Hawaii

In August my parents took our whole family to Hawaii. Oh my gosh I can not even begin to explain how much fun we had and the boys had! They were in heaven. First of all they got so much attention. Their not used to it, they were such little hams just smiling and showing off. As we were waiting to get on the plane to fly to Hawaii I was such a nervous mess. A 5 1.2 hour flight with two rambunctious twin boys was really worrying me, but before we took off there was a group of Asians that all of a sudden started taking a whole bunch of pictures of the boys! then a crowd started gathering and people took turns holding them and taking pictures of them, im not kidding there were 50 or more Asians that wanted to take their picture! come to find out twins mean good luck in their culture :). That automatically put me more at ease, I was hoping people would forgive them on the flight if they were cute :). This did not happen.. they cried hard the first 20 min they were so tired but eventually fell asleep, the rest of the plane ride was as good as to be expected.

Once we landed and got to the hotel I knew this trip was going to be one of a kind. The hotel was made for little kids! I knew we were going to have so much fun. We shared a Villa with my sister, Haws, James and Davis. It was so fun to get up at 3 in the morning and go to the living room and chat with Haws and Lori since our kids were awake because of the time difference :) ( being a little sarcastic :) ). Eventually they got used to the time change on our last day there! This Hotel was great! It was the New Disney hotel Aulani. They had great pools, water slides, A lazy River, a kids section of water slides and ropes. Everyday we would just walk right to the pool or beach. The boys were in heaven. They are OBSESSED with water. It makes me want to get a pool :). 

My favorite and the boys too was the Characters that were at the hotel! The boys were in love with mickey and mini mouse! We ate breakfast with them one morning and it was all smiles the whole time. 

We had a couple of nights with no kids which was really nice. I feel like i never get to talk to my brothers and sisters with out our kids interrupting us all the time so it was nice to get that alone time with them. My parents and Grandma were amazing! I feel like they have more energy then me sometimes! My dad was in the pool with all the grandkids all day everyday, my grandma and mom always was willing to watch babies while they slept in the hotel room so we could be outside and swim. We also got spoiled and got to get massages while we were there. Needless to say we had major withdrawls when we got home. I was all alone with the boys again. the Boys seemed bored with our everyday life, you could tell they miss the water and the action.

 Im really thankful for this trip and the chance we were able to spend together as a family and for my boys to get to know their cousins more. There were five babies all born with in a year of each other, i cant wait to see what their relationship will be like when they are older :)

8 and 9 months

Its becoming harder and harder to get any free time. The boys have grown up so much the last couple months. They seem like little kids to me now. They are having a little bit of separation anxiety lately. They hate when I leave the room even if they were not even paying any attention to me, the minute I walk out they start crying. The last two months have been kind of crazy. We went to New Mexico for Chases little brothers farewell. He is going to Germany for two years! were going to miss him so much. Then we went to California for 10 days to hang out for memorial day. When we got back the boys both got that mouth, hands and foot disease. Luckily it was a mild case and only showed up in the mouth. Then Tate got his first two teeth! Teething was so much fun (NOT). Porter still does not have any teeth. I just went to the dr and Tate has a ear infection. Chase also got the shingles during this time, so he couldn't play with the twins that much seeing as it was contagious to them because they have not had chicken pox yet. We are still waiting to see if they will get them or not, it can stay in their system up to 20 days before any signs show up. Needless to say a break sounds pretty good right now :)


Other then all the sickness the boys are great! They Pull out the smiles all the time and I love it. The minute I take out my phone they start smiling, seeing as the only pictures I get of them are with my phone. Ever since they got sick they have loved waking up at 530 in the morning. This is not ideal so we are trying to ween off their third nap to see if it will make them sleep in longer. So far they have slept in till 7 both times! im excited :) They Take two two hour naps sometimes longer. The hard part is just keeping them up till bedtime with out them getting to fussy.  They drink four bottles and eat three solids a day. They are little jibberjabbers. They say momma and dadda all the time. They love their dad, and by love i mean LOVE!!! Seriously, anytime they hear his voice or see him they squeal and laugh and cant wait to be picked up by him. It make me wonder if they would do that for me if I was gone all day.. but I guess we will never know..

Tate is 20lbs 3 oz and 28.5 inches. He got his first two teeth all at once. He is so close to crawling! He is a master at the army crawl, he just needs to figure out he can move his legs. He loves sitting on mommys lap. If I am sitting anywhere around him he crawls right up on me. Porter sees this and then cries and follows suit, Porter hates being left out. Tate favorite words is Momma. Its not so cute when he is whining and say it but other then that its adorable :). He loves snacks! He is so my child. He is feeding himself really well. He really likes gogurt, veggie sticks, Puffs, yogurt melts. He is a little more skittish of things. He doesn't like water being splashed at him by his brother or to get thrown up in the air by his Dad.

Porter is 19 lbs 11 oz and 29 inches. He still has no teeth but that does not stop him eating what he wants. Lately he has been really into green beans, Veggie Sticks, Cheese, and Peas. He puts them all in his mouth at once, I dont think he realizes that he can eat one at a time. He says dadda all the time. He is a little dare devil. We have to watch him really well in the bath because he just wants to go all over the place. He loves to splash Tate and getting himself dirty with his food. He has not started to crawl yet but he does like to roll everywhere to get where he wants. His favorite things are getting under the crib and Playing with door Stops.

 Porter knowing that he is in trouble for motorboating all his food all over me and him...

Seven Months

I am so behind on blogging but I want to blog about the boys 7 Months before I forget! They are both sitting up so good now. They rarely fall and if they do they just roll around the room which is funny to see where they end up. They are still eating 5 bottles a day and eating three times a day with solids. They still take three naps. The first one is about 2 hours or more. Second one is 1 1/2 and third is another two hours. I tried getting them to stay up longer between naps and shorten the last nap but that didn't work out so well... they just love their sleep too much which I am in no way complaining about :). Ever since the sun has been rising earlier they are waking earlier. They now wake up between 6 - 630. I tried everything to get them to wake up at seven again but nothing worked so I am just going to accept that they are early risers. They have started talking to each other which is really kind of funny. Sometimes I just leave them in their room together and you just hear dadad mamamama back and forth. They love the water, going on walks, swinging, and basically anything out doors.

  

Porter still gets a kick out of his brother he thinks Tate is just so funny. Porters first word is Dada which fits perfectly because he is a daddys boy. He hates the car seat still but is getting better and better each day. I keep thinking he is my feisty one but seriously every day is changes. One day he is a angel while tate is the trouble maker then the next day its opposite. They just like to keep me guessing :).

 

Tate is rolling around like crazy in his crib. He is our little mover. He also has started scooting backwards which im hoping does not mean he is going to be crawling soon, I love that their not mobile yet ha ha. His first word was Mama which is great cause he is a mama's boy.  

and here is a video of them dancing :) I think its sooo funny i seriously have no idea why they dance like this and its only to my singing, I must shake my head while I sing or something ha ha

Mothers

Mother, whenever I hear this word I think of my wonderful mother. She is someone I have always looked up to, someone who I call when im sad, who when im sick wish was here to take care of me, who I admire so much and hope one day my kids will love me as much as I love my mom. She is probably the most patient person I know, especially when it comes to me ;). I pray everyday that I have the same relationship with my children that I have with my mom. She has been so helpful since the boys have been born. She flies up here about every month, watches the boys so Chase and I can have that rare one on one time, helps me run errands, helps me get our house in order, helps me become a better mother, and spoils Chases since I don't get the time to much anymore. She came up a few weeks ago and the boys just love her. I swear they remember her being with them everyday in the NICU and recognize her voice. I truly dont know what I would do without my mom. I love her so much. 

Mothers day is coming up and I don't think it has hit me that this is my first real mothers day. I still cant believe im a mother now, but at the same time it feels like I have always had these special boys in my life. I hope I can do as good as a job as my mom did and I hope she knows how much all of us kids love her. 

Happy Mothers Day!!!!

Six Months

I feel like the boys have grown up so much in this last month. They are sleeping from 7pm to 7 am, they do not do the dream-feed anymore and they do not sleep swaddled anymore. It makes me a little sad because I loved going in their room and holding them while still half asleep for the dream-feed. They are not huge on cuddling ( especially Porter) so it was my cuddle time with them. The swaddle needed to be broken because Tate would get out of his every night and wake himself up and stay up. It was a rough couple nights but they finally are able to sleep without being swaddled. 

 Wrestling already

 This picture just cracks me up

 Trying to kiss ( although I really think they are just trying to eat eachother)

Porter is 17.3 oz and 27 inches long. He is going to be such a great older brother, he just loves teaching Tate all his new tricks he has discovered. Like screaming really loud all day long. Ha Ha it was really cute at first but now it is just a this high pitch scream for when he is happy, sad, frustrated.. and he taught his brother this which is really fun for mom. He is eating his solids really good, he loves to eat! his favorite food right now is green beans. His has started scooting on his legs instead of rolling. Im hoping that he holds out on the crawling for my sake. He sits up on his own pretty good but will still fall after about a minute. He still is obsessed with Dad. I think he loves how he plays a little rough with him. When he sees Chase he just squeals and wiggles and wiggles till Chase picks him up.

Tate is 17.12 oz and 26 3/4 inches long. He is still my sweet spirit, he is picking up on some of Porters feistiness but still has his sweet side. He loves to just hold your cheek and stare at you. I always wish I could read his thoughts to see what he is thinking. He loves to scoot on his back. He was never big on rolling or tummy time but if i put him on the floor he is usually in a different spot five minutes later and he does it all while staying on his back. He sits up really good! Im always surprised because he has a big head I always think he will just topple right over but he doest pretty good :) He has been drinking prune juice from a sippy cup per doctor orders and loves it! i think he loves just holding the cup and chewing on the lid

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