Our little guy.

This little guy has been cracking me up lately. 

 He has turned into quite the climber!

 He ALWAYS is rushing for the fridge as soon as he hears it open. One time after we got back from a break and our fridge was empty I just let him go nuts!

 He is constantly trying to figure out new ways to climb through our bar stools.. But often times gets stuck instead, which leads to a very high pitch squeal, demanding some assistance.

 He is a thrower of rocks.. And he takes it very seriously. Once he starts it's very hard to get him to stop.

 He is a very deep thinker. (Just like his Daddy.)  He seriously has a better attention span than I do. He studies out everything he comes in contact with. He will read book after book, or play with a toy for so long!

 He is officially preferring to walk instead of crawl these days!

 He is super easy to get to smile or laugh. He thinks I am hilarious (which you KNOW I love!) I can just stare at him with a blank expression on my face and it gets him every time.

 He is a cuddler. Pretty sure that's not a word.. But he is. Sometimes I give in and rock both of them to sleep. These are the moments when I feel so thankful to be a Mom! I still can't believe I have twins. I love them so much.

 He is a good sleeper!  Especially after church(as shown below). Today in fact he took a 4 1/2 hour nap!! Now if only I could get Evvie to sleep that long! They always go down for naps at the same time.. But it is a common occurrence for Evvie to wake up, play, eat, and then be back down for another nap before he even wakes up!!

He loves his blue blanket. Which, on a side note is actually my old baby blanket. Why is it blue you ask? My Mom claims it was the only color of fabric available at the time to make it out of, and she didn't know if I was going to be a girl or a boy.. Cute right?

 He has the prettiest eyes with really long, straight eyelashes.

 He keeps his head bruised and  battled at all times. As you can tell below. He is a mover, and I can't help but cringe every time he takes a fall.

He is the sweetest little boy who gives too sloppy of kisses, throws major tantrums already, eats like a horse, acts like he is the boss around this place, loves music and singing, is terrified of helicopters, insists on walking around with something in his mouth, and has the highest pitch scream that causes me to have a headache. Every. Single. Day.

Gosh I love him.

1 year older and wiser too!

So much has happened around here.. 

 Amy (Lances sister )got married to an amazing guy named Brad! It was such a fun day, and I was honored to take their pictures for them.. It got a little difficult when I had to be in them however.. A lot of running back and forth between the tripod and family!

 The happy couple.

 Beautiful Amy.She is so happy and we couldn't be happier for her!

 Our little family...

 Happy to be at the wedding!


Also, our little babies have officially turned one!!!! Can you believe it? It is so crazy to think we have two 1 year olds!! I hate how fast they have grown up! It seems like yesterday we were going to the hospital to have them!

 Do you remember when they were this big?? It is amazing how much they grow in the first year!!

 My plan is to take a picture of them in this awesome retro chair that my grandma gave me on every birthday!

 Our sweet babies! They love each other so much! Evvie Jane always keeps an eye on her brother. She watches every move he makes! He is one busy boy and she loves it! Will for some reason has no concept of personal space when it comes to being around Evvie. He is always sitting down on her legs  and feet. And most of the time Evvie Jane doesn't even care! It must be a twin thing..

 Their birthday bash in Cedar. It was so fun to have EVERYONE in our whole family there!

 Their tiny cakes that I baked in tin cans! Such a fun idea!

 An audience while they experienced frosting for the first time.. I must admit, it made me cringe just a little bit as their healthy diets were suddenly destroyed in an instant! But... it was worth it for the cute pictures!

 Our Evvie Jane wasn't crazy about digging in.. A little skeptical you could say.

 Will on the other hand... I think the picture describes how he enjoyed it.

 He even tried to eat the candle.

 Opening presents. Will LOVES his basketballs!!! And Evvie LOVES her doll. Thanks to their awesome Aunt Kym!

 Two 1 year olds with 1 ginormous balloon!

 Loved this picture. She is so sweet.

 Swinging in Circleville! We all went on a family vacation to Brian Head and then on to Circleville where my dad grew up! It was so much fun to see it all again! I miss going there! My dad showed all the kids where he grew up and where he milked the cows! The kids loved seeing the cows get milked and we even tried some milk fresh from the cow!

 Possibly one of my favorite pictures of her.. This is my baby stroller that I played with constantly growing up. She loved pushing her baby in it!

 Will is a crazy boy and loves to be on the go! A few things about Will right now..
-He talks like crazy! Or so I think anyway.. His favorite word of all time is Basketball (Ba-Bawl)! As basketball loving parents we couldn't be more proud!! :) That is the first word he says when he wakes up from his naps! I love going in to get him when he wakes up! He is always so happy, and as soon as he sees me he gets really serious and points with his finger and says.. "Ba-Bawl!" I love it.
-He also says "uh-oh", Jesus, MaMa, DaDa, Ball, Duck "Da", Moo(for the cow), SSSSS for the snake, WHooooo for the owl, BaBa, bye bye, Hi..
-He loves anything that is round and bounces. He is constantly pointing to things and if he ever sees a circle he will point to it and say "Ball!" For instance he will find an O on our clothes or in a book and point to it and think it's a ball! So Smart!
-He loves to eat, and he eats a lot! But as soon as he is done he scatters everything off of his high chair leaving a huge mess! A good hour of my day is spent cleaning up after him eating I swear!
-He loves to climb into our kitchen cupboards and play with the pots and pans! He also loves to empty out every drawer or cupboard! I have a hard enough time as it is trying to keep things clean around here I don't' need any more help making messes!
-He loves Evvie and is always trying to feed her or comb her hair, or do something to make her cry!
-Loves to read and has such a good attention span! It is crazy how he can sit and focus while you read him book after book!
-Loves animals, but HATES elephants.. Weird.. But if there is ever a pictures of an elephant in a book he gets nervous and turns away from it, then if Dad makes the elephant sound it's all over!! He also is terrified of balloons!
-Is getting really good at screaming and throwing little fits that involve throwing his head back and arching his back! :)
-Loves shooting hoops on his new little tike hoop. He pulls himself on the net and shoots forever!
-Loves his mama and dada and gives lots of really good kisses!

 Our sweet Evvie Jane! A little about her..
-She really is so sweet. She is a good balance to our crazy boy! She LOVES her Mama, maybe a little too much.. But I don't really mind :)
-When she cries she immediately sticks the back of her hand in her mouth. And "muffles" her cry. It is quite entertaining to pretend like I am going to leave the room and watch her get her hand ready to muffle, but as soon as I turn to come back she puts it back down and is fine!
-She is our little jabber box! She is always saying Dadadad, ba ba ba, Ma Ma Ma, Na Na Na.. She says them as if she is saying sentences and asking questions. It is so cute!
-Could sit and be entertained with absolutely nothing around her. (except her Ma Ma) She is so mellow and easy going!
-She is so easy to make smile or laugh. I could just stare at her with a blank look on my face and she will giggle and giggle. I love it! I have tried to convince Lance for a long time now that I am hilarious, so it is nice to have someone who agrees!
-Loves to cheer for herself whenever she does something good!
-Loves to give kisses and wave bye bye!
-Loves to shoot hoops and cheer for herself after every shot!
-She is an avid shaker of rattles. Weird, but she will shake every toy, and if it rattles, stand back! She will shake that thing like crazy!
-Loves to swim in our pool and starts squealing and laughing every time she gets in!

Overall, life is so good. Lance is in the Clinic seeing "real" patients and is enjoying his time there. We go swimming almost every day to our awesome pool. We also feed the fish and the ducks on a regular basis. All the birds get excited when they see the double wide stroller coming through. Will and Evvie have even started throwing their Cheerios to the ducks. Yesterday a duck came and ate the Cheerio right out of Will's hand. He loved it!

We are so glad we have these two miracles in our lives! Happy birthday Will and Evvie!

Another Month!

Another month has gone by, and I still can't wrap my mind around the fact that our babies are little humans who sit up, eat food, smile, laugh hysterically,play peek a boo,give kisses, whine, pound things, drool, and refuse to leave socks on their feet!
Today Lance and I were just watching them play and couldn't believe that we have 2 kids! They are getting such fun personalities!



They are loving to eat! Anytime they see us eating ANYTHING they NEED to have some of it in their mouths too, and if we don't act fast they will start grabbing and yelling until it happens!

I have found myself thinking several times that with motherhood, there needs to be an owners manual that comes with kids. I'm serious. A lot of times I feel like I have NO IDEA what I am doing and I find myself "googling" things like, "When can babies be expected to sleep through the night?" or, "What can't I feed my babies?" or, "How many naps does a 7 month old have?"
Google used to answer all of my questions in life, but ever since I had these babies I find that it is confusing me more and more. Everyone has so many different opinions about how to raise a child. I had so many "sleep training" books and I read all of them.. But when the time came that Evvie was waking up every 2 hours at night just to eat, none of them seemed to have the right answers to solve this problem! Turns out it was just a phase (thank goodness) and she kind of grew out of it..

ANYWAYS, my most recent google question is something like this, "When should I introduce different foods to my kids/how can I encourage healthy eating habits/how can I prevent a picky eater/what should I feed my baby?!?!?!?!?!"

For some reason I have found myself stressing a lot about this. I don't know why, maybe it has something to do with the fact that I am a Nutrition Major, or the fact that I have too many friends who eat ridiculously healthy and it's kind of rubbing off on me... I just feel like I have been given a "clean slate" to work with. My kids have never eaten anything unhealthy... (Well, besides the tastes of ice cream from when grandma and grandpa were in town), but besides that, they are clueless to things that taste so good that are so bad for you..

I really want to let my kids experience all types of healthy foods. I don't want to fall into the trap of convenience with "Easy Mac", chicken nuggets and hot dogs! No offense if thats all your kids eat.. Mine will probably love those too...

So, I have been pureeing a lot lately.. And giving them things in their little "mesh food holders" (Which I recommend) like avacados, mangos, papayas, cauliflower, broccoli, parsnips, spinach, sweet potatoes.. And so far it's been going really well. Except for cauliflower, they gagged many times with that.

I really need to relax about the whole issue probably, and remind myself that even if they don't have the best nutrition possible, they will still grow and do well. Anyone else ever feel this way though??

Anyways, that went on a lot longer than planned.. I apologize.

Spring training.
Will has become quite a skilled binky swiper.
Notice the fabric shoes. Thanks Mother for your craftiness!

Giving Will a massage.



Love these two.

One of our favorite things to do to Evvie.. Blow in her face. For some reason she loves it!!

Our fat child. Will weighs 3-4 more pounds than Evvie Jane!


Look at that body!... He works out!

Such a happy girl.

Cowboy Will.

6 months and counting

Well, this was supposed to be the 6 month post.. I started it when they were 6 months old and finally finished it today.. 5 days before they turn 7 months!Oh well, better late than never. Seriously, it's all a bit depressing. Time is going by so fast and I can't believe that in only 6 more months they will be 1 year olds!

Life is good and we have enjoyed being home and getting back into a routine and schedule after our holiday visits, although we loved being home for those too.. The bad thing is we are finally in a good groove with an awesome schedule going.. JUST in time to mess it all up again as we go and visit our families for a whole month this week! But we wouldn't have it any other way. We love seeing our families and having our kids be around their grandparents and cousins!

ANYWAYS, life around here consists of Lance studying his brains out and me trying to hold down the fort here at home! We do lots of walks, naps, baby food, baths, singing, book reading, tickling and laughing around here.. mixed in with some laundary, cooking, constipation(for the babies :) ), cleaning up messes, burping (for the babies as well... sometimes) and trying to squeeze myself in a nap if ever possible. Is it weird that I am still exhausted and trying to feel back to normal after having these two sweet babies? I tell myself it's normal for having twins with absolutely no family around.. But at the same time I think I need to come to terms with the fact that Lance and I will most likely be sleep deprived the rest of our lives, and this is our "new" normal.. :) Despite feeling exhausted 95% of the time, I am loving being Will & Evvies mom. They are so much fun!

6 Months Old!!!

Thank you pinterest for the free tie and skirt patterns!!

Rockin the Jordan Outfits. .

Baby Blues..

Remember how I said I always catch them doing the same things??

Our BBQ party.. This is right at the bottome of our stairs with 2 grills we love it and use it quite a bit. Don't mind Will's pink hat.. poor Will.. I couldn't find his so he borrowed Evvies.

This is how my husband comes home from school a good 30 % of the time.. notice the pupils.. The life of an optometry student!

Will LOVES Evvie! She is always cracking him up! This is how messy they get everytime I feed them. Is it weird I don't care? We give them baths right after, so I figure why waste money or laundry on bibs??

Our handsome boy

My favorite outfits of theirs right now! Thanks Aunt Brenda and girls! Too bad Will is getting too fat too fast! I don't know how much longer the size 9 months will fit him!!

Pretty Girl.

Whenever we put a new outfit on Evvie Jane she looks at her sleeve for a while and studies it out. I think she thinks I have great taste.. I love it!

Little Miss Evvie Jane is OBSESSED with those toes of hers! She loves to grab them! But usually only her left leg!!

Sometimes I make them cuddle.. Is that a bad thing? As you can tell Will is loving it!!!