Whew....the holidays are over!

Well since the last time I posted, we lost the baby. It was a sad December, but we managed to make it through. We also found out that the baby was a girl and she was chromosomally normal. Sometimes these things are never understood.

We have had a lot of changes with our sweeties. Isi has been walking for some time now and she is pretty good at it! Finally, Oli can walk but still prefers to crawl. I think she just is unsure about her self. They both are the cutest things ever!

Isi has had two bottom teeth for a while and now Oli has cut her two bottom teeth. Poor thing, she is just drooling all the time. It will be so nice when they get their teeth and can eat more foods. I don't know about you, but finding nutritious healthy food they can eat is hard. Also trying to keep it fresh and new.

Miranda got her first ticket for unsafe lane change. She was not happy, but doesn't really seem phased by it.

Our holidays were great and uneventful. Pics to follow soon. The girls are calling!

Halloween 2009

This was their first "real" Halloween. Last year they just had onesies, but this year we actually bought them costumes! They were adorable! We took them around the neighborhood in the stroller and they loved it. Not many kids were out yet, but they had a blast! Many more years of fun to come!

Just a little update...

Well we had our 1 year check up a few weeks ago and there's not much to report. Isi was still around 15 1/2 pounds and Oli was 18 1/2 pounds. Oli is a good 2 inches taller than Isi. But Dr. Kincaid said they both look great. As far as Isi and her weight, we are just going to sit back and watch. She has actually fallen off her growth curve and is under the 3rd percentile, but is still doing well. We think she is just going to be little. I'll tell you what, she's a little spit fire! Wonder where she gets that from?? Neither baby was happy that day since they had to get three immunizations and the flu shot. That wasn't fun. I was surprised I didn't cry. Usually I do. I don't like it when my babies cry.

As you can see from the pictures above, the girls love to look outside. We rearranged our furniture in our living room so they would be able to look outside. Now they love to lick the windows, which is what they are doing in these pictures. Too funny!

We're pregnant again!

Steve and I have so enjoyed the girls so much that we wanted to do it again. I know what you're thinking, and maybe we are a little crazy, but we just love them so much! We just found out so we are not that far along. Hopefully soon we will find out if there is one or more in there. It's so nerve racking waiting. We will keep you posted with all the details as soon as we know. This is an exciting time!

ONE YEAR OLD!!

We did it!! We made it through the first year. There were times I wasn't sure this day would come. Man it has been one long year, but I have loved every minute of it! We haven't gone to the doctor yet for our one year check up, but that's soon to come. I'll post more fabulous pictures soon!

Caught!

Mommy said NO.......so she moved me away from the cords.
Maybe if I smile they will let me continue playing!


Uh oh! I'm caught. I can't help it. I love to play with the cords!

It hurts me more than it hurts you....

You know I used to think my parents were so mean and didn't know how much they were hurting me when I got a spanking. Then when I spanked Miranda for the first time, I knew exactly what they meant. I felt so bad, it hurt my soul. Needless to say, I didn't spank her much longer after that.

Well I think it's the same thing when your child is hurt. Last night Oli was crawling on the wood floor and fell flat on her face. I thought maybe she would have a bump on her forehead, but no. I picked her up and was consoling her when I noticed blood all over my shoulder. The poor thing was bleeding from her mouth. Of course I start freaking out and Steve runs into the house from the back yard. He takes a look and she tore her frenulem. I felt so bad, I can't even express it. She is all over the place and is real fast when crawling. I suppose her little hands were sweaty (like her daddy) and they just slipped out from under her.

This morning I wake up to Steve telling me she crawled up on a bin in her room and fell off, frightening her self. Thank goodness she wasn't hurt.

It totally rips my heart out when any of my children are hurt. i get upset when Miranda is upset by her friends. Ya know typical teenage stuff that we all went through. But I really get upset when the babies fall or bump their heads. I think I was less aware of what could happen when Miranda was a baby and didn't freak out. Not so much with the twins. I completely freak out now. Poor babies having to put up with that!

What a night!

Well I'm not sure where to begin. I'm so sleepy that I really cannot collect my thoughts. I'll give it my best shot. Remember recently talking about schedules?? Well last night is a prime example of why they are so hard. Both girls went down about 7:30-8. Isi was up 9, 10, 11, 12, and 1am. Steve was up with her every time and at 1:00 I got up because Isi had woke Oli up. They were both crying. This is why we cannot do the "let them cry" thing everyone talks about. So I got Isi and gave her symax and put her in bed with me. I am a VERY light sleeper so I was up every 30 minutes to hour checking on her and making sure I didn't roll over on her. I know she shouldn't be in bed with me, but at 1 O'clock in the morning, you're desperate. She finally fell asleep but was back up at 4:30. I put her back in her bed thinking she would just play in there for a while. Steve was asleep on the floor in their room. When Isi spotted him trying to leave the room about 5:30, she let out a scream. She was up for the day!

Needless to say, Steve and I are wiped out! Last night was a rare occurence, but Isi is getting up at least once in the night. We assume it's because she is needing the calories. She is only drinking about 14-16 ounces of formula a day. This is so not enough. The books say 24-32 ounces a day. So we have taken her back to the gastroenterologist. She thinks we may have to scope (upper GI) her to figure out what is wrong. But first we are going to try upping her dose of prevacid. We have already tried putting her back on 30 calorie formula and thickner. I hate it but I want her to feel and eat better.

I am nervous about the scope because she will be sedated. It's not good for adults, much less a tiny little infant! Stay tuned.

Schedule. What is that?

Everyone talks about a schedule. Make sure you get your babies on a schedule. Stay on a schedule. These are the things I heard once the babies were born. And let me tell you, it's one thing I cannot accomplish. This is very annoying to me as I am a perfectionist and have always accomplished every goal I set. It's like I said before, this is the hardest thing I've ever done. My oldest child was a breeze. I don't remember having the issues with her that I have with the twins. From the day we came home from the hospital, I have tried to get them on a schedule. It is so hard. And I really can't stand people who make it sound so easy.

It's kind of a double edge sword. I need to get out of the house to remain sane, but I need to stay home to keep the babies on their schedule. When I have to take them to a doctor's appointment or Miranda to something, the whole schedule thing gets thrown out the window. And trying to get them back on "the" schedule is difficult.

I don't know about you, but my twins wake up at different times every day. It ranges from 4am to 6:30am. My loving husband is sweet enough to get up with them in the morning. He feeds them and changes them. Then he let's them play. I feed them breakfast, depending on when they ate their bottles, around 8:30-9:00. After breakfast, I try and lay them down for a nap. Most of the time, they play in their crib before they fall asleep. At the current time, Oli is doing much better at falling asleep at nap time. Isi, not so much. She is needing to be rocked to sleep. I'd rather rock them than listen to the scream. I know this is not the thing to do, but what do you do?? So they wake up from this nap to eat another bottle. They play for several hours and have lunch. After lunch, they play more. Around 3:00 we have another bottle and then if we're lucky, another nap. They wake up about an hour and a half later. Play...play..play and it's dinner time! We have dinner and get cleaned up. Then it's play time again. It's about 6pm now. Steve and I finally have time to fix our dinner and hopefully eat before the girls get grumpy and start crying. After our dinner, it's bath time. We bathe them and give them their last bottle for the night. Well except Isi. She'll be up again in a few hours for another bottle. Finally the day is over and we put them down for the night. This is in a perfect world!! I wish it were this easy.

I'm hoping by their 1st birthday they will have an easier time going to bed AND sleeping through the night! Wish me luck!

Ten months.......movin' and shakin'

We're ten months old now and crawling all over the place. It's hard for mom to keep up with us and when our big sister goes back to school, she's in for it! It won't be long before I'm (Oli) walking. I'm pulling up on any and every thing. My lil' sis is right behind me! She's getting around pretty good too. It took her a little longer but she's got the hang of it now.

In a couple of weeks, we get to stop wearing our DOC bands. Woo who!!! Those things are kind of bothersome and we get really hot in them. Mom and Dad are very happy with the progress we've made wearing them. The DOC band people want us to get a second band, but our daddy doesn't think we need it. And he's the doctor!

It's only two months until our first birthday. Mom is already making BIG plans. We are excited to get to eat Sprinkles cupcakes for the special day. Stay tuned for more info about the party.

Well we'd better go. More fun to be had!

Love,
Oli