Wait... Where Was I?

My Kids are Messy

2011-12-14T20:08:00.004-07:00

Luke and Aubree turned fourteen months on the twelfth and I don't think I even updated about them last month...

When they turned thirteen months I made them brownies with chocolate frosting.

Porter enjoyed it too.

Porter had a bag of goldfish crackers out... This is what happened .2 seconds after I set the babies down from their highchairs...

Luke did it but Aubree was in little piggy heaven.

THIS is what I had to resort to when Jason was running late, the babies woke up early from their nap and I needed to get a few things done...

Luke is a little sticky. I love how the cheerios are sticking to his face and hand. But Aubree! She was just rubbing her sticky hands all over her face and hair and then she started rubbing the sucker in her hair. She thought she was hilarious.

About to give kisses.

Luke MaGoo. Did I mention he had to get glasses?

They are so messy and into everything but so much fun.

They are starting to try to communicate a lot more. Here are their new 'words' that I can think of...

HoHoHo (both, when we ask what Santa says)
MMM (just Aubree when she is eating something she likes)
UhOh (just Aubree, all day long)
Cracker (just Aubree, sounds like cak-er)
Up (just Luke, sounds like uh)
Night Night (both, sounds like nih nih)
Ne Ne (both, meaning binky)
Ba Ba (both, meaning bottle)
Hi
Bye
mama
dada
bath
more
A bite (just Luke when he wants a bite, sounds like a bye)
Porter (just Luke, sounds like Po)
Grandpa (both, sounds like hapa)
head (just Aubree)
Button (just Luke, sounds like buh)
Dance (just Aubree, sounds like da. She only says it when she is shakin it)
Boo (both, when playing peek a boo)
Dog (just Luke)
ball (just Luke)
Pooh (just Luke, meaning Pooh Bear)
go (just Luke)

They are using the signs, eat, more, milk and bath all day now too. We are working on 'shoes' which Luke has signed a couple of times. I am also starting to work on please, thank-you and cracker...

Animal sounds
Cow (Luke)
Chicken
monkey
elephant
snake
anything that growls
Dolphin
dog (Aubree)
Duck (my favorite. Luke sounds like duck duck duck just like Porter used to say it and when Aubree quacks it sounds like coke coke coke)
They both make a fish face.

They can both point to their heads, eyes, ears, mouth and belly when asked.

It amazes me the things they understand
When I say "are you hungry?" they go to their highchairs and start signing eat.
When we say "do you want to take a bath?" they run to the bathroom.
They throw things in the garbage when I tell them to.
They go put their binkys in their cribs when I tell them to.
They go to the gate when I ask them if they want to go play.
They give each other things when I tell them to.
They come to the diaper changing spot and sit down when I say we need to change their bums.
They blow kisses!

Its crazy how many little directions they can follow. I think they understand pretty much everything.

They are getting along really well too for the most part. They give each other high fives and kisses and hugs. They share pretty well too.

Thanksgiving

2011-12-06T20:27:00.000-07:00

Thanksgiving this year was not so much fun.

Just so you are warned this post is pretty much entirely about puke so if you don't want to read about that you should totally skip this one.

Porter got sick at school on Tuesday afternoon. And by sick, I mean that he threw up all over his entire classroom and all over all the other kids coats (his teacher put them in individual garbage bags for all the parents to take home, awesome). It was all over his shirt and shoes. I walked in his school about ten minutes early and started playing on the little slide with Luke and Sis when the front desk lady came and asked me if I was Porter's mom because he was in the bathroom throwing up. She and another lady came to help me with the babies so I could go help Porter. By the time I got his shirt off I could hear Aubree having a complete come apart all the way across the school. I went to get her and Luke started freaking out too. So I asked if there was a janitor or someone to help clean up the puke and there wasn't. Porter's poor teacher was doing it. The ladies told me to not worry about it and to just go. I think they wanted Porter out before he started again and Luke and Aubree were both still screaming. Anyway I brought Porter home and he threw up another seven times that night!

Jason and I, being the geniuses that we are, thought he was probably having a horrible reaction to the flu mist vaccine. Ha! (I think we were both hoping that was it as we had big plans for the days ahead.)

Thanksgiving after dinner Luke threw-up, a lot, we were at my moms. We were hoping it was just because he ate too much and was playing too hard but knew that probably was not the case. We decided we had better head home just in case and I had not been feeling all that great either. So we left and he threw up as we were pulling out of my parents circle so we turned around and went back inside to clean him up and grab a bucket. He threw up a couple more times on the way home. A one year old throwing up: Saddest. Thing. Ever.

On the drive home I started to get chills and nausea and my back started hurting so I knew I was in for it. As soon as we got home I had to run into the bathroom to throw up. I don't ever remember feeling that sick in my life! My poor boys! Thank goodness for Jason. He slept in Porter's room with Luke and took care of everything. (Porter was sleeping over at my grandparents with his cousin, Lucy. She was up visiting from Idaho for Thanksgiving.) It seriously rocked me. I was down for an entire 24 hours. It seemed like Porter was only down for 10-12 hours and Luke only about four-ish.

Then on Saturday night Jason got it! He bounced back a little quicker then me too but he was really sick. I was just waiting for Aubree to get it. I thought for sure by Monday or Tuesday she would be throwing up too, but somehow the tiny, little, princess avoided it! Phew!

To top it all off my uncle and his family were staying with us. My aunt helped Jason by starting all Luke's pukey laundry and holding him while Jason was changing his clothes that Luke threw up on. I felt so bad for them. I would have been dying if I was in their shoes. I hope they give us a second chance and stay with us again sometime. Luckily they didn't get sick!

Anyway I would say this was my worst Thanksgiving ever. And I have had some really crappy ones, not gonna lie. On the bright side though I did lose a few pounds and not many people can do that around Thanksgiving time. Go me!

Anyway I hope you all had a much better Thanksgiving then we did.

And I took no pictures so this post is pretty much pointless.

Halloween 2011

2011-11-09T15:30:00.000-07:00

Halloween was a blast this year.

My sisters both came out to my house to spend the day with us and take the kids trick or treating.

Porter was the red Power Ranger which is very fitting since he has been defeating Nylocks in the back yard after school on an almost daily basis. He keeps me safe with his awesome ninja moves.

Luke and Aubree were little Garden Gnomes. They were so cute but I am so dissapointed with how all the pictures turned out.

Aubree trick or treated a house or two but her legs were nakey so her and daddy went home to pass out candy and watch football and eat nerds because Jason said I don't realize how old they (Luke and Aubree) are and that nerds are a perfectly acceptable Halloween treat for One Year Olds.

Luke absolutely Loved trick or treating. I wish I would have brought my camera for that. He carried his little pumkin bucket and went up to the doors with Porter and just thought he was one of the big kids.

Porter was really funny he would knock and then hide and when the people answered their doors he would jump out and 'scare' them. Then he would say, "trick or treat, Happy Halloween!"

PS. Just so you know I am totally aware that my garden looks super crappy and really needs some attention. I have no idea why I am not embarrassed enough about it not to post pictures of it. Don't judge.

Happy Birthday Luke and Sis and a Little Catchin Up

2011-10-26T16:07:00.002-06:00

Luke and Aubree turned ONE! I know I keep saying this but time really does just fly and I can't believe I have two little one year old kiddos running around and acting all toddlerish! Where did my teeny tiny, snuggly little bundles go?

We had our families over for cake and ice cream. I had a lot of fun and I hope everyone else did too. I think Luke and Bobs were a little overwhelmed with all the people. They really are not around a lot of people in little spaces very often.

Bobs looked like this pretty much the whole party and she just wanted to snuggle up with Uncle Matt for the last half of the party. (I wish I had taken a picture of that! Maybe my Grandma did.)

That picture was also our attempt at getting a pic of the birthday babies! Luke just wanted to play with these.

AND our attempts at getting a picture of the family.

Will I ever get a nice family picture again? I'm thinking probably not with three kids. Oh well.

The cake was absolutely delicious And so cute. It was from Sugar Mama's Bakery.

Masked Mickey and Minnie.

The Mummy Mickey and Minnie Smash cakes. The fondant stuff was hands down the most delicious stuff ever! All the big kids kept eating pieces of it after the babies were done. OK I may have too.

Aubers was all business about her cake.

Luke was pretty serious about it too but he usually is when it comes to his food. He did get a little more into it though.

They got lots of fun presents and a ton of very much needed clothes!
When Porter turned one he got into tearing the paper so I was expecting these guys to but they didn't.

Just a bunch of pictures of them....

Luke was bonking his head and thinking it was quite hilarious of himself. Aubers thought he was insane.

"Don't hurt you handsome brother."

Okay its funny.

And for the STATS....

Lukey Luke
Weight: 20 lbs.
Height: 29.5 in

Auber Bobs
Weight: 18 lbs. 10 oz. (is what the Dr wrote down for me but I swear it was 17 lbs. 10 oz. Whatever)
Height: 28.5 in.

They did great at their checkup appointment. They had to have their blood drawn and Lukey didn't even cry! They were not able to get immunized because the clinic at the base had not received the immunization records from our previous doctor's office.

And because I am so behind...

Aubers first piggys! I love them.

And little Mister Luke

Porter, Jason and I made a Haunted House. It was really messy.

And I actually did something off Pinterest that did not involve food!

And this guy has been so cute! (like usual)

All day the other day he called me, 'M'Lady Love' How seriously cute is that?

And Aubree was getting fussy in her highchair and Porter said to her, "Whats the matter sissy? Don't you know there are no Princess' prettier then you?"

I know! He is too sweet.

Risen

2011-10-02T10:15:00.001-06:00

My amazing sister wrote this book!

How cool is that?

You should for sure read it.

You can order it here: www.risenbook.com

In paperback or you can get it on your kindle or nook.

You will love it!

You can thank me later.

P.S. You can download the first chapter on her website for free so you can get started now.

Happy reading.

Oh Hello

2011-09-17T22:51:00.001-06:00

Its Saturday night and I just cleaned my whole house. Floors, toilets, the works. Now I'm blogging! I feel super awesome about it. Its what all the cool people do on Saturday nights.

Jason will be home in less then a week! It has been a long five weeks and I am so ready for him to get home.

Luke and Aubree are now ELEVEN months old. They are doing all sorts of new and cute things. They both walk now. They have been for a couple weeks and, obviously, they get better everyday. Both of them also sign 'more' when they want more.

Some of my favorite things Aubers does new are....

She says, "tickletickletickletickle."
She has also said, "duck" and "turtle" when I am showing her pictures of them and saying it but she won't do it often.
If she has a toy in her hand and you say, "Hello. Who is it?" She puts it to her ear and tilts her head like she is one the phone.

She rips out her hair bows and then tries to put them back on her head over and over again. She also combs her own hair and anytime I say, "pretty" she rubs the top of her head.

Some of my Lukey's cute, new things....

He gives Aubree kisses when I am changing her diaper. I love it. Aubree loves it and thinks its so funny. I have tried to get a picture of it but anytime I break out the camera Luke has to come try to get it.
He says, "hi" on the phone.
He loves hats! He will try to put them on his head and then bring them to me to help him.
The kid loves to laugh and just waits for you to do anything that he can laugh at.
He adores Porter and thinks anything he does is hilarious. He follows Porter everywhere.

I am so sad that I will soon have two little one year old kids. It seems like they are not really babies anymore. As hard as it was, and as fun as it is to see them grow and learn, I wish they could just stay tiny a little longer.
But such is life.

Porter has been hanging out a ton with his cute new friend. They do something new everyday....

Porter doing his homework.
(This is why I am the most excited to have Jason home. You know, so HE can help Porter with his homework. Not my favorite.)

The other day the kids and I drove out to Antelope Island. We actually had a lot of fun. Porter, like me, likes to look at the old museum-ish houses and things like that. It was perfect weather and just nice to be outside.

I think I might get back to my super cool Saturday night and go make some zucchini bread.

Featured

2011-08-30T13:21:00.000-06:00

Hey!

I just had the opportunity to be the featured blogger over at Multiples and More! I totally love this site. It has so much great info and advise.

Thanks so much for visiting if you got here from the interview!

One Week Down

2011-08-29T21:45:00.000-06:00

Its been one whole week today. Thats it. One. It has been a lot harder then I thought, but not in the way I thought. I can handle the house and the kids just fiiiiiine. So far.

Blah.

My sweet, sweet Aunt Cathy passed away and her funeral was today. All the speakers did such a great job. It really made me think of my relationships with my loved ones. Especially my sisters. I am so lucky to have such great relationships with my sisters. I wish we had more time to spend with each other and that we lived closer. It made me miss my sister Britney. This is her with my kiddos last time she was here (a couple long weeks ago).

Aunt Cathy will be very missed by so many people that love her so much. I was thinking back on times I've spent with her. My grandma was very close with Cathy and she would come up and stay at my grandma's house pretty often. When I was little I loved sitting in the kitchen with them to listen to them chat. My grandma would pull Cathy's hair through a cap to bleach it and then we would sit and play Rumikub.

I really started liking Country music when I was in about 4th or 5th grade. Cathy was really the only other person in my family that liked it. One day her and I were talking about how much we loved George Strait. She made the comment that he had a cute butt! I don't know why that has stuck with me all these years. I remember thinking that it was so strange. I had no idea butts could be cute! She was such a fun, happy, beautiful lady.This is the only picture I could find on my computer. We were at the Springville Dance Festival.

Day Three

2011-08-24T15:30:00.000-06:00

This is pretty much how we all feel...

But we are holding up and finding new things to entertain ourselves...

(Bobbers hair style courtesy of herself and carrot juice.)

Luke has also been doing a lot of this...

Walking with this toy or laundry baskets.
I thought for sure Aubs would walk first because she stands up by herself, not holding on to anything. She has taken one step a handful of times.
Well I was wrong. Yesterday Mr. Luke took a few steps to Porter who was holding out a pea for him. I grabbed my camera and stood Luke up again and held one hand out for him and snapped this with my other hand as Luke WALKED to me!! It was only about three steps but he did it again today.

I feel as excited as Lukey looks. I really do. Do you know how much easier it will be to drop-off and pick Porter up from school when Luke and Aubs can walk? One of the teachers I pass every day looked at me carrying both babies and said, "You are good at that. I have seen you with a stroller and both cars-seats too." I told her I was trying to figure out what was the easiest way to get all three of us in there to get Porter from his classroom. I have come to the conclusion that once the babies can walk it will get easier because both car seats are too heavy and the stroller is a pain to get in and out of the car to use it for two seconds. I take up the entire hallway with both of those methods and some people are not understanding. Jerks. Plus have you seen those little Ernie stride rite shoes!!! What! They are SO cute. I promised Luke I would buy them for him as soon as he starts walking more regularly.

Oh yeah Porter started school last Monday. All the preschool classes where I wanted to take him were completely full and had about a million people on the waiting list so I put him in private kindergarten. Its at the same place as the preschool I wanted and since it is private I can still send him to public kindergarten next year. We are calling it preschool.

Here he is on his first day!

He is learning a lot already. His teacher was having each of the kids spell a two letter word that they have been working on as they were leaving for the day. She asked Porter to spell the word he. Porter looked at her all blank so she helped him. Then he came running out to me saying, "H...E... Mom! H....E!" I said, "good job buddy! What does that spell?" He said, "on." Pretty close.

Enough about the boys. Bobbers woke up this morning looking like this...

She is a morning girl. The huge bruise is from her face planting it, from her knees, on the kitchen floor. I have no idea what her hands were doing but they did not break her fall at all. The giant scratch. I have no idea. I know it was not there when I put her to bed last night and her fingernails are nice and clipped. Poor little princess.

Now to leave you with a bath time picture because it is my favorite!

And that pretty much sums up days 1-3!

Happy Birthday Daddy

2011-08-22T15:55:00.000-06:00

Jason turned ThIrTy!

That sounds so old!

I asked Porter some questions about his ol dad...

What is dad's favorite food?... Oatmeal.
What is dad's favorite thing to do?... Have a Birthday or play Mario.
What does dad do for a living?... Dress Modestly.
How tall is dad?... 10 or 99, I think 99.
What is dad's favorite book?... Winnie The Pooh.
What is dad's favorite show?... Not a kid show.
What is your favorite thing to do with dad?... Eat cereal and play Uno.
What do you love the most about dad?... Just everything.
What is dad the best at?... Opening windows and closing them and his funny jokes that he makes up.

We are so proud of Jason and love him so much. He has accomplished such an incredible amount in his thirty years. He is the best dad ever and the most amazing husband. We are so lucky!

08.07.06

2011-08-18T15:40:00.000-06:00

Porter's date of birth. FIVE years ago.

I can not believe I have been a mom for five years. Porter is such an amazing boy I feel like the luckiest girl in the whole world to be able to have him in my life.

This year he had his very first 'friend' party. He wanted it to be Mario themed and I had all these grand ideas but, once again, time got away from me. I was scrambling to get everything ready the few days before but it turned out great anyway and he had so much fun. We did it in my parent's back yard because he wanted all his friends up there to be able to come. Thanks so much to my best friend, Natalie, for bringing her kids up and helping me!

Porter told me his favorite part was playing red rover red rover.

On his actual birthday my parents and grandparents came over for cake and ice cream. I didn't take many pictures.

One of my super cute cousins, Cami, has a tradition to decorate her dinning area the night before her boys birthdays. I think it is such a cute idea so I am totally stealing it and making it a tradition for my kids too! Porter loved it. He made us leave it up for three days!

Thank Yous - Nine Months

2011-07-26T16:01:00.000-06:00

We are all moved into our new place!

Well, we are here and all our stuff is here. There are still a million boxes to unpack but that will happen some day. I hope. At least I have internet now!

A big thanks to my brother in law, Morgan and his family (especially Zack). They came up and helped us get all our stuff packed into a U-haul.

Another big thanks to my dad and my sister for moving all our stuff out of the u-haul and into our new place and getting all the furniture put together.

Another big thanks to my mom for helping me unpack a ton of our things.

Another big thanks to my grandpa for helping Jason paint and my grandparents for taking care of Porter while we moved.

I don't know what I would do without our families! I was able to mostly just take care of Luke and Sis while Jason and our families did pretty much everything. I really owe Jason a huge thanks too!

It has been such a crazy month with packing and moving and Jason's crazy schedule. I tried to keep the kids entertained and out of the house so Jason could get some things done. We went to the Dinosaur museum in Lehi one rainy afternoon. Porter liked it okay, it wasn't his favorite. Aubree was great and Luke insisted on being carried the entire time again. Stinker.

They had a whole pirate theme going on. The kids could make all kinds of cute little crafts like the pirate hat Porter is wearing. They could also get their faces painted. Porter has a thing for Tinkerbell. What can I say? While we were waiting in line for the face painting me and the mom behind me got talking and she told me about this little video on youtube. It is hilarious (to me) because its too true. I have been asked every single one of these questions a million times and have had countless similar conversations, although my responses are much different. If only I had the guts.

Luke and Aubree's NINE month check-up with the doctor went great. They are both very healthy and doing awesome.

Aubree has really taken off verbally lately. She says, dada, mama, bye bye, hi, and baby. She makes a piggy noise when you ask her what a pig says and then make the noise at her. I'm not sure if she is just copying me or if she is telling me what a pig says. Probably the first but it is so cute. It is my new favorite thing. She also said, "hi dada!" to Jason the other day when he was saying hi to her. She is also cruising the furniture like crazy and will go from the couch to the ottoman with a kind of lunge step. She also gives high fives and has the cutest wave where she just bends her fingers up and down.

Luke is crawling up on his hands and knees occasionally but still does his army crawl mostly. He loves to follow Porter around the house and Porter is so cute about it. Luke is going to start on an acid reflux medication to see if that is why he gets so cranky and irritable at times. He still spits up every time he eats which he should have grown out of by now. He also needs to go see a pediatric ophthalmologist because when he is tired his eyes don't always coordinate. I have only seen one of his eyes go lazy a couple times but his doctor said that it was somehing we would want to get checked out and corrected. How stinking cute would Mr. Luke look with little baby glasses? He is so fun in the mornings after he eats. He will sit on my lap and let me read books to him forever. He is such an affectionate and cuddly little guy lately. He is still says mama, dada and ball.

Aubree is getting her four top teeth and the two teeth on the sides are down a lot more then the middle two so she looks like a little vampire baby. I need to get a picture of it. Luke still has NO sign of any teeth.

Stats

Luke

Weight: 18 lbs. 4 oz.
Height: 27 3/4 in.

Aubree

Weight: 16 lbs. 7 oz.
Height: 27 1/2 in.

So they are pretty little for nine months.

I said to Porter the other day, "Luke is being a pill and a half today isn't he?"
Porter said, "No, he is being a caterPILLer in a hole."

I think Porter has slept at my grandparents house more nights this month then he has stayed with me! My uncle and his family are in town right now so Porter is staying busy up there with his favorite cousin, Lucy. I think they are at the zoo right now and they went to a parade yesterday! Tomorrow we are all going to Lagoon! I am so excited to spend some fun time with my little guy!

Another Random Post

2011-07-12T23:21:00.002-06:00

Luke and Aubree are NINE months old today!

AND Luke finally crawled up on his hands and knees! Across the kitchen table to my dad. See...

He has been doing this crazy, wiggly, army crawl that is super fast. We were starting to wonder if he would ever crawl because he can get around so well.

Aubree can crawl up stairs with ease. She is just fearless which totally freaks me out. She is already much more of a climber then Porter ever was and more then Lukey. I don't know that she will walk as early as Porter did though because she is a bit spazy. She is also getting at least one more tooth on top. I think maybe two. Luke still has NO teeth!

They have their nine month baby well check in a few days.

We celebrated by going to the Aquarium. Actually I didn't realize they were nine months until we got to there and someone asked me how old they were, but whatevs.

Luke absolutely loved it. He had to be right up close to all the fish tanks and he tried to grab everything, even the scary looking spiders. He was just over the moon excited he kept kicking his legs and squealing at every new tank. He especially loved the octopus.

This is what he thought about being in the stroller. He couldn't reach the fish. My left bicep should be yoked from carrying his chunkyness around all day.

Lucky for me Aubree was a perfect little princess and just chilled in the stroller the entire time. I think she is more of a people watcher.

Porter is almost as tall as an Emperor Penguin. He wanted Luke to sit ON his feet like the baby penguins do with the daddy penguins. It didn't really work so we improvised.

They all loved crawling on this huge frog.

I think these boys are going to be best friends. They were practicing for when they are older and can go fishin.

FoUrTh Of JuLy!

I was feeling especially patriotic this 4th with all Jason's Air Force things going on and such. I'm not going to lie though, my holiday was LAME! I didn't do anything really. Jason and I took the babies to do a little shopping and then we came home and Jason and the babies went to bed. The End.

Porter took trax with my parents and sister to the Bees game and they had a blast, they have awesome fireworks. He didn't get home until after Midnight. That is more then FIVE hours past his bed time! I think he is still catching up on sleep.

We did light a few fireworks early in the day. Porter loved the smoke bombs and the sparklers.

Aubree's festive feet! The pedi isn't professional, I did it.

And then my camera died. The End. Again.

Actually we knew we weren't going to do much on the fourth because of Jason's schedule. I also like to keep the babies on their sleeping schedule so life gets kinda lame sometimes. I can deal with it for happy, well slept kids though. When Porter was a baby he had absolutely no schedule at all and he was such a happy baby and has always been a great sleeper, but I just can't bring myself to risk it with two. Plus Luke tends to get extra cranky when he is tired.

Anyway where I was going with that is that we did take time a few days before the 4th to do a little celebrating as a family.

We took a drive out to the Air Force base and went to the splash park there. Porter loved it. Aubree was not sure about the water at all. It took Jason a little work but he got Luke playing in the water before we left. It was a very fun day. A little time with Dad does us all good. Porter was too busy running around but here is a funny looking picture of Luke and Sis.

On the way home Jason had to run into the office store to pick up some study materials (really quick). 45 minutes later the babies were getting cranky and I had sang (or is it sung?) every song I could think of 12 times. I gave them these little gerber pinwheel cookies we had just got, because when you are bored and cranky you should eat a cookie. Aubree thought they were hilarious. (or maybe she just gets punchy and delirious like me?)

"Here mom, you taste this silly thing." She is always sharing her binky with me too. She is a sweet baby.

Luke loves anything edible he can get his chubby little hands on.

Luke was DONE being in his car seat.

My sister, Cutie, got home from fighting the Horseshoe Two fire in AZ. We are so glad she is home safe.

We have been trying to pack and clean and get everything organized for our move. We get our keys on Thursday! I am so excited. School is done, tests will be done and we can have more of a normal schedule. Jason will be done with the graveyard shift so soon and I am counting down the days!

Hope you all had a Happy Fourth!

Sunshine

2011-06-28T22:50:00.003-06:00

Summer is finally here. The sun is shinning and we are trying to enjoy it as much as possible because it never seems to last long enough.

This weekend....

Porter's last soccer game.

Luke and Aubree cheering for their Big Brother!

Taking a rest with Grandma Happy.

Warming up after running through the sprinklers.

This is one of Lukey's favorite toys and when he has it he says, "babababa!"

Already loving the Visa! A girl after my own heart!

Up way past bedtime at a wedding.

I love this! Aubree is grabbing on to Luke like she wants him to save her. Luke is eating the wood chips, not phased at all.

Look at those tiny legs.

That was our weekend out in the sunshine!

Eight Months

2011-06-20T20:49:00.000-06:00

Luke and Aubree are now eight months as of the 12th.

Lukey Luke:
Still no teeth! Not even the slightest sign of one!
He is just about to crawl. He is a pro at the army crawl and can get wherever he wants to go.(Things are about to get super busy for me!) He also gets up on his hands and knees and rocks. He gets into 'plank' position a lot too, kinda odd?
He is becoming a much more content little guy and is loving being able to just sit on the floor and play with toys. He loves this little soccer ball and will play with it forever. He pats it and pats it and says, "ballballballball!" I really think he is saying ball because he dosen't say that any other time. Porter's first word was ball too! Luke is such a happy kid lately and laughs a ton, especially at Porter and when he is being tickled. Luke also has really good fine motor skills and is using his pincer fingers to eat his cheerios! Hooray for Lukey!

Auber Bob:
She is a crazy mobile little thing. She crawls everywhere and she is fast too! She can pull herself up to standing on furniture and is starting to figure out how to cruise along it but she is still pretty uncoordinated at it. Meaning she falls a lot and requires absolute constant supervision. Every morning I find her in her crib standing up yelling, "mamaaaaa!" Speaking of yelling, we have a little boss on our hands. She yells at her brothers like crazy. If they even look at her toy she starts yelling gibberish at them. She is a really happy girl too and rarely cries. She is still a total mommy's girl, but will also go to Jason just fine. She LOVES playing peek-a-boo! She is starting to laugh a lit more too.

SLEEPING:
They are both still taking about an hour or more nap at nine in the morning another two-three hour nap around two in the afternoon and are in bed for the night no later then seven. They sleep until about six-thirty or seven in the morning. I think they are about to drop the morning nap and then I will move the afternoon nap up to noon and hope they sleep for three hours....

EATING:
They are both also just about to stop taking a bottle (by their choice not mine). I am going to try to keep them on it as long as possible. Porter absolutely refused his bottle at ten months and I am really hoping to keep these two on theirs, at least a couple a day, until they are one... They are MUCH smaller then Porter was so I feel like they need it. My pediatrician told me I could start whole milk at ten months which I may have to do. I guess I need to get them a little better with sippy cups this next month. They are growing up too fast.

Yes, this is cake. Could be some of the reason they don't want bottles anymore?

Soaky Babies

They both love being outside or in shopping carts. Luke is really good in the stroller and the car too. Aubree, not so much. I think its far too confining for her.

Porter had to sit in the playpen with the babies in order for Aubree to stay in it so I could make dinner.

Some Porter news.

He was taking a bunch of pictures with my camera one morning. I think these are so cool from a four year old's view....

Porter has been asking and asking for Owen to come play. Jason was home one day so we decided it would be fun to go to Chucky Cheese and bring Owen for Porter to play with. They had a blast and are so funny together. I loved listening to their little conversations. Porter is constantly asking questions so it was nice to have someone else Porter could rapid fire his questions at. They were talking about seat belts and Porter had a million questions about Owen's opinion about them. Finally Owen said, "Porter just don't take your seat belt off. I don't want to talk about this anymore." That is exactly how I feel some days.

New Blog Design

2011-06-15T14:21:00.000-06:00

Brea over at Utterly Chaotic Designs created my new blog design. I absolutely love it! I think she did an amazing job. I spent a lot of time looking at all her cute designs on her blog and decided I needed one too!

Graduation Festivities

2011-06-13T19:54:00.002-06:00

The beginning of June was crazy busy.

Jason and I went to his school's dinner banquet at La Caille! It was a really fun night and I got to meet a lot of Jason's friends.

At the banquet Jason got the award, "Got the Least Amount of Sleep Through Pharmacy School." They talked about how he worked full time graveyards, had a son and then we had the twins while he was still in school. I guess I don't really give Jason the credit he deserves for all his hard work its just is who he is. When I hear about other people who don't work during school or do things part time I don't get it. I have to realize that Jason is Super Man and can do it all. I know I for sure couldn't do it!

The next day we had a couple of Jason's friends from school and their wives over for a BBQ. It was very laid back and fun to get to know his friends and hear what life has in store for them after school.

Then we attended Jason graduation where I forgot my memory chip :( My grandpa had his camera and took a bunch of pictures so once he emails them to me I will have to update this post with a few pictures. I am not going to lie, that was a stressful day. We had to get ourselves and three small children ready and out the door by 7:45 AM. I am so not a morning person. The graduation went awesome and I could not be prouder of Jason for getting his DOCTORATE OF PHARMACY!!! He gave me his sash which meant that he was thankful for my helping him 'get though' school or something like that. I was honored as I really was more work then help for him I'm afraid. Anyway I am seriously overjoyed that he is done!

Porter yelled, "YAY DAD!" after the Dean had said Jason's name, everyone clapped and cheered and then went silent again awaiting the next name. It was really cute. Everyone laughed.

Jason's parents came up from Arizona for his graduation and we were able to spen a couple hours the next day and go to the zoo. Porter was in Heaven and was at his grandpa's side the whole time! Grandma, Luke and I were there too but no pics.

The other we went out to Hill AFB for him to be commissioned a Captain! So we can either call him Dr. Bingham or Captain Bingham! Haha! Aren't pharmacist always referred to as Dr? No? I forgot my camera again and I am so mad I did. It was really so cool. Major Anderson, who will be Jason's Major, commissioned him. Jason took an oath in front of The Flag and I was seriously just bursting with pride for my Officer! Major Anderson then gave Jason his first Captain bars for his uniform and they were also Major Anderson's own first Captain Bars. How cool is that? Hopefully one day Jason will become a Major and be able to pass them on to a new Captain. They also got Jason a cake that said, "Congratulations Captain Bingham" I am so excited for him to get out there and get started. One of the gals there took a few pics with her phone so I will have to get them. Also, the Major had Sgt. Fox teach Jason how to stand at attention and how to salute. Then after he was commissioned Sgt. Fox saluted Jason and Jason had to give him a silver dollar which, oddly enough, he had one in his pocket! Major Anderson also gave Jason his first coin. He will have to carry the coin with him because in the Air Force if someone challenges you by slamming their coin down you have to slam yours back down or buy everyone drinks!

AND the babies turned EIGHT months old yesterday. I will have to do a post on that another day. This one is long enough.

Happenings

2011-06-02T13:38:00.013-06:00

My friend Natalie and I decided to be brave and take all SIX of our kids to the zoo. We are such big girls! I was really proud of all our kids. They were so good, even the babies. Luke even took a little nap in the stroller. I think we will do it again! I wish I would have taken more pictures.....

Zoee, Porter, Rory and Stevee.

The boys are growling like a T-Rex.

They loved the Dinosaurs.

We also got to have a visit from Uncle Matt! Porter loved it. The wrestled, played outside and read stories. I, of course, made Matt pose for a picture with the kiddos. (Luke was being Rambo)

I love this one.

Porter's Graduation

2011-05-26T14:49:00.020-06:00

Today was Porter's pre-school graduation. He did such a good job. I loved his pre-school and I am so sad its over. He learned so much and loved going to school. I know if I find a pre-school in our new neighborhood it won't even come close to being as good as this one and Mrs. Brown.

Classic Porter Smile with his teacher Mrs. Brown

Porter all ready to go to his graduation.

Reciting one of his parts.

The Little Graduate

Porter with his best friend Owen.

These are from the first day of school..... It seems like such a long time ago and they are so much bigger now.

May

2011-05-24T16:18:00.052-06:00

May has been a great month so far. Mostly because Jason finished all his rotations and now he just has this week left of school and a test on Tuesday and then he is done!

Also because it was Mother's Day and my Birthday.

Mother's Day was really fun. My mom watched the babies and my grandparents took Porter overnight so Jason and I could go out the weekend before. Then on Sunday my Grandma's came over for dinner. Jason gave me a pink KitchenAid and KitchenAid hand mixer that I wanted, also pink! Porter picked out the matching pink measuring cups! Porter also made me this at school....Nice smile, huh?

Jason had school on my birthday so we went out to dinner and a movie the day before. He also took me shopping and got me some cute clothes and shoes. On my actual birthday I got to go to dinner with my best friends.

Anyway enough about me.

These cute little things turned seven months on the 12th.

They are getting really fun and their personalities come out more and more everyday it seems.

Most exiting news: Aubree can crawl! Well pretty much. Its a funny uncoordinated crawl but a crawl none the less! With her belly off the ground and all. She has also found her voice and jabbers a lot, and still growls a lot too. Her two little bottom teeth are up all the way and I think she may be getting a top one.

Luke is moving around really well now, finally. He also waves bye-bye. Still no sign of any teeth.

Both babies are still sleeping good through the night for the most part. Sometimes Luke wants to be up and going for the day at 4AM which is so not cool of him. Both babies usually want to be up by 6AM which is not even close to when I want them to wake up but oh well. We did however wean them of the swaddle which I thought was going to be really hard but ended up not even phasing either one of them.

They absolutely love food. A lot of weird foods too like artichokes. So does Porter. I don't like them (unless they are made into cheesy dip) and Jason had never had an actual artichoke. Isn't that crazy? My dad thought so, so he brought home some artichokes and taught Porter how to eat them. All my kids were crazy about them. Jason liked them too if you were wondering. Aubree has loved almost everything I have given her including cucumbers. She will not eat potato though she makes a face and spits it out (another one of my kids on team Uncle Kevin). Porter won't eat potatoes either, so weird. I can't think of anything Luke won't eat. He even loves lemons. So did Porter when he was a baby. No sour face or anything. These are strawberries on Mother's Day...

Porter started soccer. I had him try his uniform on and he ran to look at it in the mirror. when he saw his reflection he said, "Oh my cutest to Heaven!!" Jason coached his team last game because Porter's coach was out of town. After the game was over Porter said to Jason, "thank you for coaching my team today dad!" He said it about 50 times to Jason that day. It was so cute.

We also went to the zoo on a really nice day. It is so fun to have Jason around so much lately.

They have new dinosaurs at the zoo. Some of them spit water at you. We didn't know how far they could spit and it got Luke in the stroller. He was not amused.

Luke enjoying some birthday cake. He got more on his face then in his belly, thankfully. When he wants what you are eating his eyes get big and he flaps his arms like a bird.

Aubree sharing my apple. When she wants what you are eating she says, "mmmmmmmm" at you until you give in and the second you take it away she says, "mmmmmmmm" again until she gets more. (Porter took this picture.)

I know this picture is blurry but don't Porter and Aubree look alike?

Porter had to go put his Raider shirt on too.

That was all really random. I just wanted to catch up.

As of Late - Easter and Such

2011-05-01T21:31:00.003-06:00

The babies had their Six Month well baby doctor visit. More shots.

STATS:

Lukey Luke:
Weight: 15 lbs. 10 oz. 25th%
Height: 26 in. 30th%

Auber Bobber:
Weight: 13 lbs. 12 oz. 15th%
Height: 25 3/4 in. 50th%

Aubree has both of her bottom teeth. One day I felt I tiny little sharp point on the left side in her mouth and then a few days later both her bottom teeth were showing!

And both babies are sleeping through the night without giving them their binkys! (but they still have to be swaddled....)

Jason and I celebrated our SEVEN year anniversary! This was the busiest year of our marriage yet but probably the best too.

Aunt Bebe was here from AZ. This is the ONLY picture I managed to get of her. It was so good to have her here and have someone to hang out with all day. AND to play with my kids. She took Porter swimming and to lunch for me the day Jason and I had to take the babies in for their six month checkup. I am missing her SO much already and so is Porter.

Porter got a haircut which is one of his favorite things to do. Seriously. We had to wait to go until Britney was here because he wanted her to take him.

Before:

Porter, Jason and I dyed Easter Eggs.

We had an Easter Egg Hunt and my neighbors house. Porter loved it and all the kids are so cute. My kid is the one with the Halloween bucket.

But in search of an Easter Basket for him to use I found a bin of his baby toys for Luke and Aubs. Porter is loving playing with the babies and all his old stuff.

EASTER!

Porter got the movie Tangled from the EB, or REpunzel as he calls it. This is how he watched the entire movie.

Porter and I made up a new game. You balance a pez between your top lip and your nose and then get the pez into your mouth without using your hands. It entertained us for quite sometime. We thought it was HILARIOUS!

More Porter photography. I'm glad he takes pics cause Jason never does so at least there are a few with me and the kids.

Luke has gotten over his fear of his little sis. Big Kisses!

FEET!

Me and My Lukey Luke

My mom and Aubers.

Aubree wiggled over to this bin and pulled out all these toys all by her big girl self!

Daddy and Lukey. He still loves the baby carriers (This is the Ergo carrier. We love it)!

That is about it.

For My Record: Six Months

2011-04-12T20:23:00.005-06:00

The twins are SIX months old.

They are so much fun and so interactive. It is so amazing to watch them grow and develop their little personalities. They are so different from each other.

Six month progress report with pictures from the last couple weeks.

Lukey Luke:

I kid you not the boy can almost say, mom! He looks at me and says mmmmmmm. He tries to mimic any sound you make at him. He is a genius, I know. So verbal this kid. Oh and he says, "guy guy guy" like Porter used to.
He also makes a lot of funny faces like this.

He loves everybody but is especially fond of my mom. If he even sees her he starts shaking his arms in excitement and reaching for her to pick him up. He will even go to her from me! I know.
This is them one night when Luke didn't want to sleep and needed his grandma. (I really need to do something about those crazy long old man hairs! I have cut the top twice now.)

He gives huge kisses. He will grab your face with both hand and go right in for a big ol smacker!
He can stand at his little activity table all by himself! For a minute or two.
He squeals and screams like crazy. He is constantly making some noise.
My favorite thing he does is with my dad. They play this airplane game and my dad starts telling Luke he is going to 'take-off.' Luke gets so excited and starts shaking his arms then my dad lifts him up in the air and swoops him around and says, "flying baby!" Luke just yells and screams every time he gets in the air. We all think its pretty much the cutest thing EVER! Naturally.
He has become such a smiley, happy baby.
He still does not sleep through the night. He wakes up at least once to eat and at least 400 times for his binky. I could do some type of sleep training thing but I can't.
They both take one good 2-3 hour or so nap a day (without giving binkys every second) and then two shorter naps. Honestly I can't wait until they just need the one, middle of the day, nap.
Luke is an excellent eater and hardly gets one drop on his face. He loves his baby food especially all the fruits and the sweet potatoes. Its so sad to eat in front of them because they reach for and want everything.
He is also a bit of a jealous little thing and he has the most irresistible pouty face and the biggest, fattest tears.

Auber Bob:

She is so mobile. She can get anywhere she wants to go by scooting and rolling. Her scoot is so cute she gets her knees up underneath her and then kicks her legs out which moves her forward or she pulls herself with her little arms.
She makes the cutest little kissing noise by sucking in her bottom lip and she constantly does it. Like this:

She also purses her lips and spits when she is mad.
She is still pretty quiet, but she is starting to talk more and more.
Porter thinks she is pretty much a prima ballerina. She does do some pretty cute ballet-esq moves in the bouncer. I'm always hearing from Porter, "Oh look at sissy sis she is doing a pretty ballet move!" or "Good ballet move Auber Bobbers!"
She thinks her feet are the best snack ever.

Aubree never holds still she is constantly bouncing or wiggling.
She loves me. She is a momma's girl. She also loves Jason, my dad and my sister, Claire, and my friend Natalie. Thats it. Lately if anyone else holds her she freaks out.
Aubree can sleep through the night and she does sometimes but if we are getting up to feed Luke then we just feed her too, just in case. Probably not the best idea but it helps keep them on the same schedule.
Aubree is a pretty good eater, a little messier. She likes fruit and veggies equally. Except for peas. Have you ever smelled baby food peas? Disgusting!
She is very grabby and has fast hands and a tight grip and everything goes in her mouth. This is about the 5th time she stole Luke's binky in a row and I finally got my camera out. Love her face, binky stealing is serious business.

They have their actual six month baby well check one week from today. I am excited to see how much they've grown, but not for shots.

This is them today. I know babylegs are really not all that socially acceptable for little boys but I think Luke just looks too cute in them. I won't make him go out in them in public or anything though. They were not into me taking their pictures today. They both took a nice little nap right after this!

I always get asked how they get along or if they are aware of each other. They are definitely aware of each other. Luke is pretty much terrified of Aubree. She loves him and just wants to grab him and eat him up but he is not into it at all.

Luke doesn't really like the bouncer most of the time. I had him in it this morning so I could change Aubree. He was getting fussy so Porter hooked him up with a blanket, binky and his glow worm without me even asking him to. I thought it was pure tender.

My happy baby girl.

My Room Is Cold

2011-04-08T23:14:00.005-06:00

This is how Porter came out of his room an hour after he had been put to bed tonight. He said his room was cold. I tucked him back in, mittens and all, with a few extra blankets.

New Family Photographer

2011-04-07T17:20:00.004-06:00

Porter has a new found love of the camera. He is not too bad!

Finally

2011-04-04T20:00:00.008-06:00

Jason got an email from the Air Force today that he has been matched to a base...

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Yay! Our #1 pick out of 29 (they added Minot, ND). I am so excited we get to stay in UT for the next three years while our kids are little. We will still live just about an hour or so away from my parents and grandparents. I could not be more relieved. Phew!

Just Pictures

2011-04-03T20:19:00.017-06:00

Nothing much going on around here just hanging out with these guys....

Thanks!

2011-03-27T19:38:00.001-06:00

**I just realized that I forgot to post this!**

I got to have a GNO with my mom last night while my hubs and dad watched my kids! What what! I think my mom could tell I needed some girly time and to get out of the house. Mostly because I called her earlier and told her I needed to hang out and get out of the house. My mom, she does not over analyze things or read between the lines. I just love that about her.

We, of course, went to Target. It was fun and my mom made me laugh my butt off.

After Target we came home to feed my babies and put them to bed and then to watch one of our favorite shows, The Biggest Loser! My mom got us all my favorite Easter snacks to eat while we watched. Yum.

I also want to give another shout out to my mom and dad... They watched all my kids for me over night again so Jason and I could go out since he starts his new rotation at Hill AFB tomorrow (and I will not get to see him much)! Speaking of Hill we STILL have not got our base assignment (or whatever you call it)! I mean seriously! I am going berserk up in here! Please let it come this week and please let it be Hill because do you notice how much my family helps me?

Big Brother

2011-03-25T20:59:00.010-06:00

Oh I just love this boy! His shirt used to be Jason's! Can you believe his mom saved it? I love it! He has a blue one and a yellow one too. He is so vintage via 1985 ish.

His pre-school teacher sent home a book that had some questions she had asked all the kids. Here is a little get-to-know-Porter....

1. The colors I like are red and green.
2. My favorite food is oatmeal.
3. A fun toy I have is my stuffed animals.
4. An animal I like is a bear.
5. I enjoy watching the Backyardigans.
6. My best friend is Uncle Kevin.

Porter is seriously such an awesome kid and an amazing big brother. I know I say that all the time but he just really is. He amazes me everyday. He also cracks me up everyday. Here are a few things he said today that made me chuckle....

1. That was not a long enough night for me.
2. Don't you want to take one of the babies with you so you won't be lonely?
3. Some people don't really like the Easter Bunny because he brings them too much candy. (Porter has asked that the Easter Bunny bring him Oatmeal, Peanuts and oranges! AND a fake oven.)
4. Come thirsty leave happy. Thats what they say about Utah.
5. Aunt BB is nicer then you and you are crazier then Aunt BB. You are crazed out!
6. Are you kidding me!?! Its freezing down here! Don't you want to come get in this blanket with me?
7. (I asked Porter if he was done with his sandwich.) P, "My belly is like a sandwich puzzle and its all done." Me, "Your belly is like a puzzle?" P, "I'm full mom."
8. At lunch with my mom and sister we all ordered diet coke and Porter ordered chocolate milk. The waiter said, "OK three diet cokes with lemon and a chocolate milk?" Porter said, "A chocolate milk with apple."

St. Patrick's Day

2011-03-19T20:52:00.006-06:00

Porter wore his green to pre-school on St. Patrick's Day!

And then he decided he needed just a wee bit more.......

More Blessing Day Stuff...

2011-03-14T14:09:00.037-06:00

I wanted to remember a few other things about the blessing day.

Luke wore Porter's little blessing shoes. Aubree had Jason's blessing shoes on while we took a few pics at home but then one fell off and we had to run so I didn't put them back on her. They were a titch too small anyways.

My Uncle Roger, his wife Amy and their kids Lucy and Logan came up from Boise for the blessing and stayed with us. I was so glad they were able to come.
Lucy and Porter had so much fun together. He loves it when she comes to stay.

This is Logan enjoying some healthy snacks after the blessing. How ridiculously cute is he right?! He has the personality too! So much fun that one! Best hug giver too. I wish they lived closer.

Lucy and Porter. Cousin Love! My Uncle Roger, now referred to as Lucy's dad, used to make fun of me and my sister and our cousins, Scotty and Zach when we hugged (or when he made us hug). Oh cousin love cousin love!!!

Jason, the kids and his parents and grandparents. His aunt and uncle drove his grandparents up from Preston, ID the day of the blessing. They got stuck in traffic and were nearly an hour late! It was so nice of everyone to wait for them. I'm glad they made it. Jason's grandpa can barley stand up but he was able to participate in the blessing so that was really cool. (Super great pic of all my kids 'nt!)

My cute Aunt Jennie with a tired Lukey Luke. He fell asleep in her arms not too much after this.

The cute cookies my mom got!

That is pretty much all the pics I got with my camera. I did get one with me, Aubree, my friend Jenessa and her baby Kenslie that is going to be Aubree's best friend but it turned out horrible of me so...

I didn't get any of my parents or grandparents because they were to busy running around taking care of food and things and I am a space cadet.

The babies were really good. Neither one of them made a peep during the blessings!

Also a day or two before the blessing I was looking thru some of Porter's old things to find his blessing shoes for Luke and I found this hat..... I love it! I need to find the pics of Porter in it.

Five Months and Blessings

2011-03-12T22:15:00.023-07:00

Luke and Aubree are 5 months old today!
They continue to get more and more interactive.
Aubree gives kisses when I ask her to and she also reaches for you if she wants you to hold her.
Luke is such a happy kid and laughs out loud a lot and still is a constant talker.

They were also finally blessed today!

Luke Jeffree and Aubree Michelle

What To Do? What To Do?

2011-03-09T21:54:00.036-07:00

I know! Two posts in One day. I'm just crazy like that.

This is kinda big for us though...

Jason got his list of possible bases from the Air Force!!

We were told we would get a list of 10 or so places to rank and that we would most likely get one of our top 3-5 picks. HA! There are 28! TWENTY-EIGHT! Shut up right?! I doubt we still have a very high chance of getting one of the top 5 with that many.

AND my first choice that I really wanted was Luke, AZ. Not happening. I wanted to be by my sis and brothers-in-law and make it easy on the parentals for Holidays and vacays and whatnot... and mostly to be warm. It was a long shot anyways.

We have to rank them ALL. Funny huh? No, not really, not so much funny . I have only had 2 or 17 anxiety attacks so far. I'm just done already. I told Jason to just do it. He thinks there needs to be some "strategy" involved. I would just like to rank em for reals ya know?

Strategy = Stress and my hair is already falling out. What is my deal yo?

Whatever I can't even begin to rank them anyway so who am I to dis a strategy. (or stragedy like I keep accidentally pronouncing it in my head).

Here is the list in the order they emailed it to Jason, NOT our order.....

1-Altus, OK
2-Columbus, MS
3-Dover, DE
4-Dyess, TX
5-Eglin, FL
6-Ellsworth, SD
7-FE Warren, WY
8-GrandForks, ND
9-Hill, UT
10-Holloman, NM
11-Hurlburt, FL
12-Kirtland, NM
13-Lackland, TX
14-LittleRock, AR
15-Los Angeles, CA
16-MacDill, FL
17-Malmstrom, MT
18-Maxwell, AL
19-McConnell, KS
20-Moody, GA
21-Nellis, NV
22-Patrick, FL
23-Peterson, CO
24-Scott, IL
25-Seymour Johnson, NC
26-Shaw, SC
27-Whiteman, MO
28-Wright Patterson, OH

Where would you pick? Besides Hill of course, and Jason is NOT feeling Nellis, NV even though its close(er) to home. Oh or WY - which I don't really dig the idea of either.... Where do we even begin to try to pick somewhere to live sight unseen. Do we want an adventure or something safe? Warm and beachy and humid or not? Sheesh just send us somewhere.

Just kidding its good to have options.

I'm just being a baby.

I did think this was going to be a lot more fun then its turning out to be though.

Just sayin.

Best Friends

2011-03-09T10:58:00.032-07:00

Guess who is the best big brother ever....

Yep! Its Porter!

I asked him if his sister could sit by him for a minute and to make sure she didn't fall over. Check out how he held her had. TENDER!!

He was also recently overheard saying to his brother, "Luke I will take care of you forever and ever!"

And here is Luke's new thing....

Sticking out his tongue and blowing bubbles. I want to eat him up!

He is getting tubby!

See.

Luke's leg

Aubree's leg

My hand nearly fits around Aubree's leg, but not Luke's. Like my very precise and accurate measuring skills? And my purple finger nails?

Aubree LOVES Luke. She hardly ever talks to anyone besides him (and my dad).

When I lay them by each other she can not leave him alone.

I'm Losing It!

2011-03-06T22:24:00.002-07:00

My HAIR!

Its falling out like cra-a-a-zy.
How sad is that?
I'm pretty sure its just your run of the mill, average postpartum hair loss, but still...
It really needs to stop soon or I am not going to have any left.
The worst part is it gets everywhere.
So gross.
I'm over it.

Bow

2011-03-03T22:40:00.032-07:00

Sounds like - the show is over take a bow. Not like a hair bow.

Yeah so Porter has an 'invisible' friend. His name is Bow.
He is six years old, has one little brother and a mustache. He also googles a lot of good information for Porter, like knock knock jokes.

I think its fine. I had an imaginary friend when I was about his age too, Tina. Not that I remember, but my mom told me so.

I'm not really sure what to make of it.

Bow and Porter have races and I whole heartedly encourage that. Ready, set, GO! Get out that energy.

At night I tuck Porter and Bow in.

Out shopping Bow ran ahead of us and Porter gave him a talking to for not staying with us.

Sometimes Porter gives Bow two choices and one of them is time out.

It is an interesting look into my four year old's mind.

Sometimes its nice that he has a 'friend'.

Today my earache was back and Luke and Bree were both being grumpy and needy as four month old babies tend to be at times. Porter wanted me to play Sorry Sliders. I knew that the babies were not going to let me and I just didn't really want to if I'm being totally honest. Porter said it was fine that he would just play it with Bow. I told him I thought that was a fabulous idea. It didn't last long, but it did get me out of playing.

I'm thinking one day he will just stop talking about Bow, but for now what am I to do?

A day in the Life

2011-02-28T22:55:00.002-07:00

Of me.
With a non-stop talking four year old and almost five month old twins.
Captivating, I know...
I love reading when other people put their schedules on their blogs.
I might be weird.
Don't feel obligated, not that you would.

6:22 - Jason wakes me up so he can go to work. I go downstairs and get in my bed (I was sleeping in the guest room.
8:02 - Babies wake up. Feed. Change diapers. Play.
8:30 - Put the babies kristi g chairs away (which takes a lot longer than I thought it would). Call Porter's dentist to re-schedule his appointment.
8:45 - Porter wakes up. He had a bad dream, something about a Luigi pillow and grandpa Bingham. Put Porter in the shower.
8:48 - Put Luke back to sleep.
8:50 - Put the babies laundry away. Wash bottles. Make new bottles.
9:04 - Get Porter out of the shower.
9:05 - Put Aubree back to bed.
9:10 - Help Porter finish getting dressed.
9:12 - Make Porter and I breakfast. Eggs, toast and bananas. Porter made me cut his toast up into bite sized pieces and mix it in with his eggs.
9:33 - Laundry. Clean up breakfast. Load dishwasher.
9:45- Turn on a show for Porter so I can shower. Waste precious showering time searching for my shower cap.
9:54 - Out of shower. Luke is fussing. Give babies binkys and cross fingers they go back to sleep.
9:59 - brush mine and Porter's teeth.
10:03 - Babies are not going back to sleep. Get them up. Change diapers. Play on floor. Change Luke's clothes because he spit-up.
10:24 - Luke is grumpy so I put him back to bed.
10:27 - Play Sorry Sliders with Porter.
10:49 - Play a spelling puzzle with Porter.
11:07 - Put Luke in my baby carrier and Aubree in the bouncy saucer so I can go change the laundry.
11:15 - Back to playing with the kids.
11:22 - Porter want to play with play-dough. I, unsuccessfully, try to get him to play with Legos instead. Get out play- dough.
11:42 - Feed babies
11:51 - Babies down for a nap
12:02 - Check email
12:17 - Make some phone calls
12:23 - Clean up play dough
12:30 - Watch Olivia with Porter
12:43 - Lunch (Porter has Cheese/crackers, green beans and pineapple. I have a swedish meatball lean cuisine.)
1:17 - More laundry
1:25 - Sit on my butt and mess around on i-tunes. Buy some songs. Import some cds.
2:29 - Babies wake up. We all play on the floor.
2:52 - Jason calls. He is on his way home so I pick up the family room some.
3:25 - Jason gets home
3:29 - Feed babies
3:45 - Go on a jog by myself. Talk to my sister on the phone.
4:45 - Lay babies down for another nap. hang out with Jason and we rearrange the family room for the third time since the babies have been born.
5:12 - More laundry
5:22 - Get Porter's clothes, backpack and check ready for pre-school tomorrow morning.
5:30 - Dinner, left over veggie and beef stew. (I'm obviously gourmet - also see breakfast and lunch).
5:48 - Babies wake up. Change diapers. Play.
6:27 - Porter is finally done with his dinner. We play Monkey Math. (the kid is a math genius!)
6:50 - Get Porter ready for bed
6:56 - Feed babies rice cereal with sweet potatoes
7:11 - Luke is OVER eating so I give him a bath and put him in his jammies. I put the rest of Aubree and Luke's food in a baby feeder fr Bree. She loves it and eats it all gone.
7:20 - Aubree bath and jammies
7:30 - Luke to bed
7:34 - Porter to bed
7:36 - Clean up bath stuff. Wash baby dishes and bottles. Make some more bottles.
7:51 - Rock Bree and give her a bottle.
8:06 - Bree to bed. Get out YOGA dvd to exercise.
8:13 - Luke wakes up. I rock him and feed him.
8:34 - Luke back to sleep
Lost all my motivation to do YOGA. Chat with my mom.
8:55 - Watch the Bachelor with my mom on tivo.
10:32 - Type this.

Now I'm going to watch House and then go wake my husband up (from the guest room - the babies sleep in our room) and go to bed at 11:30ish. (My husband works the graveyard shift from Wed. to Wed. then the next Wed. to Wed. he has a rotation from 7AM to 3PM so he sleeps weird hours which kinda works to my benefit.)

And that my friends is the definition of a HOUSEWIFE! It doesn't look like much but I am exhausted.

See why I NEED the weather to warm up?

Its Okay

2011-02-27T00:10:00.014-07:00

I have not left the house since the 16Th! That is a long time. Wait, actually I took the garbage out, twice.

The littles are feeling better. Aubree had her last dose of antibiotics today thank goodness! She really did not like that stuff.

I was supposed to meet my friend for lunch today but I had to cancel because I'm sick now.

BUUUUUUT... its okay because I get to hang out with these guys all day..... So we took a trillion pictures here is the proof.

Porter picked out (and put on) his pajamas... Spider man boxer briefs (over his big boy underpants), batman shirt, Lightning McQueen beanie and mittens in a size 2 (he is a size 5 now). His little ear is tucked forward in his hat but he didn't seem to mind, or notice. He went to sleep with the mittens and hat on, but I fixed his ear for him :)

While Porter was getting himself ready for bed I was feeding the babies. Bananas mixed with rice cereal and formula. They both loved it and did pretty well. Luke ate his entire bowl! Luke is looking at my dad and Bree is looking at my mom. Yeah it took all three of us!

Ba-Log

2011-02-22T00:30:00.006-07:00

Aubree is on the mend. She is back to her sleeping, eating, smiling self. EXCEPT she and Luke have the worst coughs and boogery noses. So far Luke seems okay. He is still acting like himself and eating. I am just so paranoid about all this because it seems like everyday I hear of someone else I know that has had to take their kid to the hospital for RSV. Come on babies get better and keep breathing!

In Porter news:

My grandparents came and picked Porter up on Thursday around noon and just brought him back tonight. They are seriously LIFE SAVERS! Porter really needed the attention and to get out of the house. He had a blast and didn't want to come home, but when he got here he gave me a huge hug and told me he missed me. I don't blame him at all for not wanting to come home. My grandparents are the funnest and are always on the go. I never wanted to come home from a stay at their house either.

They took Porter on trax to the church museum downtown. Apparently they have a new children's area that is super cute and Porter loved it. They ate at the Blue Lemon. Porter and my grandpa built a snowman and went around the block a billion times on Porter's bike, his razor, and on foot. How amazing is that that my 70 something year old grandpa rides his bike with Porter and races with him! I love it! My grandparents are so amazing! I feel like they can keep up with Porter better than I can! They also took him to church and to the zoo! Now that is a jammed packed couple of days and Porter needed it.

He is growing up so fast I just can't even stand it. Tonight he was telling me about the zoo and he said, "giraffe." It really struck me that he was growing up because he used to say ba-graffe. He does, or used to, do this funny thing where he would exchange the first sound of certain words with ba. My sisters and I would make him say all the words we could think of that he did that to because it was so cute.

For example:

Police= ba-plice
Garage= ba-grage
Surprise= ba-prise
Luigi= ba-uigi

You get the idea. Its a sad day when your kid can pronounce giraffe all perfect like.

ALSO- Porter had his last swimming lesson last week and his teacher told me, and I quote, "Porter is thee best behaved kid I have ever met!" Woot woot! Shout out to my boy. He is such a good kid.
Love this face!

Poor Sister Sue

2011-02-16T21:01:00.007-07:00

No wonder Aubree hasn't been sleeping all that well lately and has been a grump. She is sick! My poor teeny tiny girl is sick. It is pretty much the saddest thing ever. EVER! She has a double ear infection and the doctor we saw today said she is probably in a lot of pain. We got an RX for amoxicillin, the pink medicine. What kid dosen't love the pink medicine? Oh I'll tell you, Aubree. She hates it, maybe all 4 month old babies would? We also got an RX for some ear drops that numb her ear and they seem to help a ton. She won't eat and all she wants to do is sleep but she can't. except for now she has been asleep for over five hours since she got some tylenol and the ear drops. Guess that means she probably won't sleep tonight and Jason is on the graveyard shift at the hospital. No sleep for me tonight. Oh well. I don't even care as long as Aubree finally gets some much needed rest. Heres hoping she'll eat too.

I brought Luke with us for the doctor to check him out as well. did you know when you have twins you have to pay two co-pays at the doctor? I guess it makes sense but it sucks especially since we were just there a week ago for there well baby check. Anyway, Luke is fine. She was shocked that he didn't get sick with Aubree, but I'm not so sure he isn't. He has a little bit of a runny nose, which was NOT one of Aubree's symptoms but still. If he starts coughing I just might die.

Porter keeps getting out of bed tonight, which is not a really common thing for him. I just had to threaten no Mario or pbskids.org on the computer tomorrow if he gets out again. Please please please let him stay in bed because what am I going to do with him all day tomorrow if he dosen't and I have to really not let him play MARIO!

Porter went to do a running diving somersault on the hardwood floor today and that did not go well. He cried like it was the end of the world, also not a common thing for him. In the midst of his tears he said, "I just NEED to get OUT OF THE HOUSE!" Poor kid. My mom and dad to the rescue! They took him to the rec center and signed him up for soccer.

I really wish my husband was home a lot more often. Can you imagine if he does ever get deployed and I don't live by my family? I just got sick to my stomach even mentioning it. Speaking of deployed... we won't get his list of places to chose to live from the Air Force until MARCH! OK so its next month, but still! And I have no real faith that we will even see it in March.

Woe is me tonight - but mostly woe is my poor baby girl!

For the Record

2011-02-13T22:49:00.011-07:00

Or for MY record rather as I'm sure none of this is really all that interesting to anyone but me :)

Luke and Aubree are FOUR MONTHS - well they were on the 12th but Jason and I got a night off so I was OUT on their actual 'birthday' (thanks mom)! It has gone by so incredibly fast. I can't believe they are already four months.

We had their baby well check up and shots on the 10th. They were little baby rock stars if you ask me.

Lukey Luke:
Weight: 13 lbs. 1 oz. (15%)
Height:24 1/4 in. (25%)

Auber Bobs:
Weight: 12 lbs. (20%)
Height: 23 3/4 in. (35%)

ROLLING:
Aubree is rolling belly to back and back to belly, I may have mentioned this already because she has been doing it for at least a month now (like I said, ROCK STAR). Luke still has yet to roll either way. He is either just content to be on his belly or he cries and I pick him up.

TALKING:
Luke is definitely our little talker! He babbles and coos and screams. It is my favorite thing ever. Aubree is pretty quiet (unless she is crying) but she will talk some. Her voice is really raspy and cute. They both laughed for the first time when we were in St. George and both have a few times since we have been home. Aubree gives a huge open mouth smile and looks like she is laughing but no sound comes out.

PLAYING:
Luke still loves toys and Aubree is liking them more and more. Both babies grab at everything and Aubree puts everything in her mouth. They both grasp their little hands together and gnaw on them. Aubree also found her feet and plays with them some. It is getting so fun now that they are awake longer periods and so interactive.

SLEEPING:
We had been waking them both up every four to keep them on the same schedule, but after their appointment we decided to throw that out the window and stop waking them up. The doctor looked at us like we were insane for waking them up and told up to quit it. It honestly seems so much easier to let them be on their own schedules (this far, its only been 4 days). I really hope I don't regret it.
Luke is an excellent little napper lately and takes two naps a day for at least two hours at a time on a pretty regular schedule. He pretty much stayed on the same schedule we tried to have them on, eating every four hours, staying up for two hours and then napping for two hours. Aubree is not as great of a napper as consistently right now, but it seems like every time I think I have one of them sleeping good for naps or at night it changes and they swap places being good sleepers. They both like to be held to fall asleep which I love, but it is really hard with two, but with them on their own schedules I am able to do it easier now.

EATING:
They both eat up to 6 ounces a feeding. Luke eats about every four hours and Aubree eats every four to six hours. Luke recognizes his bottle and gets very excited for it. I tried giving them both rice cereal on Saturday, but it seemed to constipate them some so I am going to give it a few days and try a little again. Both of them seemed to like it. I gave it to them in a feeder and not with a spoon (gasp I know, but I wanted to see if it helped them sleep longer), but next time I think I will try the spoon and see how they like it. I remember the first time we gave Porter rice cereal he LOVED it and I could not feed him fast enough.

I know MY BABIES HAVE CRAZY HAIR! I gave Luke a hair cut, just a little off the top. I measured his hair on top of his head that stands straight up and it was 2.5 inches long!

Pics Lately - Over Kill, I know.

We're Back and it is FREEZING!

2011-02-02T23:42:00.019-07:00

We were able to enjoy a few days of nice weather and then it got cold in St. George too, but not this cold! Good thing Spring is supposed to be on its way, according to the Groundhog. I can not wait. I have never been so excited to see January come to an end!

It was a fun little trip, not relaxing at all but fun still. I didn't get any sleep and I don't think Jason did either. I did get a heavenly massage though. How sad is that that the first thing I say about our vacation has to do with sleep, or lack thereof. It really just goes to show what life is like at this point in time with two babies. Porter got some sleep but not as much as usual which is to be expected on vacation, right? He would spend at least an hour every night singing himself to sleep. He would just make up random songs mostly about Utah. I wish I would have wrote them down he is such a funny kid. Jason and I tried our best to explain to him that we were still in UT, but after listening to his songs I'm not quite sure the message sank in.

Jason and Porter did a lot of swimming and went to Jumping Jacks. Porter and I went to see Yogi Bear. About two minutes into the movie Porter told me that he did not like it. Luckily he and I were the only two in the theater so we chatted and played brick breaker on my phone and just enjoyed our time out.

We ate at our favorite Mexican restaurant, pizza place and of course the Pasta Factory where Jason threw bread crumbs under my chair to make the birds swarm around me! I hate birds! Why does he think its funny to freak me out? I also got asked there for the first time if my boy/girl twins were identical! Really people? One is a boy and one is a girl so, no. We also got to have dinner one night with our good friends Jake and Julia. So yeah we did a lot of eating. I was going to go to the gym everyday and run on the treadmill but I didn't, not even once. Ooops. I need to get back to Chalean too.

The drive down was a bit hectic and Porter let us know that two babies are really hard! Thanks bud, we hadn't noticed. The drive home was much better.

Porter was trying to balance on his swimming noodle (when I was in the shower might I add - Jason was in charge at the time - just wanted to make that clear) and he biffed it hard and slammed his cheek on the metal part of his bed so hard that it gave him a black eye! I need to take a picture of it, it is so sad. It turned into a goose egg on his face and a big red mark on top of the black and blue! Poor kid.

I am the worst at remembering to take pictures - we only got a few.

The view out of our little condo was amazing and I didn't think to take a picture of it until just before we left. There was a big cloud covering the mountain so this picture just does not do it any justice.

Luke in my wrap with Jason. Jason and I thought this was hilarious. We were so loopy and tired and just past our points with Luke. Sometimes this is the only way to get Luke to quit crying.

Porter still rocking his BIG smile.

Porter in Luke's car seat.

No pictures of the girls this trip I guess...

Some Fun Lately

2011-01-22T15:19:00.014-07:00

Incredible Pizza
Go Carts, Laser Tag, Mini Bowling, Mini Golf, Arcades.... We had a blast.

On the way there Porter was putting Aubree's binky in her mouth and he said, "I can see myself in Aubree's eyes, that means she loves me!" Awww he is so cute!

Kenslie is my friend Jenessa's cute baby. She is 11 days older then my twins.
Kenslie - Aubree - Luke
Of course my kids aren't looking they're like who is this girl on our blankie?
It was SO fun to see Jenessa and have some girl talk, finally!

My cute husband chillin with the Littles....

Next Thursday we are heading to St. George for a mini vacation and some nice weather before Jason starts his next rotation. A four plus hour drive with the Littles! Are we crazy? I have already started a list of crap we will need to pack for them, its a whole page already. At least we will be there for 5 nights so it will be worth all the hastle! I'm excited to get away from this disgusting air and spend some time outdoors!

2011-01-17T17:17:00.003-07:00

So I tend to obsess about things, everything. I don't really like to but I just do. I'm anxious. For so long I had been completely focused or obsessed - whatever about expanding our family. We started trying to have another kid when Porter was 10 months old, so May 2007, and by trying I mean starting infertility treatments. I know I don't ever really write about that on here, but in person I am very open about it and I wish I would have written about it. It ended in such a miracle and I just wish I would have documented all the ups and downs of how my babies came to be. Anyway now we have our TWO new littles and our family is complete.

Anyways that is not what this post is about...

Its about my NEW obsession - The Air Force -

Its been my new thing to think about lately. That and moving this summer (or getting Jason's (our) first assignment). I am so excited and nervous and OBSESSED with it, so is Jason really. We talk about where we might end up living and what its going to be like constantly.

Jason should be getting a list of about ten possible bases that need a pharmacist sometime in the next month or two (We have heard he should get it by the end of February) so we check his email about 400 times a day. We then will rank the bases where we want to live. Jason says its all up to me to rank them, I get to decide. He told me I could because I am always kindly reminding him of how supportive I am of him and all his crazy ideas, number one being the Air Force (and really lets be honest it is ultimately Uncle Sam that has the final say). Anyways we have also heard that we should get one of our top three picks. I want to be where it dosen't SNOW from October to MAY! I don't really mind the cold but I am so over the snow. I have never lived outside of UTAH, although I did live in St. George for 6 years and I so much prefer that weather!

Anyways its very exciting to think about a new adventure but I have SO many worries.

-Most of all how I am going to survive living away from my family with THREE kids? My family is a huge help and Porter is so close to my parents and grandparents (they are commonly referred to as "Team Ashlee").
-Is Porter going to adjust well? (I think so)
-Will Jason like his job? (I think so)
-Am I going to make new friends? This is sometimes not the easiest thing for me as even my mom has told me I come across as a bi*^h when I totally don't mean to (not that I ever mean to). You know if your own mom tells you that its pretty bad or your mom is mean :)
-What is military life really like? I don't personally know anyone in the military (crazy)! I have so many questions I want to ask someone and just see how they like it, maybe get some pointers. * I was told that you are supposed to tip the baggers at the on base grocery store. * Stuff like that. Also the on base grocery store has a name that I can not remember right now....
-It seems like the military is a language of acronyms! (So is mortgage lending, which I did for years, and there are hundreds of acronyms that inferts use too. I feel like my brain is FULL of them already!)
-How is this move going to work? I know the military sends people to pack up all our stuff and move it for us and that makes me nervous. I don't know how I will feel about people touching all my crap! (Probably better than boxing it up myself I'm guessing)...
-I am (ashamedly) not too up to date on politics and the war or really anything along those lines. I need to start reading about it, like now.

* I am aware that these are pretty petty things to be stressed out about as some air force wives are faced with dealing with much more serious concerns, God bless them. Its just where I am right now. *

I was talking to Jason about this the other night and I said I really didn't think it was going to be as hard as I was making it out to be in my head and he said, "Yeah, most things aren't." We had a good laugh about that because it is so true. I'm a prepare for the worst kind of girl.

There are a lot of positive things about this whole situation too (one being that my husband will for sure have a job). I really should start focusing about all the good things.

OR I should start obsessing about Chalene Johnson.

I started ChaLEAN Extreme yesterday and maybe since I am mentioning it now it will help keep me motivated. I am for sure NOT doing the diet, because.... I can't or I don't want to. I am going to try to eat better... Baby steps though. I do however want to start shedding this baby weight before we move!

A Little Catch Up Post

2011-01-14T18:08:00.025-07:00

On Christmas Eve Porter and I went to my grandma's house and Jason stayed home with Luke and Aubree. We still had not taken them out at all except for their doctor appointments. As soon as Porter and I got to my grandma's house I wished that my whole family was there and realized that life was getting pretty lame for all of us. Since then we have been taking the babies out a lot more...

We have taken the babies to:

- My brother and sister in-laws house with my husband's entire family (minus Uncle Matt) on new years eve day.
- The aquarium with my Aunts Amy & Jill, Uncle Roger, Lucy, Logan, & my grandparents.
- To Zupas and the mall with me and my mom and Dana.
- To a new twin parents seminar at IMC with me, Jason and Porter
- To Costco and Target and Cafe Rio with Jason, Porter and I

It feels seriously amazing to get out of the house! Jason has until the middle of February until his next rotation starts so we have a lot more plans until then including getting to Church this Sunday! Porter and I are absolutely loving having Jason home so much. I am all caught up on sleep, cleaning and laundry!

On a different note... CHRISTMAS!

We had a great Christmas. In the morning Porter opened his presents from Santa. Every Christmas before this one it has taken Porter a few DAYS to open all his presents. This year we started at about 9 AM and it only took him until about 7 PM to open them all! He is the kind of kid that wants to stop and play with everything. Jason was on his 'on' week at work (for the THIRD Christmas in a row) so he had to go to bed pretty early. That left me playing every single game and toy Porter got for Christmas with him. It was actuall really fun. My mom helped me with the babies and I sat on the living room floor with Porter the entire day and played. My favorite thing Porter got for Christmas was the Cat in the Hat I Can Do That game. So cute and hilarious! My Aunt Natalie gave it to him. Whatever she gets him always ends up being one of his favorite things. This year he got a ton of Mario stuff, games (board and video) and books.
Jason video recorded all Christmas morning and I did not take one single picture! I hate it when I do that! Its just so busy and I was holding a baby and helping Porter. I did snap a quick picture of the gifts before the kids saw them but once we got going I completely forgot. I am SO mad though because it was Luke and Bree's first Christmas!

The TWINS also turned 3 months two days ago on the 12th!
Jason and I were just talking today about how different they are from each other.
Luke weighs a good 2 pounds more than Bree. She is just so tiny still. She really is the happiest baby and when she is awake she is smiling unless she is hungry or about to fall asleep then she can really freak out and she is SO loud. She is VERY easily soothed though and is generally really laid back. Lately she loves sitting in the Bumbo chair and her dad. If Jason is even in the next room and talks Aubree starts smiling and whipping her head around to look for him. Jason says it feels way different to have a little girl :) He is in for it!
Luke is smiling a ton lately too. Both babies love the changing table and getting their diapers changed. Luke is such a TALKER (just like Porter)! The kid will look you right in the eyes and just talk and talk. It is the funniest thing he gurgles and sighs and grunts and chatters a lot. He will usually do it when he is happy but he also does it when he is mad. Instead of crying sometimes he will yell and talk when he is mad or when he wants to be picked up! I need to get it on video because I have never seen a more vocal kid, besides Porter. If Luke continues to talk even half as much as Porter we are all in for it. Lately Luke loves toys! If I shake a toy or rattle above his head he smiles and talks to it and tries to bat at it. Bree could care less about the toys really she likes people in her face talking to her.
They are both starting to be awake a lot more and they are just so fun. They are both becoming such good little sleepers! They eat at 8 PM and fall asleep pretty quick after eating then sleep until at least Midnight then eat again and go right back to sleep. When I have them in my room with me they will (a lot of the time) sleep until 8 AM sometimes they do wake up to eat again as early as 6 AM though. Luke still has not rolled over he is just content to be on his belly and when he wants to be done he just cries and I can't let him get mad enough to kick over, its too hard for me. Bree is a super star in the moving department. She rolls over from belly to back and it looks like she can almost go from back to belly. When she does tummy time I swear she only lets her tiny bellybutton touch the ground! She does the "supergirl" stretch with her feet and arms up in the air. She also wiggles out of her blankets every night. I have to put her in a one piece sleeper at night or else she gets her pants, socks and blankets off and freezes. My little Luke still loves to be swaddled. They are just getting too big too fast!

PORTER is amazing as usual. He has started swimming lessons again and he loves his teacher. He is such a cute big brother and loves the twins. We have had 2 problems recently including trying to drop Aubree and stepping on Luke...

Here are some pictures relating to this post :)

Chance and Luke

Laurine and Luke

Lucy and Bree

Christmas Eve

My one and only Christmas Day Picture

Aubree, Brinley and Halle

Grandma Bingham with ALL her Granddaughters (3 girls 6 boys)

Aubree- Just after her bath I got her new jeans and wanted to take her picture in them but she freaked out and wanted to sleep to I had to give her a binky and this is all I got!

Luke - So tired in his new favorite place, my wrap (only facing out!) I have spent hours walking him around the house like this because he gets really mad if I sit down or try to take him out.

Santa Clause is Coming to Town

2010-12-22T21:30:00.015-07:00

I have been asking Porter for two months what he wants for Christmas and all he has told me is a bubble whistle and pretend grapes....

Still Jason and I have been telling Porter that he has to be good so Santa will bring him lots of presents, especially the past few days. Well Santa came to our house tonight and Porter was SO excited. He politely said to Santa (after grandma Yoshi told him what to say), "Come in Santa! Will you have a seat?" Santa said to Porter, "You have been a very good boy this year!" Porter responded, "So does that mean I get lots of presents?" Santa told him he was getting so many presents that they all would not fit on his sleigh and he needed to bring one to him tonight while he was on a test run with his reindeer. Santa gave him an awesome truck and when he opened it Porter said, "Oh thank you Santa! I really wanted this!!!!" Santa also brought Luke and Aubree cute rattles (their very first ones) and Porter helped them open them. Aubree and Luke both loved Santa and were very content in his arm. I was nervous they were going to be grumpy because it was time for them to eat, but Santa worked his magic!

*This is Porter's new BIG smile. I think he has been doing it because he is always hearing everyone say, Oh look at Aubree she is smiling SO BIG!"

P.S. We aren't just about Santa and presents. This is how Porter set up the nativity. All gathered around baby Jesus :) I love the lamb going through the archway.

Just some more pictures of the kids today.

Two Month Checkup

2010-12-21T16:30:00.006-07:00

I know I know my post titles are so creative! We had the babies two month checkup today and they did so good. They are actually exactly 10 weeks old today, but they were born 3 weeks early so...

Luke
weight: 10 lbs 12 oz (27%)
height: 22.5 in (20%)

Aubree
weight: 9 lbs 11 oz (20%)
height: 21.5 in (45%) I'm not sure if the nurse wrote that % down right.

They seem like they are getting so much bigger and their % did go up quite a bit, but they are SO small. Porter is always in the 90th percentile in height and 70th-90th in weight so he was MUCH bigger then these two littles.

They did really good with their shots and calmed down really quickly afterwards then crashed for a long time. Jason and I actually went out to lunch and they slept the whole time! I was so proud of myself for actually taking them out in public even though we left them covered in their car seats the entire time. It is still progress right? I still don't dare to get them around crowds and Dr. Katie (our ped) made sure to tell us not to take them to church and totally supported me sequestering them to the basement! She said she has seen a ton of kids with cold and flu lately and that it would be a nightmare to have two sick babies.

Here is a picture of them right before we left and one with Jason holding them. Jason thought the little bear coats were so cute especially because he calls Aubree - Bree Bear. (I call her BobBree and Porter still calls her Marlo half the time since that is what I named her and called her up until the day we went to the hospital and I told Jason he could name her thinking he would pick MY favorite name for me since she will be my only daughter but no... I did name Luke so I guess its only fair. We all call Luke - Lukey Luke! So that was a little off topic.)

And here is one of the many indoor activities Porter does. He has to really entertain himself for the most part, poor kid. My grandparents have been back from their vacation for just over a week and Porter has already slept over there twice and he did NOT want to leave today when we went to pick him up. I don't blame him at all. I am so lucky he is such a good kid. I am listening to Jason give him a horsey ride right now and Porter is telling Jason he is a slow horse!! Porter also was just saying to Jason, "Oh daddy this one is a BEEEEEAUTY!" I have no idea what he is talking about, but he is so cute.

Two Month Babies!

2010-12-08T11:19:00.043-07:00

December 12, 2010

Luke and Aubree are 2 months old today and I can't believe it! It really has gone by so fast.

here they are today after their baths. I wanted to take a picture of them together, but Luke fell asleep in his swing.

The rest of this post is just some things I want to remember and some pictures.

Sleeping

Luke: Will only fall asleep in our arms (which is hard when there are two) OR on his belly (which freaks me out). Usually during the day when I am awake I will let him sleep on his belly, but I have to check on him every minute or two. At night I have tried a few times to put him down on his back and it is no fun at all. He wakes up at least every five minutes! About half the time I just end up having him sleep with me. The other half we let him fall asleep on his belly and then try turn him.

Aubree: The majority of the time I can lay her in her crib when she is awake and she will fall asleep. The only thing with her is that she loves her binky, but she can't keep it in her mouth so if she wants it to fall asleep it takes her a lot longer. We usually have to put her binky back in her mouth 5+ times until she is in a deep enough sleep. She falls asleep easy most of the time, but dosen't stay asleep very well.

Baths:

Luke: Loves his bath. He is very calm and content in the bath. Getting lotion on and dressed after however is the maddest he gets. He HATES getting dressed.

Aubree: She is still a little unsure about the bath, but she dosen't cry. She is pretty good about getting dressed.

Disposition:

Luke: I think he went through a bit of a colicky stage but he is slowly getting better. He tends to cry a LOT more than Aubree (its so hard not to compare them). When we talk or sing to him it is very hard to get him to smile he just started smiling at us about a week ago and we might get one little, quick, half smile a day if we are lucky. He does however "talk" to us and reach for us. He usually has a very serious, wide eyed look about him. He cries the most out of all my babies and most of the time I am the only one that can calm him down. Its heartwarming, but very trying at times especially with another baby that needs attention too. He loves to be held and cuddled. Oh he also snorts like a little pig noise when he is starting to get upset. Its pretty cute.

Aubree: She really is such an angel baby. She is very content. She is also VERY smiley. She has been smiling for weeks and her whole little face lights up and she will smile for a really long time. She has a much louder cry than Luke and she is a little less patient than Luke, but just when she wants her binky or her bottle - other than that she is really a super easy baby.

Eating/ Weight:
(They both eat every 4 hours now. Sometimes they will go up to six at night.)

Luke: Usually about 4 ounces. Jason weighed himself then himself with the babies Luke added 10 lbs. Luke looks a lot thicker than Aubree he has big cheeks and his feet and legs are about twice the width of Aubree's.

Aubree: Up to 4 ounces but usually about 3 ounces. Aubree added 9 lbs to Jason. She still has such skinny little legs and bum.

Their one month appointment isn't until the 21st so I will get to see what they really weigh then. I am so nervous for the shots! I had to make it on the 21st so Jason could come with me.

Both babies love their little glow worm musical stuffed toys that Porter gave them and their mobiles. They are both getting really strong.

** Update ** Aubree rolled over all by herself today!!! Luke smiled huge for a long time at my dad today!! Right on their two month birthday!! Yay! **

PORTER: He is doing so much better than I expected since he was an only child with tons of attention for over 4 years! He is so cute with them. He dosen't really want to hold them a lot, but he does kiss them and talk to them all the time. At least once a day he will tell them he loves them out of the blue. I love that! Porter has started getting out of his bed at night, multiple times. He has never done that before the babies were born. He loves to help me by throwing diapers away, giving the babies their binkys, washing the bottles, and getting me things I need. He also loves to sing and talk to the babies and do tummy time with them. I love that kid so much. He also keeps me laughing all day.

The other day Luke was freaking out for no reason and Porter and I were sitting on the floor. I was trying to calm Luke down so I was talking to him and I said, "oh Luke you are just pathetic!" (Nice I know, but you should see his face when he cries and his huge tears, it so sad.) Anyways Porter said, "Yeah Luke you are just PERFECTic!" I had to laugh, the crying really does not seem to bother Porter at all.

Porter is always saying that he is going to be a giant when he grows up. He also told me the other day that he wants Aubree to grow up to be a giant so he can marry her. I told him he couldn't marry his sister so he decided she could be his mom instead since I will be too little. He really loves his little brother and sister.

Life with twins is crazy. It is way more than 2 times harder than one. It is really crazy and we are really sleep deprived but we are loving it.

ONE MONTH PICS

I had their pictures taken when they were exactly one month. They have already changed so much. Its crazy how fast they grow. Here are some of the 1 month pictures...

*Photo Credit: Kristen Spencer Photography*

Nothing New

2010-11-20T20:21:00.006-07:00

Porter holding Aubree's binky in her mouth for her while I change Luke. He is so cute. He really is a good helper when I ask him, but of course he dosen't really like to so I try not to ask him too often.

Just a couple pics of Aubree and Luke from a week or two ago. They will be SIX weeks on Tuesday. It has gone by so fast. They are such good babies.

Luke and his crazy little fauxhawk :)

Halloween

2010-11-03T17:41:00.010-06:00

Jason and I were both able to take Porter trick or treating with some of our neighbors. It was raining so we didn't stay out too long but it was still nice to get out!

Porter was Mario. He has a bit of an obsession with Mario lately.

Luke and his crazy hair!

Aubree

The babies had their 3 week checkup yesterday (which was my actual due date). Luke now weighs more than Aubree!

Luke: 7 lbs 19.5 inches
Aubree: 6 lbs 13 oz 20.25 inches

They are really good babies although Aubree has had to be held the entire day today and it has just been Porter and I holding down the fort.

Babies! cont....

2010-10-21T16:48:00.012-06:00

The Birth

Jason and I showed up at the hospital at 8:00 for a 10:00 c-section. On the way there I read the paper that said we only had to be to the hospital an hour and a half before the schedule c-section time, not 2 hours. So we sat in the car until we couldn't stand it any longer and then made our way up to labor and delivery and by that time it was about 8:30. They got us to our room and me all hooked up to the monitors and then informed us that our c-section was not scheduled until noon. My parents and my Grandma Danna showed up and got to wait with us. Luckily time passed a lot faster then I thought it would.
At around noon they took me back to the OR and Jason was able to stay with me the whole time. I got my spinal block which hurt like crazy for a minute. I could feel the anesthesiologist put the needle in my back and it was so painful but I didn't dare to move so I just started saying owowowow and Jason later told me the anesthesiologist hurried and took the big needle out and gave me a bunch more lidocaine. I just kept asking Jason the whole time if he was done yet and it seemed like he told me no a million times and that it took an hour. Then the next thing I remember is that I was numb and my Dr came in. Everything else happened so fast. I felt someone push a tiny bit on my tummy and asking Jason if I was opened up yet and he nodded his head and 2 seconds later there was Luke's tiny head popping over the curtain and my dr. saying, "hi mom!" It was so awesome and Luke was so tiny. After Luke came Aubree and he didn't pop her over the curtain, but the nurse brought her around and showed her to me. They both came out screaming which was a huge relief!
After that I remember Jason telling me how much they weighed and we were so excited that Luke was only 6 oz smaller then Aubree. The babies were then hurried off to the nursery because Luke had a huge bruise down his entire back and their blood sugars were low. I was taken to the recovery room and my mom and Jason were able to go to the nursery with the babies. My grandparents were also able to get Porter to the hospital with Porter so he was able to see the babies and give me a kiss when I got done.
Jason kept coming in and giving me updates on the babies.
They had to take Luke's blood to check his clotting factor because they were nervous about the bruise. The gave him an IV to get the blood in case they needed to get him fluid or medication. They missed on the first hand and had to poke both :( Jason said that was really hard to watch. They also started getting him ready for a feeding tube because of his blood sugar and he would not eat but the AMAZING nurse Deborah in the nursery got him to take a bottle so he didn't need the tube after all. Also, his blood results came back normal and the bruise on his back was gone the next day! He is seriously such a miracle. Aubree did fine the whole time in the nursery. I didn't know what her name was going to be until about three hours after they were born and I asked my mom what Jason named her. He did good it fits her perfect.
Really the whole experience was pretty much in a blur.

The hospital stay was awesome and we loved all of our nurses (except one which Jason of all people didn't get along to well with). I sometimes wish I was still there except for then I would miss Porter.

AUBREE is our little princess. She is such a good baby. She sleeps soundly and doesn't cry too much. She is a messy eater and a great burper! She already has her dad wrapped around her little finger.

LUKE is our little noise maker. He grunts and makes all sorts of noises in his sleep. He is a great eater and almost eats 2 full ounces every three hours! He is so cute.

Here are some more pics of the hospital and the babies coming home in their huge looking car seats!

I just wanted to get this down before I forget.

Babies!

2010-10-20T20:17:00.024-06:00

The babies are here. They are 8 days old today. Luke and Aubree were born last Tuesday, October 12th at 12:34 and 12:36.

Luke was 5 lbs 8 oz and 18 inches long.
Aubree was 5 lbs 14 oz and 18.5 inches long.

Here is one last pregnant picture of me the morning we were headed to the hospital for my C-section.

And me and Jason - so excited and nervous.

Now for the good stuff.

Porter seeing the babies for the first time. It was just a quick peek because they were rushing them to the nursery to get checked out.

Aubree

Luke (he had a diaper covering his IV on his little hand)

Day Two Hospital Pictures

I have more I want to post but I need to go feed babies now and get some sleep!

Time Flies

2010-10-11T19:50:00.006-06:00

I have really let time get away from me during this pregnancy and now it is over in the morning. I am having a C Section tomorrow, but more on that later.

I wanted to make sure I got Porter's 4th Birthday blog done (his birthday was August 7th ooops). My camera was dead so my grandpa made me a disk of the pics he took. Phew! Thanks grandpa! Porter wanted a Toy Story cake, he loves those movies and games lately. We had all my family over for burgers and Porter loved running around with my little cousins. He got spoiled and even my grandparents mailman, Nick (who Porter has made buddies with) sent him some awesome mailman hats that were a hit.

Porter also started preschool which he loves. He goes with our neighbor boy Owen and they are so cute together. Porter loves Owen and even cried one day when he got home from preschool because Owen wasn't there. They just go twice a week for two hours a day, but it is so nice for Porter to get out and he loves his teacher she is awesome.

The other day Jason, Porter and I went to Park City with my mom and my sister, Claire. I was craving the Baja Cantina its my new favorite Mexican restaurant they have the most delicious chimichangas. Anyway we stopped at the outlets on the way home and I wanted to run into Carters really quick. Jason, my mom and Porter waited in the car and they saw this guy and girl totally making out and the guy was grabbing the girls butt like crazy. Porter was totally confused he said, "Why is he doing that to her? Dosen't he know she could poop on his hand at any minute!" I hope he remembers that when he gets older!

He is really excited to get a new brother and sister. He is so cute about it and he is very worried about the Dr cutting me open. He told me the Dr will probably cut me open with a sword and that Porter wants to squeeze his blood into me because I have girl blood and I need boy blood to be stronger and braver. He is a little sexist I guess, but its too cute. I just love that kid and I hope he adjusts well to our new additions.

Belly

2010-07-03T14:14:00.003-06:00

So this is me I am 22 weeks and 4 days along and I pretty much look full term (for some people)! I thought I'd share and document this because I think it is so funny. I still have at least 11 more weeks to go. Hopefully closer to 14 weeks left to go and I am in the "growing" phase. Yikes!
I feel great though. It is hard to sit for long periods of time and I have some really bad round ligament pain on my right side but other than that I feel great.
I'm getting excited to start getting things ready for these babies to get here.

Porter is doing pretty good with all this baby stuff although he does not like going to my Drs appointments or my ultrasounds so I will not be making him do that anymore.
The other day I showed Porter my belly button, which has popped all the way out. He got his little pointer finger out and asked, "can I poke it back in?" I told him that it wouldn't poke back in. He looked at it for a minute and then looked me right in the eyes, shook his head and said in a very disappointed tone, "You are funny lookin!" I know buddy.
He also freaked my grandma out the other day. He told her, "you know grandma something is wrong with baby B." When she asked him what he said, "It doesn't have a penis." (He was at fetal photos with Jason and I when we found out the genders.)

Update

2010-06-20T22:10:00.035-06:00

It has been some time again since I have updated our blog.

DECEMBER/JANUARY: Jason and I tried a frozen embryo transfer with our only 2 embryos which didn't even make it through the thawing process. I was surprisingly upset about it since I didn't have much hope for it working in the first place. The day after we found out we were not going to make it to our transfer date (I realize this probably doesn't make any sense to most of you) I told Jason I needed to go to Disneyland. So we quickly planned a vacation and were off to California. We spent a week going back and forth between Disneyland and California Adventure. We rode every ride in both parks and were there to ring in the New Year! We had a blast and it was just what I needed.
Porter was so cute and so fun. He made friends wherever we went. He told one couple (they were probably in their early 50s) that they had our bag. He was adamant that the bag they were holding from the gift shop was ours. The couple was so cute they showed him what was in the bag, cookies! Then they opened them up and shared them with Porter. Jason and I spent the next 30 minutes or so talking with them. I am so glad Porter is so good at making friends hopefully he will break the ice for me like that once we have to move with the Air Force as I am not nearly as good at is at he is.

Here are some pics from Disneyland!

FEBRUARY: was Valentines Day. I think this is Porter's favorite holiday he LOVES bringing his friends little Valentine cards. February we also did our second round of In Vitro. Our transfer day was on Valentines Day so I was on bed rest for just that day. My mom made a delicious dinner of some kind of peanut chicken for everyone and I got to sleep :) We only had 2 embryos, both of poor quality to transfer so we, along with our Dr decided to transfer them both. Again I had very little hope that it was going to work as the quality was so bad and we didn't have a single one to freeze. On the 25th I got a positive pregnancy test at the Drs office. The nurse called back to let me know my beta count was very high!

MARCH: My sister came to visit and Porter was in Heaven! I didn't take a single picture of them. I am so lame! I also had an ultrasound and the Dr saw 2 little heartbeats!

APRIL: Jason and I celebrated our 6th anniversary! And I was sick.

MAY: Jason and Porter went to a Father and Sons camp out with his brother Morgan and his two boys Zach and Boston. I think it pretty much rained on them the whole time and made me really nervous, but they survived and had fun too. While they were camping I went and spent some time with my sister in law Sommer and her girls, Brinley and Halle. They took me out to dinner for my birthday and then Summer and I got to sit and visit which is always fun. I love Moran and Summer's family they are so cute and their kids are seriously the best cutest kids ever! I also celebrated my 28th birthday. Man that sounds OLD! Jason took me to fetal photos and we found out that baby A is a boy and baby B is a girl! We could not be more excited!

JUNE: Has already been so much fun. My Uncle Roger, Aunt Amy and their kiddos, Lucy and Logan came and stayed a few days. Porter and Lucy are so cute together and so close in age. He totally adores her. Logan is SO dang cute he has the cutest little face and the cutest little squeal when he gets excited. He is getting so big and he is into everything and runs everywhere. He is such a good happy baby. The weather was no good but they still crammed in a ton of fun. We all went to the Mayan to celebrate Roger and Logan's birthdays. The kids loved the divers and it was so fun to have so much of our family together. On Friday they went to Lagoon. I didn't go because it just sounded like too much walking for me, but my grandparents went and so did Porter. Then on Saturday they went to the zoo, again I didn't want to do that much walking (I am really slow) but my mom and Porter went and then they all came back to our house for sloppy joes! I didn't take any pictures so I will have to see if Roger can email me a few.....

We can't wait for July! Uncle Matt and Aunt Bebe are both coming for a visit around the 4th and Cutie FINALLY gets home from Ukraine on the 5th! Porter is going to be in Heaven!

Bingham Family Update

2009-12-27T22:54:00.038-07:00

I have not posted forever (again).

Thanksgiving was great. Roger and his family came and stayed with us again. Porter and Lucy had a blast as always and Amy and I got to stay up late chatting.

Here is the bi/tri-annual pic of them on the stairs.

Porter has kept us busy as usual.

He loves to go to Target and always wants to go, which is usually fine with me. In his effort to get me to go one day he told me, "I left my happy face at Target. Can we go get it?" (Happy face meaning his actual smiling face, like he was not going to smile until we went to Target.)

A few nights ago after picking him up from my grandparent's house and driving home he was being a total grump-a-roo. He was kicking my chair and whining and carrying on about nothing. I told him he better fix his attitude and then like any good mother I proceeded to ignore him. A few minutes later he said, " I broke it momma!" I asked him what he broke and he said, "My attitoo and I only have one attitoo not both!"

Another time Porter and I were in the room with the Christmas tree and the wrapped Christmas presents sitting on the floor chatting. I told him I needed to get going and that he needed to come with me and leave the room with the tree and presents. He did not want to and was ticked at me when I insisted. He said, "awwww!" then he put both his hands in front of his chest, palms together and thrust them towards me (like a chest pass kind of) and said very angrily, "I just threw a fit at you!"

He also calls me by my first name the majority of the time. It annoys the crap out of me, but its kinda cute how he says my name, Ahwee. Often times he will add my middle name in there too and that sounds like Ahwee Bashelle. I don't know why he can get the "sh" sound in my middle name and not my first. Perplexing.

As you may have gathered he is going through a bit of a 'phase' (I hope) right now. Don't get me wrong I am a super proud mom. I'm pretty sure he is the cutest thing I have ever seen. When we went to his three year old check-up his Dr. and nurses were amazed at how tall and cute he was. His Dr. also told me he was VERY verbally and socially advanced and I agree. Yep proud mom here (if you couldn't tell already by this blog that is devoted pretty much entirely to him). All that being said, the kid will NOT go poop on the potty! Yes he is nearly three and a half and very bright may I remind you, but no, not potty trained. The pee thing he has down just fine. I feel like we have tried everything, so after about 5 months of trying EVERYTHING we have recently reverted back to diapers and backed off... I have no idea if this is completely the wrong way to handle this, but I just don't know what else to do. One of the first and few times he did go on the potty it freaked him out and he said, "Ah! Oh No! Somteen happneen to my bum!" So I guess he has some kind of pooping phobia. Let me just mention he knows all his letters by sight and all their sounds and can even sound out a few words. He is no dummy, just stubborn or wacky I guess. He could care less when he poops too. He told me the other day, "I just pooped in my pants." when I asked him why he said, "Cuz its my favorite, poopin my pants is my favorite." Just like that word for word and completely matter of fact. He has also told me he likes to sit in his poop. Grrrr. What to do?

Whew that was a bit of a rant. Christmas was great. Porter was so fun this year and completely spoiled.

This is our friend, Terry, he has an amazing Santa costume and came to our house and talked to Porter and brought him some presents (and all of us some too). When he came to our house he walked in the front door and jingled his bells. Porter literally sprang from my lap and and yelled, "NOOOOOOOOO!" as he ran to the door. I think he thought he was going to miss him. After Terry/Santa left Porter said, "that was the real Santa!" And every time someone asked him if Santa was going to come see him and bring him some presents Porter would say, "he already did - he brought me an orange car!" Thanks so much Terry you are seriously so amazing! We love you!

Porter knows that Last Christmas I gave you my heart song it is pretty much the cutest thing ever!

Just some pics of Christmas morning. Jason recorded it all on video as I helped Porter so we didn't take many pics.

Our cute niece Brinley is getting baptized this week and we are so proud of her and the choice that she has made. She is seriously the sweetest, cutest, most loving gal ever. She is such an awesome example of love and kindness to us. I am getting all teary eyed just thinking about her. Yes she is just that fabulous! I am so sad that we won't be able to be there to spend her special day with her.

We are off to Disneyland!!! YAY! When we come back Porter will be a Sunbeam! And Jason and I get to keep our same primary class! I am so glad I love those kids so much they are the best.

HaLLoWeeN

2009-11-12T16:46:00.017-07:00

Porter was a Dinosaur for Halloween this year unless you asked him then he was a Dragon. He was being a little stinker and wouldn't let me really take any pictures. It was a huge pain to just get him to look at me in these two. He really is hating the camera lately. Little stinker.

Jason and I took him trick-or-treating around the neighborhood. Our neighbors would say something like, "oh hi Porter take a few!" Porter would reply, "no I already got one." It was funny. He has always been weird about taking food from other people. My Aunt and Uncle watched him a couple times for me and when the would offer him food he would say, "No. I have that at home." I don't know what it is. Anyway we went to eight houses and Porter said, "I got enough I don't meed anymore I ready to go home." I said, "do you want to just go to one more house?" Porter said, "yeah I do that one!" as he pointed to our house. I have a feeling it may go a little differently next year. We shall see.

In one of the pictures Porter has a pencil in his hand. That is his magic wand. He is really into Dragons, castles and magic right now (his imagination blows my mind). He was playing on the chair in our TV room with it the other day and he fell in the crack between the chair and the wall and he couldn't get out so he started waving his pencil wand and saying abracadabra so he could use his magic to get out of the crack. It was really funny.

He cracks us up all the time. Since I have gone back to work Porter and I are in the car a lot more and he is really into watching the other cars and lights and stuff. He has become quite the little backseat driver. He is always saying funny things and he always wants to wear my sunglasses which he puts on upside down. Its quite a sight. Here are a few of the more recent things he has said to me:

Porter: Ugh c'mon mom!
Me: C'mon what?
Porter: You can do it!
Me: Do what?
Porter: Go faster! ( He loves it when we pass other cars and is obviously disgusted with me when other cars pass us. This sometimes poses problems for us at red lights.)

And

Porter: Mom you can't do anything right.
Me: Did you just say I can't do anything right?
Porter: Yeah, but you can do all the things left.

We also went to the pumpkin patch and carved some pumpkins. It was fun. I was really impressed with Porter he cleaned out his own pumpkin!

Thanksgiving Point, Cabins, Tutus, Bebe and Lucy

2009-10-10T20:52:00.051-06:00

I am going back to work on Monday! I can't believe it. I am going to work four days a week until the first part of January. I am covering for the current processor's maternity leave and then when she comes back we will job share. I am kind of excited to go back, especially when it will only be part time. It is the same company I worked for a year ago, Mortgage America, and I really like the lady that I will be working for and the gal I will be job sharing with. Porter is WAY excited because he gets to go back to Grandma Happy and Grandpa Roll's house and they are SUPER fun!
Anyways, I just want to get caught up on my blogging so here are some things from this summer that I never got around too posting.

Porter and I went to the petting zoo at Thanksgiving Point with some of my friends and their kids. It was a blast.

This cute tiny baby horse kept chewing on our stroller and Porter thought it was hilarious.

Riding the pony.

Feeding the goats.

My mom and dad have the coolest friends, the Ewells. I love them they are so much fun and so nice. They have an amazing cabin that they let us use. We had so much fun just hanging out, going on walks, playing games, and going on the four-wheeler.

Porter was pretending he was a king in a castle and this was his throne.

Eating Smores

On the Four-wheeler with Bampa Jeff

Potrer with Mama Yoshi and Bampa Jeff

Porter with Taco Bell. (Porter originally named this octopus either Poop, Pee, or Fart so we tried talking him into naming him Paco so he compramised with Taco Bell.)

Okay, Jason is going to kill me for this, and maybe Porter one day :)
He was just chillin one day in his underoos (potty training, you know) and he came up to me with a dryer sheet stuffed halfway up each side of his underoos. I just looked at him and laughed and said, "go show your grandma what you did." So Porter walked up to my mom and said, "I meed some music, I a ballerina!" My mom said, "Oh did you make a tutu?" Yep, yep he did. Then he showed us some of his killer moves! I for one think that that is pretty creative :)

Aunt Britney and Uncle Kevin came out for two whole weeks and Porter was in HEAVEN, as was I! He LOVES his Aunt Bebe, as do I. Why wouldn't he? She is so much fun and does whatever he wants her too. I wish I would have had my camera out more. Since she has left there have been a few times when Porter doesn't get his way and he will say, "I meed aunt Bebe her lives too far away!" She does live WAY too far away. We miss you Bebe!!!

This is them having a Tea Party. (I swear all Porter usually does is play cars and with his football, and want to wrestle but those things are not that fun to take pics of and blog about.) He went down to our fridge and got he and Brit these juice boxes all by himself I think he also got his favorite teddy bear, Banana Chip, a juice box too but I'm not sure I was not invited.

He wanted to lay on one rug on the kitchen floor and Brit to lay on the other one. She is a trooper.

Being cute and making faces!

We also got a visit from Roger, Amy, Lucy and Logan. I tell ya these are some of my favorite people! I LOVE it when we get to see them.

Porter and Lucy.

Okay enough for now. Phew!

BaBy LoGaN

2009-09-04T22:24:00.013-06:00

I am going to catch up on the summer so that I can hopefully stay on top of things this fall. We were able to go to Boise to attend my Aunt Amy and Uncle Roger's little boys baby blessing. It was so fun to go spend some time with our family and let Lucy and Porter play. They are such cute cousins and they just love each other. It was a very quick trip we just stayed one night but well worth it :)
Baby Logan is seriously the cutest baby! I love these pics of him and Porter. Porter absolutely loves babies and always want to hold them and take them home (sorry buddy).

The cute little family!

Aww Baby and Dadda

I was a bit of a baby hog, but he liked me the BEST! :)

"This Bar Is in My Way"

2009-09-02T21:53:00.008-06:00

Jason and I took Porter to the zoo the other day and after spending about a half an hour in the giraffe building Jason and I were ready to move on. Porter, however, did not want to leave. So Jason and I used some of our fabulous parenting skills and said, "OK we are leaving then bye bye" hoping he would not want us to leave him and he would follow us. Porter came up with a plan of his own.....

He started saying, "wait! wait! I can't get through this bar is in da way!" as he repeatedly ran into the pole between the two doors. Seriously? Nut!

Happy Birthday Dada

2009-08-31T20:02:00.012-06:00

It was Jason's Birthday on the 20Th and I wanted to do a post about it even though it is super late..

I asked Porter a bunch of questions about Jason the day before his birthday this is what he had to say..

1. What is daddy's name? Jason O
2. How old is he going to be? Three like me
3. What is daddy's favorite show? A baby one
4. What is your favorite thing to do with daddy? Play wrestle
5. What do you like about daddy? He has big muscles like me.
6. What does daddy smell like? Breakfast food
7. What do you and daddy talk about? Jesus
8. Where does he work? To school
9. Why does he go to school? To work
10. Is daddy smart? No, Porter is
11. What does he wear? Green Under-roos(I am assuming he is talking about scrubs)
12. Favorite color? Blue and brown
13. Favorite Animal? Lamby
14. Favorite toy? Car, a green one
15. Favorite food? Mack-e-oni and cheese for breakfast

Happy Birthday to Jason!

We went to Lagoon right around Jason's Birthday too... we were totally going to bounce back but I got sick :( It was SO much fun. I have not been to Lagoon since high school and I was way skeptical, but it is so much funner with kids!
Lagoon 2009

Poor Little Buddy

2009-08-29T20:24:00.008-06:00

Jason and Porter love to go to Jumping Jacks. They go all the time and have a blast so I decided to tag along the other day. We were having a great time when this happened.....

Porter 'Crazy Eyes' Bingham

Ouch! Jason was going down the slide upside down on his back and Porter was laying on his belly on top of Jason. Porter's arms got under Jason's shoulders for like two seconds and that was the result :( Porter had a good little cry for a minute and said, "no no dada!" while Jason explained (to both of us) that accidents happen. Then Jason asked Porter if he wanted to go down the slide again. Porter jumped right out of my lap and was perfectly fine for the rest of the time. When we got home we cleaned the them up and put some ointment on them. They took SEVEN Sponge Bob band-aids and Porter would not hold anything for a few hours after. The very next day he said they were fine and they don't seem to be bothering him at all. Crazy - it looks so painful to me. This is hands down the worst injury Porter has ever had. So so so sad!

Porter's Birthday Party

2009-08-17T23:22:00.008-06:00

Happy Birthday Porter!

2009-08-07T23:01:00.020-06:00

Today was Porter's 3rd Birthday! I can not believe my baby is three! Time really does fly by! I just love this kid he is such a stud and a sweet heart!

Here are a few things about Porter. I asked him all these questions tonight before bed...( I just wanted to "write" these down so I can remember and compare later!)
Favorite Colors: Green and Red
Favorite Animal: Cow
Favorite Food: Macaroni and Cheese
Favorite Drink: This! (pointing to a cookies and cream shake he was drinking)
Best Friend: Mama (I have witnesses he really said it)
Favorite Toy: The one that jumps way high up to the air. (we couldn't figure out which one he was talking about)
Favorite Animal: Froggy :)
Favorite Animal: Bear :)
Favorite Game: Hungry Hippos
Favorite Song: Tinkle (meaning Twinkle Little Star)
Best Friend: Mama (My dad asked him this time thinking it may change. Ha!)
Favorite Movie: Madagascar
Favorite T.V. Show: Mickey Mouse
Favorite one on Mickey Mouse: Minnie
Favorite Teacher: Miss Claire
Favorite thing to do: Ummm to play with cars and stuff
Favorite Place to go: To get ice cream
Favorite Animal: Cow :)

This morning Jason came home and made Mickey Mouse pancakes for us. They were so cute with chocolate chips in the ears and everything and it was too early for me to remember to take any pics :(

Then Porter opened his presents from us and from Grandma and Grandpa Bingham.

He brought this little guy up to me later in the day and said, "Mama he's tired." So cute. I think Porter was the tired one.

Oh I had to take these pics. Porter put the stickers on his new toy all by himself. Such a big boy!

For dinner we went to Chuck E. Cheese. It was so much fun. I think Jason and I may have had more fun than Porter :)

Awww my boys

So serious

I love you Porter! You are my best boy ever! Happy Birthday!

Say....

2009-08-06T01:14:00.002-06:00

Porter likes to tell us what to say. He usually says, "mom say Porter how did you do that." After I ask him he usually says, "I don't know."
So the other day we were outside getting ready to get in the car and Porter says to me, "mom, say don't touch the tires." (This is something I say to him a lot anyways.) So I of course immediately say, "Porter don't touch the tires." He looks at me like I'm crazy and says, "I didn't!" Oh.... I thought it was funny. He is a nut.

Our 4th of July Celebration

2009-07-25T11:27:00.018-06:00

Jason, Porter and I went to visit his Grandparents in Idaho on their farm over the 4th of July. We had a blast.

On the 4th we woke up and headed to a rodeo. Jason and I love rodeos and went to a ton before Porter was born. Porter wasn't really into it he had more fun...

Eating licorice

Sticking his licorice in dad's ear and wrestling with him

And swinging on the fence

So after an hour or so we headed out to a little fair. They had a bunch of those bouncy houses and slides.

We sent Porter up to this slide and he sat at the top and wouldn't go down. So I climbed up thier to help him out thinking he was being a little chicken.

It was a little faster then I thought :)

But it was fun we went a few more times.

A few more pics of the fair.

Porter got to drive for the first time too! Jason asked me if I felt like Britney Spears :) It was really just for a minute on a dirt road on the farm.

Then we went to the resort that is literally across the street from Jason's Grandparent's. Porter LOVED it. We knew he would because he loves water and swimming. He and Jason went down the big tube slide over 20 times. As soon as they got to the bottom Porter would say, "I want to go up and back down again!" He wore Jason right out!

After swimming we went to grab some dinner before fireworks. Porter's prize in his kids meal was this hat. He put it on and told us, "I a cowboy, I a Buckaroo!"

Then finally off to watch the fireworks which Porter named, Rosie Poppies! Don't know where he came up with that one.

Just some other random pics around the farm...

Porter Funnies

2009-07-14T00:41:00.007-06:00

My little Porter cracks us up constantly. He says the funniest things everyday. Here a few.....

Me: Porter c'mon its time for bed.
Porter: NOT YET!
Me: Porter don't yell.
Porter: You don't yell.
Me: I didn't I said it nice and quiet and calm.
Porter: No you didn't you were screaming like a little girl!

Porter wanted to read my dad a book on top of my mom's cell phone for some reason. My dad said he was on his way up, but he was not fast enough for Porter.

Porter: Bampa Jeff c'mon you crazy old man!

My mom and dad were showing Porter with their hands that he is two and was going to be three.

Bampa Jeff: See its two like a peace sign. Peace out!
Porter: My mom sometimes says peace out and my dad sometimes does that, but last time I did it nobody laughed!

I was folding laundry.....

Porter: I'm going to school.
(he leaves the room and comes right back)
Porter: You want to come to school with me? Its in my room.
Me: No mommies don't need to go to school. I already did. Daddy goes to school so he can make more money one day.
Porter: I go to school to make tacos.

I don't know where he gets this stuff.

Day Break Park

2009-06-15T00:11:00.011-06:00

I am not even going to try to catch up. Life has been so busy and so crazy that I wouldn't even know where to start. It seems like things are getting back to normal and slowing down a bit so I should have time and energy to blog again.
My mom and I took Porter over to the Day Break park on Saturday and it was such a pretty overcast day. Porter had fun running around like usual but he is seriously the most cautious little boy ever. I know I have done it to him too because every time he is doing something 'daring' or climbing something he always reassures me by saying, I be careful momma" and somebody has to be right there by him. He is also really clean for a little boy. When my mom took his shoes off at the bottom of the slide he would not put his feet in the sand. I had to physically push his feet in it and tell him for about five minutes that it was okay and even kind of fun to walk your bare toes in the sand. He did enjoy after that. Here are a few pics and hopefully I can stay caught up!

Oh yeah and my cute sister, Claire, and Adam went Skydiving! I didn't get any pics of that but she got a disk of them so I will have to ask her if I can put some of the pics on here. They are crazy! This is Claire and Adam right after they got home from their jump :)

CaLiFoRnIa VaCaTiOn

2009-01-31T17:47:00.012-07:00

My parents and I decided to take Porter on a little trip to California. We went to Disneyland, California Adventure and Knottsberry Farms. It was so much fun. The weather was in the 80s and it was not very crowded at all. The first day we went to Disneyland and rode every single ride in the entire park at least once and spent a good hour in Toon Town. It was a Thursday and we didn't have to wait in any lines at all. Porter was even tall enough to ride the Matterhorn! He loved it! The kid has no fear at all. The next two days we went to California Adventure and Disneyland again. It was a bit more crowded, but still not bad. I loved the Bug's Land at California Adventure it is SO cute and that is one of Porter's favorite movies. The 3-D show there is so cute and it was so fun to watch Porter reach for the butterfly and say "I want that!" My mom and I went to ride the Tower of Terror (funnest ride ever!)so my dad took Porter to ride the Monster's Inc. ride over and over I think they rode it at least 10 times. California Adventure also has a super cute parade which Porter had to watch in only his diaper and a tee shirt because Grandpa Jeff let him get soaked at the Bug's Land. Through the entire parade Porter just kept saying, "I want to ride!" (meaning the floats in the parade)By the end of the parade he had had enough and took off after Mater. My mom chased him down thru the end of the parade. Porter got to meet a bunch of the characters, but if you ask him he will say that he didn't..? I do have pictures to prove him wrong though. I could go on forever so I will just say that we had the funnest time (although we did miss Jason) I can not wait to go back.

Disney Characters

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Happy New Year!

2009-01-01T15:41:00.002-07:00

Wishing you all a wonderful 2009!

Oh Tee Hee Hee

2008-12-10T02:12:00.007-07:00

Porter was such a little helper with the ornaments on the tree this year. He loves the tee hee hee (that is what 'Christmas Tree' sounds like in Porter)so now my family thinks its pretty hysterical to have him sing Oh Christmas Tree (or whatever that carol is called).
Sometimes he just goes and sits on his present from my mom and dad under the tree and says over and over again, "My pesent" as he pats his present (No one ever told him that was his present I guess he just assumed since it was the first one under the tree and the biggest). He also says to whoever is with him, "sit down! sit down!" then you have to sit on the floor and look at his present with him. Fun times. He also knows he is not supposed to touch the ornaments because they are glass, but I always catch him in there counting all the ornaments touching them ever so softly... Cute little stinker, just like his dad not good at minding :) And so so hard to get mad at. Those two both think it is so funny when I try to get mad and when you are mad and someone laughs at you it is pretty hard not to laugh at yourself. And big brown eyes don't make it any easier. I think only Jason's mom can truly understand what I am saying here :)

Goofy Little Smiles...

Consentrating...

Drooly Boy... (Are 2 year old molars supposed to take months!?)

My Little Nut Monkey

Lucy Mae & Porter Jay

2008-11-29T23:36:00.006-07:00

Roger, Amy and Lucy came to visit a few weeks ago. It was a short visit, but still so fun to see them. Porter absolutely LOVES Lucy and they play so cute together. We took them to the aquarium with my grandma and grandpa and had a great time.
I would have posted forever ago but Porter has been so sick. Since he was born I have only had to take him to the doctor once to be seen for being sick and it was not bad at all. This time it seems like he has pretty much been sick all of November! First he got croup and I ended up taking him to the ER because the instacare was closed. They gave him a dose of some steroids and sent us home. Then, as soon as he was feeling better from that he got the Norovirus! He seriously threw up over 30 times. Before this I could not clean up puke at all without puking myself, now its no big deal at all I am so used to it. My mom and Jason also got the virus, luckily it only lasts 3 days... Both my mom and Jason said it was the sickest either of them can remember feeling, ever! With Porter the only way you could tell he was sick was the constant throwing up, as soon as he was done puking he was ready to play. Crazy kid. I hope he has done his share of being sick this season.
P.S. Don't take your kids to the gym child care places! The norovirus is going around Utah like crazy and it is super contagious. (Its the virus that people get on cruise ships.)

"I want to suck your blood!"

2008-11-03T20:41:00.004-07:00

We went to Boo at the Zoo with the Allen family. It was fun to get out with them, but the zoo was packed! We didn't even really look at many animals just fought our way through the crowds. The kids of course had fun. I think they loved the live music the best, those kids would have danced for hours if we let them. (My favorite part was when we went to Training Table after.)
I made a very horrible rookie mom mistake.... I tried to put Halloween make-up on a two year old! Duh. It did not go over well and it looked like crap. I painted Porter's face white and put that black spray stuff in his hair and he was not happy with me. It looked decent when we left the house but by the time we got to the zoo he had stuck both of his hands in his hair and smeared black streaks all the way down his entire face, so he pretty much just looked like a dirty, angry vampire. Good thing Zoee can always make him smile :)

We also went to my grandma's neighborhood Halloween party with my cousins, Braxton, Jaxon and Aiden. We had a fun time!

Halloween night my sister Claire and I took Porter around the neighborhood to trick-or-treat It was fun to see him really into it this time. Once we got home he figured out really quick how to work the system...
1. Pick out two of the exact same kind of candy (usually suckers)
2. Bring them both to Grandpa
3. Ask Grandpa to opee
4. Enjoy Candy with Grandpa
5. Repeat
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