7 Months

Carter and Jameson are now 7 months old! This last month was by far my favorite! They are at a really fun age and Matt and I have had a lot of fun playing with them. We were also able to do a lot of really great stuff this month.



We started the month out by flying out to San Francisco to spend an early Thanksgiving with my family. We stayed at Scott and Jen's house in Tracy with the whole fam. with the exception of P&W and their fam, they were busy having a baby.

Flying with twins consists of- 1 big rolling bag, 2 back packs, diaper bag, laptop bag, car seat, stroller, and 2 babies. Traveling in and out of the airport with all our junk was the hardest part. Luckily Becca was with us flying to San Fran.  They both did really great on the plane. They played and slept for most of the flight both ways. We didn't know beforehand that the airline does not allow 2 lap babies on the same row, because there aren't enough oxygen masks. So Matt had to sit on the row behind me. It actually worked out really well because both our flights were practically empty, so we got both rows to our selves. 

We got off the plane and met up with Scott and Jen and Gracie and headed out to the beach. We went to Pacifica State Beach. It was beautiful and warm and amazing. 

Matt and Gracie loved playing in the waves. 

The boys loved the beach and loved eating the sand. Hated when we had to clean the sand off their hands and mouth and feet and face and hair. 

Becab and the beach!

The next day the rest of the family flew in. We met them in San Francisco and toured the city. In the previous times we've been to San Francisco we'd never gone to China Town. It was really interesting seeing how completely different China Town is from the rest of the city. And I am sure China Town will live in the memory of the whole family for a long time. 

The babies fit right in with their panda hats. 

At the top of Lombard Street with the whole fam. A few things to notice in this picture, Dad's mouth, Matt's hand on hip and Eric's arms. Good family pic.

 Then we checked out another cool beach that had amazing views of the bridge.

And of course we have to go to Pier 39 and check out the sea lions! 

The next day we went to a few different beaches. We first went to Bolinas Beach where we did a lot of cool tide pooling. It was a bit windy, we didn't plan for it to be cold so Carter got to hang out in my jacket to keep warm.

We found a few crabs, Jameson really enjoyed trying to eat them. 

The next beach we went to was Stinson beach and it was really warm and sunny. Matt and all the men went boogie boarding and skim boarding. As per typical Johansen gathering all the men had to make it a competition and try and one up each other.

G-ma and the boys hung out on the beach. Carter was not impressed.

Eric became the crab whisperer and caught some huge crabs buried in the sand in the waves. He took home the big crab and cooked it up. It was pretty tasty! And as fresh as you can get.

On Saturday morning we did a fit family 5k. It was a lot of fun and Scott even had medals made for everyone. We are all winners.

The last day we were there Scott had to work and the rest of the fam had already gone home. So we went to a cool little zoo with Jen and Gracie.

One of my favorite parts of the trip was when Eric would pull out his ukulele and start playing songs for us. Everyone would dance around and sing about butts.

We got home and next day little cousin Aria was born. The boys were very interested in the little tiny baby.

We had the first snow of the season and took the boys out to experience it and sled down the drive way. They really liked it.

We enjoyed our first Thanksgiving together as a family. The boys actually napped for most of the dinner, but woke up in time just for dessert. 

Jameson had the giggles the other night 

We ended the month by going on this cute little polar express train ride with my family and visiting Santa. The boys liked looking around at all the lights on the train ride. And they are not afraid of Santa yet! Win win!

Can't wait to experience next month!

6 Months

My oh my! My boys are half a year!  

This picture just makes me laugh with their facial expressions. They are sporting their "hi" shirts I made them. Since they can't talk I will put what they want to say on their shirts.

6 months ago I was as big as a whale waiting for my babies to come. Everyone told me I was so small for carrying twins, I believed them until I saw this picture.

This month we have loved the fall weather and the leaves! We took a drive up Payson canyon and took a few pictures of the boys with their first autumn leaves.

                                               

We also welcomed in fall with some cute pumpkin baby butts. 

 For fall break we spent a few days in St. George. We drove my cousins BMW down to St. George for him. Matt LOVED it. He was like a kid in a candy shop. It was definitely a fun ride!

We spent a day in Zions doing all the stroller accessible hikes. We had no idea that twins were so popular in Zions. every. single. person. wanted to look at them and talk about how they love twins. It was fun, most of the time.

We also went to the St. George temple visitor's center.

 It was a fantastic trip! And we only had about an hour of screaming on the drive home! 

This month the boys were finally able to meet their Aunt Chin. They love her! And it was so fun to finally see her again! California is WAY too far away!

We also worked on our playroom for the boys. The room was our dumping ground for junk. Of course I forgot to take a before picture. Matt put up the rain gutter shelves and I organized everything. 

I love that we can open the double doors if we want to extend the space and then close them if we want to hide the clutter! 

We went on a twin play date. It was a lot of fun getting together with twin moms and the boys liked interacting with other babies, although they weren't quite sure what to think about all the girls! 

Halloween

The boys had many offers to take them in. 

My family did a Halloween party while everyone was here from out of town. It was such a fun party! All the kids dressed up and we played tons of silly games and ate Halloween food. 

For the party I dressed up as Eric. Boink! He dressed as Wesley from the Princess Bride. 

Their beards grew in just in time for Halloween. 

 We ran a haunted 5k with the boys. The weather was perfect and the boys did so great! We had a lot of fun taking pictures with all the Halloween decorations.

Next month will be fantastic! We are going to San Francisco for an early family Spanksgiving. Let's hope those boys behave on the flight! 

Hey Girl, see you next month.

5 Months

For the first time I shed a tear when I realized my boys were going to be another month older. Time is slipping away! But we are enjoying every moment!

We had quite a few firsts this month. At their 4 month check up the doctor approved them to start eating solids aka mush. They don't really know what to think about food, we are still working on it.

  As always Jameson's face says it all.

So far they have had peaches, applesauce, rice cereal and carrots. Carter is a better eater than Jameson, Carter especially loves applesauce.


At their check up they both weighed the same- 14lbs, but Carter is now an inch taller. They are already so different.

Carter is a thumb sucker. It is adorable now, but not when he's 5 years old and still sucking his thumb.

He has really pretty blue eyes and is super sweet. He will just look at you with is big eyes and melt your heart.

You have to work harder to get him to smile, but he is so adorable when he does smile!

Another first is Carter is now rolling. His main form of transportation is rolling. He rolls into the corner of the room and then gets mad that he is stuck.

 Jameson likes to smile and laugh and be really goofy. 

Jameson's hair is growing. Its getting longer and it gets really fuzzy after baths.

He is also very giggly. 

I usually put the boys in their bumbos while I do the dishes or clean the kitchen. I like to face them towards each other so they will have twin time and get to know each other.

Then when I catch them talking to each other one of them will usually look over at me and give me the look as if to tell me to "butt out".

Here is a slice of a day this week, which is also a very typical day

10am- Boys are in the bumbos on the table watching me do the dishes. I see Jameson do his poop face, then he goes back to sitting and staring at me.
10:10- Boys are fussy and ready for a nap. Having forgotten about the poop, I put both boys down in their cribs.
10:11- I go back into the living room and sit down on the couch. Then I smell poop. I sniff around and realize its on my arm. Culprit- Jameson.
10:12- I change Jameson's poopy diaper. It got all over him and the crib sheets.
10:13- I change the crib sheets.
10:15- Finally put Jameson back down and go back to the kitchen. Then I see the bumbo. It was also affected by the poop attack.
10:20- I clean the bumbo. The poop some how managed to get on the straps and on the inside of the clip.
10:30- I decide to hose the bumbo off in the tub.
10:35- The poop is still inside the clip and I spend the next 10 minutes cleaning it out with q-tips.

Almost the exact same thing happened the next day, it was the same baby but the other bumbo.

But who cares about the poop when you see these adorable faces?!

We went to my Grandpa Johansen's art exhibit at BYU with my family. The boys are very cultured now and have an appreciation for fine art.

My dad with the boys at the art exhibit. They are sportin' their manly men shirts.

The boys have also started enjoying all 3 hours of church. And when I say "enjoying" I mean they are fussy most of the 3rd hour. Last week Carter stunk up all of Sunday school with his LOUD stinky farts. Matt and I thought it was more hilarious than it should have been and laughed for a good 10 minutes about it.

We went to the park and tried out the swing made just for the boys. It's definitely a twin thing.

This month has been really great! We are enjoying all the new tricks the boys can do and can't wait to see what next month brings!

Instead of a goofy Jameson picture to end the blog post, I will end with a goofy Carter picture. This picture just makes me laugh.