Flowers

Todd brought these flowers home to me the other day. It's not a holiday, not my birthday, not our anniversary. I have the best husband ever! :-)

Growing

The boys are 11 weeks old today. They are asleep for the moment, so I thought I would steal some time away from doing the laundry to share some random thoughts.

The past few days have gone really well. "Really well" means that they stayed on a good eat & sleep schedule with little fussing and I showered, dressed, ate lunch before 1:00 and have been able to do some chores. Nathan and Logan seem to have settled into a good routine that is manageable for me alone during the day.

I have a couple of blogs I read that are written by mothers of multiples. I love reading them, but I often wonder how everyday life with their babies seems to be so pleasant and easy. I hope it is easy for them, and I really enjoy their blogs, but I started to feel a little inadequate because our experience with twin infants has been much more difficult than what I have been reading. Don't get me wrong, we absolutely love Nathan and Logan, but juggling them is a challenge. I have difficulty sharing my life unless I share what's good along with what's not-so-good. If I'm overwhelmed, frustrated, exhausted, messy, etc., I share that part of me along will all the nice things that happen around here. Maybe I tell too much, but I only know how to "keep it real" as Pioneer Woman would say. So, to keep it real, here is a picture of right now.
Here are some things going on with each baby:

Logan

• He loves to smile and laugh when he has a full tummy.
• He studies faces, lights, and the TV.
• He does not like to be left alone. He would much rather be held than put in a bouncy or swing. He's a cuddle bug and spoiled!
• His eyes are deep blue.
• He has dark brown hair and still has the bald look, but I think his hair is growing in more on top.
• He's a chubby baby! He has to be at least 13 pounds!
• He's wearing 0-3 month clothes, but will be out of them soon.
• He wears Pampers size 1-2 diapers from Sam's (The actual size is "1-2"), but sleeps in size 2 at night.
• He eats 6+ ounces at each feeding.
• He eats every 3 1/2 to 4 hours during the day (start to start) and about 7 or more hours at night.
• He is gassy.
  
• He can roll from his tummy to back.
• He is hard to burp.
• He fusses when he is in his car seat for long, which makes shopping and traveling hard.
• He is PRECIOUS!

Nathan

• He is serious and harder to get to smile and laugh, but he "coos".
• He likes to watch everything that is going on around him.
• He is more content to be put down in a bouncy or swing than Logan, but he loves to cuddle, too.
• His eyes are deep blue/gray.
• He has long eyelashes.
• He has a little reflux problem and his face has reacted to so much spit-up; it is a little red.
• He has not had any colic symptoms in a long time.
• He requires Nutramigen, an extremely expensive, hypoallergenic formula because of his sensitive tummy.
• He weighs 12 pounds, 5 3/4 ounces!!
• He will be out of his 0-3 months clothes soon, too.
• He is in size 1-2 diapers and size 2 at night.
• He has been eating a full 7 ounces at almost every feeding.
• He is on the same feeding schedule as his brother.
• He can roll from his tummy to his back.
• He is easy to burp, but he spits up quite a lot.
• His hair is light brown, long, and requires frequent washing. His hair easily looks disheveled.
  
• He is SO CUTE!!

I am going to try to do shorter, more frequent blogs as things happen.

Follow Me

As I said before, I had to change my settings to where only members of my blog can leave a comment. I like comments. If you want to be a member, I think all you have to do is follow my blog. There is a Google button on the right sidebar that says "Follow" so you can sign up and leave comments if you want to.

Stealing Wordless Wednesday

"Wordless Wednesday" is obviously not my idea, but it is a good one, so I'm doing what any good {currently unemployed by choice} teacher would do: I'm stealing it! Makes for a quick, easy blog. Oops... those were words. Sorry to break the rules... Oh, I have to label pictures. I'm making my own rules!! Enjoy!

2 Months Old!

Out to eat at Chuy's with Timpa.

Getting immunization shots.
We traveled to the Ft. Worth area to visit Grandma Pat and Granddad Dan.
We're super-human, so after returning home from Ft. Worth, we decided to visit Great Granny and Great Grandpa in East Texas!
Cousin K1 prayed for cousins, so now she gets to feed them! :-)
Uncle Steven with Logan and Timpa with Nathan.
Nathan meeting and loving cousin Lyndsi! (Who happens to be a senior and the top of her graduating class! So proud of her!)

No Comment

I have had to delete several comments left on my blog recently. Some nasty people have left links to inappropriate sites. So, instead of having to constantly delete these horrible links, I have shut down the ability to leave comments unless you are a member of this blog. And now I have to learn how to have "members of this blog".

I have lots of pictures and catching up to do, but that will have to come later. Keep checking back!

SMILE!!

Logan's first big smile (that I have witnessed), perfectly accompanied by a happy sigh, all while sitting in his new Bumbo seat and amazingly caught on camera!

Want another thing to smile big about?

Dad's most recent report is that his tumors are still SHRINKING! God is good!(Dad & Steven last Christmas at Grandma & Grandpa's 65th wedding anniversary celebration.)

I hope you have something wonderful to smile about today!

Halloween

Here we are in our Halloween gear. We look forward to costumes & trick-or-treating next year, but this year we kept things low key.

This is Lucas, one of Todd's dear friends. He drove in from the Fort Worth area to attend a conference. He was kind enough to come by to meet the boys and hang out for the evening. We went out to eat at Los Cucso; the first time out to eat with the babies. We had a great time. It's always nice to see Lucas. Come back soon, Lucas!