Recent Activities

Here are some pics of our most recent activities. It involves being outside as much as possible since they love it. Another is enjoying the car seat boxes, tunnels throughout the house. Yep- new seats for the kids. Oh, and learning how to climb into this table thing. So far so good! Life is going and kids are growing...

Finally

Finally- some exciting news..... The boys can feed themselves!! Yeah. What a relief, they aren't slow, well, that is what we think now. It is great having them snack on their own and not just sit and scream for food. Carter is taking steps on his own, he is SOOO ready to walk. And Tatum can stand without any help. Another milestone for us. We have been playing outside everyday this week in the front yard and letting the kids exploring- and they are learning new tricks. We love it! Sorry no pics, too lazy to download right now. Plus- the Amazing Race is on!

Happy Halloween...

Happy Halloween!!!

We did make it out for Halloween. But first- Tatum had to get a feel of what we were going out for.We decided we had to since we got the kids some easy costumes. Here are a few pics from our fun night.... Carlson Boys had some sweet Firefighter costumes..

Tatum was our monkey, I thought appropriate since she can make monkey noises even if she didn't do it while in her costume. Linc fell asleep after about 30 minutes, Carter went to sleep right when we got home... and Taters carried around a Tootsie Pop the whole time, wide awake- so she sucked on a sucker the last little bit and was a little ticked when I took it away from her to brush her teeth. All in all, it was a fun night!!

The Stats

Carter- W: 18.12 lb
H: 27 1/4
Head: 43.8cm all bottom 5%
Some new fun facts. Carter really does like to clap now and does it anytime you say "yeah". He is also attempting to feed himself, which when done, will be a huge relief. For now he gets his thumb in his mouth and that is it. Hopefully he will soon learn he needs the whole fist! Still loves to walk and can do it holding on with only one hand and not two. He is experimenting more with foods, still mainly carbs though. I did get him to eat a few tomatoes the other day though, always wants what is on my fork. He'll always open but may not last more than a second in his mouth. But doesn't he have the best lips you've ever seen?? You just want to kiss them all day!

Tatum: W: 18.14
H: 28 10-25%
Head: 45.8 50-75%
Tatum has done a total 180. She is such a happy, silly girl. She loved to cuddle you if you are laying on the ground- in a weird way. She is constantly moving but laying right next to you doing it. She makes some animal sounds, is jumping in her bed after naps and making high pitched happy sounds. She has mastered feeding herself and loves her sippy cup. Hopefully that helps feed her thirst when we give her the bottle less and less. Has a new obsession for this shark. If you make the noises to 'Jaws- dada,dada- she gets so gitty, we got a game going with it! She drinks so much! Made it two months with teeth before chipping the top right central, look closely and you will see it shorter and a little jagged, we are hoping it doesn't turn into a "dead" tooth. She has the chubbiest cheeks which enhance the double chin when she makes scratchy, smoker noises. She loves to laugh- still her her tantrum moments- but is our Angel Tater Tootsies!! Lincoln W: 19.13
H 28 1/2 10%
Head: 45.2 10-25%
And Lincoln- He is still our little Rock Star!! He is such a momma's boy- but can still be fun. He loves to cruise around the house and can do it all day long, just a pro at walking. (Poor Carter wants to be like Linc) He can make the funniest faces, loves to squint his eyes and move his lips in weird ways. He is SO TICKLISH it is awesome. He has the cutest laugh that I love to hear. He is a fantastic sleeper. Loves to sleep, but don't forget blue dog or else. He will roll around in his sleep with this dog. And when he wakes up he always throws it over the side- if I forget to put it back in bed he will roam the house with it. Just loves it. (thanks again Lena). But also has a game of throwing it over the side. I'll toss it in and he tosses it out. He is starting to tryout the feeding thing, but just as often as he'll try to feed himself- he'll lay is face on the table hoping a chunk of food makes it in his mouth, not sure where he learned that from. But very stubborn, does not want your help getting his fingers in his mouth and lays his hands on his lap when he is hungry and wants you to feed him. But all in all- we just love this kid. They all have there flaws and I get stressed out beyond---- everything, but I love being home with them. I love listening to them all laugh and jibber-jabber to each other when they wake up from their naps. I love having stories for Ben about them, especially when he's been gone for two days. I love that they say momma, and not daddy.. They are fun to be with (I still love my breaks though, when my awesome friends help out- I am so glad I don't have to grocery shop at night after they are in bed) They are our Babes!!

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY

My How these little miracles have grown! I can not believe they are a year old, well in a few hours. I still remember sitting at the hospital a year ago playing Trains when the nurse came in and said the NICU is ready, there's room for three babies!! It is pretty crazy to think how small and helpless they were in the beginning. They are learning new things daily now. But- some things just don't change. Here is Tatum staring down her daddy, she still feels the same and can't get enough of him.Then Carter stuck in the NICU at Children's before the surgery, about 6 lbs.
And Lincoln prepping to go home--- that pacifier is gigantic compared to his face.
We did have a "party" for them Saturday which turned out to be a lot of fun. We invited a few friends.. didn't want to make a big deal out of it but thought it was a good excuse to throw a BBQ! The friends were a great help, the babes were always given the desired attention and the kids helped the babes open their presents and show them how they work. I just can't believe it has already been a year. So here is our party set up, things can get a little crazy with three babes. They had car cakes that actually turned out as good as I thought they would... Ben even decorated one as Chick Hicks. Then Spence showing Carter how to open and play with the new present! The total Chaos. And then the cutest things I've ever seen, made by Holly! So impressed!! Then Tatum, she is getting closer to walking everyday. She'll turn and just start walking somewhere- making it about 10 steps or so. It is so much fun to watch them learn something new. They just love it! They have their checkup on a few days so we'll update everyone on the stats... any guesses??

OOPPPSSSS....

Somehow I have deleted all the links to friends blogs. SO FRUSTRATING.. If anyone has advice let me know. Otherwise, whoever looks at this and will allow me to check theirs out, either leave your blog in the comment or email it to me. Fuf8@hotmail.com.

I did get the first half of the forever long list-- don't know how that worked out, hopefully I copied it down right. If not, please leave it right. And if you are private and will let us peek, add in Ben's email bdmcdowell@gmail.com. Thanks for understanding, it's been a long bit without Ben around.

Pumpkin Patch

My mom made it into town to help out a bit. I also thought she would enjoy a good time with the babes since they are at such a fun stage. Since there was an adult per kid, we decided to head to a pumkpin patch the with kids, and who else- the Carlson's. The kids didn't understand a lot to what was going on, go figure, but it was fun to get out of the house and play!
The lovely Fam! Carter had no problem letting a goat lick food from his hand!


Ben wanted to take a kid on the slide- I don't know if it was an excuse for him to go, but here are the boys! Then Carter had a blast playing in the sand, usually Tatum enjoying dirt but he took a turn. Then McKay got a little tipsy on the way down the slide and ate a little sand.... Yumm... Tatum on the pony ride.. It was a lot of fun and can't wait until the kids are bigger so we can enjoy more outings with them walking and playing and they can participate.