Still sick

Will and Travis both had a hard time sleeping and nursing last night due to their congestion. Its been a week since they first got sick, so today we took them to the dr again. Will had a little wheezing in his chest so he got a prescription for albuterol :( The pediatrician thought Travis still looked a little yellow, so they took blood for another bilirubin test. Still waiting to hear back on that. Neither had a fever and both had 100% oxygen, so thats good. They are both also making up for being squished together in my belly.

Will - 11 lbs 6 oz (75-85th percentile) birth weight - 8 lbs 2 oz
Travis - 9 lbs 14 oz (almost 50th percentile) birth weight - 6 lbs 9 oz

They finally fit into some of the clothes they received as gifts!

Will and Travis - 1 month

The boys are 1 month old now! They say you take less pictures of each consecutive kid. Not only are they the "third" kid, there are 2 of them, so they get even less pictures taken of them. Its hard to get a good one!

Travis

Will holding his head up

Together in the swing - Travis red because he was ticked

Will

Travis

Cupcakes again

Its a little harder for us to get out these days, so we sometimes try to figure out fun things for the girls to do at the house. Last night, it was cupcake mixing and baking. Tonight, it was cupcake decorating.

Emily spreading the frosting (didn't know she had a bloody nose)

In case you weren't sure...

Yesterday was a great family day. Things went smooth for the 6 of us and there weren't too many behavior problems. We played a good game of Candyland together and I finally beat Emily.

Joe had to fix something at the duplex right before the girls' bed time so I decided to let them stay up until he got home. We did the fun Melissa and Doug Sparkly Solar System puzzle. Emily is learning about the planets and pointed out Earth.

I say "Yep, that's the planet we live on"

She replies "Umm hmm and Noelle and Rob"

So there you have it, the MacGregors are also earthlings. made ME laugh anyway...

Will and Travis - 4 weeks

Both Will and Travis are spending their 4 week birthday sick. They have gotten worse since yesterday's doctor visit and both are really congested. Travis has a slight fever, so I'll be watching him tonight to make sure it doesn't get high enough to warrant an ER visit. I hate ER visits. I didn't take any pictures today because they have spent most of the day sleeping. Besides the worrying, its been an easy 24 hrs because they are sleeping so much!

At the doctor yesterday Will weighed 10 lbs 9 oz and Travis weighed 9 lbs 5 oz with his clothes on so we guess he'd be about 9 lbs naked. So, I guess thats proof they are growing!

Will and Travis are starting to see things and notice us a little. I also think Travis may have noticed Will. I was holding them both in my arms like the picture below and Travis was staring in wide-eyed wonder at Will who was screaming his head off.

Overall, we are still in survival mode. On nights when its just Joe and I, we've been taking turns or I'll take the first part of the night and Joe will take the second. When the girls were babies, I did all the night shifts since I was staying home and I'd just bring the girls to bed to nurse them when they woke during the night. That plan doesn't work with 2!! Sometimes it feels like we are first time parents again! OK, I'm too tired to write more or to even read what I just wrote. Those babies are sleeping, I should be too - just have to get a snack first

Maddie - 20 months

This last month has been crazy, especially for Maddie. All of a sudden she isn't the baby and can't be picked up whenever she wants. She's acting out like most "not-the baby-anymore" kids and is displaying the rockin' temper she got from me and Grandpop. Thankfully, Maddie is really sweet to her brothers, like Emily, and loves to take care of them. Mom, Grandma, and Emily aren't as lucky.
She continues to talk all the time and her and Emily have starting having conversations together which is usually really sweet. They are sisters after all, so isn't always sugar and spice. The nice convos go something like this:

Emily: Maddie, how you doin today?
Maddie: Dood! (Good!)
Emily: What you want to do today?
Maddie: Playmound!!!! (playground, which is exactly the same way Emily says it)

Silly face, cute dress from Noelle

Love this picture!!

Diaper head, naked bottom

Update

We've been busy and I'm usually too tired to post or even take pictures. Today Mom and I took all 4 kids to the pediatrician because they all have some ailment of some sort. Emily was the worst off, lots of snot and a croopy-sounding cough. They tested Emily for flu and thankfully it was negative. Will also had a yucky cough/sneeze and seemed to have trouble breathing too. Doctor thought they might all/some have RSV, but gave me the option to test for it since the treatment would be the same either way. I opted not to test, of course, since I hate to spend moola unnecessarily.

Anyway, thats more than you ever wanted to know! Here are some recent pictures.

Our neighborhood had a fall fest and we loaded everyone in 2 double strollers and headed to the duck pond. Too bad the fest was lame but I got some exercise anyway!

Emily "nursing"

Will and Travis - 3 weeks

Will and Travis are 3 weeks old! I've been busy - not much time to post, but the boys are growing. Travis had a follow up appointment where he weighed 8 lbs 1 oz and we unofficially weighed Will at home and he weighed 9 lbs 14 oz. Guess the nursing is working!

These are all (not so good) pics taken this evening after a bath and a snack. Can you guess who is who?

Pumpkin Patch take 2

This time we took a few more people with us - the MacGregor family, Grandma Reynolds, and of course Will and Travis! Maddie was not into picture taking at all and Jackson wasn't his usual smiley self. We still had a good time though and tried to get what we could get!

Our ballerina with crazy tights

Maddie the bunny with Jackson in the background
Grandma with Emily and the boys

Will and Travis

Jackson going after the funny shaped pumpkin

Rob "helping" his son, he he
Grandma with Travis

Pumpking carving with Daddy

The girls' first experience carving a pumpkin. They only enjoyed the guts for a little while before they decided it was gross. They were pretty excited to see it all lit up. The next day, Rob carved his pumpkin into a smurf and they loved that one too but were very concerned when he left it behind on Sunday. Both J0e and Rob got creative with the pumpkin seeds and we all enjoyed them!

Cuddle Time