Hold me back...I'm goin' for three posts in one day! I forgot to write one more thing. We went to the hospital today to bring cookies for the Labor & Delivery nurses and to wish them a Merry Christmas. We hadn't been back since Tyler and Brody came home right before Independence Day so I thought it would be fun to bring everyone in. On the way over Hunter and I had this conversation:
Hunter: Mom, do you have a baby in your tummy?
Me: (laughing) No!
Hunter: (sad voice) Awwwww....
Me: Why, do you want another brother or sister?
Hunter: No, not a sister. Only just one more brother.
I think it's pretty funny because he was sad when we told them that Brody & Tyler were boys (when we first found out). He wanted them to be girls! I guess he has had a change of heart. Although his best friends at preschool are girls. There are two little girls that he talks about all the time. One is named Hailey and the other one is Nyelli. Everytime I pick him up at the end of the day he HAS to hug each of them before leaving the classroom. Hailey's mom told me that Hailey told her that sometimes Hunter looks at him with "husband eyes." YIKES! Another funny thing I heard was that the teachers caught Hailey and Hunter talking about God recently. Hailey had told him that God is inside you. Hunter looked in his shirt and said, "Where?" I love how literal four-year-olds are!
Monday, December 21, 2009
6 month-appointment
Oops! Forgot to write about Tyler and Brody's 6-month appointment. Wow...two blogs in one day! I'm impressed with myself!
They had their appointment last week Thursday and are both 26.5 inches long (50%). Brody is 15 lbs. 9 oz. (10-25%) and Tyler is 15 lbs. 1.5 oz. (10%). I'm a little worried about their weights being so low but we just started solids a few weeks ago and I'm increasing how often they are getting them from once a day to twice. So far I have to admit that I don't like this change even though I know it is necessary for their development. They can't just survive on breast milk alone forever. I feed them both at the same time, a spoonful for Brody, a spoonful for Tyler. Tyler will cry while I am giving Brody his spoonful and Brody will cry while I'm feeding Tyler. They are so impatient and it's so stressful! I can't get the food to them fast enough apparently. I might have to start feeding them separately for my peace of mind. Although, when I did try this once whomever was left to eat second was too tired by the time I got to him that he wasn't interested and cried anyway! It's challenging. I'm open to any suggestions...comment here please! Their Pediatrician didn't seem alarmed by their weights (probably because they are twins and have some catching up to do) so I guess I shouldn't be either but it's quite the change from Hunter's well-baby visits. He was always off the charts with height and weight.
They had their appointment last week Thursday and are both 26.5 inches long (50%). Brody is 15 lbs. 9 oz. (10-25%) and Tyler is 15 lbs. 1.5 oz. (10%). I'm a little worried about their weights being so low but we just started solids a few weeks ago and I'm increasing how often they are getting them from once a day to twice. So far I have to admit that I don't like this change even though I know it is necessary for their development. They can't just survive on breast milk alone forever. I feed them both at the same time, a spoonful for Brody, a spoonful for Tyler. Tyler will cry while I am giving Brody his spoonful and Brody will cry while I'm feeding Tyler. They are so impatient and it's so stressful! I can't get the food to them fast enough apparently. I might have to start feeding them separately for my peace of mind. Although, when I did try this once whomever was left to eat second was too tired by the time I got to him that he wasn't interested and cried anyway! It's challenging. I'm open to any suggestions...comment here please! Their Pediatrician didn't seem alarmed by their weights (probably because they are twins and have some catching up to do) so I guess I shouldn't be either but it's quite the change from Hunter's well-baby visits. He was always off the charts with height and weight.
Holiday stress!
So far preparing for Christmas has been very different than in years past. Shopping with *only* Tyler and Brody while Hunter is at Preschool (a short three hours MWF, that is when they cooperate), making cookies during their 1/2 hour naps, wrapping and making cards/gifts after all boys are in bed until 1 a.m. and then turning around and waking early for the 5 a.m. feeding. I'm exhausted. It's easy to lose focus and remember what Christmas is really about. We do light our advent wreath every Sunday and pray together as a family, which helps bring the focus back. Hunter really enjoys this (especially being in charge of the candle snuffer). He decided we should all come up with our own prayer before extinguishing each candle after dinner. I love this new tradition! I wish I could remember his exact prayer last night so that I could write it but I don't. I know it started with "Dear Lord" and ended with "Amen."
Hunter had his first caroling experience yesterday. One of my student's mother is dying of ALS ("Lou Gehrig's Disease") and a big group of teachers, parents and students got together and brought gifts, baked goods and caroled in front of their house. It was so hard for me not to cry while singing thinking of their situation. This will be their last Christmas together. Her mother is too sick to leave her bed. Hunter, being as interested in music as he is, loved caroling. We had lit candles, which was also a hit. They invited us inside and Katrina (my student) opened the gifts and played "Jingle Bells" for us on her family's piano. When I told Hunter it was time for us to get going he told me he had something to tell Katrina (whom he had just met for the first time that night). I wasn't allowed to come with so I waited by the door. When we got home I asked him what he had told her and he said, "I told her she had a beautiful home!" How thoughtful!
Hunter had his first caroling experience yesterday. One of my student's mother is dying of ALS ("Lou Gehrig's Disease") and a big group of teachers, parents and students got together and brought gifts, baked goods and caroled in front of their house. It was so hard for me not to cry while singing thinking of their situation. This will be their last Christmas together. Her mother is too sick to leave her bed. Hunter, being as interested in music as he is, loved caroling. We had lit candles, which was also a hit. They invited us inside and Katrina (my student) opened the gifts and played "Jingle Bells" for us on her family's piano. When I told Hunter it was time for us to get going he told me he had something to tell Katrina (whom he had just met for the first time that night). I wasn't allowed to come with so I waited by the door. When we got home I asked him what he had told her and he said, "I told her she had a beautiful home!" How thoughtful!
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Time flies...
I cannot believe that Tyler and Brody turned six months old today. That is truly incredible. Some days seem to drag on forever and I catch myself checking the clock often hoping it's close to the time that John gets home because I know help is coming but as a whole these six months have flown by. Not much has changed in the last week or so with them. Tyler is a little chow-hound. He has really taken to this eating solids thing we have going on in our house. Brody spits more but is eating as well. Brody is more of a "mover." John and I are astounded that he is actually trying to crawl already. He's not getting anywhere (thankfully) but as soon as we lie him down on his playmat he immediately rolls over to his belly and oftentimes tries to get his little legs under him and kicks. When I first saw it I thought to myself that it looked like he was trying to crawl but it seemed to me that it was too early for that. When John mentioned the same thing to me I realized maybe it wasn't too crazy of a thought.
I have a quick story about Hunter. Tonight John had a football game on the t.v. and Hunter was intently watching this one commercial that came on. It was a jeweler that was featuring a necklace with a silver heart and diamonds all around. He turned to me and said, "I want to get that for you but I don't know how." It melted my heart and I want to remember this forever so I had to blog about it.
I have a quick story about Hunter. Tonight John had a football game on the t.v. and Hunter was intently watching this one commercial that came on. It was a jeweler that was featuring a necklace with a silver heart and diamonds all around. He turned to me and said, "I want to get that for you but I don't know how." It melted my heart and I want to remember this forever so I had to blog about it.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Yum!
The boys started eating "solid" food this week on Monday and have so far tried rice cereal and sweet potatoes. They prefer the potatoes and I don't blame them! They are gradually getting better at swallowing more than spitting and today I can say most of what I gave them went into their tummies rather than on their bibs. I am shopping for a second high chair today. A friend gave us this "pod" thing that's supposed to work similar to a high chair but the boys don't sit in it too well (kind of hunched over) and are more interested in playing with the chair than eating. I thought at first that maybe Brody was just more interested in eating than Tyler (Brody was in the high chair at first) but then I switched them and then Tyler seemed more interested than Brody. It's the pod for sure.
Hunter read John an entire story by himself the other night (The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss). Granted, it's a very easy read. We were impressed but not half as much as today at nap time when he read me, "One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish" (Dr. Seuss), which is a very long book with tons of words (60+ pages). He only had me read two pages (one about half-way through and another near the end) because he was getting tired. He said to me, "I'm trying REALLY hard!" I kept telling him that he didn't have to read it if he didn't want to but he insisted! He was frustrated at first because he told me, "I want to read it as fast as you can!" Storytime was about 100 times longer than normal but I didn't mind one bit! I had to explain to him that everyone starts out reading a little slow. He's so cute! I'm super proud (can you tell?)!
The boys and I went to breakfast with Santa this morning which was organized by a twin club where I now belong. Hunter got to make some art projects and decorate a cookie. They had a Secret Santa Shop where the kids could pick out gifts for their parents and the older kids wrapped them in the secret shopping room so that the parents didn't see them. We played holiday bingo (Hunter won once) and then Santa came and took pictures with each child and handed out presents. The twin club meets once a month at a retirement center and that is where they had the event. They always invite the retirees to partake in the events they hold so Hunter and I played bingo with a 90-year-old woman. She asked me if I could repeat what the call was (elf, santa, reindeer, etc.) because she had trouble hearing it. Hunter was so funny because he started repeating it for me loudly to the lady. She said he was a real sweet boy, which he is! We had a lot of fun. The cool thing about being around so many families with twins is that they have all been through this so I had a lot of women ask me if they could help me by holding a baby. (John had to work so he couldn't make it.) I had the youngest twins there but there were a lot of twins around one year and two years old. I gladly handed off one a few times (when they were both crying at the same time). I also caught myself daydreaming about how nice it would be if they held an event every day around crabby time...
Hunter read John an entire story by himself the other night (The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss). Granted, it's a very easy read. We were impressed but not half as much as today at nap time when he read me, "One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish" (Dr. Seuss), which is a very long book with tons of words (60+ pages). He only had me read two pages (one about half-way through and another near the end) because he was getting tired. He said to me, "I'm trying REALLY hard!" I kept telling him that he didn't have to read it if he didn't want to but he insisted! He was frustrated at first because he told me, "I want to read it as fast as you can!" Storytime was about 100 times longer than normal but I didn't mind one bit! I had to explain to him that everyone starts out reading a little slow. He's so cute! I'm super proud (can you tell?)!
The boys and I went to breakfast with Santa this morning which was organized by a twin club where I now belong. Hunter got to make some art projects and decorate a cookie. They had a Secret Santa Shop where the kids could pick out gifts for their parents and the older kids wrapped them in the secret shopping room so that the parents didn't see them. We played holiday bingo (Hunter won once) and then Santa came and took pictures with each child and handed out presents. The twin club meets once a month at a retirement center and that is where they had the event. They always invite the retirees to partake in the events they hold so Hunter and I played bingo with a 90-year-old woman. She asked me if I could repeat what the call was (elf, santa, reindeer, etc.) because she had trouble hearing it. Hunter was so funny because he started repeating it for me loudly to the lady. She said he was a real sweet boy, which he is! We had a lot of fun. The cool thing about being around so many families with twins is that they have all been through this so I had a lot of women ask me if they could help me by holding a baby. (John had to work so he couldn't make it.) I had the youngest twins there but there were a lot of twins around one year and two years old. I gladly handed off one a few times (when they were both crying at the same time). I also caught myself daydreaming about how nice it would be if they held an event every day around crabby time...
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