We're finally eating in high chairs!

We are finally eating in our high chairs! Up until this point, we were eating in our bumbo seats, but got distracted by the dogs or Miranda or daddy. We would turn around and it was hard for mommy to feed us! We really love our new chairs and they are so cute. (Tori Spelling has the same high chair for Stella!)

It's been a while!

Well it's been a while since I've posted to the blog. Facebook has got me hooked! Here are pictures of the girls with their DOC bands. They have had them for nine weeks now, and they are talking about second bands for both. Steve is not so sure about that so we are going to a cranial surgeon for a second opinion. Wish us luck!

I have been very busy staying home with the girls. Lately, we have been busy going to visit Ashlyn at the hospital. For those of you who do not know, she is my friend Michelle's daughter. She is a very sweet little girl. She is 4 years old and full of life. Two weeks ago, she had the first of her two surgeries, and the last one this past Monday. She is doing well. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers.

I have also been spending time going to see my grandmother in rehab. She fell and broke her hip, so she is trying to get up enough strength to go home. She is very healthy, but a little confused. That is to be expected as she is almost 90 years old!

The girls take a lot of work and energy, but we try and get out a couple times a week. We love to go hang with our besties Des, Caroline and Owen. The mall is a nice retreat from the heat.

The girls are 9 months old now and Oli is crawling. It's official! She is getting around. This is very exciting except now I'll be chasing her around a little more. I don't mind.

Well better run for now. I will try and post some new pictures soon.

Well I did it. I finally quit my job! It's sad that it took my child not gaining weight for me to do it. It's amazing how caught up we get in our jobs that we do not realize how much it has taken over. Or at least that's how it was for me. For those of you who know about my job, you know how utterly overwhelming it was. Thank goodness that's over. As for Isi, she is doing much much better. However, as a parting gift from the daycare, she got a cold. Needless to say, Oli and I both caught it. What fun for our first week home together. Isi is now a 10 pounder!! woo who!! I was really worried about her. She is still not on the growth chart, but is height and weight proportionate. Dr. Kincaid is not worried about her yet. At their 4 month check up, they did really well. All looks good so far with the exception of their heads. They are a little misshappened. We are going for consults with cranial technologies this month. They both got shots, and I started crying. Isi didn't do well and screamed!! She also gagged on the oral med and threw it up. Oli did better with the shots, however, she didn't like the oral med either. Boy having both getting shots at the same time was challenging.

I will be posting new pictures soon. I have to get Steve to download them for me. It's like pulling teeth! :) We did have pictures made with Taylor @ Taylor Made Messages. She has put some on her blog if you'd like a preview. This was a much more pleasant experience from the last. The girls did much better, but still can't hold their heads up well while on their tummy. Maybe at 6 months. I can't wait to send out their pictures. Taylor is an amazing photographer! Let me know if you need one. She does great work and is very reasonable!

Better run. Need to get a few more things done before my sweeties wake up!

And who's this pretty girl

I know ya'll were wondering where my dog babies were.......

I couldn't leave Oli out

Well I can't talk about Isi and not Oli. Oli is doing a little better than Isi, but not much. She is 2lbs bigger, but thats not much since when they were born there was only 1 1/2lbs difference. Both girls are cooing A LOT and very happy despite being sick. Thank the lord for that! Who looks like their daddy?

Isi

Well I know I am blogging out of order, but most of ya'll know the story. I just wanted to update ya'll with how the girls are doing. We are a little worried about Isi at this time. I went back to work at the beginning of January and the girls went into daycare. Almost immediately, they both got sick. They both developed an ugly cough and congestion. I could hear this raspy noise in their throats. Luckily it was not RSV (or at least at the time we tested them) and they were both diagnosed with acute upper respiratory infections and ear infections. I know ya'll are all thinking that I'm lucky to have a doctor in the house. Well yes I am, but it can also be a curse. My girls are on so many meds! I think I'm descently smart, but there are so many meds I can't keep them all straight. I had to get Steve to write them all down. Anywho, we have been weighing both girls every week since they were born. Another thing one does when there is a doctor in the house. We have to go up to the clinic and weigh them every week. Both girls were gaining like crazy in the begining. Around the begining of the year, their weight gain slowed. Isi has been right at 8lbs. 15oz. - 9lbs for the last 5-6 weeks. She has never made it on the growth chart. Long story short, Isi hasn't gained weight since then. I know they have been sick, and some of this can be contributed to the illness. However, she should have gained something. Steve and I are very concerned. Steve is really taking it hard as he is a doctor and can't figure out what is wrong with his child or make her better. Oli weighs around 11lbs now and she actually lost weight last week. She is in the 10th percentile on the growth chart. Both sweeties are still sick, but I'm finally starting to see a little improvement. I took Isi back to Dr. Dave` (pediatric gastroinerologist) last week because she was smelling sour again and obviously not gaining weight. She is wonderful by the way! Dr. Dave` upped her prevacid dose and scheduled another assessment with Robin Elkin, OT. She is wonderful too! This will be the 2nd time we've seen Robin and she really helped us last time. This is when we put both girls on thickner (this is a tasteless gel that is mixed into their bottles). We go see Robin tomorrow. After the assessment, Dr. Dave` will decide if Isi needs an endoscopy (camera down the throat). Isi and Oli both have had upper GI's. Neither were concerning. Anyway that is kind of where we are at this point. I will keep you updated. I have begged Steve to download the cameras to the computer so I can share pics with you. We are having pictures next weekend, so hopefully I'll have some great pictures to share.

Here we go!

I know I should have started this months ago, but I'm not computer savvy AND I've been a little busy. Miranda actually created this blog for me....so here we go. Most of you know the story, but I'll tell it again if you don't mind. I woke up this day (October 12th) and something told me I just didn't feel right. After much discussion, well not really, Steve and I were off to the hospital. This is the day that forever changed our lives. Shortly thereafter, our two little miracles were born. I wept when I heard them cry for the first time. It was AMAZING!! Here Steve and I were, parents of healthy twin girls. We had tried for so long and here we were. Time flew by so fast. Now we had two little people to care for. Miranda was so excited too!! Of course she couldn't let us know, but we could tell. It was so funny to see Steve in his Smurf outfit. What a proud Daddy! He wore that blue suit with pride. Well it's late and I'll continue the story later. Like I said earlier, not so computer savvy so it takes me a while to post.