The Reason I Smile So Much

This was Dylan the other day trying on a clown nose we found at the store! Too cute! I seriously was laughing so hard I could hardly take this picture. I love my boys so much! They are so amazing just to watch! I'm so proud to be their Mommy!

I'm here.....for just a few min's! :p

So summertime has found it's way to our house! AND I AM SO HAPPY IT HAS! I try to stay as busy as possible - with all the good weather we have been having. I feel like it's a sin to keep all the kids inside when the sun is shining outside. Oh and can I tell you how cute I think my kids are with tans and little blonde streaks of hair! LOVE IT! But lately I've been getting a lot of "How do you do it?"'s - SO - (since I'm at work and can't up load any fun pic's to look at of my kids) - Here is a look into my day!
6:45am - (if i work the night before) I get home from work!

7:30am - Dylan wakes me up to get into bed with Ty and I - this usually is by getting up right next to my face and saying "mommy" repeatedly!

8:00am - Twins wake up - now my day really has to start! Change the twins diapers - get Dylan to the bathroom and changed - then down to the kitchen.

- Breakfast - Twins get a BIG bottle of fruits/breakfast goods and some graham crackers etc. Dylan gets some fruit from the bottom frig. drawer, eggo's/cereal, some juice/milk.

9:00am - Down to the living room. PLAYTIME! During this time the boys play - I get the dog out, feed and water him, water the lawn, get the trash out, start laundry. Then I come in and change all the boys into their clothes for the day.

10:30am - Twins go down for 1st nap. They both get 6oz of formula, their blankeys and they are out like lights.

While the babys sleep Dylan and I go outside and play with Brewer, play baseball, play with the sidewalk chalk, or anything else that might come up.

12:00pm - LUNCH TIME - Dylan usually gets his choice of hot dogs, cheetos, a fruit, and a cup of milk. Twinners wake up from their naps - change diapers/potty time - give snacks, and we are good to go.

This is the time that I can get done anything that I need to. All 3 kids are happy and willing to do whatever I want (if I bring snacks!). I should note this is a small window I have! ;) But they are great kids and very flexible!

230 - 300pm NAP TIME FOR EVERYONE! I try my hardest to be home by this time because all 3 boys will go down at the same time. (ahhhhhhh sweet relief!) Dylan takes a cup of milk, and the babies take 6 oz of formula! (Mommy usually sneaks in a nap too!)

430pm - Start dinner- Ty comes home and we get to talk! :)

500pm - Boys wake up from naps - Dinner time! Twinners share a BIG jar of baby food - and crackers etc.

FAMILY TIME - we go for a walk, play with toys, or go shopping. OR when I have to work I leave for work at 530pm.

800pm - Bed time for Twinners - I get all 3 boys in the tub and watch them play. Twins will go down with 8 oz bottles and blankeys!

900pm - Dylan's bedtime - Read a book, say prayers, cup of milk, and blankey!

Clean up the house, chat with Ty, or just relax

10pm In bed - then I usually watch a little bit of TV with Ty. Usually Discovery Health or Man v. Food! :)

11pm - lights off, fan on, and I'm off to dream land!

Nothing to it.................right????

10 months - REALLY

These two little monsters are 10 months old. Hard to believe I know. Time has just gone by way too fast. These picture's were taken last weekend while we explored Gardner Village. Here is a little bit about each of these guys.

Gavin - (in the red) is the mover - he HATES to stay still. Always wanting to move and explore new things - he is really living up to his name as "The Professor"! He has 4 teeth in and 2 more coming in. He will stand up against the couch and isn't afraid to follow his older brother out the door! He is a great sleeper, eater, and talker!!!Gage - (in the yellow) is still my little cuddle bug. Always sucking his thumb and looking at me with those big brown eyes. He has 2 teeth in and 3 coming in. He is still content to crawl every where and would rather sit on mom's lap to watch his brothers go out the door. He isn't afraid to let you know what he thinks - which usually comes out in a cry! But he is always willing to wave HI to you to make you feel wanted! :) I can't believe that in 2 short months these guys will be 1! We are going to have a HUGE party! More for the adults to celebrate survival through the 1st year! I love being a mom! :)

Happy Mother's Day

Today I've just been remembering the two days in my life that has made this day so special to me! To tell you the truth I never thought that I would be a mom. Crazy I know! But now as I look at my little guys I couldn't imagine my life without them in it. Weekends use to be filled with fun and movies. Now I get to rock babies to sleep and watch a little part of a movie with Ty as I fall asleep! Oh how life changes! I love it!

My Joys!

Need I say more! ;)

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PFO

So as most everyone knows I had a short stay in the hospital after a big scare. I'm totally normal ;) BUT I now know that I have what is called a PFO. Patent Foramen Ovale.

I was seriously sitting on my bed waiting for the Dr. to come in and tell me I was good to go home. When he walked in and said "Well it looks like you have a hole in your heart!"....."WHAT?" Everyone that had talked to me before that point had made it sound like there was nothing wrong with my tests and that the stroke probably happened for no known reason. WELL - they were wrong. The Dr. has put me on 2 medication (for the rest of my life) AND I now have a Cardiologist and Neurologist that I'm going to become great friends with.

This is a picture of what my heart mostlikely looks like. I won't lie - all of this has been a lot to wrap my mind around. And I haven't been happy knowing that I'll have to take meds for the rest of my life. I've always been the person that won't take the meds unless I HAVE TO. I won't go to the dr. until I HAVE TO. And here I HAVE TO do all of this for the rest of my life. BUT I won' t let this get to me. I'm greatful that I'm normal - that I won't have any lasting effects from all of this, and that I get to be a Mom to my kids. There were some moments that were very scary that I didn't think I would be the mom that I had been - very eye opening.

I want to thank all my family, friends, family, and neighbors for all the love and support. I'm blessed.

Little Reminders

(You'll have to excuse the fuzziness - I took these with my phone's camera!)

When the day is just one-of-those-days......These guys remind me to smile! :)

And when I feel like it all is a little too much......

He reminds me that he's looking up to me!

If I had a picture of Ty I would insert it here! Because he reminds me that I'm loved! :)

Silly I Know!

Timber Rufus Barkley

4 1/2 years earlier!

Saturday night as I was driving home from work I got a text from Ty - "Keep your eyes open for Timber he's gotten out again!" I didn't think much of it cause he's snuck out of the yard before and ALWAYS comes back a few hours later to the back door. This time he didn't! We've looked everywhere and called everyone we could and still no sign of our Timber. In my mind I'm picturing him on a "Bolt" like adventure (watch the movie if you don't know what I'm talking about!) But the reality that he's not coming back becomes more real as the days and nights SLOWLY go by.

As therapy to me and a tribute to the 4 years we had with Timber I thought I would "highlight" some facts/memories about him!

- Timber was born Sep 7, 2005 in Highland, UT

- He thought he was a human.....no seriously he did!

- He ALWAYS liked to sleep on my side of the bed!

- He was my protector! Even though he was more of a lover then fighter he always made me feel safe when Ty was working long hours.

- 1 week before we moved out of our first apartment he tore up the carpet in our room - all the way down through the pad! (ah memories!)

- His favorite toy was a small toy Snoopy!

- He was well traveled - he had been to Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah (all over), and New Mexico.

- He LOVED the snow!

- Cat's DID NOT like him at all! ;)

- He was Ty and I's first born!

- I would always joke about making Beagle Soup out of him- just to see what my nephews would say! Worked everytime!

- Thing I'll miss the most - Lazy afternoon naps with him and how he would always warm my feet up! :)

If any one in Utah happens to see him - PLEASE let us know! :o)

Our Neck Of The Woods

Hello all! Time has just flown by - so before any more of it gets past me I thought that I would post some pic's and show everyone what we have been up to. For some reason I have been really lazy about taking pic's - I know I really need to get better at it! But here are a few snapshots I did take! We took Dylan bowling for the first time a few weeks back! He had a lot of fun and came in 2nd place. I can in first (don't know how that happened) and then Ty was 3rd!

Dylan had the eye of the Tiger and was getting strikes if not spares almost every time!

He would always watch the bowling ball till it hit the pins - then he would start running around! He was having way too much fun!

We also raced a few times! It was a great night!

Then a little while later my sister Heather's Great Dane had puppies - 12 to be exact!

I want to say that these are some of the puppies when they were just a couple of weeks old. Their eyes were still closed and all they wanted to do was sleep!

Dylan had tons of fun holding them and kissing them! :) They'll be ready for new homes here in a few weeks -so if anyone is interested just let me know!

Then just the other night we took the kids to Jumping Jacks - just down the road from us. It is a place that has lots of air filled jumpy toys that kids can run on/jump on/slide down - till they are tired! We needed to burn some energy off of Dylan so we thought it would do the job - and it did! Ty and I had to take turns running around with him - but in the end his cheeks were pink - he had sweat dripping down his brow - and he was asleep by the time we left the parking lot!
I think this was the only time he stopped jumping!

Gager and Mommy hanging out! (Gavin was sleeping - hence no pic's of him!)

I love this last pic of Dylan coming down the slide!

All in all we've been having fun along with working hard! Ty and I have been truly blessed with great kids that seem to be changing every day, and that are so fun to hang out with! If any of you are in our neck of the woods we would LOVE to drag you along and have some fun!

Happy 2010!!

So for New Years - Ty, I and the boys headed south to New Mexico to visit Ty's brother and sister-in-law. This pic. is of Ivie-bug with the twins and Dylan (me in the background). They really did have a lot of fun hanging out and just relaxing.

I've made a lot of goals this year and one of them is to keep this blog more up to date. *Cross fingers*