recent visitors

A couple of visitors we had recently...

Our friends Brian and Anna Marie



Craig's aunt Paula

Two months - Calgon take me away!

Let me just say its a mad house around here. The babies are keeping us on our toes... They are doing well, but they cry and spit up a lot! LOL We stay pretty exhausted and can't wait for them to start sleeping through the night.

I have pretty much mastered feeding them all on my own. I did buy the milk maid bottle holders and they are working fairly well...with a little rigging and creativity of course. I am on my own with them for the most part with the help of some friends and family a couple of times a week.

They turned 2 months old today and they are getting big. I weighed them myself on my scale and I believe they all weigh around 9 pounds. We have their 2 month appointment Wednesday, so I will be able to get their exact weights then.

Whitney didn't like getting her picture made!



Poor Hannah... We didn't have enough letters to do her name.





Tyler is saying... "Drama queens!"

Podee Bottles...deal or dud???

We tried the podee bottles and the kids did okay with them the first go around. Whitney was the only one to successfully finish with them; Hannah and Tyler had to finish taking their meal out of a regular bottle. We tried it again at the next feeding, but it was not successful. They were very tired and didn't want to eat; I think if they were more eager to eat, they would do better. I think in a few weeks time, these will work. The only other problem is these bottles are a real pain to clean and dry. They are rather expensive so we only have 3 of them which means we have to clean them after every feeding. This gets very time consuming. In the meantime, we will try the milk maid baby bottle holders and see how they do with those for now.

Multi-tasking Mom & Dad

I was so impressed by how well it went today with my multi-tasking feedings, I had to show Craig how I did it. He gave it a shot when he got home this evening. We thought we would take a picture of us in action to show you. Notice my leg draped over Hannah in the middle.

Multi-tasking Much???

Craig went back to work Monday and it has been a struggle to say the least. Today is the first day I am attempting to juggle this circus on my own. I thought I would give it a trial run first before my MIL goes back to work. Craig is working today and my MIL went home for the day so I could truly do it all by myself. I have fed all three a couple of times by myself, but somebody has always been here to help in case things get crazy and I have never done it more than one feeding at a time. So far so good. The first feeding this morning, I tried feeding two at a time again (did that yesterday). This time I did it a little differently and it went a little more smoothly and took about 1 1/2 hours total. So, at the second feeding, I decided to try feeding three at a time! I know you are all probably wondering how I did this... I propped them up their boppies, fed two with my hands and held the other bottle with my leg. It was pretty crazy to say the least, but it went pretty well. I had all three fed and diapers changed in about an hour. This is a far cry from feeding one at a time for 30 minutes each. Doing it this way, I think I would literally go insane because it takes about 2 hours to feed them all one at a time, change diapers, have awake time and back down to bed. On top of that I pump before every feeding for AT LEAST 30 minutes, usually it is more like 45. So, if we are feeding every 3 hours that gives me roughly 30 minutes to get other things done like eat, shower, laundry, wash bottles, cleaning, prepare dinner etc before starting the process all over again. COMPLETE CRAZINESS! Napping for me is completely out of the question doing it this way. I may be able to catch an hour nap here and there if I can continue feeding them all at the same time.

A few updates on the kids...

This past Thursday, the kids turned 6 weeks old. Their adjusted age is now ZERO. Adjusted age just means this is what they would be if they were born at their due date. Like today...they are the equivalent of a 2 day old baby.



Tyler is definitely our fussiest child. He is very sensitive and hates to be messed with...getting a bath, a diaper change, a change of clothes. He is very dependant on his paci for comfort. He is eating much better than he was in the NICU. A lot of times I think he actually eats better than the girls do. At their one month appointment Tyler weighed 6 lbs. 6.3 oz., 2 pounds more than he was when he was born.


Whitney's face is getting so round.

Whitney is our second fussiest child. Although, a lot of her fussiness is due to reflux and gas problems. Whitney is usually awake more than the other two. She doesn't seem to require as much sleep. I think she will definitely keep me on my toes. At the one month appointment, she weighed 6 lbs. 9.1 oz., a little less than 2 pounds over her weight at birth (4-13).


Don't you just love Hannah's pants!

Hannah is by far our most laid back child. She loves to sleep and hardly ever cries. She also has reflux and gas problems but it doesn't seem to bother her...she doesn't have a care in the world. Thank GOD for at least one easy going child. :) At her one month appointment she weighed 6 lbs. 10.9 oz., a little over 2 pounds over her birth weight (4 9 1/2). Hannah had a hip sonogram this week just to make sure everything was okay with her hips because she was born breech and everything came back just fine.

Lacy is adjusting just fine with the babies. Most of the time she doesn't pay much attention to them unless they are in the floor or their swings.

Aunt Lisa with the babies

Random pictures

The kids are all doing well and wearing us all out! They are now 5 weeks old and are growing like weeds. It is so fun watching them grow, change and develop their little personalities. Here are some random pictures since the last time I posted pictures ages ago. For some reason my camera wouldn't allow me to rotate the pictures, so you'll have to turn your necks or your computer to see them. :)

Hannah



Tyler



Whitney







Mommy-time



Mamaw holds all three!





Happy Valentines from Whitney



Happy Valentines from Hannah



Hannah's homecoming



2 home...



Girl's night out



Tyler is home!



Together again...



Aunt Kim with the babies











Tyler is praying for food.



Uncle Kyle has his hands full!