Justin @ 3 1/2

Justin is 3 1/2 years old! I can't believe he is growing up so fast. Justin weighs 40 pounds and is getting so tall. Justin goes to Preschool and loves every minute of it. Some of the things Justin loves right now are:
* Cartoons
* Fish crackers
* Preschool
* Going downstairs to play
* Playing train
* Teasing his brothers
* Chocolate milk
* Wrestling with Dad
* Mom putting him to bed
* Playing with "My friend, Wyatt."
* Going to Jason's house to play
* Going to Primary and being a Sunbeam
* Getting a drink during Sacrament Meeting all by himself.
* Going to Cub Scouts with Dad

Justin is talking in whole sentences. He thinks everything he eats is a vegetable. He loves his Grandpa Scott. Phases he says all the time: "My friend....", "Mom, watch me." "I not hungry." "I not ready to go to bed." "Mom, I'm coming." "I had a bath yesterday."

Justin loves to make forts in the TV room with Dad. This was the latest. That night his prayer went like this..."Father in Heaven, bless this day. Bless the toys not in the fort. Bless the fort will be there tomorrow. Bless us to sleep good. Amen"


An activity Justin really enjoys is painting rocks. He is so good at it and he will do this for hours!


Justin loves to go to Grandma Sing's and build houses with the Lincoln Logs. He does it up to the kitchen counter so that Fisher can't reach it. He sort of had a little help from Mom with this one.


Justin loves to eat breakfast watching cartoons. I let him because I feel so bad that the babies take so much of my attention in the morning.


Justin likes to snuggle on the couch every morning and watch cartoons. He likes to watch cartoons for about an hour before he eats breakfast. What a picky kid!


We love you Justo!

Fisher @ 16 Months

Fisher is a ball of fire. He weighs about 25 pounds. He has a mouth full of teeth with 8 teeth in front and 4 big molars in back. Fisher is so smily and loves anyone who will give him the time of day. Fisher is starting to say a few words. Some of the things he can say are: Da, diggity-dog, kitty, Justin, shoes, and stink. Some of the things Fisher loves are:
* Bath time and screams when I take him out
* His dinosaur
* The toilet
* Going outside
* Playing in Justin's room
* Playing with the bathtub in my room
* The dishwasher (he comes running from where ever he is when he hears the door going down and he is a fast little buggar.)
* Throwing stuff downstairs
* Getting on the couch
* Blankets and stuffed animals

Fisher is growing up so fast. He has the funnest little personality ever. He thinks he is as big as Justin and follows him around constantly. Fisher is the wiggliest kid ever especially when he is getting dressed.

Fisher never stops so when he does he falls asleep.


When Fisher gets in his car he likes his blanket and Mickey with him.


The beloved Dinosaur. The poor dino's tail is soaking wet from being sucked on constantly. This Dinosaur goes to bed with Fisher all the time.


Fisher likes to wrestle his Cars chair. Sitting in it got old I guess.


I am not sure who got in the dishwasher first. I came into the kitchen one day to this.


Fisher loves the pots and pans. We have finally figured a way to locks the cabinets so he cant get in them. This has been oh so wonderful for me.


Fisher will put this bucket on his head and walk around until he runs into the wall. He is our bucket-head.


Every time he goes to Ma Clark's he gets this recipe book out of the bookshelf and looks at it. It is the same red recipe book every time.


We love you Fish!

Hunter @ 16 months

Hunter is now 16 months old. He weighs about 19 1/2 pounds. He is all of a sudden a wiggle man. He is all over our house; well, anywhere he can get by rolling around. Some of the things that Hunter Loves right now:
* Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
* Wrestling Dad and Justin
* Kisses from Mom
* Bathtime and lotion
* Rocking back and forth in his highchair to try to scoot it across the kitchen
* The stroller
* Putting his feet in his mouth
* Pulling his socks off
* Diaper changes

Hunter has been working hard with his therapy. Right now he is mastering going from his bum to his belly. When he is on his tummy he lifts up his chest by straightening his arms and then tries to get his knees under him. With a little help with those knees he can maintain the 4-point position and do a little rocking back and forth. He is gaining strength everyday and is coming along well. He is getting better with 3rd foods and gags less each day. He is doing great with graham crackers and drinking out of a cup.

Hunter has a hard time falling alseep sometimes. Mom discovered that this is the magic hold. He usually calms down fairly quick when I hold him like this.


Hunter likes to be in his walker. It works the best in the kitchen on the slick floor where he can push himself backwards.


Hunter gets to swing with Brian when he goes to therapy. Swinging helps regulate balance.


Hunter is so happy to sit and play with toys. He will play with just about anything and is content for the longest time.

Hunter loves to sit in Fisher's car. He holds tight to the steering wheel and waits for someone to push him.


Hunter loves to play with Dad. In this picture, Tyler was rubbing his head on Hunter's tummy and Hunter was just a laughing.


Hunter is sitting so well and can reach for his own toys.


Here he is eating a biter biscut. He makes a mess everytime he eats by himself and usually requires a new outfit but I don't care because he can eat by himself.


We love you Hunter Bunter!

Fisher's 1st Sucker

Well, Fisher had his first taste of sucker the other day. Justin was so nice to share! Fisher was so happy until Justin decided he wanted to eat it by himself.

The 4-wheeler

Oh, I love when the boys play with the same thing and have fun. Justin loves to push Fisher around on the 4-wheeler. Fisher is all grins when he goes for a ride. Hunter likes the 4-wheeler too but he still needs a little help staying on.







All Hunter needs to stay on is for the other two boys to cram on the back.

Hunter and his graham cracker

Hunter can eat graham crackers by himself!! Horray for Hunter.




Hunter is working on picking up smaller snacks, like puffs, and trys to get them in his mouth. He is doing so well!

Dr. Fisher

We are hoping this is a sign of what is coming. . . Dr. Fisher.



Everytime we go to my mom's house Fisher puts the stethascope around his neck and goes on playing or eating while wearing it. It is the cutes thing ever!

Itty Bitty Basketball

For the month of January, Justin played Itty Bitty Basketball. He learned to dribble, shoot, pass and play defense. He had a lot of fun. Way to go Justin!









This day I was lucky to have Hunter fall asleep and Fisher didn't once cry to get out of the stroller!!

Vegetables are Green

This is what Justin told me today:

"Fruit roll-ups are vegetables because they are green."

Ha. Ha. If only it were true.

The schedule at 16 months

The twins are 16 months old!! I can't believe it. Well, I wanted to post the daily schedule (just so I can remember it one day).

7:30: Breakfast for Mom

8:00-9:00: Breakfast for Justin, Fisher and Hunter

9:30-10:30: bathtime for all 3 boys

10:30-11:00: I try to get myself ready for the day. (this consists of hair and make-up. If I make it out of sweats thats a bonus!)

11:00 - 12:00: Naptime for Hunter (if I am lucky he will sleep longer than 1 hour)

12:30: Lunch time for Justin, Fisher & Mom

1:00 - 3:00: Naptime for Fisher

1:00: Lunch time for Hunter

1:30 - 2:00: My "free time"

2:00 - 3:00: Exercises with Hunter

3:00: Afternoon snack for all 3 boys

3:00 - 5:00: play time

5:00 - 6:30: Dinner time

6:30 - 7:00: Get boys ready for bed and play

7:00: Bedtime for Hunter

7:30: Bedtime for Fisher

8:00: Bedtime for Justin

10:00: Bedtime for Mom and Dad (this is wishfull thinking....it is usually 11:00 before we crawl in bed)


Hunter is still waking up at night. He likes to drink a bottle, roll around on the floor for 1 hour, poop, and then go back to bed. This ritual usually takes about 2 hours. Sometimes someone sleeps on the couch while he is "playing".

Fisher occasionally wakes up at night. He takes a bottle and goes back to bed in under than 10 minutes.

Justin has been such a trooper. He is pretty patient. I try to plan fun things here and there for him to do. We like play-dates. But he is ready to go outside and play in the sand and build a sand castle.

We stay pretty busy with our 3 boys. Hunter keeps us on our toes with his therapy. This is his therapy schedule:
Brian, Occupational Therapist, 2x's a month
Gary, Occupational Therapist, 1x a month
Kelly, Physical Therapist, 1x a month
Becca, Physical Therapist, 1x a month
Charity, Speech Therapist, 1x a month
We are starting a Motor Class next week and that will be every Thursday morning. It will be nice that I can take Justin and Fisher with me to this (they have a Kinder-Care next door).

Hunter is progressing every day. He is working on getting from his bum to 4-point position (hands and knees) and then getting back to his bum. He has made a lot of progress the last month and we are so proud of him.

Fisher is walking/running around the house. He is into everything and loves whatever is in the kitchen drawers and cabinets. He LOVES to follow Justin around and it drives Justin crazy!

Justin is loving Preschool. He is getting so smart. I could (and should) make a post every day with something funny he has said that day.

We lvoe our life and feel so blessed!

Justin's Conversation with Grandma Sing

My mom told me about the following conversation with Justin:

Grandma Sing: "Justin, I can't believe you are a Sunbeam!"
Justin: "I not a Sunbeam. I a Child of God."

I just love it. It makes me smile!

Thoughts of Hunting

Last night, Tyler was home putting the kids to bed by himself. While he was in rocking one of the babies Justin came in the room and said, "Dad, I slept good when we were deer hunting." and then turned around and went out.

It has been a long time since Tyler and Justin went deer hunting. What must have started all the deer hunting thoughts was today when cousin, Brody, was over playing they were pretending to be hunting. Justin was pushing Brody around in Fisher's red car and Brody kept telling Justin "Get the shot gun and put it in the back."

Oh, what fun it would be to be a kid again.

Sacrifice Your Body

For Christmas, Grandpa Scott and Grandma Sing gave the kids a tramp. It also came with a small version. We set this up in our basement and Justin has had a blast. Fisher even gets a kick out of it.



The first time Justin got in the tramp he started throwing himself against the net and saying "Sacrifice your body." We have no idea where he picked that up. But we have laughed and laughed about it. He says the same thing every time he jumps.

Thanks Grandpa and Grandma. We can't wait for spring to come so we can set the big one up outside.

Christmas 2010

Christmas at our house was so much fun. I was so excited for Santa to come. I felt like a kid again. This was the first year that Justin really understood Santa and presents. The next 5 years for us at Christmas is going to be a blast!

Justin got a train table.


Fisher got "a big red car".


Hunter got a walker.


Christmas morning was filled with lots of presents. Justin was a little confused who's was what becuase he got to open just about everything. When all was said and done he thought everything was Justin's.

Play Dough Train

One day Justin made what he called his play dough train. Don't miss the play dough going up the wall.



The crazy imagination of a child!

Justin's First Real Snowman

Justin was able to get out in the snow and make a snowman. He had so much fun. He was so sad when his snowman melted. He even likes to sing the snowman song and his favorite part to sing is "in the sun he melted, melted, melted, melted, melted, small, small, small." (He says melted about a million times.)

Dipping Chocolates

Every Christmas Tyler and Justin like to dip chocolates. They make peanut clusters and pretzels. Justin loves to get his little apron on and throw the goods in the chocolate.

Therapy

Hunter has been doing so well with his therapy. He is our tough little guy and puts up with a lot. He is getting stronger each day and is improving.

This is Hunter on the swing with Brian.

Haircuts for the twins

I like to cut the boys hair often. Hunter's actually grows but we cut Fisher's just so he can feel included.
I really messed up on this one....I accidently cut Hunter on a 1. Oops, I meant to use the 4. Fisher got his cut on a 5 and it barely took anything off. I forgot to get after shots.

This is Hunter before I shaved him.


Here is Fisher. He's too busy looking around to look at the camera.