Yearly check ups

Today my triplets, I mean twins and Oliver, had their yearly check ups with Dr. Kathy.

Oliver is 4. He's 39lbs, 41 inches, 100/63 blood pressure, 90 pulse, and has 20/30 eye sight. He got the rest of his shots so he's ready to go to kindergarten next year. He also had to pee in a cup. Didn't want to but we made a game of it and got him to do it (and he won).

Charlie is 6 next Tuesday. He weighs 51.6lbs, 46.5 inches, 95/58 blood pressure, 91 pulse, and has 20/20 vision. No shots or peeing in a cup!

Dylan is 6 years old next Tuesday. He weighs 42.2lbs, 45.5 inches tall, 88/57 blood pressure, 93 pulse, and 20/30 vision. No shots or peeing for D either.

All went we'll except the end where O screamed bloody murder for his 2nd shot. Otherwise all good. Porter just hung out like an angel. Healthy boys. We're so lucky.

The favorite

So when we had our twins people would joke and ask which one was our favorite. Our standard response was,"whichever child isn't crying."  Today my favorite is Oliver. I was making lunch and he said, "mom, look at your tummy! It's getting flat like ours!"  Haha. Nice to hear when I've felt especially bloated. My dear niece asked me maybe 3 weeks ago if there was another baby in my tummy. Gotta love kids.

My sad, sad, neglected blog. IT'S AN UPDATE!

So it has been months and months.  My life is busy and crazy and unfortunately, if I don't start updating, forgotten.  I know we have way too much going on and if I don't put our comings and going on here I will NOT remember my children's childhood.  At least a good portion anyway.  Things happen and I think, "Oh, I'll remember this, it's funny," and then the next day I can't remember it.  So sad.  So here's a brief update with pictures.

End of February the boys playing with their daddy.  They look forward to him getting home from work everyday and hope that dad has a "surprise" lined up.  They adore him.

First part of March Brandt had a day off and we went to the zoo with Grandma and Uncle Rob.  Love being able to play with daddy.  Did I say that already?

End of March the hair finally was taken off.  Brandt donated his luscious locks to Hawks Locks.  All donations used for children with cancer or any disease that takes their hair.  The boys got fo-hawks.  They were pretty stoked.  Thank you Aunt Heidi!

Beginning of April Charlie FINALLY rode a 2-wheeler.  WooHoo!  I kinda thought he never would do it.  He'd be the only 15 year old out there with training wheels.  Cautious Charlie.

 We are a Utah family.  Brandt and I have season tix to the football games and look forward to it all year.  The boys always want to go but we only have two tickets.  So I've sorta made it a tradition to go to the red & white game in the spring. This year it was super hot so we didn't last too long. But we made it and I think the boys had fun.

End of April was Easter.  We had a plethora of Easter parties.  I think the boys enjoyed 3 hunts.  A little excessive if you ask me but they loved it.  We had jelly beans for months after.

Beginning of May was Mother's Day.  Each year I am reminded how very lucky I am to be a mom.  Something we so desired and had to pray so hard for.  And this year with our special baby on the way at the time was quite special.  It's a wonderful feeling to be doing the will of the Lord.  I know I am to be a mommy and raise these boys to be righteous.  Love my boys.  Lots.

End of May - SCHOOL ENDED!!!  Holy smokes my twins graduated from Kindergarten and will be 1st graders!  We loved, loved, loved Mrs. Lemmon. She was such a great teacher and the boys grew so much in her class.

With it being summer I signed the kids up for the bowl free program at our bowling alley.  I think the boys are really enjoying bowling.  They do pretty well and it is a nice change of pace from the norm around here.

I refuse to do swim lessons in the summer since it is such a zoo at the rec center with sooo many lessons going on at the same time.  Because of this, and knowing that I'd be a little more stuck at home thru the summer, I signed the kiddies up for 2 sessions of swim lessons.  O is still just getting going but the twins are making great progress and are turning into little swimmers.

Spring Baseball!  The twins LOVED baseball.  They were awesome at it!  Dylan was busy making double plays and Charlie improved on his running and actually liked playing.  They had a great coach and we look forward to playing machine pitch next year.

Next up....WE HAD ANOTHER BABY BOY!!!

Dylan...

So the boys were outside playing with sidewalk chalk. We had a new package of 'sidewalk tattoos' so I helped them rub on their designs. When Charlie was working on coloring his he smeared some of it. So I tried to redraw it but we didn't have the exact shade of hot green. Apparently the right response would be to cry and hit. So made it easy to declare naptime. They got ready for naps and as Charlie was climbing up the bunk I told him that was enough crying and he needed to stop. He responded with, 'but mom I can't help it!'

Then from the bottom bunk I hear, 'hey, that's my line.'  You're right D. That is something you'd say. I got a good laugh.

Dylan

Brandt has on a Spider-Man mask playing with the boys. Dylan asked for the mask.
Dad: "I don't get to have any fun."
Dylan: "That's cause you have to work."

Oliver

Me: "Oliver, why are you so cute?"
Oliver: "I'm not cute. I'm just a boy."

I'm writing it down...

So many times my kids say the most hilarious things.  I will tell Brandt or my mom and we'll all get a good chuckle.  And Brandt will say, you need to record this or write it down.  And I say, I know.  And then I don't do it.  And now I'm sitting here trying to remember what Dylan said to me last night that was so funny and I can't.  So I'm going to be better.  I FINALLY have a smartphone...aren't I smart?...and there will be no excuse to hurry and write down a sentence of what those funny funny boys said.  There ya go.  Expect more posts from yours truly because enough is enough.  I need to remember this stuff because I have these 3 awesome boys that are growing like weeds and soon will not be so funny, just grown up.


But here's a couple:


We were in St. George a few weeks ago.  Our gracious hosts have a daughter that was asking the boys if she could sleep in their room.  Dylan said, "Yeah, but sometimes I fart."  Classic.  Something this momma can be proud of.


Last week we went to the phone store to get me a new phone.  There was a guy in front of us and was asking the clerk all these questions about all the phones and his contract wasn't up until May so he was just early shopping??  While we were anxiously waiting our turn being that our 3 boys were running amuck in the store.  We did our thing and as we were driving home Brandt was making up stories about the guy and was saying that his name was Rick.  So Rick this, Rick that.  Then out of the very back row of our car Dylan pipes up, "Suck brick, kid."  Quote from Home Alone 2.  We laughed and laughed and laughed.  Pristine timing my boy.