You're an Animal!

Me: Wow Kate, you ate all your dinner! You're an animal!

Kate: Rarrrrrrr!

If you were a fly on our wall...

You might hear:

"Lets not pull Austin by his head"

"Don't play in the toilet water"

"What a big poo poo ________!" (Insert Kate, Austin, or Scott)

"Don't get in Mommy's scriptures" (This one is said at least once a day)

"Oh, that is so sad..." (I love Love and Logic) or "Uh Oh"

And my favorite from Kate:
"I love you very much ________" (insert Mommy or Daddy)

Done pumping...almost

I have such mixed feelings about quitting pumping. It has not been that fun, but I do love giving my babies my milk and I like knowing that it helped them along a little bit. I decided to quit though a week and a half ago. I haven't pumped since then, so I thought my milk supply was diminishing pretty good. The last few days, I have been getting pretty uncomfortable though so I decided to pump tonight and I got over 10 oz! I couldn't believe it! Especially because it has been a week and a half! Almost there.

In other news, the boys weighed 15 lbs on our scale! The method isn't 100% though--we will weigh ourselves holding the babies, then not holding the babies and subtract. Still, they have got to be close to that! I can't believe it because Kate was only 16 or 17 lbs at 1 year and they are only 6 months. Kate's only at 25 lbs and also I think both Scott and Austin's heads are close to the same size as Kate's, I might have to put a picture up of this because it is pretty funny!

Visitors and the 4th of July

Beware--I have a lot of pictures on this post! I just have a hard time editing pictures out, so enjoy! (Also, I accidentally turned on this setting that made some pictures turn out with weird colors, so no, we did not dye Teagan's, Kate's, and my grandma's hair pink)

My sister Melissa came with her little boy (who is so darn cute!) and him and Kate got along so well. By the end, they were ready to be the center of attention again, but they did great!

I can't remember if this ended well or not...

We were in this pool pretty much every day (even the day that a storm rolled in!)

My mom is amazing!

Melissa did Kate's hair so cute most of the days. I learned a few tricks and got some new ideas!

4 generation picture

Kate found these necklaces and had her cousins chasing after her. This was the best picture I got, but it was pretty fun to see her running!

Aunt Jeanne has a really fun playground and the kids loved it!

Us girls looking at this cute photo album that Whitney made. It had some very professional looking poses by all of us from our early days.

I love being in the Valley for the 4th. I love the little parade, I love the huckleberry milkshakes (even though that didn't happen this year) and I love seeing friends and family. You can see my sister's head poking up on the side of this float.

We had a rough go at the parade. We really wanted to go especially for Kate. We got caught in traffic (yes there is traffic even in remote parts of the world) and parked about a mile away from where my stepmom had saved spots. Jeff carried one of the boys in a pack and Kate on his shoulders while I carried the other boy. We were a spectacle (which we are starting to get used to in general). Kate started crying when some cars revved their engines and didn't stop for most of the parade. When the Durtschi float walked by, we decided just to walk with them and surprisingly, all the kids were happy with that! It was a wild time! I wish I could have taken the picture when Jeff had all three kids piled on, but I didn't dare in case one slipped off!

My sister has this cool bike and just got a little child seat as you can see. We LOVED it! I am ready to go out and buy myself one!
We had such a good couple of weeks--first with Melissa, she was so helpful and I just loved having her here, I wish she lived across the street. Then we had such a good time on our trip--I loved seeing all of my family and spending time with them. I love the 4th of July!

How did I ever live without boys?

It's funny. When I had Kate, I secretly thought girls were the best and the most fun, but I cannot believe how much fun my boys are and how much I love them. Their little spirits are so different than Kate's was. I just really don't know how I lived without little boys before, I love them so much and feel SO blessed to have them here (even if they are giving me a run for my money).

The boys are always linking arms or holding hands. It is so sweet!

Just this week, I have started putting the boys in this bouncer, they don't really know what it is all about yet.

I had to throw this picture in--please notice how bent her legs are! Kate loves this toy!He's got the look...

My handsome boys...

Look at those luscious little lips

They are growing up! They are almost 6 months old! It is weird that it has been so long!

Recently...

You know on birthdays, or other landmarks all of you list what your child/children are doing? I can never remember, I have to do it along the way, so here is a little journal entry of what Kate has been up to...

Kate decided she wanted to be swaddled the other day after seeing us swaddle the babies multiple times a day.

Kate likes to comb the carpet. I'm not sure on this one--maybe so it looks neat?

Kate's favorite toy since she was about 9 months is buttons by far. Any day, any time, without fail, if you ask Kate what she wants to do, she will say buttons. She loves to put them inbetween all of her toes.
Kate got into trouble the other day for trying to put on mascara. I think she got a little on her eyelashes! It was pretty funny because I said "Kate" and I must have said it in "that" tone because she jumped right into the timeout chair. It cracked me up.
Kate LOVES talking on the phone. Any time I am talking with someone, she always wants to talk to them and sometimes even requests to call certain people.
Kate is also starting to ride her trike more. She is just about there with the pedals, but for now she just walks with her feet. Also, Kate loves to haul this little purse around with her. I love it!
We have had visitors for the last week and have been having SO much fun! My sister Melissa has loved doing Kate's hair everyday because she doesn't have a girl. Here is just one of the way cute hairstyles. I am so impressed!
Kate and Teagan have loved playing on this little slide play set. We put the slide into a little pool and they have had a great time with it!
Melissa is so nice too--she let Kate put on some makeup. Kate has been loving all the extra attention!
Kate is just growing up, she is so much fun.

And the Father of the Year Award Goes to...

Jeff

I don't do enough posts dedicated to Jeff, but especially this year Jeff deserves it on this Father's Day. I honestly don't know what I would do without Jeff. He is such a great father to our kids and still makes time to be a great husband to me. Every day, Jeff goes and works for our family all day, then comes home and rarely takes a minute for himself, but just helps with the kids and anything else we need to do. He is pretty amazing. If you call him at 5 or 6 in the morning, there is a good chance he is up feeding the boys. (and those that know Jeff well know sleep is very important to him, so this is a major sacrifice).
Every night, Jeff takes so much time and just plays with Kate, wrestles with her, plays buttons, takes her on walks outside. They have such a cute relationship.








Scott and Austin love their daddy so much. They love looking, smiling at, and cooing at him. They seem to already know he is a great man to look up to.

I love you so much Jeff and am so grateful to you for being such a great dad. I am so lucky to be married to you!