The girls are finally here!

Lily Nicole and Sophia Ann where born on November 13, 2007. I had no idea I would receive such a wonderful gift on my birthday. Lily is the bigger one on the right with all the hair. She was born at 7:30pm, weighing 5lb 8oz and measuring 17 1/2 inches long. Sophia came after her big sister at 7:44pm weighing 4lb 9oz and measuring 18 inches long. They both did very well for only being 36 weeks gestation. Lily had a little bit of a rough start. She spent three days in the NICU recovering from the birth. We feel so blessed to have had two beautiful healthy girls with minimal complications. We came home from the hospital on Thursday with Sophie and were able to go back the next day and pick up Lily. Sophie really missed her sister that first night home. They love to be next to each other as you can see.


Sophia Ann Waite


Lily Nicole Waite


The proud big brother!

More Pictures

Picking Pumpkins

Last week we took Mckinley to Thanksgiving Point to pick out a pumpkin. He picked out a little one that was just his size. He carried that pumpkin around for several days. He even slept with it! Right now I need to figure out were it's gone to. It could be under his bed somewhere? I guess we'll know when we start smelling rotting pumpkin.

Baby Fat

I sat here debating on whether or not I wanted to post this picture of me. I know that I'm pregnant with twins, but it still is difficult to see myself in the mirror sometimes, literally. I'm braving through my insecurities and posting this picture so everyone can see that there are truly two babies in there. So enjoy this picture!

Adventures in Utah

This is our Mckinley with his friend Mckinley. Your not crazy they have the same name.


We are having so much fun living in Utah and being close to family and friends. We went to the Utah State Fair with our friends McKinley and Andrea Oswald and their two kids. The kids were so excited to ride the ponies. Our Mckinley kept patting his pony and saying, "your my best friend."


I actually did a Halloween craft project with Mack. We painted some wood Halloween cut outs and hung them in his room. I was pretty impressed with myself, and as you can see so was Mack.



This is us at the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point. We took Mckinley there one rainy Saturday afternoon. We tried to go to the zoo, but decided this was a better option considering the weather.


Last but not least Mckinley looking quite sharp for Sunday. I don't know how the little girls in nursery can stand it! I mean he dresses so sophisticated for his age.

Mckinley's Birthday!

The day we moved was also Mckinley's 3rd birthday. So, after we packed and cleaned the house we headed over to Russ and Emily Carilson's house to spend the night and celebrate Mckinley's birthday. We were so tired, but knew it might help Mckinley with all the new transition. That night he kept asking Bryan and I if we could go home to our house. It broke my heart. Fortunately the next morning his real concern was for his superman action figure and spiderman backpack he had received for his birthday.

Moving to Utah

In August we made the big move to Utah. I know we are crazy! We hadn't even lived in Yakima a year and already we were leaving. Bryan and I wished we could take our house and neighborhood with us. We loved both so much. I have to admit I shed a few tears when we closed and locked to door. Mckinley was way more interested in the movers loading the truck to really grasp that we were actually leaving our house forever. Mckinley knew each one of our movers by name and we even found him a couple of times sitting on some boxes in the truck, just watching them work. Luckily the movers found him more endearing than annoying. We were so blessed to have UVSC pay for our move. I 'm so glad we didn't have to load a Uhaul ourselves and drive accross four states with a three-year-old and me pregnant with twins!

The Twins Baby Shower and My Sister Morena's Visit to Yakima

I'm still playing catch up with my blog. I know some of you want to see more recent pictures, but I just can't until I post some of these old ones. In August my sister Mori came to visit me in Yakima. I loved having her there! She helped with Mckinley and helped pack up our house. I'm so blessed to have such great siblings! While she was visiting us, our ward in Yakima through me a baby shower. It was so fun to get little girl things! I am having lots of fun with pink! I never knew it could be so fun to buy little girl things.

Seattle Aquarium

I wanted to post some more pictures of stuff we did in Seattle. We loved being so close to such a great city, and to take advantage of the exciting activities it has to offer, like the aquarium. We also frequented the flagship REI, which was one of the main attractions for us.

Dance Mckinley!

It's kind of a Waite tradition to play the Beatles song Birthday on your Birthday. Well, we did it this year for Bryan in July and again for Mckinley in August. Mckinley also wanted us to play it over and over again during the week and the weekend. If you notice in the pictures he is using a magic marker to direct and follow the beat. He calls it his, "mission completion". This is from Little Einstein’s, which is his favorite show. I know this will sound a little bias, but the kid can dance!

June California Trip

Mckinley dancing with his cousins Jessica, Tasha, and Tiana


Riding to Laguna Beach with Jessica, Tiana, Tannessa, and Emma


Mckinley buried alive and loving every minute of it!


More cousins: Mckay, Tannessa, and Emma


Bryan and my sister Carol swing dancing!


Both my older sisters had daughters that graduated this year from high school. So to celebrate we had a huge party and danced the night away. My sister Mori knows how to throw one mean luau! We had Hawaiian BBQ, fire dancers, and a DJ. It was so much fun!


The sisters: Carol, Me, and Mori. We were sad that our little sister Laeni couldn't make it to California.