Easter

Easter Sunday we headed over to Draper and celebrated with my parents and my brother's family. Lucy plays so well with her cousins and they really have grown to love each other. They had an Easter egg hunt and it was hilarious to watch. Kylie and Lucy bolted to all of the eggs. They were so fast.

2 month checkup

The last two months have been so fun. I love being a mom. All the kids are doing so well. The boys are growing so fast! We had their two month checkup and here are the stats:

Jacob

Height: 1' 9"

Weight: 10lb 14oz 

(That's almost 5 lbs more than birth!)

Luke

Height: 1' 9.5"

Weight: 9lb 13oz

Our day begins at around 7am when the boys wake up for breakfast. Ben and I feed them a bottle. Jacob is up to 6 oz every feeding and Luke drinks 4oz. Then we have another feeding around 10-11am, 1-2pm, 5pm, and 8-8:30pm. We have a pretty strict routine but feeding times change according to fussiness. We feed, then change diapers, playtime/tummy time, then nap. We swaddle them for naps and they love it. They sleep in separate cribs now. After the 5:30pm feeding we keep them awake until bedtime. We put them down at 8:30pm and they sleep until 6:30am or 7am and then we start again.

They both love the car. It soothes them so much. We are back into our routine of going to the library, and running errands. I leave a lot of time to prep for each trip. Everywhere we go I park, get out the double snap-n-go, get both babies out, let Lucy out and then we head to our destination. I have to allow for a lot of time but I love it. It has really helped me to slow down. Instead of rushing everywhere and getting grumpy when shoes and jackets aren't on, I can take my time, drive slow, and get where I need to go on time. I don't get as much done in the day but that is fine with me.

Both boys are smiling now. It takes a lot of work to get it out of them but it melts my heart every time. 

 Lucy has started to take selfies and her smile is pretty cute too!

Baby Blessings

On April 13th Ben blessed the boys in Sacrament meeting. It was amazing to see how different the two blessings were. I am so grateful that Ben has the priesthood. My brother and his family came along with my parents.

Jacob Daniel was blessed first. He was blessed with:

- Knowledge of Heavenly Father's love and a testimony of the restoration of the Gospel.

-Diligence in sharing that testimony

-Stalwart in defending the Truth

-Will prepare to serve a full time mission where he will continue to share the Gospel.

- Blessed with health

- Love of family

-Strong desire to learn

- Will live a righteous life

- Prepare to meet a worthy young women who he will marry in the temple and have an eternal family

- Firm defender of faith with strong testimony to share

- Blessed with other talents and things the Lord has in store for him.

Luke Andrew was blessed next. He was blessed to be:

-Strong and Smart

-Will be a leader and example

-Will bring peace and happiness to family and those around him.

- Desire to search the scriptures

-Athletic talents and other talents

-Strong testimony and deep understanding of the atonement

-Strong testimony of prayer

-Will receive strength and happiness through Heavenly Father

-Serve a full time mission

-Ability to get to know many people

-Meet a righteous lady to marry in the temple

-Will have an eternal perspective

- Have peace and joy

-And many other blessings that Heavenly Father sees fit

Afterwards we came back to our house for a small lunch.

Family Pictures

In March we got family pictures taken. I am so happy with how they turned out!

February and March

The boys are now two months old and the time has gone by so quickly and has been so fun. I have really enjoyed my time with the kids. Ben's mom was out here for two weeks and helped out while I recovered. After about a week, I felt pretty confident that I could handle things on my own. I continued preschool for a few weeks after the boys were born and then decided it was time to end it. I really tried to simplify our lives and it was such a great decision for everyone's happiness.

Throughout February and March the boys slept until 3am or 4am and then I would feed them. When one wakes up, I wake up the other. It has worked out really well. For a few weeks I would feed both of them in the night. I decided to recruit Ben and he then would feed one while I fed the other. We would go back to bed and then start our day at around 7:30am. The are really good babies.