11/26/2010

The Thanksgiving at Home

Since we're on semi-lockdown now, we had Thanksgiving at home. Chris went to his grandma's for a while in the afternoon while the babies and I hung out at home. Then we had our big meal later in the day. Abby and Dave and CJ and Aryanne came over. We had a good time. It was very low key and beat the hospital run around we were doing a year ago at Thanksgiving.

The kiddos got to try some new foods. They both got bites of stuffing, potatoes and cranberry sauce. Suprisingly, Parker liked everything better than Payton.

Hope everyone has as much to be thankful for this year as we do.

11/22/2010

The Angel Tree




When we were little, we would go to a store, get to pick a name off an angel tree and go shopping for another kid who was about the same age as us. I loved it. And every year when it got closer to that time of year, I looked forward to doing that again.

This year, the twins are home. And while it will be their second  time for each holiday, it really is their first. In fact, I have a hard time remembering that it isn't their first. So, now we're starting the tradition. Since we don't go anywhere (or the babies really don't), we found a great alternative.

JCPenney is doing a great thing that made this so easy for me to do. You can go on their website, put in your zip code and get a list of boys, girls, babies, adults, whoever you want in your area through the Salvation Army just like you were going the the Angel Tree. So, we shopped for a 1 year old boy for Parker and for a 9 month old girl for Payton. They will even ship it for free directly to the Salvation Army office locally to distribute.

Somewhere, from my two, a couple more little kiddos will be having a better Christmas. As it should be.

11/19/2010

Checking in

We're just checking in. We're all still here, and we're tired.

Miss Payton just finished a course of oral steroids because of a viral lung infection. Nothing will bring on that baby girls appetite like some steroids. She's like a body builder. All of the sudden her face has filled out, she has a little bit of a tummy and some rolls are starting to show up. And shes very happy flaunting them - as she should be, she worked hard to get them. We had a follow-up appt on Monday. She's ok, has a little cold and we can stop the steroids now. She also has two bumps - one on each heel. I asked the doctor about them since they seems to be getting a little bigger and are under the skin. They are cysts from having her heels poked so many times.

Mr. Parker has a bad cold. He's been coughing and had some pretty thick stuff going down this throat. And, he's had a big week - he's finally started crawling. Now nothing is safe - lol.

And somehow, they've managed to give me a bad cold and last week I had pink eye. And dad has gotten out of all of it, I don't know how.

Weight check from this week -
13.5 months (10 months corrected)
Payton - 20lbs 3.5oz
Parker - 19lbs, 7.5oz
That makes them 10 times their birth size. 10 times. Unreal.

Happy weekend!

11/11/2010

We're busy!!!

In between someone being sick and going to the doctors, we're busy all the time!!!


I love my puppy a lot!
 Got my red on for the game mom!
 I'm not sure if I like this but it's the only I'm going to stop crying right now
 I'm such a happy boy
 I can hold my bottle all by myself now



Aunt Bo...this is my pirate face



Mom, you left me alone with Dad for 5 minutes and now I have a mohawk
Daddy doesn't know that we don't go in the washing machine
I was sooooo handsome for pictures at "school" today

















11/02/2010

Our 1st Halloween...

at home anyway. So really, it was like our 1st Halloween. They didn't care much about Trick-or-Treating this year so we dressed up and went to a Halloween party on Saturday and on Sunday went visiting, then home to take baths.

Hmmm...what are these? Are these my pumpkins?
 Hey look - they're my size!
 Sarah and Joe at the party hanging out with the monkeys
The Payton monkey loves her daddy
 Little Red Riding Hood found a Parker monkey
The monkeys playing in the jungle before we went out
 Parker doesn't know if he's interested in the pumpkins. Payton just decided to crawl away
  
 Mom, I don't know what these are for?!?!
Hey Sissy, can I have yours too?
Mom gave us bananas, and we're monkeys! HAHA!
I love being a monkey, I don't know why Payton doesn't like it more.

Hapy everyone had a great, safe Halloween!
(And we have tons of candy left over if someone had a sweet tooth)

11/01/2010

Happy Prematurity Awareness Month!

If you're a preemie parent, past or present, I wish a soft place to fall when you need it, strength when you need it, one person in your life that "gets it", love, peace, hope, and faith.