Today we visited the aquarium and it was great!! There was hardly anyone there so the babies were just able to roam and have a gret time instead of being "stuck" in the wagon. They really enjoy looking inot the tanks and seeing all the colorful fish!

BIG fish tank with Sharks!!
Checking the fish out with momma!

Another big fish tank!

Zoo Adventures with great friends!

Today we spend the morning at the Zoo with our friends!! It was the first time that our kiddos really payed attention to the animals, they really enjoyed themselves. It's amazing to see how much they are changing everyday! Read under each picture for details!!!! =)

Blake and cousin Bia
In the fish tank tunnel with cousin Bia

Checking out the Monkeys with Auntie Michelle

Daddy look at those funny things!! What are they called??? Warthogs and they are stinky

Everybody walking!!!

Trying to see the Hippos!

Look at Ben go!!!

Butcher Family!!!

Our Family!

Brookie very serious about the Monkey's

Blake laughing at the Monkeys

Cousin Bia with the Elephants

Wow! Momma and Daddy check those Huge things out!!!

Ben checking out the Elephants!

Blake checking out the Elephants!

First time in a hotel!

Daddy and the kiddos!
Helping daddy put stuff away

Brookie!

Blake

Ben

Where to start with this post............ Ever since we moved in to our house we have seen these little tiny granules of "something". We finally got on line and googled them and found out it was Termite poop!!! GROSS!!! It took us months to finally get the go ahead with termite tenting, which involved alot!! We had to double bag all of our edible household goods and medicines, we also had to vacate our home for 24 hours. I was SO nervous to do this with our 3 little ones and needless to say it was very difficult being trapped in a tiny hotel room with 3 ones and a dog!! =) Of course because daddy and I were in the room naps were a no go, and bedtime was AWFUL! Poor babies were so tired and ended up not going to bed until 11pm, which 4 hours past their "normal" bedtime. The awoke at the same time they always do 6am, which makes for a very fussy day. =( It all worked out even though it was not a perfect experience! We now have slightly different plans for our trip to the mainland in the summer time, for example instead of a hotel room we will get an apartment with multiple rooms!

Really becoming big kids now..........

Brookie Orange chair, Blake Yellow & Ben Green!

Ok I know most of you are saying "What the......"! Well being a toddler teacher for many years back on the mainland I have alot of experiences. In my 1 year olds class the kiddos sat in chairs at tables.......Our kiddos are literally climbing out of the highchairs and it has become unsafe for them to be in them. Belted or tied in them still does not work, so we did the next best thing and switched them to a toddler table which surprisingly went very well for the first time today! The best part is no more yucky crevices to clean out on the highchairs!! They love sitting in the chairs and sat eating for about 10 mins before they started getting up and trying to push the chairs and table around. They are growing up before our very eyes!

DCheck out our cool new stuff!

Our new rearranged playroom!
New slide climber! we love this thing!

Blake and Brookie found the slide for the first time! Ben was still taking his nap but when we woke up he loved it too!

The first picture is how the playroom should look.............Unfortunately every single day is becomes unrecognizable! lol! Toys are all over the place and you can barely see the floor!
You know what it does not matter they have fun every day playing with and learning with their toys. Even though we have a pretty strict schedule our days are never the same...............Sometimes naps are 2.5 hours and other days they are 30 minutes, the reason I am bring this up is because our Benjamin is sitting here with me after only a 25 minute nap!! Now today will be a little more difficult since he is off schedule, there is no amount of toys that can fix this! Lol!

The slide I was very hesitant to bring in to the house, Carl actually found it outside someone was just getting rid of it! Its perfect besides just some color loss! We have had it for a long time but I figured around 1 they would be fine to climb on it, which they are. We have had a couple of tumbles but nothing too bad, they love to climb especially Blake so we NEEDED this! now they have somewhere "safe" to climb.

We are 14 months old

Here we are at 14 months.................I did not intend to do another update until 15 months or so simply because things are extremely busy around here! However I still take photo's every month for memories and this shoot was too funny not to post! It started out ok from the beginnging and just got funnier as each picture was taken! I'll put a caption under each photo to explain the story!

Sitting pretty nicely for mommy....... However you can see the wheels turning in their little brains!
Hmm, guys let's see if we can make mommy look this way..... =)

Hi mom......What nothing changed......

Hey mommy!!! Whats up?

Go for it guys!!!! All 3 working together!

Hurry, hurry, HURRY!!!!

We made it!!!

Off we go!

Sorry for the Blurriness in the photos I could barely control my laughter as I was snapping each picture. We are in for some major TROUBLE over the next few years, and that's to say the least!

Saying goodbye to Great Friends....

A few months after we had the babies we started venturing outside to the park just to "get out" of the house. We saw a few other families outside with thier kiddos but of course since we already get so much attention we did not interact with anyone right away. All of a sudden a baby boy only a few months older than our babies crawled over to us, his mom followed him and a conversation was started. (Little did we know then that his mom Kelsey had aimed him toward us! lol!) Anyway long story short this is how we met the Popps and Dempsey's! Kathy has 2 children Charlotte and Jacob, Kelsey has 3 boys Conner, Cohen and Christian! Our kiddos were able to paly together almost everyday outside since the day we met! Kelsey and Kathy have been truly a joy to hang out with, us girls got along great! We had our outings to go get coffee at the awesome Coffee Bean or shopping trips to Target. As us Military wives know, nobody stays around for very long.....................It was bittersweet watching Kathy and her family pack out for their big move to Japan! Even know Kelsey and I lost a hang out buddy we all know we will be "Friends for Life"! Wishing Kathy and her family the best of luck on their new and Exciting Journey!!!

Brookie and the boys!
All playing nice together
Left to right:
Brooklynn, Blake, Jacob, Ben

Ms. Charlie!

Mr. Jake!

Guess who's walking now.....

We have not one, not two but 3 YES 3 walkers!!! Here are videos of Blake and Brooklynn walking now! Enjoy!

Blake

Brooklynn

Happy New Year!

Left to Right

Blake, Brooklynn, Benjamin

So of course the babies did not ring in the New Year simply because midnight is way to late for them to be up! =) Instead we pretended before bedtime and shouted Happy New year and gave 3 kisses, 3 hugs and lots of snuggles before the babies hit the sack! Then daddy and Mommy had a great time watching a movie and enjoying a nice glass of wine together while the babies were sleeping. We celebrated New Year's day with the babies first Hawaiian themed photo shoot! I have to say that 2010 has been a wonderful year for our family, I know that we can't wait to see what the future has in store for us. Here's to the beginning of a Fantastic 2011!!

Our First Trip to the Waikiki Auqarium

Mesmerized byt the Ginormus tank

Checking out the tanks outside with daddy

Jellyfish!!!

Hanging out

Really loving the fish!

We waited a while before taking them to the Aquarium because it is very small, there would be no way our triple stroller would fit without really annyoing people! lol! So we took our collapsable wagon and it even was still quite tight but we still enjoyed ourselves! The kiddos LOVED the fish, we would not keep them from climbing out of the wagon so finally we just let them stand on the ledge and they stayed put for about 15 mins!!! Ben really liked the Jellyfish, I think if he could have climbed into the tank he would have! Brooke and Blake pretty much liked everything but the Ginormus tank was the favorite of the day for everyone! It was nice just to let them go and most everything was on their level. Looking forward to going back!

Christmas Morning!!

Our New motorized Quads!!!
Attacking the huge pile of presents!

Trying to rip everything open!

I know this post is a little late, sorry!! What a great Christmas morning we had! I dont think Carl or I thought the babies would really be into opening presents bu they really were! It was so great to see all 3 of them "attack" the pile, i know that we cannot wait until next year when they understand even more!!! There were so many toys that we had to take our big jumping house out of the playroom and put it in the dining room! lol! They have enjoyed playing with all of their new toys! Merry Christmas!!