Follow-up With Pulmonologist

The twins had a follow-up visit to their pulmonologist on Thursday, so Tim, my mom, and my Aunt Sara (in town from Houston) loaded up and made the journey to Plano.  The babies got great reports.  Brooklyn weighed in at 18 pounds 4 ounces, and Tayden was 16 pounds 11 ounces.  The doctor was once again impressed with their weight gain and said that they are definitely thriving.  Our pediatrician always gives us percentiles for weight and height using a scale for preemies born at 30 weeks.  The pulmonologist used the 40 week scale, and the twins are registering on the scale!!!  He does want them to continue using their inhaler and they will be getting the synagis shot for RSV once a month October - February.

As I mentioned earlier, my Aunt Sara and Uncle Dean were here visiting this weekend and so the whole family got together for dinner at Sue Sue's.  We got a few pictures of the cousins together.  It was so good to see everyone!

After much prayer and discussion, we have decided to take our house off the market until after the holidays.  As much as we would love more space - we are going to make this work for awhile.  I spent some time this evening getting out the pictures I had put away when Tim first put our house on the market, and setting up our office/playroom.  I also had to make room in the kitchen because we got highchairs!!!  I was able to get some pictures of Brooklyn eating, and I will get some of Tayden tomorrow.

Brooklyn has started to like solids a little more and tonight she ate corn casserole and carrots!  She always spits the first few bites out until she realizes that she likes it.  She has started to growl and it is hilarious.  Tayden is still loving his solids!  He eats at least a jar a day if not more.  He is a night owl and really puts on a show in the evenings - laughing and talking.  I usually go to bed and take Brooklyn with me, while Tim stays up with Tayden until he gets calmed down.  Both babies are sleeping from about 10-12 hours at night and then take a morning nap and an afternoon nap.  We are so fortunate that they are such good sleepers!

I would like to request prayers for a friend of mine that is battling cancer.  They discovered it when she was around 29 weeks pregnant.  Her sweet baby girl was born at 32 weeks and they are still determining a treatment plan on how to best attack the cancer.  She has such a strong faith and is relying on God to get her through these dark days.  I cannot imagine being in this situation and I pray daily for God to restore her body to health. 

Brooklyn in her camo

New pjs

Tayden in the exersaucer

Checking out the penguin

New pjs

Brooklyn in her new high chair

Sue Sue and the cousins - Landon, Brooklyn, Payton, Tayden, and Mallory

Sitting in the pack n play

Brooklyn eating her corn

I hope that everyone has a great week!  I am going to try my best to start updating the blog every Sunday night - so check back every now and then. 

6 month photographs

SueSue came along to help with the wardrobe changes.  By this point Brooklyn was out!

The babies were both fine when we first arrived, but Brooklyn quickly got tired and fussy.  She definitely was not a fan of laying in the hay.  Tayden enjoyed every minute and even posed with Daddy for an extra picture.

Opening Weekend

This weekend the twins rocked their Steelers onesies in support of the first official game of the season.  It was neat to see Tim watching the game while holding Tayden - a father-son tradition in the making.  On this same weekend last year we were in the ER thinking that I had miscarried one or both babies, and ended up hearing both heartbeats for the first time.  It is amazing to think of how far we have come since that terrifying day.  God carried us through that day and every day since and we now have two precious, healthy babies.  Tayden has been battling a stuffy nose and a cough.  Tim took him to the doctor on Tuesday and she thought that it was just his allergies.  We have started him back on nebulizer breathing treatments to help with the wheezing.  I am in the process of scanning all of the six month pictures so check back soon to see those!

Sitting Up

Brooklyn in her bumbo (her daddy picked the hat)

Brooklyn and Titan

Tayden in his bumbo

Brooklyn sitting up by herself!!!

Brooklyn

The three musketeers

We survived our family pictures last weekend and as soon as I have them I will post them.  It was definitely an experience!

Brooklyn has started to sit up on her own!  She will sit for a few minutes and then slowly start to lean to the side and crash.  She is still being very particular about eating baby food.  On Thursday I gave her bananas mixed with oatmeal and she actually ate about half of a jar - so I think we have found something she likes.  She continues to be very verbal and coos and laughs most of the day.  We weighed her this week and she was 17 pounds 3 ounces.

Tayden is doing great with his tummy time.  He is holding his head up like a champ, but he still has the tendancy to lean it to one side.  Tim continues to do his neck stretches with him each day.  He absolutely LOVES baby food of any kind.  He will eat it warm, cold, with oatmeal or straight out of the jar.  Tayden has become as verbal as his sister and especially comes to life at night with lots of laughing and cooing.  When we weighed him he was 16 pounds. 

Both babies have cut back from 5 bottles a day to 4 larger ones.  We are feeding them baby food 1-2 times a day.  They usually take 1 or 2 good naps during the day and then go to bed between 10 - midnight.  They both sleep all the way through the night until about 9 a.m.  Tim still enjoys being home with them and the bond he has with them is amazing.  They love their daddy!!! 

Our house did show once this week and the feedback was the same as always.  Beautiful flooring, great backyard, tiny kitchen!!!   UGH!!!!  Please continue to pray that our house will sell in a timely manner!
 

Future Wildcats

Tim dressed  Brooklyn in Tayden's clothes.  Reminded me of when my dad did this to me and I didn't even have a brother.

Brooklyn holding her bottle (for a few seconds).

Cousin Payton inspecting Tayden.

Tayden and Payton

My mom went to Abilene recently for my Nana's birthday and bought the twins their first ACU t-shirts.  I can definitely see a lot of purple and white in their future!  I have gotten into the swing of being back at work and I only call a few times during the day to check on Tim and the babies.  Tim is still really enjoying being at home, which gives me great comfort during the day.  We have added fruit to food rotation and of course Tayden loves it.  Brooklyn seems to like it a little more than veggies, but still does her share of gagging and spitting.  The babies have grown so much that they are now wearing 6 month clothing.  When I was pregnant we bought Steeler onesies for the babies that were 6 months.  When they were born I remember looking in the closet and thinking that they would  never fit in clothes that big, but now they will be able to wear them on opening weekend to root on Pittsburgh!  This Saturday we are having 6 month pictures taken.  It has been a real challenge to coordinate outfits, but I think we are ready.  Have a great rest of the week!