First smiles caught on camera

Emmet


Ada

2 - Month Photo

Here are my adorable munchkins. I was hoping to get a picture of them together and awake HOWEVER, it seems that either they are not awake at the same time or when they are awake they are grumpalumpas (mommybonics for crabby and fussy) and SO not in the mood for taking pictures. The oh so cute shirts are from my dear friend Erin - we love them!

Emmet & Uncle Greg

What else uncle Greg? Tell me more!

Quick Update

We all survived mom's first week back at work. It was so hard to leave them last Monday morning but I knew they were in safe hands with Daddy and Nana was coming over to help out too! Being back at work has offered me some much needed "adult time", however I would SO much rather be at home with Ada and Emmet. Roger has been doing such a nice job - I'm so impressed! Only 12 more days and I will be home for the summer...I can't wait!

In other news the babies had their 2 month check-up last Friday. Ada now weighs 10 lbs 11 oz and is 21 1/8 inches long. Emmet weighs 9 lbs 14 oz and is 21 3/4 inches long. The pediatrician would like Ada to see a neurosurgeon to look at her hematoma sight. It is possible that she would need surgery to scrape out the calcified blood - UGH! The pediatridcian would like Emmet to see and ENT - he is still so congested and one side of his nose appears to be blocked. Poor little guy. Emmet had his first EKG when the doc noticed that his heartrate was unusualy high - but all is well.

Okay babies crying - time to feed.

Ada, Emmet & cousin Alexis

Ada & Uncle Bill

Emmet & Grandma Marcin

Happy Mother's Day

My very first Mother's Day...

Ada and bath time

This picture is from April 12th (Nana's birthday) when we did a special bath time with Nana. This is how much Ada likes her baths. Too funny!

Emmet and his lion

Emmet has a new love...his wild yellow lion. Typically he screams while he waits on the bed to be fed, while I change Ada. Today when I put the lion by him he could not take his eyes off of it and was so peaceful! This is the same lion that he grabbed a hold of last night and was moving it around! So sweet!

Thank God!

After a grueling past 2 weeks full of fussiness, inconsolable screaming, and seriously doubting we will survive this we had a good evening yesterday. Actually the whole day was good. The babies and I went for a morning walk instead of our usual afternoon walk because it was supposed to rain. Nana came over and helped with a bottle feeding (to give my nipples a rest...still so sore!) and then we put them down for a nap. They actually both slept in the crib until their next feeding, which was amazing! The evening was spectacular! Both Ada and Emmet were smiley and wanting to play! They both enjoyed batting at the hanging animals from the play mat and Emmet even got a hold of his yellow lion and was waving it around. I cannot believe how quickly things change. Just last week they were barely holding eye gazing at the objects and now they are hitting and grasping them! After their exercise they went down around 8pm woke up to eat at 10:30pm and again at 2:15am and then they woke up an hour earlier than normal at 5am but it worked out okay.

All of this of course makes my return to work that much less desirable. I am feeling particularly sad about it today...wishing we could afford for me to stay home! Can't someone give us a few million dollars???

Okay, babies are waking from their nap. Hopefully this evening will go as smooth as yesterday!

Jeans

There's something so cute about little baby jeans! This is a rare sighting of Ada asleep on her back without being swaddled in her Miracle Blanket, a.k.a. Baby Straight Jacket.

This is what we look like before feeding...be grateful there isn't sound along with this picture!

Feeding Frenzy

After a long tandem feeding and double burping session mom and babies are pooped!

Adorable!

I still can't believe they are ours! Here they are at 5 weeks old!

Fussy, fussy, fussy!

I don't have much time to post...the babies have been incredibly fussy this week and eating every 2 hours...growth spurt??? We started tandem breast feeding last week and are slowly getting the hang of it. It's quite an ordial leading up to up though - both babies screaming, me running around trying to get everything ready (my special pillow, a million other pillows to prop myself up, Ada's nipple shield in warm water etc). My nipples feel like they are going to fall off - so incredibly sore as it's hard to get them positioned well and they have been eating a lot more lately! It's been a hard week but I keep telling myself it won't always be this way. They are getting so big and starting to enjoy things that they didn't respond to before - mom and dad's faces, the play gym, the sunshine on their faces. It's so amazing to watch them change right before our very eyes! I have one more week before I return to work - I'm feeling really sad about having to leave them when they will only be 8 weeks old - the guilt sets in! Good thing they will be with Daddy and Nana...in good hands!