Life with 5 month old twins & a 3-year-old (almost)

The other day Justin and I painted a coat rack for his bedroom. I let him paint these two smaller boards just for fun. He had so much fun. Justin loves when we put Hunter and Fisher on his bed. He always wants us to go out of the room and leave the babies with him. The first thing Justin does is cover all three of them up with a blanket and then he reads them a story. It is very cute.

Fisher and Hunter like to sit in the bumbo chairs. I put this picture in becuase it is the only picture I have of Fisher crying and Hunter isnt!

Justin is a proud big brother. He loves Hunter and Fisher so much. He always talks about when they get bigger he can wrestle them. Although, he tries to wrestle them now if I go in the other room.

Hunter and Fisher. They are about 4 1/2 months old in this picture. Fisher looks like he is protecting his little brother.

The twins are now 5 months old. It is amazing to me how different each one is.

Fisher weighs 17 lbs 3 oz! He is our chicken leg gone tubba-tubba. He is the happiest baby I have ever seen. He has been sick and it is the cutest thing when he is sitting in the saucer and has boogers running to his lips and he is still smiling! Fisher loves to fall asleep sitting on my lap with his back to my tummy. He likes when I pat his tummy to calm him down. He likes to have his pants off but not his socks. He is starting to roll up on his side but has not quite made it over to his tummy. He doesnt have to learn to roll because Justin does it for him. We love our Fisher and are so thankful for his happy smile and the twinkle in his eye.

Hunter weighs 12 lbs 13 oz. He is our little guy. He is learning to roll. If we put him on his tummy he can roll up onto his side. He is starting to feel better with the medication we have him on for his tummy upset. He is now able to lay and play without much fussing. Hunter loves to fall asleep on my shoulder while I pat his bum. He loves to lay and kick with his pants and socks off. He loves the bath tub and is always so happy after bath time. We love our Hunter Baby and are so thankful that he is feeling better!

Justin weighs 34 lbs. He is such a big helper. He is starting to say so many funny things. Last night he told Tyler to go in the big hallway to momma's bathroom and get his bath toys. It was funny. Justin loves to read and has many of his books memorized. He is so smart. He loves to play just about anyting with Dad and he absolutely loves his Grandpa Scott.

We are doing well and we are happy. We feel so blessed to have 3 awesome little boys!

Our Own Biggest Looser

My family has officially started our own Biggest Looser! We had official weigh-ins last night and our end date is May 23rd! The funnest part about it is that my Dad is sponsoring it. . . whoever looses the highest percentage of body weight wins the grand prize!!

The contestants include me and Tyler, my 2 sisters and their husbands, and my parents. We told my little brother and his girlfriend that they could play too but both of them are as skinny as they can get!

Wish us luck!

Hunter and the Eye Doctor

We took Hunter to the eye doctor to check out his eyes. We found out that everything is healthy!! He still has a small lazy eye but something that the doctor thinks he will grow out of. His pupils dialate at a different rate than one another but that could be normal. We have another check up in 3 months! it was a good day!

My Big Break

Today I got a big break. Thanks to my mom, my sister Kristal, and to Grandma Nancy! I rounded up 3 baby-sitters for the day and I cleaned the house all by myself!! This is how it went:

• Arranged all 3 tenders
• Finally made it out the door after 2 hours of hurrying to make the day happen
• Dropped Justin off at Kristal's
• Dropped Hunter off at Grandma Sing's
• Dropped Fisher off at Grandma Nancy's
• Arrived home after 1 hour of running kids around and started cleaning like a mad woman
• I finally finished cleaning and got out of the shower and headed out the door with wet hair and not a stitch of make-up on to pick up the boys.
• I arrived at my Mom's house and made Mom, Dad and Kjell dinner
• Fed babies and came home.

It was such a great day. I got the entire house cleaned from top to bottom. I also cleaned behind the fridge and under the stove. And I finally got to clean the water-spotted dirty blinds around the master bathtub! All those wonderful water spots came from Justin splashing in the tub!

I think I am going to have to have breaks like this more often!! Thanks to all my tenders...I couldn't have done it without you.

Oh, and to top it all off...I didn't even have to cook dinner. We got McDonalds....I was pooped!

The twins are 4 months old

I cant believe that we have reached the 4-month mark! Horray for us! Fisher is on the left. Hunter is the one with all the hair.

Fisher:

15 lbs and 24 3/4 inches. Fisher loves to sit up and watch what is happening around him. He is full of smiles almost 100% of the time. He will smile at anyone who will talk to him. He thinks we are playing when we change his diaper! He loves to sit in his bumbo chair. He sucks on his fists and arms like you wouldn't believe. He is sleeping so good. Usually we put him to bed at 9:30 pm and he sleeps until 7:00 am. Fisher has been our best baby yet!

Hunter:

11 lbs 9 oz and 24 inches long. He is our "bite-size" little guy. Hunter loves to be snuggled by anyone; recently we discovered that he has a particular liking to Grandpa Clark. Hunter likes to sleep in the swing. As soon as we try to move him he wakes up. He takes lots of mini naps but nothing really long. Hunter has a hard time digesting his food so we are trying a new approach to try to get him to feel better and not have a stomach ache all of the time. Hunter loves to lay on his tummy so he gets lots of tummy time. Hunter isn't quite sleeping through the night but I only have to wake up with him once and that is usually around 4:00 am.

We finally moved them out of our room and into their own room. They sleep in their own cribs now so that they don't disturb each other. Tyler has been an awesome husband and has woken up with me to feed babies every single night since we brought them home from the hospital. Hopefully Fisher will continue to sleep through the night and I can handle feeding Hunter when he wakes up.

Justin is an awesome big brother. He is very protective of his two brothers. Justin is also a BIG help. Every morning Justin gets his shopping basket and gathers up the dirty diapers from the night before and takes them to the diaper bucket in the garage. He also is into dumping all of the bathroom and bedroom garbage cans into the kitchen can and then throwing the garbage sack into the garage. It seems like every time I go to throw something away there is no sack in the can! I love that Justin loves to help with the "chores".

The joys of having two babies is holding them both. Usually they get so hot that you really start to sweat. Tyler holds Fisher under Hunter; I do it just opposite. All 3 of my boys. I love moments like this. Hunter is the one who lloks like he is tuck in my armpit.

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3 months

We have survived 3 months of twinfants. Nights are getting better. They are sleeping a little longer but mostly I think that we are just adjusting to little sleep.

Fisher weighs 12 lbs 12 oz. He likes the swing, tummy time, and is all smiles for anyone who will talk to him. He wont eat for Grandma Sing because she talks to him so much that all he does is smile; and you cant suck a bottle if you are smiling. Fisher is such a happy baby, especially if he is being held up to look around.

Hunter wighs 10 lbs 2 oz. He likes to be held at all times. He likes to snuggle down tight and loves it when I hold both of the boys together because Fisher sits ontop fo him a little bit. With Fisher on top it makes him super hot wich he really really likes. He is starting to like the swing. He got his first haircut last night!

Both boys have been sick since Christmas Day with congestion and coughs. Things are getting a little better.

Twins are a lot of fun! We love both of them.

Justin is such a big helper. He loves to hold the brothers and tell them good morning and good night! He puts binkies in mouths and takes diapers to the garbage. He gets burp rags from the other room and takes the dirty ones to the laundry room. He is so awesome. He is starting to learn his alphabet sounds and he is doing really well. His favorite thing to say is "Fish are friends not food." You got to love NEMO.