Pet-peeves, update & pics

Ok, so where do I begin?  I'll just start from this last month...

Babies are almost 4 months old!  DS LOVES to smile at everyone and everything!  He loves looking at his sister!  His laugh is precious and he's begun to roll from tummy to back for about 2 weeks!  DD is so cute!  Her cheeks are getting bigger!  LOL!  She's a doll and is so sweet, but can be a diva too!  She like to flirt with her eyes and her smile is cute, she laughs, but not as much as DS.  They're both growing, although when I measured them they've only grown less than an inch and I'm not quite sure on weights, but I think DS is approx. 14lbs and DD is around 12-13 (although she really looks like the bigger baby!).  I love them so much that everytime I look at them, my heart just leaps out of my chest!  They truly are perfect!  

On another note...  BIL & SIL are here with their DD (who's now 10 months).  Things are fine, I'm just getting really frustrated and I now have about 15 new pet-peeves...  Here they are, and then you'll get an idea why I feel the way I do right now...

* wearing shoes in a house where it takes DH and I 3 hours to clean the floors (which we just did the day before they came) - there are babies rolling around on the floor too

* taking house/shower towels to the beach when there are 10 beach towels to use

* not cleaning up after yourself 

* not cleaning up your DD's toys so others can trip on them

* not putting your dirty dishes in the dw (after I've emptied it and there's nothing in it)

* not wiping off the counters after your DD eats and makes a mess over everything

* not picking up crumbs off the floor where the 10 million ants can come in (which they do) and they do

* leaving the clothes in the washer/dryer and not taking them out (share one with our neighbor)

* coming in from the beach with your dirty sandy feet and not cleaning off the sand off your feet and playing in the master bedroom for 1hr while I feed the twins and getting sand all over the bedroom floor (where the babies do tummy time)

* stepping all over the babies tummy time mats with your dirty sandy feet

Ok...  I know I sound like I'm an anal B*$%ch, but really, I'm a neat freak (gotten WAY better since I married DH), I NEED order with two babies and all their stuff, and I like things clean because we live in the tropics where creepy bugs love dirty things!  Plus with two somewhat preemie infants...  I've not said anything to them, other than wearing shoes in the house and BIL says , "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know the rules I guess..."  REALLY???  Isn't it common sense to NOT wear shoes in someone's house?  Now our floors are even dirtier than they've ever been!  Ugh...  Sorry, just needed to vent.  Other than my annoyances with them, we're all getting along good.  SIL isn't that bad this time and BIL isn't really a jerk either...  Not sure if it's because of babies or what.  They love the babies and are so hands on with them, which is great too.  Anyways, things are good with them.  MIL is still crazy and has threatened suicide a few times, but said it very flippantly, so obviously it's an attention thing, poor FIL, BIL and DH...  I could get into more, but I'm not going to, don't really feel like it.

Anyways...  Hope all is well and I do read up on everyone else, although I may not always comment!  :)

3 Months!

I can't believe where time goes!  They're going to be 3 months on the 18th!  Wow!  Anyways...  A quick update on how things are going.  I have been by myself now for over 2 weeks and things are going better than I though!  I've been able to cook, clean, do laundry and even workout while being a mom to two adorable little loves!  

DH and I started p . 90 . x almost 2 weeks ago and I've managed to loose almost 3/4' off my hips and about 8 lbs!  It's a GREAT workout, but I recommend to not even attempt the abs 3 months post c-sect!  Oh well, it's working and that's the main thing.  I have about 20 more lbs to go, so hopefully sooner rather than later!  

I also booked our tickets to go back to Canada to visit my parents!  I'm so so excited to get off this island and also show off the babies to friends and family!  We'll be going in October.  And we're planning a trip to Cali during Christmas too.

The babies are amazing!  Gracen bungied off the sofa a few weeks ago and landed smack on his head with his legs up in the air, but he seemed to be fine the next day and has been since.  I think I was more traumatized than he was!  Lol!  Then Faith, my little squishy bundle of love has learned to roll from her tummy to her back and is also getting a baby tooth!  I noticed a TON of drool (they both have been drooling for the past couple of weeks, but hers has intensified the past week), her cheeks were flushed and her ears were red, but other than that, she acted the way she usually does, so I had no idea.  Anyways...  I weighed them yesterday and they're both approx. 12-13lbs!  Growing SO much!  The pictures that are posted are from the last 2 weeks!

News with MIL and FIL...  MIL is going crazy, literally.  She had (we all) decided that she shouldn't come out to help from June 1 - 18th, but come on the 18th with FIL.  [She's been having mental issues and her back is still pretty bad (always been bad for the 10 years that I've known her).]  So anyways...  She's basically been getting worse mentally and stopped babysitting our niece and will not watch her at all anymore, so BIL and SIL are not too pleased with that, but have found someone else to watch her for the fall.  Then MIL decided that she shouldn't come out at all with FIL and so FIL decided that he shouldn't come at all and should be home with MIL, then a few days later, FIL called said he was going to come after all!  We were really excited because he hasn't seen G & F, besides pictures and a few videos that we've posted (we all have sky..pe, but they don't use it at all to talk... - don't ask me why).  So then 2 days later, FIL calls and says he's not coming at all because MIL told him that she needs him there and it was a mistake for her to say that he should come!  WTF!  Seriously!  So, they're not coming and we won't see them until Christmas I'm sure, but whatever...

I feel so bad for DH and BIL!  They can't even stand talking to MIL because she's crazy by saying and doing inappropriate things!  All she talks about is herself and complains all the time (if you ask me, she's been doing this for the 10 years that I've known her).  Anyways...  She's saying thing to DH like, "You know depression is huge in our family and you know we've had family members who've committed suicide... It's cheaper for me to see a psycologist than to plan my own funeral..."  She's saying awful things like that, but DH and I think she's doing it to try to get a rise out of DH, but thankfully he's not buying into her crap and is brushing it off.  I told him that next time she says something like that, he should call her out on it and throw her off and see what happens.  She did tell him that it's hard for her to deal with both of her sons having families now and them not putting all the attention on her...  Anyways...  That's enough, you get the point.

The point of this post is to update you all and tell you all how things are going!  Being a mom is great and I hope and pray that those of you who haven't gotten to this point yet, do and you will, somehow someway, God will provide!  Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers!

2 Month Appt

Today was G & F's 2 month appt., although they're 10 weeks now...  They're growing beautifully and are so healthy!  G is 11lb 12oz and 22 inches long.  F is 11lb 3oz and 21.6 inches long!  YAY!  They also had immunizations today and did pretty good, both cried and calmed down after we held them for a bit.  I did give them tylenol and both are now sleeping for the afternoon...  

Pictures

Here's some pictures I wanted to share with you all!  Some are from when I was in the hospital (day before G & F were born) and some recent pics of G & F!

Sorry

Sorry it's been SO long since my last post, but things have been busy!  I can't believe my babies have been here for over 2 months!  Life is GREAT!  I love them SO much and am thankful everyday for them!  They are my world!

They've been growing great (weight & height tbd on Thursday!).  They are starting to smile more, especially when I smile at them and they coo too!  It's SO cute!  They're also sleeping really great!  They sleep between 4-6hrs the 1st stretch at night, then another 4-5hrs, so I do get some sleep!  In fact, last night was the 1st night they slept about 7hrs straight!  Too bad I didn't go to bed when they did!

I've been doing great!  I've been trying to loose the mass amount of baby weight I gained...  I have about 25lbs left to go, but in reality I've lost about 60ish lbs already!  I have no idea what I had gained when I delivered, but I know that it was over 80lbs!  Crazy!  That's a LOT of weight, but then I was very swollen!  I've started running, and am now running 2.5 miles straight, today I went 3.5, but I did walk a little bit and most of my run is up and down a lot of hills which kill!  I can't believe I used to run 10-15 miles!  It's SO hard to run now!  LOL!  I am also going to start the p.90.x in July when I won't be able to run anymore because of DH's schedule.

My mom leaves on Sunday and I have NO idea what I'm going to do without her.  She's been such a great help, but I know she needs to get back to her life and life must go on here too...  *gulp!*

Did I write about things when MIL was here?  Nope?  I have no idea and I don't want to go back and read to see if I did, so here it is...  When MIL was here, she was NO help at all!  She was so out of it (like drugged out of it), that I didn't trust her with the babies alone!  Thank goodness she was here for only 5 days!  DH and I had a nap one day while she watched the babies and I couldn't sleep at all because I heard them crying (I have NO idea what she was doing up there...).  Anyways, I ended up doing the laundry, baby duty and cooking and the entire time I was sick!  Ugh!  So, when MIL went home she "lost" it and is now seeking therapy (which she needed to ever since DH and I got married) and has just discovered she's depressed (could have told her that 6 years ago!).  Anyways, in a nut shell, she's not coming the 1st of June anymore, in fact, she's not coming at all...  FIL has decided to come june 18 without MIL, which is good because he hasn't seen the babies yet and DH hasn't seen him since Thanksgiving.  BIL & SIL are also coming in July, so life is busy and not slowing down anytime soon!

I'll try to post soon again!

Month 2!

WOW!  I can't believe how quick time has flown by since the LO (little ones) were born!  It's like I blink and the day is over!  Things are great with the LO and they're growing SO much!  I've included pics that I took yesterday of them at 5w1d!  They are SO cute and I LOVE them SO much!  I can't believe they're mine, that they grew inside my belly!  They are by far the best things that have happened to me and now I feel my life has a purpose!

I've been doing alright.  I'm exhausted, but who isn't?  They are now sleeping 4hrs at night, which makes things easier during the day.  I'm hoping they start sleeping longer soon...  I've been having problems with my breast milk coming in, I was only pumping about 2oz (I was/am breastfeeding every now and then), so I went on reglan and that increased my milk to about 3oz, but today was my first day off of the reglan, and I started pumping only 2oz again, so I went out and bought fenugreek and blessed thistle in hopes to increase my bm again (at least a little bit).  Recovery was good until I decided to run 10 min at the gym the other day and I feel like I'm back at week 2 with discomfort and pain again, so I won't be running for a while, I'll just stick to the wi.i. fi.t and the elliptical.

MIL was here the other week and she wasn't really much help, I ended up cooking and doing the laundry, so DH and I think that we're going to ask her not to come the beginning of june and just some when FIL comes the end of june...  So, I'll be alone with the LO's for about 3 weeks, but I'd rather that then her being here.  I guess she's having some health issues, but DH just rolls his eyes and thinks she's a hypocondraic (sp?) with some things.  


I hope to post when I can, I'm still reading most of your posts and catching up with you all!  Please know that if I'm not posting on your page doesn't mean that I'm not thinking about you or praying for you, because I am!  You all helped me through so much and I hope that I can help you all too!

We're doing Great!

The picture I took yesterday at 2 weeks 1 day old!

Well, we're doing great!  I love being a mom to these two beautiful babies!!!  We've had a few sleepless nights, but all in all, it's been not so bad (knock on wood!).

We had a few weight issues when we got home, but they've now gained their weight back and on Tuesday were both 5lbs 14oz!  Faith is a little pig and LOVES to eat.  Gracen is laid back and takes his time!  I love seeing their little personalities coming thru!  

We've also been dealing with a bad diaper rash for both, so we're doing naked tummy time.  Gracen likes it, Faith not so much, but we're trying :)  

They are SO cute!  I can't believe that I carried them in my belly!  Praise God for His precious miracles and answer to prayer!!!

HUGE Update

Oh my!  I'm SO SO SO sorry I've been unable to update my blog!  You'll all understand when I explain why!

First off, I'm a proud mom to two amazing, precious gifts from God!  They are the light of my life and as sleep deprived I am, I don't care, they give me so much joy I could burst!  What happened was the day after I updated you all, the dr came in and said that they were going to deliver me on Wednesday, March 18 in the morning.  They thought it would be safer because my bp kept creeping up and I kept having headaches.  

Gracen was born @ 8:07am (5lb12oz & 16.5 inches long) and Faith was born @ 8:08am (5lb7oz & 16.25 inches long)!  I did have a c-section and if you ask me, it was the most surreal experience and not as bad as I thought it was going to be.  Don't get me wrong, I'm still in pain, but it's worth it.  I was also on bedrest (not able to move from the recovery room) on Wednesday because they put me on magnesium sulfate to help prevent seizures and such from the pre-e.  Finally, Thursday, we moved to a room and on Friday afternoon we all came home.  It's been tough, but I don't care.  We went in for a weight check on Saturday and they had lost even more weight and were both jaundice, so since then, we've been feeding via breast, pump & formula every 2 hrs & doing indirect sunlight 3x a day.  Hopefully tomorrow will give us better results.  

Anyways...  I've attached a photo and I will try to update myself with you all very soon!  Thank you all for the amazing support and sweet comments!  You've all helped me thru this past year!

MIA

I just wanted to start off that I'm so sorry I've been MIA lately... I really have a valid reason and I don't know when I'll be able to follow up with how all of you are doing...

I was admitted to the hospital on Friday night for mild pre-eclampsia. My 24hr urine had protein levels of almost 600 and I also had elevated liver enzymes. I'm currently in the hospital on bedrest until the 23rd or hopefully sooner.

I'll try to catch up or update if I can.

Not Sure...

Ok, so I thought I'd post an update on how things are going...  I had another dr's appt on Wednesday, everything was ok except for my BP.  My 1st BP was 142/95 and the 2nd was 138/95.  My dr didn't like it.  I was even resting and sitting before my bp's were taken.  So, she wanted to send me back to L & D (they all know me by my 1st name now!).  I got monitored and my BP went down, and they had me wait for my labs.  When my labs came back, my urine came back with elevated liver enzymes and another level.  The dr in L & D and my dr talked a bit about me and almost admitted me overnight to do the 24hr urine and monitor me, but they sent me home because my mom was coming in on Wednesday.

So, yesterday I did another wonderful 24hr urine (love those things...).  When DH and I checked my labs, my following 2 24hr urine protein was creeping up, the 1st was in the 100's, 2nd was in the 200's and I'm hoping this one didn't increase too much, but I have a feeling...  *sigh*  DH will check today once I hand in my urine to see what my protein level is...  

Anyways...  I think the only way these babies are coming out is if they have to admit me sooner rather than later due to PIH (pregnancy induced-hypertension) or Pre-Eclampsia.  I think I might be on the path of PE, but who knows...  

We also had our last growth scan on Wednesday and Gracen has caught up with Faith and he's now 5lbs6oz and Faith is 5lbs5oz!  I can't believe it!  They're growing and healthy little babies!!!  It was so cute, Faith was making cute squishy lip faces and her foot was up by her forehead!  LOL!  Gracen didn't show his face like usual (he's ready for birth and in position), but he definitely is a little wiggler!  :)  I love them so much already!

On a good note, we have a C-Sect date set!!!  March 23 I will meet my two little miracles!  I can hardly wait!  Although I'm still holding out for tonight!  LOL!  I just wanted to thank you all for your thoughts and continued prayers, they mean so much to me and I feel SO blessed to have such a wonderful and supportive community like you all!  Thank you!