Corn Snake

Trevor has been wanting a snake for a little while now and had convinced the kids they wanted one to.  At first it was supposed to be KK's 8th birthday present but she decided she would rather have a fish, so he got Aidan on board and we ended up buying it for Aidan's 5th birthday.  As soon as they bought it and Trevor asked what he was going to name it, Aidan replied with out any thought....

Dragon 2000 of the deep sea....Dragon 2000 for short.  We still don't know where the name came from but it stuck. 

 

Here they are holding it for the first time at home.

 

 

Trev's weird and likes when the snake crawls on him so here is a picture of it crawling in his hair.

 

Trevor ended up getting Dragon 2000 a friend.  His name is Loki (Thor's Brother).

 

Here they are together

 

They were instant friends and snuggle like this all the time.

 

 

 

Crafts

We didn't go very many places this summer because of the twins so we had to think up ways to stay busy at home and that included crafts. 

 

The kids had fun making masks. 

 

They also had fun making G Ma her birthday present.  They loved picking out the pictures to put in their tree.

4th of July

Our 4th of July was pretty low key this year.  We went to Trev's parents house to swim and have a BBQ.  We had Tina, Haleigh, and Cody join us.  After the BBQ, we lit some fireworks and ate some ice cream.  Nothing special but my kids had fun.

These pictures were taken during the fireworks.

Aidan of course was scared and kept running to the front door to go inside.  He is such a chicken!

Corbin's New Bed

 We have been trying for weeks now to get Corbin to sleep in his big boy bed.  We start the night out with him in his big bed but if he comes out he gets put into his crib.  It usually lasts less than two minutes before he comes out smiling knowing he is doing something naughty. 

So needless to say, he never sleeps in his big boy bed...until the other night.  I put him in his big boy bed and forgot about him because he never came out.  About and hour later, I go in his room to find him like this.  I was in heaven.  I thought we might actually be making some progress. 

No so much....last night after we put him in his big boy bed, Aidan comes and tells us that Corbin did something bad.  He had pulled the curtain rod and video monitor completely out of the wall.  How am I ever going to survive this kid?  He is definitely giving me a run for my money.  I am just glad he is cute or he might not of survived this long.

Twins Baby Blessing

On July 1st we blessed our babies.  Our church starts at 1pm, so we had a Slack luncheon before church and we had a Waite dinner after church.  I forgot to take pictures until the end of the day but by then the boys were tired and hungry.  This was the only picture I was lucky enough to get.  I think it is hilarious but this is the real deal and how it goes at my house some of the time.

Davyn (left) Jade (right)

Do they look a like?

I was told from the very beginning that my boys were identical twins. I worried my whole pregnancy that I wouldn't be able to tell them apart and I would get they mixed up. 

When they were born, my doctor showed me the two sacs with only one placenta which means identical twins.   I could instantly tell them apart and didn't believe that they were identical.  They looked so different, but as they get older they are starting to look more and more alike. 

 If they are both side by side I can tell which one is who, but sometimes I think I  have one and upon closer examination realize I have the other one.  They have so much of the same mannerisms and sleep and cry the same. 

What do you think?  Can you tell them apart? 

Jade (left) Davyn (right)

Jade (left) Davyn (right)

Jade (left) Davyn (right)

Davyn (left) Jade (right)

Jade (left) Davyn (right)

Jade (left) Davyn (right)

It is so much easier to tell them apart when they are awake.  With their eyes closed, they look almost identical.

Girls Night Out

I seriously don't know how moms of twins do it without the help of an older sibling.  KK is such a big help and saves me from having to listen to the twins cry while I try to get other things done.  While I am feeding one she burps the other.  If I am in the middle of making dinner she will soothe them until I have a chance to stop and feed them.  I am so blessed to have her help, and the best part is she does it willingly. 

I thought in order to show her how much I appreciate her help I would take her out for a girls night.  We went with her favorite cousin Haleigh and my sister Tina.  We went to the movie Brave and then went to dinner at Olive Garden.  It was some much needed time away for the both of us.

Haleigh, KK and Tina waiting for the movie to start. 

Newborn Pictures

I am so lucky to have the family I do.  It definitely has it perks especially when one of your sisters is an amazing photographer.  She lives in North Carolina now, but was in town for my niece and nephews graduation, so I conned her into taking my twins pictures. 

They were three weeks old by then so it was a real challenge to get them to do what we wanted.  They just didn't want to sleep and they wanted to poo and pee on everything, but her being the amazing photographer that she is got great pictures anyway. 

Davyn

Jade

Both Boys

Jade (left) Davyn (right)

KK's Last Day of 1st Grade

Man time has gone by so fast!  How do I already have a child old enough to be finishing 1st grade?  She was so excited for the last day of school and so ready for summer to start.  I was counting down the days since I just had twins and was looking forward to not being on a time crunch every morning to get her ready.

The morning of her last day of 1st grade

This picture so sums of KK.  She insisted I take a picture of her posing like this.  Where did my little girl go?

On the last day, her class put on a program so show off some of the things they had learned and worked on that year.

Kaitlyn with her teacher Mrs. Smith

KK with her friend Joseph

KK with McClayn

KK's Award Ceremony

Kaitlyn was given an award for being on the A/B honor roll all year. 

Here is everyone in her class that was given an award.

Kaitlyn with one of her good friends McClayn

Family picture with our award girl

Kaitlyn is a very smart little girl and I am just so grateful that she gets to go to such a great charter school.