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

I can do it!

My house is quiet at the moment....never thought I would love the sound more. I am trying out the babies by myself this morning. I am doing pretty good so far! We have only had a few minor situations where both babies were melting down at the same time. Its amazing how fast I have figured out how to hold, feed, soothe two babies at once. I wish I had a 3rd arm sometimes but we are managing. Last night when Jeame got home from work I got to go out and go grocery shopping by myself. It sounds weird but since I was put on house arrest in May I really haven't gotten a chance to go to the grocery store and have really been craving a good visit to Safeway! It was weird being out by myself and not being pregnant I actually felt so rejuvenated by the time I got home with a trunk full of grocery's. Ahh the simple things :-)

Precious Chloe

How little sleep can we go on?

After getting no sleep last night Jerame snapped this lovely pic.
The circles under my eyes just keep getting darker and darker.


Getter a little smile this morning from Mr. Carter Jay


Carter doing what he does best. Look at those cheeks.


Chloe our little sassy baby. I took this pic last night
when we were trying to get her to sleep in her crib. That
lasted all of 5mins.

Just when I think I'm the most tired I have ever been in my life I find that somehow I feel even more tired as the days go by. It's amazing though how little sleep one can actually function on. I think I would choose to sleep over most things right now. Last night was one of the hardest ones yet...little Chloe just doesn't quite understand that nighttime means SLEEP. The minute we put her down she wakes up. I don't think Jerame or I got more than a couple hours each of shut-eye. Poor Jerame he actually has to go out and function in the outside world on such little sleep. Carter only wakes up every 3 hours to eat and then we put him back in his crib and he will just look around & listen to his music peacefully until drifting back to sleep. He is so good! My Dad is over this morning helping me out and both babies are sleeping like angles right now on him...it's really pretty cute. I have to hurry so I can squeeze in a shower before they wake up looking to be fed yet again! Sometimes all I feel like I do all day long is feed the little buggers. They are growing so fast and are turning into little characters. They both smile at us but we are pretty sure it's just reflexes right now...needless to say their little smiles melt our hearts. We had a good weekend. My Mom stayed with us on Friday night so we got some sleep that night. Our big outing this weekend was to go over and visit our friends Kirk & Karen and their new baby Sydney that was born on 9/11. It was a bit of a circus with 3 infants over at their house. We didn't stay long but was nice to get out of the house. It was so funny we were all talking and saying how when we used to go out for dinner it was only the 4 of us now if we were to go anywhere there will be 7! Look out to which ever restaurant gets blessed with our presence. Ha! Better get going before I loose my window to take a shower.

3 weeks old

The twinnies are 3 weeks old today. The days are all melding together and seems like one big blur. We have heard before from twins parents that they don't even really remember the 1st year because things are so hectic. I can totally see why they say that now. Having two infants is really a lot of work and it really takes two people to make it seem manageable. I have been left with the twins just a few times for 3-4 hour stretches and by the time Jerame gets home from work I am in tears and feel like I want to pull my hair out. I think it's just a combination of not leaving the house for days/weeks on end....it's enough to make a new Mom feel like she's going crazy! Tonight I'm meeting up with some girlfriends for happy hour. Jerame has been pushing me to go and do something like that for the past few days. He is such a wonderful support. I might even have a full glass of wine!

The babies are doing wonderful. They are just precious little buggers. Chloe is still our sassy baby and is only happy when she's being held or thinks she's being held. She likes the bottle better than breastfeeding but we are still working on it. Carter is happy if he's full and spends the other part of the days/nights sleeping. He is so easy! I guess I shouldn't say that too soon because things could change quickly I'm sure. We are so in love with our babies and thankful they are so healthy. I just can't kiss them enough. I am looking forward to the next couple of weeks when my c-section heals more. I will be able to start doing things that are more active. Right now I am still not supposed to lift anything heavier than the babies which makes taking them anywhere by myself impossible. I am actually looking forward to trying to take them somewhere by myself. Maybe we will start by taking them for a walk around the neighborhood :-). Baby steps. Love and thanks to everyone for all the help...we could not do this alone. We are open to visitors so please come by anytime I'm here!

Getting Bigger

Jerame took the day off yesterday and we took the babies to the pediatrician to get their weight checked again. Both babies are doing fantastic and are gaining at the right pace. They have both gained their birth weight back and then some. Carter weighs 6lbs 4oz and Chloe 5lbs 15oz. After our appointment we were all exhausted...it's like running a marathon trying to get us all out of the house. We started the feeding, diaper changing routine at 9:00am and were barely able to make it out of the house by 10:50. It's funny how it's hard to find time to do simple things like go to the bathroom, get some water or take a shower. We are figuring out ways to do everything for ourselves in half the amount of time. We are slowing getting the babies on a schedule and trying to keep them so they are eating/sleeping at the same time. It's not easy. Last night was the first night we put them in their room to sleep. We have them sleeping in the same crib and are doing really well for being just two weeks old! We just can't get any quality sleep at all with them in our room. Especially me, I wake up with every little squeak they make. All in all we are doing fantastic and getting the hang of this taking care of newborn twins thing :-)