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Every once in a while, I like to reminisce. I am kind of a digital packrat and love to go back and look at old pictures. (Okay, I’m a packrat in real life too. I’ll admit it.)

We’ll start off with October 2005 (Don’t have many pictures from September, as it was all Katrina evacuation time.) Here’s one of my goofier bridal portraits. Not the one hanging in my living room. 😛

Now let’s go back to…September 2006! Oh, here’s a picture of my mom and my adorable, sweet niece, Ellie. Can you believe she just started kindergarten? Yeah, me neither.

September 2007…I was 20 weeks pregnant with the triplets, and I bought some of my first baby clothes. I didn’t know we were having boys, but I think maybe deep down I did know. These aren’t exactly girly…

Okay, now we’re getting into the more fun times..September 2008. The boys are nine months old.

Okay, technically this is August 31. The boys are playing at my mom’s house with our friend Liam. What you can’t tell here is that the power is out. We had evacuated right into Hurricane Gustav’s path. Back at home, our power never even went out. Sigh.

Oh, this is fun! Last year at this time, I was with Miles in Virginia visiting my sister and my best friend. Here’s Miles holding a package of girl’s Yo Gabba Gabba underpants that I was suckered into buying. Because, well, it was kind of cute how fixated on them he was.

My goodness, I can’t believe how young he looks!

And now September 2010. Oliver!

Well, today we had the second audition and I wasn’t hugely optimistic when we left. But when I saw an ad on Craigslist and Facebook, posted two hours after I left, looking for “16-24 month boy. Should be outgoing, friendly, trusting of others, enjoy meeting new people, good listener, slender build,” I knew it must not have gone well.

(I wish them all the best finding a kid that age who fits all those criteria. Why do I suspect these casting people do not have children of their own?)

Anyway, it was a fun experience. Maybe next time we’ll have more luck!

Miles gives them “the look”:

I just got a call from the casting company, wanting the boys to come back tomorrow morning for a second audition. Eeep! Apparently they’re auditioning little girls for the role of the big sister, and I suppose they want to see how the kids get along? Who knows, just wish us luck!

Oh, Linus did something really sweet yesterday. Miles was sitting in the middle row, and Linus was directly behind him. As we drove away from George’s parents’ house, Linus started freaking out, screaming and crying. (I know, real cute, eh?) When he finally calmed down enough to hear what he was saying, I realized he thought we left Miles back at Granny and Grandpa’s house. When we had Miles raise his hand so Linus could see it, he immediately calmed down.

Is that not the sweetest thing ever? Heart…melt.

I am entering the weekly I Heart Faces challenge again. This week the subject is Photojournalism. I’d say the story behind this picture is only known to the three goofballs in the chair, giggling over who-knows-what.

Okay, so perhaps the boys weren’t quite cut out to be models…so maybe movie stardom is their fate instead?

Yesterday was their first audition, for the film adaptation of On the Road. They’d be playing a little boy named Ray, son of the character Marylou, played by everyone’s favorite vampire-lover, Kristen Stewart.

So in spite of the day’s rain, we got to the casting office with a little time to spare. Tee, George and I read them their dinosaur books while other sets of twins hung out with their parents.

There was a set that looked about a year old, and a set that looked maybe the same age as the boys, and another set somewhere in between. It’s possible that I’m a tiny bit biased, but I think our boys were the cutest. (But I suppose the other moms were thinking the same about their kids. I hope!) Also, we were the only ones who didn’t dress their kids exactly alike. The boys were wearing the same outfits, but in different colors. I wanted the casting people to be able to tell them apart, but then again, maybe they don’t want to be able to? Hmm. But I think I made the right decision, because they asked me which boy was which and I was able to tell them by color. What would the other parents have told them? “Oh, Bobby is the one with the slightly fuller cheeks”?

They were being a bit clingy, which worried me, but to my delight, when we were called into the audition room, they went willingly. George, Tee, and I had to wait outside of the actual filming room while the boys auditioned.

One of the casting people explained that in the scene they were casting, the little boy would be asleep on his Daddy’s chest, and then Mommy would pick him up and transfer him to his bed. Still sleeping. Still pretending to be asleep. Call me crazy, but they wanted one year olds to do this? The ad I responded to was looking for one year old twins, but I cannot imagine one year olds knowing how to pretend to be asleep. So I’m thinking their age will be an advantage here.

I know they were taking pictures of the boys, and getting them on film. I could hear them saying things like “hug your brother” and then a lot of “good job!”s, which is promising. I was so happy that no one cried or whined or anything. I was truly shocked that they willingly went into the room with the cameras, without me and George. Clearly, they are naturals. Heh.

After about ten minutes, the boys came out, and then one at a time, they went back into the room. I guess to see how they were on their own. Again, no tears or anything. Oliver did bust in while Linus was in the room, though. There might be a touch of codependency going on, but I thought it was kind of sweet.

And that was it, really. They said they’d know something by the end of the week, so now we just cross our fingers and hope for the best!

(And I do realize that if they don’t get it, it’s no big deal. It would just be fun if they did.)