-5 months-

Nicolas

Ethan

The boys are doing GREAT!! They wiegh in at 9 lb. 10 oz. and 8lb. 12 oz. They are smiling a lot! But of corse for the above photo shoot they wouldn't give me any smiles. But they are cute anyway.

Eye Dr.

This week Nicolas had a Dr. appointment with the eye Dr. and it went good. His eyes are all healed up! --- Both the boys had retinopathy of prematurity- that has to do with the growth of the blood vessels in the eye. The last 28-40 weeks of gestation is when the eye rapidly develops. Since the boys were born at 25 weeks that mean their eyes were very immature. They have been watched closely by an eye Dr. and their eyes have now matured and healed!!! Ethan's eyes were OK before he even came home.

We all caught a cold last week- all at the same time!! I was so tired after being sick and taking care or the boys being sick as well that by Sunday I got up and attempted to get ready for meeting and just couldn't do it. Trevor took care of the boys while I went back to bed at 10 AM and didn't wake till 3PM!!! And I still went at bed at a decent time that night!! I really needed to get caught up on sleep!!

Oh, and the boys are 5 months old tomrrow!!! The top picture is Nicolas - he took hold of a toy for the first time and he really likes his new toy. The second picture is Ethan peeking at us from his swing.

Weight gain is up

Raising twins keeps you so busy making sure all the basic needs are met that sometimes you forget to stop and enjoy this moment. Then when you take a moment, you realize just how worth it all of the work and lack of sleep is. Especially last week when the boys started smiling and cooing.... I have been waiting for that moment.

I took the boys to get weighed today and they gained really well this week!!! Nicolas is up 11 oz at a grand total of 8 lb. 11 oz. and Ethan is up almost one whole pound to 7 lb. 11 oz.

Great job boys!!

P.S. There are 16 oz to 1 lb.

weight gain

The boys went to the Dr. Monday and had some shots- they were SO brave. Our only concern right now is the issue with weight gain. In two weeks Ethan had only gained 1 oz and Nicolas 3 oz- The Dr. wants them to gain 1 oz per day. That's about 2 lb per month. So we are on a very strict eating schedule at night again. It is easier to keep the schedule in the daytime but nighttime is SO hard. I get SO tired when I have to wake up so often. - They are both already on higher calorie soy formula and they are taking 3 oz per feeding now. Nicolas doesn't spit up very often, Ethan still does; but learning how to burp him has helped some.

We are done with breast feeding. I am glad I kept up with it for as long as I did especially for the circumstances we have. It was emotional to quit sooner than I wanted, but it was also emotional trying to do it and having so many issues. It was really wearing all of us out. It is kind of a relief just making a decision about it instead of going back in forth with it.

Take #1

Take # 1- Nicolas turned to suck my face Take #2 - AWWWW......

Little Helper

We had a little helper Sunday - Thanks Rebekah

Than the cat joined us

Feeding time (Ethan)