Teething, church, and road trips

Whitney is teething and is VERY fussy. I think I got up between 5-10 times last night to tend to her! The girl will not eat much or sleep much - needless to say, the past few days have been a little trying. She is loving her teething rings, I saw her going back and forth chewing on the green then the pink. I think I will go buy some of those teething biscuits. She has also been sneezing and had a little bit of congestion, and I am hoping it doesn't turn into a cold. And tonight Tyler started having a snotty nose... Yay!



Today we made a choo choo train. For some reason, Tyler did not want to sit up! Silly boy!
Hannah's turn in front.
Tyler and Hannah have been best buddies lately. I find them playing and laughing together a lot.
The domino effect. Whitney has a funny smirk on her face.
Sunday, I got brave and took the babies to church by myself, which was utterly exhausting! It will probably be a long time before I do that again. I got everything ready the night before (clothes for them and me, diaper bag packed, stroller in the car) otherwise, I don't think it would ever happen. After getting them all fed, changed and dressed, then loaded up, unloaded and pushed them all in one big stroller which was very heavy, then unloaded in the nursery - I needed a nap. Then, went to pick them up after church, load them in the stroller, fight the wind (and the high heels didn't help) with the heavy stroller, then loaded back in the car - I did get a nap after getting home, getting the kids fed, changed and in bed. Anyway, I dressed them all up and wanted to take their picture because it has been a while since we dressed them up to go to church.

Can you believe the outfits the girls are wearing are the ones they wore for baby dedication in April when they were just 2 1/2 months old.
My chunky little preemie boy!!! A few other updates... Tyler is currently holding his bottle all by himself. He also likes to bang toys together and make as much noise as possible. He is also starting to pull up on his hands and knees and rock back and forth.

Look at my mischievous Hannah! Hannah's updates... She is doing surprisingly well holding her bottle, although sometimes she forgets that she has hands - she holds her bottle with her hands in a fist. She also surprisingly seems to do better holding it on her own than being held as far as reflux is concerned. She has also learned how to go from laying to sitting up and I have confirmed that she does wave from time to time.
I can still manage to make Whitney smile even though she is not feeling well - teething and all.

Looks like me and the kids are going to be taking a trip to Houston to spend some time with Daddy if they don't get super sick. He is going to have a day off and we miss him so we thought we would go spend a few days with him. Who would have thought the babies' first road trip would be to go see Daddy???

Hannah at 8 months

Hannah is our little experimenter. She loves to try new things like sitting up and getting up on her hands and knees in the crawling position. She is so close to crawling - I am just anxiously waiting for that day to come. She also loves to experiment with her voice. She is babbling and talking so much and learning how to make different sounds.

Hannah is so busy playing these days, she does not want to take time to eat or sleep. She is however, getting better at eating solids, but just like the other two, she doesn't care for peaches or bananas. She does not hold her bottle - has no desire to. She also still struggles with reflux. She doesn't mind water too much and just mainly chews on the rubbery/silicone spout of the sippy cup. She used to be my best napper, but she is not so much anymore. She weighs 14 pounds 8.1 ounces. No teeth yet.

She is still by far my most laid back and easy going baby. If she doesn't get to sleep on time, she doesn't care; if she doesn't eat on time, she doesn't care. Also, Hannah will no longer take her paci, which is fine by me. Its all about the two middle fingers of the left hand.

Poor Hannah keeps getting picked on. Everybody kept pulling her bow off.

Happy Babies!

So... I haven't given you an update in quite a while now... Where does the time go?

They are doing well! Tyler is growing like crazy! He is so big - weighing in at around 11 or 12 pounds. He is such a happy baby. He smiles the most and it just melts our heart. A lot of times, he doesn't even want to eat because he is too busy smiling at whoever is feeding him. So cute!

Hannah is also starting to smile more and more and it is so sweet. She weighs around 9 1/2 pounds or so. She isn't as eager to eat as Tyler is... She has reflux and I think if it didn't bother her, she would eat more. :( Hopefully her medicine will help!

Whitney is our little terd. She doesn't like to eat much! She plays around when it is time to eat. She would rather look around. I worry about her sometimes because she doesn't eat like she should, but I guess if she were hungry enough, she would eat. She weighs around 9 pounds or so.

They are wearing us out...still not sleeping through the night, but they are worth it. Maybe one of these days we will sleep again.

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