Deitrick Detail: Summer is HOTT!!!!

i really hope that someday i will get back to doing monthly. it really is so much easier to remember everything. since i have 3 month old twins and im hardly sleeping anyway, i think i will go by kid instead of by event. sorry if i miss anything. haha

Ryker - He started school!!!! its so crazy. he is in kindergarten every morning till about lunch. it was real fun (NOT) to gather all 5 kids in the car to drop him off and then again 3 hrs later to pick him up. it was always at mid nap or feeding time and everyone was cranky. but a wonderful lady and friend from our ward Pam now comes to pick him up every morning to take him with her son and then he rides the bus home and i just get him from the stop. his school is very good about safety and making sure everyone is following the rules to stay safe and accounted for. it makes me feel better about sending my baby to school! Rylie misses him, but then enjoys the mornings with mom and rex and the twins. he has learned a lot already and has remembered a lot from preschool.

Rylie is loving time at home and loving the twins. she always rushes over "Radlee needs me!!" everytime she cries. though not so much now because lets face it, they cry all the time. but i still hear her say it occasionally and it still melts my heart. she has loved getting them to smile.

Rex is a great buddy. i think he still feels the weight of no longer being the baby anymore. he loves to cuddle. he is slowly getting more words, and definitely has an opinion. he is our little sneaky boy! he loves to get an apple out of the dish to eat whenever he feels like it. thats not a bad thing, except that its 4-5 times a day and he never finishes the apple! i find half eaten apples everywhere. once i caught him hiding eating 2!! apples at the same time. spoiler alert, he didnt finish either of them. i dont know how we got our kids to do this, but he does put himself in his room when he is moping and upset. ryker does this all the time. i mean its great, i dont have to drag him to his room. rex is so naughty at bedtime. we put him and rylie to bed around 7. this has been this way for a long time. but it takes approximately 2 seconds before the door creaks open and he is trying to sneak out. we used to get super frustrated, but now we attempt to put him back to bed a few times, then leave him to fall asleep on the floor. we put him to bed once we are going to bed. he is still our bottomless pit. but we love him so much and he brings so much joy to our home.

rex had birthday!!! he is 2 years old and we love him so. so great to celebrate him. auntie beez got to join for his bday!

Rayce - He is a sweet boy, but he has been a rollercoaster. i cant remember where i left off in his story, but he had some tummy issues that made is so everytime he was awake he was basically screaming. it was hard and i cried often with him. when my MiL was here for the blessing we discussed it and ended up giving him a probiotic once a day and that helped a ton! he wasnt perfect, but it was so much better than what he was. now at 3 months he is doing so great. he still has cranky times like any baby, but he has a lot of happy times too. he sleeps great, and the smiles we get are so bright and wonderful.

Radlee - She is my calm baby. thank goodness for her. she is calm and happy more often than not. she sleeps well, she eats well, she is content to play on her own. we just love her. her smiles are so infectious, but she is very camera shy so its hard to capture to spread her love. she is getting some curves on her! and some redish hair is growing in.

both twins we finally (as of 2 days ago) kicked out of our room. i was so ready to have my own space back. they do mostly okay at night in general. im hoping this will solidify a decent schedule. they normally eat around 3-4am and then again around 6-7 ish. after that second feeding they are up for the day. we havent figured out morning naps yet, but we are trying to make that more consistent instead of 3/4 10 minute catnaps. but their afternoon nap from noon-3/4 is wonderful then they have one more catnap before bed at 7.

justin - he is doing great. tired because hello we have new babies. this week he started a contract with Aera oil. though he is excited for the opportunity, there is some stress involved with learning a new company and what they want him to do. he is doing great! just very fried when he gets home from work. but he is getting the hang of it quickly.

Dee - I am doing okay. im tired all the time and definitely have hard days. having twins is the hardest things i have ever done and i have meltdowns weekly. but they are getting better! and justin is such a great support. one night radlee had been up for 2 hrs and i couldnt get her to calm down and fall asleep again. i was up pacing the room with her in my arms. she was whining (not enough to wake rayce) and i was just so tired. both twins had a cold the they were congested and couldnt breath well. it had been 3 nights of 3 hrs or less of broken sleep. as i was pacing i was just sobbing. i tried to keep it quiet but i was at my wits end. so im sobbing (with my eyes closed because i hoped that in between the tears i could sleep for a wink) radlee is whining and im pacing back and forth in the dark. all of a sudden i bump into Justin. he woke up and saw the mess that was pacing the room. he gently took radlee with one hand and help me close with the other. it was helpful and even the quiet support was needed. that was a rough week. sometimes they still seem a little congested.

i have decided that through lots of pain and failed attempts that i am exclusively pumping. i decided this after they were a month and a half old. it just wasnt working. pumping is hard in that it takes time and there is not a lot i can do while i use those 20 min. sometimes both twins are crying. but i have been able to get enough to not use formula, and honestly it is making us all happier. if i can make it 6 months then thats a huge win to me. half way there!

justin is a great help at night. with my story above i didnt want it to sound like he sleeps all night. though he gets more than i do, he helps with the twins when they fuss. mostly its when i am up feeding the other one he helps rock them back to sleep. then makes sure they are both sleeping by the time i get back from pumping. its awesome. and as the twins grow they are doing better. everyone is doing better.

story about rex - this stinker... one night rylie came in asking to snuggle. with 2 bassinets its not really feasible so we sent her back to bed. justin went with her to tuck her back in. he looks over to check on rex and he isnt on his bed. thats common, we have a hard time getting him in his room for bed! but he wasnt on the floor or on rylies bed either. we have had him in the doll house before, nope not there. so justin comes back to our room and looks around. no rex... at this point he wakes me up asking if i know where he went. i havent heard a thing, so we both get up to search. one more look by my side of the bed and the rocking chair and closet, nothing. we do a deep search of his room, rykers room, the living room and kitchen. we cant find him. we check to make sure the doors are locked. but are getting really worried. we check the twins room, bathrooms, laundry room. he is not anywhere!!! we are freaking out... so back to our room we look again. he is not on my side, not justins, not our bathroom, closet or anywhere. I got down on my hands and knees to look on the floor and saw rex lovey. i at first figured he left it there in the morning and we never got it back. no, i make sure he has it for a nap so this is new. i look closely and find him curled up in the bottom basket of one of the bassinets. almost completely hidden by the skirt around the bassinet. huge relief! and we get him back to bed. but we were sure scared for 10 min there. definitely woke us up.

we had a lot of people visit and loved it! we had my parents and justins parents all come in for the blessing of the twins mid aug. it was so beautiful and we loved spending time with the grandparents. got some sweet pics.

i know im forgetting a lot, but im glad to just get this written down. photo dump!

fun swimming at Pams house

cuddles with auntie beez

first time at church!

playing with grandma reed

she sure spoils them

they loved it!

blessing day

cuddling with grandad

sweet kisses

my beautiful girls

flashback to her own twins

family of 7! this is the best family pic we got... haha

i look somewhat alive!

getting changed

she loves her dear sister

fun with grandpa!

lovely ladies!

more swimming

he tries to play sometimes

lots of love

smiles for uncle ethan

lots for auntie bomm!

check up!

happy birthday!!! 2 years old

sweet new water table. the kids love this still

good thing we can use it year round

2 year old cake!

such a happy boy

happy boy

sweet kiddos ready for church

we love our cuddles still

trying on her blessing dress

of course grandmas booties

handsome boy in his blessing outfit

also with grandmas booties. i couldnt get a happy pic without the pacifier

grandad is so good with little girls

grandma playing just dance

naptime snuggles

peek aboo after naptime

he loves grandad so so much!!! they are best friends

grandpa is a great story teller

bahaha his faces just kill me. so great

reed/deitricks on blessing day

everyone who came for the blessing

deitricks/deitricks blessing day

our sweet baby daughter

precious twins

our handsome son

love from mom

caring for 2

sneak peek with those eyes

time with grandma

date night!

hanging on mom and dads bed

bahaha his face again. he has gained a little more control. rayce looks a lot less cross eyes now.

lookin at grandma

first day of school!!!

no fear

changing the light to a fan

impromptu nap for rex while we play waiting for ryker to get out of school.

he likes to pump too. haha

ryker has recently started asking to hold them. so sweet

fun with dad

such a great twin pic

great older siblings

i love this pic so much!

we like to sit on the floor together.

best friends

trying to get out of the house. even if its just to the front yard

helping dad spread mulch

date one day we test rode motorcycles

our cute family!

nap attack!

he loves the bus

double feeding is crazy! we have to get creative

this is how we found him!!!!

first smiles!

3 babe checkup

rayce at bathtime

first nap in the crib

love this boy!!!

she is so smiley! just not for the camera

some mornings are long and we cant make it through lunch haha

fruit pizza for auntie bomm

i "spotted" a cute girl haha... get it....

the twins nap here so it must be comfortable

happy birthday aunti bomm!

clearly comfortable

there are the sweet smiles

rykers school pic. this is such a weird smile, but he looks so grown up

they are finally liking the play mat

his favorite position. i think because he is bottle fed he is feeling boob deprived. haha

sibling love

she has some good faces too

even rex still loves the lights

ryker playing with my camera

just chillin like a big boy staying up after everyone else

they are so good to play with them

we are tired of cat poop in our yard so we got rid of a bunch of strays! our neighboors would feed them (they didnt own them we checked) so we caught them and gave them a new home far from us. i think we have caught 8 now?