Another week... VBS & Dr. Visit for Laura

This week has been very eventful I will have to say. Let's start w/ Monday. Chase and Carter were to begin VBS for the week. Well Chase has been having a fantastic time Carter on the other hand would not stay so he is having a very uneventful week. Below are pictures of the boys and Maddie on the first day of VBS.

So on to the babies. Well Mike and Lily are doing great! They are growing so quickly. Below are pics of Lily Kate wearing a pretty dress for Laura S. 30th b-day!! Happy birthday Laura. I didn't get a pic of Mikey b/c he had to eat and I didn't want him to get dirty!!LoL! Michelle N. I will be sure to post his pics ASAP to keep things fair around here.

I had my 6 week check up and everything was great except my BP. It again was 144/98 with meds so off to the Cardiologist for some better Meds to get this stuff under control. I still am sore at the incision sight but he said that was to be expected especially since I am having to do everything for 2 and not much time for resting. Thanks to Heather M. for getting me the name of a Cardiologist that specializes in pregnancy issues with BP.

Sorry to everyone who wants to read new daily post ( Kaylyn). But w/4 kiddos it is hard to check emails much less write in this blog. J/J. I will try to do better.

Laura

5 Weeks...We are staying busy!

It has been a busy week here in our house. We started the week out okay and then Carter started to run a fever so I made a Dr. Appointment and he tested positive for strep so 2 days Quarantined away from the babies he is on the mend. Chase also started his First Grade skill builders class and he just loves it. We are so lucky there is summer reading program to keep our kids learning and reading through the summer. Last night was great fun b/c my BFF Michelle is healing nicely from her surgery so we took our families out for dinner and I did have a margarita which was much needed! This morning my mom came over early and put my house together so nicely. She is the greatest!! She knows exactly what to do and just loves the babies. She gave them baths and rocked and loved them all morning. This freed me up to go to Target with the boys to stock up on household supplies.
The babies are growing so nicely I think Mikey has hit the 8lb mark and Lily the 7 lbs mark. They are growing so quickly it is amazing. Last night they also slept for 4 and 4 1/2 hour stretches which is awesome!!
We are so happy with how the boys have been adjusting to all of the changes. Some might think they get a little wild but from a mom of young boys they are just AWESOME!! How lucky are we to have such wonderful children.

Mikey at 5 weeks!!

Lily at 5 weeks!
Carter feeling better today!!

Laura

Happy Father's Day!!

Eddie and the Twins

Happy Father's Day to my wonderful husband, Eddie. Today is Eddie's first father's day as a father of 4 beautiful children. Today he is enjoying watching golf and chillin' out with his 4 wonderful children. We think our dad is the greatest ever!

Happy Father's Day!!

Chase, Carter, Eddie, Mikey& Lily

Daddy's little girl!!

Hip Ultrsounds

I took Lily & Mikey to the specialist yesterday so they could do an ultrasound of there hips b/c they were breech. They were looking for hip displasia which means that the femur pops out of the hip joint. OUCHIE! The trip in itself went smoothly. My mom went with me to help w/the babies and Grandmama stayed home w/the boys. Lily went first & did really well then it was Mikey's turn and he too did well as long as they had there pacifiers. Great job Lily & Mikey what troopers you are. We should be hearing from the Dr. soon with the results.


The babies are doing great at night for the most part. Sometimes they sleep 3-4 hours but sometimes they are up every 2 hours. They are so sleepy that they don't drink there whole bottle and then they wake up again. I guess we will have to work on this over the weekend. During the week it is so hard because I am doing the feedings myself and will do anything to try to get some rest. I feel they are still so small to put them on any type of feeding schedule so we are just demand feeding at this point. They seem to be getting heavier and that is my main goal for them now. I guess everything else will fall into place.

Laura

Timing is everything...Mike & Lily 4 weeks today!

Timing is everything when you are dealing with 4 children especially the babies. I ventured out on my own to the new outlet mall in Fairfield. I needed to get new onesies for Mikey since he has out grown his preemie attire. So I said what the heck I can do this. So I did...I took all 4 of my children to the Carter's store by myself. Most would think I am crazy but the boys were great and the babies were happy , fed and resting. So when we finally arrived home Mike & Lily were ready to eat and neither one of their were going to wait there turn. So the picture below is of me feeding both babies as soon as I was able to get them out of there carriers and fix bottles which was pretty quickly. I just hate hearing the sound of crying unhappy babies. I guess being a mom of twins you will try anything.

The picture below is of me feeding Mike and Lily.

Happy Birthday Chase!!

I am a day late in posting but we stay pretty busy over here. Well yesterday our first born son turned 6 years old. Eddie and I can hardly believe how fast Chase is growing. We stayed busy the whole day getting ready for the arrival of Grandmama ( Eddie's mom). Chase, Carter & I headed to the airport yesterday afternoon to pick Grandmama up from the airport. We finally found her after circling 7 or more times around because I couldn't figure out how to get to terminal A pick up. We finally found her and Chase was very excited. With all of the excitement Carter fell asleep in the car. For dinner last night we celebrated Chase's 6th birthday at our favorite Mexican restaurant La Maria.

Waiting at the airport!

Chase and Eddie at Dinner



More to come. Keep checking in and if you would like to see pics of Mike and Lily's first photo session email me directly.

Laura

Beautiful sleeping babies!

Well I know lots about babies and comforting them in there times of need but yesterday was just a bit tough. If one wasn't being held there other needed to be held. For about 3 or so hours I was holding a baby. What was I to do? I decided that they like being together on my bed when I am with them so I just figured that they might not know the difference if I put a pillow in there bed. I know you are not to do that but I was desperate. I was in the room while they were resting so it was okay. The moment I laid them right by each other they were instantly at peace. I guess they know the comfort of each other since they did spend 36 weeks together in close quarters. So the pictures I have are of Mikey and Lily resting while mom takes a breather.
Enjoy!-Laura

Having Fun!!

Well we have survived another week with the babies. We are 3 weeks old today! How time flys when you are having fun. Below you will see some fun pictures of the babies. Thanks to our friend Maddie for introducing us to Fancy Nancy.

Mikey is as long as Nancy

Lily is just our pint sized princess
Here is Mikey showing off his Twin onesie
Lily does not like taking pics
Finally a picture of her not crying.

Our week has been great. My baby blues seem to be subsiding. I did go to Dr. McGuirk today to check my Blood Pressure. It is still high 144/91 but lower than last week. He increased my Dosage to 300mg of BP meds. I go back on Friday for another check. The good news in my visit is that I have now lost 35 of the 36 lbs. that I gained while pregnant. I am excited hopefully it will keep falling off of me. I also need to thank my wonderful MOM. She braved my household of 4 children with the help of my niece Angelica. She did say things got a little hairy when both babies wanted to eat at the same time but she handled it like a pro.

Tomorrow Mom and I will take the babies to there first photography session. We are hoping to get some great pics of the babies while they are still tiny. Check back for more info on how to view the pics.

Laura

Get Well Soon Michelle!

This is for My BFF Michelle who is in the hospital recovering from Surgery! She is doing great so far and we just want to wish her a speedy recovery. Hopefully she will get to go home today so she can rest more comfortably. Michelle has been a great friend of mine since high school and she has stuck by my side through lots. Her and her family have been wonderful to us during this chaotic time in our lives. As you can see from the pics below she was at my bedside for 3 days out of the 5 that I was in the hospital. She is an awesome Friend!! The boys and I ventured to the hospital last night and met Eddie. Which was nice for me since I haven't been able to get out much because of the babies. We hope you feel better soon Michelle!!