A Post to be Continued

We have kind of a weird internet connection, so I'm making some partial posts.

I have a few pics of the 4th of July. One is of Big H and Baby M. Big H has become my little helper when it comes to making sure Baby M doesn't run off. He usually gets him when I ask, and sometimes when I don't. Sometimes it's helpful. Sometimes it's not. But he tries and that's what counts. On the 4th we went to Provo to check out some of the festivities before Craig went to work. Big H is seen here trying to keep our over wondering Baby M in line.

Other pics from the 4th include the ones if Little H and the giant bump on his head. He fell down the stairs and I came out to find him with this new decoration on his forehead. I didn't know what to think at first. I tried sending a pic to Craig. He seemed coherent. My mom showed him the bump in the mirror and he went around telling everyone the story about how he got it. I decided to wait and see what happened. After all our hospital visits usually end up being unnecessary. Well he woke up at 1:00 A.M. vomiting, so we took him in. Poor kid had to get a CT scan all by himself since I'm pregnant. The nurses stayed with him though, and said he did great. They said everything looked fine and it was probably just a concussion. I swear I never saw that kid hit his head more than he did that following week. I was about to strap a helmet on him and wrap in bubble wrap.

The other pics are from a little sports camp we signed the twins up for, on the 2nd week in July. I was so excited that they were old enough to be able to be signed up for stuff. They did pretty good. They weren't as independent as I had hoped, and I was probably too mean. Just from my experience as an aide it seemed better if the parents let us handle things, so the children would see us as someone they should listen to and respect. I wanted my boys to have practice following rules from other adults besides Mom and Dad. I guess since that was what mattered most to me it was especially irritating when I had to stand right next to them and they still wouldn't participate. But each day found them willingly participating by the end of the hour. Poor Baby M would have killed to be a part of it all. And he probably would've participated rather well. That doesn't mean he would've followed directions though.

Hopefully I can include a little bit more about these things in future posts. But if not, at least I got this much written down.

Craig's Birthday

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Craig had to work the day of his birthday, so we just celebrated as a family. We ate Subway Sandwiches for lunch by the pool. We had a bigger celebration that Saturday, but I'll have to post about that later.

P.S. I fixed the video, on the last post, so it can be viewed by all.

A Few Months Late

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I was going to announce this back in May, but I could not figure out how to upload the video from my phone. I wish you could hear the boys better. We filmed this the morning of our 20 week ultrasound.

What were the results of that ultrasound? The baby is healthy and coming to us on September 16. What is the gender you ask? Well most people probably know, but as time goes on the less I feel like I know about this baby. I decided to just keep it secret as far as online announcements go. Even though its not really a secret.

Swimming at Salem Pond

I love going to Salem Pond. I've been a couple times for work, and I've really wanted to take Craig and the boys. One Sunday we finally made our way over there. We then discovered that they had a fun little beach area for swimming and such. We set a goal to take the kids back for a swim, but we never made it. So one Sunday we went to feed the ducks and thought, "What the heck!"

Even though it was Sunday we grabbed the swim bag and let the boys enjoy some time in the pond.

They had a blast. Big H amazed us by walking right onto the dock and just jumping right off. Didn't hesitate at all.

We did take some time to feed the ducks as well. Though it wasn't as big of a success as swimming.

Boy, Oh Boy!

Just more pictures and some stories.

Big H likes to use the word "honey"
"Honey, what you doing?"
"Oh, honey!"
Ever since he's started saying it we've noticed how much we say it.

Whenever I go into the boys playroom Big H comes in and says, " What you doing in my house?"

Big H is such a cute big brother. He's technically the oldest, and he really owns up to that at times. The other day we went to swim, at my parents house, and he helped me get Baby M's swimsuit on. He started by trying to take off Baby M's shoes . Then he held the swimsuit up to Baby M so he could step in. Baby M didn't get it though, and just screamed.

The twins have been having some arguments lately.
"Its not Craig. It's Dad."
"It's not Dad. It's Craig."
"It's not mom. It's Tricia."
"It's not Tricia. It's Mom."

Baby M said,"Fish," the other night. It was cute!
He also says, "Mine!" He sounds just like the seagulls in Finding Nemo when he does. 

Baby M likes to mimic too. He'd followed me around the house, while I talked on the phone, talking and laughing just like me on a little toy phone. And one time Craig was exclaiming something to me and he threw his arms up in the air. Baby M was standing right by him, giving me a look, exclaiming something in gibberish and he threw his arms up too. It was way funnier in real life than I could ever make it sound in written form.

Cute boys! Fun times! Cute pictures! Enjoy :)

Pool Time!

We've been enjoying some fun days by the pool. The boys have no fear when it comes to water. You strap on their vests and they're off!

Superhero Fever!

Superheroes are the latest craze at this house, as I've mentioned numerous times. From sound effects to fake fighting the boys constantly have the caped crusaders on their mind. A simple thing like asking me to put eyeliner on them,-- and me drawing the bat symbol on their cheeks-- has turned into having to draw symbol after symbol on their tummies, rings on their fingers and many other fun superhero themed things. They then walk around holding up their shirts for everyone to see. Sadly half the time the symbol is so faded people usually just give s puzzled look, wondering why a 3 year old is flashing his tummy.

Big H has pretended to be everyone from Batman to Wonder Woman. He has also started stretching a rubber band across his eyes, like a mask, saying, "I'm Green Lantern."

They've enjoyed dress up and drawing the symbols themselves-- Little H is pictured with his drawing of the Green Lantern. They even enjoyed The Avengers movie thanks to Grandpa and Grandma Stratton.

"It's time to hero up!" As Little H would say.

The Remainder of Fathers Day

Here's the rest of the festivities from Fathers Day. I had to take these pics with my phone because the flash in our camera isn't working. I wanted to take Craig camping but we didn't make it, so we enjoyed s'mores in my parents back yard.