Two Months

My babies are TWO MONTHS old!  I mean I was prepared that time flies by since it did with Parker, but I guess knowing these are my last it makes the time passing quickly even harder for me!

I am so in love with these sweet baby girls!
They make our family so complete and we are all just smitten!

We do not go for their 2 month check up until this Wednesday and I cant wait to see how much they have grown! I see them all day everyday so I think its harder for me sometimes to realize how big they are getting but everyone else keeps commenting on how much they have grown!

Their little personalities are showing more and more each day, the majority of the time they are all smiles!!  They have becomes so alert over the past couple of weeks and its so fun to watch them soaking in everything around them.  They love to watch the fan and most of all their big brother running around like a mad man!!  He keeps them both pretty entertained.  His favorite thing to do is to kiss them and sing them the ABC's!!

The girls took their first road trip this past weekend to Houston to stay with my parents and to visit and meet all of my family/friends.  I was a little nervous about the four hour drive with all three kids(Wayne too...I am not that insane to go at it alone).  The girls did fantastic.  We timed it to where they would eat right before we left and would be eating as soon as we arrived.  Traffic had another plan, but we just stopped along the way and fed them in the car, no big deal!  They slept the entire rest of the trip!  We went down so that I could also host a baby shower for my cousin who is expecting twin boys in October...how fun is that??  Two sets of twins who will be less than 4 months apart!! Christmas this year will be so much fun!!!

Here are a few things about the girls this month...

Reese:

• You still have a pretty full head of dark hair, although I am noticing a little thinning and a little more blonde each day.  Your brother lost all of his dark hair around 3 months so we will see if you follow in those footsteps
• At first I will admit I called you my high maintenance twin, but honestly now it really couldn't be further from the truth. 
• Your little personality shines through more and more each day and you have a smile that melts our hearts!
• You are a good little sleeper.  You go down around 9/10 each night and wake around 5/6 for a bottle and then are back to sleep until around 8/9 depending on our morning and where we have to be.  We are following the book "12 hours by 12 weeks" just like we did with your brother and we have been happy so far.  Still sleeping in your rock n play in our room.
• You are so alert and love looking all around.  You love being on your play mat and grabbing at the giraffe, the monkey and the rings!  Once you get one in your hands you don't let go!!

• You are cooing more and more each day.  Sweetest sound in the world
• Eating 5 4oz bottles a day.  You love to eat!!
• You love napping in the bouncer and in the table for two.
• You are kicker.  Those long little legs of yours never stop moving!
• Still wearing newborn clothes.  I have tried to get you into a few 0-3 month outfits and there have been one or two I have rigged to work.
• We just put you in your first size 1 diaper today (ran out of Newborn).  They are a little big, but not huge and I am sure you will be filling them out in no time!
• You are going to see a Pediatric Physical Therapist next week for an evaluation.  We have noticed you like to cock your little head to the left and your pedi noticed your neck muscles were a little tight so we are going to have you looked at for Torticollis.  More updates on that next week.
• Update:  we had your 2 month appt and you are 9lbs 14oz and 22 inches long

Morgan:

• You are starting to turn blonde!  The dark hair you have is slowly starting to disappear
• Your little personality shines through more and more each day and you have a smile that melts our hearts!
• You are a good little sleeper.  You go down around 9/10 each night and wake around 5/6 for a bottle and then are back to sleep until around 8/9 depending on our morning and where we have to be.  We are following the book "12 hours by 12 weeks" just like we did with your brother and we have been happy so far.  Still sleeping in your rock n play in our room.
• You are so alert and love looking all around.  You love being on your play mat and grabbing at the giraffe, the monkey and the rings!  Once you have your little fingers wrapped around the rings, you never want to let go!
• You are the bubble blowing queen!  You are constantly blowing bubbles and your big brother thinks it is hilarious!!!



• You are cooing more and more each day.  Sweetest sound in the world
• Eating 5 4oz bottles a day. You tend to not finish all 4oz
• You love napping in your swing and in the table for two
• You are kicker too and your legs are always moving. 
• Still wearing newborn clothes.  You actually still fit into a few preemie onesies too.  I have tried to get you into a few 0-3 month outfits and there have been one or two I have rigged to work.
• We just put you in your first size 1 diaper today (ran out of Newborn).  They are a little big, but they work!
• Update: we went to your 2 month appt and you are 9lbs 3oz and 21.5 inches

You both amaze us each day as we watch you grow. 

We love you both so much and thank God each day for giving you to us!





TWINS : 1 Month

WOW!  I cannot believe that it has already been a month. 

Time sure does fly by when you are having fun!!

 

Miss Reese didn't feel like waking for pics!

 

This past month has been so incredible, so much fun and oh so tiring all at the same time!

 

I honestly didn't know if I was going to be able to do it.  You know, handling two newborns and a toddler every day alone.  But I have done it and we are all still alive!  I will admit when my hubby walks in the door he typically has at least one child being thrown in his direction while I spout out some excuse about wine or a target run that must happen at that exact moment.  But at the end of the day he comes home to three happy, bathed and fed children and a clean house.  I on the other hand am usually none of those things...except happy!

 

Reese and Morgan have made our family complete and I honestly  feel like we have just slid into this new stage as a family of five pretty seamlessly!

 

The girls are so sweet and are such good babies.  Parker is the most amazing big brother and while we still experience bouts of what has to be the trying threes, he has done great with this huge transition!

 

"I'll read them books!"

 

 

Here are some things about the girls at one month old.

 

REESE:

• You are our feisty one.  I like to refer to you as my high maintenance one!  You know what you want and like and are not too shy to let us know.
• When its time to eat, its time eat and you do not like anything to delay that. 
• you are still getting breast milk but we are supplementing with formula. You weight is finally moving in the right direction.  We go Wednesday for your 1 month visit, but last week you  weighed 6lbs 7oz!  You eat every three hours through the day and go for a little bit longer stretches at night.
• you love your sleep.  you will pass out anywhere and you don't like to wake up until you are ready (case in point, your 1 month pics!!)
• you love being held upright and resting your head and arm on our shoulders.  I love this and would hold you like this all day if I could!  Such a snuggler!
• you are still wearing premie clothes.  we have a few newborn outfits that we make work but for the most part they slide right off you.
• you are starting to smile more and more everyday!  nothing melts my heart more!
• you are a pro a getting your arms out of your swaddle. 
• You have a head full of dark hair (for now) and  it is crazy long in the back.  You love to take your fingers and twirl your hair...its precious!
• you LOVE bath time.  as soon as you hit the water a complete sense of relaxation comes over you and you start to doze off by the end of it!!
• you flip out every time I change your clothes.  You do not like having things pulled over your face/head.
• you love tummy time.  we are doing it more and more trying to get your neck strength up.  I have to fight to keep you up and going.  Take my eyes off you for a second and you are snoozing on the mat!

MORGAN:

• You are my laid back baby girl!  You are calm in almost all situations.  I wish I could take credit, but you get this from your dad.
• You are always just looking all around and taking it all in.  Always so alert and never wanting to miss out what is going on around you.
• you are still getting breast milk but we are supplementing with formula. You weight is finally moving in the right direction.  We go Wednesday for your 1 month visit, but last week you were weighed 6lbs 1oz!  You eat every three hours through the day and go for a little bit longer stretches at night.
• you love being swaddled up.  you seem completely content and never try to break free!
• you are still wearing premie clothes.  we have a few newborn outfits that we make work but for the most part they slide right off you.
• you love the swing and despise the bounce chair (just like your big bro)
• you do amazing with tummy time and are always moving all around and lifting your head up and turning it from side to side.
• you are starting to smile more and more everyday!  nothing melts my heart more!
• you have a head full of thin brown hair and it is long in the back too.
• you LOVE bath time.  as soon as you hit the water a complete sense of relaxation comes over you and you start to doze off by the end of it!!
• you almost seem relaxed when I change you and put bows on your head!  I see lots of dress up in our future!

You girls are such an amazing blessing and we are so in love with you!

This first month went by far too fast, so lets slow down a little bit!!!

 

 

 

 

The Nursery

I was so excited to decorate a nursery again.  I had so many ideas going through my head and onto my pinterest boards as soon as we found out we were expecting.

 

Finding out we were blessed with twins slightly threw things for a loop.  I know most people think, just add another crib...but it didn't prove to be that simple for me.

 

I think mainly due to the fact that some of the looks I had in my head were a little bold in color or a little high in price.  Both of which would cause them to be a little too much for the nursery!

 

From the start I knew I wanted to use the white Jenny Lind spindle crib (exact crib I had as a baby!).

Its a great crib and the size and price made it even better when having to have two!

 

Next came the bedding.  I searched everywhere and ended up falling in love with a set from PBK.  I did end up doing a little tweaking to it and I LOVE it!  Fun patterns, but light enough in color that it doesn't make the room look too busy!  It photographs much brighter than it is in person.

 

I purchased extra sheets and had the original ties removed from bumper and these added. 

 Original ties were very thin and were in same material as bumper.

 

All of the other pieces in the room were just fun finds along the way.  I loved being able to create a lot of the room myself and loved refinishing a lot of the pieces for the room.  I threw in my love for burlap here and there with the curtains and bows hanging the girls monograms.

 

 

 still needing to fill empty frames!

 

 

 still on the hunt for a new light fixture!

 



wreath made by a friend out of the fabric in the girls bedding and coordinating fabrics!

 

I am I really happy with how their nursery turned out.  We still have a handful of little things to do in there to make it complete and I will share those as they happen!!

Just Born

I loved having monthly pictures documenting how Parker changed and grew over his first year, so of course I will be doing the same thing for the girls!!

 

Now I just hope and pray that these months do not fly by too quickly!

 

Morgan & Reese, 1 week old

 we love a grosgrain bow!

We FINALLY got Big Brother to pose for a picture with his sisters!

(too bad he would cooperate when we had the girls newborn pics taken!) Errrr!

Reese Diane and Morgan Kate

Our sweet little blessing made their arrival on June 27, 2013.

 

Reese Diane was born at 7:55 am weighing 6lbs and measuring 18 inches

 

Morgan Kate was born at 7:56 am weighing 5lbs 6oz and measuring 20 inches.

 

We are so blessed with two healthy, strong baby girls!

 

 The first time they put the girls together Reese locked her little leg around Morgans...sweet big sister!

 Daddy and his girls

 So proud!

Big Brother holding one of his sisters for the first time!  Melts my heart!

 

 

Very happy that delivery and hospital stay were both very uneventful.  I prayed for this my entire pregnancy.  So many things can occur with any baby, even more so with twins, so we are so thankful.

 

The girls are now almost 2 weeks old and they have been doing wonderful.

 

Both have a little jaundice (currently sleeping infront of a window!) and we are going tomorrow for another weight check because both lost a little more weight since we left the hospital.  I am supplementing with one ounce of formula with Reese after each feeding.  Fingers crossed for a good visit!

 

Other than that we are just in a snuggling, swaddling, kissing, diaper changing mode around here!!

I could just stare at them all day!  Still cannot believe that they are ours...God is so good!

 

 

Morgan and Reese

 

 

 

 

 

30 weeks...last week

8 weeks or less until our baby girls make their debut!!!
(tomorrow will make 7)

 

I have been so horrible about blogging about this pregnancy.  Its just I cant seem to find the time and I also have had a hard time finding a good source as to what is really going on each with with multiple births.  When I was preggo with Park, I got the weekly emails from babycenter and what to expect, but they dont give an option or send special info for twins. 

 

Things have been going great and I am growing each day!!  The girls are weighing upwards of 3 pounds each now and at my last appt, my belly was measuring 37 week (I was 29 weeks)!  Wowza!

I feel good overall, just getting tired easy and find myself getting out of breath going up and down stairs 100 times a day.

 

I have yet to be put on any form of bedrest (knock on wood) and have just really tried to do my best at not overdoing it.  My main issue is picking Parker up.  I know they tell me not to, but I have to...he is my baby still and when he needs me, well he wins over stupid rules.

 

Here are a few pics over the past couple weeks.  If you follow me on instagram then you have seen these!!

 

 28 weeks

30 weeks

 

 

Easter 2013

We had such a wonderful Easter this year. 

I love that we are home and our familes can be with us to share in these special days with us!

 

My parents came up from Houston for Easter and we had so much fun.  We dyed and decorated Easter eggs, did eggs hunts with Park, attended an amazing Sunday service and had a wonderful brunch with family.

 

Parker was so much fun this year.  He really loved decorating his eggs and loved hunting for eggs.  His favorite item had to be confetti eggs though...I am still finding confetti all over the place!