Doctor and Walmart

I took all three to the doctor today. Noa was screaming last night and pulling at her ear. Isaac has had a cough forever and Elijah is congested. So I figured I would just get them all checked out since I would have to take them all anyway. Well Noa has an ear infection. But on the ear she isn't pulling on. Hmmmm... Isaac just has bad allergies. And Elijah is fine. I put a humidifier in their room so hopefully that will help!! We. Shall see.

Then we all went to walmart. I think the next time I'm crazy enough to take them all out again, which will probably be soon because I'm crazy like that, I'm going to count how many people say oh wow you have your hands full!!! Everyone has to comment. Which I do love the attention but I really think the novalty of having twins makes things take twice as long. Not to mention just the fact of having two babies slows everything down!! And man I'm starting to think half the world is made up of twins! If they don't have twins then they know someone who does and they tell me all about it;) which I do get some good advice;)

FWD:

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Some days

Some days are a lot worse than others. This morning was one of those days. Isaac is getting to a phase where he wants to be held all the time. I don't know if it's because he isn't feeling good or because he has been so tired lately. Probably a combination. It's getting old though and I can't handle it. This morning everyone was crying. And I think they just all wanted attention. I just don't know how to divide my attention between them all. And I'm sure it's only going to get harder. I was late taking Isaac to school. And there was no way I was packing a lunch so he got a sonic corn dog for lunch. He was happy!! After I got him to school I just sat in the van on the Lebanon square and fed Elijah. Noa slept. I was going to just drive around but Elijah was screaming so I figured I better feed him.
Then I decided I would go get them weighed just curious how much they weigh now. Noa weighs 9 lb. 8 oz. and Elijah weighs 9 lbs. 4 oz. That's how much I weighed when I was born!! I love having little babies!! As long as they are healthy:) and they are!!!

Three Months Old

The twins are three months old today. We went to the outlets in Lebanon and got them some new outfits with money their great nana sent them!! They had to have some cute outfits for their 3-month photo shoot!! Although I still had to buy newborn size. Three months clothes still look so big. It won't be long though!!! They are getting so big!!!

Atlanta

This past weekend we made our first big trip. We went down to Atlanta so my grandmother could meet the twins. We had a wonderful visit. We left Thursday and drove to Chattanooga and spent the night with Mary. Then got up Friday morning and headed to Atlanta. It was good we broke up the trip. Noa didn't enjoy traveling to well. She did great for the first hour then would fuss for a little. I usually could get her calmed down for the rest of the trip. We stayed with my aunt and had a wonderful visit!! I will post some photos.

What a mess...

Things have been pretty good on the baby end. Jay's family was in town last week. Thursday thru Monday. It was his mom (who is from PA) his brother (from CA) and his daughter - 9 (almost 10) and son - 6. We had a good time with them. We stayed very busy!! Friday we went to the zoo. Saturday we had a picnic at an outlook over nashville. Then went to centinial park then to the opryland hotel. Sunday we pulled weeds at a school for church - Worship Without Walls. Then went for a hike at couchville lake. Monday before they left we went to Don Fox park. You know it's a good park when you drive in and the kids in the back yell "WOW" :) Then I took them to the airport.

So the big mess... The day before all our company arrived my dad and Jay noticed that our back yard was very soggy. Seems that our septic tank was leaking or full or something. So my dad calls his plumber to come over to take a look. A few years ago they put a sewer line in at our house. We have been avoiding connecting because we knew how much it would cost. Well we decided to go ahead with it since we were going to have to do something anyway. Well my dad's plumber said he could do it for us. To make a really long story short. He messed it all up and left the job when he hit rock and left a huge trench in our front yard. We now have someone else on the job who knows what they are doing!! And they are close to finished!!! A week and a half later... We are around $6000 into this project. Ugh!! The last thing we needed.

Wonderful Husband

I just woke up and it's 4am. I went to bed around 9:30. I must have been out because I didn't hear a thing last night. When I first woke up I was wondering if the babies had been sleeping this whole time. Well since I was up figured ivwould go ahead and pump. I noticed there was a bottle out for Noa and one in the fridge for Elijah. Jay must have been up with both of them. Not sure when he was ip but I never heard a thing!!! He is so wonderful to just get up with them and let me sleep!!! Hopefully he wasn't up all night!!

We cleaned house last night. We had to have the putmans over to watch the twins while we cleaned. Noa screamed most the time. We finally got her calmed down. Good thing they were here we would have gotten nothing done!!

Happy Easter!!

We had a great Easter weekend.  We went to the church Easter egg hunt yesterday and Isaac had a great time hunting eggs, bouncing in the bounce thing and seeing the Easter Bunny.  We had their picture all made with the Easter Bunny.   All the youth took turns holding the twins, so I had a little break to just walk around and visit:)

Today we went to church and then had lunch over at the Simpson's.  Isaac and Drew got to hunt more Easter eggs.  They had a blast.  Isaac was so tired though.  Elijah is breaking out in a rash.  At first we thought it might be a heat rash but it isn't on the parts that they say it typically is.  He has it all over his arms and legs.  We talked to his doctor and she thinks it might be a rare rash.  She was going to ask her dermatologist friend.  I sent her a picture text so she could see what it looked like.  I love our pediatrician!  She is great!  So he was up half the night last night and you could just tell he was miserable!  Poor guy!!  Noa seems to be doing a little better.  She is still pretty fussy though.  Maybe we are just getting better at knowing what she wants:)

So today since everyone was nicely dressed up all I wanted was a family picture of all of us.  My mom wanted one of all the kids.  When we got to the Simpson's Drew had already changed clothes.  Mama bribed him to change back.  So he changed and then Isaac was in a mood so he would not sit and have his picture made for anything.  So we got Drew with the twins.  By this time both the twins had gotten upset so they were both screaming.

This is a picture of the twins in their Easter outfits.  My mom got them for them and it wasn't an easy task:)  She actually got them outfits to wear on Easter before they were born.  Last week we realized that they were size 3 month and the twins are still wearing newborn clothes.  So she went looking for something else.  She found these matching outfits but she had to drive to Cool Springs to get the other one.  Crazy!!



I was able to get a picture of me and Isaac.  We actually got a good one.










 Then I decided ok if I got one of me and Isaac I can just get one of me and the twins.  So Elijah was alseep so I thought I would try it.  Well Isaac came up so we tried for all three.  This is what we got...  It actually captures my life perfectly!!!  :)

Happy Easter!!  :)

Good Friday

It was truly a good Friday!! The twins slept good Thursday night. Or were at least on a good schedule!! Noa slept from around 11 to 5:30 or so. Elijah was up once throughout the night but I fed him and he went right back to sleep. When they both woke up they were in good moods and ate well!! I was able to feed them on the porch as Isaac played. It ed so nice out!! We loaded up and headed to Charlie Daniels park. We were meeting my sister and Drew. Drew had a friend who was having a birthday party. They invited us to come too!! So we headed to the park and got a free lunch! Isaac got to play and everyone else got to hold the twins while I ate;) we came home and I couldn't get Isaac to nap. Jay got off work early. Then my parents came over to watch all the kids while jay and I went out!! We went out with Melissa and Chris for Melissa's birthday. We headed down to Murfreesboro and ate at Chuy's. It was really good! My parents said Noa screamed most the night :( poor thing!! By the time we got home they were feeding the twins and Isaac was asleep. We put the twins down and Noa slept until 5:30 this morning. Elijah was up once throughout the night. What a great Good Friday!! 

The twins at our picnic!

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Picnic

Well all morning I just wanted to go on a picnic. We all slept until 7:30. Noa slept a little longer. She is my sleeper in;) once they started eating they couldn't stop. It felt like they ate from 7:30 until 10:30. Then they were ready to eat again at 11:30. Between bottles, diapers and screaming I was able to pack our lunch, pump some milk, and get dressed. Finally I just put them in car seats and left. They were screaming. The minute I walked outside they stopped crying. Isaac didn't want to get in his seat. He wanted to drive. So we had to have a little chat. All loaded up and headed to park and Isaac fell asleep about 2 min out. Of course!! So I sat at the park in the car for a little bit before I woke Isaac up. We had our picnic and it was great!! Isaac played on the playground. I got a lot of looks and several people saying you have your hands full!! I just smiled and said yep!! :) Of course I parked on the other end of the playground so I had to carry Isaac and Noa was in my wrap pouch thing and push the stroller across the whole park!

Getting better??

It seems that the no dairy might be working. She is still fussing some but not as bad. I don't want to speak to soon though. Jay had a hard time getting her to sleep though. I was on Isaac duty. He wanted me to come to bed with him. So I had to get him to sleep. When I got up around midnight to feed Elijah Jay was sleeping with Noa in Isaac's room. (Isaac sleeps in our room) We shall see...