Hello

I know you are there. I can see you. OK OK I really cant see who is reading this in that sense. BUT I do get an email telling me IP addresses and locations. So I know someone is reading this. I get on avg. 9 views a day. I know that is not a lot but it is still a number. So let me know who you are. What do you want me to write about? What do you want to know? What questions do you have? here is your chance.

Potty Time

Let me start by saying that No we are not potty training. We are however encouraging the fact that the boys are interested. They are starting to want to sit on the potty and they are telling us when they are dirty. So today I am playing with them on the floor and Ethan comes over to me and tells me poo poo. So I look and he isnt dirty. I take him in the bathroom and have him sit on the potty. He sits there for 5 min and nothing. He asks to get down, I let him down and tell him we will try later. Five min later he poops. He comes up to me and tells me poo poo, I change him he walks away and poops again. grrr. Then I repeat the process with Owen.

How do I teach the difference between a fart and poop? They dont seem to know the difference. I know farts can lead to poop but they want to sit on the toilet NOW and then get off before they poop.

1 perfect baby

Ultrasounds are exciting and terrifying all at once. You go in and you lay down. If it is early you have to take of your pants. If you are lucky you have someone with you in case the news isnt great or in case it is outstanding. Then the Dr comes in and in my case puts the wand in (I have never seen Erick's eyes so big) and you get to see it. A perfect baby. Two years ago our journey of trying to get pregnant and all the difficulty was pushed aside as we viewed our perfect little baby. For the next for weeks we were blissfully ignorant as to what lay in store for us. But in that instant of seeing what we created on that screen our worlds changed. It was real and I was pregnant.

*** Sorry if I fooled you but nope this is about the boys and I am not currently pregnant***

Spring has sprung

I keep meaning to get on here and write something or share pictures. Then it just doesn't happen. The weather is getting nicer and I am working on my 101 in 1001. Not to mention the boys are trying to test limits which has been oh so much fun.

Let us see... what have we done after my last post....

The boys turned 17 months.


The boys didn't want their pictures taken so these are the best I could do. You can see how big they are though. This picture is them and the same bear.


We went to Grandma's in Salinas. Owen and Ethan loved being outside and playing in the dirt.




Because the weather has been so nice we have also gotten a few chances to play in the water. They LOVE the water.









Words are coming at an alarming rate. We say something once and they are repeating it. And to think not to long ago we were worried about Ethan's speech. He has a favorite phrase that we have yet to get on video but I hope to soon. I love you.
So here is a video of Owen showing off and one of Ethan being strong willed.

Who is that?

Be warned total cuteness is inside. The boys were playing in the mirrors in my room.

101 in 1001 completed some

You can always see my list HERE but I am happy to report I got to cross a few off my list.

Eat breakfast everyday for 1 month
I am proud to say that I have been eating breakfast everyday and before 10am at that. Though I have found that if I dont eat what the boys are eating they eat mine too. LOL

Go to the drive in theatre AND Eat something new
Erick and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary (where has the time gone). We agreed no gifts and to have a nice night out. We left as the boys were getting up from nap (my mom was sitting for us) and headed to Sac. We had a very good dinner at The Melting Pot (my something new). I now want to host a fondue party it was so good and yummy. From there we went to the drive in. We almost didnt go because 1) we thought we were going to be late 2)the GPS didnt save the address and 3) once we did find it there were 8 lines of cars 10 or so cars deep. Lucky for us the lines went quick and we parked and turned off our lights just as the previews ended. It really was a great night.

March for Babies
May 15th (Mckenzie's birthday) Stockton's March of Dimes: March for Babies was held downtown (a big thank you for those that donated). The walk was just over 4 miles and we did it in just under 2 hrs. It was fun though the walk was not at all stroller friendly.

The only casualty of the walk.


Finger paint
Owen's

Ethan's


Give the boys haircuts

As you can see the boys got summer haircuts. It was not as easy as it was last year. Ethan thought it was great fun. Owen cried the whole time.

Speech

Sometimes as a parent things get hard. As a first time parent things are hard because you dont know what to expect. Then you add on the challenge of twins and it is a whole different challenge. You always hear dont compare your kids because they are different but let me tell you it is nearly impossible. Then on the days that as a mom I am able to think of them as different people and brag on one of the boys I swear the first thing out of the person I am bragging to's mouth is "well what about the other one".

Today a speech teacher came out to see the boys through EI and I was very pleased with what she said. I am very pleased to announce that both boys are functioning above their adjusted age.

Owen is verbally and visually functioning at 21 months

Ethan is verbally at 15 months (so above adjusted and below actual and they adjust til age 2) and he is visually at 20-24 months

woo hoo go boys!