The Twins at Home

Somehow, I am finding time to blog this morning. In between my morning coffee, and my morning nap. TJ doesn't like to sleep much between his 4 am feeding and his 8am feeding, so Mommy doesn't get to sleep much these days. This twin thing is proving to be MUCH tougher than we thought it would be. We were spoiled by having Kayla home alone for a few weeks! Already we look at people with only 1 baby and think "how easy!" Now it's double trouble for us! First, we were spoiled by how much sleep we were getting. We had Kayla on a 4 hour schedule by the 5th day home. She had a midnight bottle, a 4 am bottle, and an 8 am bottle. I went to bed around 10 & Smit did her midnight feeding and put her down for the night. Then I got up at 4am (easily too, since I had been sleeping since 10). Smit would get up for work around 7 or 7:30 (since he had been sleeping since 12:30am), take a shower and give her the 8am bottle while I showered. It was beautiful. Now? We both have to get up for every feeding, and of course it is too soon for them to be on the same schedule. TJ has also been having some pooping problems (as in, he hasn't been able to go on his own since he got home) so that has led him to grunt and cry all night. Only to be comforted by Mommy's arms (and sometimes not even).

And just for all of you who happened to be following along thinking "wow, having twins must be so much fun..." (and yes...some of you have said that to me) I have a little story for you. I was finally sitting down to eat some dinner at about 8pm last night, and as I was shoveling food down my throat in the hopes that the babies would stay quiet at least until I finished, I smelled something gross. Wanna know what it was? It was me. It was my shirt, my bra, my hair, and my skin. Why? Not because I haven't showered, because I do still shower every day. Because my son TJ projectile vomited all over me at about 10am this morning, while in the doctor's office. And as I'm sure every Mom can relate...I never had time to even change my clothes, no less shower again to clean it all off of me. Mmmmm...the smell of formula & breast milk the 2nd time around. But at the end of an exhausting day...how could you ask for anything better than this:



Trust me...it makes it ALL worth it. Even the 8-hour-old formula/breast milk vomit in my hair. :) They are just tooooooo cute!

So, now that I vented...here are some real updates. Tyler had his first doctor's appointment. He was 5 lbs 1 oz, up 8 oz from Saturday! Everything else looked and sounded good, and he goes back for immunizations in 2 weeks with his sister. We still have to be VERY careful of RSV season (RSV is like a bad cold for an adult but can be fatal for infants, and preemies face an increased risk of hospitalization and fatality due to their underdeveloped immune systems and lungs). That means, only visit us if you haven't been around anyone with a cold, and wash your hands really well followed by Purell everytime you touch the babies! And as far as Kayla goes...we have no idea how much she weighs. Although we are guessing about 8 lbs right now. Yes, she is a BIG girl!

So, for those of you who are always looking for some new pictures, here are a few.

This green & pink sleeper was compliments of Auntie. (MY Auntie...Aunt Lynne Arso). I just LOVE this outfit...it looks so cute on her...



Yes, Kayla sleeps a LOT!



just in case you were wondering how big TJ really is!





And remember in the beginning I told you I was blogging in between my morning coffee and morning nap? Well, it is now 9pm that I'm finishing up...and I never did get to that nap...

love to all!