11 Months

This month has been one of my favorites so far. Life has been so busy and full of so many fun and good things! We are really enjoying this fun age the boys are at!

But getting a picture of them together. It's not happening. 

We started out the month by celebrating Matt's birthday! He is the big 27! We had a birthday weekend and enjoyed lots of yummy food with lots of fun people! The boys especially loved Tucanos.

We spent an afternoon visiting my wonderful Twinsistafriend cousin Callie. The boys love her. She's just the best. 

I feel like this month the boys have finally become friends. Before they usually ignored each other or were annoyed at each other. But now they don't go anywhere with out each other. One will crawl away and the other is right behind him. Double the trouble is an understatement when it comes to those boys.

The new favorite game- pressing their faces up against the glass. It's a riot. 

The cutest Walking Dead Baby that I ever did see. 

We went to Moab for a weekend to enjoy the warm weather and do some hiking. We camped at Dead Horse Point State Park. I'd never been there before and was amazed at how beautiful it was!  There was some amazing overlooks that had the most beautiful views of the canyon below. 

We've taken the boys camping before, but it was last summer when they were really little. This camping experience wasn't quite as seamless as the last experience. We had quite a bit of crying and fussing and just generally orneriness when it came to bed time. But we made it work and they eventually fell asleep. They slept through the night and didn't wake up cold, so that was a success.

The next day we went to Arches. 

The boys weren't too keen on camping, but they LOVED hiking. Honestly, I've never seen them smile so much as they did while we were hiking. But really, who wouldn't love to be carried around while looking at the amazing views of Arches?

I got Matt a Gopro for his birthday, so we enjoyed trying it out on our trip. 

The boys were fascinated with the Gopro. When they were fussy in the car I would just give them the Gopro and they would suck on it.

A summary of our trip. It was a really amazing trip! 

Grandma and Grandpa Kirk came over and we had a yummy picnic on our new picnic table they built us for Christmas. They were a little apprehensive sitting on our old swing. Luckily, it didn't break.... yet.

The weather has been really nice lately, so we've been going on lots of walks and going to the park.

We went to my Grandma's for an Easter lunch and Easter egg hunt. The boys are practicing up on their piano skills. 

Easter hunts have been a success. Jameson loves to pull all the eggs out of the basket and then chew on the eggs.

Carter loved riding on Daddy's shoulders.

The boys are spoiled and had several Easter outfits to choose from. These outfits were from Grandma. 

Easter outfits #2. These boys are just too adorable not to take a thousand photos of them. (And it usually takes that many photos to get one good one).

 

We planted that peach tree when we moved in 3.5 years ago. Its amazing how big it has gotten in just a few short years! 

We enjoyed a nice April Fool's day, until Grandma came over to watch the boys while I was at the gym. I came home to a couple of pranksters. 

And we ended the month with a new cousin! Cousin Abrem was born on April 2nd. We are super excited to have a new cousin! But also sad that he is in California we won't get to see him until May when they come and visit. 

10 Months

The babies are 10 months old! Pretty soon my babies won't be babies any more. Breaks my heart! 

Sometimes all you want is your brothers empty water bottle. 

Just being a couple of cool guys. 

After nap time fun 

Watchin' some George. 

The hungry little bear at the zoo. 

We got this way fun tunnel for the boys to crawl through. Jameson was NOT impressed. Matt thinks Jameson is going to have nightmares about the tunnel.

Totally candid, super funny picture. Like Father like son. 

Makes me laugh every time. 

The boys went on a play date with the cousins at Grandma's house. Carter put Jameson to work.

They were spoiled by the grandparents with Valentines cupcakes. 

They thoroughly enjoyed those cupcakes. 

This is the latest and greatest game. We all love it. 

For a brief week it was very warm and sunny. Utah tricked us into thinking it was spring. The boys loved exploring the grass and seeing how many leaves they could stuff in their mouths without me noticing.

That face. So goofy. 

Both boys pull themselves up on to everything. They love to carry around toys and hit them against the table or the walls, or the floor or each other. 

After the table then they move on to the bench with the mirror and they talk and giggle at themselves.

We ditched the babies for a night and went to a Brazilian party. It was really fun. Lots of yummy food and some Brazilian dancing.

We left the boys with uncle Eric and aunt Charlie. The boys love Charlie and they are excited to get another Aunt!

Eric and Charlie's engagments- the cutest. 

Just gettin a ride on Daddy's shoulders. Notice the count down chain in the back ground. It's counting down till Matt's graduation, and we couldn't be any more excited about it! 

Carter preparing for his role in the next Christmas program as one of the wise men. 

 I may be biased, but they are definitely the cutest twins at church! Those matching ties! It kills me, they look so grown up. 

And then we ended the month with sickness all around. Everyone has been sick and it was finally time for the boys to get sick. They are still their happy goofy selves with just a lot of extra snot.

We're looking forward to Spring and lots of fun adventures ahead! 

9 Months

Another great month has gone by! This month was pretty mellow. 

We rearranged the boys room and put their cribs next to each other. Its been fun to listen to all the giggles during nap time. They like to share toys from one crib to another, which also leads to a lot of cries as well. Jameson has learned to pull himself up on the crib and will find the baby wipes on the changing table and will take them and dump them in Carter's crib. 

We've been on some really fun play dates with some other babies in our ward. All of the boys were born within a month of each other. It's been fun to get all the babies together! Contrary to what Carter's face says, he has lots of fun. 

The boys have now officially been out longer than they were in! It is WAY more fun having them out! Especially because that pregnancy back pain was no joke. 

We went on a family date night to Cubby's in Spanish Fork a few weekends ago. It was really yummy food and the boys loved people watching. 

And of course we had to get a family selfie! 

Thanks to pinterest we tried out the laundry basket in the bath, and it has been amazing! The boys are able to sit up without sliding around and it keeps all their toys in one spot. It makes bath time a lot more fun!

Bathing the boys by myself can be an adventure. Since I can't leave a baby in the tub alone while I take one baby out. I have to leave a baby on the bathroom floor while I take one to the bedroom. Jameson was left on the floor and decided to crawl around. 

The boys now love to sit on the top of the chair in the living room and look out the window. 

The window definitely has quite a few more tiny hand prints then before. 

This is just a sample of the mischief they seem to get themselves into. 

Play time with the curtains.

Shopping has always been super hard logistically for me. I can never seem to find a good way to shop with both babies by myself. But now that they can sit up on their own I have started squeezing them into the top of the cart together. They love it. 

 The baby gate finally came up out of necessity. And now its the new place to pull themselves up. 

 This guy is just hilarious.

Matt and Carter on the ice at Utah Lake.

The boys love watching Curious George, and Matt really loves watching it with them. He gets disappointed if we have to stop the show early. 

Matt and Jameson. Just the cutest! 

Carter and  Matt

Here's some photos from our Valentines photo shoot. 

Happy Valentines Day!