I'm happy with Three

This week has been plenty busy! I've been watching a little girl this week, her name is Cambrie. I visit teach her mom, who is a kintergarden teacher. Cambrie is 1 month older than Tae, so its a little crazy! :) The first day was alright, the calm before the storm. Let's just say its been interesting....not anymore stressful, just busy. Strange, cause I thought it would be...nope- I just feel more tired. Ahhh...I'm needed. I will try to post some pictures soon! Have a great weekend everyone!!!!

4-24-08 Limp Limp

So, Chase jumped off my mom's couch today after Joy School and now is limping (or falling) when he puts weight on that foot! Let's hope he's fine tomorrow and we don't have to get a cast on his foot! Ahh...if it's not one thing, it's another! These crazy boys are going to experience every hurt between the two of them before they are 5!

Weekly Words

These darn kids change so much, here are some of their new words/phrases or things that they have been playing lately, Kelton has a huge imagination and plays by himself by setting up action figures and they play out stories...it's sure fun to watch, Chase just goes along with everything!

Kelton-

"Mom, I'm loosing my patience with you!"

"Please stop talking, you are making me mess up my practice!"

"ALLLLVIN!"

"I hate this bike, it always makes me fall. I hate it, I hate it. Thank you mom, for helping me."

"I love you all that!"

"I really love you!"

(from saturday) "Mom, I'm sorry I spanked you, do you forgive me?"

(talking to Chase) "Come on Raph, let's go save the city! They need us!" (him being Leo)

"Where is my Oma? I want to color!"

Chase-

New signs- toliet, yes, no, help, come here, bye, think

This kid KNOWS what to say, but it's just a matter of saying it! I know he knows the words to use, and somtimes he'll say them, but then I get excited and he peeps right down, I need to learn to not flinch! :)

"Mine!" (m-eye)

"Baby" (baa-ee)

"Out!" (ooowww-then smiles like when you make the face of the sound t)

When he's trying to barter or compromise on things he turns his head to babble and makes his eyes go to the side of his head, SO CUTE!

Taelin-

Again, this girl just talks and talks. But lately, since the boys have been so loud- she only really talks when they are quite. She gets a little quiet when they are all crazy...I don't blame her- it won't help to add to the noise! She laughs a little now, and cooes all day, sometimes she'll nurse and then want to talk since she has my undivided attention! Such a girl! :)

4-20-08 Taelin and Rylin

Just a little over 4 months apart...and these girls are SO dang cute! Rylin is actually moving her arm away from Taelin in the picture...but Taelin kept falling over, and Rylin seemed to know exactly what I was trying to do and just held her arm across Taelin and held her up. It was the sweetest! Rylin gets the squished face (see Payne Family blog) whenever she sees Taelin....then she crawls over to her and kisses or gets right in her face. It's funny. They are both talkers too! Taelin just started finding her voice, and man does she talk! ALL DAY! It's either happy or mad. Rylin just baaa-baaas all day too. It's fun to watch them grow together! It's going to be one fun summer!

4-19-08 Golfing 101

We had a fun family day! Went woke up late, ate breakfast together, got ready and went to the mall for a little bit, then b/c the boys were so good- we stopped by TOYS-R-US to window shop. We got a $5 plastic golf set...and the boys LOVE it! Poor Chase couldn't quite hit the balls as well as he would have liked...but it was sure cute to watch! It eventually ended up being swords and Kelton and Chase pretended to be the Teenage Mutant Ninga Turtles...Kelton calling Chase, Raph and saying he was Leo (b/c the fought in the movie TMNT). It was so cute to watch them play and imagine together. I love having boys! (and again Kelton naked by the end of the day, ready for pj's I guess) :)

4-19-08 Oma

Oma (Jake's mom) is what we have decided to be Grma Jansen's name. It's easy- even Chase can say it...and all of a sudden (seriously the last week) he's wanted to get on and talk with her via Windows Messenger or Yahoo...which ever one is working the best. You can see her in the picture. Chase likes to come and go from the computer area, and see what's going on, sometimes pick up a crayon or something, but mostly just likes to say hi. Kelton seriously sat at the computer one two different days and colored there for HOURS with her! They talked and talked and colored. (she got a spiderman coloring book, his favorite so they could color similar things). It was fun to see his vocabulary come out and explaining things. Needless to say, now he'll bring his coloring book up to me and say, I want to talk to Oma.

And I think I just realized today, that lately, Kelton is always in underwear. He loves to get into "just unde-wear", he tells me because "beau wears it only to bed, so me too". But I think it's awful cute...at least he's not a teenager. We'll nip that in the butt before then! :)

This Last Week's Sleeping Arrangements!

You can sure tell that Chase can't actually go anywhere (we've tried a bed, but he loves that he can get out...so that didn't last long, we'll try again at 2 yrs.)...but the things that this kid thinks he needs to sleep with are crazy. Again, like it says below his name, he loves balls, shoes and hats. But this kid is addicted to balls....so, he thought he had to go to bed with them one night. And then below...Kelton (yes, is alseep on the floor where he decided he wanted to sleep after a late nap, and sneaking into our room for almost 45 minutes undetected and played on our bed) and Chase are sleeping with their babies. We got them for Kelton when we knew the change in Chase entering our family would be hard for him, and then reintroduced them when we found out we were pregnant and Chase was so young. These boys LOVE their babies! They will be such great daddy's some day! I love you guys!

4-16-08 Happy Morning Smiles

Happy Morning Taelin!

This girl is one happy girl at 7:30 am (kinda early for my kids, I know...we're late sleepers)

she doesn't even cry to wake me up in the mornings, which are usually in my bed from her early am feeding. But I wake up to these beautiful blue eyes just starring at me...and then she gets super excited that I'm awake and starts to kick and cooe at my. It's the best thing ever to wake up to. Kelton is also all of a sudden been waking up right about 7:30...so he usually wakes up, goes potty, takes off his pull-up and puts on underwear, then comes and tells me that he's hungry. We are finally starting to get the hang of having three. She definitely has stollen her Daddy's heart and has him wrapped around her little finger!

Sorry to Sign-In

Sorry that I have to have everyone sign in again. I thought I would just leave it open, but then I got a creepy comment...nope! Done with that! And I figure, that I want to have my kids and their pictures safe from creeps and weirdos. New posts to come! We had a fun weekend!!

4-13-08 Peeping Kelton

So, today it was near 70 degrees outside! It was crazy beautiful! We took the kids (and a tired Daddy) out on a walk. There are a few empty houses for sale in the neighborhood, so we peeked inside a couple that were vacant. I was waking Taelin in the jogger, Jake had Chase in the umbrella stroller and Kelton was riding his bike. We walk past this pretty house, and Jake and I are talking when I see Kelton jump off his bike and say, "Man, this a pretty house." I told him that people lived there but he wouldn't hear me, so he ran up to the door and looked in the window on the side of the door! He smashed his face against the window and said, "wow- nice paint". The embarassing part was the lady that came out and asked if we needed anything! I explained what we had been doing and she just giggled, said they were from Cali and were used to wierder, just glad they were dressed! It was funny!!!

4-08-08 Wild Sleeping Children

So, I have children that sleep just like me. Well, at least the boys, but Taelin can't move for right now, so we'll assume that she will follow our pattern! They sleep like wildmen, floppin' all over in the night (which is why we have to keep them in cribs until they won't fall out of the bed). Jake always teases me that I'm a crazy sleeper and that I scrunch all of the top sheet to the bottom. He usually refers to it as, "the rat nest" because when he gets out of bed in the morning, he just opens the covers and lays them back, no moving at all! My side looks like a hurricane...what can I say, I am a crazy sleeper. So, I thought it would be cute to see pics of my children sleeping. AHH...I love 'em! Kelton's is the funniest...yes, he is standing up! As I laid him back in bed, I asked if he had to go potty, and he said yes, he had gone. :) Oh, and he is determined to wear only underwear to bed (since that is what Beau sleeps in) from now on. So, we'll keep everyone posted on that ordeal.

Jake bought a size too big for Chase, so instead of buying more pull-ups, Kelton gets to wear the big diapers until they run out, which isn't soon enough for him. He keeps looking in the mirror and saying, "mom, i look like a baby!" (not so happy)...so he is set out to not wear diapers anymore!

(and yes, I usually have a pillow case on chase's pillow, but he had spilt milk on it, and i was not about to wake him up again! he can be one angry child when he gets woken up too early!)

look at those cheeks! she is my best sleeper! out like a light!

4-1-08 Happy Birthday Daddy!!!

HAPPY 27th BIRTHDAY JACOB!!

For the past couple of years, I have failed at making Jacob's birthday a big deal. 1st year- kelton was born 2 weeks earlier, 2nd year-kelton turned one and then general conference landed on that day, 3rd year- we went down to florida for his b-day and conference weekend, 4th year- we attended conference in utah with marie and aaron, 5th year- i had to do a surprise!!!!!

Here is what we did for his birthday:

1.) I made him Stollen and bought him Simply Orange Juice for this breakfast

2.) cooked brisket from texas for dinner

3.) organized a surprise birthday party with family and friends from work by decorating the house, making a banner with the boys the day before, shopping alone with three kids twice to have them each pick out a gift and at last configuring out a plan to get him out and gone for just the right amount of time!!! He didn't see anyones car, and it was perfect!

4.) Topped off the night with browines and icecream, his favorite!

Presents he got:

a pink tie, watch, 3-in-1 printer, business card holders, survival knife, sunglasses, pen with his name on it, and snickers (from talea) along with beautiful cards from the kids .

Next year, we'll just have to hope he's not sick! :(

3-31-08 Making Pizza

We decided to make pizza, homemade since the boys and I can't have anything like that pre-prepared...and we used the super yummy donut recipe...so the dough was sweet. It was yummy. The boys got to make their own, and we made a big one for Jake and I, half cheese, and half without. The boys are funny though, Kelton LOVES toppings and will eat maybe 1/4 of the dough, and Chase LOVES the dough, and eats minimal toppings. You'd think I'd just make one pizza for them then, and we'd be set! But making them together is half the fun!!! Kelton's is closest to the camera...and you can see Chase piling all of his pineapples in one corner.

3-26-08 Choffin Family Pictures

We had family pictures taken, since it will be the last time we are all together until late August. Kyle is going to work in Omaha, Nebraska this summer, and with Corey proposing to Katey last week, we are expecting a wedding sometime this summer too. Also, with Dad graduated, we're not sure if they will be here much longer! So, here's the pictures we took. I did the smiles saver thing, since we had one free with our membership. Corey had to take his friend to S.L.C. that morning, and so he was a little late- we decided to take Talea's and Taelin's individuals while waiting. They turned out very well. We love the goofy one the best!!

3-29-08 I forgot to post this funny conversation!

On Saturday, the two little ones were sleeping, so I decided to jump on that and go clean the garage. I asked Kelton to listen for Chase and Jake was sleeping with Taelin in our room. So, while I got all of the big stuff moved and organized, I realized that Jake was awake, and that Kelton was coming out to help. I had checked on Kelton and Sat. morning cartoons a couple times, so he wanted to know what I was doing. I guess that meant he knew he could help. He came out in a coat and shoes...this is one of our conversations! And remember, he only knows he's allergic to milk and eggs (environmental things are too hard for him to remember, and we want him to be able to tell people that might offer him things he can't have)!

Kelton: "Mommy, am I a good helper?"

Me: "Yes you are. You are sweeping really great, and that is helping mommy clean out the garage! Thank you!"

Kelton: "I know. I sweep really good. Welcome." (continues to sweep junk and dirt into a pile)

Mommy: "Oh, Kelton, there is alot of dust over here, please back up, becaue you are allergic to it."

Kelton: looks at mommy really strangely and says, "Don't worry mommy, I won't eat it! Dirt is yucky!"

:) I laughed and laughed. I told Jake later that night and we both giggled about how big he is getting! Just in the past 1 1/2 weeks, he's grown up so much and his vocab is growing like crazy. He's a big help with the little ones! We love you Kelton!!!