Pickin' Pumpkins

12 Birthdays in October!

So first I have to apologize to Cooper because I forgot to put his B-day on my October birthday list. That's probably why I shouldn't even do a list because I know I will forget someone else again! I also added two more to the list. Congratulations to Jerritt and Jennifer! They had their twins, Abigail and Nicolas on the 20th. Abigail weighed 5.0 and Nicolas 4.11. Both babies did fine and went home with them 2 days later. So now we have 2 Abigails in our family that were born in October and 2 sets of twins! So all together there are 12 birthdays in mine and Dustin's families. Happy Birthday to all 12 of you!

Fun Party

Pictures from the Party

The babies' b-day was a lot of fun, we had a great time with everyone. Here are some pictures of the party. There are also some from Brick Oven, we took the family there for dinner before the party. There is a picture of the waiters singing to the babies. We all had a good time.

Happy Birthday Sharon!

Today is my sister Sharon's B-day. She is finally 21! Happy Birthday from Dustin and I and the kids!

Babies in the news

We put the babies' picture in the Spanish Fork Press this week. Here is a look:

1st year

It's Birthday Time!

Wow, it has been quite a year! We are so happy to celebrate our babies' 1st birthday. As we look back to a year ago, we are amazed at how far they have come. Last year in the hospital, there were a few moments where I never thought things would get better. One time I was trying to feed Chase with a Haberman bottle. He was only taking about 5 cc's. He needed to take at least 75% of his feedings orally, and 5 cc's was about 10% of what he needed. It was very disheartening and I broke down. The occupational therapist said that things would get better and in a year we would be laughing. Well, I don't know if I am laughing, but I am happy to be where we are at. I still have a hard time when I look at all of the pictures. I was scared to take Kourtney home and she was about 7 lbs. Then 2 weeks later, I was really scared to take home a 4 lb. baby boy and then to take care of them both. Luckily, he didn't have his feeding tube for long. Right before Christmas for some reason I decided to try the pigeon bottle that the hospital had sent home with us. We had never used the pigeon bottle in the hospital, just the Haberman. To my surprise Chase took all of his feeding from that bottle in 20 min! It was like a miracle to us. We never used his feeding tube again! It has been a fun year with ups and downs and in betweens. Currently Kourtney is really close to walking, she just needs that little bit of confidence. Chase is about a month away from walking. He is making more sounds with his mouth and has discovered he can make sounds with the roof of his mouth. Kourtney is quite a character and makes all kinds of silly faces. We feel so blessed to have them in our family- Happy Birthday babies!

B-Day Party on Oct. 15

I know it's the middle of the week and all, but I just wanted to invite everyone to the twins' 1st B-Day Party. It will be on Wed. the 15th at 7 p.m. Don't feel like you need to bring any gifts, just come party with us! We have a lot to celebrate!

Who's That Girl?

Can you match the year with the picture? From top to bottom: 1962, 1990 (Wait is that Amy?), 1994 the year I graduated, this picture isn't too far from the truth, 1952, 1968, 1978 (Scary!), and 1980 (Is that Sharon?). This is so much fun. Go to yearbookyourself.com. I would love to see others post their pictures.

Deer Hunting

Okay so Dustin had another hunt going on last week. He was looking for deer this time. He actually shot at one, but his muzzleloader didn't fire off like it should, so he missed-twice. It's too bad, I will miss all of the deer meat this winter :) He did see a moose, though, which is what that picture is up above. I thought that was pretty cool. The last picture is Katelyn reading Harry Potter. That is all she has done lately in her spare time. She loves it so much she is going to be Hermione for Halloween.