NINE Months!!!

We love our Marc and James and can't believe they are 9 months old! This evening Billy and I were talking about how much we love our boys and how cute they are. Really we are so blessed and fortunate! Marc we LOVE that you are so curious and inquisitive about everything. That curiosity keeps us on our toes, and we love it! James we LOVE your beautiful smile and your contagious laugh. I think you make everyone smile when you smile and laugh.

At nine months, Marc and James are the same height...they are 28 1/2 inches long which is the 50th%

Marc weighs 19lbs 6 ounces (25th-50th%) and James weighs 18lbs 14.5 ounces (10-25th%)

Marc's head is 17.5 inches in circumference (25th) and James' head is 17 inches in circumference (5th%)

Over the last few months, the boys personalities have really started to come out. Both Marc and James love having their mouths wide open. They often suck on each other or bite each other or their mom! Marc loves to climb up on the treadmill and pulls himself to standing often (it won't be too much longer until he is walking). He crawls very quickly and gets into everything! He crawls over, under, through just about everything. He loves digging through the trash and playing with the scale in mom and dad's bathroom. James is starting to slowly army crawl around the house and loves sitting up! He loves to play with toys and loves to laugh and smile. He is soooo ticklish (he gets that from Billy) and I love tickling him! I have a feeling that James will be a little flirt because at park day on Tuesday, he was sitting by the playground and there were three little girls all circled around him playing with him and trying to feed him Cheetos. Too bad I didn't have a camera!

We are starting to feed the boys transitional foods like yogurt, avocados, pasta, cheese, etc. We are still working on getting the idea of sippy cups and holding their own bottles (can't wait for that!). Currently we have the boys sharing a room with their cribs side by side...this is causing a problem for mom and dad because they love to play with one another when they should be taking a nap or going to sleep for the night. We might end up splitting them up in different rooms! :( The advantage of having them share a room is that when they wake up in the mornings, they end up playing with one another and giving mom an extra few minutes to sleep before getting up! :)

We know we are blessed to have Marc and James in our lives and to be their parents. We know that we have a big responsibility as parents, but we feel so blessed to have such great little boys. We love you boys and are so grateful for all the happiness and joy you bring to us every day!

***Wish I could have included pictures, but I got a virus on our laptop and our desk top keyboard is broken from the move...so this is the best I could do! Happy 9 months boys!!!***

This week was a good week. I can't believe how quickly the boys change each week and how much they grow up. James is now sitting up! I know it's kind of late...being that they are almost 9 months old, but Marc doesn't really sit up on his own yet. I am so proud of James and LOVE that he will sit there and play with his toys.

This week Billy and I bought this stroller off Craigslist. I was wanting a stroller where the boys could look at each other and this works well. I took them on a walk one night while waiting for Billy to get home from work and the boys didn't know what to think...they don't have to stay in their car seats anymore...so much more comfy! :)

On Friday James fell asleep while I was feeding him and Marc. I fought him for a while cause I wanted him to eat more, but he won...I let him just fall asleep. The boys cousin Kathryn falls asleep at the table all the time and my brother J (James Jr), used to fall asleep in his high chair all the time...I guess you can say it runs in the family! :)

Such a cute close up of James sleeping!

The boys are so cute. They are playing better together every day. I went to Kohls yesterday and found this toy/walker they can use. They both loved it the second I busted it out of the box. It was definitely time for a new toy...

We are so thankful for our two healthy boys. I met a lady in my new ward last Sunday who has twin girls who are a year old. One of her daughters has "failure to thrive" and still has a feeding tube. I guess she isn't really crawling or anything. We are so blessed to have adorable boys, but more importantly, we are blessed to have healthy boys! We love them so much!

This is the LIFE!

This is the best part of having kids...when they fall asleep on you! And I have two of them that fall asleep on me at the same time! Priceless! I love all THREE of my boys!

First Halloween

This year was the boys first Halloween. Marc dressed up as a football and James dressed up as a baseball. About a month ago, I decided that I should make sure the costumes fit, as they were hand me downs from the Mitsudas (thanks!) and they hadn't tried them on yet. When I put them on, the boys did not like the hats and I didn't think they would wear them on Halloween. However, the boys were so cute and wore their hats almost all night at the Trunk or Treat put on by our ward. I think they were taking in all the costumes and festivities that they forgot that there was something on their heads! :)

At the Trunk or Treat, there was a costume contest and I entered the boys in. I wasn't expecting anything, but they won a cutest contest award. They were sooooo cute!

Here Billy is holding the boys at the Trunk or Treat

Marc (left) and James (right) hanging out with Mama handing out candy at the Trunk or Treat

On Halloween night, Billy and I took the boys over for a short visit to Grandpa Marc's house. Here the boys are chillin with Grandpa.

Our first Halloween as a family of four. We love our cute little football and baseball and had a fun Halloween. Can't wait for next year when we can take the boys trick or treating! :)

A Day with Marc and James...

People tend to ask me what I am up to these days. I really can't say too much other than watching my little rascals! I love them so much...but here are a few things I do day in and day out with Marc and James...


Marc LOVES climbing all over James. I am trying to teach him to go around him, but let's just say its a work in progress. James is such a great brother and usually doesn't mind Marc climbing on him. He usually just smiles.


Let's just say that Marc is a very curious individual...he loves looking in the basket to see what toys are available to play with. He is so cute because he can get himself in the basket, but doesn't quite know how to get out.

I couldn't resist to include this picture. I LOVE James' smile. The dimples get me every time. James is also very ticklish and he loves to laugh and show off the beautiful smile!

One day I was getting ready to go out. James was in the family room playing with toys and Marc loves playing in the master bathroom. I was in my bedroom and knew that Marc was in the bathroom. Marc was being really quite and I know that is a sign that he was doing something he wasn't supposed to be doing. He had climbed up in the shower and was playing with the shower drain....so cute!

I love our boys so much and am grateful I can stay home with them. They definitely keep me on my toes, but I wouldn't trade it for the world!