A couple more things

Kate and Scott

Since I did my last post, I keep remembering more things:
Kate and poop
Me: Kate, did you have a poo poo?
Kate: Yes, but I'm still working on it

Me: Wow Kate, you had a big poo poo
Kate: Yeah it's HUGE (she says this with a squeal on Huge)

Kate: Mom, I just peed on my poop

I think she might be ready to start potty training. I feel my first New Year's Resolution coming on...

Also, is weighing in at about 28 pounds.

Scott
Is scooting around, but only backwards, it's pretty funny

Is starting to feed himself--cheerios, corn, etc.

Is weighing in about 19 pounds

Austin left Scott right

Austin
Is becoming a momma's boy, I don't know what to do, he's the first of the three to have stranger anxiety. I can't lie, part of me loves that he wants me, but I'm trying not to feed it!

Scoots all around the room, he is all over, but also only backwards. He is also starting to rock, he is going to be crawling any day (or week, I guess you never know)

Is feeding himself--crackers, corn, etc.
Is weighing in about 18 pounds

Austin on Jeff, Scott on floor

Jeff is the Man!

Woo Hoo! Jeff got his results back from his Professional Engineering exam...and HE PASSED!!! There are smiles at our house tonight!

I know I already posted this picture, but I am still in amazement over all the books he brought. It was an open book test, so these were his study materials.

We are so proud of you Jeff! (And glad we don't have to do it again)

Things I want to Remember

Jeff's Quirks: We went out to eat the other night and got some Italian pizza--Jeff pulls out an avocado from home and puts it on his pizza! This one gave me a good laugh



Kate:
Kate: Did you have a good night Mommy? (said in a very grown up voice)

Me: Are you going to put on your socks?
Kate: No, they're weird.

After I say good night and Jeff is putting her to bed, she runs out and says "C-ya" one more time.

When she wakes up either from a nap or in the morning, she runs down the hall to jump into your arms for a hug.

Loves dressing herself, especially during nap time.

Loves socks, on hands and feet.

Loves taking care of her puppy. Recently, she starts putting her baby down for a nap often. This includes swaddling the puppy, putting him in her bed, covering him with her blanket, shutting (and locking) the door, and lights off. When she is around there, she talks quiet and tells us to talk quiet too.

Is so sweet to her brothers, I can't believe it. If they are crying she'll run and give them a hug and say, "It's okay." She really helps out so much with them, getting them toys, getting diapers.

Is getting interested in letters. She recognizes K and always says, "That's a K for Kate."

Is also getting interested in numbers. She loves to count things.

Loves cooking with me. I love it.

Is a little joy in our life. We are so grateful we have our little Katie Girl.


Scott:
Is constantly stealing toys from Austin. When they are playing, if Austin starts crying, 90% of the time Scott has taken a toy.

Is SO curious, he just dives for everything in sight. He really loves paper and has already ruined a few pages in a math book of one of my tutoring clients.

Loves scratching things--I think just to see what they are all about. He loves scratching the couch, toys, and Austin's head. It's funny because we'll be sitting there and all of a sudden, hear that unmistakable scratching sound.

Recently has a REALLY easy going temperament.

Has 8 teeth.

Is moving all over the place--not forward, but every other direction by scooting backwards, rolling over and pulling himself around with his arms

Is turning into a little champion eater of solid foods, man it's nice!

Is finally sleeping through the night consistently. The boys are rarely up before 5 and have even slept til 7 the last few days! Heavenly!

Might be left-handed! It's hard to tell yet, but it seems like it.

Loves giving fives, if I have my hand out, he will hit it over and over again.

LOVES to bounce in the jumperoo still. It is hilarious because he gets some serious air!

Tries to clap. It's cute.

Austin:
Is a happy little guy and gives an easy smile to about anybody. He just seems to have a really sweet little spirit.

Is thinking about holding his bottle sometimes. I have spoiled them with that dangit and didn't start trying to make them hold their bottles til a few weeks ago, so I am doubtful that it will happen.

Loves scratching things too. Austin doesn't scratch Scott, but loves scratching too.

LOVES to bounce in the jumperoo still. It is hilarious because he gets some serious air!

Sometimes seems to get a little stranger anxiety.

Has 7 1/2 teeth (one more is about to pop through)
Is moving all over the place, again not forward, but every other direction by rolling, scooting, or pulling with his hands.

Is a good little eater. He has a wide repertoire such as bananas, yogurt, peas, sweet potatoes, crackers, and that's all I can think of right now.

Is finally sleeping through the night consistently. The boys are rarely up before 5 and have even slept til 7 the last few days! Heavenly!

Seems to love his sleep. He will just sleep and sleep during naptime sometimes.

Waves sometimes, when he feels like it.

Both
Get teeth within days of each other. It's crazy.

We sure love our boys, they are getting so fun and we are so grateful to have them.


Maybe when I think of more, I'll put it.

A trip to the aquarium

I have been getting more and more brave about going on outings. The kids love it and when we get home, all three crash so I get a break for a while, so I love it too! I like the aquarium though, they have a few fun things there, and the price is pretty reasonable, especially for a season pass!



Kate loves playing with her brothers. She has recently started calling them her kids. Pretty precious. This is Scott

We have started bathing the three kids together. They seem to like it pretty well. Scott and Kate LOVE the bath. Austin is just content with it.

Scott Austin

Lots and lots of kids

I just had to post this picture--we watched some friends kids one night and had to pull out all the baby stuff. Even the older kids wanted something. (The sad thing is the "older" kids of the group were 2). We survived the night though and even had some fun!

Jeff's PE exam

I forgot to blog about this and it definitely deserves to be remembered in our family history. At the end of October, Jeff had to take his PE (Professional Engineering Exam). There were MANY hours put in (I think over 60 for studying and over 20 for a class) for studying! It's an open book test, so here are a few books he decided to bring:
Yes, this is my HUGE suitcase, not the smaller size. There were so many books!

It was an 8 hour long test and pretty much, we are ALL glad it is over and that we have Jeff back again! Thanks Jeff!

Halloween

I have been SO excited about this Halloween ever since we found out we were having twins. We did Alice in Wonderland. Jeff was the Mad Hatter, I was the Queen of Hearts, Kate was Alice, Scott and Austin were Tweedlee and Tweedledum (Austin in blue on the right, Scott in red in the left).

Kate and Austin

Scott

Austin

Scott, Kate, Austin

We went trick or treating at Jeff's work, to a party with some friends, then trick or treating (just Kate), so we got a lot of use out of the costumes! I'm already thinking of ideas for next year...

Family Pictures

My sister in law took these pictures and I am so excited to have a family picture of all of us! I thought they turned out really cute! Thanks again!



Kate's quote of the day:

Kate after Jeff left for work: "He's a good boy." She sure loves her Daddy!

I'm changing my puppy's diaper...

We said, "Kate, what are you doing?"

She said, "Changing my puppy's diaper."

I knew this could be a priceless video moment.

...I also had some suspicions confirmed

A glimpse of the future...

This is even after Scott had let go with his other hand, and for some reason, Austin seemed to like it!

Friends again...

What we have been up to...

We have LOVED the jumperoo! Hours of entertainment (seriously--Austin has been known to stay in this for up to two hours--bad mothering, but so convenient!)

And both boys have fallen asleep at least once, this is Scott.

Scott left, Austin right--they love trying to play with the same toy.

Going to some BYU football, we love going to the games, and on top of that, a visit from my dad! Always fun to see them!
And sitting up!! (Almost!) They can both sit up for at least 10 seconds or so, depending on when it is, but Scott has sat up for about a minute, so they are so close. This is Austin, and he is doing pretty darn good too!

Scott

I spilled almost an entire BIG box of cheerios by trying to hit a fly with it. I would love to claim that Kate made this mess, but I did it (and I didn't get that stupid fly either!)
I have loved this little bike trailer where all these little skinny bums (well Kate is a skinny bum anyway!) fit. They like it pretty well too!
We have LOVED our raspberries. This is by far our best garden produce year out of the 4 we've had a garden. We got about 8 batches of jam, 2 delicious raspberry pies, some salsa, some canned peaches, and we have 18 big pumpkins (more pictures to come of that!) We have never had even close to this good of a production year, so we are thinking it was all that rain that came early and it being a cooler year. Anyway, it has been fun to see it happen.
The kids all love each other and that has been fun (we'll see how much they love each other in a couple years!)

I even got really brave and took all the kids to the zoo!

Carson, Kate, and Sadie.

The baby elephant was SO cute!

We have been taking Kate to all the BYU games, and she has been doing well, she loves going, and it's nice because it can be our special date with her.


We have bathed all the kids together a little bit. Each time we have had them all together, without fail, you will hear Kate scream, "_____ peed on me." I can't help but laugh!
Jeff has been studying SOOO hard for his PE. It will be over in 2 weeks, so we are glad! Jeff has been putting in so much time in trying to get ready!
LOVED having my mom here for a week! After she left, I was SO rejuvenated. It was just a really fun week!

Kate and her cousin Kyle

Kate is so sweet to her brothers (this is Austin)

Playing with cousins at the park.

The boys do this on a regular basis, somehow, they put their little feet up and pull this down.
Buying lots of diapers and wipes--here is about $400 worth! I love it (this does last a couple months)


And, this has been my big project--252 4 inch squares! It has taken a long time, but I think it turned out pretty cute. I just finished today. This is for Kate by the way.
Life is good though! We are starting to feel like we are getting in the swing of things--only 8 months! It's a good think I didn't know that in the beginning because that sounds like a really long time, but it has actually flown by! The boys are so fun and I am just enjoying our little family.