Funniest Thing

I didn't really want to do a blog because I am almost do for the 11 month update. But Connor did something SO funny, I had to document it. Now this is something that I can see as only being humorous to a mother, but still, I thought I would share. I will post their month update in the next week, so be sure to check back:

A good day!!!

What an AWESOME day!

As most parents know... kids are tough! The twins are getting so mobile, it is driving us bonkers. I can not tell you how many times in one day we have to yell at the boys, "NO" for hitting the television or something of the sort. Anyway... needless to say, things have been crazy! But today.... today was a good day!

It started off with David getting the boys out of bed, and we got them up and had breakfast. I took the boys to the splash pad, which was SUPER entertaining! It was a little cooler than I thought. I started the water, while the boys were crawling around. They enjoyed it for a bit (like 2 minutes), and then I think Connor got cold. I held Connor, but Skyler was having WAY too much fun, and I couldn't end it. So Connor and I stood close by and watched Skyler chase the water spouts. The spouts rotate, so when one would turn off, Skyler would listen and look for the next one, and jet on over to it. And I am not saying he would just sit by it, he was full on, under it, like he was taking a shower. He made me laugh SO hard. I was mad I didn't have the camera :(

This outing was then followed up by a 2 hour nap... need I say more! Then lunch and the grocery store, where I found avocados for $.50. Connor has decided that now that I WANT him to eat finger foods, he doesn't want to. SUPER picky, SUPER annoying, and he once liked avocados when Papa and Grandma Teresa brought us like 30. We came back and then a 1 hour nap. Then dinner... the struggle of my life with Connor... who ate like 1/3 of the avocado and 2 vienna sausages! David had to go up to Cedar to fulfill his son/grandson-ly duty, leaving me with the kids. Not a big deal at all, but I was alone with them for the rest of the night... a whole... 2 hours :)

I decided that before the kids would go to bed, I would try to find some church clothes because anything that fits Skyler around the waist is too long, and anything that fits Connor around the waist are floods. So I left the kids in the front room briefly while I went and surveyed the clothes status, when..... I hear..... laughing, not from one, but from BOTH of the kids at the same time. This surprised me to hear both of them, so I went out and saw my boys totally playing together, and laughing. From the pictures you can see they were playing around the excersaucer. One would be in the saucer, the other would be out playing Peek-A-Boo (their version at least). Then they would both be in, and then one out and one in! This went on for about 5-10 minutes! So awesome, I loved it!

Now they are both in bed asleep, and it is my turn to sleep in tomorrow!

Since I am posting I thought I would add a few more pictures!

For our anniversary we went down to Vegas (we were there anyway for some other stuff) and got a hotel. My mom (Grandma Carma) brought the boys over in the morning along with my brother and 3 boys and my bro-in-law and 1 of his boys. We all went swimming... super fun. Anyway, this is a picture of my mom and the boys. I took like 5 pictures and I found it funny that the ONE where both boys were looking... my mom wasn't!

This is the type of stuff I am dealing with here!

David had to leave town for a day for work, and the boys missed him. When he got home that night he went to check on the boys, Connor instinctively knew David was in the room I guess and woke up. He got to spend a little one-on-one daddy time before going back to bed.




Another long, wordy blog... sorry guys!

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10 months old

TEN MONTHS
Can you believe it?

The boys are ten months old today. This has been a very fun month. We went to Hatch for the first time with the boys for the 4th of July (blog posted below), took the boys swimming bunch. They both love the water, and are getting used to being dunked. I do a little mini lesson with them each time we go. They are both on the move all the time, and never go in the same direction. They are into EVERYTHING, except their toys. They are both learning so much about what is going on around them. They are SO observant.

I took the boys to get their pictures taken and was suckered into buying the CD. Anyway, I am a little disappointed because there weren't a whole lot of good ones on there. My kids are usually SOO happy, but get a stranger with a camera, and it is the total opposite :(

I took the boys to an expo thing, and got these cute pictures taken, and of course, they would NOT cooperate :( But they are still cute. Skyler wouldn't stop crying so he had to keep his cracker.

SKYLER

• Army crawls
• Has 2 bottom teeth
• Can mimic us (head shake, clap, tongue blowing, nose snorting, etc.)
• Pulls himself up on furniture
• Likes to sit on the step
• Goes up on his hands and feet and looks at his feet (in picture above)
• Recognized his name
• Loves finger foods
• Likes to go swimming and enjoys any form of water
• Steels Connor's toys and then as Connor tries to get it back, he teases him by switching hands around. Sad but entertaining to watch
  

CONNOR

• Recognizes his name and "no" (whether or not he obeys is a different story)
• Master crawler
• Stands and walks with help of furniture
• Can stand for a millisecond on own
• Is the pickiest eater
• Has 3 bottom teeth and fangs on top
• Tries to climb up stuff
• Likes water and the pool
• Likes to be thrown up in the air
• Crawls to and reaches for us when we enter a room after he hasn't seen us for a while
  

As for David and me, not a whole lot. We are both still running. I am proud to announce that I ran more than David AGAIN this month. Even with my back problems, and basically cutting my miles in half. I topped off the month at 26 miles. Sad that 15 of them were in the first week of July alone:( I will continue to do low miles and pilates until my back gets stronger and I have more time to run as well. Right now David is training for the marathon, so that is more important, and I am waiting for it not to be so HOT!!! I have scrapped the idea of the half marathon in September, and hoping to do one in November. David got a promotion at work, so we are SUPER excited about that! David had to go up to Salt Lake City for the interview, and was gone for a day. When he got back the boys attacked him, and that is the picture above. David and I will also be celebrating our 4th anniversary on Aug. 6th. We will actually be doing something to celebrate this year (thanks mom)!!

I hate having long, wordy blogs, so if you got to the end... KUDOS!!!