biggest surprise. As I have stated before, bottle feeding has been a real roller coaster. But when it comes to cereal, she is all over it. Very little spitting and she is definitely swallowing it down. She finishes her meal in just a few minutes. Charlotte is still putting up a fight. Her first reaction is to blow bubbles as the spoon hits her lips. Jennifer has developed a technique that works by keeping the spoon in her mouth a little longer.

Please NO MORE!!

More for me - I love it!

I just can't stop smiling - eating is fun and funny!

Evan has also found a snack for in between his meals - his foot!

Baby Dedication

Once a year our church takes the opportunity to recognize and dedicate the new babies to the Lord's service - and today was the day. Ellie, Evan and Charlotte were joined by 4 other babies for this part of today's service. Our church is blessed with a bunch of current and future playmates for the trips. Here's a shot of the family with our Pastor - Trent Smith.

As part of the dedication, they were given their first bible. Here's shots of all three with their bibles.

Ellie

Charlotte
Evan

The dedication was for more than just the babies. It was for the families to make a public profession to raise the babies according to God's will. Jennifer and I fully accept this responsibility. God has blessed us with so much and these babies are part of that.