Sunday, November 22, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Well what do you know?! SArah is crawling and pulling herself up into a standing position. Unfortunately she doesn't understand the holding on part of that so she's had a few nasty falls. She has a big ole bruise and knot on her head from falling today. She recovered well though.
What else...I am getting excited for the holidays! Their first Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Birthday! All this in the next 4 months! I dont know if I posted on here or not about Halloween. Olivia is going to be a pink poodle and Sarah will be a pumpkin...they are so cute in their lil outfits! I will take tons of pictures. Unfortunately Chris has class on Halloween and doesn't get in until like 630 or something like that. We are going to a carnival at church so hopefully he can get there before it ends and can see us in our Halloween glory. Ave is a cell phone and Rosa is a name tag. Sounds weird but I will email pics to grammy and my mom who we don't yet have a name for. I was thinking of GG...I dunno where I got that but I like it. lol. WE gotta figure that out!
Speaking of pictures, we got the little girls pictures taken! Ave's school lets you do sibling pics when they do their normal school pictures so we had the babies get theirs done. The individuals turned out awesome but their together one not so much so we did retakes. I got the individuals back and like I said they are amazing. Haven't gotten the re-takes back though but I know they didn't turn out too well. Got some good poses but no smiles. It was during their normal nap time so they weren't into it...at all! Plus their Daddy wasn't there this time to make them laugh :-)
Oooh and Olivia got another tooth! Her second bottom one is coming in. It's been funny looking at her with one bottom tooth lol. So I am glad her second one is coming in too. They are both so adorable. I love them so much.
I am trying to figure out what to do for their Bday. It's rather close to Christmas so I won't have much money to spend so I guess I will have to be creative!
Well I gotta get to bed! I've been doing homework all night.
What else...I am getting excited for the holidays! Their first Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Birthday! All this in the next 4 months! I dont know if I posted on here or not about Halloween. Olivia is going to be a pink poodle and Sarah will be a pumpkin...they are so cute in their lil outfits! I will take tons of pictures. Unfortunately Chris has class on Halloween and doesn't get in until like 630 or something like that. We are going to a carnival at church so hopefully he can get there before it ends and can see us in our Halloween glory. Ave is a cell phone and Rosa is a name tag. Sounds weird but I will email pics to grammy and my mom who we don't yet have a name for. I was thinking of GG...I dunno where I got that but I like it. lol. WE gotta figure that out!
Speaking of pictures, we got the little girls pictures taken! Ave's school lets you do sibling pics when they do their normal school pictures so we had the babies get theirs done. The individuals turned out awesome but their together one not so much so we did retakes. I got the individuals back and like I said they are amazing. Haven't gotten the re-takes back though but I know they didn't turn out too well. Got some good poses but no smiles. It was during their normal nap time so they weren't into it...at all! Plus their Daddy wasn't there this time to make them laugh :-)
Oooh and Olivia got another tooth! Her second bottom one is coming in. It's been funny looking at her with one bottom tooth lol. So I am glad her second one is coming in too. They are both so adorable. I love them so much.
I am trying to figure out what to do for their Bday. It's rather close to Christmas so I won't have much money to spend so I guess I will have to be creative!
Well I gotta get to bed! I've been doing homework all night.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Well poop.
We had to cancel our trip to California. Chris, Ave and Rosa are all sick with what we think is the swine flu. We don't know for certain though but we aren't taking any chances.
The babies and I haven't gotten sick, yet. I am being very careful about washing hands and keeping everyone apart. Chris, Ave, Rosa are pretty much quarantined in their own rooms until they have no more temperature. Ave and Rosa aren't doing too badly actually--they just have high temps. Chris on the other hand is feeling terrible. He is all congested and coughing, he's weezing and just generally feeling like crap. I'm giving him until Monday morning and if he hasn't improved significantly he is going to the doctor. It's interesting that the swine flu is supposed to be really bad for children, but every kid I know that has had it has basically felt mostly fine except for a high temperature and like one day of yuckiness. All the adults I know who have had it have just been laid out, completely debilitated. It's interesting. I just hope I am lucky enough for it to pass over me, and the babies. I don't usually catch things and I've been pretty good about staying away from A/R/C. We shall see. Hope Hope Hope!
Thinking about it, I'm not really sure what I would do if I did get it and it laid me out like it's done to Chris. Clearly I couldn't be around the babies...I'm hoping that if I do get it, that Chris is better by that time. We shall see.
The babies and I haven't gotten sick, yet. I am being very careful about washing hands and keeping everyone apart. Chris, Ave, Rosa are pretty much quarantined in their own rooms until they have no more temperature. Ave and Rosa aren't doing too badly actually--they just have high temps. Chris on the other hand is feeling terrible. He is all congested and coughing, he's weezing and just generally feeling like crap. I'm giving him until Monday morning and if he hasn't improved significantly he is going to the doctor. It's interesting that the swine flu is supposed to be really bad for children, but every kid I know that has had it has basically felt mostly fine except for a high temperature and like one day of yuckiness. All the adults I know who have had it have just been laid out, completely debilitated. It's interesting. I just hope I am lucky enough for it to pass over me, and the babies. I don't usually catch things and I've been pretty good about staying away from A/R/C. We shall see. Hope Hope Hope!
Thinking about it, I'm not really sure what I would do if I did get it and it laid me out like it's done to Chris. Clearly I couldn't be around the babies...I'm hoping that if I do get it, that Chris is better by that time. We shall see.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Teeth, scooting, and Disney Land with a little Chuck-E-Cheese thrown in.
Well well. Guess who has a tooth now! Olivia does! She has one cute lil toofer on (her) bottom right.
Tuesday night we went to Chuck-E-Cheese with our entire clan. Ave's school had a fundraiser so we went, normally I try to avoid that place basically because it's ridiculously expensive. Anyway, we were sitting there eating pizza when I looked over and noticed my little Livie Lou had a tooth! I kind of screamed it out loud. I took some pics of the babies sitting with Chuck-E, but I took the pics on Chris' phone so I will have to wait for him to get home before I can post them.
Little Sarah Sue Sue has learned to scoot scoot scoot. She really wants to crawl, and she can get into the right position, but for some reason it just isn't clicking for her. She takes one 'step' with her knees but then straightens her legs and just pulls herself forward with her arms. It's kind of funny. I should get Chris to post a video of it because it is sort of cute. It's just a matter of time before she is full on crawling. She can get to where she wants to go just scooting around so I guess we will see how she does. I don't know that she is terribly motivated.
Sunday and Monday we are going to California with the youth group. Ave and Rosa are going to stay with one of their sisters but we are bringing the babies with us. So that means they will be visiting Disney LAND **tear** for the first time! We are going to the beach on Sunday and Disney on Monday. It is going to be an interesting trip. We are driving there so I am a bit worried how the drive will go with the babes but hopefully they will just konk out for most of the trip. Most of the driving is during their normal morning nap time so I am just praying for some kind of miracle lol.
So after this weekend we should have lots n lots of Disney pics!
Tuesday night we went to Chuck-E-Cheese with our entire clan. Ave's school had a fundraiser so we went, normally I try to avoid that place basically because it's ridiculously expensive. Anyway, we were sitting there eating pizza when I looked over and noticed my little Livie Lou had a tooth! I kind of screamed it out loud. I took some pics of the babies sitting with Chuck-E, but I took the pics on Chris' phone so I will have to wait for him to get home before I can post them.
Little Sarah Sue Sue has learned to scoot scoot scoot. She really wants to crawl, and she can get into the right position, but for some reason it just isn't clicking for her. She takes one 'step' with her knees but then straightens her legs and just pulls herself forward with her arms. It's kind of funny. I should get Chris to post a video of it because it is sort of cute. It's just a matter of time before she is full on crawling. She can get to where she wants to go just scooting around so I guess we will see how she does. I don't know that she is terribly motivated.
Sunday and Monday we are going to California with the youth group. Ave and Rosa are going to stay with one of their sisters but we are bringing the babies with us. So that means they will be visiting Disney LAND **tear** for the first time! We are going to the beach on Sunday and Disney on Monday. It is going to be an interesting trip. We are driving there so I am a bit worried how the drive will go with the babes but hopefully they will just konk out for most of the trip. Most of the driving is during their normal morning nap time so I am just praying for some kind of miracle lol.
So after this weekend we should have lots n lots of Disney pics!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Baby doc
Well today we had our 6 month ck up, even though they are 8 months lol. I had to put the appt on hold for a bit because our insurance changed and we owed the doc some money (because our previous insurance wouldn't pay for all of their shots). So now we are all paid off and our insurance is switched, so today we had a visit.
Well first, Olivia weighs exactly 18lbs and Sarah weighs 18lb 4 oz. BIG OLE BABIES! They are 28 and 26 inches long, respectively. SArah is heavier, but Olivia is longer lol. They are perfectly healthy too :-) Growing just as they should be.
They did both have to get 4 shots though, which was just pitiful. But they recovered rather well, as soon as I picked them up they were fine for the most part. One of the shots was a flu shot, and they have to go back in a month to get a second shot.
That's about it for the visit.
Well first, Olivia weighs exactly 18lbs and Sarah weighs 18lb 4 oz. BIG OLE BABIES! They are 28 and 26 inches long, respectively. SArah is heavier, but Olivia is longer lol. They are perfectly healthy too :-) Growing just as they should be.
They did both have to get 4 shots though, which was just pitiful. But they recovered rather well, as soon as I picked them up they were fine for the most part. One of the shots was a flu shot, and they have to go back in a month to get a second shot.
That's about it for the visit.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Update, very much needed!
So much has happened lately. The babies are just getting cuter and more adorable by the second!
Tonight has been a particularly rough one. Sarah is teething in full force! She has woken up twice tonight, and both times her scream was so piercing that it woke up Olivia, who is also teething btw. The first time Sarah woke up she was just completely inconsolable with the most heart wrenching cry ever. Thankfully I heard about these teething tablets that are magical. They are a homeopathic remedy. They are really small tablets that dissolve under their tongues and in like 30 seconds flat the babies feel fine again. Tonight they were a God send that is for sure.
So Sarah has two teeth right now that are actually visible. I haven't been able to capture a picture of them just yet but as soon as I can I will absolutely post it! I think she might be working on some top teeth right now. She's been a real pill today.
Olivia is working on some teeth too, although she hasn't cut any yet. I feel so badly for her poor lil mouth.
What else here. Well the girls have started eating 'real' food. They love saltine crackers, graham crackers, working on cheerios, mashed up banana, peas and carrots, butternut squash, green beans, macaroni and cheese, cheese sticks, mashed potatoes, yogurt, etc. They will eat anything really, with the exception of cottage cheese. They DO NOT like it what so ever. I tried mixing it with fruit but they still weren't having it. They like pretty much anything else though. It's such a fun time.
In other news, the girls are so much more aware of each other. They actually kind of play together now. It's seriously adorable. In the mornings I bring one out to the living room, and then the other (because I can't really hold both of them at the same time anymore) and when they see each other they both laugh and smile at each other. Olivia crawls right over to Sarah, and will sit near her. They don't particularly like being apart either. I feel like they miss each other sometimes.
Speaking of Olivia crawling, she is now also pulling herself up on EVERYTHING. Every morning when I go in to her room she is standing in her crib waiting for me. I love it. She also kind of puts her arms up wanting me to pick her up.
She loves to crawl all over me too. If I am near her on the floor she comes right over and crawls up me. It's so fun, although it makes it rather difficult to accomplish anything. I went ahead a bought a few pairs of shoes for the girls because A. they are adorable, and B. Olivia stands on her toes mainly so I thought it would help her if she had shoes on to stand flat footed. All of the summer stuff is on sale here so I've gotten some really good deals on clothes and shoes. I'm going to have to post some pics of them in shoes and some of the lil outfits I've gotten them lately. It's freaking adorable, let me just say.
That is all I can think of right now. I better get to bed, tomorrow is going to be difficult! Looks for more pics!
Aimee
Tonight has been a particularly rough one. Sarah is teething in full force! She has woken up twice tonight, and both times her scream was so piercing that it woke up Olivia, who is also teething btw. The first time Sarah woke up she was just completely inconsolable with the most heart wrenching cry ever. Thankfully I heard about these teething tablets that are magical. They are a homeopathic remedy. They are really small tablets that dissolve under their tongues and in like 30 seconds flat the babies feel fine again. Tonight they were a God send that is for sure.
So Sarah has two teeth right now that are actually visible. I haven't been able to capture a picture of them just yet but as soon as I can I will absolutely post it! I think she might be working on some top teeth right now. She's been a real pill today.
Olivia is working on some teeth too, although she hasn't cut any yet. I feel so badly for her poor lil mouth.
What else here. Well the girls have started eating 'real' food. They love saltine crackers, graham crackers, working on cheerios, mashed up banana, peas and carrots, butternut squash, green beans, macaroni and cheese, cheese sticks, mashed potatoes, yogurt, etc. They will eat anything really, with the exception of cottage cheese. They DO NOT like it what so ever. I tried mixing it with fruit but they still weren't having it. They like pretty much anything else though. It's such a fun time.
In other news, the girls are so much more aware of each other. They actually kind of play together now. It's seriously adorable. In the mornings I bring one out to the living room, and then the other (because I can't really hold both of them at the same time anymore) and when they see each other they both laugh and smile at each other. Olivia crawls right over to Sarah, and will sit near her. They don't particularly like being apart either. I feel like they miss each other sometimes.
Speaking of Olivia crawling, she is now also pulling herself up on EVERYTHING. Every morning when I go in to her room she is standing in her crib waiting for me. I love it. She also kind of puts her arms up wanting me to pick her up.
She loves to crawl all over me too. If I am near her on the floor she comes right over and crawls up me. It's so fun, although it makes it rather difficult to accomplish anything. I went ahead a bought a few pairs of shoes for the girls because A. they are adorable, and B. Olivia stands on her toes mainly so I thought it would help her if she had shoes on to stand flat footed. All of the summer stuff is on sale here so I've gotten some really good deals on clothes and shoes. I'm going to have to post some pics of them in shoes and some of the lil outfits I've gotten them lately. It's freaking adorable, let me just say.
That is all I can think of right now. I better get to bed, tomorrow is going to be difficult! Looks for more pics!
Aimee
Friday, September 18, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
I suck!
OK, so it's been a while since I've posted.
#1 Olivia can crawl crawl crawl as you can see from the previous video that Chris posted.
#2 Sarah has a tooth! It's quite sharp and made her a lil irritable for about a week but it's there now! She's got another one trying to make it's way through. Tylenol works wonders for her. I am going to get these things called teething tablets or something like that which are apparently magical when it comes to relieving teething pains. We shall see!
#3 Olivia is def workin on a tooth herself. Poor thing!
#4 Sarah is PISSED that she can't crawl around like Olivia. She gets very annoyed and starts kicking her legs like a crazy baby trying to move her body. She's makin progress though. It won't be too long now.
#5 I am more in love with them today than I have ever been. They are just the sweetest little baby girls on the planet!
#6 (5 was going to be my last one but I just thought of this) Olivia...is a little bit of a toy thief. Anything, and I mean ANYTHING Sarah has Olivia wants. Her bottle, a toy, a diaper, a paci, food, it doesn't matter. Olivia will try to get it. Unfortunately for Sarah, Olivia can just over and take it and there isn't much Sarah can do. However Sarah has started screaming at Olivia and if she can she'll try to kick her. haha. This is happens especially when Olivia will try to take Sarah's bottle. It's funny. I am trying to teach Olivia about boundaries lol or at least the word 'no' I do try to say ' no thank you' instead of a flat out no just so that its not so negative and meanish.
Ok, this is the end of my blog. It's time for bed. We are off to the zoo tomorrow with a group of Moms! Woo hoo!
#1 Olivia can crawl crawl crawl as you can see from the previous video that Chris posted.
#2 Sarah has a tooth! It's quite sharp and made her a lil irritable for about a week but it's there now! She's got another one trying to make it's way through. Tylenol works wonders for her. I am going to get these things called teething tablets or something like that which are apparently magical when it comes to relieving teething pains. We shall see!
#3 Olivia is def workin on a tooth herself. Poor thing!
#4 Sarah is PISSED that she can't crawl around like Olivia. She gets very annoyed and starts kicking her legs like a crazy baby trying to move her body. She's makin progress though. It won't be too long now.
#5 I am more in love with them today than I have ever been. They are just the sweetest little baby girls on the planet!
#6 (5 was going to be my last one but I just thought of this) Olivia...is a little bit of a toy thief. Anything, and I mean ANYTHING Sarah has Olivia wants. Her bottle, a toy, a diaper, a paci, food, it doesn't matter. Olivia will try to get it. Unfortunately for Sarah, Olivia can just over and take it and there isn't much Sarah can do. However Sarah has started screaming at Olivia and if she can she'll try to kick her. haha. This is happens especially when Olivia will try to take Sarah's bottle. It's funny. I am trying to teach Olivia about boundaries lol or at least the word 'no' I do try to say ' no thank you' instead of a flat out no just so that its not so negative and meanish.
Ok, this is the end of my blog. It's time for bed. We are off to the zoo tomorrow with a group of Moms! Woo hoo!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Happenings of Late
Well I feel like SO much has happened with the babies in the last week.
I will try to go in order I suppose.
First of all, Sarah can roll over now! I think I might've blogged about this already??
Secondly, they can BOTH hold their own bottles now, and they seem to really enjoy that.
They aren't very good at it just yet, Sarah pulls and pushes it a lot of times so she ends up dropping it quite often. Olivia is pretty good though, she doesn't move around as much while she eats.
Also, while Olivia still can not 'crawl' she is most definitely a mobile baby now. She has figured out that she can roll to where ever she would like to go. So she's my little rolly poly these days. I'm a bit confused as to why she hasn't picked up the 'scoot' yet because when she is in her crib she totally scoots around. She gets her knees way up underneath her and will turn like half way and use one leg to scoot around. Take her out of the crib though and she's clueless about it. Oh well she'll pick it up in her own time I suppose. I guess I should be happy she's not crawling/scooting yet, the longer the better, I won't go gray as quickly lol.
Lastly poor Olivia had her first trip to the ER this week. She has UTI and is now doing much much better. Still not 100% but she is feeling better than the past few days.
She started out on Sunday with a fever, which I chalked up to teething. Monday she still had a low grade fever, Tuesday came around and it had actually gone down. I had been giving her Tylenol and it was helping. On Wednesday though she got up to 101.7 so I called the doc and they got me in that same day. Took urine and blood, kept her on Tylenol until the results came back. Thursday afternoon we get the results and she has a UTI, doc called in some antibiotics to Walgreens. A few hours later we hadn't yet gotten the medicine but I took her temp and it was 102.7. I called the doc who said we should definitely go to the ER. By the time we got there her temp had spiked to 104! They gave her a big dose of Tylenol to help with the fever right away, then took more urine to verify UTI. They wanted to give her an IV of antibiotics and fluids which would also flush her kidneys. After three tries, and lots and lots of tears, they couldn't get a line. So they gave her a shot of strong antibiotics and sent us home. Friday we went back to the doc for a follow up. He prescribed a different antibiotic because of the strain of bacteria she has. She'll be on this stronger antibiotic for 10 days, then a different one for up to 30 days. In the mean time she has to get an u/s to make sure her kidneys are in the right place etc. She'll also have to have this test where they use a catheter and shoot dye into her bladder and make sure all of the dye comes out the way it should and also that none of it goes up into her kidneys, if it did that would mean she's got reflux. Basically all the testing is just because she's so young still, if she has something wrong with her kidneys and they don't catch it her kidneys could be scarred and severely damaged.
So, that has been our week with the babies! Quite eventful. I'll be OK if we never go back to the ER again:-) A girl can wish can't she? lol.
I will try to go in order I suppose.
First of all, Sarah can roll over now! I think I might've blogged about this already??
Secondly, they can BOTH hold their own bottles now, and they seem to really enjoy that.
They aren't very good at it just yet, Sarah pulls and pushes it a lot of times so she ends up dropping it quite often. Olivia is pretty good though, she doesn't move around as much while she eats.
Also, while Olivia still can not 'crawl' she is most definitely a mobile baby now. She has figured out that she can roll to where ever she would like to go. So she's my little rolly poly these days. I'm a bit confused as to why she hasn't picked up the 'scoot' yet because when she is in her crib she totally scoots around. She gets her knees way up underneath her and will turn like half way and use one leg to scoot around. Take her out of the crib though and she's clueless about it. Oh well she'll pick it up in her own time I suppose. I guess I should be happy she's not crawling/scooting yet, the longer the better, I won't go gray as quickly lol.
Lastly poor Olivia had her first trip to the ER this week. She has UTI and is now doing much much better. Still not 100% but she is feeling better than the past few days.
She started out on Sunday with a fever, which I chalked up to teething. Monday she still had a low grade fever, Tuesday came around and it had actually gone down. I had been giving her Tylenol and it was helping. On Wednesday though she got up to 101.7 so I called the doc and they got me in that same day. Took urine and blood, kept her on Tylenol until the results came back. Thursday afternoon we get the results and she has a UTI, doc called in some antibiotics to Walgreens. A few hours later we hadn't yet gotten the medicine but I took her temp and it was 102.7. I called the doc who said we should definitely go to the ER. By the time we got there her temp had spiked to 104! They gave her a big dose of Tylenol to help with the fever right away, then took more urine to verify UTI. They wanted to give her an IV of antibiotics and fluids which would also flush her kidneys. After three tries, and lots and lots of tears, they couldn't get a line. So they gave her a shot of strong antibiotics and sent us home. Friday we went back to the doc for a follow up. He prescribed a different antibiotic because of the strain of bacteria she has. She'll be on this stronger antibiotic for 10 days, then a different one for up to 30 days. In the mean time she has to get an u/s to make sure her kidneys are in the right place etc. She'll also have to have this test where they use a catheter and shoot dye into her bladder and make sure all of the dye comes out the way it should and also that none of it goes up into her kidneys, if it did that would mean she's got reflux. Basically all the testing is just because she's so young still, if she has something wrong with her kidneys and they don't catch it her kidneys could be scarred and severely damaged.
So, that has been our week with the babies! Quite eventful. I'll be OK if we never go back to the ER again:-) A girl can wish can't she? lol.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
YAY~
Sarah just rolled over from her back to her belly!!
The funny thing is that she hates being on her belly. So she'll roll over and then get angry--haha!!!
Well she's tired now, I wonder why!!
Peace out!
The funny thing is that she hates being on her belly. So she'll roll over and then get angry--haha!!!
Well she's tired now, I wonder why!!
Peace out!
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
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All of that was Olivia...haha! I just realized it's been a ridiculous amount of time since I last updated this thing!
Things with the babies are going great! They are seriously developing into 'real people' as I like to say.
For one thing Olivia is rolling all over the place. She can't quite crawl just yet but, she is well on her way. She kind of scoots around in circles, so she's mobile for sure but in an odd way lol. She loves to play with our cell phones, as does Sarah, and as you can see she's a fan of the computer.
She recently started sleeping on her belly, which at first I was kind of paranoid about because they say babies should sleep on their backs to help avoid SIDS. There is nothing I can do about though really, she can roll over on her own now and she always wants to sleep on her belly. She sleeps much more soundly now, it's like she's finally REALLY comfortable on her belly. She's also discovered that her toes can reach her mouth. So she's always sucking/gnawing on her toe toes. I need to capture a picture of that because it's way cute. Olivia always loves to grab at things now too. And just about anything she can grab goes straight into her mouth. I actually think she's starting to teeth a little bit too.
Sarah is doing great also. She's still not rolling over yet, but she can get to her side and is trying hard to roll! I guess she decided to skip the whole belly to back roll because she's working on back to belly lol. And actually, if you put her on her belly she can scoot herself around using her feet. She's not figured out the arms part. And she doesn't really like to scoot on her belly. It's like she does it out of anger trying to get off of her belly, she doesn't like to be on her belly at all! She too as found her toes and she also figured out they can reach her mouth lol. She's not quite as into to putting them into her mouth yet but I am sure she'll get there soon.
She's definatly my night owl and she kind of sleeps in most of the time, at least compared to Olivia. For example today Olivia woke up at 630am, and it's 730am now and Sarah is still asleep! lol. Her naps tend to be longer and more often too. Sarah has also figured out how to hold her own bottle! She has to want to hold it though, sometimes she'll just let go and get all upset lol. She can do it though! Olivia is not even near holding it yet though haha. Also, Sarah loves the pool! Olivia, not so much. She'll tolerate it. Sarah smiles and laughs. It's not surprising she's a fan and Olivia isn't. That's pretty much how they've both been when it comes to water in general, Sarah is fan and Olivia is not.
Well it's time to get up an atem. Today is Rosa's birthday!
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All of that was Olivia...haha! I just realized it's been a ridiculous amount of time since I last updated this thing!
Things with the babies are going great! They are seriously developing into 'real people' as I like to say.
For one thing Olivia is rolling all over the place. She can't quite crawl just yet but, she is well on her way. She kind of scoots around in circles, so she's mobile for sure but in an odd way lol. She loves to play with our cell phones, as does Sarah, and as you can see she's a fan of the computer.
She recently started sleeping on her belly, which at first I was kind of paranoid about because they say babies should sleep on their backs to help avoid SIDS. There is nothing I can do about though really, she can roll over on her own now and she always wants to sleep on her belly. She sleeps much more soundly now, it's like she's finally REALLY comfortable on her belly. She's also discovered that her toes can reach her mouth. So she's always sucking/gnawing on her toe toes. I need to capture a picture of that because it's way cute. Olivia always loves to grab at things now too. And just about anything she can grab goes straight into her mouth. I actually think she's starting to teeth a little bit too.
Sarah is doing great also. She's still not rolling over yet, but she can get to her side and is trying hard to roll! I guess she decided to skip the whole belly to back roll because she's working on back to belly lol. And actually, if you put her on her belly she can scoot herself around using her feet. She's not figured out the arms part. And she doesn't really like to scoot on her belly. It's like she does it out of anger trying to get off of her belly, she doesn't like to be on her belly at all! She too as found her toes and she also figured out they can reach her mouth lol. She's not quite as into to putting them into her mouth yet but I am sure she'll get there soon.
She's definatly my night owl and she kind of sleeps in most of the time, at least compared to Olivia. For example today Olivia woke up at 630am, and it's 730am now and Sarah is still asleep! lol. Her naps tend to be longer and more often too. Sarah has also figured out how to hold her own bottle! She has to want to hold it though, sometimes she'll just let go and get all upset lol. She can do it though! Olivia is not even near holding it yet though haha. Also, Sarah loves the pool! Olivia, not so much. She'll tolerate it. Sarah smiles and laughs. It's not surprising she's a fan and Olivia isn't. That's pretty much how they've both been when it comes to water in general, Sarah is fan and Olivia is not.
Well it's time to get up an atem. Today is Rosa's birthday!
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
It's been a while.
Well, it's been too long since I've updated. Seems like life has been a whirlwind lately, and I feel like I've been on survival mode.
So we made our trip to Florida. It was good to see my parents and have my Dad and Chris' Dad FINALLY meet the babies. I don't really have much to say about the trip. It was kind of a difficult one. My mom's appendix ruptured and she had to have emergency surgery while we were there so the second half of my trip was kind of scary. The flight there wasn't too bad but the flight back was hard. We had a lay over in Austin TX, and it was kind of chaotic but the babies did pretty well. I think it was harder on me than them haha. They are still adjusting to AZ time and our schedule here. My house is still a wreck and I can't seem to find the motivation to clean it up.
While we were in Florida Olivia rolled over from her back to her belly for the first time! It was very exciting :-) She was grunting and trying so hard. She also started the beginnings of crawling. She's been trying to get her legs underneath her while she's on her belly. She manages to kind of scoot forward a little bit, but it takes A LOT of effort on her part. It's really cute.
Father's Day was really great. Chris' parents were in town for the morning, but flew off to Vegas after church. It was nice to have his Dad here even for just the morning of Father's day. Church was nice, then Chris got to come home after and just lay down and chill. Then I made him a spaghetti dinner and a cake. The older girls made him a cute little craft and EVERYONE got him a card too :-) It was a good father's day for him.
I'm not sure when we'll make another trip. I was hoping for a possible Thanksgiving visit but due to finances (which are not good since I've stopped working), and how hard the trip was on all of us I'm not too sure about it.
It's interesting that since I've had my babies, more and more I feel connected to AZ. I have great doctors, I know lots of other people who are in the same place in life that I am in (since I've had kids), and I feel more happy here every day. I still don't see myself living here for the rest of my life, I'll always be an East Coast Girl haha, but I'm starting to feel like it's not that horrible. I'm glad to start building some roots here.
So we made our trip to Florida. It was good to see my parents and have my Dad and Chris' Dad FINALLY meet the babies. I don't really have much to say about the trip. It was kind of a difficult one. My mom's appendix ruptured and she had to have emergency surgery while we were there so the second half of my trip was kind of scary. The flight there wasn't too bad but the flight back was hard. We had a lay over in Austin TX, and it was kind of chaotic but the babies did pretty well. I think it was harder on me than them haha. They are still adjusting to AZ time and our schedule here. My house is still a wreck and I can't seem to find the motivation to clean it up.
While we were in Florida Olivia rolled over from her back to her belly for the first time! It was very exciting :-) She was grunting and trying so hard. She also started the beginnings of crawling. She's been trying to get her legs underneath her while she's on her belly. She manages to kind of scoot forward a little bit, but it takes A LOT of effort on her part. It's really cute.
Father's Day was really great. Chris' parents were in town for the morning, but flew off to Vegas after church. It was nice to have his Dad here even for just the morning of Father's day. Church was nice, then Chris got to come home after and just lay down and chill. Then I made him a spaghetti dinner and a cake. The older girls made him a cute little craft and EVERYONE got him a card too :-) It was a good father's day for him.
I'm not sure when we'll make another trip. I was hoping for a possible Thanksgiving visit but due to finances (which are not good since I've stopped working), and how hard the trip was on all of us I'm not too sure about it.
It's interesting that since I've had my babies, more and more I feel connected to AZ. I have great doctors, I know lots of other people who are in the same place in life that I am in (since I've had kids), and I feel more happy here every day. I still don't see myself living here for the rest of my life, I'll always be an East Coast Girl haha, but I'm starting to feel like it's not that horrible. I'm glad to start building some roots here.
Monday, June 8, 2009
New Video
Put together a little video of the girls laughing and 'talking'. We think it's adorable, hope you enjoy!
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Milestone: toes toes
Well we sure had a busy busy weekend!
Saturday we went to a friends house, Jen and Andy. Coincidently, they had their baby girl Emily 2 days before we had our baby girls. They also have a little boy CJ, who is 3 1/2. They live a good 30 minutes north of here, so we loaded up (I brought a bunch of baby stuff because we are usually there for a good 4-5 hours so I needed to be prepared!) and headed out. I think Ave had the best time out of all of us, she just turned 4 so her and CJ had a blast together. She asked me today if we could go to CJ's house again soon. The babies did really well, they got to play on the playmat with little Emily and shared her swing. They have a crazy awesome swing that goes side to side with a mobile and sounds. Both my girls loved it and fell right to sleep in it! We ended up staying for about 5 hours, 4pm - 9pm. It was a long night for all of us!
Then Sunday Chris took the big girls to church and the babies and I stayed home because I was hosting a baby shower at CITD later that day and I thought church AND the baby shower would be a bit much considering the day we had before. My friend Emily (and Mike) is who the shower was for, she is exactly 20 weeks behind me due at the end of June with her first baby (a girl Madelyn). The shower was great, they got some awesome gifts and my decorations were really cute (if I do say so myself). It was the first baby shower I had ever given and it was a lot of fun.
Now, the subject line. As the host I was kind of running around and helping move the gifts out of the way after they had opened them up, making sure we had enough food, etc etc. The babies were being passed around, as usual, and Olivia had fallen asleep so I laid her down in the stroller. Well she had woken up but was quite content playing. I was keeping my eye on her but I was across the room looking over everyone, and what did I see??
She FOUND HER TOES!! Yes. I looked over and she had grabbed her toes and was just staring at them! It was so cute. So I immediately ran over and she had let go by then, and actually hasn't played with them since but still. It was her first time grabbing them on her own! So cute so cute!! She's so adorable.
Then yesterday our whole family went to the park. We actually just found this park recently, it's very close to our house. We had a little picnic while the babies slept. Then Ave and Rosa played a little bit. We took some pictures after the babies woke up and then we headed home. There was a picnic table under the shade and it felt quite nice. There was a bit of a breeze which helped also. That is one thing about summer here in AZ, if you can find some shade even if it's like 107 degrees out, it doesn't feel too bad. We ended the day with some volleyball at CITD.
Tomorrow is Rosa's last day of school, she has a kindergarten graduation in the morning :-) Next week is Vacation Bible School at CITD and the week after that I'll be in FLORIDA!! Well, Ave wants me to put a movie in so I'm out!
Saturday we went to a friends house, Jen and Andy. Coincidently, they had their baby girl Emily 2 days before we had our baby girls. They also have a little boy CJ, who is 3 1/2. They live a good 30 minutes north of here, so we loaded up (I brought a bunch of baby stuff because we are usually there for a good 4-5 hours so I needed to be prepared!) and headed out. I think Ave had the best time out of all of us, she just turned 4 so her and CJ had a blast together. She asked me today if we could go to CJ's house again soon. The babies did really well, they got to play on the playmat with little Emily and shared her swing. They have a crazy awesome swing that goes side to side with a mobile and sounds. Both my girls loved it and fell right to sleep in it! We ended up staying for about 5 hours, 4pm - 9pm. It was a long night for all of us!
Then Sunday Chris took the big girls to church and the babies and I stayed home because I was hosting a baby shower at CITD later that day and I thought church AND the baby shower would be a bit much considering the day we had before. My friend Emily (and Mike) is who the shower was for, she is exactly 20 weeks behind me due at the end of June with her first baby (a girl Madelyn). The shower was great, they got some awesome gifts and my decorations were really cute (if I do say so myself). It was the first baby shower I had ever given and it was a lot of fun.
Now, the subject line. As the host I was kind of running around and helping move the gifts out of the way after they had opened them up, making sure we had enough food, etc etc. The babies were being passed around, as usual, and Olivia had fallen asleep so I laid her down in the stroller. Well she had woken up but was quite content playing. I was keeping my eye on her but I was across the room looking over everyone, and what did I see??
She FOUND HER TOES!! Yes. I looked over and she had grabbed her toes and was just staring at them! It was so cute. So I immediately ran over and she had let go by then, and actually hasn't played with them since but still. It was her first time grabbing them on her own! So cute so cute!! She's so adorable.
Then yesterday our whole family went to the park. We actually just found this park recently, it's very close to our house. We had a little picnic while the babies slept. Then Ave and Rosa played a little bit. We took some pictures after the babies woke up and then we headed home. There was a picnic table under the shade and it felt quite nice. There was a bit of a breeze which helped also. That is one thing about summer here in AZ, if you can find some shade even if it's like 107 degrees out, it doesn't feel too bad. We ended the day with some volleyball at CITD.
Tomorrow is Rosa's last day of school, she has a kindergarten graduation in the morning :-) Next week is Vacation Bible School at CITD and the week after that I'll be in FLORIDA!! Well, Ave wants me to put a movie in so I'm out!
Monday, May 18, 2009
My big girls!
We had a doctor's visit today! The girls are so darn big big big!!
Olivia weighs in at 12 lbs 14 oz.
Sarah weighs in at 12 lbs 9 oz. She has just about TRIPLED her birth weight!!!!
It was a fairly uneventful visit. They both had to get 4 shots though which was pitiful!!
The doc said Olivia's head is too flat in the back and if it's still that flat around 6-9 months then he would refer us to a specialist. Basically she'd have to get a helmet that like shapes her head. It's purely cosmetic and not all insurances cover it AND it would just be pitiful! So we shall see.
We also asked about the fact that they are spitting up ALOT! He said to add some rice cereal to the formula and that it should help. He also said their growth looks fine and they are too old for the really bad problems that could be causing the spit up. So basically it's not a big deal other than the mess. So that was comforting!
Well Ave and Rosa want to go swimming, so I will update more later!
Olivia weighs in at 12 lbs 14 oz.
Sarah weighs in at 12 lbs 9 oz. She has just about TRIPLED her birth weight!!!!
It was a fairly uneventful visit. They both had to get 4 shots though which was pitiful!!
The doc said Olivia's head is too flat in the back and if it's still that flat around 6-9 months then he would refer us to a specialist. Basically she'd have to get a helmet that like shapes her head. It's purely cosmetic and not all insurances cover it AND it would just be pitiful! So we shall see.
We also asked about the fact that they are spitting up ALOT! He said to add some rice cereal to the formula and that it should help. He also said their growth looks fine and they are too old for the really bad problems that could be causing the spit up. So basically it's not a big deal other than the mess. So that was comforting!
Well Ave and Rosa want to go swimming, so I will update more later!
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Belly Laughs
So today Sarah laughed her first big ole belly laugh! She was laying in the pack n play kind of giggling while Chris and I were standing over her talking to her. Then she just started laughing for real! Chris said, "I've never seen her laugh like that" and I said, "That's because it's her first time!" Then we just kept trying to make her laugh more. The girls are funny because they have to be a really good mood to laugh and giggle. Otherwise they just seem to have no expression lol.
Well that is all.
Well that is all.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Well...
guess who is about as clingy as they come...Sarah! That girl is getting to the point that she NEVER wants me to put her down. I'm not even talking about just wanting to be held, I am talking about wanting ME to hold her. She will tolerate Daddy for a bit, but eventually she'll start crying for me. Last night I couldn't get her to go to bed! She just wanted me to hold her all night. Today in the store I had to hold her. She stayed in the car seat to eat, but after she was done she wanted me to hold her. It's so cute:-)
Olivia is getting to be a little clingy. She isn't like Sarah though, Olivia still likes laying down and playing on her back or tummy. She just seems to get into moods where she just wants to be held, and even that sometimes doesn't make her all the way happy. She has the saddest little cry sometimes. Her problem is that she'll get all worked up and no matter what you do she won't calm down. It takes a good 5 minutes for her to be happy again when that happens. It's quite sad :-(
She's getting REALLY strong though. Oh my, that girl arches her back so much that she can almost roll over front to back, I think if she realized it was possible she could do it. This morning she pulled herself up onto her feet just using my fingers. I was like OMG! Good job!
They both are OK with other people holding them, although they always need to be able to see me still or they get upset. Of course they are fine with Chris if I'm not around but otherwise they are not happy campers. They don't even like to be in a room without me or Chris, especially Sarah. We'll put them in the swing and go in the kitchen or the restroom and she'll just cry and cry. Of course it's sad when they cry, but oh it just makes me feel soo good that they love me so much :-) The joys of being a parent :-) :-) :-)
Olivia is getting to be a little clingy. She isn't like Sarah though, Olivia still likes laying down and playing on her back or tummy. She just seems to get into moods where she just wants to be held, and even that sometimes doesn't make her all the way happy. She has the saddest little cry sometimes. Her problem is that she'll get all worked up and no matter what you do she won't calm down. It takes a good 5 minutes for her to be happy again when that happens. It's quite sad :-(
She's getting REALLY strong though. Oh my, that girl arches her back so much that she can almost roll over front to back, I think if she realized it was possible she could do it. This morning she pulled herself up onto her feet just using my fingers. I was like OMG! Good job!
They both are OK with other people holding them, although they always need to be able to see me still or they get upset. Of course they are fine with Chris if I'm not around but otherwise they are not happy campers. They don't even like to be in a room without me or Chris, especially Sarah. We'll put them in the swing and go in the kitchen or the restroom and she'll just cry and cry. Of course it's sad when they cry, but oh it just makes me feel soo good that they love me so much :-) The joys of being a parent :-) :-) :-)
Saturday, April 25, 2009
God is great!
You know that song "All you need is Love"? I've been singing it all day today. I've been dancing around with one of my babies in my arms singing to them, and subbing in their names for the word love.
"All you need is Sarah do do do do, All you need is Sarah do do do do, All I need is you you, all I need is you"
And that is the God's honest truth, all I need is my baby girls and my life is complete.
I think the way God made love work is absolutely brilliant. For one thing, we will never be able to fully understand or even comprehend what love is, or how big it can be. It changes every day, and in the context of loving my children, it grows every day. Every single day I wake up more in love than I was the day before. I'm glad I don't fully understand it. I'm glad I can't fully wrap my mind around what love is and how it works. The mystery and joy continues to grow because I don't understand. I think if I did fully comprehend the power and glory of love, I would end up thinking I had it figured out and put it away in a little box somewhere in my mind and quite honestly, forget all about it.
I am blown away by how much I love these girls. They are my world, my reason for living, my complete and utter joy. I can't stand to leave them, even with Chris. I'm so happy they are awake more now because when they used to sleep all the time I would just miss them so much. I'd sit and stare at them and wish they would wake up so I could hold one of them. I can't wait for the day they call me Mommy. I can't wait to hear their beautiful little voice tell me they love me. I want to hear them running around giggling and screaming. I want to see their little hand prints on the walls and hang up their drawings. I love the fact that I know every little thing there is to know about them. I love when they hold on to me. I love that they recognize my face and my voice. I love their smell. Sometimes Chris will watch them for me so I can take a nap. When I lay down I sometimes smell their little blankets, I love the smell. I love dressing them up and showing them off. I love just sitting in their room. I love to kiss them, and come up with cute little nick names for them.
I'm just completely and utterly in love, and I hope to God I always feel this way about them. Even when they are teenagers telling me they hate me and can't wait to move out. I hope I can still feel as much adoration for them as I do at this moment.
I want to treat them with respect. I want to parent them full of grace and mercy and love. Above all else I want them to know that God loves them, and I love them, and nothing they do can ever change that. I want them to feel accepted by me, no matter what choices they make and regardless of my approval. I want to love them the way God has loved me; with grace, kindness, forgiveness, and true love.
This is my prayer.
God is great. His love is grand.
"All you need is Sarah do do do do, All you need is Sarah do do do do, All I need is you you, all I need is you"
And that is the God's honest truth, all I need is my baby girls and my life is complete.
I think the way God made love work is absolutely brilliant. For one thing, we will never be able to fully understand or even comprehend what love is, or how big it can be. It changes every day, and in the context of loving my children, it grows every day. Every single day I wake up more in love than I was the day before. I'm glad I don't fully understand it. I'm glad I can't fully wrap my mind around what love is and how it works. The mystery and joy continues to grow because I don't understand. I think if I did fully comprehend the power and glory of love, I would end up thinking I had it figured out and put it away in a little box somewhere in my mind and quite honestly, forget all about it.
I am blown away by how much I love these girls. They are my world, my reason for living, my complete and utter joy. I can't stand to leave them, even with Chris. I'm so happy they are awake more now because when they used to sleep all the time I would just miss them so much. I'd sit and stare at them and wish they would wake up so I could hold one of them. I can't wait for the day they call me Mommy. I can't wait to hear their beautiful little voice tell me they love me. I want to hear them running around giggling and screaming. I want to see their little hand prints on the walls and hang up their drawings. I love the fact that I know every little thing there is to know about them. I love when they hold on to me. I love that they recognize my face and my voice. I love their smell. Sometimes Chris will watch them for me so I can take a nap. When I lay down I sometimes smell their little blankets, I love the smell. I love dressing them up and showing them off. I love just sitting in their room. I love to kiss them, and come up with cute little nick names for them.
I'm just completely and utterly in love, and I hope to God I always feel this way about them. Even when they are teenagers telling me they hate me and can't wait to move out. I hope I can still feel as much adoration for them as I do at this moment.
I want to treat them with respect. I want to parent them full of grace and mercy and love. Above all else I want them to know that God loves them, and I love them, and nothing they do can ever change that. I want them to feel accepted by me, no matter what choices they make and regardless of my approval. I want to love them the way God has loved me; with grace, kindness, forgiveness, and true love.
This is my prayer.
God is great. His love is grand.
Friday, April 24, 2009
NIcknames and love.
I don't know why, but Chris and I have come up with nick names for every kid that's lived with us, and even one that hasn't haha.
When we watched Tyler all the time he became Tylee, Tydie, Tydie bowl, Tyty, Tyman, little man and I think that is all. Every time I see him now, 3 years later, I still want to call him Tydie or Tydie bowl. The names don't make any sense, but for some reason those are the ones we came up with.
Kayla and Carly had nick names too. More so with Carly. I always called her Carls Jr. (it's a fast food chain out here). They were teenagers and rather picky about their names so we didn't have tons for them. I can't remember what we called Kayla, she came up with her own nick name though--Circle K. lol.
Then Mercedes and Mariah. Together we called them MnM. Mercedes was Mercy, Sadie, Mercenator and that's all I can remember. Mariah was Ryry, Mar-dog, Marmar, baby girl, little lady and the like.
And now with our own baby girls we have come up with lots of nick names. Some of them didn't stick once they got a little older but here they are. Olivia's included: Cartman, Chubacka, Chewchew, chewy, Livie, Livie Lou, Lou Lou, Olive, Liver (I hate hate hate this one and I tell Chris to never say it again every time he says it!), Liv, sister, big sister. Cartman came from the face she made when she would scream her first few days, Chewy and Chubacka came from the sound of her cry her first few days.
Sarah's nick names include: baby girl, sister, little sister, Sare-bear, Sare Sare, sweet thang, stink neck, spit up queen, beauty queen. I call them both 'my love' or 'Lovie' all the time.
So yeah, I think it's funny how we always come up with nick names. I guess it makes sense because on both sides of our family nicknames abound. Mine is Missy and Chris' is Bubba. haha.
In other news, omg I am so in love with my baby girls. Tonight for the first time since her first week or so, Olivia cuddled up on me. She slept on me for probably 2 hours at least, and only woke up because I tried to put her down. She's not really been the snuggle bug. She arches her back all the time and likes to look around at everything, plus she fights her sleep like no other. Tonight though she fell asleep right on my shoulder and she was kind of holding me. I moved her a bit and she stayed asleep. She was just so content to have me hold her. She's such a sweetie. Sarah in the last few weeks has taken to snuggling up a lot. If she's fussy at all in her little bassinet, I can lay her down next to me in the bed and she'll fall right to sleep. Also when I hold her she always snuggles up to me and puts her little head on my shoulder. She's such a lover.
Man, I just love these girls so much. I really hope I can be a good mother to them as they grow older. I hope I teach them to be good people. Kind, compassionate, selfless, positive, successful, God loving people.
I just realized what time it is! I need to go to sleep!
Aimeesham out!
Edit: I also call them both 'my love from above' I think that might even be the most common name. And Sarah is also called 'Squawky' cause her cry sounds more like a squawk than a baby crying lol.
Edit #2: Olivia is called snortie, she snorts all the time and I mean ALL the time! It's cute :-)
When we watched Tyler all the time he became Tylee, Tydie, Tydie bowl, Tyty, Tyman, little man and I think that is all. Every time I see him now, 3 years later, I still want to call him Tydie or Tydie bowl. The names don't make any sense, but for some reason those are the ones we came up with.
Kayla and Carly had nick names too. More so with Carly. I always called her Carls Jr. (it's a fast food chain out here). They were teenagers and rather picky about their names so we didn't have tons for them. I can't remember what we called Kayla, she came up with her own nick name though--Circle K. lol.
Then Mercedes and Mariah. Together we called them MnM. Mercedes was Mercy, Sadie, Mercenator and that's all I can remember. Mariah was Ryry, Mar-dog, Marmar, baby girl, little lady and the like.
And now with our own baby girls we have come up with lots of nick names. Some of them didn't stick once they got a little older but here they are. Olivia's included: Cartman, Chubacka, Chewchew, chewy, Livie, Livie Lou, Lou Lou, Olive, Liver (I hate hate hate this one and I tell Chris to never say it again every time he says it!), Liv, sister, big sister. Cartman came from the face she made when she would scream her first few days, Chewy and Chubacka came from the sound of her cry her first few days.
Sarah's nick names include: baby girl, sister, little sister, Sare-bear, Sare Sare, sweet thang, stink neck, spit up queen, beauty queen. I call them both 'my love' or 'Lovie' all the time.
So yeah, I think it's funny how we always come up with nick names. I guess it makes sense because on both sides of our family nicknames abound. Mine is Missy and Chris' is Bubba. haha.
In other news, omg I am so in love with my baby girls. Tonight for the first time since her first week or so, Olivia cuddled up on me. She slept on me for probably 2 hours at least, and only woke up because I tried to put her down. She's not really been the snuggle bug. She arches her back all the time and likes to look around at everything, plus she fights her sleep like no other. Tonight though she fell asleep right on my shoulder and she was kind of holding me. I moved her a bit and she stayed asleep. She was just so content to have me hold her. She's such a sweetie. Sarah in the last few weeks has taken to snuggling up a lot. If she's fussy at all in her little bassinet, I can lay her down next to me in the bed and she'll fall right to sleep. Also when I hold her she always snuggles up to me and puts her little head on my shoulder. She's such a lover.
Man, I just love these girls so much. I really hope I can be a good mother to them as they grow older. I hope I teach them to be good people. Kind, compassionate, selfless, positive, successful, God loving people.
I just realized what time it is! I need to go to sleep!
Aimeesham out!
Edit: I also call them both 'my love from above' I think that might even be the most common name. And Sarah is also called 'Squawky' cause her cry sounds more like a squawk than a baby crying lol.
Edit #2: Olivia is called snortie, she snorts all the time and I mean ALL the time! It's cute :-)
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Finally.
Sarah's goopy eyes went away. She's had blocked tear ducts for 2 weeks, which in tern resulted in crusty goopy eyes. It was rather pitiful, and she absolutely hated when I would clean it all off. However today...it was gone. As quickly as it came it went. No more goopy crusty eyes! I have say I am very happy about it too! Her eyes are pretty again!
Nothing else is going on with the babies. However poor Rosa had to have surgery today on her ear and she is absolutely pitiful. No 6 year old should ever have to have surgery. I'm actually very angry about it, but I can't talk about why--it's confidential. Has to do with details of her removal and all. It just pisses me off because it's not her fault that her ears are screwed up. Ugh.
That is all.
Nothing else is going on with the babies. However poor Rosa had to have surgery today on her ear and she is absolutely pitiful. No 6 year old should ever have to have surgery. I'm actually very angry about it, but I can't talk about why--it's confidential. Has to do with details of her removal and all. It just pisses me off because it's not her fault that her ears are screwed up. Ugh.
That is all.
Monday, April 20, 2009
What did I tell you??
Livie Lou found her little fingers too! These days you can find her laying in the pack n play happy as can be sucking on her little fists. It's way cute, I will have to capture it in a picture.
As far as Easter pictures go, well they turned out terrible. The babies were just crying and were way grumpy so we ended up rushing through the pics and none of them really turned out. So...we had a re-do and they ended up being much better! So we'll be posting those pictures soon enough.
Lastly, I am getting to be very excited about our visit to Florida. I'm just nervous about all the stuff I will have to bring and hauling all the luggage. Otherwise, the visit will be glorious!
As far as Easter pictures go, well they turned out terrible. The babies were just crying and were way grumpy so we ended up rushing through the pics and none of them really turned out. So...we had a re-do and they ended up being much better! So we'll be posting those pictures soon enough.
Lastly, I am getting to be very excited about our visit to Florida. I'm just nervous about all the stuff I will have to bring and hauling all the luggage. Otherwise, the visit will be glorious!
Friday, April 17, 2009
Guess who found her fingers?!
Little miss Sarah did! She's always got them in her little mouth and it is absolutely adorable :-) When she was first born she tried to get her thumb in her mouth a few times but then kind of lost interest. Now though she's all about those fingers. She's so cute.
Olivia I think is almost there. I've seen her put them in her mouth like 2 times and I think it was an accident to be honest.
Lastly, they are both barely fitting into the 0-3 month clothes, but the 3-6 month clothes are slightly too big. I would bet that within the next week or 2 they'll be fitting the 3-6 month size. I'm glad about it too because I've got some really cute clothes that size :-)
Olivia I think is almost there. I've seen her put them in her mouth like 2 times and I think it was an accident to be honest.
Lastly, they are both barely fitting into the 0-3 month clothes, but the 3-6 month clothes are slightly too big. I would bet that within the next week or 2 they'll be fitting the 3-6 month size. I'm glad about it too because I've got some really cute clothes that size :-)
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Happy Birthday!
Today is the girls 3 month birthday! HOLY FRIGGIN COW! I can't believe they are three months old already? Where does the time go?
I don't have much to say in this blog except that Olivia rolled over yesterday. I have to kind of prop her up on her arms, but she can do it every time now. It's real quick and she always kind of looks surprised lol. It's so awesome.
Sarah is very far from rolling over though. She absolutely hates laying on her tummy. HATES IT! She won't even tolerate it for a few moments, the second you lay her on her tummy she starts screaming. It's fine that she's not even close, every baby is different and I don't want to compare. I personally think she'll be the first to sit up, she loves sitting up. Olivia is happy sitting or laying. Like I said, every baby is different and I don't want to compare--it's hard not to but I am trying.
Mommysham out!
I don't have much to say in this blog except that Olivia rolled over yesterday. I have to kind of prop her up on her arms, but she can do it every time now. It's real quick and she always kind of looks surprised lol. It's so awesome.
Sarah is very far from rolling over though. She absolutely hates laying on her tummy. HATES IT! She won't even tolerate it for a few moments, the second you lay her on her tummy she starts screaming. It's fine that she's not even close, every baby is different and I don't want to compare. I personally think she'll be the first to sit up, she loves sitting up. Olivia is happy sitting or laying. Like I said, every baby is different and I don't want to compare--it's hard not to but I am trying.
Mommysham out!
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Post-Partum Party Pics
Wasn't that a mouthful to say! I finally got through the pics from the post-partum party we had with our pregnancy class. There are lots and lots of awful pictures, but some really cute ones! It is hard to get 'good' pictures of babies, but when you have twins it is almost impossible to get a picture where one of them isn't screaming or puking or making a weird face. Olivia is in pink and Sarah is in green. Let me know what you think!
Our midwife Ellen holding the girls
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Baby's first Easter!
What a great Easter! We took lots of pictures and will post them over the next few days.
We were really busy all day. We got up and of course we had to check out what the Easter bunny brought the older girls. We decided to get them gifts instead of candy. They ended up with each of them getting a chocolate bunny and some marshmellow bunnies but everything else was gifts. The "Easter bunny" AKA Aimee, did a great job at picking out some awesome gifts. Then we went to church for an egg hunt (2nd of the weekend), and also we ate some pancakes and sausage at church. Then we went to the service which was very very spirited. It was nice.
Then we came home and had nap time for about an hour. After that we headed off to Easter Dinner with Art and Dinah from our other church. It was a really nice dinner with lots of kids. Ave and Rosa had a great time running and playing. Their favorite person in the world Christina was there so she was in heaven. lol. Also lots of people got to hold the babies, although Sarah slept for most of the time haha.
All of the girls had some beautiful dresses. Ave and Rosa even had Easter hats heh. They were adorable! The babies ended up wearing two different dresses--Church dresses and then afternoon sun dresses. They even had little shoes with their church dresses. We took pictures of both of their feet with shoes on. I decided I am definitely going to save their Easter dresses and shoes.
We were really busy all day. We got up and of course we had to check out what the Easter bunny brought the older girls. We decided to get them gifts instead of candy. They ended up with each of them getting a chocolate bunny and some marshmellow bunnies but everything else was gifts. The "Easter bunny" AKA Aimee, did a great job at picking out some awesome gifts. Then we went to church for an egg hunt (2nd of the weekend), and also we ate some pancakes and sausage at church. Then we went to the service which was very very spirited. It was nice.
Then we came home and had nap time for about an hour. After that we headed off to Easter Dinner with Art and Dinah from our other church. It was a really nice dinner with lots of kids. Ave and Rosa had a great time running and playing. Their favorite person in the world Christina was there so she was in heaven. lol. Also lots of people got to hold the babies, although Sarah slept for most of the time haha.
All of the girls had some beautiful dresses. Ave and Rosa even had Easter hats heh. They were adorable! The babies ended up wearing two different dresses--Church dresses and then afternoon sun dresses. They even had little shoes with their church dresses. We took pictures of both of their feet with shoes on. I decided I am definitely going to save their Easter dresses and shoes.
Friday, April 10, 2009
First doctor visit...
that wasn't a normal check up. Poor Sarah had all of this eye goop in her right eye, it's been going on for about a week and today her eye was kind of like crusted closed. I felt so badly for her. It didn't seem to hurt her, but it was obviously not normal.
So I took her in to the doc and he said most likely she has a clogged tear duct. Which isn't a big deal really. He gave me a prescription for some eye ointment just in case it's an infection but he didn't think it was anything serious.
The shocking part of this visit is that she weighed 10 pounds! 2 pounds from now she'll have tripled her weight from birth! That is unreal.
No other news really. They are still sleeping for 6-8 hours at night. As soon as they get to a full 8 hours consistently I am going to have them start sleeping in their crib. Right now they are in our room. I think it's going to be a bit of a transition for them because they definitely associate our bedroom as the sleep room. They calm down as soon as we come in here. It's cool but I hope it isn't too hard to switch rooms. I am going to make it happen though because I don't want to end up with a couple of two year olds in my bed years from now. lol.
So I took her in to the doc and he said most likely she has a clogged tear duct. Which isn't a big deal really. He gave me a prescription for some eye ointment just in case it's an infection but he didn't think it was anything serious.
The shocking part of this visit is that she weighed 10 pounds! 2 pounds from now she'll have tripled her weight from birth! That is unreal.
No other news really. They are still sleeping for 6-8 hours at night. As soon as they get to a full 8 hours consistently I am going to have them start sleeping in their crib. Right now they are in our room. I think it's going to be a bit of a transition for them because they definitely associate our bedroom as the sleep room. They calm down as soon as we come in here. It's cool but I hope it isn't too hard to switch rooms. I am going to make it happen though because I don't want to end up with a couple of two year olds in my bed years from now. lol.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Milestone!
Last night both of my girls slept for 7.5 hours!! Isn't that awesome--and for some reason I felt so rested today! I woke up and I was like--what time is it?! Yay babies! Hopefully tonight will be the same.
Additionally, I decided to try yet another formula for poor little Sarah. The soy definitely helped her spit-up, but she seemed to be having a hard time digesting it. So I was looking at all the different formulas (at wicked wicked Wal-mart) and found one that was milk based but "#1 recommended for excessive spit-up". I'll tell you what, I think this one is doing the trick. She is so happy, hardly any crying. She eats it very well. It's rather thick--it's mixed with rice starch so it thickens in the tummy making it stay down. I think it's working for her. I felt so badly for her, she was clearly having digestion problems with the soy. Today was her first day on this new stuff though, so we will see if her happiness lasts.
I am so excited to go to Florida. I can't wait for everyone to see the girls. They are just getting so darn big, and their personalities are really starting to show. Olivia is more like Chris and Sarah is more like me, I think anyway. Sarah is sort of a goof ball--lots of smiling, she's funny when she dances, impatient, distinctive, and it's hard to figure out what she wants. Olivia is more serious, not so much smiling, she seems like she thinks a lot--she's always concentrating on something it seems, she's rather patient, she's easy to figure out, and not to mention she just looks so much like Chris. I am so excited to get to know them better. I am particularly excited to hear their voices. So cute cute cute!
What else, Olivia seems to be losing her hair. She definitely had more hair when she was born than she does now. I wonder if she's going to end up bald? I hope not, I love her cute little hair. Sarah doesn't have as much either, but it doesn't really seem like she's losing it necessarily.
Well I guess that's all. I need to get to sleep.
Mommysham out.
Additionally, I decided to try yet another formula for poor little Sarah. The soy definitely helped her spit-up, but she seemed to be having a hard time digesting it. So I was looking at all the different formulas (at wicked wicked Wal-mart) and found one that was milk based but "#1 recommended for excessive spit-up". I'll tell you what, I think this one is doing the trick. She is so happy, hardly any crying. She eats it very well. It's rather thick--it's mixed with rice starch so it thickens in the tummy making it stay down. I think it's working for her. I felt so badly for her, she was clearly having digestion problems with the soy. Today was her first day on this new stuff though, so we will see if her happiness lasts.
I am so excited to go to Florida. I can't wait for everyone to see the girls. They are just getting so darn big, and their personalities are really starting to show. Olivia is more like Chris and Sarah is more like me, I think anyway. Sarah is sort of a goof ball--lots of smiling, she's funny when she dances, impatient, distinctive, and it's hard to figure out what she wants. Olivia is more serious, not so much smiling, she seems like she thinks a lot--she's always concentrating on something it seems, she's rather patient, she's easy to figure out, and not to mention she just looks so much like Chris. I am so excited to get to know them better. I am particularly excited to hear their voices. So cute cute cute!
What else, Olivia seems to be losing her hair. She definitely had more hair when she was born than she does now. I wonder if she's going to end up bald? I hope not, I love her cute little hair. Sarah doesn't have as much either, but it doesn't really seem like she's losing it necessarily.
Well I guess that's all. I need to get to sleep.
Mommysham out.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Lesson learned:
One reason women cut their hair super short when they have babies is to keep spit out of their hair! First time, probably not the last. Ew.
Monday, March 30, 2009
If you want to see our babies (in person)
then you should be in Florida June 9-17! That is when we will be there!
Unfortunately it looks like it will just be Mommy and the babes-no Daddy. There is no way we can bring the foster kiddos and we've used up all of our respite time until October so Daddy has to stay home with them. However, because Daddy isn't coming on this trip we might be able to make a trip later in the year with all of us. After October we have respite time again plus Chris will still some vacation time so who knows! Maybe two visits this year.
I decided to make a visit in June because 1. some of my family from Indiana is going to be there at the same time and 2. I found tickets for $99 each way. I couldn't pass it up! It was less than $250 round trip! Heck yessssssssssssssssssssss! Good times good times! There will definitely be some beach action. Hopefully they'll be sitting up on their own by then so I can get some video of them sitting on the beach playing in the sand. Awe, so cute!
I am so excited. I am somewhat nervous flying alone with two 5 month old babies but I'm sure it will be fine. It's a non-stop flight so if I can just get them to sleep for most of the time it'll be OK. Chris' Mom is going to fly back with me and visit for a bit and I am very glad about that!
There isn't much else to report right now. The girls are doing great, growing like weeds. They are starting to smile a lot more and I can't wait until they start laughing. OMG it is going to be awesome!!
Bedtime for me! Good night friends.
P.S. Grandmas should be on the look out for some mail. Pics are on the way as of tomorrow!
Unfortunately it looks like it will just be Mommy and the babes-no Daddy. There is no way we can bring the foster kiddos and we've used up all of our respite time until October so Daddy has to stay home with them. However, because Daddy isn't coming on this trip we might be able to make a trip later in the year with all of us. After October we have respite time again plus Chris will still some vacation time so who knows! Maybe two visits this year.
I decided to make a visit in June because 1. some of my family from Indiana is going to be there at the same time and 2. I found tickets for $99 each way. I couldn't pass it up! It was less than $250 round trip! Heck yessssssssssssssssssssss! Good times good times! There will definitely be some beach action. Hopefully they'll be sitting up on their own by then so I can get some video of them sitting on the beach playing in the sand. Awe, so cute!
I am so excited. I am somewhat nervous flying alone with two 5 month old babies but I'm sure it will be fine. It's a non-stop flight so if I can just get them to sleep for most of the time it'll be OK. Chris' Mom is going to fly back with me and visit for a bit and I am very glad about that!
There isn't much else to report right now. The girls are doing great, growing like weeds. They are starting to smile a lot more and I can't wait until they start laughing. OMG it is going to be awesome!!
Bedtime for me! Good night friends.
P.S. Grandmas should be on the look out for some mail. Pics are on the way as of tomorrow!
Saturday, March 28, 2009
New pics - Nekkid Booty Shoot
So, about a month ago I told Aimee I wanted to take some pictures of the babies little booties before they got too big. I finally got through the (we took 1100 pictures!). Here are the winners! Check out our Picasa Web Album for all of them.
Beautiful Sarah
Beautiful Olive
Already BFF
Nekkid baby staring off into distance #1 (Olive)
Nekkid baby staring off into distance #2 (Sarah)
Sissie Love
Cute baby in a basket (Olivia)
Another cute baby in a basket (Sarah)
Beautiful Sarah
Beautiful Olive
Already BFF
Nekkid baby staring off into distance #1 (Olive)
Nekkid baby staring off into distance #2 (Sarah)
Sissie Love
Cute baby in a basket (Olivia)
Another cute baby in a basket (Sarah)
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Gross.
OMG! I just went to give Olivia a kiss and she spit up right into my mouth! DISGUSTING!
Speaking of spit up poor Sarah is spitting up so so much. I actually switched her formula to soy wondering if maybe it's lactose intolerance or something. Hopefully it will get better. She's growing fine and all, I think I just need to find the right formula for her tummy.
Speaking of spit up poor Sarah is spitting up so so much. I actually switched her formula to soy wondering if maybe it's lactose intolerance or something. Hopefully it will get better. She's growing fine and all, I think I just need to find the right formula for her tummy.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Oh my word!
My baby girls are huge!
Sarah weighed in at 9.1 lbs and is 21 1/4 inches long.
Olivia weighed in at 9.8lbs and is 22 1/4 inches long.
It was a sad doctor's visit though--they both had to get 4 shots!!
Their little faces were so sad, but surprisingly they recovered from it rather well.
Just a few seconds after it was over they both stopped crying.
Also, Sarah has a rather nasty diaper rash and he gave me a prescription for a special diaper rash cream. The rash is like a yeast, which is rather common for babies he said. Sarah's head is not shaped correctly either. It's like she has a dent on one side, as if she only sleeps on that side of her head. It's making her ears uneven too. So we have to make her lay on the other side of her head as much as possible to even it out. Her head can still take a different shape so it's not a huge deal.
I asked about which milestones they should be hitting. Right now just smiling and laughing. They rarely smile and they've never laughed. He said though that since they were preemies they'll be somewhat delayed. Normally by 2 months babies have laughed but he said 3 months would be normal for our girls. In general their milestones will probably be about a month delayed because they were a month early. Sarah was really cute though, as soon as the doc came in and she saw him, she just let on this huge smile at him. It was so cute, that's really the first time that's happened. Neither of them have smiled at me :-(
Well that is all I've got for now!
Sarah weighed in at 9.1 lbs and is 21 1/4 inches long.
Olivia weighed in at 9.8lbs and is 22 1/4 inches long.
It was a sad doctor's visit though--they both had to get 4 shots!!
Their little faces were so sad, but surprisingly they recovered from it rather well.
Just a few seconds after it was over they both stopped crying.
Also, Sarah has a rather nasty diaper rash and he gave me a prescription for a special diaper rash cream. The rash is like a yeast, which is rather common for babies he said. Sarah's head is not shaped correctly either. It's like she has a dent on one side, as if she only sleeps on that side of her head. It's making her ears uneven too. So we have to make her lay on the other side of her head as much as possible to even it out. Her head can still take a different shape so it's not a huge deal.
I asked about which milestones they should be hitting. Right now just smiling and laughing. They rarely smile and they've never laughed. He said though that since they were preemies they'll be somewhat delayed. Normally by 2 months babies have laughed but he said 3 months would be normal for our girls. In general their milestones will probably be about a month delayed because they were a month early. Sarah was really cute though, as soon as the doc came in and she saw him, she just let on this huge smile at him. It was so cute, that's really the first time that's happened. Neither of them have smiled at me :-(
Well that is all I've got for now!
Monday, March 16, 2009
LIfe.
Well, things have been going really well lately. The babies are just growing and growing right before my eyes! This week we have a doctors appointment, their two month check up!!!! I can't believe they are two months old now. It seems like it's been so much longer than that but at the same time it feels like yesterday that they were born!
They are both getting more and more beautiful as time goes on. I have to say Sarah especially. She's got these amazing eye lashes now and her eyes are such a beautiful deep blue. They've officially grown into the size 1 diapers. I have a few newborn size in my purse and they barely fit little Olivia. It made her belly look so big. lol. I was like OH! We tried a different church today, one near our house. Chris had gone a few times and this morning the babies and I finally got to go. Everyone swarmed us at the end and for some reason everyone thinks we have a boy and a girl. People have commented that several times. I don't know if it's how they are dressed, or their car seats (they are like sage green and yellow jungle themed because I was trying to be neutral). I try to dress them girly, I mean today they were all girly. Oh well.
Today Chris built a swing set for our older girls. We got it on Craigslist but he had to fix it up a bit and it turned out very well. They played out there until it got dark and they were way hungry at dinner time. We've got to paint it. We figure it will help us to keep the back yard cleaned up if the girls are going to be playing out there all the time.
Speaking of painting, I bought some wooden letters that spell out Sarah and Olivia's names and painted them. I am going to hang them on the wall over the crib. They turned out so cute, I want to hang them up tomorrow and I will have to post a picture.
Well, I guess that is all I've got. I'll post after we go to the doctor and let you know their weights/lengths. I am excited to see how much weight they've gained in the last month. I bet Olivia's at least 8lbs now, maybe even 9.
Oh, one last thing. This Tuesday will be the first time we leave them with a babysitter. We are going to see Rent on broadway. We are having a family from church watch them for us--Rachel who was in my youth group but is home from college this week on spring break and her parents will help her too I am sure. Surprisingly I am not really that upset about it. I trust them completely. Although I am sure I'll end up calling to see how they are doing and I know I will miss them terribly. I'm not at all worried though.
They are both getting more and more beautiful as time goes on. I have to say Sarah especially. She's got these amazing eye lashes now and her eyes are such a beautiful deep blue. They've officially grown into the size 1 diapers. I have a few newborn size in my purse and they barely fit little Olivia. It made her belly look so big. lol. I was like OH! We tried a different church today, one near our house. Chris had gone a few times and this morning the babies and I finally got to go. Everyone swarmed us at the end and for some reason everyone thinks we have a boy and a girl. People have commented that several times. I don't know if it's how they are dressed, or their car seats (they are like sage green and yellow jungle themed because I was trying to be neutral). I try to dress them girly, I mean today they were all girly. Oh well.
Today Chris built a swing set for our older girls. We got it on Craigslist but he had to fix it up a bit and it turned out very well. They played out there until it got dark and they were way hungry at dinner time. We've got to paint it. We figure it will help us to keep the back yard cleaned up if the girls are going to be playing out there all the time.
Speaking of painting, I bought some wooden letters that spell out Sarah and Olivia's names and painted them. I am going to hang them on the wall over the crib. They turned out so cute, I want to hang them up tomorrow and I will have to post a picture.
Well, I guess that is all I've got. I'll post after we go to the doctor and let you know their weights/lengths. I am excited to see how much weight they've gained in the last month. I bet Olivia's at least 8lbs now, maybe even 9.
Oh, one last thing. This Tuesday will be the first time we leave them with a babysitter. We are going to see Rent on broadway. We are having a family from church watch them for us--Rachel who was in my youth group but is home from college this week on spring break and her parents will help her too I am sure. Surprisingly I am not really that upset about it. I trust them completely. Although I am sure I'll end up calling to see how they are doing and I know I will miss them terribly. I'm not at all worried though.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Lets give this a little try.
I am trying to upload a video right now. Let's see if it will work. It's my first try, and Sarah's debut.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Flailing Arms.
The subject line is referring to Olivia. I'll tell you that girl can get her arms out of any swaddle, no matter how tight! It order for her to eat or sleep she has got to be swaddled, otherwise her arms are flailing all around, swatting at...well I don't know what she's trying to swat at, but her arms are always moving. She'll keep herself awake moving her arms all about too. Unless she's laying on your chest, that girl can't sleep w/o the swaddle. I've got to get some video of it and post it on here because it's actually quite funny. Annoying at times, but funny haha.
Tonight her arms were especially active. She was so tired, but she wouldn't let herself get to sleep. Chris swaddled her up so tight, but she some how got her arms out. So I decided to go ahead and give her a bath, which not only did she need desperately, but it usually soothes her and helps her to sleep.
That poor girl did not like that idea one bit. She cried through the entire bath. Normally she can at least tolerate bath time but tonight it was really quite sad actually. She had the saddest little face, and it wasn't the screaming cry of anger it was more of a sad cry. It's like she was telling me she just wanted to sleep! So I rushed through the bath, lotioned her up, put on her jammies, brushed her hair and finally swaddled her the best I could. I laid her down in her usual bed, and she was out like a light. Of course she woke up 30 minutes later wanting to eat. haha. I think she fell asleep eating though. I felt so sad for her.
Meanwhile Sarah was sleeping quite soundly on the couch all swaddled up herself. They both love being swaddled, and if you are holding them and giving them a good butt pat they are in heaven!
Tonight her arms were especially active. She was so tired, but she wouldn't let herself get to sleep. Chris swaddled her up so tight, but she some how got her arms out. So I decided to go ahead and give her a bath, which not only did she need desperately, but it usually soothes her and helps her to sleep.
That poor girl did not like that idea one bit. She cried through the entire bath. Normally she can at least tolerate bath time but tonight it was really quite sad actually. She had the saddest little face, and it wasn't the screaming cry of anger it was more of a sad cry. It's like she was telling me she just wanted to sleep! So I rushed through the bath, lotioned her up, put on her jammies, brushed her hair and finally swaddled her the best I could. I laid her down in her usual bed, and she was out like a light. Of course she woke up 30 minutes later wanting to eat. haha. I think she fell asleep eating though. I felt so sad for her.
Meanwhile Sarah was sleeping quite soundly on the couch all swaddled up herself. They both love being swaddled, and if you are holding them and giving them a good butt pat they are in heaven!
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Big outting!
Well last night was the first big outting for the babies. We went to a wedding, where there were a lot of people! Most of them were people we knew, who hadn't yet met the babies. So there was lots of 'can we hold one?' I actually got to eat dinner and dessert because everyone was so eager to hold them!
It was weird though, because I'm not used to other people holding them. Really only my closest friends and just a few people from church have held them, and I was always right there the entire time someone else had them. At the wedding though, Olivia was being held by someone (who I trusted of course) at another table right next to us. And some of the people kind of walked around with them, and one of those people actually handed Sarah off to someone else (with out asking I might add--rude) who I didn't even know! At that point I promptly got up and took her back. It didn't occur to me that so many people from church would be there, and would want to hold them. I just hadn't prepared myself at all for that. I don't mind people holding them, I'm just still an over protective first time mom. So when they weren't right at my table or with someone who I am really close to I got really uneasy. I really didn't want it to become a pass the baby(ies) kind of thing.
It was a very fun wedding though. The babies didn't seem to mind the loud music, and I don't think they minded being held by other people either. They weren't really fussy at all until we started to leave. They were so adorable too! I had them wear these little dresses my Mom bought them. They were red velvet on the top with like a lacy skirt with flowers embroidered on it, and silk/polyester bloomers. It was adorable! We weren't able to get pictures just because it was pretty hectic but we'll get pics of them in those dresses next time. They are too cute not to capture in a photo. I also had little head bands on them. I love dressing them up! It's just too bad they spit up on EVERYTHING. So they stay cute for about 10 minutes if I'm lucky and then it gets spit up on. Sarah is especially spit up-py. I call her the spit up queen. She kind of has projectile spit up even. One time she spit up and it completely missed her and it ended up all over me! I was like...wow. That is impressive.
Anyway--it was a fun night. There was another baby there that was 4 weeks old and she was much bigger than Sarah and Olivia. I have to say though, I see some babies and I thank God I didn't have to deliver such big heads! I am very thankful to have had small babies. Yet another perk of having twins--lower birth weights. haha.
Well, I better get to sleep. Both babes are FINALLY asleep so I better follow suite.
Mommy-sham out.
It was weird though, because I'm not used to other people holding them. Really only my closest friends and just a few people from church have held them, and I was always right there the entire time someone else had them. At the wedding though, Olivia was being held by someone (who I trusted of course) at another table right next to us. And some of the people kind of walked around with them, and one of those people actually handed Sarah off to someone else (with out asking I might add--rude) who I didn't even know! At that point I promptly got up and took her back. It didn't occur to me that so many people from church would be there, and would want to hold them. I just hadn't prepared myself at all for that. I don't mind people holding them, I'm just still an over protective first time mom. So when they weren't right at my table or with someone who I am really close to I got really uneasy. I really didn't want it to become a pass the baby(ies) kind of thing.
It was a very fun wedding though. The babies didn't seem to mind the loud music, and I don't think they minded being held by other people either. They weren't really fussy at all until we started to leave. They were so adorable too! I had them wear these little dresses my Mom bought them. They were red velvet on the top with like a lacy skirt with flowers embroidered on it, and silk/polyester bloomers. It was adorable! We weren't able to get pictures just because it was pretty hectic but we'll get pics of them in those dresses next time. They are too cute not to capture in a photo. I also had little head bands on them. I love dressing them up! It's just too bad they spit up on EVERYTHING. So they stay cute for about 10 minutes if I'm lucky and then it gets spit up on. Sarah is especially spit up-py. I call her the spit up queen. She kind of has projectile spit up even. One time she spit up and it completely missed her and it ended up all over me! I was like...wow. That is impressive.
Anyway--it was a fun night. There was another baby there that was 4 weeks old and she was much bigger than Sarah and Olivia. I have to say though, I see some babies and I thank God I didn't have to deliver such big heads! I am very thankful to have had small babies. Yet another perk of having twins--lower birth weights. haha.
Well, I better get to sleep. Both babes are FINALLY asleep so I better follow suite.
Mommy-sham out.
Friday, March 6, 2009
YAY!
We FINALLY got our pictures in today! I already have all the announcements addressed and in the mail!! I am so excited about them going out. I only had 12 though, so I sent them of course to all the grandparents and great grandparents and then just other people who I thought would really like to see them: aunts, uncles, etc.
I also organized all of the other photos and figured out which ones to send to my Mom and Chris' mom. So as soon as I get some envelopes that will fit the pics I will send those out too! They are seriously adorable pics.
Note: If anyone would like copies, send me an email at abwickersham@gmail.com or leave a comment with your email, and I will send them via email and you can print them out.
In other news, I am really bummed out about the budget cuts the state has had to make here in Arizona. As you probably know we are foster parents and the budget cuts have a definite effect on our pay. They have cut the daily allowance by 20% which figures to about $300 a month less for us. Not only that but they've cut all the 'extra' stuff too, such as vacation allowance and summer camp allowances. So that means that if we want to go anywhere for vacation, say Florida, we would have to pay for them to go with us (airfare/hotel/etc). Also, we've used up all of hours for respite this year. Our agency allows for about a weeks worth of respite (the kids can stay with another family while we are out of town or in the hospital as was our case with the babies). We've used up all that time from when we had the babies, so if we want to go out of town and leave the girls we'd have to pay for the respite care ($1/hr/kid). All of this to say, that it looks like we won't be making any trips to Florida any time soon. We had hoped to make a trip in June when some of my family would be there but because of all of the budget cuts it doesn't look like it will happen. Of course I could always just try to make the trip by myself with the babies but honestly I am a bit nervous about that!
Honestly this is just another...nudge towards not doing foster care anymore. Chris loves it and doesn't want to stop, but I am not loving it so much. Don't get me wrong, I really care about the girls we have now, but 4 kids is really a lot. There are lots of appointments and different issues that come with foster care and handling all that with two babies is proving quite difficult. One of our girls has to have surgery on both of her ears in April, plus they have some serious dental issues that have to be dealt with. I am very conflicted about the whole thing.
Anyway, the babies are doing really well. It's unbelievable how big they are getting right before my eyes! Next week they will be 8 weeks old, that's about two months! I just can't even believe it. They are finally starting to smile a lot more, and they are getting so strong. They like to "stand" on their feet while we hold their bodies, they are both very curious, and they are both really loving the swing-especially Olivia. They are eating so so much, obviously going through a growth spurt right now. It seems like as soon as they finish one bottle they want another. Just always hungry. I've gotten a lot of comments about their eye color too. Both have deep blue eyes, and I know the color can change any time until about 6 months, but every Mom who has looked at their eyes says they don't think the color will change. Every one of them has said it's because of how clear and deep the blue is, as opposed to like bluish gray or a cloudy looking blue. So, we might have blue eyed girls! Chris and I both thought they'd end up with green eyes since we both have green. However, I knew they could be any color because I have one brother with blue eyes blond hair, another with brown eyes black hair, and then I have green eyes brown hair. So who knows?! They'll be beautiful no matter what, I'm just so curious to see how it will turn out. I wonder too if their eye/hair color will be the same. Sarah already has a darker complexion than Olivia does, so I'm just curious if there will be a difference in their hair/eyes. OH! They are also starting to coo and 'talk' so much now! Before it was just grunts and crying but now they make baby noises! Sarah especially! It is just adorable. I read that it's good to make noises back at them and talk to them lots and lots. Speaking of talking, I've decided to start doing the baby sign language with them. The earlier the better I always say. If we start now they will be able to communicate with us so early, even before they are able to speak. So I am excited about that.
Well I better get to bed. Good night all!
I also organized all of the other photos and figured out which ones to send to my Mom and Chris' mom. So as soon as I get some envelopes that will fit the pics I will send those out too! They are seriously adorable pics.
Note: If anyone would like copies, send me an email at abwickersham@gmail.com or leave a comment with your email, and I will send them via email and you can print them out.
In other news, I am really bummed out about the budget cuts the state has had to make here in Arizona. As you probably know we are foster parents and the budget cuts have a definite effect on our pay. They have cut the daily allowance by 20% which figures to about $300 a month less for us. Not only that but they've cut all the 'extra' stuff too, such as vacation allowance and summer camp allowances. So that means that if we want to go anywhere for vacation, say Florida, we would have to pay for them to go with us (airfare/hotel/etc). Also, we've used up all of hours for respite this year. Our agency allows for about a weeks worth of respite (the kids can stay with another family while we are out of town or in the hospital as was our case with the babies). We've used up all that time from when we had the babies, so if we want to go out of town and leave the girls we'd have to pay for the respite care ($1/hr/kid). All of this to say, that it looks like we won't be making any trips to Florida any time soon. We had hoped to make a trip in June when some of my family would be there but because of all of the budget cuts it doesn't look like it will happen. Of course I could always just try to make the trip by myself with the babies but honestly I am a bit nervous about that!
Honestly this is just another...nudge towards not doing foster care anymore. Chris loves it and doesn't want to stop, but I am not loving it so much. Don't get me wrong, I really care about the girls we have now, but 4 kids is really a lot. There are lots of appointments and different issues that come with foster care and handling all that with two babies is proving quite difficult. One of our girls has to have surgery on both of her ears in April, plus they have some serious dental issues that have to be dealt with. I am very conflicted about the whole thing.
Anyway, the babies are doing really well. It's unbelievable how big they are getting right before my eyes! Next week they will be 8 weeks old, that's about two months! I just can't even believe it. They are finally starting to smile a lot more, and they are getting so strong. They like to "stand" on their feet while we hold their bodies, they are both very curious, and they are both really loving the swing-especially Olivia. They are eating so so much, obviously going through a growth spurt right now. It seems like as soon as they finish one bottle they want another. Just always hungry. I've gotten a lot of comments about their eye color too. Both have deep blue eyes, and I know the color can change any time until about 6 months, but every Mom who has looked at their eyes says they don't think the color will change. Every one of them has said it's because of how clear and deep the blue is, as opposed to like bluish gray or a cloudy looking blue. So, we might have blue eyed girls! Chris and I both thought they'd end up with green eyes since we both have green. However, I knew they could be any color because I have one brother with blue eyes blond hair, another with brown eyes black hair, and then I have green eyes brown hair. So who knows?! They'll be beautiful no matter what, I'm just so curious to see how it will turn out. I wonder too if their eye/hair color will be the same. Sarah already has a darker complexion than Olivia does, so I'm just curious if there will be a difference in their hair/eyes. OH! They are also starting to coo and 'talk' so much now! Before it was just grunts and crying but now they make baby noises! Sarah especially! It is just adorable. I read that it's good to make noises back at them and talk to them lots and lots. Speaking of talking, I've decided to start doing the baby sign language with them. The earlier the better I always say. If we start now they will be able to communicate with us so early, even before they are able to speak. So I am excited about that.
Well I better get to bed. Good night all!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Muy Bonita!
Seriously, my children are beautiful! And I don't think that only because they are MY children. Obviously there is a bias, however I truly do think they are beautiful girls. Olivia has been a beauty from the beginning, and so has Sarah, but Sarah was just so little and fragile looking too. As she gets older and bigger she gets more beautiful. Everyday Chris and I just stare at her and comment on how beautiful she is getting. I wonder what they'll look like when they get older. I hope the good looks stick haha.
You know, I am loving them as babies, but part of me can't wait for them to get older. I am so curious about what they'll be like. I am really excited to hear their little voices. I wonder what their hair will be like--curly or straight or fro (like me). I wonder what color their eyes will be, and if they'll have straight teeth. I wonder if they'll be kind of chubby like I was, or way skinny like Chris. I wonder if they'll be prone to getting sick or not. I wonder about their temperment, and if they'll be easy to potty train. I just can't wait to get to know them really. It's such an exciting time.
I've been thinking a lot lately about what kind of mother I want to be. Obviously I've had a lot of time to think about this and it's been on my mind since the second I found out I was pregnant. Also, we've been foster parents for about 2 years now so I know what kind of mother I've been to those kids. However, it is COMPLETELY different when it's your own biological, raising them since they were born, children. For my own children, I want to be a strict mother but not too strict. I don't want that to be my like dominant attitude toward them. I want to have well behaved children, who know just by a look that I give them they had better behave. At the same time i don't want them to be scared of me. I want them to feel comfortable talking to me about things, even if those things are mistakes they've made. I don't want them to be afraid to tell me things because they don't want to get in trouble--I'm talking like serious stuff here not like sneaking candy or whatever. I'm kind of thinking forward to when they are teenagers. I just want to have a good relationship with them, that involves trust and openness and grace. I want them to feel like they need to behave and be good girls but at the same time if they've made a mistake I want them to feel like they can come to me about it. I want to make sure I accept them for exactly who they are and I want to parent each child they way that particular child needs to be parented. What I mean by that is that there are some children who need lots of discipline and they need a lot of guidance and sometimes even a lot of control. There are other children who don't need that though, they need support and trust and to be given the opportunity to kind of make their own mistakes--more of a free spirited I am not going to ground you but I'm really disappointed in you kind of approach. I think it's important to get to know your kids and what works best for each child. This is especially true with twins. Although, it's hard to do that because of the whole fairness factor and having the same rules for both children is important too. So, there is a fine line to be found.
I will tell you what though, I will not have bratty children. I also won't be the family in the restaurant with screaming kids, or have the kids who are running around everywhere disturbing everyone. Mine will not talk back, and they will be respectful. I really can't stand seeing kids misbehave and their parents just ignore it as if it's OK for a child to behave badly or rudely. It's probably one of my biggest pet peeves. You may laugh at me and think 'you just wait' but I've have had children in my home for the last two years--and they've all be well behaved while they lived with me. It's about consistency and the kids having clear expectations of consequences. Consistency goes a long way!
My worry about the fact that they are my biological kids as opposed to foster, is that I am so in love with them I'm afraid they'll just have me wrapped around their little finger. I don't want to say no to them or allow them to be sad. Oh well, we will see. I think the fact that I am so conscious about it will help me a lot.
Well this blog got a lot deeper than expected. haha.
I need to take a nap while my babies are sleeping so I'm out.
You know, I am loving them as babies, but part of me can't wait for them to get older. I am so curious about what they'll be like. I am really excited to hear their little voices. I wonder what their hair will be like--curly or straight or fro (like me). I wonder what color their eyes will be, and if they'll have straight teeth. I wonder if they'll be kind of chubby like I was, or way skinny like Chris. I wonder if they'll be prone to getting sick or not. I wonder about their temperment, and if they'll be easy to potty train. I just can't wait to get to know them really. It's such an exciting time.
I've been thinking a lot lately about what kind of mother I want to be. Obviously I've had a lot of time to think about this and it's been on my mind since the second I found out I was pregnant. Also, we've been foster parents for about 2 years now so I know what kind of mother I've been to those kids. However, it is COMPLETELY different when it's your own biological, raising them since they were born, children. For my own children, I want to be a strict mother but not too strict. I don't want that to be my like dominant attitude toward them. I want to have well behaved children, who know just by a look that I give them they had better behave. At the same time i don't want them to be scared of me. I want them to feel comfortable talking to me about things, even if those things are mistakes they've made. I don't want them to be afraid to tell me things because they don't want to get in trouble--I'm talking like serious stuff here not like sneaking candy or whatever. I'm kind of thinking forward to when they are teenagers. I just want to have a good relationship with them, that involves trust and openness and grace. I want them to feel like they need to behave and be good girls but at the same time if they've made a mistake I want them to feel like they can come to me about it. I want to make sure I accept them for exactly who they are and I want to parent each child they way that particular child needs to be parented. What I mean by that is that there are some children who need lots of discipline and they need a lot of guidance and sometimes even a lot of control. There are other children who don't need that though, they need support and trust and to be given the opportunity to kind of make their own mistakes--more of a free spirited I am not going to ground you but I'm really disappointed in you kind of approach. I think it's important to get to know your kids and what works best for each child. This is especially true with twins. Although, it's hard to do that because of the whole fairness factor and having the same rules for both children is important too. So, there is a fine line to be found.
I will tell you what though, I will not have bratty children. I also won't be the family in the restaurant with screaming kids, or have the kids who are running around everywhere disturbing everyone. Mine will not talk back, and they will be respectful. I really can't stand seeing kids misbehave and their parents just ignore it as if it's OK for a child to behave badly or rudely. It's probably one of my biggest pet peeves. You may laugh at me and think 'you just wait' but I've have had children in my home for the last two years--and they've all be well behaved while they lived with me. It's about consistency and the kids having clear expectations of consequences. Consistency goes a long way!
My worry about the fact that they are my biological kids as opposed to foster, is that I am so in love with them I'm afraid they'll just have me wrapped around their little finger. I don't want to say no to them or allow them to be sad. Oh well, we will see. I think the fact that I am so conscious about it will help me a lot.
Well this blog got a lot deeper than expected. haha.
I need to take a nap while my babies are sleeping so I'm out.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Did I mention
how in love I am?
Seriously, I can't even believe how much I love my baby girls. I can't get enough of them. I love holding them, and hugging them, and kissing them.
I kiss them constantly. Seriously, if I am holding them, I am kissin' and lovin' on them. I am so enamored with them.
Who knew I could love two people this much? I feel like this whole other part of my heart and soul has been opened up and I've finally found myself. I've finally let myself open up and love as much as I possibly can. In a way I feel so free. Nothing else matters. My world is Olivia Mae and Sarah Rose.
I feel like I am just getting a tiny glimpse of how much our Lord loves us. And for the love I have for my babes to be only a fraction of how God loves us--I can't even fathom that love. It has really brought my relationship with the Lord to new level. It's like, "Oh! This is how you feel, times ten thousand!" I'm so thankful, and my heart has opened up so much. It's just unreal.
Earlier today, I was thinking about my previous foster daughters Mercedes and Mariah. We really wanted to adopt them and I was absolutely in love with them, especially Mariah because she was only 1 years old when we got her and we had them for a year. When they moved our hearts were broken. It was the hardest thing we'd ever experienced I think. I was thinking about the love I feel/felt for them compared to the love I feel for my own biological daughters. I can't say it was exactly the same, just because I didn't give birth to them and there is a connection that comes with that experience that can't be matched. However, the degree to which I was in love with those girls is very comparable to how I feel for my own daughters. It's really hard to put into words, but I know the way I felt for them was very similar to the way I feel for my own girls. I still miss them so much, and if we had the opportunity I would still want to adopt them even though it's been 7 months since they've moved. For a short time I felt like I had my own daughters and I treated them as if they were my biological children.
I suppose it just wasn't in the cards for us to adopt them, which is OK. I am thankful to have had the opportunity to experience that love. I am also thankful that I was able to concentrate on having my own daughters in the midst of losing Mercedes and Mariah. They are doing well, and they are with good people thankfully.
Anyways, all that to say that God is so so good. This love is amazing, and I am SO SO SO thankful for my baby girls.
Praise God!
Seriously, I can't even believe how much I love my baby girls. I can't get enough of them. I love holding them, and hugging them, and kissing them.
I kiss them constantly. Seriously, if I am holding them, I am kissin' and lovin' on them. I am so enamored with them.
Who knew I could love two people this much? I feel like this whole other part of my heart and soul has been opened up and I've finally found myself. I've finally let myself open up and love as much as I possibly can. In a way I feel so free. Nothing else matters. My world is Olivia Mae and Sarah Rose.
I feel like I am just getting a tiny glimpse of how much our Lord loves us. And for the love I have for my babes to be only a fraction of how God loves us--I can't even fathom that love. It has really brought my relationship with the Lord to new level. It's like, "Oh! This is how you feel, times ten thousand!" I'm so thankful, and my heart has opened up so much. It's just unreal.
Earlier today, I was thinking about my previous foster daughters Mercedes and Mariah. We really wanted to adopt them and I was absolutely in love with them, especially Mariah because she was only 1 years old when we got her and we had them for a year. When they moved our hearts were broken. It was the hardest thing we'd ever experienced I think. I was thinking about the love I feel/felt for them compared to the love I feel for my own biological daughters. I can't say it was exactly the same, just because I didn't give birth to them and there is a connection that comes with that experience that can't be matched. However, the degree to which I was in love with those girls is very comparable to how I feel for my own daughters. It's really hard to put into words, but I know the way I felt for them was very similar to the way I feel for my own girls. I still miss them so much, and if we had the opportunity I would still want to adopt them even though it's been 7 months since they've moved. For a short time I felt like I had my own daughters and I treated them as if they were my biological children.
I suppose it just wasn't in the cards for us to adopt them, which is OK. I am thankful to have had the opportunity to experience that love. I am also thankful that I was able to concentrate on having my own daughters in the midst of losing Mercedes and Mariah. They are doing well, and they are with good people thankfully.
Anyways, all that to say that God is so so good. This love is amazing, and I am SO SO SO thankful for my baby girls.
Praise God!
Saturday, February 28, 2009
As of late.
Well, it's been a little bit since I've posted so I thought while I had a few minutes here at 1am I would blog. Actually I'm just not tired right now, I can't make myself go to bed. I'm sure I will regret that later haha.
So, lately not too much has been going on. Honestly it's just been eating and sleeping. Except for two nights ago, Sarah didn't want to sleep or eat. Or do anything except cry until 5am. It was a weird night for her, and a sucky one for me (and Chris who had to get up and work the next day).
The girls are doing really well. They are just growing so much! It's so exciting to watch them get bigger and bigger, and their cute little cheeks getting chubbier and chubbier! They are both getting some little fat rolls on their legs and arms, and it is just adorable! Also, they are almost grown out of 'newborn' size and are on the cusp of "0-3 mo". They are just still a bit thin and not quite long enough, but they are getting there. I am excited for that size because I have tons of really cute clothes for them that will finally fit. I am going to do my best to make a video of them and post it tomorrow so you can see how big they are now! On that note we should be getting our pictures in anytime. I am excited to send out the announcements and photos to our families. I want to show off my little ladies :-)
I've been starting to actually go out and about with the both of them. I'm sort of getting cabin fever lately so I try to do things outside of the house. It's interesting having two newborns crying in a store at the same time. haha. Today is their 6 weeks birthday. We went and had lunch at a friend of mine's house and then we went to Babies R Us. I had a few things I needed and a 10% off coupon. I realized at a certain point that I just needed to leave because they were both waking up and they were HUNGRY! The entire ride home they cried, and it was a very sad cry. Olivia has discovered how to really use her lungs when she cries. She wails. She's also discovered a very high pitched scream when she is at her most unhappy. That is how we know she is serious haha.
Sarah seems to be coming out of the whole 'laid back' attitude she had going on for her first 5 weeks. She has no problems making her feelings known these days, and she's not very patient. lol. It used to be that she would just lay there and kind of wait her turn, and if she was unhappy she didn't ALWAYS just cry as loud as she can. However, she too has discovered how to really put her lungs to use and let us know when she is unhappy.
I think part of the reason they seem to be crying more lately, is because they are starting to eat more, and I'm not used to them needing so much food. So I think I'm just not feeding them enough sometimes and to make me aware they just cry and cry. They can eat a full 6 ounces now, and soon they'll be graduating to the 8 ounce bottles (right now they use 5 ounce bottles). It's hard to figure out when I should feed them more because their stomachs will be rock hard, and they'll be spitting up, and still want more food. If I wait a few minutes for them to burp and spit up they can eat more with no problems but sometimes it seems like their stomachs are upset so I shouldn't feed them more. In both instances, they are crying. So, we are figuring that out. It's just part of being a new parent, and figuring out what certain behaviors mean. It takes time.
I feel like they are starting to look more alike as they get older. I think if they had the same shape of head I might actually have a hard time telling them apart. They definitely have the same eyes, mouth, and chin. It's just their face/head shapes are different so they don't look very similar at first glance. Sometimes though, if they both have hats on and are sucking on pacifiers I can't tell them apart. Sarah's complexion is a bit darker than Olivia's though, so there is always that. I wonder if as they get older they will start to look a lot more alike. Wouldn't that be interesting? I can definitely tell their cries apart for the most part, and of course they have different mannerisms and what not. It's just very interesting having twins. I can't wait for them to get older and see how different or similar they become.
Well it's 1:30am so I need to get to bed. Sarah will probably be waking up soon hungry. She still wakes up a couple of times in the night. Olivia on the other hand can easily sleep 6 hours at a time. Which, is very nice :-)
Aimee-sham OUT!
So, lately not too much has been going on. Honestly it's just been eating and sleeping. Except for two nights ago, Sarah didn't want to sleep or eat. Or do anything except cry until 5am. It was a weird night for her, and a sucky one for me (and Chris who had to get up and work the next day).
The girls are doing really well. They are just growing so much! It's so exciting to watch them get bigger and bigger, and their cute little cheeks getting chubbier and chubbier! They are both getting some little fat rolls on their legs and arms, and it is just adorable! Also, they are almost grown out of 'newborn' size and are on the cusp of "0-3 mo". They are just still a bit thin and not quite long enough, but they are getting there. I am excited for that size because I have tons of really cute clothes for them that will finally fit. I am going to do my best to make a video of them and post it tomorrow so you can see how big they are now! On that note we should be getting our pictures in anytime. I am excited to send out the announcements and photos to our families. I want to show off my little ladies :-)
I've been starting to actually go out and about with the both of them. I'm sort of getting cabin fever lately so I try to do things outside of the house. It's interesting having two newborns crying in a store at the same time. haha. Today is their 6 weeks birthday. We went and had lunch at a friend of mine's house and then we went to Babies R Us. I had a few things I needed and a 10% off coupon. I realized at a certain point that I just needed to leave because they were both waking up and they were HUNGRY! The entire ride home they cried, and it was a very sad cry. Olivia has discovered how to really use her lungs when she cries. She wails. She's also discovered a very high pitched scream when she is at her most unhappy. That is how we know she is serious haha.
Sarah seems to be coming out of the whole 'laid back' attitude she had going on for her first 5 weeks. She has no problems making her feelings known these days, and she's not very patient. lol. It used to be that she would just lay there and kind of wait her turn, and if she was unhappy she didn't ALWAYS just cry as loud as she can. However, she too has discovered how to really put her lungs to use and let us know when she is unhappy.
I think part of the reason they seem to be crying more lately, is because they are starting to eat more, and I'm not used to them needing so much food. So I think I'm just not feeding them enough sometimes and to make me aware they just cry and cry. They can eat a full 6 ounces now, and soon they'll be graduating to the 8 ounce bottles (right now they use 5 ounce bottles). It's hard to figure out when I should feed them more because their stomachs will be rock hard, and they'll be spitting up, and still want more food. If I wait a few minutes for them to burp and spit up they can eat more with no problems but sometimes it seems like their stomachs are upset so I shouldn't feed them more. In both instances, they are crying. So, we are figuring that out. It's just part of being a new parent, and figuring out what certain behaviors mean. It takes time.
I feel like they are starting to look more alike as they get older. I think if they had the same shape of head I might actually have a hard time telling them apart. They definitely have the same eyes, mouth, and chin. It's just their face/head shapes are different so they don't look very similar at first glance. Sometimes though, if they both have hats on and are sucking on pacifiers I can't tell them apart. Sarah's complexion is a bit darker than Olivia's though, so there is always that. I wonder if as they get older they will start to look a lot more alike. Wouldn't that be interesting? I can definitely tell their cries apart for the most part, and of course they have different mannerisms and what not. It's just very interesting having twins. I can't wait for them to get older and see how different or similar they become.
Well it's 1:30am so I need to get to bed. Sarah will probably be waking up soon hungry. She still wakes up a couple of times in the night. Olivia on the other hand can easily sleep 6 hours at a time. Which, is very nice :-)
Aimee-sham OUT!
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Question
Maybe I'll make this a poll, but we have so few readers maybe you could just comment on the post and let me know how you feel. We have been using Skype with video to chat with my mom (grammysham) and show off the kiddos. She loves it, but the other day when I tried to let my niece in on the action I discovered that Skype can only do video with one other person. So I logged into UStream (an amazing website/service) and set up a video channel for us to use. So here is the question, if I decided to do a weekly (or regular) 'show' where I showed the babies and gave an update, would you be interested in tuning in? The shows are recorded and you could watch them whenever you want, but we could talk to each other via Skype if you were there live and anyone who wanted to could watch the video without having to install anything extra on their computer (like youtube, sort of, but live). What do you think, is there any interest in seeing a wickershamfamily.com tv show?
-Chris
-Chris
Rough night
Well, last night really was an adventure in parenting. Sarah was apparently miserable and screamed all night long. She wasn't hungry, she didn't have a dirty diaper, she didn't seem to want to be held, she just seemed to want to cry. It wasn't really so bad hearing her cry, it was that I knew I had to go to work today. Not only that, but I knew I had to get up at 7 and get ave and rosa ready and off to school. Ugh. So here I am at work, no shower and smelling a bit like sour milk and puke. I hope sarah is ok, she was totally sacked out when I left so I imagine she will sleep nicely today. I hope Aimes gets to sleep some; I was awake all night, but she was actually holding Sarah.
Stay tuned for more pics soon!
Stay tuned for more pics soon!
Friday, February 20, 2009
UPdizzle
I forgot to post after the girls had their check up--my bad!
First of all, they are perfect :-) No problems, weight gain is very good. Olivia weighs in @ 7 lbs 6 oz (5.6 at birth) and Sarah weighs in @ 6 lbs 12 oz (4.13 at birth). They both grew like half an inch and their heads are growing well also. I didn't get the measurement for their heads though. I did have a few concerns, nothing serious just questions, but the doc assured me all is normal and typical. They did have to get a shot, their second hepatitis, and wow they did NOT appreciate that.
They go back for their 2 month check up where they will have to get some more shots :-( I am happy with this pediatrician though, he is awesome. I really like that he isn't wanting to do tons of immunizations right away. I've read about some doctors giving newborns a bunch of their shots right away, which honestly just isn't necessary.
The girls are doing wonderfully at home. They are eating tons. Seems like they are always hungry.
They are also having a lot more time that they are actually awake and wanting to kind of interact. I'm enjoying that for sure :-)
Well I think I am going to go take a nap for a bit while they babes are sleeping.
First of all, they are perfect :-) No problems, weight gain is very good. Olivia weighs in @ 7 lbs 6 oz (5.6 at birth) and Sarah weighs in @ 6 lbs 12 oz (4.13 at birth). They both grew like half an inch and their heads are growing well also. I didn't get the measurement for their heads though. I did have a few concerns, nothing serious just questions, but the doc assured me all is normal and typical. They did have to get a shot, their second hepatitis, and wow they did NOT appreciate that.
They go back for their 2 month check up where they will have to get some more shots :-( I am happy with this pediatrician though, he is awesome. I really like that he isn't wanting to do tons of immunizations right away. I've read about some doctors giving newborns a bunch of their shots right away, which honestly just isn't necessary.
The girls are doing wonderfully at home. They are eating tons. Seems like they are always hungry.
They are also having a lot more time that they are actually awake and wanting to kind of interact. I'm enjoying that for sure :-)
Well I think I am going to go take a nap for a bit while they babes are sleeping.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Beautiful.
Well. I figured I'd update even though I totally should be asleep right now. I have to get up early to bring the girls to their one month check up tomorrow. I am excited to see how much they weigh now! Especially Olivia, I feel like she's grown SO much.
Well, life is going well. The babies are doing quite well, growing and progressing very nicely. They are both fascinated with their hands lately. They suck on their fingers constantly, Sarah has taken to sucking her thumb when there is no pacifier to suck on. Just today I decided to go ahead and get some of their toys out, and the play mat too. I think they might not quite be there yet haha, but from what I've read it's good for them to just see toys and for me to play 'with' the toys 'with' the girls. Does that make sense? They haven't discovered their feet yet, but from what I read they discover their feet next. That will be cute!
We've gotten a few smiles out of Olivia, but I think it might still be gas smiles or something. It's nothing that we do necessarily it's just randomly you'll see her smile really big. They both can hold their heads up, Olivia especially. She loves to just look around or just look up at us when we are holding her. When she lays downs on her belly she'll hold her head up and look at everything around her. She's very curious. They both continue to show more and more personality. It's becoming very obvious that Sarah is very laid back and go with the flow. She doesn't really cry unless she has a good reason, like being hungry or needing a diaper change or spitting up. Olivia on the other hand screams any time she is unhappy for any reason. If it's not hunger she's usually wanting to be held. She's a little bit spoiled that way I think. I'm working on holding her less just because I don't want her to be a baby that has to always be held. I want her to learn to be OK just laying on the floor playing on her own, and learning to pacify herself sometimes. They are both beginning to become much more alert. For the first like 3.5 weeks they only slept and ate and now they are having more periods where they are awake and we can enjoy them and play with them.
They are getting more used to baths. At first Olivia HATED them, and now she can tolerate them haha. Sarah on the other hand just lets you bathe her and is fine with it. She actually seems like she might enjoy the warm water.
They both love music. Anytime they are upset I'll turn on some classical music (we have a little mobile that plays classical songs) and it always calms them right down. It'll usually put them to sleep too. It's nice having something that can calm them down a bit and will comfort them. Although, when Mommy holds them they almost always calm down right away :-) Which I have to say makes me feel good-hee hee.
I guess that is about it. I really need to go to sleep!
The previous pics I posted were (obviously) from when we took them to Olan Mills for pictures. We are still waiting on prints, right now we just have the CD with all the pics on it. When we get the prints we'll send out some announcements and other pics out to like grandmas and family. I didn't get that many announcements though so probably only like immediate family will get those. Anyway, I'll try to post a video (like the one Chris posted earlier) tomorrow but with both girls. They are both so adorable!!
Wickersham out!
Well, life is going well. The babies are doing quite well, growing and progressing very nicely. They are both fascinated with their hands lately. They suck on their fingers constantly, Sarah has taken to sucking her thumb when there is no pacifier to suck on. Just today I decided to go ahead and get some of their toys out, and the play mat too. I think they might not quite be there yet haha, but from what I've read it's good for them to just see toys and for me to play 'with' the toys 'with' the girls. Does that make sense? They haven't discovered their feet yet, but from what I read they discover their feet next. That will be cute!
We've gotten a few smiles out of Olivia, but I think it might still be gas smiles or something. It's nothing that we do necessarily it's just randomly you'll see her smile really big. They both can hold their heads up, Olivia especially. She loves to just look around or just look up at us when we are holding her. When she lays downs on her belly she'll hold her head up and look at everything around her. She's very curious. They both continue to show more and more personality. It's becoming very obvious that Sarah is very laid back and go with the flow. She doesn't really cry unless she has a good reason, like being hungry or needing a diaper change or spitting up. Olivia on the other hand screams any time she is unhappy for any reason. If it's not hunger she's usually wanting to be held. She's a little bit spoiled that way I think. I'm working on holding her less just because I don't want her to be a baby that has to always be held. I want her to learn to be OK just laying on the floor playing on her own, and learning to pacify herself sometimes. They are both beginning to become much more alert. For the first like 3.5 weeks they only slept and ate and now they are having more periods where they are awake and we can enjoy them and play with them.
They are getting more used to baths. At first Olivia HATED them, and now she can tolerate them haha. Sarah on the other hand just lets you bathe her and is fine with it. She actually seems like she might enjoy the warm water.
They both love music. Anytime they are upset I'll turn on some classical music (we have a little mobile that plays classical songs) and it always calms them right down. It'll usually put them to sleep too. It's nice having something that can calm them down a bit and will comfort them. Although, when Mommy holds them they almost always calm down right away :-) Which I have to say makes me feel good-hee hee.
I guess that is about it. I really need to go to sleep!
The previous pics I posted were (obviously) from when we took them to Olan Mills for pictures. We are still waiting on prints, right now we just have the CD with all the pics on it. When we get the prints we'll send out some announcements and other pics out to like grandmas and family. I didn't get that many announcements though so probably only like immediate family will get those. Anyway, I'll try to post a video (like the one Chris posted earlier) tomorrow but with both girls. They are both so adorable!!
Wickersham out!
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