Never too early..

For the girls to start doing chores!

Diaper Covers are Made!

The materials

Kaylee overseeing the project

Kaylee as the model

Flower Diaper covers are in the works...

Pictures to be posted soon!

What type of comment is that?

I went to Kohl's the other day to make a return with the girls and attracted the attention of another mom.  This mom had two really cute girls, both with pretty curly hair, probably around the ages of 3 and 5.  We talked a little while, the lady was really nice, my girls were well behaved looking around as much as they can and her little ones were not so much- it was time to move on in the store and the woman decided to ruin the nice conversation by ending it with... "Better you than me".  Do people just assume having twins is a horrible experience?

Rude.

New Look

I figured I would go for a new look on the blog seeing that I'm currently not feeding my belly :)  Life has changed a little, so the blog has as well; the url will stay the same I just gave the site a slight facelift.

Freezer Cooking

So I stopped by to see an old friend today and she was busy with her weekly meal preparation. Every Saturday she goes to the store and buys ingredients she'll need for each meal for the coming week and then goes home and prepares and freezes each dish. I've wanted to try this since did one session at 'Let's Dish', and then again when I was pregnant...so now I've been inspired since someone I know is a practicing 'Freezer' girl.

Now that I'm inspired I'll be spending my time this evening looking for great recipes to freeze; If you know of any food that is great to prep and freeze, let me know!

Kaylee's check up

Kaylee is doing really well in managing her reflux. She's most fussy about it at night, which is also during her most fussy time of the day. The Doc reassured me that around 3 or 3.5 months the evening fussiness should start to taper and I would be left with the reflux fuss.

Our 2 month check up will be on the 16th when the girls are 10 weeks old. I am excited to get Alex weighted, I'm thinking she is going to tip the scales at 10 lbs; we'll see. Kaylee should be in the low 9 lb. range by then...today she weighed in at a cool 8lb 8oz (7 oz in 10 days is pretty good work)

The girls are sleeping now and Greg and I are going to power wash the deck before the next feeding.

It is Official!

I'm taking the year off! My position at school has been filled and I'm excited that my school kids will be in good hands next year. and Really happy that I will be able to hang out with my real kids next year!

Here is to 10 more months of summer! :)

2.5 hours

a long 2.5 hours, but we made it and have recovered. And now on a great routine/schedule...1:00, 5:00, and 9:00 feedings. wash, rinse, repeat.

It's bedtime....really.

So, Greg and I have been listening to the beautiful sound of cries and pleas of help from our lovely girls for an hour now. We are pretty impressed that for a solid hour Kaylee has not stopped for a moment. Alex has been chiming in off and on during this hour, mostly on. Pretty soon it will be time for the girls to eat again and then hopefully a food coma will set in.

Reflecting on these events, I'm thinking the bedtime routine needs some tweaking. So starting tomorrow night, at the 8pm feeding we will feed, burp and go to bed...no time in between and on bath nights we will bathe, feed, burp and bed. Hopefully that will yield a slightly better outcome.

I'll keep you posted on how long the carry on their one sided conversation :)

Oh, Kaylee!

I think Kaylee is fond of doctors, even after what she went through in the NICU. But since she came home on April 22nd she has created a reason for us to take her back to see a doctor 4 times. Lucky us!

The first of the 2 latest visits had us asking the dr. why she had such a wet and raspy breath; to which the doc replied, it is nothing, just milk in her throat. (oh, okay). Mind you this isn't our normal pediatrician and we were on the look out for reflux symptoms.

The 2nd visit came just a week later when Kaylee took to screaming during the middle of her feedings and pushing the bottle away- clearly she was not a happy girl. This time our regular pediatrician was there and she was very helpful. She determined the wet, raspy breath was due to a series of events...Kaylee feeds, milk comes up, she gets mad, screams, irritates some floppy cartilage in her throat and thus creating the wet and raspy breath. To help ease the pain Kaylee now is taking .5ml of peppermint Zantax, 3 times a day---so far it has helped (back to the doctor's on Friday for a follow up)

Can we get frequent flier miles or something?

All in a days work

That can't be comfortable...

Good Morning!

Pacifiers are a girls best friend

Morning Snack

Just Baby Alex

We've all had those days...

What a night!

So, I will blame it on the rain, b/c my girls couldn't be so rude as to keep me up from 2am until 6am...could they?! It was again a rainy night and Alex was wide awake after her 2am feeding- yeah for all involved! Luckily for me, I grabbed a nap with Kaylee around midnight and that helped me recharge.

I've been able to snag a few hours of sleep today, and feel pretty good. I think we may venture out into the gloomy day and find ourselves some trouble!

Happy Mother's Day!

Celebrating 4 generations this Mother's day!

It seemed somewhat surreal to celebrate my first Mother's day--I mean I've only been a mom for a month now, and the kids often times don't feel like they belong to me :) I'm sure I'll get used to the idea of being a mom at some point- for now, it is great fun taking care of these girls (whomever they belong to:)