just hanging out ;)

another video for you >

from a windy Portland Thanksgiving.....

hello all.

happy thanksgiving. hope this finds all of you well and enjoying your families. we have a last minute cook fest going on around here and are preparing to head over to Liz's Mom and Dad's for a family gathering and feast. I will probably have a few postings here. have been quite bust the last few days taking films and want to get them all on here. a big thanks to our neighbor James for coming over and snapping some quick holiday shots for us.
have some fun videos of the gang hanging out on the couch and enojying their new fav activity > climbing up the stairs for the nap and bedtime routine. the video is a bit dark, but you can get the gist of it.

be good and take care
love
~us

highchair pix & some video

Hello all.

Been busy as all get out. Here are some fun pix of the gang and a few videos.

**Sebmo tries to fit a water bottle through our mail slot. Nice effort :)


**woohoo! it's a dance on the new deck. Birdie whoops it up.



see ya
b

video > elle takes down seb.

Hello. A little WWF action on the video. Growly Bear stalks her prey. Also > a long over due shot of our wonderful Nanny Sarah and Meme and Pepe.

See ya
b

herd in motion >

hello.

I am going to try and post quite a few videos on here today. here are a few > hope to have quite a few more here in a bit.

be good
b

...and > a few more shots

thought I would surprise everyone and drop in a few pix here before the weekend. there will be a load of video by monday. check back.

hope all is well

love
~the gang

busy, busy, busy

hello all. we are in the process of gutting our basement and making room for the entire gang. all is going well; just at a bit more insane. here are a few new shots.

b, l and gang

uncle johnny visit!

hello.

back to some mild teething. elle is drooling buckets and the everyone is a bit cranky. uncle johmmy came for a visit last week from Ilinois. here are a few shots from the week.

see ya
~us

no...wait. we are still here. poppy's just been slacking! honest...

time = poof.
trying to keep up on some new pictures. I will post a few more here for everyone. all is well here at the summer starts to wind down. elle has a full set of teeth, seb is moving anything he can to provide a "step up" to see what lurks on top of the dining room table & dylan is starting to get a bit taller and falling in love with couch-walking. we hope to get a camping trip in before the rain sets in. in order to keep this in somewhat of a chronological order > these are from @ a month ago with our visit to the coast with our good friend jonathan. welcome back to portland j ;)

** you can click on any photo for a larger version

take care
~us

:)
~us

more beach shots :)

the littles one just love that sand. a few shots more shots from a couple of weeks ago. grandma, grandma & katie were out for a visit.

a few close-ups. these little folks are busy...

a few more shots from the big visit a few weeks back...
take care
~us

3, 2, 1 > go

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well..I have not been slacking > really. I had some problems posting some shotes from the coast, but this seems to be working fine now. this is a fine little video from the 50 yard run in the bushes behind the house. hope you enjoy. if all works out well, we will have some more shots and video before the night is over.

all the best
gang

eleanor > aka. gummers, chubbers, growls, growly bear

eleanor.
she had the penthouse in the womb and was the last one out. she is unmistakable the zen force that keeps the ying and yang of seb and bird in tact; in a mental and physical sense. she was the first to climb the play ladder in the living room and the first to realize the gravity wins when she pushes one of the boys and knocks them off-kilter. she is our socialite. her first word was "hi" and she will ham it up for any camera lens in any situation. she is our growly bear and model for all hats in the house. elle rules the roost with a subtle hand.

dylan > aka. birdman, tiny hiney, birdie, the one who likes to view semi-digested food

dylan.
second one out. he was our little bombardier who opened his eyes first and then kept them shut for a week. he of the "tiny hinny." the first one to walk and as of late, the first one to take a very keen and disturbing interest in realizing that inserting a finger into his mouth and touching the back of his throat will bring up tasty treats eaten only hours ago (not to worry. we checked with our doc and it is only a "common behavior" that we must tell him is "gross" and then try to ignore. one eye brown. the other blue. he is the birdman.

tough love

okay. we have had quite a bit of fluff on the site so far. thought I would share some harsh realities. we have been good little P's up until tonight. rocking the babies to sleep every night. singing lullabys and making sure those adorable little lashes click shut for the night sleep. we finally found out through our doc that we can stop getting up 314 times throughout the night and feeding the boys their few bottles, as well as rocking everyone back to sleep whenever they wake up fussing. this practice had allowed us five-hour interrupted sleep nights and mornings that require French press thick coffee and plenty of cold water on the face. tonight is the first night (forgive me...but this might actually start resembling the true characteristics of a rambling blog (!) and it is, well...pure hell. all of the herd are amped and giving us their best operatic capabilities. dylan screeched hard first and gave up. seb and elle are in it for the gold. the plaster on the ceiling is falling off in chunks as I type and we might have to work on a new set of vocal chords for the two of them this weekend. for all of the sick and twisted...I shall post an MP3 of the communal wailing this weekend. until then > here are a few tranquil shots. liz and i shall now wait with heads bowed by the front door for Child Services to cart us away...