Drum roll please...

Well the verdict is in. Can you guess what sex the twins are? It's not what I thought, but someone else guessed right on. Yep, we are having two......GIRLS! We are excited and are now accepting all donations (j/k) as it will be more expensive to dress these two little bundles of joy!

Thanksgiving 2008

So it has been a tradition of Bjorn and I to travel to Yosemite National Park each Thanksgiving to camp in the beautiful Valley. It didn't happen last year as Myles was only about 7 weeks old. This year we thought we would give it a go. It is always cold this time of year, but with free hot showers near by it's not that bad. If you get too cold you just go take a warm shower and you are set.


This year like most we were one of the few tent campers. The camp ground if full because it is the last weekend it's open, but because of the cold I guess most opt to camp in an RV of some sort. Well not the Dodd's. We are the good ol' fashion campers who do it all in a tent. We even cook a full Turkey dinner to boot. It is just beautiful there and we always have a great time. We made some changes this year. One, we left the dog home. He doesn't like the cold, and he can't go on most of the trails. Two, we got a bigger tent. It's like sleeping in the Hilton. Big enough for a queen size blow up bed and the pack-n-play and still have tons of room for Myles to play in. Third, we came home a day early. One of the neighbors who we met saw us packing up on Saturday morning. He came to chat with Bjorn and Bjorn just nicely told him that the baby was done. I yelled from inside the tent that the pregnant mommy was done! I have to get some points for even coming, right! I have to say that it isn't any fun to get out of the warm sleeping bag in the middle of the night to go hang your butt out in the woods somewhere to pee, two or three times a night. Then there was the "I think I'm going to be sick" problem. If you puke just anywhere is the bear who roams through the camp going to find it and come looking for more? I just didn't sleep well and by the 3rd night I was done.


Myles had a great time being outside. He didn't like wearing all the gear to keep him warm, especially the mittens, but they were a must at 30 degrees. Plus it's hard to walk around where there are all kinds of obstacles when your just a new walker. Needless to say he spent much time on the ground. Hot showers were a must this trip! Here are a few pictures from this years adventure.

What a differance a year makes

(sorry the quality isn't very good it was an email picture that my friend took for me. )

So last year Myles went to see Santa. We waited almost an hour in line and he sat nicely for the picture. This year we waited all of 3 min. and sit nicely isn't what I would call it. More like scream your heart out. He hated Santa! Wouldn't stop crying till I took him off the lap of Santa. It's funny to see the differences between then and now.

Watch out world

Myles has finally taken to walking. He's a little drunk sailor at times, but overall not that bad for three days practice. He's now more than ever a handful at church. He doesn't want anything to do with sitting quietly on the bench. Life keeps moving on at the Dodd home...

Myles the Moose

Myles looks a little like a dear in the headlights in this picture

Our Church had it's annual Trunk-or-treat last Monday. It's a great idea, especially for people who live in Los Angeles that don't want their children to roam the streets collecting candy on Halloween. Everyone comes dressed in costumes and they have dinner, pumpkin carving, games and a spook alley for the kids and then everyone heads to the parking lot for "trunk-or-treating". It's a lot of fun and the kids love it. You don't worry about your kids getting scary things in their candy bags and the parents stand around and talk. It's fun for everyone. Myles and Bjorn dressed up as Moose, and I was the Pig. We won the pumpkin carving contest and I won for the funniest costume. All in all it was a great night.

Telling Tuesday

This is a very sad little dog. He was vomiting all day Sunday. When this happens he goes outside to eat anything he can find, thus inducing more vomit. Well I guess he ate something that he was allergic to. In a 30 min. period this is what his face looked like. His entire face and mouth started to swell. So much so that he needed a steroid shot and some epinephrine to get him back to normal, well semi normal. I couldn't even lift his lip up to see his gums, his mouth was so swollen. I guess this is a lesson to us, don't let the dog eat everything in site!

Swollen

Normal

Happy Birthday Dear Myles!

Myles turned 1 on the 1st of October. Since we were going to be in Utah over that time we had a Halloween theme party on the 3rd for him. It was fun. Lots of friends and family. Everyone dressed up and the kids all had a really great time together.

It's the pig and her pigglet and the farmer if you can't tell what we were going for.
(sorry I forgot to rotate this before importing it)
We ate a dinner of pizza, chicken Cesar salad, fruit sticks and veggie tray and dip. We followed it up by having Martha Steward pumpkin cake(for the adults), witch and mummy cupcakes for the kids.

Myles wasn't too interested in eating or playing in his cupcake. I think he was getting sleepy.

Then the games really began. We played pin the tale of the black cat, and the witch hat ring toss. Then Myles opened a few gifts and everyone went home.

I think that everyone had a great time. Myles especially loved the party. He was a total ham when everyone was paying him attention. He learned to climb up the stairs (not down) and was laughing while holding the spindles. Thanks to mom and Kristin for lots of help getting things ready and picked up after.

*note* we ate dinner in the back yard at moms house, the following week we had six inches of snow in the back yard!