Full Advantage

Despite Mara's busy schedule, we have been taking FULL advantage of the beautiful weather lately!
Rohan had TBall the weekend before Thanksgiving, but it has been nice to have a break from it for a bit.  After his last game we headed out to the Anthem Community Park because of their amazing park, playground, and Daisy Mountain Railroad.  The day was so perfect, and we even had clouds! (The little things for AZ people...:P)
We also took the opportunity to continue our running and work on Rohan's biking.  Since we live in a fairly quite neighborhood with wide streets and sidewalks, we took Rohan on an 2.5mi bike ride while Mara and I ran next to him.  He did AWESOME!  Later in the week we did a run/bike to Matador to meet Mara while she studied, and also did a 3mi ride where Rohan rode a full mile on a trail!  It was slow going because he wasn't used to the terrain constantly trying to turn his wheel.  The first 100ft he wiped out 5 times, but kept at it, and completed the whole trail.  Very proud of him!
We also met up with Shannon & Angelika at the PHX Mountain Preserve for a sunset hike.  Rohan hiked almost the whole 3.5mi!  The sunset was gorgeous and the colors of the sky looked awesome from within the preserve.
Because we couldn't be with family this Thanksgiving, we decided to have an "Orphan Thanksgiving".  We have lots of friends who also don't have much family here so we did the only think we know how.  We got a 28# turkey and a keg of Four Peaks Kiltlifter...:)  We had about 20 people roll through and had a blast with great food and great beer...:)
The day after, Mara got sent home from the clinic (since it was empty) so we took Rohan to a park to do exactly what he wanted when we asked..."Play baseball, football, and soccer."  We played for almost an hour before we took him to an indoor trampoline place (AZ AirTime) to burn off some energy (this kid has a lot!).  We jumped into a foam pit for 2hrs.  I say "we" because after 2min of watching him jump, I went and got a ticket so I could join in the fun...:)  We had a BLAST...just see the pics...:)  Afterwards we went out for a picnic, and capped a lovely morning.
Saturday, Mara had to work, so I took Rohan and some friends to Groom Creek (near Prescott, AZ) to do some bouldering.  We were there all day, and had so much fun gouging our hands on the sharp granite...:)
We are just taking a nice break on Sunday, adding to our Target & Babies'R'Us wishlists since we keep thinking of more and more things we need for the twins...:)  Mara was 20 weeks on Thanksgiving Day, so we are well over half way now...can't wait to meet them!
Enjoy our pics from the last week or so! :)

Twin Girls!

The other day we had the anatomy ultrasound for the twins.  Everything looks great, and they gave us a disc with tons of pictures and a couple videos of the heartbeats...:)  Enjoy!

Twin A Heartbeat:


Twin B Heartbeat:

More TBall & Biking...Enjoying The Awesome Weather

Catching up on some more weeks...they are just FLYING by!  Mara is done with her long, late, fun PICU rotation so she has some more free time and isn't so exhausted anymore.  She is at 19 weeks this Thursday, and finally starting to show a cute little bump...:)
Last weekend we painted the Twins' room.  It was hard to paint a pink room, but we got through it, and we think it turned out pretty good.

Rohan is finally completely autonomous on his bike.  He can start, stop and steer all by himself, and had been riding up and down our quiet street almost daily.  The other day Mara went to study for boards at Matador bright and early.  Rohan rode his bike all the way there (on the sidewalks) and I jogged next to him.  He was so proud of his achievement too!
Rohan has been doing great at baseball.  He overcame a huge hurdle...letting other kids get the ball.  He was a bit of a ball hog (as all kids are at that age), but he was faster and more aggressive than the other kids, so he would usually end up with the ball.  Now he will let other kids get the ball and cheer them on to get it and throw it.  So fun to watch him evolve!

We also had Halloween and I am just now posting those pics...sorry.  Rohan was really into the season this year, and couldn't wait to go.  He was shy in the beginning, very quiet, but after 20 houses or so, he started getting more and more excited to talk to the strangers and say Trick-or-Treat.

Hope everyone had a great start to November!