6 months! Well tomorrow…but I may not get another chance to update!

Well hello there lovelies! I am sitting here in the lull between Halloween and Thanksgiving…well Daddy Kevin's birthday really. I have been meandering away at Pinterest, being an activity I can do while holding, feeding, bouncing a babe. I am inspired to decorate my little house. I had forgotten how happy crafting and art makes me. I really do need to find time to do a few projects here and there. I think a happy mommy will be a good mommy to my babies and well creating beautiful things makes me happy. Of course 3 of those beautiful things are my Aria, my Patrick and my Jameson :)

I can't believe the boy are SIX months old! A half of a year!! Woohooo, by golly we've done it! This means, I've been breastfeeding exclusively (save 1 bottle a night) for 6 months!!! I am proud. My boys are happy and healthy! They are big and strong. I promise I will get their stats down this time, but shhhh for now they sleep.

Speaking of, I am trying a new sleep routine. Bed still at 8pm-9pm, depending on their moods, though honestly most night we barely make it to 8pm, they would love to go down at 7pm, but I just can't risk them being wide awake at 4am. The boys still seem to only need 8-10 hours of sleep, rarely 12. Fairly consistently they sleep 8pm-1am, this is great, a good 5 hour stretch. After this is where in lies my woes. After 1am, they are up every 2 hours, sometimes less. Of course I, mama, don't go to bed until 12ish, mainly due to the sweet Aria's ability to be the two year old college kid, whose fun part of the "day" starts at 10pm :(. I pump before bed, about 8 oz and split it into 2 4oz bottles. When the boys wake at 1-2am I leave them swaddled and prop up the bottle for them, 50/50 they go back to sleep another 2 hours or they are up and need snuggled/changed and put on their bellies. 4-5am is when they naturally want to wake up. They coo and smile and seem to think it's morning time. It takes me about an hour to get them back down. Here I've been trying a new thing of giving them a formula bottle. Too soon to judge yet, but doesn't seem to be making too much of a difference. I think I might be feeding them too much at night, because they seem to be very gassy and need to poop several times. Aria, while a beastly sleeper, never pooped at night; I never even changed her at night. I'm trying to cut out dairy to see if it's an allergy, but it seems just as bad when they get formula, so I don't know.

The boys are becoming more aware of each other everyday. Most recently If I face them on the ground toward each other during tummy time, they are very smily and love to grab at the others hands and clothes. They love Aria too and she is definitely enjoying the fact that they notice her. Just putting them facing each other can stop a meltdown, it's pretty sweet.

I thinking what I should get them for Christmas, maybe some learning toys or teethers. I ordered them their stockings from PBK and got Aria a new one as well, because I have no idea where hers ended up in the move and I don't want to upset anyone trying to find it, possibly in Grammy's attic. Actually Auntie Dobby got it for her because mama ain't got no monies! Tear.

Patch's hemangioma on his toe is fading. A while back I took photos of it and I'm glad I did, because he might want to see what it looked like when he's older.

I'm trying to reposition both boys all the time so their heads round out… here goes nothing.

Miss Aria can count to 10! And she is saying so many more words and what sounds like sentences! Whenever I leave a room she says, "where you going?" and always the little lady, "thank you" and "welcome" every single time she gets or hands something.

Kevin has been trying to sleep in Aria's room with her to get her used to her big girl bed, seems to be working. Several nights she has slept in there by herself and woke up at 8am. Last night Kevin was out late watching the Oregon and Stanford game. The little butt slept in their by himself and I had all the kids in my room! Oh well, he probably would have woken us up anyways, he's a wiggly sleeper.

I'm doing the Jillian Michaels Yoga Meltdown dvd. I'm feeling stronger already 2 weeks in! I was very excited because I thought I lost 10 pounds, but turns out our scale is faulty it you set in on the carpet. I only lost 7. Oh well, 7 is better than none, but I need to kick butt to feel better about myself.

Well, baby a is awake.

Until next time, xo Rosie

5 months!

Well hello there, here's a quick update that I wrote on my iPhone at 3am a week ago. This sums up my life. Hope to update more soon.

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Well the boys or five months old. They are 15 and 17 pounds patch still being my roly-poly boy. Their personalities are really starting to shine. Jamie is scrawny and wirey. He only wants to nurse when he's absolutely starving. There will be no comfort nursing or nursing to sleep for him. It's just business. He has learned how to get out of almost all my baby contraptions. You other day I had him in the monkey bouncer on the lawn to get some vitamin D for good health and moods. I went in the house for just a minute. And I came back the monkey bouncer was sitting there sans baby and Jamie was laying on his belly on the lawn looking happy as a clam. This boy needs shoulder straps on whatever he's in. Is too smart for his own good. Jamie's brown hair is coming in more it looks really cute. His eyes are also getting darker and the brown is spreading out. I wouldn't be surprised if he is crawling very soon.

Patrick is my smiley little love. He's just perfectly content as long as I'm holding him wherever I go. He's quick to give anyone and everyone a huge smile and a sweet little chuckle. His baby blue eyes now have some in amber in the very middle. The blue part is still fairly dark blue so I don't know if the eyes will end up hazel overall or if they'll be a blue and amber mixture. Is hair is still straight up white blonde. He's such a squishy baby weighing in at 17 pounds. He's harder to hold at first but once you do hold him, he doesn't wiggle as much as Jamie so it evens out.

Both babies are still waking up during the night. They do well going to sleep between eight and nine. And usually don't wake up until two. But after two they both are up about every hour until I give up at eight and put them in front of cartoons. 

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I don't even have time to re-read or edit, hopefully I'll get back to it.

Today we are having a little party at my house to carve pumpkins. I can't believe it but I am THAT mom. I didn't get the boys Halloween costumes yet. I'm going to have to brave the masses at Spirit tomorrow, the day before Halloween, to find them something to wear. Oh dear. At least I got Aria a bee costume 2 weeks ago. It was my backup in case I didn't get a chance to go out again. And guess what I didn't.

Well now here it goes, I'm being interrupted. 

But first, look at the cuteness (ps may or may not have been used).

Aria picked her pumpkin!

My twinsies looking adorable!

Until next time, xo Rosie

PS- Jamie's head is 18"

Grandma Carol is in Town

Kevin's mom is here visiting for a week. Aria loves her and it's so cute to see them play together. She has always connected really well with Aria. Jamie also seems taken with her, he fell asleep on her shoulder twice!

Yesterday we went over to Aunt Amy's for Tom's birthday. The boys got to meet Aunt Deirdre and Cousin Clare for the first time. They also wore jean for the first time and looked adorable!

Patch Rolls Over!!!

Not to be outdone by his little brother, my big boy Patrick has up and surprised us all. This actually happened 2 days ago to be fair, he was just 2 days behind. Let the competition begin!! lol

Go Patch go! Mama loves you!

I think he's ahead in who's going to laugh first. He actually makes noises that are "this" close to a chuckle…might even count!

Until next time xo,
Rosie

Jamie Rolls Over!!

My little wiggle worm has done it! He rolled over, both ways! He's a total pro now!

Twins are 3 months old (plus some)

Well hello again. My big boys are so grown up. I can't believe we are nearing the end of the summer already! Everyday they grow and change. I feel so blessed to witness this in my life. Two perfect little boys that I get to watch become little people. How lucky am I?

Right now Patrick is sitting in Aria's highchair. He loved to sit in it and look around. I usually set hom in the highchair and Jamie in the Bumbo (on the table shhhh). Jamie can already hold his head up so he likes the Bumbo, Patch's head is heavier maybe haha, my big boy.

Patch makes the cutest cooing sounds. He opens his mouth huge and just kind of makes a croaking noise in the back of his throat. He is so quick to give a smile. He loves it when you look into his eyes. He would stare all day into yours if you had the time. He likes to take catnaps all day long. He doesn't go to bed until at least 12am every night and sleeps in in the morning, sometimes til 12pm! Of course with a snack break at 4am and 8am. Last night both Patch and Jamie slept til 5am which was great!

Jamie is my little wiggle worm, (or wiggle wart as Yaya says). He is so strong and always kicking of anything he can touch with his legs. I would be surprised if he rolls over very soon. He is also super smily. It's the cutest thing ever when Jamie look up at me while nursing and catches my eye. He lets go and gives me a huge toothless grin, like he knows he's in the happiest place in the word. Jamie is the complete opposite of Patch in his sleeping schedule. He like to take two long, like 3 hour naps in the day and he goes to sleep easily at 930pm. He is an early riser, bright eyed and ready for the day at 7am. I wonder if they will keep these traits as they get older. Last night Jamie slept 930pm-5am, 7.5 hours, I'll take it.

Both boys are in size 2 diapers now and officially in 6 month clothes, though I squeeze them into particularly cute 3 month ones. It causes my fatty boy to took a bit stuffed in hehe.

Both boys are still completely bald. Alas my babies were not meant to have hair. I figure by 6 months they should have something going on. We'll see.

I'm excited getting ready for cousin-nurse-auntie-brig to arrive on Sep 11. She is here for a whole 2 weeks! So stoked to see her and for her to see the babies.

Yesterday Auntie Dobby took Aria and the babies for a walk to the mall. I've been meaning to go for forever, as we only live like 1/2 mile away but it just hadn't happened. Gabby pushed Patch and Jamie boy in the valco double and I pushed my big girl in her red britax srtoller. It was hilarious watching Gabby deal with all the people looking at her and the babies with just tender love in their eyes. People just love babies and TWO babies, oh my. One lady was actually turning around for so long while walking making eyes at the boys that she stopped just short of slamming into a pole. She had to duck away in embarrassment, but with a grin.

Patch still has beautiful blue eyes. I think they are going to stick. It's funny how from the beginning I knew he was going to have blue eyes. Jamie's eyes are getting darker. They are so big and pretty. My handsome boy.

I feel like the worst is truly over in terms of their colicy-ness. They are still grumpy in the evening, especially Patch but they are SO much happier during the day. I love this phase of babyhood. It's just so adorable. I am grateful that I get to enjoy my happy boys now.

Let's hope I can keep this up!

2 months old!

Happy 2 Month Birthday Patch and Jamie! Boy has time flown by! My sweet little babies are getting so big. They change every day. I remember this happening with Aria but I had forgotten how the newborn phase is gone in the blink of an eye. 

Sweet little Patrick is my chubbster baby. He weighs in at a whopping 13 pounds right now! He really does do fat well though. He's the cutest little rolly thing you've ever seen. He still snorts when he's hungry. His cry is still softer than his brother's.  But it does it go from 0 to 100 very quickly if he doesn't get attention. Still looks like he's my blue-eyed boy. In the last two weeks he's become very aware. He loves to look you in the eyes with this loving stare. He stares at the mobile spinning around on the swing. She absolutely loves to be held and cuddled. He'll sleep for hours laying face down on my chest. At night he still wakes every three hours because he's a little hungry boy. 

Little Jamie boy is my scrawny strong little man. He actually rolled over from his belly to his back already! He still has more belly issues the Patch and often looks quite pained. When he is not uncomfortable and right writhing, he has the cutest little face. With big eyes, an adorable upturned nose and a little pointy chin, I think he'll be a heartbreaker someday. He seems to be about two weeks behind Patrick developmentally. He still going through his baby acne phase. Just in the last few days he started to be more aware. Yesterday, while having his butt changed, he lovingly looked at my mom and gave her a big smile. During a bath a couple weeks ago I had been rubbing the dead skin off top of his head (you know how babies peel) and after while I was drying his hair I realized I had rubbed off his baby hair as well as the dead skin. Mom fail-- I made my baby look like a little old man with the toilet bowl hairstyle. He is finally starting to grow some fuzz in again on the top of his head. Jamie tips the scale at 10.5 pounds. Shocking that just 6 weeks ago we were fighting to stay at 4 pounds. My boys have truly amazed me. They are thriving beyond belief.

Aria loves her brothers. She loves to hold them. She pokes at them. When they cry she tries to comfort them. She finds their pacis and puts them in their mouths. She also has lately started rubbing their belly cottons when they are upset. It's so cute that she is sharing her special comfort action with them. 

The boys are mainly getting breast-milk while supplementing with formula at night. I recently got a new kind of formula that's for sensitive gassy babies. It seems to digest better for sure. I have also cut out milk and dairy from my diet (I'm only on day two) but I'm hoping that helps them with their tummy problems. 

Just yesterday I finally ordered the twins birth announcement. I figured 2 months old was better than no doing it at all, an idea I had toyed with. Hopefully the picture will print out nicely as that is really the designs main feature. Here's a sneak peek at the boys announcement. 

My cuties have grown SO much since then! It's just crazy.

Here's the photo for the back. It's of all three of my kids (love saying that) on the 4th of July.

My mom has been coming over to help me a few times a week. It's been really wonderful. TOday she came and scooped up my big girl Aria and took her to the mall. Hopefully she is having a good time. 

Until next time, xoxo Rosie