WOW I haven't updated this in a long time.
Somehow we're all still alive and kicking. Babies are doing good. They're 20 months old now. They're little beautiful crazy babies.
They still cry, a lot. And bite ;) But at least we get sleep now...though you wouldn't know it because it's 2am and I'm still awake on the computer (gotta be at work in 6 hours!)
So with that, I'm off to bed. Will try to update this more often though.
<3
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Sunday, March 30, 2008
why is it so hard to blog??
i have every intention of coming on here and writing stuff so that we'll have something to look back on and say "wow yea i really was crazy".... but there's just no time. except for right about now....
updates:
the babies are still alive and healthy!!! yay!!! we've manage to not have a clue as to what we're doing and still keep 'em relatively happy and fully breathing! it's the little achivements that count. lol. no really they're doing good. they had their 4 month visit and both weighed in exactly 13 lbs even. the doctor told me that they were in the 50th percentile.. whatever that means. i don't have the head for that stuff. all i know is they're doing ok. and DROOLING ON EVERYTHING!!!! i don't understand how that much liquid can be produced by such tiny bodies!!! no more developements on the teeth other them they're in there and i think they're letting themselves be known to the babies. wonder how long it'll take to see the first one?
the babies are now grabbing everything...and then drooling on it... Gaia is half rolling over, while Luna is in no rush what so ever to move. Gaia full blown grabbed her feet today while on her back... i think this is one of the cutest things that babies do... and she just did it. i took pictures.... but i'm sitting in the dark typing this while the babies sleep (knock on wood) so can't really bring myself to move too much... gee... i wonder where Luna gets it from.. hmmm.....
ohhhhh... we bought an iMac. i'm in LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE with this machine. this is our first mac ever. granted, i don't really know what i'm doing... but so far so good. i feel like wrapping the imac in a blanket and putting it to bed in the crib with the babies... its just so damn pretty.
pablo has managed to make a bunch of small furniture for our tiny place. i'll have pictures up this week, I SWEAR. i *heart* him,... he's so talented and such a great father and husband.
what else... oh pablo's sister and niece and nefew will be coming to visit us in a couple months. i'm SOOOOOOO excited to meet them. his sister is amazing, and really got us through some of the hardest times when we first came home with the babies and i was FALLING APART. i think i feel very drawn to his family because (aside from many wonderful things about them) they are so unlike my own. they are close and they actually really talk to one another. they treat each other like equals. they're just really great. i'm very proud to be part of their family. OHHHH and i officially changed my last name to Pablo's. never thought i would ever want to change my last name, but i'm sooooo happy to do it. eeeee i love him!!!
hmmm what else.... if anyone wants to see pictures, you can check some out in the mean time at our .mac address... located here
ok.. im going to rip myself from this computer, as i have to wake up early tomorrow for work, and try to go to sleep while the babies give me a chance.
<3
updates:
the babies are still alive and healthy!!! yay!!! we've manage to not have a clue as to what we're doing and still keep 'em relatively happy and fully breathing! it's the little achivements that count. lol. no really they're doing good. they had their 4 month visit and both weighed in exactly 13 lbs even. the doctor told me that they were in the 50th percentile.. whatever that means. i don't have the head for that stuff. all i know is they're doing ok. and DROOLING ON EVERYTHING!!!! i don't understand how that much liquid can be produced by such tiny bodies!!! no more developements on the teeth other them they're in there and i think they're letting themselves be known to the babies. wonder how long it'll take to see the first one?
the babies are now grabbing everything...and then drooling on it... Gaia is half rolling over, while Luna is in no rush what so ever to move. Gaia full blown grabbed her feet today while on her back... i think this is one of the cutest things that babies do... and she just did it. i took pictures.... but i'm sitting in the dark typing this while the babies sleep (knock on wood) so can't really bring myself to move too much... gee... i wonder where Luna gets it from.. hmmm.....
ohhhhh... we bought an iMac. i'm in LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE with this machine. this is our first mac ever. granted, i don't really know what i'm doing... but so far so good. i feel like wrapping the imac in a blanket and putting it to bed in the crib with the babies... its just so damn pretty.
pablo has managed to make a bunch of small furniture for our tiny place. i'll have pictures up this week, I SWEAR. i *heart* him,... he's so talented and such a great father and husband.
what else... oh pablo's sister and niece and nefew will be coming to visit us in a couple months. i'm SOOOOOOO excited to meet them. his sister is amazing, and really got us through some of the hardest times when we first came home with the babies and i was FALLING APART. i think i feel very drawn to his family because (aside from many wonderful things about them) they are so unlike my own. they are close and they actually really talk to one another. they treat each other like equals. they're just really great. i'm very proud to be part of their family. OHHHH and i officially changed my last name to Pablo's. never thought i would ever want to change my last name, but i'm sooooo happy to do it. eeeee i love him!!!
hmmm what else.... if anyone wants to see pictures, you can check some out in the mean time at our .mac address... located here
ok.. im going to rip myself from this computer, as i have to wake up early tomorrow for work, and try to go to sleep while the babies give me a chance.
<3
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Two Weeks Post Back-To-Work
Feels like these two weeks have flowwwwwwwwn by in a blink. Being back at work is nice in the sense of using my brain for other things... but I miss the babies A LOT. The days fly by while I'm there since 1) I go in SUPER early in order to get out in time to pick up the babies from the sitter (on mon & wed) and 2) Thanks to the pumping at work, the day is broken up into little parts.
I find I'm saddest while I'm pumping because I just sit there thinking about the babies. Sometimes I'm able to talk to Pablo (if the babies aren't giving him hell) while I pump and thats mucho nice, but sometimes he can't even make it to answer the phone. He's doing an amazing job with the babies. I think he really fully appreciates how absolutely difficult/wonderful it is to stay with them all day. Sometimes when he picks up he's all laughing because they're doing something cute,... and sometimes he sounds so stressed that he can't even talk to me on the phone because they just wont stop crying. He's an amazing father and an amazing husband and friend. We're so greatful to have him in our lives.
What else.... Gaia has started to grab onto things :) She'll lay in her crib and try to grab the little bears in her mobile... despite the fact that they're VERY far away... she'll just lay there fist clenched and arm extended.
Pablo is going to build a bunch of crazy and pretty shelving in the apartment to give us more room. He's happiest when he's building stuff... or sleeping. Though I don't know how he's gonna do it since the two "babies" have taken a liking to screaming and being held all day. I'll put up pictures when he's done :) when ever that may be.
OK... he's some video. <3
Gaia pulling Pablo's hair ;)
The babies in bed and Gaia trying to grab the bears
And finally a video with all of us in it... Including me basically topless. Nothing like becoming a mom and breastfeeding twins to get you over shyness. w/e, babies gotta eat!
I find I'm saddest while I'm pumping because I just sit there thinking about the babies. Sometimes I'm able to talk to Pablo (if the babies aren't giving him hell) while I pump and thats mucho nice, but sometimes he can't even make it to answer the phone. He's doing an amazing job with the babies. I think he really fully appreciates how absolutely difficult/wonderful it is to stay with them all day. Sometimes when he picks up he's all laughing because they're doing something cute,... and sometimes he sounds so stressed that he can't even talk to me on the phone because they just wont stop crying. He's an amazing father and an amazing husband and friend. We're so greatful to have him in our lives.
What else.... Gaia has started to grab onto things :) She'll lay in her crib and try to grab the little bears in her mobile... despite the fact that they're VERY far away... she'll just lay there fist clenched and arm extended.
Pablo is going to build a bunch of crazy and pretty shelving in the apartment to give us more room. He's happiest when he's building stuff... or sleeping. Though I don't know how he's gonna do it since the two "babies" have taken a liking to screaming and being held all day. I'll put up pictures when he's done :) when ever that may be.
OK... he's some video. <3
Gaia pulling Pablo's hair ;)
The babies in bed and Gaia trying to grab the bears
And finally a video with all of us in it... Including me basically topless. Nothing like becoming a mom and breastfeeding twins to get you over shyness. w/e, babies gotta eat!
Monday, February 11, 2008
Crazy babies
Ohhh before I "go to bed".... (hahahah what a joke) here are two videos of the babies. Gaia is just plane crazy and likes to be bounced up and down, even if it makes her puke... And Luna has mastered the fake poutyface.... little tricky baby. They're so cute I want to eat them. Ok here goes.
Gaia Bouncing: Look at her little legs trying to jump. She starts crying when we stop.
Luna Pouting: Her little face kills me.
Gaia Bouncing: Look at her little legs trying to jump. She starts crying when we stop.
Luna Pouting: Her little face kills me.
Last week of maternity leave
This is my last week before having to go back to work. I remember in the begining I was dying and praying for the three months to pass so I could go back to work and get a break... sigh... and just like I knew in the back of my mind that I would... I'm dreading it. Not so much the work part... but the not being with the babies part.
This is going to be very hard. Very hard on all of us... Pablo will be staying with the babies three days a week, then the other two they'll stay with a sitter till I can pick them up from work. I'm worried that he'll get stressed from being alone with the babies for so long... even though he's totally awesome with the babies. (I have mentioned before that I'm nuts and I worry about EVERYTHING, right?) I'm worried that the babies will freak with the change. I'm worried that they'll feel sad or feel abandoned. :( My poor little munchkies. :'( I feel like a shitty mom for having to go back to work.
Can't keep writing about it or I'll start to cry again.
On other topics of importance... Sold my car (two door Scion Tc) and STILL in search for a new car... trying for a CRV... but not having ANY luck. Did I mention that I go back to work next week?? And we don't have another car??? I feel the little ball of stress in the center of my chest getting a tad bit bigger with each day that passes. YAY stress!!!
Oh and the "tooth." I don't really know if it's a tooth anymore, though if it's not I have no idea what else it could be. It's still there.... but hasn't grown anymore. I should read about that, don't you think? I'm so sleepy. Ahhhh I'm wandering too much. NEED TO SLEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is going to be very hard. Very hard on all of us... Pablo will be staying with the babies three days a week, then the other two they'll stay with a sitter till I can pick them up from work. I'm worried that he'll get stressed from being alone with the babies for so long... even though he's totally awesome with the babies. (I have mentioned before that I'm nuts and I worry about EVERYTHING, right?) I'm worried that the babies will freak with the change. I'm worried that they'll feel sad or feel abandoned. :( My poor little munchkies. :'( I feel like a shitty mom for having to go back to work.
Can't keep writing about it or I'll start to cry again.
On other topics of importance... Sold my car (two door Scion Tc) and STILL in search for a new car... trying for a CRV... but not having ANY luck. Did I mention that I go back to work next week?? And we don't have another car??? I feel the little ball of stress in the center of my chest getting a tad bit bigger with each day that passes. YAY stress!!!
Oh and the "tooth." I don't really know if it's a tooth anymore, though if it's not I have no idea what else it could be. It's still there.... but hasn't grown anymore. I should read about that, don't you think? I'm so sleepy. Ahhhh I'm wandering too much. NEED TO SLEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Luna's First Tooth
So Pamela was just here and, after a while of my bitching about how insanely cranky Luna has been this week, she started poking around Luna's mouth and found and fucking pointy little tooth breaking through. WTF!!!!! She's 11 weeks old... didn't Luna get the memo that she's a twin and is supposed to be developmentally behind, not ahead!!!!
Oh my.... I gotta check Gaia now, but need to wait for her to wake up. She's been drooling A LOT recently... thought it was just normally messy baby stuff... but maybe its not.
What do you do to help an 11 week old baby that's teething???
Oh my.... I gotta check Gaia now, but need to wait for her to wake up. She's been drooling A LOT recently... thought it was just normally messy baby stuff... but maybe its not.
What do you do to help an 11 week old baby that's teething???
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
First round of shots
The babies had their two month well-baby check up today and also received their first round of immunization shots. :'(
They were SUCH good girls throughout the whole thing. On a normal basis Gaia is cranky and half crying, and Luna follows her lead... but today,... not even a peep. They were smiling and playing with the nurses... until, of course, the shots came. First was the deceiving liquidy sweet thing they put in their mouths... but then came the four needles. Poor babies freaked out. Luna kept crying for a while... she also did her trick of holding her breath and turning purple like 3 times. My poor little munchkin. She probably hates me now. Gaia cried also but stopped after about a minute. I was very surprised. Afterwards they calmed down, ate in the car, and took naps while we made a trek to the t-crapola-mobile store to find new phones (which we didn't because they all suck).
These is their weigh-in information:
Luna:
Birth - 5 lbs 11 oz
2 Months - 9 lbs 12 oz
Gaia:
Birth - 5 lbs 4 oz
2 Months - 9 lbs 13.5 oz
So we can no longer truly call Gaia the littlest one in the house anymore. That makes me happy and sad. Happy because in spite of my crappy eating habits lately, my breast milk seems to be doing its job. Such a strange thing to know "your bits work"... also happy because the bigger they get the more likely they are to sleep longer which makes for far less crazy parents. BUT sad because... they're my little tiny munchkins... I can pick them up at the same time and lay them on my chest together (though awkwardly thanks to the boobs) and we three can nap together... but what happens when they get bigger????!!!!!
I hope they get through the night ok. Scared of them getting a fever. :( Still feel like I have no idea what I'm doing or how to take care of them... specially if they get sick. We went and bought some liquid Tylenol stuff. Gross. Hopefully we wont have to use it.
On the pumping front: We've been supplementing with soy formula to try to create a stash of breast milk for when I go back to work. So far so good... though I'm going like... 5 hours between pumping sessions in order to get a good amount. Anything less, and theres a lot less milk. I've been managing to get around 6 oz out of each boob. Is that good? Not sure really... need to go check the boards to see what other people are getting.
Well thats about all the time I have for tonight. I go give the babies cuddles. Poor munchies.
They were SUCH good girls throughout the whole thing. On a normal basis Gaia is cranky and half crying, and Luna follows her lead... but today,... not even a peep. They were smiling and playing with the nurses... until, of course, the shots came. First was the deceiving liquidy sweet thing they put in their mouths... but then came the four needles. Poor babies freaked out. Luna kept crying for a while... she also did her trick of holding her breath and turning purple like 3 times. My poor little munchkin. She probably hates me now. Gaia cried also but stopped after about a minute. I was very surprised. Afterwards they calmed down, ate in the car, and took naps while we made a trek to the t-crapola-mobile store to find new phones (which we didn't because they all suck).
These is their weigh-in information:
Luna:
Birth - 5 lbs 11 oz
2 Months - 9 lbs 12 oz
Gaia:
Birth - 5 lbs 4 oz
2 Months - 9 lbs 13.5 oz
So we can no longer truly call Gaia the littlest one in the house anymore. That makes me happy and sad. Happy because in spite of my crappy eating habits lately, my breast milk seems to be doing its job. Such a strange thing to know "your bits work"... also happy because the bigger they get the more likely they are to sleep longer which makes for far less crazy parents. BUT sad because... they're my little tiny munchkins... I can pick them up at the same time and lay them on my chest together (though awkwardly thanks to the boobs) and we three can nap together... but what happens when they get bigger????!!!!!
I hope they get through the night ok. Scared of them getting a fever. :( Still feel like I have no idea what I'm doing or how to take care of them... specially if they get sick. We went and bought some liquid Tylenol stuff. Gross. Hopefully we wont have to use it.
On the pumping front: We've been supplementing with soy formula to try to create a stash of breast milk for when I go back to work. So far so good... though I'm going like... 5 hours between pumping sessions in order to get a good amount. Anything less, and theres a lot less milk. I've been managing to get around 6 oz out of each boob. Is that good? Not sure really... need to go check the boards to see what other people are getting.
Well thats about all the time I have for tonight. I go give the babies cuddles. Poor munchies.
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