Until next week...

Ok, so obviously we aren't fishing but we are leaving to SLC and wont be back for a week! YIPPIE! We are very excited to see everyone! Thanks for making it work to come to SLC to see us! Justin has an interview on Tuesday so everyone pray that it works out for us! Even if it doesn't something will come up. The boys can't wait to see all their Grandparents, Uncle's, Aunt's, Cousins and who ever else wants to come and see us! We will be back next week so until then happy blogging!

Ready for Spring

Standing on the couch!
Braxton always bonks heads with anyone that will let him. Or even if they wont.
Taylor
Braxton
I couldn't get Braxton to smile at all this morning!

Lots of pictures

Taylor: Loves his stacking toys
Naked boy! Look at all that chub! I love it!
Thinking he was funny. No worries. There is nothing in that medicine bottle :-)
Playing by the laundry

Braxton:

He gets all of his toys out of the basket. Always a mess.

Under the table playing with the sewing machine pedal.

He is getting into everything! He figured out how to open this today! I had to put a rubber band around the handles so that he can't pull them open.

Braxton is trying to climb everything! The bean bag...the armour...
the chair...
Tyring to get the VCR/DVD player

They are definitely keeping me busy. Only 4 more days until we are in SLC! YIPPIE!

1 year

Today I hit my 1 year of retirement :-) I had to quit working the beginning of March last year to go on bed rest. It has been a great year and I haven't thought about work since! I just barely went into a dental office for the first time in almost a year! Unless it is absulutly necessary, I am staying retired for good! Being a stay at home mom is just too much fun to miss!
I got out the boys jackets to go down to the gym this morning. They loved their jackets. We didn't get down to the gym though! We had major melt downs so we stayed home and watched the Backyardigans and are getting ready for naps!! Hopefully they wake up happier. Poor Braxton has been a little grump! These teeth need to get through!

9 Months Old

My sweet boys are 9 months old! They are growing fast and learning so many new things. I love it! We love being parents. These two make that easy. They are both doing so many new things..

Taylor:

has two teeth

tries to move around

hates to cuddle

sleeps through the night

so easy going

loves to sing songs

gets so excited when Justin gets home

has a cheesey grin

laughs at everything that Braxton does

arches his back to fall asleep

talks, talks, and talks

Braxton:

Growls

crawls everywhere

tried to climb everything

talks all the time

follows Justin around the apartment

chases the vaccum

knows he can make Taylor laugh

loves to cuddle

energetic

teething

shakes his head no

pulls his blanky over his face to sleep

What did I do?

Oh! What did I do?? Ha Ha! I cut it off and I love it! I would say it was about 4 inches. Maybe a little more. I was so ready for a change. I also dyed my hair. This is the first time I have had color in my hair in the last 6 years.
A little embarrassing, sorry Amy! Leslie did both of our hair today. She is great! I always love my hair after she does it! I keep telling her that I am going to come to her forever, no matter where we live. Client for life! :-)
Here is the final product!

Fun Friday

The weather has been great here the last few days. We decided it would be a nice break to get out and go to the Gonzaga Baseball game. Neither of us are really into baseball but the games are really fun and they were playing BYU today. The boys had so much fun being with their daddy and were such good boys. And I do realize my boys hats are too small. I just wanted them to be as warm as they could :-) Me and Braxton enjoying the gameJustin and Taylor (he was having so much fun! Jumping up and down and didn't stop laughing!) Taylor enjoying a PICKLE! yuck! He LOVED it though!
More pickles...
Braxton dumped our bag of chips on the ground but he had fun with the bag.I get my own seat!

He didn't stay there very long!

After the 5th inning of the game we left to go to dinner at Red Lobster. It is in Coeur d'Alene so we had to leave the game to get there before the crowd. Didn't work though! We had to wait about an hour but the boys did pretty good. They were getting restless but by the time we got to the table, they were fine again. Taylor loved playing with menu and crayons (the crayons didn't last too long because they went straight to his mouth!) Braxton enjoyed eating his menu.

The waitress was awesome and brought them applesauce and they loved it. They also ate my cucumbers from my salad. The loved the flavor and sucked the juice from them. I guess it's a good thing my boys like veggies. They didn't get it from their mother.Here is the final picture of the table when we were done! 500 napkins later! Poor bus boy had a lot of work to do after we left! The food was great and Justin enjoyed the lobster as he always does. We also enjoyed his gift card that paid for our outing tonight. We had a great Friday!

Tagged- Me in a nut shell

So I was tagged by my sister-in-law and thought of some things I don't think many people know. Maybe you do. I am not that interesting!

1. I don't eat the ends of bananas. I think my mom always cut them off because she never liked them and it passed over to me. I can't even remember the last time I ate the end of a banana. Justin thinks it is weird and will only offer me the ends of banana when he is sharing :-)

2. I wear capris and flip flops all year round. I only wear them inside though. I don't want to be a complete idiot out in the cold!

3. I think having twins is "easy". They are so good and I love it! I would have another kid right now if Justin would agree to it! (not happenening though)

4. I really hope my boys love swimming becuase I LOVE the pool and beach! I would live there if I could!

5. I love motocross (not on tv, just in person). I love watching Chad and Justin race and beat all those other racers! Justin even taught me how to drive his motorcycle. Very trusting to let me on that thing.

6. I love Las Vegas. Not the gambling or smoke or the yucky people. But I LOVE the pools, warm weather, food, and the buildings are amazing. They are huge and it is just so amazing to me that people can create buildings like that.

7. I also love Disneyland. The commercial are killer for me because it makes me want to go back right now! I have been to Disneyland/World 6 or 7 times (most in the last 6 years) and I could go back three times a year and never get sick of it! It really is a magical place to me. I can't wait to take the boys! Justin on the other hand is a lot like his dad :-) Neither would care if the ever went back.
8. I hate spit. I worked in a dental office for 4 years and I HATE SPIT! It is so gross when people spit, hauck luggis (how ever that is spelled), and most of all the sound of it going into the suction in a dental office. You know how you get cotton stuck in your mouth when you are getting work done? taking that piece of cotton out when I am done, YUCK! It just makes me cringe. I don't mind my boys spit though :-) They slobber on me all the time and Taylor gives very slobbery kisses. But I love it.

9. One more. I have only cut my hair SHORT one time (except when I was little). My hair has always been long which Justin enjoys. I am thinking of cutting it again. Wait and see.... :-)

There is me in a very small nut shell! I don't know if any of these people have done this tag or not so if you have, think of new facts about yourself or don't do it. I tag EM, SAR, RACHEL, LESLIE, KAMBRIA, MANDY, TARYN, ASHLEY and CAMILLE. Have fun! Can't wait to see what you all come up with!

My boys

My crazy boys!

Getting ready to go out for the day.
Taylor thinks Braxton is so funny! He can always make him laugh.
I had just brought out a stack of diapers so I could change the boys and I turn around and this is what happens. I let them play though because they were grumpy and tired and I needed them happy so I could go visiting teaching.
Whatever keeps them happy :-)

Last few days...

Braxton loves to sit on his knees. So cute! He tries to climb up everything!

Including his brother!

Braxton was supposed to be taking a nap. I went in to check on them and here he was, sitting up and playing with his duck.

Taylor

Standing in my crib!

Me too!!

How do I do it?

I have had A LOT of comments wondering if I do anything during the day but my projects and how I get things done with twins. I think it is such a funny question. How does anyone do it? :-) Really, my life is easy. My boys are the greatest babies I have ever seen. They play together great, they play alone great, they play with us great! Taylor and Braxton are both the most laid back kids! Braxton is more needy then Taylor but it isn't so bad that I get nothing done all day! I love playing with my boys. We play cars, with the rings they have, with their stuffed animals and the boys love Baby Einstein. I will admit, when I want to get something done without them interrupting, I put one on. They are glued as soon as that little caterpillar comes across the screen. No worries mom. My house is clean! :-) I do all that in the morning after our workout and while the boys are napping. They both nap twice a day (usually) which gives me time to do what I want. I get most my work done after 8:00pm because that is when the boys go to bed. And I will say that my sweet husband helps clean the house each night after the boys go to bed and on the weekends when he is home. So, that's how it works in my life with twins.

Taylor's Fire Truck Quilt

I am so excited about this quilt. I have loved this fabric since one of my friends used it for her little boy. This one is Taylor's and now I will start working on Braxton's. It took me a while to get this one done so don't expect to see Braxton's any time soon. Hopefully I can get the pinwheels done fast. That is the long part! Putting the quilt together was lots more fun :-)