3 months

Well, today the twins are 3 months old. I can’t believe how time flies! They are growing like weeds. Lincoln is almost out of 3 months clothes and Ameree will be in them for a while longer. When one of them is crying the other one will usually sleep through it. Even when Lincoln punches Ameree in the face. She is going to be one tough cookies with two older brothers. Sometimes I take one out of the crib and the other one will notice. I think the sense each other. They both smile a ton and have the cutest smiles. They love their big bother Gavin, and he loves to entertain them. Who would have thought?! I have also started to make Amee’s bows. This is one, because bows are too expensive and two, so that I’m able to have one for every outfit. This is not an easy task for me! I am not very good at it, and tend to get hot glue every where. My wonderful husband thinks I am insane. He doesn’t like bows that cover half of her head, and wants me to make them smaller. I have no idea why he wouldn’t, oversized things have been in since 2000, get on board honey! Needless to say I am trying not to make it look like a growth from my daughter’s head.

In their lifetime they have taken two trips to cooler places. We went to the cabin and the Ethington reunion. My husband has taken several trips too, 3 to be exact. I use the term trip loosely, although he is planning two more hunting trips for the next two months. Please don’t mistake my tally of these vacays to mean I am upset because I’m not, honest :)! No worries, I will take some of mine own, once I am not a slave to my pump! We have been chugging along quite well. Although they take up all of my time the twins are pretty easy babies. They sleep through the night and take good naps. They are cute and happy and I love them!

Gavin is in soccer again but has had to sit out last week because he had pneumonia. I thought he was fine and just had a little cold but I was wrong. The poor kid sounds like he had been hacking up a lung. He is doing much better though, thank heavens. This year Gavin is the luckiest kid on the team, both of his dad’s are his coach. Ryan is the coach and Troy is the assistant coach. He is doing well, and playing his usual defense. I swear that kid is the best goalie. That is Gavin’s strategy and he plays it well.

The Ethington Reunion

The Twin's Belssing

On September 5th we blessed Lincoln and Ameree. It was such a special and eventful day! Troy spent most of the morning preparing himself for the blessing. I of course spent most of the morning getting children and myself ready. Which, now becomes a task in itself. There was other blessing that was also taking place that day however we were scheduled to go first. As I am sitting there waiting, I get this overwhelming smell. Yep, Linc decided this would be the perfect time to do me a solid (pun intended). So I run out to change him as fast as possible and happened to walk in right as they were saying okay I guess we will do the other family first. It all worked out and Troy gave two amazing blessings. When Troy held Ameree up at the end of the blessing everyone said she looked like an angel because you couldn’t see Troy’s hand with her puffy dress. I have the cutest kids!!

After the blessing we went over to my parents house for a lunch. I have to first thank my amazing family for having everything put together by the time I got there. It looked so yummy!!! Thank you all so much!! My aunt made cupcakes for the occasion and they were delicious, everything she makes is delicious! While getting everything ready my mother in law and Kristen took some bags of ice to my parents freezer. Unfortunately, my mother in law slipped and did something to her back. So we had to call the ambulance. So that was very eventful, thank you Dr. Vance for helping my mother in law!

It really was such a wonderful day! I love to have all my family around me and appreciate all that they do for us. Thank you so much!

2 Months and a Little More.....

It has already been two months! Time just flies by! Amee (our nickname for Ameree) is 9lbs 1oz, far ahead is Linc at a whopping 11lbs. Who do you think takes after Troy? Lincoln is already rolling over from stomach to back, he has been doing this for about two weeks now. He is ridiculously strong and has to eat all the time. My sweet little girl can go forever without eating. This however is a problem because she is only in the 10th percentile she needs to pack on the pounds. If only someone would tell me that, I would feel a lot better about myself.

They are actually really good babies and sleep usually from 9:30 pm to 6:30 am. Most of time it is Linc who is starving in the morning. My life revolves around changing diapers, pumping, and feeding. I run on a 3 hour clock which just seems to fly by.

Gavin is doing okay in first grade. We have had a little (I use the term lightly) problem talking. Apparently, my kid is tied for first place for talking. I have no idea where he gets his social skills. He is learning to save his stories for the playground (sort of). He is a class clown and loves attention?! No not my kid! I have no idea where he gets it, this is NOT in his genetic make-up! On the bright side the teacher does say what a kind person he is and helpful. A quality that Gavin has always had and one that is most important in my eyes. I love him!!

About a month ago we did a newborn photo shoot and it turned out great. It took about 4 hours, and by the end I was loosing my mind. I also must have lost about 5 pounds of water weight just being there because it felt like a sauna. The photographer told me it helps the babies stay nice and cozy during the shoot. It really did and it was so worth it! I love my kids and loved that Camille was able to capture such precious moments!