March 2011 thru September 2011

Me and the three boys are looking at a big picture of dinosaurs in the wild. Isaac explains to us that "The volcanoes explode, then the dinosaurs turned into bones, and now we have our city!"

September 2011

Titus says his first words, "where doh?" (where did they go?) when his toy is lost during play with his Grammie.

August 2, 2011

Titus is a full fledged walker.

mid July 2011

Titus is practicing walking, going back and forth between two persons. Eli decides he needs to practice too! He purposely takes wobbly steps and falls down on his bum. We all applaud his efforts.

mid July 2011

Isaac is using the restroom during the first hour of church. Grammie (my mom) goes to check on him. She asks if he is okay and he replies, "Yeah! I got a burning poop going on in here!"

July 2011

We are at the pool standing in the food line for a treat. There is a shirtless 5 year old boy next to Eli. Eli is so enamored with this boys nipples, he cannot help himself and reaches up and pokes at one of them. The digs his finger in it!
July 2011

Eli is very whinny. I tell him to go to his room because "I don't want to hear it anymore." He screams while going there and Isaac says, "Mom I still hear him!"

June 2011

A whitehead formed in the middle of my forehead. While getting Eli ready for the day he points to it over and over again, saying "eye! eye!" And later in the day Isaac asks me, "Mom, did a fire ant bite your head?"

June 2011

I give Titus a kiss on the mouth. He turns his head and gags.
June 2011

Eli is starting to copy a prayer when helped.
Me, "thank you for blessings..."
Eli, "be-he"
Me, "thank for my health..."
Eli, "he-ew"
Me, "help me sleep well tonight..."
Eli, "Me NIGHT! NIGHT!"
June 4, 2011

Titus starts taking wiggly first steps all by himself!
First week of June 2011

When Isaac says Two Face it sounds like "tooth paste." When he says his cousin's name Renee, it sounds like "grenade." When he calls for his friend Will, it sounds like "whale."
May 2011

Our plane is starting to land and I can tell Eli's ears are making him uncomfortable. Unwillingly he has a big yawn. Shocked at the pain reliefe, he looks at me with big wide eyes and simple grin.
May 2011

Deanne (Matt's mom) is trying to get Eli to say "Oh snap!" After she says this a few times we realize that Titus is copying her.
Deanne: "Oh snap!"
Titus: "Ohhhhhh nip!" or "Ohhhhhh bib!"
He does this 5 minutes of so.
May 2011

Titus when excited or happy throws his head back, causing him to fall backwards in his bed, or out of people's arms.
May 2011 

Eli is gathering up matured dandelions with white downy tuffs, say: "Bubbles! Bubbles!"
May 2011

Me, "What rhymes with hat?"
Isaac, "Cat!"
Me, "What rhymes with tress?"
Isaac, "Branches!"
May 2011

Isaac says in a happier voice, "I just want to be mad and alone right now."
May 2011

Titus loves to climb over a person's legs. If someone is on the ground he or she will be climbed over, and over, and over, and over again.
April 2011

I ask Isaac, "Do you love Nana and Mume?" (Matt's parents.)
Isaac says, "Yeah."
Me, "Why?"
Isaac, "They have lots of toys."
Me, "Do you love Grammie and Gramps?" (My parents.)
Isaac, "Yup."
Me, "Why?"
Isaac, "They have lots of toys, too."
April 2011

Isaac came out of a bath and is still wrapped in his towel. He sits on his grandma's lap for a minute. He starts to slowly unwrap himself, and when his man hood is exposed he says, "Ta-Da!"
April 2011

Isaac, "Mom, I want apple with lots of no skin on it."
Me, "Can you say please?"
Isaac, "Please."
Me, "Pretty please?"
Isaac, confused, "pretty please?"
Me, "Pretty please, with cherry on top?"
Isaac, very confused, "Cherry on top? But I don't want a cherry on top!"
April 2011

Eli is trying to find his bully-button. He finally spots it, and starts jumping excitedly. His aunt and grandma show him theirs, and he totally flips! Jumping and laughing abounds!
April 2011

Eli counts. Sort of. He points to objects and says, "e, c, e, C!"Spring 2011

I walk into Eli's room to get him from his nap. He is already awake, and is standing up playing peek-a-boo with his feet!
"Wher day go?" (Where did they go?) He covers his feet with his pants.
And lifting his pants, he says, "There e is!" (There they is.)
March 2011 

When Titus is upset or tired, he slaps himself in the face.
Spring 2011

August 2010 thru March 2011

Titus loves to have Matt's acoustic guitar on the ground, and then bang out harmonics. He also tries to climb on it, and he freaks out when he is half way up.
March 2011


Eli loves to take baths. During these baths he gets out and in the tub a few times. We often see his naked bum zooming down the hall, back and forth from tub to living room.
February 2011


Eli is our Italian mama. He loves to yell after his brothers,"Is-ia!" and "Ti-yaus!"
February 2011


Isaac asks me if he can buy a new helicopter. I say, "Well, we don't have any money right now." He says, "We can buy some money!"
February 2011


Anytime Titus hears clapping from the television, he happily starts to clap!
February 2011


Isaac says, "Mom, you need to tell Daddy to be nice to me, then give him a spanking."
February 2011


We have the missionaries over for dinner. We are all gathered around the table, Matt is holding Eli, and is saying the blessing on the food. Eli lets out 3 or 4 loud toots. He laughs hysterically.
January 2011


Eli wakes up during the middle of the night, and Matt looks after him. Matt gives him a drink, and starts changing his diaper. As soon as the dirty diaper comes off, Eli lets out a nice big toot. He laughs sleepily, and goes back to sleep.

January 2011


Isaac is not happy about the pjs picked out for him. He says, "I don't like these. They are serious."
January 2011


I'm cutting Isaac's finger nails. He says, "Mom that hurt my figure nails... but not my weenie!"
January 2011


Isaac wasn't feeling well, so Matt laid him on the couch to rest, and turned on the TV to a news program. After a few minutes, Isaac says to me, "Mom, I don't like this word show. I like my show."
January 2011


Isaac, whining about having a runny nose: "My boogers won't stay in my nose."
January 2011


Isaac is jumping on our bed, showing me all his sweet jumping moves. After 3 seat drops in a row, he says, "It's pretty easy."
"It is?" I say.
"Yeah," he responds, "it is easy like pooping."
January 8, 2011


Eli loves to pray. Or the act of praying. He folds his arms at the beginning of every meal without being prompted. BUT whenever he sees someone fold his/her arms, just to stand and relax, he insists on having a prayer. With arms folded, he'll screech at the person till a prayer is given. This also happens during meals. There are times when we have 3 prayers on the food during one meal!
January 2011


I lay Titus on the couch beside Matt and head to the kitchen. A minute later I hear a little *thump,* but hearing no screaming, I think nothing of it. 10 seconds pass, then Matt exclaims, "Titus, how did you end up on the floor?!"
December 2010


We pull up to a grocery store to quickly pick something up. I get out, and Matt says that he will stay in the van with the boys. We hear Isaac say to his brother, "K, Eli, don't cry this time."
December 2010


Matt and Isaac are walking down the apartment stairs.
Matt, "Isaac, you need to go faster, bud."
Isaac, "No, Dad you need to go slower."
Matt, "No Isaac, you need to go faster."
Isaac, "I can't go faster, I have smaller feet!"
December 2010


Isaac is drinking a cold glass of orange juice. He comments, "Mom, this orange juice is hot and smooth."
December 2010


It is early in the morning. Isaac walks out of his room and the first thing he says to me is, "My tummy hurts, I think a show would make it feel better."
December 2010


Eli is very whinny. Obviously he wanted a snack. But he did just want any plan old snack. Dill pickles with a side of cheddar cheese? Sure!
November 2010


Titus is on smily child. However it is Isaac that makes him crack up! If Isaac makes a silly face and shouts weird noises, Titus will die of laughter.
November 2010


When Isaac wants to know where something goes (to be put away, etc.), he asks where it lives. For instance, "Where do these colors live?" of "Does this shoe live here?"
Fall 2010


When Eli shakes his head "yes," it is a very quick movement. Almost like head banging!
November 2010


"Isaac, did you finish your quesadilla?" I ask.
Isaac, "No, it have a hair on it from Monsters, Inc."
November 22, 2010


Eli has figured out how to push pee out. When naked he looks down, smiles, and pushing will all his might to get any little drops out. He feels very accomplished.
Fall 2010


"Mom!" yells Isaac, "I need some toilet paper!"
I walk in the bathroom and hand Isaac the toilet paper. Isaac looks at me, while sitting on the pot, and says, "Mom, I have a MASSIVE poop!"
November 2010


Isaac is drinking some whole milk and says, "Mom, I don't like this. It tastes like butter."
November 2010


I'm explaining to Isaac what a great-grandmother is. I say, "She is my grandma, or Grammie's mother. You haven't seen her in a long time."
"Oh," says Isaac, "I not see her before, hey! Have you seen gummy worms? I like the green ones. They're very good."
October 2010


When Isaac is excited about something, like playing football or dancing to Matt's guitar, he says enthusiastically: "Woot! Woot!"
October 2010


Isaac picked out an amazing pumpkin to carve. He must wait, very anxiously, two days till carving. Right before Matt plunges the knife in the pumpkin, Isaac says in a very soft voice with no inflation and a blank look on his face: "I am very excited."
October 22, 2010


Eli's first word: "Bu-baw" (football). He, Matt and Isaac were playing with the football. He started saying "bu-baw, bu-baw, bu-baw!" Pretty amazing.
October 23, 2010


Titus has started to roll over from back to tummy. Though he's not sure what to do once he's on his tummy. Hmm... scream till I put him on his back side again? The roll over onto his tummy once more? Yup!
October 22, 2010


Eli is in a goofy mood. He's throwing himself backwards all over the bed. At one point he sits up, on the edge of the bed, smiles--and while I'm charging over the bed (and nursing Titus) to save him--he throws himself backwards off the bed. Hurt, scared, upset crying ensues.
October 2010

Isaac beat boxes. He has many beats, and some are named. There's the "electric guitar" beat box, the "acoustic guitar" beat box, and the "bass guitar with a head" beat box. Sometimes they are mixed, and given the name. "I do a-coustic guitar whid bass guitar beat box!"
Fall 2010


We are in the car, on our way back home, in the middle of the city.
Isaac says, "Mom, I need to go pee."
Me, "Can you wait till we get home?"
Isaac, "How bout I pee on some of these trees?"
Me, "No can't do that. Do you want people to see your bum?"
Isaac, "Oh. When we get home I can pee on our tree! Does that sound like a good idea?"
October 2010


Eli loves to sit with and on people. Like on his 3 month old brother laying on the floor, or on his daddy's head when he's trying to take a nap. Eli also likes to share his love by biting. The small of my back, for instance, and Titus' fingers if I don't watch closely enough.
September 2010


I am reading a book to Isaac all about jet-fighter planes. At the end of a long paragraph explaining a how the Harrier fighter plane takes off without a runway, he says, "Hum, that's very interesting."
September 2010


Isaac is using the bathroom in a public restroom, which has automatically flushing toilets. By the time the toilet has automatically flushed three times on him, while sitting doing his business, Isaac has had it! He says, very frustrated like, "Stop doing that! I hate you!"
September 2010


When Eli is mad at us because we either A) tell him "No," or B) ignore him too long, he "runs" to his room, screaming the whole time, and stands behind his crib, still screaming.
September 2010


Isaac is wondering what his cousins' daddy looks like. I say, "Well he has dark hair."
"Oh," Isaac replies, "my daddy has owie hair."
August 2010

Isaac Stories

The sidebar with "Isaac Stories" is now going to start a new chapter.

He is now 3, so deserves a fresh new start!

Cannot wait for the future!

Here are the Isaac stories from year 2 of his life:

It is 8am in the morning, me and Matt are asleep in our room. I start to notice a noise by our door. I open my eyes and all I see are Isaac's arms pushed through the crack of our door. "See mommy, see!" he says as he waves toys to me.

Isaac notices that the baby swing, with Eli in it, is not moving. He looks at me, grabs the side of the swing, says "Bebe E-i swing!" and with all his might pushes the swing back and forth.

Isaac is watching his favorite show, "Planet Earth." Eli starts to cry. At the top of his voice he yells "E-i Stoooop!"

Isaac has two favorite shirts, both size 5t. One is black and the other is brown. He wants to wear them for Pjs. BOTH of them. One as a shirt, the other as pants.

Isaac asks, rather demands, "Moe jew!" (More juice.) I go to the kitchen, he follows. I start to pour the juice and look down: he is sitting in the ground, legs crossed, chin in his hands. Such a man!

I am getting Isaac ready for bed. It has been a long day, and he is fighting me. I start to cry. He stops fighting me when he sees my tears and says, "Oh, mommy!" He then lays still and lets me change him.

My mom took Isaac to the movie theaters. He is sitting on her lap. When the movie has a very intense scene, Isaac jumps and mom feels his diaper get really, really warm.

Isaac is playing with neighbor kids. He notices that he is the only one with out his "bi" (bike.) He labors intensively to get his tricycle to the area. We are there two minutes when thunder sounds off in the distance.

Isaac: "Oh, mommy!"

Me: "Yeah, rain is coming, it's going to get wet."

Isaac: "Oh, no! Wet!"

He jumps off the tricycle, and without a second look back runs to the house saying, "Oh no! Wet! Oh no! Wet!" leaving me with Eli to get the bike back by myself. When I arrive back at the house a few minutes later he is standing inside the doorway with the door cracked, nodding, "Mommy, it wet, mommy."

Matt bought a diet Dr. Pepper from McDonalds. He left it on the counter for me. Matt was holding Eli, sitting in the living room, and noticed a profound silence in the rest of the house. A few minutes later Isaac opens up the pantry, looks at Matt, and says "I throw, Daddy." He desposes of the empty pop that he drank into the trash.

Isaac is playing upstairs in his room. Very quickly a thunderstorm rolls in. When the thunder and lightening starts Isaac dashes to the stairs and while going down them says, "Oh snap! Oh snap! Oh snap!"

Isaac is banging a tune out on the keyboard. I start to do a silly dance. He watches me for a second, then stops playing, and with a crooked smile says, "Noooo."

I am driving, and Isaac is in the back seat. I do not notice the stop sign till the last second. I slam on the brakes and Isaac screams: "OH, whhhooooooooaaaaaaaa!" When we start again Isaac keeps saying "Oh, whoa mommy, whoa!"

We are at Matt's parents' house. Isaac wants a popsicle, which would make the 3rd one that day. Deanne asks me what she should do. I start to go towards the kitchen but Isaac puts his hand out, palm toward me, eyes wide, shaking his head no. I come a little forward and he franticly points to me to go back. I go back a little and Isaac says, "Oh yeah, mommy!"

We are shopping for a new dress shirt for Matt. Matt takes a few things to the dressing room, and Isaac goes with him. I hear Isaac from the next room when Matt brings out the shirt exclaim: "Oh WOW!"

Isaac has a grilled cheese sandwich for dinner, but he does not want to eat it. Without us noticing, Isaac leaves and heads for the kitchen. A few minutes later he is carrying a bowl of Kix cereal without milk. Matt and I look at each other and ask if either one of us did that for him. Isaac says, "Oh mommy, I eat," and takes a big bite!

These stories, from top to bottom, go from the oldest to the newest.

However, I think this time I will being doing--from top to bottom--newest to oldest.

Isaac Stories: Year 3 In Review

Isaac boy. You make me smile, make me cry, make crazy, and make me so happy. I guess this is what motherhood is all about. Please know that I love you. It's been so hard for me to become a mother, but hopefully you are not too scared from my immaturity. Your father loves you so much... so much! He was so happy for you to come into our family. You guys are best of buds, and two peas in a pod! You are picky with food, he is picky with food. You don't like to leave your comfort zone and neither does he. You hate stuff on your hands, and so does he. Seriously, two peas in a pod.

Well you are close to turning 4 so it is time to close your "Isaac Stories," and on to a new chapter. This time we will call it "Our Kids and Their Stories," because Eli and Titus have things to "say" too!

Isaac, here are your stories from your 3rd year. You silly, lovable boy! Cannot wait to see what your 4th year will bring.

We are on our way to Isaac's first day of preschool.

Isaac asks, "Are there lots of preschools?"

Me, "Well what do you mean?"

Isaac, "My preschool, Daddy's preschool."

Me, "Daddy goes to Boise State, it is a really big school!"

Isaac, "Oh, I didn't know that! I didn't know Boise State had preschool!"

September 2010

It is 1 o'clock in the morning and Isaac has woken up sick, sick, sick! His head is over the toilet and he is emptying his stomach hard core. Matt is in the bathroom with him, rubbing his back. Isaac looks up in the middle of throwing up and says, very positively, "There lots of awesome pink stuff coming out my mouth!"

August 2010

I am trying to get Isaac dressed for the day. But he wants to spin and jump around. I say, "Isaac, come here!" He replies in a deep voice, while jumping to me, "I need to spit in my bathroom!"

August 2010

Me, "Isaac am I a girl like Grammie and Nana?"

Isaac, "No."

Me, "Yes I am. You are a boy and I am a girl."

Isaac, "No, you're a mommy!"

Me, "Okay, but is Daddy a boy like you?"

Isaac, "No, he's a dude!"

August 2010

I'm showing the boys a picture of Christ being baptized in the river Jordan. I explain, "And Jesus was baptized in this river by John the Baptist--"

Isaac, "There some Great White Sharks, Whale Sharks, Thresher Sharks, and MAYBE some Mako Sharks swimming in there!"

August 2010

Me, "You know when you eat things and they go in your tummy, they come out your bum as poop."

Isaac, "And diarrhea too."

August 2010

Isaac, "Mom when I get bigger I will be like you! And my head be big like yours!"

August 2010

Isaac, "Daddy can you fix my wife [knife]?"

Matt, "It's knife. Can you say the 'nnnn' sound?"

Isaac, "No, I just can't say 'nnnn.'"

July 2010

Isaac is watching me nurse Titus. A confused look: "Mom he chewing on you?"

June 2010

Isaac to Matt, "Titus eat milk, be strong, so you can beat him up?!"

June 2010

I am singing a tune from Hairspray. Isaac starts to cough and says, "That [song] make me cough, Mom. Don't do that anymore."

June 2010

Matt, "Isaac do you want to take a bath?"

Isaac is silent and stoned faced.

Matt, "Or do you want to be pounded on?"

Isaac, with a big smile, "YE-AH!"

June 2010

Me, "Isaac, want to go on a car ride to the mountains?"

Isaac, "Yeah! We go see lion, and owl, and cow, and deer, and snake, and tiger. But we need to be careful for the tiger, he will eat your foot and hand."

May 2010

Isaac walking to the car: "Mom, did you hear that? Did you hear that? I tooted, I tooted Mom. Out my bum. It went 'BOAM!' [motioning with hand] out my bum!"

May 2010

Isaac describing thunder and lighting, "Mommy, wook: its SHOOTING!"

April 2010

Isaac: "No E-i, not 'da da,' it 'pa-ha' [pasta]."

April 2010

Isaac sees my bare, very hairy, legs. While rubbing his hand on my knee he says, "You have lots of owies on your leg."

Me, "The hair?"

Very seriously he responds, "Yeah, we need to get all da hair off your leg Mom."

April 2010

Isaac, "My tummy hurts."

Me, "It does?"

Isaac, "Yeah, my baby in my tummy is kicking me."

April 2010

Isaac, "I have boogers, Mom. I have boogers, Mom."

Me, "You do?"

Isaac, "Yeah, but I eat them."

March 2010

Isaac has been in bed for 45 minutes. Matt and I hear a noise in the hallway. Isaac comes around the corner, bright eyed, with his dinosaur book in his hands, "Mom, Dad, wanna see T-Rex eat meat?"

February 2010

I explaine to Isaac all about Noah and his ark.

I ask, "What other animals do you think Noah had?"

Isaac answers, "Croc-dile and a T-Rex!"

February 2010

It is 2:30 in the morning and we notice the hall light flip on. Matt goes to check things out. Isaac is curled up on the bathroom floor crying, his eyes sealed shut, saying, "I have pink eye!"

February 2010

Me, "Isaac where do we live?"

Isaac, "Recbird."

Me, "Isaac where do Nana and Mume [grandpa] live?"

Isaac, "Umm... Boi-he State!"

February 2010

I am in the bathroom... you know, using the bathroom... and Isaac runs in. I say, "Isaac could you give me some privacy?!" He then starts to search and says, "Where, behind me? Where, behind me?"

January 2010

Isaac had a terrible fall off of the back of the couch, head first onto hard wood floors. This caused him to pass out. Later that day he tells the story to his aunt: "I fall off da couch. I hit my head, and my eye, and my hand, and my pee, and my bum, and my knee, and my other knee, and my feet!"

January 2010

Isaac chose his shirt, pants, and coat for the day--all in very dark colors. I casually say, "Isaac, you are very black today," referring to the color choices. Isaac then says, "I not black, I yellow. See my face, hands? Yellow."

December 2009

We are barley 30 seconds in house from church, and Isaac is stripping down. Off goes his coat, off goes his sweater, and then he has trouble: "Mom, I need my Nursery Shirt off!" Also known as his White Button-Up Shirt.

December 2009

Isaac gets stage fright while using the restroom,
so I am told frequently: "Mom, dit out my baf-room!"
When flushing to toilet Isaac bids farewell,
saying "Bye pee," or "Bye poo."

November 2009

Isaac is on a major sugar rush. He is running up and down the hallway from the Living Room to the Dinning Room, and back again. Each time he passes in front of us, he jumps and yells, "HUMPBACK WHALE!"

October 2009

Before heading out the door I tell Isaac, "We're going to D.I." (Dessert Industries, it's a thrift store). In the car half way there,
Isaac asks, "Mom, go to A-E-Ah-I-O?"
Me, "Do you mean D.I.?"
Isaac, "Oh yeah! D.I. Mommy!"

September 2009

I am putting Isaac to bed and we discuss everybody who loves him; including friends, my friends, and all the family. Then right before we say goodnight prayer this conversation happened:
Isaac, "Mom, all my friends poop."
Me, "Yes they do."
Isaac, "Eli poops too, Daddy poops too, you poop too."
Me, "Yup, everyone poops."
Isaac, "All your friends poop too?"
Me, "Yes, all of my friends poop too."
Isaac, "Yeah, all your friends poop too."

September 2009

"Our Kids and Their Stories" may run through the whole year. But it probably get too long, so it will most likely be updated every 6 months. Just a reminder the stories go from newest to oldest.