18 month Appt...

The twins had their 18 month check-up today... here is where they are at...


Ian
29 pounds 15 ounces
35 1/2 inches tall


Alex
26 pounds 14 ounces
34 1/2 inches tall


They did not like being at the doctor this time around... when we got into the room.. it was the same room we were in when they had the croup... where they had to do the RSV test and the breathing treatment... Alex really started to cry when we walked in.. it was like he remembered being there. They did okay until either the nurse or doctor walked in... then they started to cry and cling to either me or Mike. Soon as they would walk out.. they would run around laughing and playing like nothing was wrong

Alex has another ear infection so we have them on another antibiotic.


Ian and Alex still have NO desire to talk so we really have to work on that eventhough I have been working on this with them.


Alex knows where his eyes and nose are when asked.. he also waves bye bye and will clap and hold up one finger when asked how old he is. He also know the sounds to a kitty... a cow and a monkey. He also will clap his hands and do all the motions to Patty cake Patty cake.


Ian on the other hand... when you ask him where his eyes are.. his response is to run and laugh and do nothing that I ask... but if I read him a book.. he will sit literally for an hour and listen to the book... he also loves that I sing and will listen to me for a long time so I know he has that attention to pay attention but just has no desire to do what I ask. We were told not to worry and to just keep working with him. It is really cute.. when Brevin plays basketball.. Ian will stand there still and watch him. Soon as Brevin puts the ball away.. Ian will go and grab the ball and will walk up to the hoop and will stand there looking up and you can tell he is trying to figure out how to get the ball into the hoop. He is very observant!!


Lately one of Ian's favorite things to do is sit on Alex... seriously.. If Alex is laying on the floor playing with a toy.. Ian will walk up to him and sit on him.. making Alex SO upset. Sometimes when Alex is playing with a toy or looking at a book - If Ian gets anywhere close to him.. he will put his hand in Ian's face and push him away.

They both LOVE to be outside - they are so fun to watch but I will be honest.. they go in opposite directions making "outside time" for me exhausting!

Ian now eats with a hat on... he loves to play with his hair while he eats so that makes for some messy hair!!

Alex is a good eater but doesn't eat as much as Ian.. but he will eat anything I put on his tray.. Ian on the other hand is much more fussy... he will eat chunks of apple but he will chew it and suck the juice out and then take the apple out of his mouth and throw it on the floor. Alex never spits anything out.. he eats it all.

I had posted earlier how Ian loves to watch me vacuum on his head.. I turn on the vacuum and he puts his head on the floor with his butt up in the air.. well.. now he does it ALL the time.. he loves to experience the world upside down.. even outside on the cement!

Alex loves to ride his scooter and he is quite fast on it.. he has no fear.. he will ride it up our little hill and then lift his feet up and go down without stopping.. making Mike and I run after him in a panic!!

They are growing up so fast and are just so much fun. Big brother Brevin is still SO good to them.. he plays with them and loves them... I am one proud and blessed Momma!!!

Here are some photo's from Easter... Good Friday we had a visit from Grandma Weller - the twins had a good time and so did Brevin... Aunt Jan and Uncle Howard came also and did an Easter Egg hunt for Brevin - we had to do it inside because of the rain but Brevin didn't care.. there was candy inside eggs AND money!!! That night my parents came in and then Jeff and Marianne and the kids came in on Saturday... the weather was great... the kids painted and decorated eggs outside and just were able to run and play. It really was a fun weekend spending time with family!!!

This first photo is on Easter Sunday... all the grandkids with Grandma and Grandpa... I tried to get a family picture of us but a no go with the twins.. they were having NO part of that!!

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Ian and Alex playing together

The past few weeks...

It has been awhile again since I have blogged... the past couple of weeks have not been very fun. The twins have been sick - up until this point I really thought we were in the clear with sickness - they have been doing great except for the occasional runny nose and cough but nothing major. Then a couple weeks back on a Monday... I got home from work and Ian was not doing great - his breathing was horrible.. it was scary so Mike took him to the ER at St. Joseph hospital.. he left around 10:30pm and I stayed home with Alex and Brevin... I was in tears when Mike left - they didn't release Ian until 4:00am... he ended up having the croup and they had to give him a steroid and breathing treatment to get his breathing and oxygen level under control. Then Alex came down with it... I ended up taking both kids to the pediatrician later that week because they just didn't seem to be getting better -they were tested for RSV which thankfully came back negative - They had me give Ian a breathing treatment at the dr. office.. that was SO horrible... Ian was screaming because he wanted nothing to do with that maching and Alex was screaming because the noise of that machine scared them... the nurses kept coming in to try to help me but they were making it worse because neither twin wanted them.. they wanted me... wow I never sweated so much in my life from just sitting on the floor of an examining room but I got through it... Ian ended up falling alseep on me and Alex feel asleep in the stroller. They were just both miserable for that whole week... they both wanted to be held all day but I only have 2 hands - sitting on the couch and putting them both on my lap was not what they wanted.. they wanted me to themselves and I couldn't do it... I felt horrible and ended up in tears a few times that week.

So...they got better.. for about a week anyway... Mike just took Alex to the Urgent Care last night... his breathing was really short and he just seemed to be struggling to catch his breath - seriously.. that is the most horrible sound that can come from a child - it is so scary!!! So now Alex has Bronchitis AND a double ear infection. He is on a steriod, Zyrtec and an antibiotic. I do have to mention that all this sickness really has not messed up their sleep at all.. they are still sleeping 12 + hours at night... even through all this yucky stuff!!

Can I just say that I am so ready for Spring/Summer... just warm weather to get all this sickness out!! Thankfully Brevin has been healthy and has been at school through most of this which is good - I would have felt bad for him if he was at home to... he would have not had much of my attention with how the twins were. Brevin has been so helpful and understanding... he is just such a good kid. You know... he came home from school with a sheet of paper and that had a wish on it... it was st. patricks day and I guess all the students had to write a wish on a piece of paper and you know what Brevin's wish was?? His wish was for his brothers to feel better soon. He is the best brother!!

So I guess that is it for now... hoping that we can get this sickness gone for good... so prayers would be much appreciated!!!

I do have a few other prayers requests if you don't mind... One is for a friend who is pregnant - she has gone through SO much already with pregnancies.. miscarriage and losing her baby girl twins way to early... she did carry a pregnancy to term and now has a healthy little boy who is the same age as the twins... she is now pregnant again and due in October so prayers for an uneventful and healthy pregnancy!!

Another request is for our neighbor... her Mom is in the hospital... she just had hip surgery and ended up with pneumonia and now is on a ventilator so prayers would be so much appreciated!!

I will update hopefully again soon!!