I just love this picture of all my boys!!!
An update:Things are going really well... trying to adjust to the life of taking care of newborns AND a 5 year old... making sure Brev knows he is still very important and trying to give him the attention that he needs... it is hard I must say and I feel bad/guilty.. sometime Brev and I will be playing a game and then the twins start crying... I have to turn my attention to the twins and leave in the middle of a game but Brevin is doing so well with that... no jealous behavior. He really loves his brothers and I am just so proud of him!!
More update following the pictures.....
Both Ian and Alex are on the same eating schedule which is wonderful.. they eat every 3-4 hours and they eat about 3-4 ounces each time... I am able to keep up with pumping and giving them my milk during the day and they get formula at night. They sleep together in a crib right now that is in our bedroom - much easier for us getting up with them during the night. At this very moment.. they are doing pretty good at night - a typical night lately is feeding at 10pm... then again at 2-2:30am and then again between 6-7am... for the most part.. they go right to sleep after the feedings during the night (knock on wood!!).
I can't believe it has been over 5 weeks now since they were born... they are growing like crazy... Ian is no longer fitting in newborn outfits!! Ian has also already outgrown the newborn diapers! Alex is still smaller than Ian so he still fits in the newborn diapers and the newborn clothing.
They are more awake and alert - I just know they are getting closer to giving me a real smile!!
It is amazing how each of their personalities are showing through... Alex is more awake than Ian is during the day... one day Alex was wide awake and content for 3 hours straight!! I am lucky if I get a half hour of awake time with Ian... Ian LOVES to sleep!
Alex really does a lot of the same stuff that Brev did as a baby.. he sticks his tongue out when he sleeps which is what Brevin did and he has this cough when he cries which is exactly what Brevin did... plus... Alex really resembles Brevin when Brev was a baby. Ian has such a soft cry where Alex cry is really loud - it almost hurts your ears!!
They are both such sweet, sweet little boys... we just love them to pieces!!
My mom has been with us every week - coming in on Sundays and staying till Wednesday afternoon. Unfortunately.. this was her last week doing that - We are really going to miss her.. having her here and having her help. She helped with all the night-time feedings and she helped with getting Brev ready and off to school.. taking him to the bus stop every morning. She made us meals almost every night and helped with cleaning and laundry... what am I going to do without her!! Thank you Mom for everything... please come back whenever you want!!!
Right now we are dealing with a couple of stuffed up babies so we are using a lot of saline drops and suctions for their noses... they HATE having that done!! Mike and I are dealing with cold so we are washing our hands like crazy but then again... I am a freak when it comes to washing hands... I almost cringe when someone comes over and they don't wash their hands before holding a baby... especially those that are coughing and sniffing...that is my pet-peeve right now... just so you all know if your going to hold our babies... please wash your hands... and if your the slightest bit sick... don't hold them... with all the stuff that is going around lately... I just cannot chance it with newborns! :o)
Just had to be honest here!
They had a doctors appointment yesterday for their tongues... if I didn't mention it before.. they were both born tongue-tied so they had to have that clipped yesterday... it went well... better than what we were expecting and they are eating just fine... it sounds worse than what it really is... both are doing great! They have another appointment on November 16 at UofM for their hips since they were both breech at birth... they want to X-ray their hips to make sure all is okay.
I really do love being a Mom to all boys... God has blessed us so much!! I still think of Troy through out all of this though - knowing that I gave birth to 4 boys - a mom to 4 boys.. makes me want him here with us but I know he is looking down on us from Heaven... he is our guardian angel!!
I so look forward to the holidays with our boys... it has been a dream for a LONG time to have more children to celebrate all the holidays with and now that dream has come true. I honestly dreaded the holidays the past couple of years because of my miscarriage in 2006 and the loss of Troy last year... but this year I can finally say that I am excited for all the holiday stuff... I am still not sure how I am going to get my shopping done but I will figure that one out... or there will just be a lot of gift cards going out!
Anway... I just want to thank everyone again for thinking of us.. for checking in with us with a phone call... for all the cards... for all the meals that came to us and just visiting us - we love having visitors and am just thankful for all our friends and family that have been there for us the past five.. almost six weeks now! I love you all so much!!!
Thank you God for blessing us with such wonderful family and friends!!
