I blinked, now they are 18-months

Yes, our twins are 18-months now and we have survived.(its harder the older they get..the next year will tell  hopefully we will make it) There are not too many things I like about this age... It is a very busy age and every time I turn around it seems they are emptying something out, ( Bekah emptied all her clothes drawers and most of Jacobs all while I was changing Jacobs diaper, this is becoming a bad daily habit, emptying all kitchen drawers within reach); climbing onto something (like into tub and getting Ethan to turn on the water while their fully dressed or the TOLIET, the water I guess tastes good); scooting something over to climb onto something (the chairs to climb onto the bar, stool over to the vanity to clean the sink with toothpaste and brush Bekahs hair with a  toothbrush full of toothpaste in which they bit the tube to get the toothpaste out), pulling something apart, (the buttons off the TV remote), and overall spreading disaster, (Bekah trying to share/ feed Jacob her oatmeal, spaghetti, applesauce, only to find Jacob covered in food and none in his mouth.);hauling anything that is not a toy (the toilet plunger would be Jacob's favorite toy if we let him.); the golden question, are you done? Right now the answer, "yes, maybe, and possibly never".  Are you starting to see why this MAY not be my favorite stage..?

BUT at this age a wonderful thing does happen, NURSERY (yes they went on Sunday for the first time and loved it, they fight more with each other than with the other kids so we might have to separate classes, which won't be a problem because we have 3 different nurseries in our ward.. we will see.)

Here are their stats
Jacob
Weight: 22.29 (up only 0.29 pounds from 12 months-- 23%)
Height: 33.5 (up 3 inches from 12 months-- 84%)
Head: 18.75 (up 0.25 from 12 months--57%)

Bekah
Weight: 24.28 (up 1 pound from 12 months--60%)
Height: 32.75 ( up 2 inches from 12 months--79%)
Head: 18.75  same as at 12 months but now in the 84% instead of the 92%,little better on the ego)

They are growing well. They both are walking. Bekah started about 14 months and Jacob was about 16 1/2 months. (We thought he would be the only one crawling in nursery but he pulled through)
They don't say a lot of words but they do mumble jumble all the time. They are starting to get the "Twin" language.. Bekah grunts and Jacob goes and gets her the toy.. Or Jacob cries and whines and Bekah gets him a toy. No, serious, they do have their own way of communicating with each other that I can't really explain. I always heard about this phenomenon with twins but never really believed it. They learn the concept of "mine" much sooner too unfortunately.

Did I mention they are into EVERYTHING? This day, it happened to the Carrotcake Cupcakes.  As you can see they really enjoyed them.The pulled them off the table.  (newsflash, they can reach the table)


  
Thse aren't the best pictures but we got a few snapped AFTER I cleaned the biggest part of the mess.

They tried to scrape some off the floor with a spatula and then attempted to put in the bowl. Got the right idea I guess just an interestng way of going about it.

 This is what was left of my much anticipated carrot cake muffins..

Oh well, what ya do? Wait for another day and another new messs, I guess. 

Its March, last months in review

We are excited it is March because that means Spring is on its way.  I realized I haven't blogged for quite some time and I went to pull the pictures of the camera and between Januray and now I had a whopping total of 17 pictures... I guess we are really are that BORING...(beware this post could put you to sleep..)

We have done a few things. We bought an excursion. It is a beast, about 12 miles to the gallon on a good day (too bad gas prices just went up  $.40 cents in the first two and half weeks we owned it..) It BARELY clears the garage door height and length takes the whole garage...serious. The final test was to see if it would fit in the garage. If it did, we could buy it. The dealer even let us drive it home first to test it because it was going to be that tight of a fit. It feels big, even coming from expedition which is a big car. It hauls all the kids and MORE. I love the extra space behind the third row. I can actually go shopping and have room for the kids AND the groceries... (Maybe that is not a good thing because now I don't have an excuse to get out alone by myself to the store)
We don't have super good pictures yet. These were taken by Carl's phone.

 The twins are 18-months and I still have them in the same crib just for my selfish sake. I think it is so cute.I started to realize for Jacob puts up with a lot of kicking and pushing.. (Of note we have recently seperated them as I didn't realize how bad it was.)
These pictures were taken while they were sleeping one night.

Apperently Jacob makes a good foot rest.....

annd head rest.
 
Bekah enjoyed the new car ride. Sleeping like a baby.

 She gets her back pack on every time we take Kimee to school.

 Our church moved to 1:00 and this is usually what happens about 5 minutes before we get out.

  

Yes, the twins are still A LOT of work. (I don't understood those moms who say it gets easier as they get older.. maybe older when they are 20.) They are just so busy because they can walk and reach things on the counter, and haul things around, undress themselves but can't dress themselves,can't feed themselves but won't let you feed them so every meal time also turns into bath time..etc. 

This a Jacob after one those meal times where more oatmeal was on him and Bekah than was in their bellies. Right after the bath with bath hoodie.. How could I get mad at a face like that? Some how this small moment made the 2-hour food fight, bath bananza and new clothes and diapers event all worth it. 

Jacob is totally a Daddy's boy in more ways than one. Did I mention they are a lot of work?

Kimee lost her first tooth. This picture makes her head look huge compartively but you get the picture.



 We had enough now this winter to build a snowman.. Not sure why the orange on the head but whatever.

The twins couldn't go outsiside with us so they are watching from inside. Its hard to see with all the reflection but I love Bekah's face.

We took the kids to the a UVU basketball game. All they cared about was the cotton candy.

This picture was taken at the sacrafice of Carl's nachos and drink which he had been waiting for all day and never got to eat. The Wolverine mascott ruined Carl's lunch by spilling his food while trying to get beside the kids.. Silly Wolverine...Obviously my indoor flash setting wasn't working right but for those of that were there this picture is worth a thousand memories.

Random Rewind Pictures

So this rewind post starts back to last September. Carl bought a truck. It is really loud.. The first time he brought it home I heard it coming and was secertly hoping this loud truck was not going to pull into MY driveway.. but it did. I do make him park it behind the gate to Carl's dismay. It has quite the nice bumpy ride but now he doesn't use my car to haul his project supplies.  It was a win-win.. I do have admit it has come in handy, like the time when you see "free" dresser on the side of the road, you can just in, drive up throw it in and bring it home. True story.

Ethan loves loves loves the truck... He talked more in the first truck ride than he had his whole 2 years of life.. Carl said he would just not stop talking.. He even picked out a truck at yard sale that was gold and called it his truck. He wanted to be like Daddy.

 One of th first trips for the truck was the father-and-sons.  This is our crazy silly Ethan.  Nice pose buddy!

 This was the campground.. makes me anxious to go this summer.

 Ethan in the tent.

 Warming his hands by the fire..

In December Carl took on a remodel of our rental basement apartment.
We did havee it modified slightly to use the tub as shower so this picture wasn't quite how it was when he started but pretty close.

The destruction/demolition phase.

The new shower

The final product. He did a great job and it such a short time. He worked hard.

We stocked our freezer with about half a cow.
Carl took this picture, he thought it was pretty cool. So
there it is about 170 pounds of cow.