june, in summary

all iphone pics (hence, the not so great quality). i NEVER take photos on my camera any more...pregnancy induced laziness :).

incubating the sweet peas

 

marveling at the fact that we could see one trying to punch the other in the head...glimpse of what the future holds??? (HA)

baby a (to the left) and her fist against baby b's head (bottom right corner)

 

accessorizing...the chickies are newly obsessed with Frubi Sunglasses, we got ours from Olivia Place and I see they are up for sale again today...go check them out. Perfect for the pool (or goofy dress up) and Sadie can't rip them off (as easily):

 

 

perfecting our lemon faces:

creating...

drawing, for harper (look at the two babies in my tummy...it SLAYS me!!!)

 

and scrapping for me...using the SC Documentary line:

 

brainstorming names (yes, i'll share once they are finalized)

reading voraciously

shopping for teensy pink things

and loving having my mom here. we will be so sad when she leaves, we've had such a fabulous time!

see you soon, happy friday, enjoy your fourth!

xxo

s

Comments

[Kristen Welker Cox]

LOL at the drawing. omg. that's a riot and oh so adorable. love the twinsies. so cute that one is "punching" the other. a love tap! =)

[Olivia]

The drawing and the sunglasses are too funny! My Ethan, who is 4, has always worn his sunglasses upside down. He just prefers them that way. I love it.

[JustLulu]

What a cute shirt :) And yes, that pic she drew is simply priceless!!

[Gabrielle Watson]

Wonderful picture, definitely scrapbook worthy! Cute top, the names I'm totally obsessed with right now are:

Penelope Jane (girl)
Desmond Job (boy)
Sawyer James (boy)

I'm not pregnant, but eventually I will be again, so my sweet daughter Harper (It's becoming so common nowadays, teehee) will have someone to play with as she grows up :)

[Tinka]

Love the photos, especially the lemon face ones! Happy 4th to the Howell family. And thank you to J for his service for our country!

[Debbie]

H's picture is priceless!! I can hardly get a preschooler to draw some eyes on their face so the fact that she drew the two babies is wonderful!! Show a lot of attention to detail on her part!!

[Tamara Nicole]

Awww that t-shirt you have on is SUPER cute!!!

[Meghann]

I think I say this all the time, but your girls are the cutest things ever! Can't wait to see the next two! Beautiful layout. Have a great weekend!

[Niru]

Great photos. I love the new blog title, very cute.
Avinash (my 21 month old) makes the funniest lemon faces too!

[Laura]

That's some powerful journaling on that layout, Stephanie. What a beautiful way to reinforce Daddy's love for his girls while he's away.

[Jill Sprott]

Thanks for the update -- I am digging Harper's drawing, times two! : )

[Robin Greene]

I agree about the powerful words on the layout! The pictures are beautiful but the words make it so much more. My husband was in the Air Force for 20 years. Definitely understand what you are going through with all the deployments. Thanks to your whole family for J's service. It is definitely a family event. Have a Happy 4th!

[marianne]

so beautiful layout...and journaling ;)
and congrtulations!!! i am very happy for you and your familly, 4 little girls...it's just, ouahouhhh fantastic!
Kisses from France

[Carrie K]

love!! that layout...always makes me alittle teary seeing pics of J and the girls...and those are really great ones!!

cute twinkle shirt!! i think we need a REAL bump picture..lol

[Carrie K]

Just curious if youre a LOST fan by any chance?? ;)

[Kirsty]

So cute!
My fave names at the moment...Shelby, Matilda, Amelia..just adding to the confusion LOL

[Stacey L.]

So I don't you, but I follow your blog (what scrapbooker wouldn't - they just don't know about you yet!) Anyway, but I have twins (boy/girl) and think it's funny that one of yours is punching - my girl was kicking her brother! And it only gets "worse" once they are here in person. Enjoy!

[Kris Cline]

Gotta jump in on the name bandwagon! I had a darling little girl as student several years ago....Paisley....she was the cutest thing.....but gosh, Bennet and Cameron would be cute girly twinners!
Love Harper's double baby drawings!

[Kathy Martin]

CUTE shirt! Mail it to me so I can add another star! ;)

[Ann]

Sweet entry...and your iphone pictures are just fine! Your daughters have a different look so are you taking bets as to which one your identical kids will look like??

[Vanessa M Santamaria]

LOVE all your photos :) and that Documentary layout is awesome... Happy 4th of July to you!!!

[erin]

so sweet!

[rosie]

ahh, portraits as seen through kids' eyes are the best!! congrats on the growing family :)

[Amy]

Your girls are sooo precious...and artistic! Love these photos. Fantastic layout too. I'm happy for you all to be spending time with you mom.
Have a Happy 4th!!

[Tina Cockburn]

How about Nadia and Nadine? Maren and Margaux? Hannah and Hailey? Chloe and Zoe? (Somebody stop me, please!)

Before we adopted our son we were considering identical twin girls whose names were Ketie and Ketia (Ke-t-ah) and we were going to rename them Mary Ketie and Ketia Marie.

Twin names are so fun! Although matchy-matchy is cute, I think unique and individual names are great too. Looking forward to hearing what you choose!

Congrats again!

[Rebecca C]

I like the names Darcie and Shelby. They would be cute with Sadie and Harper.
Rebecca C

[Angela W]

Wonderful post as always! I love the pic of Sadie before biting the lemon! The girls are getting so big!

[mandy ni bhraonain]

awwwwww......I just got to watch one of those cute twin fights on DVD the other day, my sis got a copy of her 4d scan, she is having the very same twin pregnancy as you, one placenta, thin membrane,and identical but she is having two boys!, you could even see them cuddle on the screen too, so cute, a sign of things to come I am sure! hope you are doing OK, hugs mandy xx :)

[leslie]

I say Bennett and Londyn