Month 7

These little boys are the apple of my eye. They are beautiful, wonderful, amazing, baby boys. They must be having a growth spurt because they can't ever get full. They love their milk and are getting the hang of solids. Just this week they started to eat mum mums (rice puff stick) and love them. Video to come of them eating them, it will make you laugh.. They love to roll all over the floor. Both are still working on sitting up. I am sure there is more to add. But they are both now awake in their beds crying so.... that is all for 7 months! Love you boys.

Being A Mom

As I put Jack to bed tonight he was just about to fall asleep and I was singing I Am a Child of God to him and I started to replay the day over in my head, mostly the last few hours. I lose my temper with him so quickly, he so easily frustrates me. He breaks thing all of the time, is constantly making a mess, loves to torment the twins, and whines whines whines...... but I had this overwhelming feeling come over me of, I sure hope he knows he is loved. He has had his whole life flipped upside down in this past year. He not only became a big brother once, but twice. He is a smart, funny, kind, little ball of energy, that is one of the best parts of my life. So I hurried before he fully fell  asleep and made sure that he knew he was loved and even if I get mad often he is always loved and appreciated. New goal for tomorrow.... be a better, less frustrated MOM! I will keep you posted on that :)

1/2

Six months.... and still small! But no complaints they are both doing well. Both boys have great head control. both coo and smile a lot. They can roll both front to back and back to front. They both reach for hanging toys, Luke more than Sam but Sam is improving daily. They both sleep through the night :) and also take great naps. They eat carrots, squash, and new tonight, sweet potatoes. They are developing their own personalities but are still so... much alike, expected, right. Luke has laughed a bit here and there, but this morning Jack was dancing around Sam and he busted up laughing, made us all happy! They both love to bounce in their jumpers. Neither one of them sit very well yet, but that is our next goal.

At the 6th month appt. today Luke weighed 14.6lbs, length 25in and head 43in. Making him in the 4%, on a normal growth chart. As for little Sam he weighs 11.3lbs, length 23 1/2 and head 42 1/2. Making him.... no where near any % and now he is too old to be measured on the preemie chart so.... That's okay at least he is growing consistently.

I am proud of my little twinner boys. They have come leaps and bounds in the past 6 months. They remind me everyday of how precious life is. I am lucky to be a Mom. I thank God every day for that blessing.

And how could we have a post without mentioning the star of the show JACK! he is enjoying preschool so much this year. They learned about pirates last week :)

He is a wonderful big brother. Both Luke and Sam light up when he talks to them. They are lucky to have such an awesome big brother.

LIFE

I have far too much to catch up on so.... instead of doing any Holiday posts let just skip all of that and come back to it on a day that I have WAY more time. Like maybe in a few years :)

I wake up to these cute, wonderful, energetic, balls of fire every morning and I have come to wonder will I ever get use to the idea that I HAVE TWINS!!!! How did this happen???? I love it, but really it is quite an adjustment. Everyday is a day of learning.... It is a great thing that we don't remember the first few years of our lives. Hopefully by the time they start to remember life I will have a grip on this whole, mom of twins thing. But until then I will continue on my path of trying to be a decent mom. But don't ask Jack about what happens between the walls of this home or you might get a taste of all the craziness that goes on inside. 

Four Month Check Up

Luke and Sam have changed so much in the past four months, sometimes it is hard to believe. I cleared out all of the preemie clothes today and it was amazing to me that Sam was that small. It is funny to say but it made me a bit sad that he has grown out of those cute little clothes. They are both such miracles, they have put my whole life into perspective.

This morning I came into the twins room and Jack had brought in a chair to look into Luke's crib and he was just smiling the biggest smile he could at Jack. It was a great moment. Luke (12lbs. 9 oz.) loves to find me in the room, it makes my day when he cranes his head to see me. He is gaining a lot of strength in his neck. He enjoys his tummy time. And is working on sitting in this bumbo chair. He makes the most darling cooing sounds. He is a very peaceful, happy baby. He is doing great at sleeping through the night, which makes my life so... much easier. Luke you are a beautiful ray of sunshine in my life. Love ya Lukey!

Sam(8lbs. 9oz.) is a darling bundle who loves to snuggle and eat. He is gaining amazingly.
He has figured it all out now. Every time I turn my head he changes. He reminds me everyday how blessed we are to have him in our family. He has started to smile and coo which makes me very happy. Every mile stone he hits makes me excited. He is also gaining strength in his neck. He is not a big fan of tummy time, but is working hard at lifting his head and chest. He can also sit in his bumbo chair, which is so darling because he is so small. He is so darling in every way. He is also doing great at night. About every other night he wakes up for a 3 o'clock feeding. Which I am okay with. It is a lot easier to feed one in the middle of the night, than two.  Love ya Sammer!

There have been so many times in the past few weeks that I have had to look twice to see which one is which. They are close enough in size now that they can wear some of the same clothes. I love to match them! These past four months have been a ride. We are so... blessed.

From the Mouth of Jack

I have got to be better at writing down all the funny things Jack says. He can get me laughing so hard! We had 2 really funny things happen this past week.

If you know Jack, you know that he has a very sensitive gag reflex and a very strong sense of smell. Jack and I went to the grocery store. While we were there he got a lunchable. He was getting into the car and opening his lunchable while I finished up loading the groceries and putting the cart away.  When I got back to the car Jack was gagging and handing me his lunchable.  He said something was stinky in it. I took it and smelled it and smelt nothing stinky. Then I asked him if it smelled like smoke? (I noticed the lady getting into her car next to us smelled strong of smoke) He said,"ya!"  Then I said oh it's not your lunchable it was the lady next to us. And he replied,"oh she must be a chimney sweep" ( he got the word from Busy Town) He didn't understand why that was so funny to me!!!! 

 Second Jack story....


We (the whole fam. 6 counting Scout, Yikes!) were on a Saturday morning walk and we passed a cactus that I was telling Shawn that I wanted to plant one like that in our yard one day Blah Blah Blah. and Jack was in on the converation too. Shawn yelled at Jack not to touch it. The neighbor, across the street thought that Shawn was telling him not to touch the tractor he had parked on the side of the street. So being nice he said, "he can sit on it if he would like to." Jack missed the whole tracker part and thought that he was saying he could sit on the cactus if he would like to. So Jack's classic reply was, "I sat on one of those when I was two and had to get stitches in my butt." ( which is totally made up in the first place) The guy didn't know what to say and Shawn and I were laughing so hard we couldn't explain what he meant. Funny little boy!

He keeps life fun, exciting, interesting, and crazy!!!

The Little Man has Arrived (this never got posted, better late than never. Sam came home on Sept 14th))

Believe it or not, Sam at a whopping 3lbs 9oz, was released from the NICU and sent home to be with the fam! It feels so great to all be under one roof again. It is funny, bringing home twins should be hard, but it it ten times easier than running back and forth for feedings and finding babysitters for Jack. So all in all it has been great having them both home. I have to admit the lack of sleep at night is getting a bit old, but that's not going to change for awhile so we might as well get use to it :)

What blessing these boys have been in our lives, I can't imagine life without them. Jack has also fallen in love with his new baby brothers and enjoys getting right in their faces and also squeezing the top of their heads! We have too keep a close eye on him, but he has been much better with them than I expected.