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Wow, so it looks like it’s been over a week since I posted something. I don’t have any entertaining photos or videos this time – sorry to disappoint. It just wasn’t one of those weeks.

This past week we saw another changing of the guard when grandma Susan went home to Spokane and grandpa Rick came down to spend three weeks with his adoring grandchildren (and daughter and me too I guess). We had a two day period though before Rick got here that we were alone just the four of us and that was really hard. Taking care of two newborns is definitely a full-time two person job which Rachel and I could do, but it’s really hard considering that I have to work as well. That’s why the help from the family has been so amazing.

Jesse and Noah are now a month old, and while they’ve put on quite a bit of weight and length, they haven’t changed much. Jesse is still heartbreakingly and maddeningly fussy. We wish we could figure out what’s making him so uncomfortable. Noah has been much better although he’s been having some gastrointestinal distress too. Fortunately, it’s not making him too irritable. They still don’t track with their eyes or smile, but apparently that’s coming soon and they will be the first real developmental changes that we’ll see in them.

This weekend Rachel’s sister Bekah is in San Diego to compete in a physicians assistant conference and has been staying with us and helping out. It’s really great to see her and she’s been wonderful with Jesse, who always needs a little extra love. Yesterday our good friend Jamie came over and did our laundry, cooked for us, changed babies, and brought all around good cheer.

This past weekend we went with our friends Ed and Jamie and their daughter Celia to their mountain house in Green Valley Lake (map). Celia’s friend Nicholas joined us as did Rachel’s brother Tim from LA. For the most part, we ate too much and sat around a lot—so you could say it was a perfect weekend. For photos, click here.