June 19th-25th

J front; D back

(6/19) D has a third tooth!  His top one that I thought for sure was going to pop through weeks ago has finally come all the way through.  Looks like the other one will be here shortly.  J's at 4 teeth (2 top; 2 bottom).

Denton

The boys had a happy day and were very fun tonight.  I steamed up some cauliflower and they ate quite a bit!


(6/20) J is turning out to be an early bird.  I got up and went for a run the same time I normally leave for work and was so hoping for an extra hour or so of sleep when I got home.  No dice.  I got home and Dad delivered me a very awake J.  Oh well, I can sleep when they're teenagers, right?

It's a rare sunny (& warm!) day, so we're off to the beach! (Brackett's Landing in Edmonds) Nanan went along with, so I was able to go check out the tide pools with C while she wrangled babies. 

C left for an overnight with Nana this evening and the twins were so worn out from their day that they went to bed early.  It sure was quiet.


(6/21) The twins got to go to gymnastics (for C). Dad kept sending me pictures of passed out babies, so I could see how they enjoyed it.  LOL!  Then they went to the park and to McDonald's. Busy day for bebes.

Smiley J

(6/22) TGIF!  Kathy said D was a big ol' grump this morning until he took a 4 hour nap.  I guess somebody was tired.  The babies got to go to the bouncy house with the big boys today.  It was raining, of course, so the fun plans to go to Country Village with the preschool group were derailed.


(6/23) Fun day today!  We drove down to Puyallup for a barbecue at Charity's house.  They are leaving for Vegas next week, so we had to get the Coltons together one more time.  The boys did great in the car and played the whole time we were there, until D passed out. 


(6/24) Up and at 'em early today.  Gee thanks, boys!  I made the twinsies pancakes and C helped me take pictures.  We were going to go and see the big boys set off rockets, but the little boys were tiiiiired, so I stayed home and let them sleep.  They even zonked out early at bedtime.  I laid them down and they were out before I left the room. 

D supermans

(6/25)  Happy Monday!  The boys are with their dad today.  Hope they have a fun day!

Hi Babies!!

LOL ~ status of C's "big brother squared" shirt... but yeah, totally appropriate!

(10/8) Happy wedding, Justin & Lisa!  I managed to find something that fit over the bump, and it wasn't even maternity.  Shocking!  We left the reception a little early and hit a hockey game (we lost: boo!) and had a nice evening to ourselves, as Nanan had C.  Dad picked out some "My Other Car is a Zamboni" onesies for the boys and got me a hockey mom key chain.  So sweet! 

(10/9) Since C was still away, we decided to go to the movies and see something more grown-up. We chose The Ides of March. Excellent film!  We chased it with Knocked Up after C returned & had gone to sleep.  It didn't kick labor into gear like with C, but both Dad and I had a simultaneous ice cream craving (yet he swears he's not pregnant!), and we indulged in some sundaes from B&R.  Yum!

(10/10) Knocked Up apparently worked its magic again.  I had been having contractions all afternoon, so called the fam on my way home from work and gave them a heads' up.  My contractions slowed down after I got home, so I decided to have some dinner.  After dinner, they resumed frequency to over 6 in a hour, which was the point my doctor said to just go in. 

Triage tried hydrating me to see if they could knock out the contractions, but it didn't work and we decided to proceed to c-section (repeat c-section since both boys were presenting breech).  The doctor on-call I had met two weeks ago and liked very much.  She had a c-section before me scheduled for 10pm, and because I had eaten, the earliest I should be having surgery was midnight.

Headed to the OR

(10/11)  We went back for our c-section and Denton James (5lbs13oz, 20") was born at 1:14am and Jensen Campbell (5lbs9oz, 19") was born at 1:16am.  It's a really good thing we went in, as Denton's cord was velamentous and it would've been a bad thing had my water broken, or if we decided to proceed with natural labor.

J gave us a bit of a scare and came out very gurgly.  He was almost sent down to the NICU, but by the time his ride arrived, they were satisfied with his breathing and he stayed in the OR with me.  They had given me a chance to give him a kiss beforehand, and decided it was Mom's kiss that made everything all better.

(10/12) Boys are both doing well.  They have met all the grandparents & their brother, plus a lot of our friends.  We're being well taken care of at the hospital. Since the boys arrived early, we scored Nurse Cathy O to care for us!  Yay!

Denton

Jensen

Mom & J 10/12

We did a newborn shoot with the boys in the hospital today and got a few with C.  I'll be posting the pics from that as soon as I get them.

Swiss Chard



(9/14) 33 wks

(10/3) Aw, my very sweet hubby bought me a month's worth of Stroller Strides (bootcamp for moms & babies).  Can't wait to be cleared for exercise again!  I am dying to get outside and do more than waddle!

(10/4) Work threw me an amazing baby shower!  The boys will be stylin' in their new duds and we have loads of diapers to start off in! We plan to cloth diaper at home, but disposables are nice for outings or travel, and until they fit into their BGs!  One of my coworkers crocheted the most darling & soft blankets, one found a set of twin baby books, and there were picture frames, and containers for the first curl and tooth.  I am so very spoiled! C even got some things to keep him busy at the hospital.  Thanks again, work peeps!

(10/5) Prenatal appointment, ultrasound, & NST:  The appointment went great, the ultrasound went great, the pre-op consultation (set for NEXT FRIDAY!!!) went great and then the boys decided to take a nap and failed their NST.  So back we went for yet another ultrasound (bio physical profile) where they were reactive and working on breathing like they were supposed to be.  Guess they needed more camera time!  Baby A is measuring 5 lb 14 oz and Baby B is measuring 6 lb 2 oz; +/- 14 oz since it's hard to get measurements at this stage with them being so big and so active. Baby A is still breech and B keeps flopping back and forth between transverse and breech.   

(10/6)

Close enough to 37 weeks!

(10/7) 37 weeks!  Here is what BabyCenter has to say about this week:

Your baby is now considered "full term," even though your due date is three weeks away. If you go into labor now, his lungs will likely be mature enough to fully adjust to life outside the womb. (Some babies need a bit more time, though. So if you're planning to have a repeat c-section, for example, your practitioner will schedule it for no earlier than 39 weeks unless there's a medical reason to intervene earlier.)  Your baby weighs 6 1/3 pounds and measures a bit over 19 inches, head to heel (like a stalk of Swiss chard). Many babies have a full head of hair at birth, with locks from 1/2 inch to 1 1/2 inches long. But don't be surprised if your baby's hair isn't the same color as yours. Dark-haired couples are sometimes thrown for a loop when their children come out as blonds or redheads, and fair-haired couples have been surprised by Elvis look-alikes. And then, of course, some babies sport only peach fuzz. See what your baby looks like this week.