Hunter at 9 months

Oh, our sweet Hunter baby is doing so well. He is growing and getting stronger everyday. He is all about comfort. He doesn't want to be entertained but comforted. He likes to snuggle with Mom, Dad and Justin.

Hunter weighs 16 lbs 10 oz and is 28 inches long. He is closing the weight gap between him and Fisher from 7 lbs at 6 months old to about 5 1/2 lbs. He is our little bite-size!

Hunter loves to kick back and relax in his high chair; he can get in the funniest positions sometimes. He likes to eat mush (baby cereal) and baby food. He is like a little bird when he eats; he just sits there with his mouth open. He likes food better than his bottle. He has been rolling for about a month now and keeps his head up so well. He can roll from his back to his tummy and then back to his back. He has this little laugh cry that just steals your heart. Hunter likes to be rocked and snuggled to sleep; no laying him in his crib awake. He is very sporadic on nap time but he is getting better. He loves to stick his feet straight in the air and he is always holding onto his toes.

Kids on the Move has been coming to our home to help us with Hunter's development. We focus on fine and gross motor skills. We have been doing this for about 5 months and he is improving each month. Hunter acts like he was born 2 months early. But everyone feels like by age two he will be caught up to his actual age. We pray for that each day.

Here Hunter is in his high chair all kicked back.


This is not an often occurrence where Hunter falls asleep without being held.

Hunter is learning to sit in the bumbo. He does better each time.

Yes, I have already given them licorice.

Oh, and Hunter got the first tooth. So far that is the only tooth between the two of them. They are both cutting other teeth but they are yet to break through.

We love you Hunter!

Fisher at 9 months

What a happy guy! Fisher is such a social baby. He wants to be entertained by anyone who will give him the attention. He wants to be in the middle of whatever is going on. He LOVES Justin. He watches him constantly. It is almost impossible to feed Fisher if Justin is in the same room.

Fisher weighs 22 lbs 2 oz and is 28 1/2 inches. He is our tubba-tubba.

Fisher loves to sleep on his tummy with his blanket under his arm and the corner of it in his mouth. He always sits Indian-style unless he is bumb-scooting. He can get himself around quite well for not being able to crawl yet. He likes to pull himself up to the edge of his crib. He is an awesome sleeper; I just feed him and then lay him in his bed. He eats pretty well but he thinks he is ready for our food and wants little to do with baby food. He can hold his own bottle which is a big help. He does not like to wear hats or sunglasses; and Justin likes to tease him by putting them on him.




This is Fisher on his first swing ride. He loved it. I wish the park by us had baby swings. I guess I will just have to go to a different park.

Oh, and Tyler decided to feed Fisher an ice cream bar. Of course Fisher LOVED it.

We love you Fisher!

Justin as a 3 year-old

On June 26th Justin turned 3. He is one smart 3 year old. He loves to play with friends, cousins and Grandpa Scott. He is into basketball, race cars, four-wheelers, and wrestling. He is an awesome big brother and loves Fisher and Hunter.

Here is a picture of Justin building a tower with Grandpa Scott. Justin just loves Grandpa Scott's race car. The other day my dad got it out and took him for a little ride.

Justin has all of a sudden turned into a climber. This is at the park in Park City.

Justin likes to help mom feed the babies. Here he is feeding Hunter and watching TV at the same time. He still needs a little help from mom to feed the brothers.

Fisher just loves Justin. He and Justin are little buddies.

Here are some of the classic things that Justin says:

"I not big anymore."

"Fisher wants to do it by Fisher's self."

"Fisher wants to wrestle me."

"Dad, lets go downstairs and wrestle."

"Fisher/Hunter said butt....hahahaha."

"Mom, get back here right now."

"I not going to town."

"Mom, go to your room and sit on your bed."

"Horses on Justin's side." (while riding in the van)

"Be happy, Be Safe."

We love you Justin and are so proud of you.

Justin's 3rd Birthday

Happy 3rd Birthday Justin! ok, I'm a few days behind. Justin turned 3 on June 26th. We had a little birthday for him a few days later with the family. That night he kept saying, "I had a fun birthday party."
Of course, the cake was Toy Story.
The dog bank from Grandma Clark was a big hit.

It was so fun to watch Justin open presents. He actually understands that there is something inside for him!

Justin got a wiggle car. It is very important that it was green.

His favorite thing that he got was a sandbox trackhoe. He loves it. He enjoyed scooping his building blocks with it.

Thanks Justin for a fun birthday!

Hogle Zoo

We went to Hogle Zoo a couple of weeks ago. The weather was perfect, the babies did awesome and Justin had a blast.

Family pictures are tough with 2 babies, a todler, and a stranger taking the photo! Tyler pushed the babies around while I played with Justin at the park inside the zoo.

The elephants were our favorites!

Justin loved the snake slide at the park. He went on it over and over.

Justin was a little nervous at first to get close to the animals. It didn't take long before he wanted to get in with the animals.

Hunter was so good. He even took a nap for us.

Fisher was as happy as could be. I think he enjoyed watching all the people and being the social bug that he is.

We walked so much that Justin started getting tired. I gave him a piggy back ride a few times.

Justin's favorite part was feeding the ducks. He would have stayed there all day if we would have let him. Oh, and if I would have had enough quarters to buy duck food.

This was the best picture I could get of us on the train. Of course Justin couldn't take his eyes off the animals, not even for a picture.

The zoo was so fun! We will have to go again!

Vacation

The first part of June we went on vacation for a whole week. Tyler won a trip from his work and we ended up going to Park City and taking the kids. We had so much fun even if the 24-hour flu hit us.

We stayed at the Silverado Lodge at the Canyons. It was super nice. All three boys had one room and then we had our own room. We really liked the lodge.
The twins spent a lot of time in the stroller. It was so cute when they would hold hands.

Hunter kicked back in the high chair just like he does at home. He is so stinking cute when he does this. He rolled over for the first time all by himself while we were in Park City! It was an exciting moment for all of us!

It was so nice to have Tyler around 24-hours a day to help hold, feed, change, and bathe.

Justin loved going to the park. He dubbed the park "The Trackhoe Park" because there was a sandbox backhoe. He spent a lot of time on this.

Every night after dinner and when the temperatures would cool we went to the "Trackhoe Park". I sat on the blanket with the twins while Tyler and Justin played with the track hoe. Hunter was asleep every single time we went to the park so there he is in his car seat under his blanket.

Fisher had his first experience with the swing and he loved it. Justin thought it was cool that Fisher got to swing.

Here I am trying to hold Fisher's arms down so he would keep his hat on...I eventually gave up.

Justin and Tyler swam at the lodge. They were the only ones in the pool. Justin really liked it when Tyler would throw him in the air....even if he did loose his shorts.

We had so much fun just relaxing and spending time with each other. We went to the zoo one day and that was tons of fun; you'll have to see the next post for details on the zoo!

Thanks Tyler for working so hard to earn this trip. We had so much fun!

Thinking of Grandma

I have been thinking about my Grandma Helen a lot lately.

This picture is probably hard to see but it says: "Our Twin Baby, Eric Jacobs Johnsson, Feb 23, 1957 - Feb 24, 1957". My mom's twin brother died one day after they were born. I have thought about Grandma and wondered how she must have felt when one of her precious babies died. I am sure that as she watched my mom grow she had to have wondered what Eric would have been like. Would he be like Signe? What would he look like? What would he sound like? I just can not imagine how it must have been.

I often feel sad that Hunter is behind Fisher in development and wish that Hunter could do all the same things Fisher can do. But I am so thankful to have both of my precious babies with me.

Not only did Grandma loose her precious baby but 2 weeks later her mom died (my great-grandma) and then 5 months later her husband (my mom's dad) was killed in a car accident. I don't know how she survived!

On Memorial Day, I took the boys down to see Grandma's headstone. We love you Grandma, and miss you!