happy happy birthday ryan dear....

That's right! The hubby is one year older and hopefully wiser ;)

I love ya babe! That's why I'm putting up this picture of you!

ta da!

we got our pictures back the other day, but they are being difficult to scan and crop to go on this stupid blog...so this is all i'm posting for now...

I think they turned out pretty good considering none of them wanted to sit and smile at the same time!

Busy Weekend!

On Saturday we went to JcPenneys and got pictures taken of the boys. That was an event in and of itself but I think we got some really good pictures of them despite some tears and wiggles and the strong desire of Liam's to have his hand or really...about anything he picks up in his mouth. After that we walked around the mall a bit, saw Santa, but decided not to get in line and wait to see him and then headed to Liams haircut appointment. That's right! His first haircut and stupidly I forgot to save his hair...my brain was in too many different places. Of course I took pictures though!


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He's a cutey! Every morning I forget and when I get him out of bed I'm like, who is this child!?

On sunday evening we celebrated his first birthday! Do you know how you get a funky looking cake? Well you ask your husband if you can buy a yummy carrot cake from Costco and he says, why don't you just make a cake, and then about 5 minutes before you make a cake he says, you know why don't we just buy one? Then it's too late to get one made special at that point and you have to get one with carrots all over the top. But hey, it tastes good and Liam didn't care.





The only problem with his birthday is that there isn't much he needs. Due to Nick and Eric we have tons of clothes, books and toys and of course since the gifts are new and exciting he merely gets to glance at them and then Nick and Eric snatch it away and play with it. Sharing isn't one of their strong suits...lucky for us, Liam doesn't seem to mind.

ha ha ha ha ha

I just happened across this and laughed hysterically about it. So it's either really really funny...or it's just me being up to late and everything is funny. Pretty sure I've heard these things all about a million times. The only one left out would be when some random person you don't even know says, "Ooooo twins! You know my great aunt's ex-husband was a twin!" Or something like that. Seriously...what are you supposed to say to that? "Umm...that's amazing, wow." The colored ones are the ones I've heard the most.


The Top 15 Stupid Things People Say to Parents of Twins

15. "I could never do it." (Oh really. What would you do? Are you suggesting I put them on the curb with signs around their necks that say, "Free to a good home. My mom can't do it"?)

14. "Do they have different personalities?" (No. They are the same human being divided into two parts.)

13. Said by a stranger, "They're identical, right?" Mom answers, "No. They're fraternal." Stranger response, "They are NOT!" (OK. You're right. I have no idea what I'm talking about. These are not my children. I thought it would be fun to borrow them from a mom down at Baby Gap. It's been more than an hour. I guess I should return them.)

12. "Are they 'paternal' twins?" (Yes. They have a father. There was only one virgin birth.)

11. "Just wait till they're older. It only gets harder." (Thank you. I woke up this morning hoping I'd receive a word of discouragement while pushing a cart of preschoolers down the cereal aisle.) SIDE NOTE from me...one time in Albertsons a lady said, "OH, I have twin boys...you just wait until they start kicking one another!"

10. "When one cries, does he wake the other?" (No. Twins cannot hear each other's cries because they all communicate with their special telepathic language only.)

9. From a perfect stranger: "Were they in the same sac?" (Hello. Nice to meet you, too. Will you be sharing your gynecological history with me as well?)

8. "Are they developmentally behind?" (Well, let's see. They're 3 years old and thus far, all their graduate school applications have been denied. We'll get back with you on that.)

7. "How do you do it?" (Haven't you seen the Nike commercials?)

6. Said by a dentist: "I was shocked that they didn't have the same bite patterns." (They are two different human beings, not clones.)

5. "You must be so busy." (Are you volunteering to clean my house?)

4. Said to a mom of fraternal twins who are different sizes, have different eye color and different face structure: "How do you tell them apart?" (I just look at them.)

3. "What do you do when they both cry at the same time?" (Sometimes I cry. Sometimes I go to Starbucks.)

2. Said to a mom of boy/girl twins: "Are they identical?" (Uh. Not exactly.)

1. Only one comment could be voted No. 1. The choice was clear. Drum roll, please. After a stranger had been informed that the toddler boys were twins, she asked a simple question: "Are they brothers?" (Enough said.)

We've come a long way baby!

From a belly to a bilibed to a big 1 year old today! yeah!

He's pretty much amazing! Waving, saying first words, went from 3 to 7 teeth in a matter of days and walking nearly as well as his 2 year old bros. Part of me is like...oh it's been so long and another part is like, holy moly it's nearly Christmas AGAIN, we just did this! Anyways, Happy Birthday Liam!

The job that you put off...

Yes, I finally cleaned out the fridge today. As usual it was pretty gross. There always seems to be at least ONE thing in the back that you totally forgot was there and sometimes it's so bad you have to guess..."Now...what is this?" It wasn't THAT bad today, thankfully. It had to be done because a jar of pickles had been turned on it's side and leaked pickle juice EVERYWHERE. Therefore making our everything in our fridge and freezer have a smell and slight taste of pickles. Appetizing, right?



So anyways now that it's all clean I discovered that we have absolutely no food. It look packed when I opened it and now it has:

2 Loaves of bread
A variety of cheeses
3 eggs
a quart or so of milk
Butter
A door packed with condiments
2 onions
and a jar of applesauce

So I guess dinner will be Cheesy onion apple french toast?
mmm.

I'll be sure to post the recipe.

Halloween!

Those of you who might have seen an angry facebook post might already know...that right when I was getting ready to throw the kids in the car and head to Mamas house (where the costumes were at, and the NICER neighborhood for trick-or-treating was) but I couldn't find the keys anywhere. Ryan had been the last one with them and his phone had died. After a good hour or so of turning my whole house upside down looking for them, I finally got Ryan's work to send him a message using the "It's a Family EMERGENCY!" excuse. About 10 minutes later he called me all freaked out and told me that they were in a grocery bag...on the floor...somewhere around his desk...sigh. Anywho, after all that stressing out we did get to Orem and ate dinner and put on our costumes! Also, the kids had little cute pumpkins...but I kind of forgot about them. So there are no pictures...but you can imagine them with pumpkins if you like.