Thursday, April 29, 2010

If It Is Not One It Is The Other


Six months ago I decided to get the babies on a schedule, at least in the morning when no one else is here. I was hoping that would help and they could at least get in one good nap. It worked and has been great for us, all except for ONE thing! Here is our morning schedule:
Eat Breakfast between 8 and 8:30
Fill up the tub
Put babies in to play
Addison poop in the tub
Pull babies out of tub
Wash poop down tub
Clean out tub
Put babies back in tub
Wash babies
Let them play
Take them out
Head to their room
Wrestle on diapers
let them play and read books (Addie's new favorite)
At 10 we go down stairs for a cracker and drink
Nap time between 10:30 and 11
The other day, I decided we were not going to get in the tub until Addie had pooped. AJ stood at the gate at the bottom of the stairs and cried, until Addie finally pooped. I changed her and we went upstairs to get in the tub. AJ decided we couldn't get off schedule and for the first time, for him, HE POOPED IN THE TUB!!!!!!
The saying if it is not one it is the other, is my life right now!

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Double Trouble!


AJ figured out how to get into the entertainment center. Thanks to Wendy, we put a lock on it.AJ is always climbing and has started teaching Addie! He pushes the timeout chair to what he wants to get up on. Picture was blurry, cuz Josh decided to let go of the camera and try to catch Addie. Poor Addie.
While I cleaned up the bathroom, They pulled out all the books.
Addie decided to start climbing without AJ doing it first.

Relaxing in the bookcase.

What happens after a bath when you are trying to diaper 2.
Highchairs are still in the wash. Got the idea off a product I saw and just used a sheet to Tye them to a chair. worked pretty well, but AJ was so excited to sit in a big chair he didn't try to get out. I don't think it would hold him in if he tried.
They love to pull out all the diapers and spread them all over the living room.
Trying to watch Ky on the tramp.
There are so much more trouble they get into, but I never have hands or time to grab a camera. They are such a tag team duo! They keep me running, (to save their life's), laughing and cleaning.

Monday, April 19, 2010



I did it, finally! Everyone keeps making fun of AJ's long hair, more accurately his mullet. I cut it the other night, but I love the mullet, so I left the length in the back. I will probably end up shaving the whole thing for summer, but it scared me when that first hair fell. So right now we will stick with the cute little spiky mullet.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Baby Carter

One of my favorite pics of Hayden and Baby Carter

Yesterday was another 1 year mark for us. It was one year from the day my precious nephew, Baby Carter, passed away. I really miss that he was not able to grow up with my little guy as his best cousin.
We spent the day with Sarah, JJ, and Hayden (Carter's Family). We went to the aquarium to see the penguins. It was fun and interesting. We got a personal tour from the manager of the aquarium. It was great and all the kids loved watching the penguins. We also visited Carter's grave site. We let go of balloons, it was a gorgeous day, but it just so happened that when we let go of the balloons the wind blew. Half the balloons got stuck in a tree. We spent awhile shaking trees, throwing rocks, and using a 20 foot PVC pipe, to get them out of the trees. At the cemetery Hayden walked around telling his cousin that while looking at headstones, "2 horses and a kid died." There was horse pictures on the headstone. It was so cute and funny and so sad all at the same time. We played the rest of the day at Sarah's and looked at Carter's scrapbook. My sister-in-law is so amazing. She is the best mom! She is so good and sweet with my twins who are so close in age to what Carter should be.
Last year I made a commitment to be a better mom, to honor Carter. I make sure all my kids know I love them everyday, even when I get the eye rolls or the selective hearing, but at least they know. I am going to continue working on being the best mom I can. I am going to be grateful for middle of the night feedings, because it means I get to feed my babies, or grateful for nightmares and growing pains at 2 am, because it means she is growing. I will be grateful for earaches, because there are antibiotics to cure them. Thanks to Baby Carter for that.
We will miss Baby Carter and always wonder what it would be like and how things would be different if he was still here.

Monday, April 12, 2010

AJ's Shiner

AJ has his first shiner. I am sure it won't be his last. Right before church he fell and hit his face on the dresser. He was wearing the cutest little purple suit to church that his Auntie Sarah gave him. He just really wanted to match his eye to his suit.Just too cute had to add this one in!

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Jordan's Driving


Jordan turned 16 a few weeks ago and got her license. She got her official driving license in the mail yesterday. It has been nice to send her to the store and to pick up or drop off Ky and Cass at Gym or dance. So far she is enjoying running errands. We will see how long that lasts. She also went on her first date!!! When did I get old enough to have a 16 year old?

Monday, March 8, 2010

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!!!!!