8 months

My twinners are now 8 months old! It's difficult to imagine my life without them!! They are in every part of my day! I can't wait to see them first thing in the morning and I love being such a vital part of their lives. They are still nursing and have now stopped taking a bottle. It has been such a blessing to be able to nurse them and I don't even know how much money it has saved us, but I'm sure it's a lot! I truly enjoy the time I have with them and most often (99% of the time) I feed them separately (5-6 times each) just to have the opportunity of snuggling and loving them one on one.  I have a very plentiful supply (sorry tmi) but I've been able to donate extra milk to a woman with Lou Gerhigs disease. (Beats dumping it down the sink, right?) I guess it helps her with having a better quality of life and boosts her immune system, so I'm glad to help. 

So back to these babies of mine... Henry is now 18.2 lbs and Charlie is 15.6 lbs. Henry is now crawling and climbing everywhere!!! He climbed up all the stairs today! He is pulling himself up on furniture and I just think he's getting too big way way way too fast!! At least I still have my little Charlie who will still be my baby. :) 

Although he's not far behind. If there is something he wants badly enough, somehow he gets it!! He will "inch-worm crawl" he'll roll, he'll summersault, he'll do  baby yoga and do "downward dog" where he stands on his head with his lil' bum up in the air, (cutest thing ever by the way) and he will scoot along until he gets what he set out for. They are both so fun to play with and enjoy being outside, swinging, crawling in the grass, seeing the dog, pulling hair, jewelry, eating big people food, and drinking water from a cup. They LOVE their brothers and watch their every move. They are each equally loved back their brothers too who amaze me by their patience, involvement, and affection toward the babies. Calvin, Ben and Tommy are the best big brothers!! 

Gosh I sure do love my bunch of boys! We are so blessed!! 

Cutest little bums ever!!

Charlie baby and that smile!! 

Snuggy Charlie

Henry crawled into my bathroom where he could see the brothers, thinks he's big!

This was a cute Father's Day picture with all my loves!! 

7 months

 

7 months and crawling!! Henry started to rock back and forth and maybe brave an actual crawl, but now he's everywhere! His style is to crawl a few feet and then sprawl superman style on the floor. Charles is not quite crawling yet, but has begun getting up on all fours. He is my rolly polly baby and rolls around the room. I often find him stuck underneath the crib or behind the rocking chair and once just the top half of his body was sticking out from under the couch! He was pretty mad about that. His little bum and legs just a kicking and he was crying that mad growling/yelling cry. Poor guy :( but it was pretty cute. :) 

Charlie with daddy

Love these two like crazy, and it's fun watching how different they are and grow and how similar. 

Grandma Taylor

On a Easter Sunday Jeff's mom's mom passed away. I think she was so pretty. She was always very sweet to us and even sent $10 and a card when our twins were born! So cute! She was 93. She had a hard life growing up. Oldest of 9 and homeless most of her childhood. She got terribly sick with the measles and her mother had to leave her with a woman paid by the government to care for her. She then caught pneumonia and that woman refused to take care if her. She had so much swelling she lost her vision and hearing temporarily and had to relearn how to walk! Her aunt took her in and nursed her back to health. She was a fighter! She also was a very good gardener and always insisted on having one even in her old age. She was a very talented seamstress, and made all her children's clothes. Her children say they always had the best clothes! She would even sew for other people to earn extra money.  I loved seeing the pictures of Jeff's mom and her twin sister in their beautiful dresses. I liked hearing about her love story. She said she was always "bonkers in love with Bert". It's interesting that they elpoped. They were so young and poor and knew their parents wouldn't allow them to get married so they just left town and got hitched. Bert was a barber. They were later sealed in the temple I think about 13 years later. 

There was such an outpouring of love for this little St. Anthony Idaho lady. Her friends and ward members were so good to her. She will be missed! 

Our Graduate!!

Well, he's done it again! I'm so proud of Jeff for receiving his Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Weber State University and graduating with honors as Suma Cum Laud! (Meaning he has a 3.9 or higher grade point average, receiving a 4.0 this last semester!  He has worked so hard and balanced many responsibilities including work and school and a family with newborn twins and a tasking church calling. I say done it again because he has received a bachelor of Arts in Anthropology. He is really liking his career in nursing and we are excited for more possibilities with it in the future. For now, we are planning to take a year off of school and enjoy life as it is so good right now! :) we have been very blessed and never could have done this without our amazing friends and families! Thank you everyone! 

The boys were so excited to see their daddy! Thank goodness my mom came with me to help with all 5 chillins! :)

My mom is so pretty! 

My handsome man

Awe, and one with the babies!! 

And with the big boys

With the fam-minus two babies 

Good job babe! We love you!!

Little sleepers

All my sleeping babes...

Charlie 

Henry 

Tommy 

Calvin

Benny

It's a quiet house right now! :) 

Love these guys! Sweet dreams darlings

Bathtime buds and Tommy

My little nakey babies in the tub! I never tire of Bathtime and bedtime/sleeping baby pictures! They are so sweet and precious and when I look at them I just swoon! I love my boys-all of them so so much! 

Tommy and Henry... 

I find myself often impressed by Tommy.  He is a very intune little person. He is thoughtful and helpful and very kind. He loves the babies so much and you can just see it in his eyes when he looks at them hear it in his voice when he talks to them.  He is good to his mommy too. It seems like we get to pal around together the most. I love it! He always wants to please and if I get mad at him for something he gets such a broken heart! :( 

He is adorable and funny, and I couldn't love him more than I already do! 

 Love you Tom Bomb! :) (he's a darn good little soccer player too) 

Tommy and friend Dallin