It has been a long time since I have blogged. I have thought about it often, but have just not had the time. I have missed the blogging world and can't wait to get caught up on everyone's blogs.
In the past 6 months (wow has it really been that long?) Cassady turned 6. She is such my sweet girl. She is a big helper with the babies. She loves them so much and loves to play with them. They are so excited when she gets home from school. She is loving school and is progressing quickly with her reading. She enjoys coloring pictures for other people and writing little messages on them.
AJ and Addie are 1.

I can't believe it has been a year! Addie is my eater and sleeper. She loves to eat!

She is a little scavenger and will find anything on the floor and eat it.
She will put her arm in the air and squawk when she wants a cracker or a treat. I have to keep them out of site or she always want one. Not only does she want one, but one in each hand. In fact as I am typing she has gotten in the diaper bag and found the treats.
In the pic she finds the treats, but takes them to AJ who can open the lid (She can't) and then he holds them for her. Quite the tag team. At about 9 months she took a tumble (head over heels a few times) down the stairs and she must of hit her chin and shoved those two little bottom teeth up into her upper gums. She bled quite a bit and it was the saddest thing, but all of the sudden she had 4 top teeth with no teething problems what so ever. They have been coming in slowly, but breaking open those gums sure helped her teeth come in easily. She has the cutest smile with all those 8 teeth. She is also a bitter. Don't know if that has anything to do with all those teeth, I kinda doubt it. If she is mad at you watch out for those teeth! Poor AJ is usually on the receiving end. She is my sleeper too. She has a bottle at 8:30 pm and then will sleep to 7am. She sleeps right through her brother's screaming.
AJ is quite the handful. He is walking really well now and hardly ever crawls. He climbs on everything.
He is a natural Houdini. He can get out of the seat belt in his highchair and the shopping carts. He can get the cabinet locks off the cabinets. The only thing he has not seemed to get into, is if the door is closed. He keeps me on my toes. He is great fun to play cars with in the kitchen and Cassady loves to wrestle with him. He is having issues with the sleep thing though. I still feed him once a night. He wakes up more times than that though. Half the nights he ends up in bed with us. Not good I know but after he wakes up every hour you are so tired it just doesn't matter at 3 am. He has a temper and can throw a fit, when he doesn't get what he wants. He'll arch his back and then hang his head with the saddest face and big crocodile tears.
He studies everything and likes to try what everyone is doing. He is always putting something in something bigger and if it won't fit he gets upset and I have to take them away. He likes to have treats, but is not so sure about sitting and eating. It is to slow paced for him.
We had planned on going to the zoo on their birthday, but weather was bad so we headed off to the aquarium. When we got there there was a line out the door and not a single parking space. We headed off to Jungle Jim's instead. All the kids had a lot of fun.


Even this big kids had fun.




The jeeps were the babies favorite

AJ even rode it alone.

What a good big sister!

Slides were a little snug for those over 2 feet tall.



WAIT! Don't forget me!
We had dinner with my parents and Trevor and Darci. They had a great time with their cakes.





Trying to get Cassie to try some. He got her right on the cheek.

On a sugar high and she zoned out on Darci for awhile.
They got some clothes, a bath toy holder, Candy land sweet celebrations and a Wagon.
It was a lot of fun.
We spent a night at a hotel in provo for part of Spring break thanks to Grandpa Andy. We went swimming and Addie is a fish. Aj was not to sure of it. No pics of swimming, not enough hands. Cassady and watching TV and having cheerios.


Addie lounging with the remote. She knows how to vacation.

A few days later we went to Baby Animal days with Josh's mom, sister's, their kids and Grandma Z.

Addison watched them, but was not to excited to touch them.



AJ liked thier beaks and kept trying to pull on them.

Didn't like the easter bunny

After we had dinner and cake.
don't know why it is sideways. These little cakes we free from Maceys for their first birthday and they turned out cute as ever.


Yes, I let them pig out on cake twice!
This time he used a fork.

It has really been a roller coaster year of tremendous highs and devastating lows. We survived and are ready for the new challenges having 2 will bring us.

How you clean the kitchen with twins?! J/K How you clean one with poop all over and the other that was jealous she wasn't in.
They have been such an awesome addition to our family. We all adore them and enjoy every minute we have with them! We you babies! Happy Birthday AJ man and Addie bug!!!!!

6 months!!!!

6 month pictures we had taken at Target that turned out better than we ever expected! Aren't they the cutest babies!!!! Thanks to Koby for the Fireman hat! If you want to check out the rest of the pics, go to my facebook page.

6 months! Where did the time go? As my friend pointed out the twins are 1/2 a year old. That is crazy to me that it has been that long, since they were born.
Addison weighs 12 lbs 7 ozs and is 24 in long. Addison is my sweet little Addie bug. She loves to do this little laugh, just to get any ones attention. She loves to just coo. She likes to be in the middle of things going on. She is such a good baby! She has mastered rolling over and can roll all over. She can sit for a little while, but when she falls over it scares her and she arches her back. Which makes her hit her head on the ground first and pretty hard. I don't like to sit her up unless you are right there with her. She is my little eater. She loved the rice cereal and would eat a ton of it. We started peas the other day and she ate and ate and ate. After half the jar was gone she started gaging on it. It was like she was just eating so fast she wasn't even tasting it. She seems to like the peas, but still gags once in awhile. She loves to go shopping as long as she is the one in the front pack. Her little face lights up and she squeals when we go pick up Cassady from school. She still loves her Bottles and cry's if she sees them. She will open her mouth and grab at it if you put one in front of her. She likes her binky and can be put to sleep easily with one. She popped her first tooth on Sept. 18 and her second yesterday. I really didn't even know she was teething until we saw the 1st tooth. The second tooth wasn't as easy. She is rather shy, but warms up after a little while. We just spent 5 days at my parents house and she warmed up to grandma and grandpa. She instantly took to my brother Trevor. Kylee and I think her hair will be brown and with those big brown eyes she just melts your heart.
AJ weighs 14 lbs 7 oz and is 26 inches long. AJ is almost completely opposite of Addie. He sits up with ease and goes from his bum to his knees. At about 5 1/2 months he started crawling. In the last week he has gotten so fast. While at my parents he started pulling himself up on things. He even climbed a stair after watching Cass do it. He is crazy! He never sits still and is always on the go. He is also so loud and will scream, just to hear himself scream. He loves to blow raspberries, which sometimes makes Addie laugh. I think he is teething (I have thought that for 3 months now). He is the drooliest. He will crawl over to you and just bite you and if he gets skin it hurts. He doesn't bite while I am nursing him. Thanks goodness. He still does not sleep through the night. He did for about a week and I was so excited, but it was short lived. Last night he got up at midnight and 5 am. At 5 he is up for a few hours and by then Addie is up and Josh is gone. Sleep is something I long for. When some one gets AJ to laugh we all stop and listen to him. He is so fun to see laughing. The other night at my mom's it was just me and Cass and the babies and I was laying on the floor with both babies holding onto me and I had them both laughing. Cass and I had so much fun making them both laugh. AJ is the biggest Mama's boy. Which is OK with me most of the time. He loved being outside. He would crawl to the end of the blanket and eat the grass. He has the best smile that lights up his whole face and it makes everyone smile. He loved his cereal at first then after a few weeks he refused to eat anymore. I eventually got him eating a little cereal again. Then we started peas! He is loving the peas. He really likes to blow raspberries once I put a spoonful in his mouth. We all end up with peas all over us.

My 2 favorite guys
Playing with my Cass
AJ helping get grandma's Christmas gifts ready during conference.
We try to go out and try to do normal things. Like the living planet aquarium.

Thanks to grandma for always being willing to pack a baby. She gets some weird looks.

Some days are great with the babies and some are a nightmare! We are doing well, I think. Josh is great to help out when he gets home. He is organizing his time really well now that he is in the bishopbric. He is always thinking about how he could give me a break. Although this Sunday will be our first Sunday without family here to help. Wish us luck!

5 Months old

Almost 25 lbs of Baby!

The twins are 5months old. Can you believe it? I can't!

AJ is sitting up by himself for a few minutes. He loves to roll around and scoot on his face and knees. He gets up on hands and knees and will rock back and forth and then fall over on his face. With him it is always a wrestling match. Bathing, dressing, holding rocking, feeding, you name it. The boy does not hold still!! He has the biggest most adorable smile, which he gives out freely. He loves to talk. He is pretty easy to get to sleep. I just have to put a quilt over him all the way up to his face and rock him. Although he still gets up at least once a night. He loves to eat his cereal. He is my sweet little boy!

Addison is now rolling over with ease and has started rolling all over the place. She loves to go pick up Cass from school and her face lights up with a huge smile when Cassady comes out. She doesn't like it when she can see or hear her dad and he is not holding her. She is becoming quite the chunkers. She has the cutest chunky legs and cheeks and chin and belly. She still weighs a pound less then AJ, but everyone always asks if she is bigger. She loves to play and giggle. It makes my day when she giggles. She is starting to give big wet slobber kisses (as Cassady calls them). When Addison gets tired I put her down in her crib give her her bink and her bunny put a blanket on up to her chin and she goes to sleep. Too easy, don't tell her that. She can be a drama queen and throw a fit, especially if she wants a bottle or you put her in her car seat. She is starting to eat the cereal better, but can suck down those bottles of hers. She is such a joy!
Josh and I were just discussing that we finally feel like we can go places and do things. At least when we are together. I still dread having to go anywhere alone. I have done it a few times and it has worked out well, but I just want to. I have had them all alone every day while Cass is at school and mostly until the girls get home. Cassady is a big help and I didn't realize how big until she started school. She loves them so much. We are doing it and surviving.
Yesterday we celebrated 5 months by going to Ogden. Jordan had an eye appointment to get contacts. You didn't know she wears glasses? It couldn't be because she never wears them. She will now be able to see without the embarrassment of glasses. We went shopping and everyone got gifts. Josh and I got a new stroller.

We both realized that other did not really like the stroller we had, but didn't want to complain. I had researched it and had really wanted it. It is so big and heavy and you have to take the seats off every time you fold it up. Such a pain. Now we have a side-by-side one also. It was the floor model and someone in the store gave us a 20% off coupon. We couldn't resist. Kylee got a new dress. It is so cute and salmon colored. You will have to attend church with us to see it though. I am sure she will never wear it any other time. Cass got a dress and some pants and leggings. The babies got clothes. We all went to dinner afterwards. It was a really fun day!Who are all these kids and why do they keep calling me mom!?

Cassady's first day of Kindergarten

Cassady started Kindergarten yesterday. As you can imagine she was so excited. She got Mrs. Carlisle. Not the teacher we wanted, but I think she will do good. There are a lot of neighborhood kids her age in our area which is fun, but only one in her class. We have a system worked out with Justin and Jodi, where Josh will take Cass and Kaylee to school one week and Justin will do it the next. When Jodi is feeling up to it, (She just had a C-Section) She and I will take turns picking them up. It will be nice to not have to pick her up every day once it gets cold. I am missing her terribly, but am excited for her to go to school. Wish us luck when homework starts!

Getting ready for the 1st day. Is AJ ready?

Is Addie?

Bright eyed or half asleep, but beautiful in her new school dress. All ready to go.Walking to schoolWaiting for the bell at the crayon schoolWhere she sits in her class.