ONE semester down and OnLY three left until I'm done with my Master's Degree!!!

Although I have to say this semester was alot of WORK I've never written or done so much research in my entire life! I found that I really like the research part of it, and actually don't mind the writing part either. The tough part for me is getting started on the writing, once I get that first paragraph or so things just come together and the pages start to fill up. My longest paper was over 25 pages long! It was a group paper so that helped! But still the longest I have EVER written. And it sounded pretty dang good! So now that I have a little break... after I finish my Provo students' grades, go Christmas shopping, and doctor's appointments for the boys... I'm going to update the blog and upload all the CUTE family photo's we had taken last month.

Halloween Haircuts

Halloween was definitely one of my favorites this year! I have always wanted to have kids to take to grandma and grandpa's house to "show off" their costumes and how adorable they look all dressed up. And this year I was finally able to do just that! I put the boys' in their costumes as many times as they would let me! I even MaDE Steve dress up and found a costume I could wear so the whole family was participating in the festivities.

I L O V E D it!!

I can't wait until next year when the boys will be old enough to go 'trick or treating'!!

We took the boys' to our ward 'trunk or treat' and Corbin loved all the people! He is definitely the more social of the two.

It was so fun to see all the little kids all dressed up. I love to be able to dress up as something and just let your imagination run wild.

This was as much as I could get Steve to dress up... he is Steve Erwin, the crocodile hunter. And I'm Dracula's bride (or something like that!)

We had wanted to do some type of theme to our family's costumes, but couldn't agree on anything. My mom had bought the boys' costume last year when I was pregnant and got a really good deal on them, so luckily we didn't have to buy theirs. But that made it a little hard to decide on a theme to match their tiger costumes.... Not to mention I really wanted to be a witch for some reason! So the day before Halloween we went out to search for mine and Steve's costume. Apparently everyone else had that same idea because there were no costumes left! I found this one and thought I would just buy a witch hat somewhere else and that would work. Steve on the other hand didn't like any of the costumes they had left, except for the really expensive ones, and we weren't about to spend $100 on a costume! So we ventured off to Walmart in hopes of finding something there. Thats when Steve decided to just be Steve Erwin and I would just be Dracula's wife. (Walmart was all out of witches hats! :(

This is typical for these two right now. Whatever one has the other one wants! Even though they both had the tiger mittens attached to their sleeves Carter still wanted Corbin's mittens.

We got family pictures last week and Steve insisted that the boys get their haircut before the photo shoot! So my friend Kamie cut their hair for me. It was quite the little adventure trying to get them to be happy.... it was past their bedtime...and hold still long enough for her to cut what little hair they have.

Carter went first and other than a few attempts at crying he did pretty good. Cade, Kamie's husband kept him entertained and looking in one direction for the most part.

Corbin on the other hand was a bit more of a challenge. He has figured out how to escape from his bumbo, so he tried that and fussed almost the whole time. Until Kamie figured out that he likes to be squirted in the mouth with the water bottle. He loved it!! So every time he would start to get a little fussy, she would just give him a shot and he'd be ok for another minute or so. It was HILARIOUS!! Who would have thought that a little baby would like such a thing!?!

So, here is Kamie squirting Corbin with the water bottle... So cute!

I just love this picture... The way Corbin is just glaring at Kamie is adorable!

Carter showing off how good he looks after his haircut!

What a HANDSOME little man!

Carter wasn't too sure about this at first. Then he settled down and did pretty good.

Carter right before Kamie started to cut... look at how shaggy his hair is!

And finally... the reason for the haircut....

...the boys' photo shoot!! :)

This is the only picture we have so far, but I love it!! Our photographer did such an amazing job! She was so patient and easy going I loved her!! I felt so comfortable with her. We went up to Logan to get these taken and so between traveling, feeding and everything else, the photo shoot ended up being right in the middle of their nap time... so it was really hard to try and get them both to be happy and smile in the same photo. In fact it was almost impossible! Not to mention all of the fun leaves and rock and grass that they kept trying to play with, getting them to even look at the camera was a major task! But if the rest of the pictures are even half as good as this one I will way impressed!!

Our Summer in Pictures

So it has been an incredibly long time since I have last posted anything, so this post is going to be more like a marathon than a sprint... hope you enjoy!

This summer has been jam packed with packing, moving, babies, doctor appointments, babies, work, school, babies, teaching, homework, and did I mention BABIES!!?!

Carter and Corbin keep our lives' very busy! We hardly have time to do anything but take care of them. It has been so much fun to watch them grow and progress throughout these past few months. I am amazed at how much they have grown in such a short little while. I love to see their progress but I hate to see them getting so BIG!

Out side of babies my life has been a little crazy as well. I started my Master's program this August and have been busy trying to keep up on all the homework and projects and research papers that are assigned. I guess it's a good thing that I love school cuz I'll be going for at least 2 more years!!

A good friend of mine gave me these taggy blankets for the boys' and they just love them. Especially Carter!

Corbin with his taggy blanket and his thumb in his mouth. Thankfully he stopped sucking his thumb on his own soon after he started doing it. But he relies very heavily on his Binky. I don't know how we are ever going to get rid of it!

Corbin lost his Binky!

But he looks so cute!

First time eating solids!!

Carter took to this much better than Corbin did.

Corbin's first bite of solid foods.

He wasn't so sure of it!

Corbin loves attention. As long as he is being talked to or has any type of attention he is happy!

My cute little nephew Logan and my uncle Harry @ my cousin's funeral.

My aunt Cindy flew in from London for the funeral and was able to meet all of her new great nephews. My aunt, Cindy, is such an amazing person... I just love her to pieces and am so glad that she was able to meet all the new additions!

Me with my niece Sam and sis-in-law Jen at the cemetery.

The boys' first time eating baby food, the food before was rice cereal. They were pulling some of the funniest faces! I read somewhere to start babies off on veggies, but these guys weren't too sure about them!

Corbin before....

...and after the veggies!

Carter has just recently found his toes and every chance he gets he tries to pull off his socks and put his feet in his mouth! It is so stinkin cute!

I just love these little outfits! They are totally not my personality at all, but a friend talked me into buying them and I'm glad I did 'cuz they look adorable in them!

Here is my cute husband with Corbin. We have decided that Carter looks just like Steve and already has more of his personality. Carter is so easy going and laid back. While Corbin looks more like me and has more of my personality traits. It's funny how that works out.

At Steve's work they all call Steve "Carter Senior" because he just looks so much like him!

Here we are at the Welsville Labor Day Parade! It was their first parade and I was a little nervous all the noise from the fire truck's sirens and the guns going off would scare them, but they were such little troopers and did so good!

This is one of my FAVORITE pictures right now!

We took the boys to the State Fair. It was fun to see the boys with all the different farm animals. Corbin especially liked the pigs! Carter wasn't having a very good day that day and was a little fussy.

So now I know how Carter and Corbin get cleaned off when I'm not around! I couldn't believe this! Steve showed me the pic, but first made me promise not to get mad... Once he finally showed me I couldn't stop laughing!

Koda (my dog) is so good with the babies. She just lays there while they pull at her ears and poke at her face and eyes. They are going to all be the best of friends here soon!

Because the boys were 2 months early they wouldn't circumcise them in the NICU, so we had to wait until they were old enough to be safely put under anesthesia before we could get it taken care of. So here we are the last week of Sept and they FiNalLy get it done! Corbin had a lot rougher time coming out of the anesthesia than Carter did. But we knew he would. Carter is such a good little baby and hardly cries and does so good when it comes time for his shots and IVs and things like that. Corbin on the other hand is our high maintenance baby and cries and is needy the rest of the day and for days after his shots. And this surgery and proven this again.

Before the surgery both boys were sleeping through the night with no problems. But since the surgery, Corbin has been waking up numerous times throughout the night having to be rocked back to sleep. And most of the time he wakes up once we put him back in his crib, so we end up either just sleeping in the recliner with him or bringing him back to bed with us. It's a horrible habit that I hate to even start but I hate to just let him in cry when I don't think he is fully healed. I'm hoping however that this little sleeping issue is coming to an end. Last night was the first night since their surgery that Corbin has slept through the night! So here goes hoping it happens again tonight!

Carter slept for a while after he came out of surgery. And when he finally did wake up, he just layed there and watched everything that was going on.

They had their surgery at PCMC and my best friend works there in the PACU, so it was nice because she was able to take the boys back to the OR and hold them while they were put under, and then she brought them back out and stayed with them until we could be with them. It was nice to know they were being well taken care of! Thanks Kam!!

First time at the ZOO! Corbin didn't really seem too interested in the animals, he just enjoyed being held. Carter on the other hand loved looking and watching the animals. He was so fascinated with them. He especially loved the monkeys! He kept trying to reach out to grab one of them as it would walk past the window! So CuTe!

Everyone has to get the famous 'lion head' shot! So here is Corbin's first!

Carter enjoying the little animals!

Even though life is a bit cRaZy right now, we are LOVING every minute!

Ragnar Northwest Passage

Over the 24th of July Steve was lucky enough to run in Washington in the Northwest Passage Ragnar Relay. He had so much fun running with his sister, cousin and a few of his close friends he plans on running the Vegas relay again this October. The relay consists of 12 team members and each runner runs a total of 3 times, with the degree of difficulty varying for each runner. Steve picked the hardest run with the most hills! (I think he's crazy!)

I really wanted to take the boys and make a little vacation out of it, but I got stuck on call at the hospital, so we stayed at my parents house while Steve was away, so kinda like a vacation!

Here's Mike running... What a pretty place to run!

Steve's Ragnar Team!

Steve ran over the ocean and right along side it!

Now that's my kind of run!

First Camping Trip

Steven and I took our boys on their first camping trip to Bear Lake. It was a lot of fun, but also A LOT of work... thank goodness we had my family and my dad's extended family their to help! A few days before we went camping, we moved the boys from sleeping in our room in the playpen to their own room in their crib. They had a really hard time the first couple of nights getting used to sleeping on their own, but after a few days they were sleeping some what through the night. So needless to say, I was really worried about sleeping in a tent with them where everyone can hear everything! For the most part they both did pretty good. Actually... Corbin did GREAT! The first night we were there he slept through the night (his first time!) But Carter didn't do as well. He woke up around 3 am each night and cried. He eventually fell back asleep, but spent the rest of the night either sleeping on my chest or Steve's. (So SPOILED) We spent all of Saturday on the beach, with both boys sleeping most of the time. Finally when they did wake up I hurried and threw on their swim suits and took them to play in the water. They weren't so sure about it, but neither of them cried, so all in all it was a positive experience for them!

Fun in the SUN!

This is my cute nephew Tyson just hanging out with Corbin watching the World Cup. He was such a big help with the babies! Thanks Tyson!

I was so excited to take the boys swimming up in Park City at our Condo for their first time, but the weekend was so busy that by the time we finally made it to the swimming pool there was a breeze and too cool for them to really play in the water. So when the breeze stopped for a minute Steve hurried and took Carter swimming for his first time! We all thought it was so fun, that is everyone except Carter! (He screamed the entire time he was in the water!)

Steve and Carter... My two cute handsome boys!

This little kiddie pool has always been heated for the little kids to play in, but of course the one time we want to use this pool it is absolutely FREEZING! So you can see why Corbin didn't like me trying to get his feet wet!