Happy Birthday to Me!

It was my Birthday last Tuesday and it was by far my best birthday yet. Jerame was scheduled to go to Europe last week for work and at the last minute decided to cancel his trip. He just felt like it was going to be too much to leave our 6 week old twins and the fact that he would be missing my B-day was also a factor. It was so nice to have him home instead of gone! Jer took the day off from work on Tuesday and we had a lazy morning together with our little family. We then got ourselves all packed up and were off to the Beach House over on Hood Canal. The house is my Grandparents and has been in our family for almost 17 years. I pretty much grew up going over there and have so many fond memories of our time spent there. It was so neat to now bring my own children there. I hope they someday are able to have as special memories as I have from there. My Mom came over to meet us at the Beach House that evening and we made dinner, had cheesecake and all shared a fantastic bottle of wine. It was perfect. Jerame went home on Wednesday because he needed to work the rest of the week and my Mom & I stayed with the babies at the Beach House. We had such a nice time relaxing with the babies. It is so great being over there because there really is not a lot to do other than just lay around. It was so wonderful to be out of my house, with all the bed rest and birth of the babies I literally have been couped up inside my house since May. A change of scenery was welcomed and made me feel almost like a normal person again :-)
Last night my Mom & Jerry came over to take care of the babies while Jerame & I had a night out. We went out to Mexican and then to a movie. It was nice to have some time with just the two of us. I literally felt like we were on a date...it made me appreciate my time with him so much more than I ever have before. Last night was a pretty good night with the babies too. We put them both to bed in their own cribs at about 11:30. They both fell asleep and stayed asleep until about 3:00 am when they woke up to eat. This is how I know we are both still sleep deprived because I am getting excited about being able to sleep for 3 hours in a row! So Jerame & I actually went to bed at the same time and got to sleep for a few consecutive hours together. Normally when we don't have any help at night one of us will sleep in our guest bedroom and be on night watch. We divide up the night into 'shifts' 1st & 2nd...this is so at least one of us is getting a little bit of shut-eye at a time. So basically Jerame & I have just been roommates since the babies were born. Whoever is sleeping in the guest bedroom also normally has Chloe. We have had to have her either sleep in her car seat or bouncy chair. She was not liking sleeping flat on her back in her crib but after last night I am beginning to think maybe we have turned a corner. I hope so! Sleep seriously makes all the difference in the world.

Nana with Chloe on a walk


We showed Chloe where her thumb was and she
started sucking it. So cute!


Babies snuggling together on the floor

The Beach House

View from the deck

The beach is full of sand dollars

This picture makes me laugh. I look pregnant. We

went on a long walk on the beach and by the end of the

walk my back was hurting so bad. Carter is getting to be a little

tank he weighs 9lbs 4oz now. It still blows my mind that I had both

of these little babies inside my body only just 7 weeks ago! I still

can't fit into my normal clothes but that will happen soon enough.

Relaxing with the babies...this is by far the best feeling in

the world.

The sun came out for a little bit so we

sat on the deck for a little while after our walk on the beach.

Sleepy babies

pure madness

The weekend we had the Denver family here to visit

we had a total of six kids in our group! Oh how life has changed :-)

good news

Remember that cyst they found on my ovary when I was 37 weeks pregnant. Well, yesterday I had a Dr. appointment and ultrasound to check on them. Originally the plan was to take out the cyst when the Dr. opened me up during the c-section. However, once she got in there and saw my ovaries she realized both sides were covered in them. It wasn't just one that she could easily take out so the only way to remove them would have been to remove my ovaries all together. We all opted to not do that thank goodness and just to wait it out and see what they did. She guaranteed me that they were not cancer and that they were just fluid filled so it would be ok to wait 6 weeks to see how the pregnancy hormones leaving my body would affect them. So the good news is the ultrasound showed NO cysts. Pretty amazing! I have been a bit sick about the the thought of potentially having to go through another surgery if indeed they did not go away. It was great news and once less thing I have to stress myself out about.

I can't believe the twins are already 6 weeks old. Chloe defiantly smiled at me yesterday and they are both starting to coo and make little noises. They are just SO CUTE!

Big Boy

Weekend with Family

Jerame's family from Denver was here last weekend. We had such good visit with them. We got the twins out all weekend and did several meals at restaurants! It was our first experience with all that so I was a little stressed about how it was all going to go but they were just little troopers. They really only seemed to cry and get fussy when they were hungry and all the other time they spent sleeping. It was nice to have so many arms around to hold babies. It was a perfect weekend to have company because the weather was amazing. I wish our weather could be like that all the time. Now the honeymoon is over and we will be seeing rain for the next 6 months...how depressing!
The babies didn't sleep much last night so we are exhausted today. They are both sleeping right now though so I am sneaking a few minutes to myself. My job is 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Whoever said being a Mom is easy has never had kids or twins for that matter. The babies have both developed a 'witching' hour between 7 to 9pm they are absolute terrors during this time. Both of them cry and cry. It seems to be around the time Jerame gets home from work. By that time I am normally just so burnt out on everything that he gets to come home to a house full of fun :-) Everyone says it's going to get better and better...I am so glad!


Uncle Brad, Jerame & Chloe

The whole group after breakfast on Sunday. What
a Beautiful day!

Jerame's cousin Ellen & sister Arielle




Uncle Brad & I


Our neice Olivia and Cousin's daughter Sara

Jerame's Dad & Carter

Daddy & Son

Tummy Time

Bella is doing all she can not to lick the babies.
She is really pretty good with them besides the fact
she can't stop licking them.


Every time we put Carter on him tummy for tummy-time
he falls a sleep :-)


The babies are doing great and are just little bundles of joy! I took them to their 1 month check up on Thursday and they are both healthy little buggers. Chloe weighed in at 7lbs 14oz and Carter at 8lbs 5oz. Both are in the 10-25th percentile for weight and 50% for height. Pretty good for being twins.

One Month Old!

Look at the babies with their arms hooked around each other.
I hope they are friends when they grow-up :-)


Attempting to eat dinner last night



Jer trying to make dinner for us




We went to Kirk & Karen house yesterday to watch
the Seahawks game. The babies did good, they both
slept in their carseats for sometime.


Chloe in her Boppy chair

I captured the last part of a smile it was so cute. I think

it's just reflexes right now but it's so precious to see them

with little smiles on their faces. I would like to think they

are dreaming of something funny.

Bella is so good with the babies and really likes them.

She is always so concerned with they cry she is such a good girl.

Although she is a little attention deprived lately.

The babies are 1 month old! Time is flying...kind of :-). Have I mentioned that we are exhausted? 1 month old = a lot of nights without sleep. We had the babies pictures taken on Saturday by the same photographer that did our wedding (http://www.sandracoan.com/). She is great and also has twins so she can totally relate to what we are going through. The babies were hard when we got there both not wanting to have their clothes taken off. Each of them had at least two poops and were acting famished the minute we got their. Jerame & I were both sweating by the time the session was over. Who knows how the pics will turn out...I really hope good. Other than that there is not a lot new going on with us. Jerame's family from Denver is coming for a visit this coming weekend. We are looking forward to seeing them in Seattle!

Home Alone :-o