Family Pictures

Taken back in October when Chase was about 2 weeks old.  I am so glad we have these pictures. We had the twins pictures taken when they were newborns & I still truly cherish them. Although it wasn't an easy task to get a everybody ready for pictures and then to get everyone to cooperate for the pictures was challenging.  When our photographer showed up at our house for the session at 3pm the twins were still in their PJ's & extremely grumpy I might add, Jerame trying to make everyone lunch and me sitting topless in the nursery nursing Chase (probobly crying. ha ha). 

We were a true sight to be seen. 

Good thing our photographer is also a good friend :) She did such a good job and who would have ever known we were a total S*** -show right before these were all taken! 

                                       

Santa Baby

New Year

It's a new year already...Christmas has come & gone and I feel like my head is starting to slowly stop spinning. Have been wanting to post an update on us but have found it's hard to find the time lately, that or I haven't been to sure what to say or what I want to share on here.  In short, we got a huge dose of perspective over the coarse of the last few weeks. The little things just don't seem matter anymore and the big things like the health of our children & family/friends do. Jerame & I remind each other of this on a daily basis. Without going into to much detail... we had a major health scare with our biggest boy. Based on some of the symptoms he was having a series of blood tests were ordered, an MRI of his Brain & Spine and not to mention several very scary doctors visits. When your pediatrician has no reassuring words and tears up while sitting in complete silence  it is never good. Jerame & I experienced some of the worst feelings of our lives.  BUT the GOOD news is. He is doing better and there has been no recurrences of his symptoms since the last major episode. There is still no solid explanation for what happened & why. But we will take it and as our Pediatric Neurologist said the less we know the better. Meaning that the best scenario would be that it just never happens again and we never know what exactly it was. We are so lucky to live in a city with access to a world renown Children's Hospital. I can not say enough good about Seattle Childrens. I hate that we have been there so much but am so very grateful it is there for us & that it is the amazing facility it is. It goes without saying we are thankful and everyday that we have a healthy, jumping, running, happy boy we will take. We are not totally out of the woods yet as the MRI surfaced a totally unrelated issue that needs to be looked into now. We have been reassured not to worry so that is the route we are taking. We have been humbled that is for sure. Your thoughts/prayers are still appreciated for us & most importantly our boy. WE seriously could not have gone through this without the support of our family & friends. 

We had a wonderful Christmas but will save that for different post. I got a new Camera lens for my DSLR camera for Christmas & it takes beautiful pictures. I am having trouble with my lap top right now so am unable to download any new pics from my camera. So I m left with only the pictures from my phone to share. 

Chase continues to be such a joy in our little family. He is now 3 months as of 1/8. He is going on his 100th cold . The good news is, he will have an immune system made out of steel when he is a toddler. Nights get better between colds but once he gets a new one he has a hard time sleeping which means I am up a lot with him. He is not a huge fan of the swing,  bouncy chair or front pack. Loves the playmat and if he is not being held will stay there the longest. His favorite place to be other than our arms is in the car seat. This we feel lucky for! He is a great little traveler and will sleep the day away if we are out & about. He laughed for the 1st time yesterday and is smiling up a storm. He barely ever cries and when he does something is normally wrong. He still pukes like no other baby I have ever seen. I do LOTS of laundry over here. I hate laundry. Well, I actually don't hate it that much it's just that I never have time to do it so it just sits. I am sure I am not the only one but it's just that thing that's always in the back of my mind when I have a spare minute (like now) saying you should really be folding laundry. It's a revolving door...once I feel like it all gets done there is  another pile. So annoying! 

With all the stress of the last month I almost forgot we had a vacation planned. We leave for Maui in no time! Yup with our whole bunch. I am not really even that nervous for the plane ride, that is  how excited I am to get out of here! So thrilled  be able to enjoy a Mai Tai or 10 this time! 

blessed

My favorite picture ever. hands down.  The 3 in the middle, I LOVE them a lot + the guy on the end is pretty wonderful to. 

We have been through some stuff lately. Hence the lack of posting. It's been hard. REALLY  hard at times. But tonight we are soaking in the good news we got today. Carter had an MRI and the results were positive.  Things could have been different but they are not right now. Everyone seems to turn to prayer when the times get tough and let me tell you we have been praying like there is no tomorrow. And people we don't even know have been praying... like people in other states?!!!  The power of it amazes me.  Thank you. Who knows what tomorrow will bring or the next day or the next.

 But today, it ended good. 

Everyone is healthy and that is all that matters in the world. 

little love

He is one big guy. He had his 2 month appointment this week. He is doing so great. Still climbing on the weight charts. He was 13lbs 7oz,  90th percentile for weight and 75th-90th for height. So big and healthy.  He got his first round of shots and slept like a true baby on Tuesday night...went to bed at 9:30 slept till 2 then back down again until 7. I felt like a new women with all the rest I got that night. But by Wed he was back to his old tricks of getting up much much more often than that. His favorite thing to do is eat. He still really likes me, a lot. He is doing much better with his reflux.
 We are very thankful for this. 

I adore him. 

Simply cannot get enough. 

xoxoxox

Want to squeeezzzz him!!!! 

2 months old

 Chase was 2 months old yesterday.  As you can see he is smiling up a storm, it absolutely melts me.
                He is not the best sleeper in the world but is a great snuggler because he hates being put down. The last few nights have been really rough. Thank goodness for my iphone & the Internet it keeps me entertained all night when he seems to be waking up every hour.  There are LOTS of things I will miss about the newborn stage of a baby but the lack of sleep is most certainly not one of them. It's amazing how you can forget how tired to the bone you can feel when you have a new baby. I totally blocked it out with the twins.  He continues to grow like crazy, I am curious to see how much he weights at his 2 month appointment next week. The twins love him & he loves them. They all 3 take a bath together and it is so cute they are surprisingly gentle with him. The longest I have ever been away from him has been 4 hours when I went to get my hair did.  And I am not anywhere near ready to do any longer than that.  I am just a little attached.  I  L.O.V.E  him like crazy. 

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a first

We had our first big 'blood' incident as parents on Monday night. Jerame was playing as only Dad's do with the twins some kind of wrestling game and they had a little accident. Chloe fell flat on her face and bite her lip bad. I will admit I lost it for a brief while as she was in hysterics with a mouth full of blood. There was a lot of blood. The bleeding stopped quickly but initially it looked like she had bite through her lip with the amount of blood there was. But after the bleeding stopped we found it wasn't quite as bad as we originally thought. But since  it was on her face we opted to have it checked since it looked deep enough to possibly need stitches. So off we went to urgent care and luckily the Dr. thought that the wound  only looked  superficially deep and that she wouldn't need any stitches. So we were sent on our way and stopped to get Chloe an ice cream on the way home. 

 I am feeling like we need to ask if they offer punch cards at urgent care, the ER & our pediatrician's office. It seems like we are at at least 1 of the above on a weekly basis. 

Very thankful for medical insurance.  So other than a fat lip and a Daddy that felt terrible everything turned out just fine!