Finally Catching our Breath...Three Months Later!

With a blink of an eye, the twins turned three months old on June 27th and I have fallen WAY behind on documenting the craziest three months of our lives.  The next several posts will be an effort to recap some of the highlights of the past three months primarily with the use of lots and lots of pictures.  We feel so blessed and complete with the arrival of Holden and Wyatt.  Their birth has certainly made being parents challenging, but has also been SO rewarding in many ways. 
 It has been so much fun watching Wyatt and Holden come into our home and be welcomed by their brother and sister.  Addy and Carter adore their baby brothers and are always asking to hug, kiss, and hold them.  When we are out and about and someone asks about the twins, they are often the first ones to run over to the stroller and introduce them as Wyatt and Holden.  It melts my heart to watch them love on and cuddle with their baby brothers.  We are so blessed to have such a wonderful family. 

So, without further ado, let's begin with.....

April
The month of April was a bit of a blur for all of us.  We were still getting used to having two newborns in the house and also trying to resume somewhat of a normal routine with the big kids. Yes, we now refer to Addy and Carter as the "big kids."  Wow, I never would have dreamt that I would have enough children to separate them into "big kids" and "little kids" :)  Addy returned to school after Easter and was excited to share the news of her little brothers' arrival with her teachers and classmates. 


Holden and Wyatt had their 2 week doctor's appointment on April 11th.  Holden weighed 7 pounds 1 ounce (10th percentile) and measured 19.75 inches long (25th percentile).  Wyatt weighed 6 pounds 11 ounces (5th percentile) and measured 19 inches long (2nd percentile). 

The boys love to cuddle together




One week old!

 

 

 

We celebrated Derek's Birthday on April 8th

 

 

Holden's first bath

Quality time with dad (x4)

Holden showing off the birth anouncement

Grandma Freihaut and the kiddos

Our first family outing to the zoo.  This was the first time we got to try out the "jumbo" stroller.  I can already tell that this thing is going to be a lifesaver!

A ride on the carousel is always a hit with the big kids

 

 

Two weeks old!

 

 

More cuddles at two weeks old

Adalyn loves holding her brothers

Official Tummy Time Supervisor

 

Sibling Love

Carter decided to introduce Holden to technology early!

Brothers!

ONE MONTH OLD (Wyatt on left & Holden on right)

Our little man is THREE!

Carter turned three on May 27th which was also Memorial Day.  We celebrated on Sunday by having a small party with the grandparents and aunts and uncles that could make the trip.  We were hoping for a nice warm, sunny day so that we could have the party on our deck, but unfortunately it was  a windy and chilly day, so we ended up partying inside the house.  Carter chose a Toy Story birthday theme this year and was excited to wear his Buzz Lightyear t-shirt and loved his life-size Buzz Lightyear balloon.  Carter chose an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen this year. He isn't crazy about sweets, especially cake, so he was happy to have one made of ice cream.  Not loving sweets certainly isn't something he picked u from either of his parents :)  Carter received so many wonderful gifts from his loved ones.  He is one lucky little guy to have so many people love him and make the trip to celebrate with him!  This year it was so much fun seeing him get so excited about his big day.  He actually understood what all of the excitement was about and definitely loved the attention.

One thing Carter really wanted to do for his birthday was to see the dinosaurs at the "dinosaur museum."  He has been making this request for quite some time (since before the babies were born) and was actually referring to returning to the Indianapolis Children's Museum.  Since we had just been there in October, we decided to take Carter to the Field Museum in Chicago to see the dinosaurs for his birthday trip.  We headed to the Windy City on the Friday morning after his birthday and visited the museum and stayed in Schaumburg for the evening.  The following day we ate lunch at Weber Grill and then dropped off Derek at O'Hare Airport for his flight to Washington D.C. where he had a conference and then went on to Miami for a business meeting.  Derek's mom also went with us to Chicago and stayed with us while Derek was out of town.  I am so thankful she was able to stay and help out.  It certainly helped things go a lot smoother and allowed me to get much more rest than if I had been with the kids by myself. 

It's so crazy to think that Carter is already three years old.  It has been so much fun watching Carter grow this year.  He has learned so many new things and changed so much.  He conquered potty training this fall and is also so much more outgoing with people than he was a year ago.  He feels comfortable staying in his classroom at church and at M.O.P.S.  He loves to sing and make up stories and is ALWAYS making us laugh with his carefree and joking personality.  We love our little man and can't wait to watch him grow and learn even more!

 

Double Buzz Lightyears

Carter and his new bike

Ice Cream Cake!!

Family Picture

Make a Wish!

Freihaut Cousins

Carter with Grandma & Grandpa Schum

Carter and Aunt Ashley

Ahoy Mateys!

Hanging out in a Dino footprint!

Addy and Carter with Sue the T-REX

Carter was so excited to see SUE!

 

 

Addy and Carter enjoyed all of the stuffed animals at the museum.