Away To Me

Not Allergies

On Tuesday Jake came home from school a little stuffed up. He felt fine, but was just a tiny bit nasal sounding. I gave him some allergies meds, kept him out of the pool that afternoon. Wednesday and Thursday, much the same. Today, the same except now I have two more sniffle-nosed boys.

All three seem to feel fine except the nose running thing. It's actually rather cute to hear cute baby sniffly-giggles and nasal-coos. Good naps were had by all three today, good dinner planned for tonight with hopefully lots of rest for all of them. I hope they don't take a turn downward and start feeling yucky. 

I'm okay

Sorry I've been MIA. I've been really busy with life. I've been working a bit which is hard with the twins, but they've been to one shoot with me and hubby watched them when I had the other shoot.

Still no house yet. We are 118 or so days and counting in escrow. We have also made offers on two other houses, one a short sale, the other a private sale that we hope to hear back on today.

Jake started pre-school and seems to like it. I don't like it as much as his school last year. There is less contact with me and his teachers. I don't know if we want to keep him in the program to be honest. It is extremely expensive and I'm not feeling great about it all.

The babies are well. They turned 7 months on Friday. They are enjoying food now. We have done Baby Led Weaning. I hope to write a whole post on that eventually.

Thank you to all who emailed me and were concerned. I'm sorry I took a blog break without warning. It was sort of an unexpected break and then I found it hard to get back in gear. 

Here are some photos:

Jake school (first 2 days of school, no uniform - then he had to start wearing his uniform) I have yet to iron on the school patch that goes on his shirt.  I was kind of waiting to see if this school is going to work out. 

We purchased annual memberships to the local zoo. I got a sitter for the babies early Friday morning and took Jake over there. I had a blast, he got tired quickly. Good thing it is close and we can go back frequently for short visits.

Here are a few pics of the babies. Nathan is sitting up well. He loves to crawl upside down. You really have to see it to believe it. Wesley is my happy go lucky guy. He is so close to a real crawl I can't stand it. Still no teeth, but I'm in no hurry for them to have chompers!

And one last photo to show you it's not all fun in games here! LOL!

My morning view

Who needs coffee when you get to wake up to these beautiful faces! 

Because we are still in this furnished rental, we are compromised on both space and the use of our own things. I handled things pretty well for the first 60 days, but last week, I put my foot down. I needed my own bed and the babies either needed to co-sleep with me or they needed their real cribs.

Hubby went to the storage unit and easy found our king size mattress. So I settled on using that on the floor with the babies and we put away their pack n plays which they have totally outgrown. The Master bedroom here is so large that it easily fits both the king mattress and the queen bed that hubby (and sometimes I ) sleep in. No, it is not ideal. I never intended to co-sleep. But I have to admit, when Jake wakes up in the morning and comes into our room to crawl into bed with the babies, it's wonderful. I love seeing my three little men engaging one another!

New Pediatrician

I took all 3 boys to the new Pediatrician yesterday. I had told hubby he didn't have to come, but he said he'd try to make it. Boy was I glad he did. It was super helpful to have him there for Jake. There was no way I could juggle the twins by myself and have Jake pee in a cup. Evidently "not a drop was spilled and he enjoyed the process". 

I wanted to try to get a ped established in this area as soon as possible in case someone gets hurt or sick. You know how it is when you need a doctor and your not yet an established patient. Plus, in our area, the snow birds arrive in the fall and the valley doubles in size, from about 200,000 to 400,000 population and it's even harder to get into a doctor. I'm sure this population growth doesn't effect pediatricians as much as other docs, but all the same, I was glad to now have one. Besides, Jake needed a 3 yo check and the babies hadn't seen a Ped since their 2 month check.

Jake is perfect! Seriously, perfect. 50th % in weight and height, 36 " tall and 31 pounds. He was a stud when he had his finger pricked for his iron levels, which were normal, no anemia. His Blood Pressure was good, his hearing and eye site good (trust me, I knew those two things were good this kid can hear a whisper 100 miles away and he can spot a tiny piece off a toy from the same distance! He was a super good sport about the whole doctor experience.

Wesley is not the big boy I thought he was, it's just that Nathan is so tiny it makes Wes seem huge. He's very average, weighing 15 pounds 3 ounces and I think they said 25" long. He's in the 50th% for weight and height. The doctor used the 4 month charts for the boys because they were about 3 weeks early and she said at this age, 3 weeks is a big difference during the first 6 months or so. Developmentally he is right on track.  

Nathan, my teeny boy was really funny to watch during his exam. He's always moving, kicking, reaching, wiggling, etc. Just putting a diaper on this kid is an adventure. And if he's in a good mood, you couldn't wipe a small off his face. Luckily for us, he was in a good mood at the appointment and was grinning the entire time and laughing when he was measured.  He is small, but the doc was not worried at all because his weight was in proportion to his height. He's 15th % for weight, 13 pounds 3 ounces and 10th% for height, 23 1/4".

We mentioned his stuffy nose and what we have been doing for it and she said that's about all we can do. I also asked her about sleep and how we can get more of it. Hubby and I both feel that Nathan wakes up  lot in the early morning hours because his nose is bothering him. She went through a list of things that may help us with sleep, all of which we have been doing. Basically she told us there is no magic, that eventually Nathan will catch up with Wesley and start missing one meal a night which is normal at this age. At this point, if both boys could give me one 4 hour stretch I'd be ecstatic!  I left feeling rather down over the whole sleep issue. Being tired makes everything more dramatic. 

When we got home we had dinner and then took all three boys swimming. It was a lot of fun but also a lot of work. Hubby handled Jake and I handled Nate and Wes. Which includes getting them bathed after swimming. I was pooped out after all that.

Here are a few pics of swimming last night. Oh and tomorrow I hope to have a post about encountering one of the rudest women I've ever been around, who happened to be a mommy. So sad!

Nathan with his non-smiling, but happy self.

Wesley, about to blow raspberries face.

4th of July pictures

You have to have a hot dog on 4th of July!

And then freak your parents out, by braving the diving board!

Nathan and his famous smirk look.

Wesley and his amazing grin.

Mommy with her famous twin juggling act.

And finally, Nathan holding Nathan and John holding Wesley John! Our son's name sakes. It was a very fun day.

Birth Announcements - Finally

Last week I got the birth announcements sent out. Embarrassing that it took me 4 months to get that done. By now everyone on my mailing list has received them, so I can post them here for everyone to see.

Sunday morning tummy time with big brother

(Nathan on the left, Wesley on the right)

Something to cheer me up.

Jake's room is probably the nicest room in the house. It is huge and has  nice big windows. It was not a good room for a crib, because only one wall worked to put a crib near. But now that he is older, we can put his big-boy twin bed near the windows. We made the change the other day and it sure makes his room look even bigger. He loves to spread his blocks or legos out and build ramps for his matchbox cars. 

Nathan grabbed one of his hanging toys from his bouncer last week. He was so very proud of himself! 

Then Wesley grabbed a toy today!

Wesley is also getting to where he enjoys tummy time now. His head shape is really perfect. But Nathan's is getting flat. Like real flat. So we are trying as much as possible to keep them off their heads. But sometimes I have to set them down!