Let the Good Times Roll...

Big Year! I forgot to mention one of my milestones this year of 2012... I turned 40!!! No big deal, haha! Let me just say it was much more fun turning 40 being married to my sweet Lance and having 3 healthy, adorable boys than when I turned 30 and was single! Yes, I am one happy wifey and mama bear:-) Feeling good about life at 40, and I even got to celebrate it with my twinner which made the event all the more fun. Here's to another great 40 years of kids, family and fantastic memories..

Life is Good!

Holy Smokes!!! It's been awhile... Ok, so we had twin boys and now they're almost 5 months old! I guess I've been a little busy, but here I am finally at the computer posting the latest on the McKinlay Family. Lewis is doing great as big brother and is really sweet to his baby brothers...most of the time. After the initial shock of the twin invasion into his world, Lewis has adjusted and is adapting well. He loves to give his twin brothers hugs and pet their soft head. Sometimes he gets a little too excited about it and I have to remind him to be gentle and soft. I think he gets it now.. These twin babies are here and they're here to stay! Rowan is our big boy weighing in at the 97th percentile and height in the 95th percentile. Dr says his legs are "scholarship material". What parent doesn't want to hear that:-) Clark is our little guy at 30% weight 50% height which was similar to Lewis. In fact he resembles Lewis with his big baby blues and hair color. Rowan is a cuddle bear who eats and sleeps with ease and just goes with the flow. He's really smiling a lot and loves to look up at your face with his big open grin. Melts my heart... Then there's Clarky who is the energizer bunny who flaps his arms and kicks his legs like he's about to fly away. He's a little charmer with his grin and side tilt of his head. He looks at you with the cutest smile like he's ready for a party whether it's 6am or 11pm. We think he needs to be a doctor since he can go on little sleep and doesn't want to miss a beat. We've had quite a few family members come and visit since the twins were born which has been so much fun. Nothing better than having family here in the sunny OC. Lance and I are loving life with all the crazy good times that comes with 3 little boys. We count our blessings every day!

Oh Boy, Oh Boy!!!

It's official.. We're having twin BOYS!!! We're very excited and grateful to be adding to our family with double the fun, joy, (stress?). Lewis's world will not be the same, but we think he will be a great big brother. I guess that leaves me seriously outnumbered. At the 20 week ultra sound check up, we were happy to hear that the twins are just the right size, weight, measurement, etc. I'm feeling pretty good in my 2nd trimester and sometimes ask myself, maybe I can do this one more time? Guess I should wait and see what life will be like going from 1 boy to 3!
So to kick things off for our growing family, we sold the Lexus and bought a new mini-van!!! I've entered a whole new world and I couldn't be happier:-)

Early Summer Days...

Lewis's latest fascination has been Volcanoes which he pronounces enthusiatically, "Wahhhh-too"! He loves to take his little red toy that he thinks is a volcano to the park, the pool, and in the bathtub. Whether he fills it with sand, water, or bubbles he'll gently tap the top as if it's erupting and it entertains him for quite awhile.. If he doesn't have his handy red volcano with him, he loves to make his own out of wet sand, blankets, or pillows. Even when I hand him a triangle shape tortilla chip, he says, "Wahhh-too!" Lewis is starting to get into waterfalls now and can easily access them on youtube with my iPhone. One of his favorite things to do remains throwing rocks or anything that will make a splash into water.
So that's been our play theme to start off the summer and we've been having a lot of fun with it... Kaaa-Boom!!!

Spring Trip to Utah

We had a wonderful visit and got to see all of our families. Lewis loved seeing his grandparents, cousins, and especially the rocks in the river! After a long day of fun, out door activities Lewis was plumb-tuckered out...
Here's a link to see video at the river: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEQvyGp3l8I

BREAKING NEWS

Deanna has been spotted in the kitchen!!

No seriously, this is Lance, and I am making a rare posting to our blog to express my gratitude to Deanna for finding such a great place for our family in Irvine. I give her a lot of credit for making it happen after telling me about her favorite park and "dream neighborhood" for so long. We love our new home!

Home Sweet Home

We moved to the promised land... Irvine!!! We've only been here 2 weeks now, and it's everything I was hoping for and more..
When I first discovered Sweet Shade Park, I knew it was where we wanted to be. For the past 2 years I've been driving Lewis out to this park. And now there it is, right outside our front door! The park, the pool, the great neighbors and schools and don't even get me started on the shopping. Hello, Whole Foods! It's everything a mom of a 2-year-old boy would ever want. Lance has taken Lewis to the pool and hot tub 3 time this week and it's February, people.. We're living the dream, baby!