My little dress up dolls

My mom bought me these really CUTE outfits at Target for my shower and all together everything was pretty pricey so I thought i'd take them to get professional pictures with them. Well, I'm still too much of a coward to brave it alone at the mall. Plus,they are outgrowing the outfits and the outfits are way too HOT for them now! (Why do stores here in AZ tempt you with cute little winter outfits...when they dont even end up being able to wear them but once, maybe!) So anyways, I just held a little photshoot on the couch.

Camille got these adorable little vans shoes for them!

I cant get Embry to stop smiling these days...but whenever I get the camera out, he just stares at it so seriously with his big eyeballs.

They were getting all toasty wearing the outfits just inside the house....

Bastien's "scary" face.

Actor Du Jour

Netflix and Camilly inspired this new idea. Camille provides fun filled facts every day and netflix has this thing where you can rate movies. I'm bored and this sounds fun, so I decided.... I'm gonna "feature" some of my favorite actors/actresses and what movies I like them in and how many stars I rate the movies.

So here's my very first:

HUGH DANCY

Movies I like him in:

-Ella Enchanted****

-King Arthur*****

-Daniel Deronda****

-The Sleeping Dictionary***

-Evening***

-The Jane Austen Book Club***

-Blood and Chocolate**(it's about a werewolf girl who falls in love with a human...but not nearly as cool as Twilight..and kinda boring :)

-Black Hawk Down****

(*hated it **didnt like it***liked it****really liked it*****LOVED it)

By the way, how many stars I give the movies probably wont really help you decide if YOU'LL like the movie or not. I'm not a harsh judge on movies...if it's got a good storyline and it's not directed by Quentin Tarantino..I probably like the movie.

I'm getting so excited for Dec 12th!

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ALOHA!

If you've ever fallen asleep in fast and testimony meeting..my dad's "ALOHA!!" will wake anybody up!

This pic was taken before his "Spoiled baby" aka his "favorite" came along....jk

My dad had a stroke last Sunday night. He was diagonosed with diabetes a few months ago and since then has devoted himself to being "Healthy". He lost a crazy amount of weight, and looks so good. When my brothers were in the hospital with him on Monday, they could see his whole right side of his body slowly getting worse. I finally was able to see him Tuesday night and it was SO sad to see the right side of his face fallen. It was so cute, cause when I walked into his room on Tuesday night all the kids were already there and so we were all there, including my mom . My dad started to cry saying how happy he was that all his kids were there. He said "Everyone was here, except for Salena and I was wishing that Salena would come, too and then she walked in...." (something like that) Everyone was of course, crying when he was.

He is being transfered today to Banner Baywood, where they have a good therapy program for his right leg, arm and face/speech. I'm glad cause he'll be a little bit closer to me! They are moving back to the house I grew up in.. (They were living in Maricopa) so that they can be closer to therapy. Besides this being life altering for my dad, of course..it has been this way for my mom, too.

After Steven lost his mom from cancer in 2006. It was so unreal, I told Steven I dont know how he dealt with it! I guess you have to...but I would seriously...I dont know, there are NO words...But I dont know what I'd do if I lost a parent. That's why I am soooo incredibly thankful that my dad is still here. I appreciate him so much, he's helped all his kids way too much. He cant say no and most the time you dont even ask..he'll offer or just help you without any hesitation. I just love my dad so much..please pray for him to fully recover soon! Last night Steven and I got to visit him while Sione and Britni were there, too and his face looked ALOT better! He's so cute, last night when Sione and Steven were helping him into bed he's all "I'll be walking in a month.." And Sione's all "Dont try to walk by yourself anymore"..(cause he had walked to the chair before he got there) Sione's all "That's what these are for" (He pointed to the nurse button) And Sione was saying how he didnt want him to fall and break his hip..my dad's all " I wont..I'm very wise." I love how my dad didnt lose ANY of his humor :)

"I gotta pump"

Those are the words that come out of my mouth too many times a day.

One time after cleaning and getting all my pumping stuff ready, I threw it on the couch by my pump and ran to the bathroom...when I came out Bastien was holding both little pumpamajiggers on his chest like I would, and I said "what are you doing?" and he's all "Gotta pump". That's when I realized how much I say that!

So yeah..still pumping exclusively. The whole nursing thing didnt work out and I was tired of torturing myself and going back and forth with my decision was stressing me out. I finally just decided to stick to what I was doing. And it's crazy cause my supply actually went up. Alot. They eat about 5 times a day(and night) and drink 5-7 oz each feeding. I just pump right after they eat...while they are sitting there, content with a full belly. I usually get 6-9 oz total each time...and it only takes 10-15 minutes! (I get 12-14 oz in the morning!) That's not enough to split between the two of them obviously. But what I do is feed them a bottle of formula at 4 or 5 in the am when they wake up. And after they go to bed I pump and store that in the fridge to help add to their bottles the next day. So, basically they are getting all breastmilk during the day and their nightime bottle is half formula and their morning bottle is all formula. I still feel like a failure in some ways because I told myself I was going to nurse this time no matter what, but at least they are still getting breastmilk , right? Also, they seem to take formula much better than Bastien ever did and this was the main reason I was determined to BF in the first place...cause I didnt want them to be as gassy as bastien was. Anyways, I know most people BF for like a year or something but I cannot imagine myself pumping for a year. My goal is 6, maybe 7 months. And they'll be 3 months in a week so I'm almost halfway there. Anyways, I'm pretty sure this is all boring you to tears..so I'll go......I gotta pump anyways. :)

Embry and Jasper's blessing day

Yesterday the babies were blessed. Steven gave them both wonderful blessings! Afterwards, we had some lunch at our place and I cant believe I was worried there wasnt going to be enough food..cause there was plenty! We had Chipotle style burritos...shredded beef, carnitas, and chicken to put in it! My dad's sister Naioka ended up bringing some good ol' tongan food, too! Everything turned out great..thanks to everyone who brang food and helped! Here are some pictures that Ana took yesterday:

my brother Sione holding the twins (making his weird sleeping picture face:)

Maizi and Bastien playing with water

my dads shirt is funny because it sounds a little F.O.B-bby. It says "Not only I'm perfect..I'm tongan, too" shouldnt it say "Not only am I" ? Either a Fob made this shirt, did it on purpose or accident, or I'm the one who doesnt know proper english.

all the cousins watching that Water horse movie..which we were informed by Mary..means noch less monster.

Mom, Baby Tali and Mary

Behind the scenes....

of TWILIGHT! go watch this! http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/04/60435/index.html

All ready to go...

yesterday morning we were getting ready to leave to take Jasper to the doctor...and my mom told him to put on his shoes cause we were leaving, and this is what he puts together:

-rocket backpack filled with toys, check.

-tub toy for a hat, check.

-boots, check.

-pirates sword, check!

Bedtime...

...IS the GREATEST! My favorite time of day.

Embry's Smile...

and his "crazy eyes" ..his eyes are like this 90 percent of the time!

First Prayer!

Bastien said his first prayer last night. When we put him to bed he wants me or Steven to say like 5 million prayers before he will even consider going to sleep. Also, he needs "more Nilk" ..( I've tried to get him to say milk with an M) But I asked him if he wanted to pray..I guess I should've thought of this earlier, right. My favorite is how he says Jesus "Jeezoo" . But it was so cute..he'd repeat everything I told him to say ..then he wanted to say it again and again! Now we're gonna have to start getting ready for bed even earlier so he gets to sleep at a decent hour!

2 months old!

I cant believe it's been over 2 months! They had their checkup on Wednesday and Embry used to be a whole pound heavier like a month ago, but he caught up. Embry was 11 lbs 13 oz. and Jasper was 11 lbs 7 oz.

Embry (top) and Jasper (bottom)

I love that they take binkies. Bastien would not! I can finally buy cute mam's.

9 weeks old

I love how Bastien loves his brothers. He talks such cute baby talk to them. He calls them "Japer" and "Emmy". At night when they used to stay up later than him, before we put him to bed he'd go "Night baby" then go to the other one and say "night baby" He will always stick the binkies back in their mouths, too. I'm glad I've never had a jealousy issue with him and the babies. It's suprising, too...since there are 2 of them. He's never taken being sometimes attention deprived out on the babies. He's such a good brother. Now I hope I can say all this when they get old enough to be interested in his toys!

This is Jasper smiling, Jasper was the first one to smile. But now Embry does all the time and coo's at you while he's smiling..it's so cute! But, I havent gotten a pic of Embry yet. I tried today but he was too hungry and wasnt having it!