Daddy & Daughter

This little girl has got her Daddy wrapped around her little finger and she knows it.  Whenever Doug is home she thinks that he needs to be holding her and will give the pathetic little whimper if she isn't.  Doug will not put her down either.  Once she is in his arms his excuse for everything is "but I'm holding Alice".  On Cole's birthday, Doug tried to take the cake out of the freezer with one hand, and why??  Because he was holding Alice.  Good thing I was there to catch the cake.

Such a sweetie covering her beautiful smile. 

These 2 yahoos, couldn't see the camera without have their picture taken too. 

Doug, Alice & Cole

Big H (as Doug refers to him)

Cole is 3!!!

Today is Cole's Birthday.  He is such a sweet little man that really hates change, which might explain why he didn't follow Hunter out on the 29th.  Cole was born at 12:38 a.m., a little more than 4 1/2 hours after his twin brother.  Unlike his brother, I got to hold Cole when he was born.  The midwife was amazed, she said "after all she's been through look at her kiss and love on that baby".  I didn't want to let him go.  After 5 weeks of contractions and 39 hours of labor, this was my reward!

Today, Cole is a great big brother to his baby sister.  He actually seems to enjoy sharing and making others happy.  Which makes it interesting that he is the most violent of my boys.  Don't tick off Cole!!  We are working on him not throwing toys or hitting with toys when he gets mad.  Cole is also potty training and doing very well, he just needs to figure out how to get #2 in the potty and then we will be good.  While Hunter has no volume control, Cole is very soft spoken and when his brothers are napping or gone with daddy he will talk your ear off.

Today for his Birthday, Cole wanted to go to McDonald's and play with some of his friends.  Afterwards we took the boys to go see 'How to Train Your Dragon'.  Cole unfortunately fell asleep in the car ride to the theater, so I had a feeling he wouldn't make it through awake.  Sure enough he curled up in the seat and fell asleep about half way through the movie.  He didn't seem to mind though, he still said that he liked the movie.

Cole opened his gifts on Hunters Birthday, but we did have another cake for Cole's.

Twins with Different Birthdays

I love that on Hunter's Birthday all of my online sites show that I have 4 kids with different ages.  Here is a picture of my FaceBook page today.

Hunter is 3!!

Well today was Hunter's 3rd Birthday.  Crazy how time flies.  Three years ago today at 7:57 pm this wonderful little boy entered our lives, not breathing I might add.  As you can see by the picture he had to be intubated.  When he was born I told Doug to go and take pictures, but the doctor said "No pictures".  Totally freaked me out, I couldn't imagine what was wrong with Hunter.  He of coarse was rushed to the NICU.  Doug kept trying to keep me calm telling me "Heather, you have another baby to push out."  A few hours later they let Doug in to see him.  When Doug came back this was the picture that he showed me.  As you can see he has an IV in his head and no umbilical cord, they took it off to try to get an IV there and when they couldn't, they went for his head.  My poor little Hunter.  When Doug came back into the OR he told me "I think he has your personality", I asked him why? and he said "because he tried to rip the tube out of his mouth".  Doug had no idea how right he was about Hunter.

So much obviously has changed in 3 years.  He is perfectly healthy, except for the 2 scars on his head where he had to get glued back together this year.  We are currently potty training and he is doing pretty good.  He talks a ton and is SOO my clone.  Everyday I notice more and more things that he does like me.  He is stubborn, loves to snuggle, drives Doug crazy and has no volume control (which is so much fun at church).  One big difference though is that Hunter is my little lefty. 

Today Hunter wanted pizza, so we picked up some pizza and went to the park.  The boys had a lot of fun. 

Hunter got several phone calls today from family members wishing him a Happy Birthday.  When Doug got home Hunter and Cole opened their presents.  The day was weird enough for Cole for him to not get gifts on top of it all.  He actually started getting upset that people were calling to talk to just Hunter.  The boys played and fought a lot over the toys, neither of the twins would share with Ammon. :(

We got Hunter a small ice cream cake from Kalidoscoops.  Hunter got so embaressed when we were singing to him, he covered his face with his hand.  He had a lot of problems blowing out the candles, he just kept spitting everywhere, so Doug had to step in to help.  

Nap time

I love naps and I especially love them when I get to share them with one of my little cuddle bugs.  Doug took this today of me and Alice.  She is such a sweetie!!

Alice 2 1/2 months

Here is Alice showing off a 3-6 month outfit that fits.  This was one of my favorite outfits that I got at my baby shower.  A big thank you to Paula Bensing.

Ammon & Alice

Ammon & Alice are such a sweet pair.  Ammon loves to sit on the floor with her and talk with her.  Last week I sent Ammon into the bedroom to see if Alice was awake and he never returned.  I went in there to check on him and he was laying on the bed just chatting away with her.  Also the other day I put Alice down for tummy time and when I looked over she was on her back.  I asked Ammon if she rolled over and he just looked at me.  Then I asked if he flipped her over and he said "Ya, he couldn't see like that".