These aren't the best pics...but see below because my nieces trip down to houston with my in laws is on here now. The girls had a great time...we went to Kemah, Nasa, the childrens museum, Schlitterbahn, the beach for a few minutes & The Aquarium downtown! What a great time we had...i think i had the best time of all...i got a bit of a break from the girls for a few days! What a TREAT for ME!
Enjoy the pics!
Happy Friday the 13th!
~Brenda~
Has another tooth coming in too. The top right side...while Sarah is getting in her left side. They are right about even now on teeth!
On another note: We're having Hannah's bday party on July 28th. We're just going to have family this year. I just don't have time to put together a party for any amount of people this year. Esp since i don't have any help anymore. I can't believe my little girl is going to be THREE! She's such a big girl now. I can't even remember back when she wasn't talking or walking!
Lastly, i've started selling all the girls stuff on ebay. I've put on about 7 items and most have bids on them...i'm excited about making room in the house and making some money. Plus Once i get the closet upstairs cleaned out we can move some furniture around and maybe get Hannah some BIG GIRL furniture and let her sleep in one of the bedrooms upstairs! We'll see!
Has another tooth coming in i can see. All you can see is a tiny dot coming out of the top left tooth...it's so cute. I don't think it'll take long for it to come in...the last tooth came in really really fast. We'll see.
I checked Sam's teeth and still no top teeth for her.
I wonder if we're in for another rough weekend...didn't the bottom front teeth come in on a weekend too??? I think they did.
Well today after i figured out the girls were able to sit up completly unassisted, I put them next to each other and threw a whole bunch of toys in front of them. Watching them play was the cutest thing ever! They would totally check out what each other had and take the toys away from each other. They totally were watching each other and trying to eat each others hands...play with each others toys. They are already not very good at sharing...but it's so cute. They would bump heads and smile at each other. I can't wait to show them off to everyone. What a blessing out two sweet babies are to us. They are healthy and beautiful and everything a mother and father could want times two, no actually times three!
Well the girls are finally strong enough to sit up on their own. They still fly backwards every once in a while...but are getting much stronger day by day. It's amazing b/c last week i didn't think they were close to sitting up. Now i can prop them up in the double boppy i have and they sit. Once i a while they will fly forward and slide on to their belly....but definitely sturdy and steady for a couple of minutes! OH how i can't wait for them to just sit there, not move, but not have to lay on their back. They were so cute earlier. I had them on the carpet in their room and they were all sitting up playing with toys! SOO cute. I'll post a pic later.
Sarah and Sam did great at their 6 month check up.
First and most importantly both twins have grown a LOT in the past 2 months.
Here are the stats:
Sarah is 26 inches long, head circum is 17 and weight is 15.
She is in the 30% for weight, 40% for height & 75% for head
Sam is26 inches tall, head circum is 17 and weight is 16lbs
She is in the 50% for weight, 40% for height and 75% for head.
It's amazing how much they've grown in 2 months. The dr. had to remeasure just to check her assistant to make sure the measurements were right. They were right plus or minus a tiny bit. She said they are right on track and growing just as they should. She was surprised that they could switch hands with toys...they've been doing that for about 2 weeks. They are also turning from their belly to their back...totally weird and opposite from what Hannah did...but in a good way. Melodys' babies are also doing the same so i was never concerned. I just don't remember Hannah every doing it.
Well the girls are finally resting after a long day at the dr. Hannah used to just sleep and sleep after we got back from the dr...not so for the twins. They were up and playing and wanting to eat when we got home....perhaps b/c i skipped their breakfast cereal this morning to get them ready in time.
When they got their shots Sam screamed for a bit...Sarah on the other hand yelped for a sec of two and was ok. She's totally like Hannah. Hannah did the exact same thing when she was a baby and had to get shots.
On another note...i can't believe Hannah's bday is so close. This year we're going to skip the Big party ruckus and just have family and a couple of kids over. I think Hannah will have more fun with just a couple of people over and i don't want the girls to freak out with a ton of people over at out house anyway. This year the theme of her party is teletubbies...she absolutely LOVES the guys. We watch them every morning on PBS at 630a.
Think that's it for now...Happy 4th to everyone!
Brenda
Sarah & Samantha are so different personality wise.
Sarah loves to move. I can lay her down on the ground and she'll push with her feet all the way from one side of the gymni to the other...on her back with her feet. She can totally roll from her back to her belly and back but normally just stays on her belly once she rolls.
Samantha likes to stay put. I don't think i've seen her move at all. You lay her on her back and she just lays there and plays with whatever is above her. She's just not interested. I did sit her up and put pillows all around her and she sat there for a good 5 minutes with just the support of the pillows.
I have a feeling Sarah is going to be an adventourous baby just like Hannah while Sam is going to just follow along.
Paul & I had such a nice week hanging with our nieces and my in laws/pauls parents. On our last outing yesterday we went to schliterbahn in galveston and to show the girls the beach.
The trip to schliterbahn was awesome! Paul and i both agreed that Hannah has NEVER had so much fun in her life. She wasn't scared of the water at all. We began by riding the lazy river which was a ton of fun. Hannah sat on the double float between Paul and I with a life jacket on. Since it wasn't really packed yet the lazy river was a bit empty and when you rode it the waves were extremely high...I was almost nervous b/c it started to look like a huge wave was going to hit us and the people in front of us flew out of their rafts. It wasn't bad and no one tipped over and boy, did we have a ton of fun. Schliterbahn is definitely very kid friendly...more so than even the childrens museum.
All in all we had a great week. Brooke and Nicole are such sweet girls and we hope to see them again next summer since they live so far away and it's really hard to get together with everyone.
I'll attach some pics after paul loads the camera again!
My nieces Brooke & Nicole are in town with my in laws. We've had such a great week soo far! We went to the childrens museum and the aquarium yesterday. Then today we went to NASA & to Kemah to eat today. Tomorrow our plan is to go to Galveston. Let's pray for some good weather! I'll post some pics after the girls leave. They have grown up soo much in the past year...they are such sweeties. Hannah has really formed a bond with Brooke....they get along soo good. Hannah just follows Brooke around like Brooke is her big sister...it's soo cute. I'll write more later...we're just having such a great week. The twins are hanging with Grandma & Grandpa all week and having a blast.
Well we've finally made it! I truly see the light at the end of the tunnel! For the first time ever all my girls slept in the SAME bedroom last night! Who would have imgained this could ever happen! I'm soo excited and proud! It's the sweetest thing ever! Well we've made it over one big hump...i think life will start to get back to as normal as can be expected for having 3 babies under 3!
What a week it has been for me. I had the absolute worst birthday i have ever had! I don't know where to begin. I guess first to the BEST & Most exciting news! We finally decided to let the girls cry it out at night and put them in their room! TWO Nights and going strong. The first night was REALLY BAD! Between the two they cried straight from 2-5a! What a bad morning it was for me. On top of that It was my bday morning...and i was exhausted mentally and physically! The second night(last night) was like living in HEAVEN! Sam got up a few times but just whimpered and went back to bed...Sarah my little sleeper slept from 8p-630a! WHAT A GREAT NIGHT! Anyway that was the best part of our week!
Now on to the Wreck! Julia has planned to take Hannah and meet all her friends at the zoo. Anyway to make a long story short...and i don't even know whos telling the truth about the wreck...Julia slammed into the back of her friends car with my car. She must have hit pretty bad becuase it caused 1500 worth of damage to my car...so now we are out alot of money that we didn't need to spend becuase of Julia's not watching where she was going! What a MESS! We have to pay for my car, her friends car,etc.. Luckily and most importantly Hannah was not hurt! Thank GOD! Anyway to top this wreck off she let her friends host familys kids play in my car and i had pen writing all over my leather seat! I had to scrub it out with on of those magic pen things from mr. clean. It totally took off all the texture and i'm not a happy person about the whole thing! What a mess!!! Needless to say we're not extending with the service as we had originally thought! Once again, what a MESS!!!!!!
Think that's all for now...i'm on my own today and it's going great so far. I really think i can just do it on my own. Paul is scared that he is going to have to deal with a not so Happy person when he gets home from work! I'll let you know how that turns out later! :)
Brenda
Well Julia is going on Vacation for TWO WHOLE WEEKS! I just can't imgaine how things are going to run around here. I did find a polish girl we met at the park to help out while she's gone. I'm just not sure how well she works under pressure. I'm actually really really nervous.
I also just can't wait till this bathroom is done and there is no-one working in my house anymore. After that i won't be so stressed out about the girls crying so much. Right now i get all nervous and feel like a bad mom if there's someone working on the house and my girls are crying...plus they usually egg each other on so if one's crying the other starts to cry and gets even louder than the first. SO as soon as everyone is gone i'm going to buy the biggest baddest pair of ear plugs and let them scream to their best ability! LOL! Just kidding.
Other than that i'm on a baking frenzy. I've baked 3 or 4 carrott cakes in the past few weeks and i think i've mastered it(Don't ask me how i have time to bake with three kids under 3 but i find time.) I'm planning on baking another one for the guy that bought our house.
O yeah and on another note: we have a whole family of possums in our backyard! Gracye went crazy the other day and paul piked up the little ramp that goes up to the little playhouse/shed in the backyard and low and behold there was a mom and 4-5 babies underneath. We ended up catching one in our neighbor Charlies, trap. BUT there are still 4 or 5 in the backyard hiding!
By the way S & S both have 2 teeth coming in and they have broken the skin and are visible. I think the two top ones aren't far behind because they are totally getting soliva all over the place!
One last thing...the guys are done tiling the restroom. Tomorrow is paint, then shower doors and trim. I don't think it'll be much longer....i'm so excited and ready to have a pool party with Hannah!
Well after months and months of hoping we'd find the perfect person to buy our house...we've finally sold it. We closed Friday and it's officially a done deal now. We are so thankful and relieved that we don't have to worry about the house anymore. What a pain in the keister. Anyway the guy that bought the house is a great guy. Single with two kids but the kids live with their mom except for every other weekend. SO that's why he was ok with the smaller house. He also said over and over again how much he loved the fence, etc.
Not much more to report except for my girlfriend Amy that lives a block over is pregnant again. This is her fourth baby and we are so excited for her. It's going to be soo cool because all our kids are like steps: Tabatha is 5, Ethan is 4, Hannah is going to be 3, Naomi is going to be 2 in Oct and the girls will be 1 in Dec. and then her baby is due Dec 30th, 2007..how cool would it be if she had her baby on the twins birthday a year later?! We are just so happy they live so close and are such great friends. Hannah also went to Ethans bday party this past Friday at McDonalds...she had a great time and Amy did such a great job with the spiderman theme even though i think she's pretty sick and exhausted all the time. O how i don't envy her going through the whole morning/daytime sickness.
Think that's it for now, it's 8:30p and i'm already falling asleep!
Sarah & Sam's personalities are both coming out now.
My thoughts are that:
Sarah is going to be outgoing just like Hannah. Sam is going to be more conservative like Allison. Sarah loves to smile and giggle at Hannah. She loves to watch Hannah all day long. Hannah was dancing for her and all she could do was stare and giggle. Samantha loves Sugar our dog. She yells at her all day long. Today was a day of lots of talking for Sam. She was making noises all day long. Yelling at Sugar and Hannah. It was really funny and soo cute. They both LOVE the bumpos and red wagon. We were even brave enough to take them to walmart this past memorial day. We seriously took the red wagon and bumpos and put them in the bumpos in the wagon. Boy it's weird taking them out in public. People stare like i've never imagined. It's really kinda sad for Hannah because people never take a double take of her but when it comes to the girls people stare and talk to us like they are our best friends. In return i know we just have to give her a little extra attention even if she's the most self sufficient 2.5 year old i've ever known. I can't tell you how many people struck up a conversation with us in walmart. How many people cooed at the girls or had comments about how i "have my hands full". As my MOMS of Multiples says "full hands, full hearts" and now i truly believe that. We may have our hands full...and boys is that and UNDERSTATMENT...but our hearts are SOO FULL i could have never imagined how much love we get in return already! It's worth every minute even if the girls are still waking up twice a night on a good night :)
Today was a great day with the girls. Sarah and Sam were both laughing and smiling all day. Sarah loves to eat on her bug and jump in her jumperoo all day! Samantha likes to play in the baby einstein with all the different toys and she loves to eat fingers.
They both have 2 teeth now...and sam's are really poping out to where you can really see them. Sarah's are out but you can't seem them really good yet.
Think that's it for now.
Hope everyone had a great Holiday! For once in the past five months i can say we truly had a great weekend with a much smaller amout of crying in the house. Just say a prayer the girls are finally outgrowing the crying stage...
By the way Hannah is such a great big sister. She really loves the girls and really helps a lot. In the morning i take them in her room and put them in the bouncy chairs and she totally plays with them while i get as much done as i can before our day really gets going. Every time i've gone in there she is covering them up or playing with them with their toys and they are always totally smiling and giggling.
We just noticed Sam is getting ANOTHER tooth. So now she's getting the two bottom teeth together! YIKES! Just wish us luck that the orajel works like it did on Hannah! AND they get some sleep!
Got her first tooth in today. It actually broke through the skin and everything. We are all doing ok...just praying for the day where we can go somewhere and not worry about babies fussing all the time.
Hannah also started school last thursday and is loving it. Although i have a really funny story about school. She came home the other day and immediately told me Maddy pushed her and wouldn't let her see daddy's truck as he was pulling in the parking lot(there's a window in her school room where they sit and wait for their parents to get there to pick them up). Anyway she said Maddy wasn't her friend anymore. Well the next day i told Maddys grandmother that about the situation. She laughed and said that Maddy had went home and told her that Hannah slapped her in the face but it was a long story. Anyway who knows the whole truth...it was just really funny but it's great to be able to have somewhat of a conversation with her now that she talks like a big girl!
Got her first tooth today! It broke through the skin and everything! She seems to be doing ok through the whole thing. It really poped out fast considering i just saw the white coming through the gums yesterday! Now we're waiting on Sarah's tooth to come through!
P.S. Neither Sarah nor Sam is sleeping through the night yet!! I GIVE UP! Luckily my body and Pauls body are adjusted!
The girls were baptized this past weekend. Everything went very well. Katie, my bestfriend from KY came in since we asked her to be the God mother. Steve, Pauls brother also came in because we asked him to be the God Father. Jaymie also came to the baptism and hung out with us all weekend. We had such a great time. I'm always sad to see them go.
I will attach pics as soon as i load them from the computer. The girls were just adorable.
Secondly, we signed ANOTHER contract for the house. I hope and pray this one goes through...we should be closing no later than June 4th! Cross your fingers!
Paul and I took the girls in for their 4 month check up today.
Good but Bad news:
Sarah & Sam are both overweight! Who would have known that! To me they are still tiny!
They weight the following:
Sarah is 13
Sam is 13.14 HOLY SMOKES!
Sarah is 40% percentile for weight
she is 22 3/4 inches so 5% for height
and 16 inches for head circumference which is also 5%
Sam is 50% weight
23 1/4 height so 10%
and 16 inches for head...
NOW the bad part is all these percentiles should be even...not close with my girls. They are way fat and way short! I knew they were short even in the womb...but now the dr. thinks they are too heavy. Good part about that for me is that if and when Hannah goes back to school...if she gets them sick i won't be so worried about them loosing a bit of weight.
With that being said...i told the dr. i had been giving them a bit of cereal in the morning...which they really don't get more than one mouthful when i feed them. She said NO MORE CEREAL and that i should give them veggies and fruits instead. I have never heard this one before...but i'm going to start on that as soon as i get to the store for some baby food. I've learned from last time i'm really going to push greens...esp avacodas(spelling) Hannah hates them but i hear they are really good for brain growth.
Other than the dr. appt not much going on over here.
We did the walk on Sunday! Had a semi good time. Sam was hungry by the time we got around the corner...had to prop her bottle up and feed her on the go. Hannah had a blast...she just loved seeing ben and melody and the girls!! She was yelling melodys name the whole time trying to have conversation after conversation with her! It was really cute!
O yeah on another note: Mr. Beta died last Moday. We went to get her a new one and ended up getting a new beta and 3 hermit crabs. She likes them and they are definitely more fun than the beta...but they STINK! I'm wondering how long before they find a home out on the porch! :)
Lastly, thank you to all those who donated money for such a great cause! I walked through the start point almost in tears seeing all the people who have suffered premature births. ALL the signs sponsored by companies with babies names on them...some celebrating life others had not made it. I definitely think this will be the charity we will always hold close to our heart after melodys situation. I also just found out there is a lady in our group who had IVF..she had two eggs inplanted...both took and SPLIT which is a one in 9 millions chance! She ended up with quads...two sets of identical babies....3 of the 4 lived...they were at the walk celebrating the boys lifes...as well as the one that didn't make it...they were celebrating in memory of him! I had to fight hard to keep the tears back...
If you do not have a charity you support you should make it next years new years resolution to get one and really support that charity....even research it and see how much actually goes to the charity how many employees they pay etc. It's the best feeling in the world and it's not like you have to give tons of money!
I think that's it for now! I hope to update and keep on this more often...it's been crazy around here the past few weekends...hopefully it'll slow down soon!
O yeah
Sarah is sleeping from say 8p-130ish
Sam is sleeping from 730ish - 1230a!
NOT SOO BAD...and i know it will only get better!
I upgraded my blog as you all can see but the stupid thing lost all my info.
I had 1039 hits before i changed my template yesterday and revamped my counter.
Now if i can figure out how to put the darn lilypie thing back on i'll be set to go.
The girls are all doing well. S&S still have colds..nothing to be worried about. Hannah still has a cough...nothing to be worried about either. Paul is sick to with a cold...not good when he snores like a gorilla at night and i need as much sleep as possible since the girls still aren't sleeping through the night.
We're throwing around keeping Julia for another 6 months. Paul and i both kinda agreed that i'm really starting to think i'll need someone full time for another 6 months because the girls are still so high maintenance and i just don't see myself spending 500 a week on a nanny that comes and goes. SO, this may be our only way and if julia leaves in Feb we'll have more time before we have to put Hannah back in school. It's all kinda up in the air now...but we need to figure it out soon...so we can make plans.
O yeah my girlfriend Jaymie is pregnant! We are all so excited for her and Chad! She is Due Nov 20th and doing really well. We've all been praying for her to have a happy healthy pregnancy...she's at 9 weeks this upcoming week and is doing great!
We're going to take pics in the bluebonnetts tomorrow so check flickr this coming week for more pics!
Paul, Hannah, Sarah, Samantha and I are getting ready for the big walk. We still have a few weeks left to go...
I never thought i'd find a cause so close to my heart as i do with The March of Dimes. Just knowing that Melody's premature labor(my friend that had her babies at 26 weeks gestation and weighting in at 1.10lbs and 1.12lbs) could have been prevented with more reasearch on preterm births...i find myself really wanting to help out!!
Thank you to everyone that has already donated!
If you have not and want to help Please check out my website and support the March of dimes
http://www.walkamerica.org/twinmom122606
Love,
Brenda
She definitely has a UTI. I talked to the dr. yesterday and the dr. said she had numbers for something(can't remember the name) in the hundreds of thousands. From what i got from that was that her numbers were high and she definitely had a UTI. She also said from the blood test they could tell Hannah was Anemic. YIKES! She said i need to feed Hannah some LIVER! YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Paul said he's going to buy some and see if Hannah likes it. Perhaps i have horrible memories because my mom didn't know how to cook it...i DON"T KNOW!!!
Sarah & Sam both have colds...nothing really bad just the sniffles. I hope everyone gets better soon..but with this weather who knows.
Think that's it for now.
Happy Easter!
Love,
Brenda
Well i'm assuming she had a UTI because the dr. said from her urinalysis everything pointed to a UTI. SO, she gave me the medicine and things are MUCH better. Yesterday was a BAD day for my sweet Hannah. She slept almost all day and didn't want to eat or drink or anything...that is when i finally decided to call the dr. and tell her we needed something because she is getting worse. Her fever was really high two nights ago...to the point i had to give her tylenol and then motrin rotating them out every 2 hours.
Now she doesn't have a temp and is taking her medicine like a big girl. She has also decided that she doesn't want to wear diapers and just wants to wear panties. She has had 2 accidents(one #2 and one #1). She is such a big girl...i can't believe my big girl is potty training herself!
Hannah & Sarah also have a cold. Both are also kinda stuffy and snotty. I'm sure they'll get better soon.
I took Hannah to the dr. yesterday. She had some issues pooping all weekend...crying and telling me her butt hurt. The dr. checked her out and couldn't figure out what was wrong with her, although she did have a fever of 99.7, which isn't a really bad fever but does tell us her body is trying to fight something off. We ended up getting a urine sample and having a cbc(where the take blood out of her arm). It was pretty bad and she was NOT at all happy about someone taking blood. POOR BABY! I felt soo bad.
Anyway now we wait and see what the results show. I hope and pray she's ok.
Sarah and Sam are both a bit sick with stuffy noses...since this isn't my first baby i'm a little more lienient and not sooo worried. I did call the dr. and she said nothing i could do besides try to make them both comfortable. I'm using the suction and little noseys...it's helping a bit.
I weighted the girls today...my babies aren't such small babies anymore.
Sarah weighted in at 11.3
Sam weighted in at 12.2
I can't believe they are a whole pound apart now...but i can really tell the weight difference. Sam is soooo heavy...Sarah is heavy but definitely not as heavy. They are just both soo precious and cute little babies...they smile soo much now and they can focus on things really well too.
Now let's all say a prayer that they sleep through the night sometime soon. I don't know why they are still getting up every 3 hours....it's driving me CRAZY. I'd love to have just one whole night of sleep sometime soon...even if just 9-3 or 4a. ANY sleep would be fine...paul and i are both just so exhausted.
Will keep ya'll updated as soon as we hear more about Hannah!
I took Sarah to the dr. today and she has pretty bad reflux. The pedi ENT i went to see gave her some Previcid and i give it to her daily for a month and then i go back for her to get another checkup. I sure hope and pray they don't have to put that snake looking scope back down her nose through her throat. THE SNAKE CAMERA WAS HORRIBLE! Sarah was so upset she turned completely RED to the point she looked like a RIPE RED APPLE!
Anyway i'm hoping that her reflux has a bit to do with the reason she doesn't eat much and still eats so many times per day. If i followed the normal guidelines the girls should only be eating about 4-5 times a day/night. They eat every 3, so they eat about 8 times give or take 1. I'll be really happy if previcid helps the pain and she eats more and less times. If this does work i'm going to do whatever i have to do to get Samantha some too....
YAHOO! Sarah is finally getting accustomed to the schedule i put them on. She slept from 9p-340a! What a miracle! I never thought she'd be able to do it. I have heard a few scary stories about peoples twins taking a whole year to sleep through! I don't think that'll be us...or at least not ME! HA HA! Paul takes Sam at night and she's still taking a bit longer to sleep through. I guess that proves a point that cereal does not always really help them sleep through becuase i have never given Sarah a lick of cereal! Soo many people have told me to give them cereal...including my mom. Melody on the other hand started giving her girls cereal and Sydney slept 12 hours at night...maybe it depends on the baby.
I will update more as things happen. I'm just so extatic that i got some well deserved sleep last night...esp since during the day Sarah is so high maintenance and it's really hard for her to sleep the last hour of our 3 hour cycle of feed, play and sleep. I'm so excited that it's 4am and i'm WIDE AWAKE for the day!
Oh it's going to be a great FRIDAY!
We've finally decided to give the girls a little "tough love". We are putting them on a schedule. It's just getting too hard to try to feed on demand now a days. I don't seem to ever have time to do anything other than sit on the couch and feed a baby. So as of 6p yesterday we've put them on a schedule. It's tough, and i know it will be for a few days...but it will get a LOT better soon. The girls did really good until the 3am feeding...that was pretty tough. THEN the 6am feeding was even HARDER for Paul becuase Sam really really wanted to eat. Anyway this morning at 9am was ok and they both ate 3ounces but i'm waiting for the hunger outburst to start again soon. :)
We are baptising the girls on april 21st. Steve, pauls brother is the God Father. My best friend Katie is the God Mother.
Lastly, Hannah is officially off her Paci. The other day she bit into one and showed it to me and told me she bit it. Yesterday for some reason i just decided to rip the tip off and give it back to her. She was really really MAD! I can't tell you how many times she threw it at me and how many hugs i had to give her to stop her from throwing anything she could find at me...but we are over that hump and she slept ALL night without it. She does keep asking for me to go buy her a new one...i've already told her they don't make that one anymore..which they really don't. And i think with time it will subside and she'll be just fine. WOW...how smooth of a transition that was. If i had known i definitely would have done it sooner. But perhaps it was so easy because anything is easy once you've raised two fussy twins! LOL!
Cross your fingers the girls do good on my schedule and that Hannah is finally over the paci frustration! :)
We took Sarah & Sam to the dr. today.
They are doing great.
Sarah weights 9.12 height 20 3/4 head 13.5
Samantha weights 10.2 height 20/12 head 14.5
We have to take Sarah to a pedi Ear Nose & Throat Dr. because of her crying while she eats. The dr. seemed to think it is reflux. Medoy knows all about reflux because Kately has it. She said it really sounds like Sarah has it. We have an appt for March 29th...can you believe that i had to wait FIVE WEEKS?? Crazy! Anyway other than that Sarah & Sam both have plugged up tear ducts and that is why they have eye boogies 24/7. I have to give them eye drops to get rid of the infection they have along with the plugged ducts. If they aren't better in 4 more months they will have to go to the eye dr. to have it checked out.
Other than that not much to report over here.
We did take the girls to dinner Sat night with my sister...BAD BAD idea. Sarah was a mess the entire time. It was horrible! I will probably never take them to dinner again if i can help it!
Lastly, Katie McDonald is going to be both girls God Mother and Steve(Pauls Brother) is going to be the girls God Father...i think i have made a great choice for both Katie and Steve.
I weighted the girls today.
Samantha is a whopping 9.13lbs(yeah that's right almost 10lbs)
Sarah is a bit behind coming in at 9.5lbs but staying close behind her sister
Who would have known they'd be such great eaters considering little Ms. Hannah hated eating and never liked any foods i gave her either.
I'm so proud of my eaters...we really are blessed to have such good healthy babies!
Everyone keeps asking about Melodys girls and i wanted to give a wonderful exciting update. Katelyn and Sydney are doing great. They have ECI(early childhood intervention) coming over once a week to help with all sorts of developmental things...but so far the girls are right on track with their adjusted age which is 6 weeks ahead of Sarah & Samantha. Melody thinks and we all hope the dr. has finally found an answer to Katelyns GI/Reflux problem. The dr. said her espohagus are irritated and that she needed to take out the feeding tube and give her new and adjusted dosages of medicine. She did and now katelyn is doing great. Melody took the tube out today and hasn't used it in 3 days and katelyn is taking right around 18 ounces a day which is great for her & without a feeding tube. Sydney is doing great and physically developing at her corrected age and sometimes even better. All in all the girls are doing great...and we are already trying to start planning some play dates for the summer after cold and flu season are over. I can't wait!
I'm probably going to jinx myself but today is a day of celebration!!! Sarah, who is my sleeping buddy, slept until 12:30a and then didn't wake up again till 5a! I'm sooo excited.
Pauls sleeping buddy, Samantha, slept from 9p to 3:30a without a feed!
I'm sure this was all a fluke. but if it's not, i'm finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel!
Anyway, besides not sleeping through the night, the girls are doing very well. Both had a bit of a stuffy nose last week and i used those little nosey saline drops and they are both fine now.
Now if i could just get them on a schedule, i'd be in heaven.
Right now they usually feed at the same time...but that tends to literally be all day! It's really hard for me emotionally because i really just sit on the couch all day feeding them both. If they'd start to slow down some i could get a few things around the house done. Right now it's been so crazy i wasn't even able to get their announcements out. I just had them done this past weekend so everyone should be receiving them soon although if you are reading this you know anyway. Either way the lady did a wonderful job AGAIN on the cards. So far she has put together Hannah's first bday invites, our christmas card last year and now these announcements. She's just so much more creative than i am...
Lastly, Katie, Jaymie and I are semi planning a girls weekend down here. The rodeo fell through because everyone kinda dropped the ball on tickets. Katie couldn't get them,,,i don't think Jaymie could and no one ever said well lets just buy them and get it over with..i guess i could have just bought them myself, too. SO, as of right now Katie is planning on coming down the beginning of April. We haven't confirmed it with Jaymie yet because she is soo busy we hardly ever talk to her...but Katie said either way we'll just make plans and hope Jaymie is free. We are planning on meeting up with some of our old classmates from high school if all goes as planned. The only stipulation for me was that S & S had to be sleeping through the night so Paul wouldn't be miserable taking care of two girls half of the night.
Well that's it for now...i will update with more pics soon!
You all wouldn't believe how big the girls are now. The girls are definitely starting to look more like infants than just blobs. They are very alert...love to play on their gymnis and swings...the only problem is that they aren't that big on walks. I'm going to have to change that soon so i can start walking and loose some of this baby weight. :)
I forgot to add that Sarah & Samantha are definitely identical twins. When i went to the dr. Tuesday i found out that the hospital had done a test on the placenta just to make sure the girls were identical although my dr. was 99% sure at 8 weeks of gestation. Anyway, YES, they are identical twins. I asked him if he was sure because now that i see them everyday i can tell them apart as Sarah has a small head & Sam has a big head. Anyway, he said as they get older they will definitely look more alike just because right now they are growing at different rates etc.
I have great news...i just weighted Sam and she is 8.5 & 1/2 lbs. I can't believe it! She is such a big girl.Sarah weights 8.2lbs and really catching up with Sam quickly! Who would have known they'd put on so much weight soo quickly.
We had a bad bad day yesterday...actually Paul and Julia did b/c i had to go to the dr. for my 6 week checkup. Anyway when i got home it was a circus in the house...Sarah was crying uncontrolobaly(spelling). Anyway i'm not sure what was wrong...i pray she doesn't have colic but she sure is a fussy baby. She cries a lot more than Hannah ever cried.
We are talling up the amount of food the girls eat because i do believe they are over eating which could be why they cry so much in the afternoon... I will put the totals up tomorrow!
I surprisingly gave the twins baths today. Boy is that hard work. Sarah actually loved the bath today while Sam HATED it and cried the whole time. Anyway, i weighted the girls. As of last friday Sarah was 6.15 and Sam was 7.1. Now Sarah is 7.2 & Sam is 7.5. They are both putting on weight really well thank goodness. I can't believe it but Sam is now the height and weight Hannah was when she was born. Thats all for now...
The girls are doing great. We took them to the dr. on Friday(NO, i did NOT go alone i picked Paul up on the way for much needed help) and they had their one month check up. They are doing great.
Samantha is: 7.1lbs
Sarah is: 6.14lbs
They are both about the same height and both in the 5th percentile for their age and weight. The dr. said that she will be surprised if they aren't sleeping longer in the next few weeks. If my memory serves me correctly i think Hannah was sleeping through the night at 6 weeks...Oh gosh i could use some sleep and that would be better than anything else in the world at this point. But at the same time i know we are so blessed and that with such great healthy babies i'm ok with what we've been given and if they don't sleep through the night soon we'll both be ok just tired and grumpy. :) The best part is that they are both growing like weeds and eating like vultures which is nice and making this a little less stressful.
I think that's it for now...i will write more as soon as things start slowing down around here. If you could see us in the morning you'd think we were a circus act in the barnum and bailey circus between crying hungry babies and Hannah riding her bike around the house with all the bad weather we've had in the past few weeks and not being able to leave the house.
I haven't updated in a while so i thought i'd keep everyone up to date on Sarah and Samantha and life here with 3 beautiful girls and absolutely no sleep.
First of all the girls are all doing pretty good. We did have to take Sarah to the dr. friday because she has had a bit of jelly looking blood in her stools. The dr. seems to think it's a fisher tear down below and that it should be ok soon. I'm hoping that is what it is...but i still have my doubts just because it's not really blood but more like currant jelly looking stuff. We are monitoring her very closely and just playing the waiting game to see. The dr. seemed to believe that if it was something worse, she'd be tender in her belly. which so far she is not. Other than that Sarah is doing great. I weighted her today and she weights right at 6lbs which is really great! I'm not real worried about her weight because she is eating like a little piggy. They eat all day and on a good night they eat every 4 hours...on a bad night they eat every 2-3 hrs. It's weird and different how they eat so much compared to sweet little Ms. Hannah that has never really liked to eat. I even remember one time getting really worried and taking Hannah to the dr. when she was a tiny baby because she wasn't eating much. Not the case with these girls. Funny but i can already tell what kind of personality sarah is going to have. She is very needy and wants to be held ALL DAY long. She whines about the smallest thing and is a houdini that can get out of her burrito wrap no matter how tight paul wraps her.
Sam, on the other hand is very laid back. She weight 6lbs too and has really caught up with her sister very fast. She is doing great and we haven't had any issues with her thank goodness. Her peronality is great and if we had two of her we probably wouldn't even know we had two infants around the house. She is calm, quiet and can stare at you all day and not cry unless she is hungry. She cries a bit when she's hungry but NOTHING compared to Sarah who screams at the top of her lungs like she's hurting badly every time she gets hungry.
Before i forget, here is a link to the pic we had taken of the girls at the hospital for their first photo. The doll in the middle was the first doll the received from their aunt jennifer and cousin Allison. I think they look like little cabbage patch dolls in this pic.
http://www.growingfamily.com/webnursery/babypage_view.asp?URLID=5W4W2C0U8X
Check out the pic and be sure to sign the web nursery book.
Hannah is doing great and just really really loves her sisters. She kisses them and holds their hands all day long. It's really the cutest thing i've ever seen and she is just soo sweet to both girls. I just can't wait till their all old enough to interact together...it's going to be so much fun!
I think that's it for now. Sorry it's taken me so long to update with more info. Of course raising two babies is really hard and i hardly have time to even eat during the day when paul is at work and i'm here with all three girls. I definitely think i'm taking this much easier than i did with Hannah. Even with being doubly sleep deprived i'm not so scared and anxious, as i was when Hannah was born.
Hope everyone had a wonderful XMAS & Happy New Year. I will keep in touch more often once things settle down a bit.
Love,
Brenda
I'm going to create a new blog very soon because Paul said it's not just the Myerstwins anymore...but now it's the myers family! As soon as i get the new site up and running i will add a link to this blog.
By the way we went to the dr. today. The girls are doing really well except for Sarah loosing a bit more weight than we expected.
The girls weights are as follows:
Sarah birth weight: 5.11 and current weight is 5.4
Samantha birth weight: 5.7 and current weight is 5.7
I think the weight loss has something to do with the twin to twin transfusion but we're not sure. Sarah was the receiving twin while Samantha was the donating twin. So i think that perhaps because Sarah had so much blood, the blood may be breaking down and causing her to loose weight. Not for sure though.
Other than that the girls are doing great...lots of eating, sleeping and pooping!
I will keep you updated when i change the site.
By the way our contractor did disappear. I'm still just amazed that someone could do something so horrible to a family with brand new babies coming home! Paul has called him constantly called him since the day after xmas and no return calls. We are taking him to court and trying to get out of our contract asap so we can hire a new contractor to finish up. I have not one good thing to say about the contractor. he ruined so many things in our house it was a living nightmare! He even left the bathroom all opened up to the outside & our bedroom so it was like living outside when you walked into that side of the house. Luckily Paul and my dad sealed the bedroom up today so that we don't have a draft with the girls & ourselves right down the hall.
We found out today that the contractor has one case pending against him for deceptive practice, one case he lost and has to pay but has yet to pay and who knows how many other lawsuits against him! The lawyer said we have to write him a letter with what is left to do and what he has done and give him 10 days to respond and come back and if he doesn't we can fire him, the contract is void and we can get a new contractor. Then we'll go back after him for more money to pay for the mess.
The girls are finally here and doing great! I can hardly contain my happiness for my instant gigantic family. I just know the big guy upstairs was watching out for Paul, the girls and I. They are very healthy and probably eat more than Hannah eats which is really really exciting considering how hannah never wanted to eat and still doesn't really like to eat.
So far we were able to figure out who was who but now we're having a bit of problems because Sarah is starting to lighten up. We did find that Sarah has a little bump in her ear lobe and Sam doesn't have one...so that will be our way of identifying them for a bit.
When they were born Sarah was really red/purple and we didn't really know why. My dr. came in yesterday morning and told me the reason she was so red and Samantha was so light was because they were getting the twin to twin transfusion. That is why my dr. always does the c-sections so early. He believes as he's stated that the problems are greater past 36 weeks.
Anyway thankfully we caught it before it was bad and the worst case seneraio would be that Sarah's billi would be elevated and have to be under the light for a bit. We should know the numbers sometime today.
I think that's it for now. I will write more after we get home from the hospital.
Well It's Christmas eve and Paul and I decided to stay home and not go to my sisters for our annual Christmas Eve get together. We did send Hannah with My sister and i just called to check on her and she is having a BLAST. I feel bad not to be there with her...but i'm really trying to take it easy the next 1.5 days that i have left. I'm doing good so far and the good part is that my dr was out of town this weekend but said he'd be back monday so i'm pretty sure if something happened now he'd be able to deliver the girls. I just couldn't believe he had plans for the weekend with me being so pregnant! Just kidding!
I'm still in shock that it's so close. I talked to my friend Melody last night and both girls are finally home and doing fairly well. Katelyn has some major reflux problems but we are all hoping with time she'll grow out of it. She is on some medicine right now and a feeding tube through her nose as well. Melody really only uses the feeding tube at night because otherwise it takes her soo long to eat. Please pray for Katelyn and Melodys family that she gets better and out grows the reflux quickly.
Well we went to the dr. today thinking in the back of our mind that we may be having a c-section today. Not the case. The dr. checked and everything looked really well...the fluid was fine and the girls are both very active. He said we should go ahead and wait until Tuesday for the c-section. I'm happy but so uncomfortable. The good thing is that Hannah and Paul will have more time to get better since they are both fairly sick. I took Hannah to the dr. today and they gave her a shot to get her well asap...i kinda asked for a shot because i really want her well. I also made Paul go to the dr. because he has a HORRIBLE cough...i keep telling him he sounds like a 100 year old man that's smoked his entire life :) The dr. gave him some medicine keep me quiet but told him not to take it unless he had to...so he's refused and i'm pretty upset with him.
On another note:
The house is a mess...yesterday the contractor's workers left the gate open and sugar ran away. We came home and searched for 4 hours and made 80 leaflets to put in neighbors mail boxes...and finally right across the street we heard a yapping that sounded like sugar. I drove by and sure enough she got into our neighbors back yard while they have the garage and side door open. Then they didn't realize she was there and shut the door and she was stuck. Paul was so mad he fired the contractor and said don't come back until you find my dog. Fortunately we found her and they can get some work done sometime soon. The contractor told Paul i scared the living daylights out of them because i yelled at them and told them to get out. The didn't come back today and we've kinda given up all hope. The contractor has failed 4 inspections on the framing and who knows when they will actually pass. They have ruined our brand new carpet in our bedroom and that whole side of the house stinks like dirty icky carpet. Obviously the contractor just doesn't care one bit about us and we've just given up . He even went to the extent that he asked paul if we could just blow off the inspections...Paul said NO WAY! Anyway that's the news on our mess of a house...I'm guessing it may be done by the end of January if we're lucky. I'm really upset because i don't want a whole bunch of weird people coming in our house while i'm taking care of the girls...but what can you do when you hired the worst contractor there is in houston?
All in all things could be worse and we're going to have a wonderful december 26th if all goes well. Paul will post pics of the girls i'm guessing by noon on that day. The c-section is scheduled for 10am and then dr. said it'll take no longer than an hour total.
Please keep our family in your prayers that everything goes smoothly and that the girls are healthy and we don't have any problems taking them so soon!
Merry Christmas,
Brenda
We went for yet another dr. appt today. He checked the fluid in the sacks and the movement of the babies. He told me i have very active babies...i think that's a good thing? He said they both look great and everything was a ok so far. I also had to have a strep b test done today. I didn't think if you have a c-section you could pass it on to the babies...obviously you can since they gave me the test. Next he told me to pack my bag just in case we could go straight to the hospital. I can't believe the time is flying by so quickly.
Lastly i'm still sick so he did decide to give me a zpac to knock out the congestion etc.. He said he'd hate for me to be sick and try to have a baby. That makes two of us.
That's it for now...this weekend our plan is to pack up everything...put the car seats in the car...get down all the impt stuff we need for the girls etc.
O yeah the contractor said that the bathroom should be done by next friday...i'm not going to hold my breath on that one. He just got red tagged today(he has to pay a fine and go down to the city and resubmit his premit) because he still didn't do anything that was asked of the inspector from last thursday when the inspector came by. UGH...is this nightmare ever going to end???
I don't go to the dr. until tomorrow but i wanted to put this on my blog before i forget. It's a really good article on twins in the Houston Chronicle.
TWO MORE WEEKS TO GO AND COUNTING DOWN!!!
One Dr. appt tomorrow and then one more NEXT WEDNESDAY and we're done forever with prenatal appts! YAHOO!
Will update more after the appt tomorrow!
Brenda
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/4394633.html
We went to the dr. today despite the fact that i'm really sick. Obviously i have gotten whatever my poor baby has had for a few days now. She's got a really bad croupy cough and i took her to the dr. Monday and the dr. said it was croup. With her medicine issues i've had to give her "presents" every time i want her to take medicine. I never in my wildest dreams thought i'd have to coax her into taking yummy cherry medicine but she just won't take it willingly. Her presents usually consist of a different chap stick/lip smacker that i have a stash of in a drawer.
As for my dr. appt. It went really well. The girls weight the following:
Baby A weights 4.7lbs
Baby B weights 4.12lbs
That totals over 9lbs in my big ole belly. I can't believe it...2lbs more than when i had Hannah. Maybe that is why i can hardly walk these days and my pelvis hurts so bad i can hardly get up off the couch which is where i sit all day long.
He said Baby B is REALLY active and Baby A is a bit calmer. I wonder if there personalities will reflect that when they get here? Hmm...
The dr. also checked my fluid and everything seems to be going just fine. The next two appts and ultra sounds will only consist of vital/fluid checks because the babies are big enough now to where he won't worry anymore.
I think that's it for now...by the way i'm already so big the only thing that fits me is pauls 2x t-shirts and those are even tight. If anyone has any suggestions about what the think i may be able to put together as an outfit let me know...otherwise i think i'm going to be wearing pjs' all day and perhaps some moo moo's when i go out... LOL
Brenda
One more Dr. Appt down and THREE MORE TO GO! YAHOO!
Dr. Putterman was so impressed today. He said i'm doing so well considering. The babies are doing great so far and all my worries are really behind me. Right now the girls are both right over 4lbs and so if they were born now there wouldn't be much to worry about other than their lungs developing. He said if he wasn't worried about that he'd do a c-section at 34 weeks. I got really excited at first when he mentioned 34 weeks...but he said no after all.
I'm really ready to be done with my pregnancy. I'm so big, my hands are numb and hurt really really bad all night, i get really bad charlie horses and i can hardly put socks/pants etc on anymore. I will be so happy to be able to see my toes again.
Anyway he gave us a bit of information on the c-section. We will go into Methodist around 8am on Dec 26th and we'll be admitted and then they'll do the c-section about 10am. He said a c-section is really better for me because if the girls do have the twin to twin transfusion the c-section can be done and then girls be born 30 seconds apart and you don't have to worry about anything after that...rather than have a regular birth where one baby could be in there 30 minutes or more later. I chose the c-section. I guess this time my belly will hurt v/s my backside :) I'll let ya'll know which is better after i've had the c-section.
That's all for now. The dr. gave up on pictures because he's done soo many ultra sounds. I guess i won't have any more pics of the girls till the big day!
Will update again NEXT Wednesday, as that is my next appt!
The dr. Appointement on Monday went REALLY well! I forgot to update until now...sorry!
Dr. Putterman stated that everything is going well and we've officially set a C-Section date. The girls will be here no later than December 26th! Right now they weight 3.10lbs and 3.14lbs and are doing well. Dr. P just told me to keep on doing whatever i was doing because everything seems to be going fine.
I have some mixed emotions about having the girls 1 day after Christmas. First and foremost i'm concerned that Hannah is going to have to celebrate Christmas with my family and me not be able to come since it'll be so close to the end for me. I'm also concerned that the girls will be sad when they get older and think they didn't get a real birthday because Christmas is so close and they'll think there presents are all combined together. I guess if that's the worst thing that could happen...i'm really blessed in and in good shape.
Next i also feel guilty for even thinking any of this because there are so many people out there that either can't have babies or have very premature babies that are really sick. We are very very blessed and i know that because as of right now the girls are really big enough to be fairly well if they were born now.
Anyway the good news is that if i don't go into labor before December 26th i will have a c-section that day. YAHOO! I'm really ready to have them and get started with the all night feedings :)
O yes, more good news before i forget. Melody was able to take Sydney home Wednesday(the day before Thanksgiving). She was so excited but also sad that Kaitlyn couldn't come along. She said it was a bitter sweet day... The best news is that Kaitlyn will be home very soon and is doing great...just taking a bit of time to get her to suck and take her bottles.
I got to the dr. once a week now so i'll have more updates this upcoming monday.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Brenda
Sorry, once again this has taken me forever to update again.
Paul and I went to the dr. 2 Monday's ago and everything is well with the girls. Pauls a bit nervous because everything is going so good so far. The girls were 3.3lbs each last appt and by now should be somewhere around 3.7lbs. Once i hit 32 weeks were really ok because they should be 3.14lbs by then. I go to the dr. tomorrow and from now on every week after this for an ultra sound.
I have had some contractions lately. Very weird to me since i never had them with Hannah. My dr. said when i do to time them and lay on my left side and drink a ton of water. SO far they go away pretty quickly....Thank Goodness.
Julia is working out great. Hannah just loves playing with her. We are still workng on the obedience part since Hannah thinks Julia is her gopher/made but i think with time things will all work out. It's definitely a large adjustment since i don't like people staying at my house for long and Julia will be here for a year...but i think i'll get used to it.
That's it for now...will update again tomorrow after the dr. appt.
Hi All,
Sorry for the delay updating. We have really had too much going on lately. To top that off we have not had phones & internet for weeks now. As you can tell we have finally gotten the internet up and running(THANK GOODNESS)!!!
Plus, last week our schedule went something close to this: Saturday we moved, Tuesday Pauls parents arrived, Thursday they left and we also left to Dallas for Pauls Managers Meeting for work, Sat on the way home Julia called and asked to see if we could pick her up, Sunday was Allisons 2nd bday party... OH WHAT A WEEK!!!!!!!
Anyway, first update is dr. appt 1 week ago. The girls are doing great and both weight 2.3 lbs and are growing big fast. Everything looks good...so we are hoping the will hang in there and the dr. will induce right after christmas.
Second update is the house: which is finally great! Israel went through too many painters to count and finally found a great guy that is really working hard to make the house perfect...and even better...he actually knows what he's doing. He's fixed everything that i had given up hope on ever looking good. The walls look great...the doggie door is fixed(for the second time since Gracy busted throught it a couple of nights ago while we were at dinner), the counters look great...now if we could just get the floors sealed we'd be great.
Thirdly, Allison is now two! She had a great bday party and Hannah had too much fun helping open up Allison's bday presents :) It's just great how much the love each other and how good they play together.
Forthly, we now have a new member of our family! Julia Rodrigues is here to live with us from San Palo, Brazil and we are so excited. We actually took her from another family that she was having some conflicts with and it had all turned out really well. She is adjusting well and really enjoys helping with Hannah. It's going to be a bit of adjusting for us just having a new addition to our family...but i think it'll be lots of fun and she's really looking forward to meeting the girls and spending extra time with Hannah so she doesn't feel left out. She has already helped a ton...it's just going to take a bit of adjusting for Hannah since she always wants to go wherever i go :)
Lastly, we have another dr. appt Monday. I will update more after that. Hope all is well for everyone.
P.S. we took some family pics for the holidays. If you'd like to see them please go to
solarisstudios.com
go to portraits and the password is myers
Brenda
First of all i want to thank everyone that came to my baby shower. I had a great time and i'm so thankful that my sister jennifer insisted that i have a shower. It was a ton of fun. I also wanted to thank my other sister Kathleen for helping Jennifer put on such a great shower. There was plenty of food, fun and games that were pretty entertaining! I will attach the pics as soon as i get them from Jaymie. She had sent me her's but on the kodak share webiste and i can't download them to my blog from there. SO, hopefully she can resend them as an attachment.
Secondly, my Dr. appt went very well. I had to go myself because Paul had to stay home and watch Hannah. I had my gestational diabetes testing today as well as an ultra sound. I will not know till around Thursday if my getstaional diabetes test comes up normal or not but i will update if i hear something. The ultra sound went very well. The girls are both 1lb 11 oz and i'm measuring at 30 weeks already. The dr. said it's normal to measure big since they are normal size for their age and i have two in my belly. They are both still breech and the chances of them fliping grow smaller as they get bigger...so i'm just guessing i'll have a c-section but not for sure. I'm starting into the home stretch of having the babies now and i have to go have an ultra sound every two weeks now. He said one they are viable(as they are at 24 weeks) they keep even a better watch since if something was wrong they could go ahead and get them early and chances would be great of survival. After i hit 32 weeks i start in on every week ultra sound. Gosh that seems like a lot of ultra sounds...but they really do keep a close eye on high risk multiple baby pregnancies....so it's a good thing for the health of my babies.
Anyway i think that's it for now...i will update if i get any more news.
Sorry for the delay updating...we've been really busy lately with the house remodel, i've been sick and I'm really starting to get tired.
First and most importantly, Melody's babies are doing pretty good. We have all been praying and i think the big guy upstairs has been listening! The girls have had their ups and downs but most importantly is they are getting better and gaining weight. Melody is finally able to hold them both...it's so sad because it's something i've just taken for granted. BUT the upside is that they are major fighters. I think as of a few days ago one baby girl(i forget who's who already) anyway one is 2.10 and one is 2.01lbs...which is really good. I told Melody the other day she should go back to school to be a nurse or dr. since she is learning SOO much from being up at the NICU all day with the girls. I have seen one pic of one of the girls and she looked so precious. I think once they are off all oxygen and you can see their faces Melody will be more willing to show pics because you will be able to see their precious little faces. I sure can't wait to see some more pics myself.
The house remodel is coming along slowly. It was funny but i finally told the contractor today that he needs to get moving...i think he was shocked that i said that. Anyway, he's doing a great job...it's just taking a lot longer than expected. So far we have the following done: bought all new appliances except for a dishwasher(we are still looking for a good deal for a new stainless steel one), had the counters finished in the kitchen(the granite is georgous), new slate floors in the living room, kitchen, powder room, wash room, breakfast room, and dining room, finished the windows in the living room, added a door in the master bedroom and now they are getting ready to work on painting the ceilings and walls downstairs, o yes and they put a wall between pauls new office and the dining room and they have the wood up in the back by the master bathroom we're adding. The fence is also about half way done. We're awaiting the guys to fabricate the iron part of the fence, which is all the way across the front of both sides of the house. All in all i'm just ready to be done so we can move in and put this house on the market asap.
Lastly, i'm really excited because my first and only any kind of shower/baby shower is this weekend. I have never had any showers...so this will be really fun for me, not for the presents but just to hang out and visit with friends and family. My dad's sisters are all coming...so that's really exciting since we don't get to visit often. Plus all my close girl friends are also coming ....all to celebrate the life of the babies. My old boss is coming...and some friends from my old and new neighborhood are coming...so all in all it's going to be lots of fun. I'm taking Hannah with me so she can hang out with her buddy and bff(best friend forever :) Cousin Allison. Hannah can't wait and has been talking about Allison all week. Hannah is going to make out like a bandit because not only does she get to hang out with Allison Sunday, we are also going with JenniferJeff(that's what she calls Jennifer and Jeff) and Allison Saturday at Knots Berry Farm. We are going to do the whole pumpkin patch/petting zoo thing. It should be lots of fun if i'm not to exhausted after Melody and I go to the MOMs of multiples Buy/sell @ 6am that morning. We'll see...i'm sure not since shopping and bargains always give me an adrenaline rush! :) LOL!!!
Ok enough for today...i will update with pics after the shower sunday...and then i'll update again Monday night after I go to the dr. for my gestational diabetes test and ultra sound. Cross your fingers everything goes well!
Paul and I went to the dr. today while Ms. Hannah got to play with her grandma and grandpa. Everything went very well today. I did tell the dr. i was worried a bit now with what happened to Melody. He said not to worry and just be as aware of different pains as you can be. He said if i feel like something is wrong call and come in asap. He said he'd rather me come in and there be nothing wrong than to wait it out and find there is something wrong. He did give me a booklet on perterm labor to read since i really didn't go through a real labor last time since i was induced 4 days late.
Dr. P also did an ultra sound today. The girls are doing great...and Dr. P laughed a bit because they are both breech and he wasn't able to figure out who was who as he normally could. He showed me one shot of four feet going crazy moving around. He said he really couldn't tell which one was lower and which one was higher. It was really funny. He said there's a 50/50 chance they will both turn back around but you never really know. Once they get a bit bigger the chances are slimmer that they will flip back correctly. I'm not really worried about them being breech and have a c-section...i'd probably prefer that over a regular birth anyway.
That's all on the babies for now...now to the house.
The house is coming along GREAT! We are really happy with our decision to use Israel so far. He has come through and really wants to make us happy. He comes to us with every decision that needs to be made and i'm just really happy with him overall. So far they've done the following:
1. torn out the back wall and fireplace and now they are framing the new windows
2. replaced the floor with the slate
3. added a door from the bedroom outside
4. we've had the shrubbery and trees torn out to clean up for the new fence
5. torn out the cabinet doors for the Big T.V. to fit in the cabinet
6. torn out the book cases from the dining room wall to be replaced in pauls office.
I think that's it for now...but the house is already looking really really nice. Talking about adding some light to the house. It's SOO much brighter now. We are really going to enjoy all the light.
We have a MOM meeting tomorrow. I'm really excited because Melody is coming with me. It's always nice to hang out with a whole bunch of women who have been through what your about to go through. I will update more later after the meeting.
I'm without a twin pregnancy partner now. My friend and pregnancy buddy Melody had her babies on Friday Morning. She was 6 weeks ahead of me and wasn't due till Dec 6th or around there. She went into preterm labor and didn't know. She said she thought that the babies were just moving a bunch. They had a c-section on Friday morning because it was too late to stop the preterm labor and both babies were breech. The girls weighted 1.10lbs and 1.12 lbs. There names are Kaitlyn and Sidney(i totally wanted to name one of ours Sidney but paul didn't want to). Anyway Melody is taking it very very well considering. I have talked to her a couple of times and she is much calmer than me! The babies also had surgery two nights ago because they had heart murmurs and they didn't close and so the dr. decided to go in and close them. I have not talked to melody since this happened because i'm very nervous and don't want to bother her when she has so much going on. I want her to call me when she's ready to talk. She did tell me we'll have to start doing our weekly lunches at the hospital...which will be fine for me. I just have to make sure it's on a day when Hannah is in mothers day out. I really want to support her but i don't want to upset or overwhelm her...at the same time i don't want her to think i don't care about her.
Anyway that's all for now...i knows it's really sad news but on the bright side...The babies are going to be ok and all we can do is sit, wait and pray for Melodys family.
