Where has time gone?

I cannot believe it is almost OCTOBER!!!! What the heck - I feel like I have hardly taken a breath since August! Well, my twins turned two! They are growing like weeds and so is my little Jake. He turned 9 months old and is standing up and trying to walk and has the many bumps and bruises to prove it. He is always on the go and cannot stand to be still. He is getting so big, it is amazing. He is such a wonderful baby. He decided that he wanted to skip the baby food stage and go straight to table food. He won't stick anything mushy in his mouth- so funny. So he just had breast milk until he was 8 months old and then just started eating cheerios and is now eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and crackers. He has six teeth already and is eating just about the same things as the twins. IT IS AWESOME!!!! He must know how much I HATE the baby food stage- I can't stand sitting there cramming mush into baby mouths- I don't know why- but that is my least favorite thing to do, so it is so awesome that I don't have to do it- also, I don't have to waste any time making baby food or spending money on those expensive little jars of mush. What a beautiful thing!!

Anyway, it is almost Halloween and it is one of my absolute favorite holidays! I am feeling a little overwhelmed and wondering if I am even going to bother with decorating this year, but I probably will- don't want to seem lazy! It is so hard just to sit down to write this blog as you can see from the lack of postings! Darren suggested that Brandon be a pilot for Halloween since he is infatuated with airplanes and helicopters, so we are trying to find an awesome bomber jacket for him. Kate seems to want to be everything, so I can't decide what to dress her up as. I was thinking of making Jake be a little lamb, so I thought Kate could be little bo peep, but it would also be cute for me to dress up as little bo peep with Jake on my hip as a lamb- so I am not sure. Maybe Kate could be a cheerleader or a ballerina or something- something she could just be herself in. She is turning into such a girl- she is so bossy to her brothers and our dog.

We had to put down our dog Lucy recently and it is so different around here without her! At first, Darren and I kept hearing her bark and whine, like she was waiting to come inside. Kate was a little worried at first when she didn't come home, but we told her that Lucy went to be with Jesus and she was ok with that. So now when you ask her where Lucy is, she points to our picture of Jesus and says, "Jesus". So Cute.

Yesterday, It was our friend's (Ken) birthday and his girlfriend Gina had a party for him at San Onofre Beach and we all had a great time spending time as a family at the beach. Here are a few pictures of our fun day. I will TRY to update a little more often. Love to all of you out there! Have a great Halloween!!!!

Zoo trip July 3, 2008

Our Favorite Game

PEEK-A-BOO!

Taking a bath

Jacob smiles for the camera!

Jake getting bigger.

Lately the twins want to be outside all of the time. A couple days ago, Kate insisted on wearing a hat- she is so funny.

We really need a little pool! One day I realized they were playing in the dog water, so I filled both up with water and sprayed down the outside and they had so much fun! It was just as good as a pool to them. It is amazing what a little imagination can do for you. They stayed out there for hours playing in the rocks and water. At one point they were pretending to take a bath and were washing each others hair. Too cute!

Brandon and Kate are so vain. They love to look at themselves. We put mirrored closet doors in their room and they just go in there and talk and play with their reflections. Kate actually plays peek-a-boo with herself. She will hide behind the closet door and then pop out and say peek-a-boo to herself! Brandon just likes to admire himself. Just sits there and stares and runs his hands through his hair. Last night after our baths, I realized that Brandon needs a haircut because it made a pretty good mohawk! He thought it was awesome!

Mother's Day was just another day, but because our anniversay and my birthday all fall in this month, it is kinda hard to do something for all three- anyway, Darren spoiled me anyway! We bought a 42" LCD HDTV and a Blu-Ray Disc player- we took the blu-ray back though- wasn't worth the trouble- the discs are super expensive and I don't think it is much better picture than the up-converter we got with the HDMI cable. Plus, a lot of our old discs didn't work in the blu-ray player and it took forever to turn on and load- I don't have that much patience. Anyway- I love the new living room additions! Just what I have wanted for a while.

It has been a while since I have updated- it is really busy around here since Darren went back to work- don't have as much time to write. Jake is getting bigger and already has his two bottom teeth. He will be 5 months old in four days. I can hardly believe it has been that long. He is a great baby besides the fact that he only wants Mommy all the time. He is not a social baby- he doesn't like other people to touch him or even talk to him. When a stranger says hi to him he just starts crying- even if I am holding him- very silly. He sure is cute though- I sure love all my kids so very much and am very thankful for the opportunity to have all three of them!

Getting Big

We went to the doctor yesterday for all three children's well checks and immunizations. All three kids grew three inches in the last couple months. Jake is getting the cutest double chin but the twins are still as skinny as ever. They are wearing size 2T for the length, but we have to sinch the waist- especially for Brandon, he is a stick! I am so proud of the twins, they are so well behaved in public, I really don't know where they get it from. Grandma Jones goes with us to the doctor because mommy taking all three by herself seems impossible especially when they are getting shots and need a little comforting.
Jake has been such a graet baby. He sleeps through the night and has been for a couple weeks now. It is amazing! He barely fusses at all. He is very chill. He is a mammas boy though- he always wants me nearby- I don't mind!