Last Pediatrician checkup

Conor and Keira had their last appointments w/ the pediatrician on Thursday.  I find it hard knowing that we wont be seeing her again.  Its just so reassuring to see a specialist who knows all about my difficult pregnancy and everything that Conor and Keira have been through.  But on the other hand, it means that they are doing well and dont need specialized care.  Conor weighed 17 lbs 14 oz and Keira was 16 lbs 10 oz.  And they are both 66 cm long.  We got the ok to start solids.  So I have fed them rice cereal yesterday and today.  Yesterday I dont think they got any in them, today was better but Keira started to do the gag thing.  Tomorrow when we go to get their highchairs we are picking up the bottle nipples that you can feed thicker fluids through so they can at least finish their cereal. 

Im trying to get them both to nap in their crib.  Very difficult when most of the day there is only one of me.  So far it has been only one of them for one of their naps but its a start.  And we are moving their nighttime sleep to a later time.  I was putting them to bed at 7 but they were waking around 4 am so we are gradually putting it to 8.  We are at 715 right now and just 15 min later, they will sleep til 530. 

I had a bad day the other day missing Cadence.  I’ll just have to be a good Christian so that I can see her in Heaven when the time comes.  Im so thankful for all of the ultrasound pics I have of her. 

We took Trigger (our black 4 yr old lab) to the vet as she has been limping.  Turns out she has arthritis and some problems w/ her tendons that require surgery.  We are just waiting for a surgery date.  I expected them to have joint problems, just not this early in the game.  She is starting to get overwait as well.  I think its b/c we havnt been walking her as much due to the limping.  I imagine once the babies are eating more in their high chairs it will be hard to keep the dogs weight in check!

I’ll post some pics of kids eating once I get the photos on the computer.

A trip to the ER

So last night I had to take Conor to the ER.  Yesterday afternoon around 1, Conor, like always, had pulled a blanket over his head.  Shaun went to pull it off of his head and Conor just freaked out, like he was in pain.  He wouldnt open his eyes so we quickly figured something had touched his eyeball, we are thinking it was the ribbons on the blanket but who knows.  Anyway, he wouldnt let me put him down and kept crying.  His eye was swollen and red.  He is usually so calm and easygoing.  By 6 I phoned my mom and she said to take him to the ER to see if his eye had been scratched.

So off to the ER.  The waiting room was full of kids w/ bad colds and I was so scared Conor would catch one and end up w/ RSV (cold that can be deadly in babies, especially preemies).  I asked if there was somewhere else I could wait and they wouldnt move me until around 930 my blood sugar dropped and I thought I was going to either throw up or pass out (I hadnt eaten since 11 am).  They brought us to another room and gave me some cheese, crackers and apple juice (which was very nice of them).  I felt better being in there w/ Conor.  Finally at about 1045 dr saw us and of course nothing wrong w/ Conor’s eye.  I probably would have left earlier but his eye was still watering at that point.  So off to home..

now Im so tired!  I had been up since 4 am that morning.  So off to bed I go now.  I think its 7, kids are in bed thank goodness.  Im so tired of being tired but its worth it when I have two beautiful babies. 

We have appt w/ pediatrician this week which Im looking forward to.  Going to talk to her about feeding cereal.  Kids have been wanting to eat every 2 hrs so I think they need something else. 

Oh and Shauns dad is home from the hospital and doing well.

Goodnight!!

Sleep Deprived

So it just seems like life is getting more busy.  Im starting to feel burnt out and am definitly getting cabin fever!  Our snow finally got washed away so once it starts raining, I can start taking the kids for walks again.  Conor still hates his car seat so it makes walks not that great but at least I get outside! 

The other morning I walked into Keira’s room to find her lying on her tummy!  Ever since she keeps rolling onto her belly but hasnt figured out how to roll back so she gets quite frusterated.  Both of them really want to sit.  We put them in the bumbo seats daily but they arent big fans.  I have also started putting them in the exersaucer but they arent crazy about that either.  Im sure it will just take some getting used to. 

This morning was a bad one, sleep wise.  Conor woke at 3:40 for a feed, followed by Keira at 4:20.  I put her back in her crib after but she was talking so loud and wouldnt stop that I got up (so she wouldnt wake Shaun as well) and put her in her swing downstairs hopeing she would fall back asleep.  After listening to her scream (her new discovery) and talk for 10 more min, I finally put her in the bouncy seat beside the couch, turned on the tv and was able to sleep on the couch for at least 30 min.  Conor isnt so big on the talking.  He did it for about a week and then went back to his humming.  I think he will be the twin that leaves the talking to his sister.

Ive started the scrapbooks for each of the babies.  Creating Keepsakes had this great baby kit for sale that has all the journaling promps and tons of paper and stuff for a great price.  And then you do a page for each month of their first year.  Makes scrapbooking much easier when I dont have near as much time.  Only problem Im running into is my scanner.  I need to scan some pics of family members for the family tree and the glass on my scanner is dirty.  But on the inside.  I have tried to open it to clean it but no luck.  Its like someone cleaned it and left it streaky.  Maybe I’ll have to take it into a computer place to be done.  So annoying.

Shauns dad is still in the hospital so my mother in law hasnt been able to come over and help.  Im definitly missing her.  Plus its stressful having Shauns dad in poor health, though he is doing much better.

My parents come this weekend.  Mom is staying til Friday and my dad goes back on the Tuesday.  Ikea here I come, so annoying we dont have one on the island but good excuse to get away!  Have to get more shelving for my scrapbook room and some storage organizers for the kids toys.  SHaun and I are determined to not let the kids have too many toys (whatever happened to kids being creative w/ what toys they do have?) and be organized w/ the toys they do have.  Im already trying to figure out how I will teach my kids to pick up after themselves!

I did a little photoshoot w/ babies the other day.  Ive posted a couple of the pics.  Cant get Conor to smile at the camera.  As soon as I bring the camera up the smile disappears.  Need their dad around to get him to smile!  Conor is weighing around 19 lbs and Keira is almost 16 lbs.  My arm muscles have a lot of catching up to do!

 

So frusterating.  Cant really figure this photo thing out.  Trying to delete the pic of Keira posted the wrong direction and put the right one there but cant figure it out, so you’ll just have to turn your head sideways!