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Sunday, August 22, 2010

Time to Make CHANGES!

So I have been thinking...not lately, I ALWAYS think...just happens that today of all days I decide I want to talk about this thinking thing of mine.

I think I might actually begin to blog again. Yes AGAIN I have said I will do this and it may or may not last (because we all know I can be busy at times) but at least I know that I have giving up twice before and I'm not trying to hide behind it.

The girls are getting so big now that they are starting to get out of their nap nannies. Thus, I have taken it upon myself to start and finally get their nusery ready! They have been in our room long enough! I have picked out the paint (pink - Saltwater Taffy from Valspar to be exact) with a creamy off white for the edges and doors! Can you tell Im excited?

I'm also thinking about posting about all my ways to save. Like lets see....

ohh see this outfit....

Ok, I bought TWO of these this past Thursday from Bealls. They are regularly 28.00$ a piece. I spent 13.72$ How you might ask? Here I go...

They were on sale when I arrived for 30% off = 19. and change because everyone knows I don't do math.

So I come baring aother 30% coupon! (luckily I had my trusted side kick my Mommy :) who also came baring Achem...another 30% coupon ehehe)

So, are we clear, already 30% off, plus my 30% off coupon = 60% off which is around 13. and change.

THEN! I was lucky enough to have come on the day before tax free day and was able to get 20% off on top of all that!

again....30% plus my 30% plus 20% equals my grand total of 80% off so after buying TWO of these I spent 13.72$!

I bought 3-6 month sizes so of course my little bits cannot pose in them just yet, but I will post pictures later! =]

-C

Thursday, July 8, 2010

4 Months Old

So as of yesterday the girls are now 4 months old! Time has certainly flown by! They have gone from little bitty babies that had no expression, slept almost every hour except for needing to eat to little bigger but still tiny babies that smile, giggle, play, grab, stay awake most of the day, sleep 12 hours a night eat with a spoon, and bottle fed only 3 times a day. Its crazy how time changes things even if it is for the better. Righ now as I type I look over at my precious baby girls and get giggled at as Katherine throws her legs up into the air and Callie farts, sneezes and then lets out the cutest little laugh. So adorable if I do say so myself =]

Half the time I think, when did they grow up?! Then the other half I cannot wait for them to get to this mile stone, or to the other. I cant wait to hear their voices, see them really crawl, pull up, walk, their hair to grow lol...

Well yea short, but sweet love you!

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Pictures that YOU help me win!

Thank you so much for voting! If you love these photos you should see all the others she has posted on her facebook! Just search for Photography by Maria!!! Shes very inexpensive but very good!!! Just a warning, she does NOT have a studio, but she can come to your place (or any other place) or she will suggest an outdoor spot!!

-C

Saturday, June 12, 2010

2 months later....

So yes I know, I have again gone down the road of not completing a task that I swore I would keep up with and I could come up with a millon and one excuses why, but the biggest is I can't get the plug-in for blogger to download onto MY computer and Davids computer drives me crazy. So I decided today I would allow myself to take an hour to get onto Blogger just to leave this really longgg blog. Be excited! =D

Sooo lets get our apples in a row here...I haven't been on here since April 4th. So since then the girls have turned one month....

At 4 wks, Katherine was started on Cereal. Because of her reflux the dr wanted to try this one last thing before having to go in and see whats going on internally (SCARY!) So basically its a gravity thing. The thickness of the cereal should (cross fingers) keep the formula down. Now I know I'm just back tracking here, but with just formula Kat was using a premmie nipple and going to a Y nipple for cereal choked her (more SCARY!) so we decided without dr permission to use a spoon, so by 5wks my little bit was using a spoon...and her hands...and her feet...but the good news is that it worked!!! Along with her sitting in her nap nanny!!

Then on May 7th, the girls turned 2 months old (please tell me where that time went...i would really like it back! on replay if possible!)

They have also become well traveled individuals! They have been in Bastrop, TX, Austin, TX, Dallas, TX, Shreveport, LA, Breaux Bridge, LA as well as local towns and we are looking at a possible trip up north to Ilinois...maybe Virgina!

They have also got to meet alot of their family by this time! They got to meet their Great Aunt and Uncle Kendell, Great Uncle Dan, Great Granna, of course their grand parents. Their Aunt Julia and various close close friends of the family!

During the last minute trip to Dallas (seriously last minute) the girls got to ride around the on the Tram and then got to meet their Uncle Shay who was in Iraq when they were born and was on a layover in Dallas for his permanant return! So that was really really awesome!!

Hes not proud at all!! =D

On May 21st the girls got to get in the pool for the first time! (pictures will be posted later!) They both enjoyed themselves very much! Katherine feel alseep in my arms and Callie kicked her legs and loved it when her Daddy poured water on her back lol

We also have been getting smiled at ALOT! Katherine was the first to smile (she seems to be first at everything even though she was born second!) but she was the last to get a picture of her smiling. Callie was VERY stingy with her smiles. She starting to let them slip to everyone but it still takes her time to do it. You have to be really funny to get that from her hahaha

Then this past monday it hit me....they turned 3 months old. Seriously where does this time go???

They are starting to sleep through the night on a regular basis. They have gone 9 hours between feedings 4 nights in a row, and for the past 2 weeks have gone between 7 - 8 hours every night. Its really great that since the cereal has started at 4 weeks they immediately started sleeping 6 hours a night so now going up to 9 hours is great for mommy and daddy!!

On another note, David is putting in for jobs back in Austin. We moved back not only because his job at Camp Swift was ending, but because I was already having a really hard pregnancy at 6 wks so coming back up here to be around family was a blessing. But now the girls are here and we have a great schedule going, its time we go back to where we left our heart. So cross everything in hopes that he lands a job at Mabry so we can go back down there. I know it will hurt my mom for us to leave, along with his parents, but any job he gets is better than the one he has and we truely miss it down there. So until the next time!! <3>

-C

oh and just a quick update on their sizes! As of their 2 month check up Callie was 7lbs 2 oz, Katherine 6lbs 10 oz. They are both in newborn clothes and diapers and will probably be in the clothes for AT LEAST another month because most are HUGE on both of them!! =]

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Two Days Later

So we went back to the doctor after the 48 hours and Katherine gained 2 ounces and Callie gained 3! So what the doctor has decided to do is take them off of breastmilk completely and just do formula because obviously they aren't doing so well on my milk. In part because of me having to be on Soy and also having to split my milk between 2 lil mouths. Not that it can't be done, just not by me! So we have another appointment this coming up friday for another weight check and hopefully both my lil girls will finally be above 5 lbs! Im so excited!! We also have a big week ahead of us because on Wednesday the girls turn 1 month old!!! Happy 1 month birthday my lil love bugs!!!

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Update - Dr. Appt #2

So we went into the doctor today for a weight check and the girls have not gained enough weight to satisfy our pediatrician. So for the next two days the girls will be on complete soy formula.

Why do you ask? Basically my breastmilk is not fatty enough for them to actually gain weight. So for the next 48 hours (if not longer) not only are the girls going to be strictly on formula (I will still be pumping and storing) but I will be on a supplement to help fatten up my milk. See what it is is that I need to drink soy milk because the girls are on soy formula. Well because I have to drink soy as well, I'm not getting the fat from normal milk to pass through my breastmilk to them. So I need the supplement to help me fatten my milk up! (sorta like how the soy formula is not just soy milk, it contains supplements as well!!)

ON TOP OF THAT! I have had this rash of hives for about a week now....the doctor now feels its not just the dreft that caused it...or has allowed it to stay this long....is stress. So he has perscribed me rest and to relax. Easier said than done when about 9 hours a day I am alone with the girls and then the other two people in the house work so I do night duty for the most part as well! Omg computer about to die! Well finish later!!

Sunday, March 28, 2010

4 wks worth of updates! =]

Sooo last we spoke we had just had our baby shower and I had just gotten released from the hospital to spend the remainder of my pregnancy at home! That was Feb 25th! Since then ALOT has happened.

On Monday March 1st we did another sonogram and Callie was soooo far down that they couldn't even measure her head accurately! That night I ended up going into the hospital after talking to the on call doctor because I was feeling some pretty serious contractions. After 3 hours of no dilatation they sent me back home! That Friday (March 5th) we had yet another sono and still could not get an accurate measurement on Callie and I felt MISERABLE! So David and I trudged on over to my doctors office and pulled out my pouty face. I felt horrible, I couldn't sit comfy, and the contractions sucked. So my doctor asked if I could still fell them moving around and I hadn't really felt Callie moving (and shes our soccer player!) for a few days so she winked and said if I didn't feel her by that evening at the earliest or the following day just go to the hospital and tell the on call doctor that if I am not dilating that she wants me to stay til Monday and she would induce me then. So I gave myself 24 hours and just took my time packing my hospital bag and loaded up and went to the hospital. They hooked me up to the machine and we just hung out. In two hours I went from 1cm to 3cm and the on call doctor said the best words a person in my perdicament could here, we are having babies tonight!! WOOOHOOO!!!!

I was transferred to a labor room, given an epidural, my water was broken and I fell alseep from 3cm to 7 hahaha

By the next day our two baby girls were born! At 35 wks and 4 days and delivered vaginally! WOOTWOOT!

Neither of them had to go to the NICU and they were able to come home two days after delivery!

Since then we have had our 2 wk appointment with the ped dr and they have done really well! Katherine was unable to get her shots when we were at the hospital due to her size, and she still did not recieve her shots at the 2wk appointment due to the same reason, but we have another appt this tuesday for weight check and hopefully she can get her shots then. We have only had 2 sleepless nights but that has been it! From the get go they slept anywhere from 3 to 4 1/2 hours between feedings and now they are up to 6 or so hours, and have gone from eating less than 2oz to at the most 3 1/4oz. They are both still in preemie diapers and clothes (though Callie is a few days from moving to newborn clothes). I am breastfeeding (mostly pumping but all the same!) So everything is going quiet well! More updates to happen later!! Love you!!