Birthday Boys - 4 YEARS OLD

Another year down with my TWINNERS. 4 years old...holy smokes!! We've made it!!

I really feel like we've turned a corner this year. I can officially say that twins is now EASY. Yes, I said it....easy. Up till now I've felt the extra burden of twins, but now they are best of friends, totally potty trained, and great entertainers for each other. Life is good......(sounds like it's time to add another ;)

A bit about the brothers (Sam and Elliot call them THE BROTHERS...too funny)

Jaxon:

Still as goofy as ever. He really is ready for the stage. He follows direction and is crazy funny! He's mastered the one eyebrow raise. He can do it on both sides and will do it on que as our little walking "party trick". He still loves to snuggle and watch movies on our bed. He's the best hugger, kisser, snuggler. Our exit routine is a kiss, a hug and a high five. He's much more clingy and less independent then Miles. Doesn't always love going to Preschool. Misses mom a lot. Smart as a whip though. He can spell his name and almost count correctly to 20. He often asks Elliot to do his math flash cards with him. Elliot does his best to teach him basic addition. It's adorable.  He wakes up every single night at the exact same time crying. He usually makes his way up to our room and either heads to his "little bed" or just slides into our bed. With a king size bed now it's hard to even realize he's there. Nothing warms my heart more then waking up to his sweet sleeping face next to mine. Even though I should be sending him back to his own bed, I secretly love the habit and don't want it to end.  He's 5 lbs heavier and 1 inch taller then Miles now. People often ask if he's older. He's got a rock solid little body. He's our bruiser. I actually have the bruises to prove it ;) Jaxon loves the color green and his favorite super hero is Superman. 

Miles:

This boy is sweet as pie. He loves to do stuff with mom and dad, not matter the task. Whether it's making dinner, picking up toys, washing windows, cleaning the bathroom, feeding Rookie, etc....he just loves to be with us. He turns down movies, video games, iPads to do stuff with me and dad. It's endearing. He's not as lovey and touchy as Jaxon, but it's obvious his love language is quality time and I'm happy to indulge. It's fun having someone to talk to about making mashed potatoes or how to know when noodles are cooked. Miles smile still melts hearts. He is definitely the 'boss' of him and Jaxon. He loves telling Jaxon what to do. He confirms with me or asks my permission then orders Jaxon around. The good thing is Jaxon doesn't mind. He likes being told what to do. Miles is a very detailed person. He talks very articulately and is very detailed in the questions he asks if he's learning a new rule or new anything. He's very obedient as well. Follows rules to a T and makes sure I am following my own rules as well (he often catches me with food in the basement). Miles is more independent and less timid when trying new things or going new places. He is trusting and willing to give things a good try. Miles loves the color red & orange and is still obsessed with Spiderman.

Both boys are growing out of their clothes like weeds. It's hard to keep their drawers rotated with clothes that fit. Sometimes I buy similar clothes in different sizes so I'm constantly checking labels and it's nearly impossible for J.R. or any random person to dress them and actually get it right. They sleep in bunk beds. Miles on top and Jaxon on bottom. They love their very ragged blankets and they LOVE each other. They play so so good together. Rarely do they get in fights. And by rarely I mean pretty much Never! The only time fights start up is when Elliot is home and for some reason the 3some dynamic just throws them off a bit.  But, for having 3 energetic boys there really is not much fighting.  I'm very blessed!!

Happy 4th birthday smart, sweet, handsome boys! It's been an amazing journey.

Happy bday to Landon and Lydia too. They also got candles in the bday cake. Elliot loves helping to blow theirs out. :) 

xoxoxo, mom.

Try not to judge me...1 is a cat and 1 has no shirt. 

In my defense I was HORRIBLY sick this day. I lifted my head just long enough to sing Happy Birthday and open a couple presents and then I went straight to bed (at 8pm!) Luckily dad continued the festivities and played with new toys and Facetimed Om and Opa.  December bdays are hard and even harder when mom is ill. Hopefully they still had fun. :)

2014 Ski Season

This year was a great kick off to our first of MANY Coeur d'Alene ski season adventures!!

Elliot picked up on the ski thing super fast and by the end was rocking the small lift/hill with out a hitch. Miles LOVED it! He was a champ braving the cold. He didn't mind the light snowing and loved hanging on to me or J.R.'s poles as we took run after run with him in tow. Jaxon was a little different. I'm not sure if it was all the layers of clothes, the tight ski boots, the itchy goggles or what, but he did not enjoy it at all. We pretty much forced him down 1 or 2 runs and finally just threw in the  towel and spent the rest of the day in the lodge snacking. 

We spent all our ski days at Lookout Pass. Kids 6 and under ski free so I only had to pay for mine and J.R's pass. Not a bad deal when you aren't sure if your kids will even like it. The ski hill is genius...get them hooked while they are found and they will be your ski bunnies for life :)

(this was actually a day we went sledding)

This was a day I got a sitter and met up with my friend Angie Gatten at Schweitzer Ski Resort in Sandpoint. It was gorgeous! Reminded me a lot of Sun Valley ski resort. 

One day we will get season passes here and spend every weekend in a condo snowboarding our hearts out :) #futuredreams

Davis Family Disney Cruise

(see vacation book for more pictures)

This was an amazing memory. I'm hoping I kept a good journal about this trip. It was the perfect trip for a big family with lots of little kids. 12 Adults & 10 kids, 8 years and younger (4 of them were 3 years old). We hoped the adult to child ratio would lean in our favor and most of this time it did! 

We got ourselves to the cruise ship and after that it was covered by momma Davis! We felt so blessed! A disney cruise is the only way to go with kids. Everything about the entire trip was centered around the kids which was perfect! We enjoyed every bit of it!!

Miles did have a little bit of a cold a couple days into the cruise and we got very worried about his breathing. I was really upset at myself that I chose to leave his nebulizer home. We tried to see a Doctor on the ship, but after failing to figure how to find them, we ended up self treating him and he turned out to be just fine. We did go through an entire bottle of advil and tylenol though just trying to control the fevers. Luckily it didn't slow him down much during the day and we were able to still enjoy the trip.

We sailed the first week of January. It was a little cool and cloudy for most of the 7 days on the ship, but the final day at Disney's private island (pictured above) the sun came out and we soaked up the sun and ocean as much as we could!

Can't wait for the next trip. The Davis family will probably have doubled in size by then. Yahoo! Bring on the fun!!

Twins turn 3

I can't believe they are already 3 years old. Jaxon and Miles have been the most challenging and biggest blessing in our lives. Twins are hard but, the blessings and love are double!

A little bit about my boys.

Jaxon:
He is such a cute little quirky kid. He is constantly making faces. I've caught him looking at himself in the mirror practicing different facial expressions...adorable!! He can raise one eye brow and does it frequently. He has a very obvious lisp that is so endearing. He is constantly asking me to "muggle" (snuggle). He loves to be hugged, kissed and wrestled. He always give 2 hugs and 2 kisses when I leave him. He asks for it by holding up two fingers and when he says kiss with his lisp I just melt. He has lots of energy! He is super duper loud. Everything he says is in a yell. But, when I tell him to whisper he puts his finger to his lips and says, "sssshhhhh" (imagine the lisp).  Jaxon has this thing about being on his head. The nursery leaders say he's always over in the corner doing a head stand against the wall or he'll do summersaults as he enters a room. It's the same story at home. He'll watch cartoons on his head. Or he eat snacks flipped upside down on the couch. Makes me wonder if he'll be an Olympic gymnast or something. So quirky.I love it! Another funny thing about Jaxon is he loves to pretend to be a kitty. He'll often answer my questions with a meow. If he's ever in trouble he'll start meowing and cuddle up to me as if to say he's sorry.a  Jaxon is a dramatic kid. Whether he is excited, sad or hurt it seems to be either very loud and crazy or he will just find a corner and work it out by himself. His tantrums are hilarious. He'll be upset about something and instead of kicking and screaming he will just fall to the floor, stare off into the distant and completely ignore anyone who's trying to console him. It's slightly disturbing and often very very frustrating. His smile is the sweetest. You can finally see his teeth now when he smiles. Recently he makes the cutest face where he squishes up his nose and shows off his upper teeth...cracks me up! Anything can be made better with a kiss. Hurt knee, pinched finger...only requires a kiss. Somewhere along the way the twins have chosen favorites. I am Jaxon's favorite. If they ever need held, cuddled or have any reason to choose a parent, Jaxon chooses me.  Jaxon is all boy. Loud, fast and energetic! I'm so in love!

Miles:
Sweet sweet Miles. This kid instantly makes friends with just one little smile. People always looks at him and ahhh like he's a little furry kitten or something. It's so funny to me. He's has feathery light blonde hair that makes him even cuter. His smile makes you absolutely melt into his hands. His smile shows all of his teeth and lots of his gums too. Big smile, sweet tender heart. He's a bit more emotional then Jaxon. Miles has a very soft, high pitched voice that makes you want to say YES every time. He has a thing for Aunt Sharli and loves to call or facetime her just to get shy and run away. He has a cute little mousy face. His kiss pucker is so funny. Miles has a major obsession with his spiderman hat. He takes it everywhere! He even sleeps in it. I fear for the day it gets lost or stolen. Miles is also very attached to his blanket. He seems to be more fragile and usually gets sick more then Jaxon. Miles is totally a daddy's boy. He will always choose dad over me. Even with things like unbuckling his seat belt or changing his diaper. He prefers dad over me in a big way. Sometimes I get jealous, but I think it's great he has such a loving relationship with J.R. It's sweet. Both boys are super smart. Both know their ABC's and can recognize almost all the letters and numbers up to 10. They can count to about 14 then usually skip a few to 20. They go to a little preschool twice a week and love the interaction with other kids and the organized play and crafts. It's been so great for them to have that because we've been so busy this year getting our business rolling I feel like I've been neglecting them a little. They also go to a day care once a week in a little Spanish lady's house. Her name is Enna and they scream with excitement when I tell them they get to go spend the day with her. I work in J.R.'s office on Friday's doing cases or doing book work. It's nice to feel a part of the business and wonderful that the twins don't mind the day away either.

A quick shout out to Landon and Lydia too. We always add 2 extra candles to remember their older brother and sister. We love talking about them!

Happy Happy Birthday to both sets of twins!
LOVE YOU MORE THEN YOU'LL KNOW!!

Mazes and CORN

Even though we seem to go on adventures with out dad all the time...the adventure still needs to be experienced. (the joy of residency)

This was especially adventurous because just as we were in the middle of the maze Elliot decided he had to poop NOW. Then we headed back into the maze when Jaxon decided to poop. Changing a diaper in a port-a-potty is the worst! Then the boys got tired and we still had to make our way back out of the maze and to the car so 1 twin ended up on my shoulders and the other in my arms. I'm sure people watching thought I was absolutely insane. But, my pride and stubbornness kept me going. I wanted to experience the fall season so bad and J.R.'s awful schedule was keeping us from doing anything fun so I was very determined to do this expecting J.R. to get stuck at the hospital....and that's exactly what happened. But, I'm stronger for it and we made a few memories. Counting it as a win :)

 The boys are shooting a corn cannon.

Elliot didn't trust me in the corn maze. He really got nervous when we were still in there as it was getting dark. Apparently he doesn't think I can protect him from the bad guys or he knows just how bad I am at directions. ;)

Jaxon

There is something so darn cute about watching a sweet little boy wake up from a nap.

There is nothing cute about potty training....except that face. 

The iPotty!! 

Hours and Hours

Potty Training begins NOW

Heaven help me!!

Halloween begins

Carving pumpkins on the porch :)

My twins are iPhone/iPad junkies! 

Luv my Boys

Sometimes I find myself wishing this "terrible 2's" time away...but I try to remember that this is the time I'll probably miss the most.

Sweetest smiles. Sweetest spirits!

Bye Bye Baby Teeth

Big day in the Haynie home! Elliot has been working on this tooth for a couple weeks now. His adult tooth was already pushing through. He was so brave and pulled it out with floss all by himself. 

Such a fun kid! Such a fun age!!

Congrats Elliot! We love you!!

Miles & Jerry

To say these two are best buddies would be a HUGE understatement! They have the sweetest relationship. Jerry jokes that our kids are his grandkids (even though he's much too young for that to be true) but, my kids love him and Debbie just like they love their real grandparents. Hearing Miles little voice call out "Jerry!" is the cutest thing. He'd rather be on his lap then anyone else...including me and J.R. :)  I love the bottom picture...I'm pretty sure he wants to be part of their family. I feel like we are part of their family. 

Saying goodbye is going to be too hard to do. He have to plan a time to get back together or we're not going to be able to drive away. We are going to miss the Rushton family more then words. 

Thanks for being my kids role models, our families support group, our family away from family and the best friends we could EVER ask for!

Love you!

"True friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget." 

The Office Finale

BEST QUOTE EVER!!


“I just wish there was a way to know you're in the 'good old days' before you leave them behind" -- Andy Bernard

Sad day :(

M&M Jammies

Coolest M&M jammies from the M&M factory in Vegas!

Jeez...I sure love these crazy boys!

(Thanks grams! They love their PJ's)