kite flying

the boy is three

Somehow, Curtis is three. I can't believe he' s this old already. Our little tiny baby is a big boy now. And he is not shy about it. He says: "I'm three! I'm big!"

We haven't been planning much for his birthday because everything has been up in the air with the twins birth. I haven't known how I would be feeling and how much I could do to prepare for a big party. Luckily the babies are still comfy in my belly and Curtis didn't have to share his birthday with anyone. My energy has been super low, but we managed to pull off a very last minute party with a few good friends. Thanks to everyone that helped out to make it a great birthday for Curtis. He had so much fun. The only thing he wanted for his party was cupcakes! The great friends and presents and food were just a bonus.

We love you Curtis James. You bring such sunshine into our lives every morning with your sweet face. Happy third birthday little boy!

Father's day at the beach

Happy Father's Day Andy! We love you so much and you are the best daddy in the world. Thanks for all that you do for us!!

Things the boy says

"Mommy is a princess, I'm a king and daddy is a dragon."

On his birthday: "I'm big! I'm three! My body is big!"

"Basil is my favorite. It feels me good."

Curtis: "Better hide from monsters".

Mom: "Where do we go to hide?"

Curtis: "Costco".

Curtis: "Bats can see in the dark"

Mom: "Can you see in the dark?"

Curtis: "Yep. With my beun-tiful eyes." Opening eyes really wide "See mommy?"

Mom: "Yes, those are beautiful eyes."

Gardening and Gestating

For my birthday andy and jimmy made me a planter box - isn't it great? I wanted a little space for us to plant a few tomatoes or herbs. Nothing too fancy - I have no energy to be a full time gardener, but I thought it would be pretty great to have something that Curtis could help out with and we could water and watch grow. Who knows maybe it will even inspire us to water our lawn more this summer and keep it from turning completely brown like last summer.

So the Tester family went and picked up some dirt for our new planter box. The soil here is hard clay and not very easy to dig in. We got some tomatoes, a cucumber and a basil plant (thanks for forgetting it at our house auntie!) and we finally got to dig in some dirt and put our veggies in the ground. It's pretty exciting - I hope at least something grows!



And speaking of growing, here are the twins at 32 weeks. I actually kind of think I don't look too big here. I feel huge. It's always fun when people ask me when the baby is due and when I tell them, they get a very worried look on their face. Although looking at the ticker at the top of this page, it won't be much longer now! Making it four more weeks would be great. Making it to six more weeks would be amazing. And dare I say it, making to to the full 40 weeks would be unbelievable. The doctor said she wouldn't be surprised if I went full term with these kiddos!! We'll see. As long as they are happy and healthy in there I am happy to keep them in my belly.

I am, however, getting really tired. I get worn out pretty easy and have contractions when I do anything physical. I have days (like today!) where I feel great and have a lot of energy and days where I feel like I'm walking up hill all day long. Needless to say I do a lot of laying on the couch. Poor Curtis has been stuck at home with his boring mom. But hopefully that will change when these babies are born! We are all excited to meet them.

Solvang and Pismo Beach

We had a great trip to Solvang to visit Mio and Rikka and Patrick(and the new kitties)! It was short and fast, but it was good to see everyone. Curtis had sooo much fun! And we even got to take a side trip to meet and play with baby Andrew! I hardly took any pictures of our trip, so you will just have to use your imagination.

The twins and I traveled like champs. This will probably be the last traveling I do before they are born. They are kicking up a storm in my belly and I love it! They are measuring big which is a good thing - I want them to get as big as possible. I am feeling tired and heavy but all in all pretty good. I have to take it easy and make myself slow down sometimes. But I am lucky to have the best husband to take care of me :)

Here are a few pics from the trip:

Curtis and Mio are like two peas in a pod. He especially liked the marbles and going for rides on her walker. He would only let Mio push him around, no one else could do it.

On the boardwalk at Pismo Beach!

27 week twin belly. Almost to the third trimester!
Daddy and Curtis watching the surfers. Shaka Bra!

Sweetest boys ever.

The sand crabs made curtis nervous.

We love Boise!

We had a great time in Boise! Mama and Curtis got on a plane (delayed after a last minuet ultrasound) and headed to Boise to see auntie and celebrate the twin's first baby shower. Curtis did so great on the plane - and so did I, I must add. Traveling alone with an almost three year old and being 6 months pregnant with twins is no easy task. Except for the fit he threw getting into his car seat on the plane and scarring all the people sitting close to us, he was a perfect flyer.

He was so excited to see Auntie! Uncle Dave was gone for the weekend and missed out on the fun. We had a great time at the shower - my sister got so many cute things for the twins! Curtis couldn't understand why we had cake but nobody sang happy birthday. It's hard to believe these little tiny beans will be here in a few months.

We went to the zoo and Curtis got to see all the animals. Somehow his favorite was the giant 20 foot snake. Go figure. That and riding the carousel (see above).

Another great thing about being in Boise is curtis did so great at potty training. He has been doing a great job at home wearing underwear and not having too many accidents, but leaving the house is a different story. I just assumed he wouldn't be interested in using the big potty at my sister's house, but he barely had a wet diaper except at night. I was really impressed that he took to it so well. And is it wrong to be proud that today at the park he had to pee (and he was just wearing underwear), and there were no bathrooms around so I pulled down his pants and he went pee pee standing up next to a tree? Potty training has been a super slow process, and we are trying not to rush him. But it feels like something has just clicked with him lately. Yay Curtis!! I'm sure we have a ways to go, but it's something!!