What the boys have been up to

I never posted pictures of Trey and Easton's room... kinda random but I figure if I'm just posting a bunch of pictures I might as well include them. We aren't allowed to paint at our apartments so we got creative with stickers. And we were lucky that people offered their cribs to us and that they look almost the same! Simple and inexpensive... I think it's cute.


And now this is what the boys are up to!

Trey gets into just about everything... including Aunt Nichelle's bra :) He's so proud of himself


They play with cousin Carson

They hang out with Mommy all day long :)

They roll over onto each other

They are on Santa's naughty list because they get into their presents early

Trey loves the blinds and always seems to be in them

What cute babies! They keep me super busy these days but I sure do love it :) Today we are going to get pictures with SANTA! Wish us luck... I hope they like him!

6 months!

What on earth? I can't believe these babies of mine are already 6 months. They had their 6 month appointment the other day and are doing very well. Their stats are pretty much the same as they were at their 4 month appt. They have little little bodies and even bigger heads than they did last time :) Some fun things about Trey and Easton...

Both are rolling all over the place. Especially Trey. He seems to always roll over to our blinds to play with them.

Neither are sitting on their own yet, but I'm sure they will be very soon! (They've got big heads to hold up... it might take them a little longer than what's considered average)

We are all having lots of fun with baby food. They love eating it and I love feeding it to them.

They are for the most part sleeping through the night. Occasionally one or both will wake up for some reason. But we can handle 'occasionally.'

It's crazy how fast they are growing up. In just another short 6 months they will be 1 year! Ah!

Reunion

How lucky am I to be able to say that once upon a time I moved to Maui Hawaii with my best friend. And that we lived there for about 5 months. And that we had the greatest roomies ever. I LOVE my roomies so much. Getting together with them last night was the best... it had been far too long. This is something we need to do on a much more regular basis! (We missed you Nikki! Maui vacation better be in the planning....!)

Thanksgiving

I think Thanksgiving is a great Holiday, mainly because it is so simple. You spend the day with your family, eat great food (lots of it), and remember the things you are grateful for. There is no "hustle and bustle" to it or any stress. It's nice. We spent Thanksgiving with both of our families. This year I'd like to share with everyone what I'm grateful for... in no particular order :)


David. He is an amazing husband to me and the best daddy ever. He goes to school, works, and at the end of the day he is more than helpful with the babies. What a great guy.


Trey and Easton. They are the cutest ever. I couldn't have ever imagined how much I would love being a mom. They make us laugh and smile every day and are the greatest blessing in our lives.


The ability to have children. What a blessing.


Our families. Dave and I both have great families who we love to be with.


Our Moms. They do so much for us. Between the two of them... Trey and Easton experience something along the lines of Christmas several days a week.


Our friends. We have the greatest group of friends who we love hanging out with.


My girlfriends. I have been friends with the majority of them since elementary and middle school. Even though I don't see some as often as I did once upon a time I'm grateful for the lasting friendships :)

Alta Pines. I could moan and groan about Alta Pines any given day. But when it comes down to it I'm very glad that we have the rare opportunity to live somewhere rent free and so close to Dave's family. Basically next door :)


School. I could moan and groan about school as well. But it's great that we are both able to get an education and that one day we will be able to say we are college graduates! That's an accomplishment!


That Dave is able to provide for our little family. I had no idea I would ever think being a stay at home mom is so important. I Love it.


My body. Sometimes I'm capable of picking it apart. But it's fully functioning and healthy as can be! When it comes down to it, isn't that all anyone really wants out of a body???



On another note... I have never been shopping on Black Friday. Am I crazy? Everyone thinks I am, but I love my sleep too dang much. And... I feel like there's never anything I want to buy that would actually be on sale! So if clothes and sectionals are included in the amazing deals going on, let me know. Those are pretty much the only things I'd care to wake up at 5:00 in the morning for :) Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Our first Thanksgiving as a family!

Rice cereal. Yum!

Feeding Trey and Easton rice cereal is one of my new favorite things to do. It can be quite the chore but it is beyond hilarious. Dave and I laugh our heads off every time. Easton cries every time he sees me feed Trey. And Trey somehow always manages to pull is bib, covered in rice cereal might I add, over his face. It's MESSY but always a good time :)

Random post

I just don't have the time to do this as of late... so here's an update of the latest and greatest :)

I've recently become a nanny. Three days a week now I drive to my brothers' to take care of my baby nephew Carson. I take Easton and Trey with me as well. It's hard taking care of three babies at once but thank goodness for Dylan! My other nephew who is 7 and very helpful in the smallest of ways. The things we do for a little extra money...

My new guilty pleasure is Keeping up with the Kardashians. I'm embarrassed to even admit this. I think I lose brain cells every time I watch it. Thank you Netflix.

Oh yeah. We cancelled our cable and opted to get Netflix. We will see how long this lasts... Dave is already struggling with not being able to watch most sporting events. And HD! Oh how we miss you HD...

I really really want a sectional so that when guests come to our apartment I will feel like we have somewhere for them to sit... aside from the floor.

I'm not a crafty person. But I try. I envy those of you who have cute furniture and when I ask where it was purchased the answer is "DI" or "a yard sale" and it has been redone and looks AMAZING. Dave's Aunt gave us a dining table when we got married. It is nice, but I thought some redoing was a must. I have purchased everything to do this. But I'll admit, with these babies, and the patience I have when it comes to projects (which is zero) I think this project will be finished in five years. And by that time we'll be ready to just buy a new one :/

Exactly one year ago on November 1st was when I found out I was pregnant. I can't believe that was a whole year ago! Time is FLYING!

I love run-ins with old friends I haven't seen forever. I've had several as of late :)

My car is almost paid off. I am more than excited that soon enough we will have one less car payment to take care of every month!!

Easton and Trey are stinkin' cute.

And lastly... Halloween was great this year. A little stressful due to procrastinating. But our 3rd annual party was so fun and the babies were a hit. We already have our idea for next year :)

Carving pumpkins

I love Halloween. There is so much fun stuff to do :) We carved/crafted pumpkins with friends over the weekend. Great times. I'm really looking forward to the rest of this festive month!

4 months!

It's crazy that these babies are already 4 months! We had their 4 month appointment yesterday and it went very well. Both babies are healthy and exactly where they are supposed to be developmentally. Here are their stats!

Trey: 12.4 lbs... 8th percentile

23.5 inches... 10th percentile

head is 43.4... 70th percentile


Easton: 11.13 lbs... 5th percentile

24 inches... 23rd percentile

head is 43... 60th percentile

So basically our babies are really really little guys with big heads :) They are so much fun these days. They have started to laugh and it is the greatest thing ever. My favorite thing as of late is to put them on their play mat together. After awhile they have moved around quite a bit. The end result is usually Easton crying because Trey has his hand on his face. Or Easton crying because Trey is kicking his belly. But this morning it was Trey crying because Easton was hugging him while simultaneously trying to eat the back of his head. Two babies are great :)

They love me.

They might not be aware of the fact yet. But I'm quite sure they love me.

They love daddy too. We need to take pictures in their outfits that say so :)

Labor Day weekend

Originally, we planned on going to Lake Powell. After taking the babies to Bear Lake for 5 days... I opted out. Something about 3 month old babies, camping, and hot weather just didn't appeal. Vacationing with babies is HARD!!! We were bummed, especially because I have never been to Powell. (So if you're reading this and you go on a consistent basis, INVITE US one of these days!! PLEASE! I'm desperate!) Anyway, we still had a great weekend. Here is what we did:

Friday: Swimming at Dave's parents. Lunch @ Iggy's. Hanging out/playing games with my family. Best part... my mom learning how to play Farkle and being her silly self. We laughed our dang heads off!!

Saturday: Boating with Brinly and Korey @ Utah Lake. Bee's game with Cassie and Danny. Best part... Brinly boogie boarding behind the boat while simultaneously having her swim bottoms almost come off. She mooned us for a good 5 minutes straight! I got great pictures, but I won't post them ;) Also, hanging out with friends we don't hang out with on a super consistent basis.

Sunday: A nice day of relaxing. Surprise visit from family. Hanging out with Brinly and Korey.

Monday: Boating with my family up @ Jordanelle. Boating isn't something my family does so it was fun to be able to take them :) We got our last runs of tubing, wake boarding, and skiing in!!

3 months!

I can't believe these little guys are three months now! Here is some fun stuff about Trey and Easton.

1.) They both weigh 11lbs.

2.) They are all smiles these days. Dave and I love it.

3.) They are starting to "coo." It's dang cute.

4.) They can hold their heads up, although, they are still "bobbleheads."

5.) Trey is rolling from his stomach to his back on a regular basis.

6.) Trey loves tummy time.

7.) Easton cries during tummy time.

8.) Easton completely gives up during tummy time and is therefore, NOT rolling over along with his brother.

9.) Both babies enjoy car rides and most often fall asleep during them.

10.) Easton loves car rides so much... that when we stop at any light, he starts to cry. And as soon as we start driving again he goes right back to sleep! It makes us laugh :)

Playing catch up!

August has been a busy month! Hence, no blogging. We spent lots of time with friends due to Mandy and Josh moving to San Diego. It was a great couple of weeks because we rarely hang out with friends in groups so large that often any more. We went to a derby. Had tons of hang outs. And played lots and lots of games.

My sister in law had her baby shower. They are expecting their baby any day now!

I had my 23rd Birthday! Over that weekend we spent time with friends and family in celebration. I was spoiled this year and got a combined $500 from Dave, Mom and Morry, Dad, and Grandma Reynolds. Shopping shopping shopping!!! :)

My little sister and sister in law also celebrated their Birthdays!

Dave started school.

We spent 5 days in Bear Lake with the Dent family. Boated. Played at the beach. Swam at the pool. Rented wave runners. Played games. Watched movies. And just had a really great time. I'm so thankful I married into a family that has a condo up there!

On another note: I can't believe fall is already around the corner! I enjoy fall and winter, but I'm sad to see summer leave. It never lasts long enough. I'll make the most of this forthcoming chilly season, but I'm already looking forward to sun, warmth, pools, boating, and vacationing next year! :)

Happy Anniversary!

Wow. I can't believe Dave and I have been married one whole year now. Well, a year since August 8th... I'm a little late on this blog. It feels like just yesterday we were in San Diego getting married on the beach! I would have never expected my first year of marriage to be ANYTHING like it has been. Our initial plan was for both of us to finish school. Get some traveling in. And after 2-3 years start having kids. But life goes nothing like you plan! I would have never expected to find out I was pregnant just a short 3 months into marriage. And I would have never thought in my wildest dreams that I would have twins!! Then having to quit school in the middle of the semester and quit my job in the same day to be on bed rest for 3 months. Then having the babes! It was truly a crazy first year of marriage. Even though it was completely opposite of how I had imagined it... looking back now, I can't see it going any other way. It was great. Challenging. Hard. Stressful. Exciting. Happy. And a million other things. I really feel like our first year made us stronger. I always tell Dave that if we got through our first year... there is no way we can't handle anything else that comes our way!!! I'm really looking forward for all the years to come and everything those years will bring. Both of us finishing school. (Yes. I'm going back eventually.) Dave applying for Dental school. Buying our first home. DOGS!!! More babies. Traveling. And so much more :)

Dave was sweet and got me a teeny tiny white gold band. I've been wanting one forever because I'm not one to take my ring with me everywhere. I don't like to take it on vacation, or swimming, or hiking, or to the gym, etc... I just have this fear of something happening to it. So I've been wanting one I can wear at events like that. I absolutely love the ring he got! It's so dang cute. And I stuck with the first year theme of paper. I got us tickets to The Parade of Homes. And tickets to see Brad Paisley in September.

In celebration... we took things easy! It's a little hard when you have two babies to go spend the night at some nice hotel or take a weekend vacation. On August 8th we celebrated by going to The Original Pancake house with my family. And then we saw some houses in The Parade of Homes. Later that evening my mom watched the babes while we went to dinner at Market Street and saw Dinner for schmucks. It was a perfect first year outing together :)

At The Parade of Homes and out to dinner and a movie

This is my life.

I usually don't wake up until noon. I get about 7-9 hours of sleep each night but when it's all broken up thanks to babies it's just not the same... even at 10:00 in the morning if I get the babies back down I will go back to bed!

Sometimes I don't find the time to brush my teeth until 4:00 in the afternoon. Sick. I know.

Laundry. Laundry. Laundry. And more laundry. It's never ending. I swear I could spend all day doing loads and loads of laundry and there would still be more to do!

Our apartment is a mess. And when I have a spare minute cleaning is the last thing I want to do. (Obviously. I'm blogging) When we do clean it, we enjoy it for a day and then it's just right back to it's messy self. And sadly, I'm starting to not even care how gross it gets.

Some days I don't walk out of our apartment until 7:00 in the evening. Some days I don't walk out of our apartment at all.

Some days I can hardly find the time to eat :(

It seems that all I do these days is breath, sleep, think, and live babies! It's hard and amazing all at the same time. They are already growing so fast so I'm really trying to enjoy this stage. I'll admit though... I'm looking forward to when I'll have just a little more time to myself, and to get back to doing the things that I love doing.

Things I'm looking foward to... Dustee and Andy's wedding weekend! Our one year wedding anniversary! Derby. Mandy and Josh's going away party. Parade of Homes. Nichelle's baby shower. My 23rd Birthday! And Bear Lake with the Dent family. August should be a good month! :)

Pictures worth sharing

This is me rambling.

I had my 6 week appointment on Tuesday. Everything is going very well regarding my pregnancy recovery. I decided since I had such an easy pregnancy, an easy delivery, and an easy recovery I should become one of those surrogate mothers. Not really. But it might be kinda cool.

After 6 weeks I've decided to start supplementing along with breast feeding. People think I'm crazy for trying to only breast feed. But "breast is best" right? I think so. Especially since we have given Easton several different kinds of formulas and he throws up his entire bottle after drinking it. That's enough proof for me.

Easton had an appointment today for his head. It is healing well. We no longer have to put his medication on it and change his dressings twice a day. Now we just have to put Neosporin on it. No beanie! No dressing! No tape ripping his hair out! Yay!

So now that Easton's head is better we're pretty sure he has a hernia. Which is corrected by surgery :(

Trey rolled over from his belly to his back at 3 weeks. Freak accident? I don't think so. He has done this a total of 3 times now.

My sister-in-law who had twins told me when we went out and about with the babes we would get lots and lots of attention from perfect strangers. So true. I feel like a celebrity we get so much attention. Everyone wants to get a look at our little twinners.

I took some clothes of mine to Plato's Closet. They took 4 items and offered me $8. And I took it! That money was like gold to me. It's the first amount of money I could call mine since March. I was planning on using it on something wonderful, like going to lunch with a girlfriend or something. The most exciting part would have been not having to ask Dave for money. And then I had to use that $8 on gas :(

I have two ingrown toenails right now. Last time I had to deal with this was in 8th grade and they were so bad I had to have them surgically removed. Let's hope this isn't the case this time around.

I got sick of Wii fit sighing and telling me how overweight I am every time I step on the board. I finally started going back to the gym. My legs kill. And I'm going to Zumba tonight for the very first time :)

I'm caving in after 6 months of attempting to go back to my natural hair color. It's just too hard. I don't have the patience to deal with orange hair as my dirty blonde/brownish hair grows back in. I've scheduled my appointment! I will be a brunette once again.

For the first time since I've been married I went grocery shopping by myself. How nice of Dave to always come with me.

I'm on this heath kick right now and attempting to not eat anything with high fructose corn syrup in it. Which pretty much means I can't eat anything unless it's all natural. This makes grocery shopping expensive. Dave will most likely come grocery shopping with me next time to make sure things don't get too out of hand ;)

My mom has been amazing with helping me out with the babies. She's done so much for us, and ME! Like buying me a cute yellow swim suit from Victorias Secret, and I'm so very grateful.

Dave's parents moved last November and I miss their old house. It takes me back to the exciting days of dating Dave. Although, I thoroughly enjoy their condo due to the pool I can go to any day... for free.

This summer should be considered the "summer of love" due to two of my best friends getting married and one who is getting married in a couple of weeks. Attending showers and receptions has been lots of fun. I love seeing my girlfriends happy and in love :)

I have a new obsession with strawberries. I could eat them all day every day. But I don't. Citrus fruits tend to disagree with babies bellies. Lame.

I'm really looking forward to college football right now. Mostly so we can dress Trey and Easton up in cute U of U attire. Yes. We are raising our children right.

And lastly... Katy Perry's song California girls is my new favorite song. It really makes me wish I was a California girl so I could have sun kissed skin so hot I'd melt your popsicle ;)

Easton has been added to the mix.

Since having baby Easton home life has been insane. There is no time to do anything! My life consists of nursing. burping. nursing. pumping. changing diapers. and more diapers. and more. napping. (when there is actually time.) change Eastons dressing. repeat. AH!! I'm surprised my sanity is still with me. Having just Trey home for a month gave us a pretty good idea of what having one baby is like. And I just have to say to all you moms out there... I'm sure you have it hard at times. But looking back at just having to take care of Trey... oh how easy one baby is!! Two is insane. Thank goodness for help! And days Dave doesn't have to work! :)

Getting to know the boys

As his mother, I know I'm biased. But I think he's so stinkin' cute :) Trey has been a real treat to have at home. What a sweet, sweet baby boy. He is truly such an easy baby and for that I am so thankful. I can honestly say he is just so content except for when he needs his diaper changed, or wants to be fed. Other than those two things... we never hear him make a fuss. Hopefully I haven't spoken too soon! ;) Anyway, I love having him home and being able to spend time with him and just watch him as he grows. Dave and I laugh at him lots. We love him.

As for Easton... we need more pictures of him :( I'll admit I feel a little cheated out of getting to know him :( I don't blame anyone. He is sick and needs to be in the NICU. His infection is getting better and better. He is only on antibiotics now. No more oxygen. No more feeding tube. We recently found out that one of the massive lumps on his head is NOT a dermoid cyst. It is fluid and they don't know what it is. They did a MRI this week and it was determined that the fluid is not interfering with his brain, which is great. As it continues to grow they seem to get more concerned so this morning they decided to drain it. Kinda scary but I'm glad because once that is taken care of all we have to do is wait on his antibiotics to run their course and then he gets to come home! Like I said before, I feel like I don't know Easton quite as well as Trey yet. But the nurses up at the U adore him. Every time we visit they comment on how sweet and easy he is. So I'm hoping he and his brother are alike... both just easy little babies! Maybe that is the reward for having two at once ;)

Poor baby Easton's MRI