i had just gotten used to the fact that they were one, and now they went ahead and added a month to that in no time flat! i realize that i've been woefully neglectful keeping up with their monthly profiles, and never even wrote one for 11 or 12 months. shame, shame! honestly, i think now that they are one, i'll probably give myself some slack and just talk about major things that are going on, instead of trying to do some kind of regular character analysis. because realistically, they change so fast that they call me a liar half the time.
on the big picture front, we're down to nursing one time a day, first thing when they wake up. it honestly feels so liberating to not nurse them during the day anymore. i can wear real shirts again! the boys did an amazing job weaning themselves. it started just after their one year birthday and it happened so seamlessly and naturally. i was nursing them three times a day, and they dropped a feeding a week. they just had better things to do then lay on a nursing pillow for even 60 seconds. i think this remaining feeding will probably last for another week or so. i've noticed it getting shorter and shorter. so i've officially achieved my goal of breastfeeding these guys for a full year - hoorray!
Saturday, March 01, 2008
Thursday, February 28, 2008
abelicious
there's one thing about our abel that does not budge - he is just sweet as sugar. he's got the gentlest demeanor for a child. the way he pets matilda just melts my heart. he'll just take one finger and rub her face ever so lightly. that's right before he gently sticks his finger in her eye ball, an obsession of his for several months now. i can't tell you how many times i had to create a barrier between him and oz when they were nursing because he would constantly try and touch oz's eye. it was too funny!
abie j takes a few steps here and there, but hasn't put it all together yet to start "really" walking. i feel like he's on the verge of a breakthrough. you can tell he's thinking about it, and he'll venture the few steps between chair and door, or wall and table, but that's about it. he doesn't seem to be bothered the least bit watching his brother cruise around him on two feet, though.
abie loves to feed other people. he will alternate between putting food in his mouth and then holding his hand out for me to eat the cheerio. that counts for matilda, too, and he somehow knows that when he's done, he can feed matilda the leftovers from his plate. mati takes food so gently from him, and it never ceases to amaze and crack up the boys. abie is more of a methodical eater and will take his time between bites, surveying his plate and choosing what he'll consume next. when he's done, he takes great delight in lining up his leftovers on the side of his placemat. he LOVES kashi waffles with butter. all i can say is thank god for these healthy, frozen, convenient goodies. if it weren't for waffles, i don't know what the boys would eat half the time.
abes is pretty strategic when it comes to playing with his brother. for the most part, they do really well together, but oz has a bullish way about him when it comes to toys he wants. sometimes he crosses the line and abie gets pretty bent out of shape. but often, he figures out a way to keep his toy, whether through diversion (letting oz have the toy, playing with a new toy that oz will be interested in, oz takes the new toy and abie gets his original toy back), or through keep-away. abie will rotate on his butt, turning his back on oz so he can't get to the toy. he's super fast and oz just can't get to it most of the time. or he'll do the side throw. he'll see oz coming and just as he's about to grab, abie will throw the toy to the other side so oz can't get it. it's just hysterical!
abie's favorite game, besides peek-a-boo (of course), is chase. he will crawl towards the other room, look back with a big ol' smile to get ozzy's or my attention, see us coming and then crawl away, laughing hysterically, as fast as he can. he also loves to touch faces and him and oz will just crack up as they touch each other's nose, mouth, hair, ears, etc. my glasses are an endless source of fascination for him, and i let him push my glasses up, then pull them back in place. it's like an alternate form of peek-a-boo that he loves.
abie shows his affection through head butts nuzzles. j taught him to head butt a few weeks ago and abes has taken it to a whole new level. he butts, and then continues to nuzzle into you for a few seconds. and then, of course, is his trademark move - the ray charles. just say the words and he starts wiggling his whole body and swaying his head from side to side. this guy has got some serious moves!!!
abie j takes a few steps here and there, but hasn't put it all together yet to start "really" walking. i feel like he's on the verge of a breakthrough. you can tell he's thinking about it, and he'll venture the few steps between chair and door, or wall and table, but that's about it. he doesn't seem to be bothered the least bit watching his brother cruise around him on two feet, though.
abie loves to feed other people. he will alternate between putting food in his mouth and then holding his hand out for me to eat the cheerio. that counts for matilda, too, and he somehow knows that when he's done, he can feed matilda the leftovers from his plate. mati takes food so gently from him, and it never ceases to amaze and crack up the boys. abie is more of a methodical eater and will take his time between bites, surveying his plate and choosing what he'll consume next. when he's done, he takes great delight in lining up his leftovers on the side of his placemat. he LOVES kashi waffles with butter. all i can say is thank god for these healthy, frozen, convenient goodies. if it weren't for waffles, i don't know what the boys would eat half the time.
abes is pretty strategic when it comes to playing with his brother. for the most part, they do really well together, but oz has a bullish way about him when it comes to toys he wants. sometimes he crosses the line and abie gets pretty bent out of shape. but often, he figures out a way to keep his toy, whether through diversion (letting oz have the toy, playing with a new toy that oz will be interested in, oz takes the new toy and abie gets his original toy back), or through keep-away. abie will rotate on his butt, turning his back on oz so he can't get to the toy. he's super fast and oz just can't get to it most of the time. or he'll do the side throw. he'll see oz coming and just as he's about to grab, abie will throw the toy to the other side so oz can't get it. it's just hysterical!
abie's favorite game, besides peek-a-boo (of course), is chase. he will crawl towards the other room, look back with a big ol' smile to get ozzy's or my attention, see us coming and then crawl away, laughing hysterically, as fast as he can. he also loves to touch faces and him and oz will just crack up as they touch each other's nose, mouth, hair, ears, etc. my glasses are an endless source of fascination for him, and i let him push my glasses up, then pull them back in place. it's like an alternate form of peek-a-boo that he loves.
abie shows his affection through head butts nuzzles. j taught him to head butt a few weeks ago and abes has taken it to a whole new level. he butts, and then continues to nuzzle into you for a few seconds. and then, of course, is his trademark move - the ray charles. just say the words and he starts wiggling his whole body and swaying his head from side to side. this guy has got some serious moves!!!
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
all about oz
at 13 months, oz-man has really taken off. he took his first steps 10 days before his first birthday and now is a bona-fide toddler. i'd say he's vertical about 90 percent of the time and loves to walk just for the sake of walking. often you'll find him traversing the room with b-b and scarlet in each hand (stuffed animal birds that chirp from the audabon society...his favorite!). it still catches me off guard sometimes to look over my shoulder and see my little baby walking around!
ozzy's nickname is peter-pointer. man, he loves to use that index finger! he must point out EVERYTHING to me. the lights, the trees, matilda, ally, the high chair...the list goes on and on. it's so much fun to know he understands so much and knows so many things by their name. he's not calling many things by their name, though. he says dada, mama and nanana (go figure, see below). and he also says, "didi," which i think is for diaper.
if i didn't know better, i'd swear oskar was part monkey. he loves bananas that much. you say the word, or better yet show him one, and you'd think he would burst out of his skin with the excitement of it all. he can easily eat two bananas to himself in one sitting. and now i know why i craved fruit so much during my pregnancy! oskar eats fruit for every meal. we call him a fruit-aholic. and any fruit will do. add some cheerios, kashi waffles, tofu and cheese to to the mix and you've pretty much nailed his diet. the kid eats like a wolf, just like his father. he can't shovel it in fast enough. it really doesn't matter that his cheeks are about to burst, he still can get another bite of waffle or mango in. i've resorted to dolling food out for him or else it's a serious choking hazard.
as far as play goes, he's adventurous and aggressive. he loves to climb the big kids jungle gym to get to the yellow tunnel up top. that's when i go into high gear and whisk up abel (who is attempting to climb the little slide) and run up the jungle gym to meet oskar at the end of the tunnel, which also happens to be at the top of the tall slide. yikes! sometimes there are some hairy logistics when it comes to one mom and two kids at the playground! oz is a master at stacking rings, all sizes and shapes are welcome, and is getting pretty good at building blocks. he also loves books and can sit in front of the book shelf for a good 30 minutes just flipping pages and looking at all the pictures. i give him a book to occupy him on the changing table (or else he's flipped and standing in a nanosecond), or while he's in his crib waiting for his turn with mama before their nap. it cracks me up because it's like he's already learned the pleasure of reading on the toilet and before bed!
oz definitely has a penchant for being attracted to anything his brother is looking at or doing and will walk over and swipe it right out of his hands (or push him out of the way). we're working on that. he now knows that it's not acceptable and he'll look over at me to see if i'm watching as he contemplates making a steal. more times than not, he'll decide to go for something else now. amazing!
the boys are masters at playing peek-a-boo with doors, a game that never ceases to crack them up. we have towels over every door to avoid little fingers getting crunched.
we've also entered tantrum land with oskar, who takes great offense to not getting his way. his style is to lay face down on the floor and cry. it lasts for a few minutes and then he'll notice abie and i playing and will snap out of it, just like that. it's pretty crazy.
oz-man is super affectionate. his play is punctuated with trips to me and/or jordan for a hug or snuggle. he'll walk or crawl over to us and dive into our laps or shoulders. it melts our hearts every time! he can also be very sweet with abie. their new thing is "head butting," which jordan first taught abie. now oz will go over and head butt abie or rest his head on his shoulder or lap! it's beyond adorable.
ozzy's nickname is peter-pointer. man, he loves to use that index finger! he must point out EVERYTHING to me. the lights, the trees, matilda, ally, the high chair...the list goes on and on. it's so much fun to know he understands so much and knows so many things by their name. he's not calling many things by their name, though. he says dada, mama and nanana (go figure, see below). and he also says, "didi," which i think is for diaper.
if i didn't know better, i'd swear oskar was part monkey. he loves bananas that much. you say the word, or better yet show him one, and you'd think he would burst out of his skin with the excitement of it all. he can easily eat two bananas to himself in one sitting. and now i know why i craved fruit so much during my pregnancy! oskar eats fruit for every meal. we call him a fruit-aholic. and any fruit will do. add some cheerios, kashi waffles, tofu and cheese to to the mix and you've pretty much nailed his diet. the kid eats like a wolf, just like his father. he can't shovel it in fast enough. it really doesn't matter that his cheeks are about to burst, he still can get another bite of waffle or mango in. i've resorted to dolling food out for him or else it's a serious choking hazard.
as far as play goes, he's adventurous and aggressive. he loves to climb the big kids jungle gym to get to the yellow tunnel up top. that's when i go into high gear and whisk up abel (who is attempting to climb the little slide) and run up the jungle gym to meet oskar at the end of the tunnel, which also happens to be at the top of the tall slide. yikes! sometimes there are some hairy logistics when it comes to one mom and two kids at the playground! oz is a master at stacking rings, all sizes and shapes are welcome, and is getting pretty good at building blocks. he also loves books and can sit in front of the book shelf for a good 30 minutes just flipping pages and looking at all the pictures. i give him a book to occupy him on the changing table (or else he's flipped and standing in a nanosecond), or while he's in his crib waiting for his turn with mama before their nap. it cracks me up because it's like he's already learned the pleasure of reading on the toilet and before bed!
oz definitely has a penchant for being attracted to anything his brother is looking at or doing and will walk over and swipe it right out of his hands (or push him out of the way). we're working on that. he now knows that it's not acceptable and he'll look over at me to see if i'm watching as he contemplates making a steal. more times than not, he'll decide to go for something else now. amazing!
the boys are masters at playing peek-a-boo with doors, a game that never ceases to crack them up. we have towels over every door to avoid little fingers getting crunched.
we've also entered tantrum land with oskar, who takes great offense to not getting his way. his style is to lay face down on the floor and cry. it lasts for a few minutes and then he'll notice abie and i playing and will snap out of it, just like that. it's pretty crazy.
oz-man is super affectionate. his play is punctuated with trips to me and/or jordan for a hug or snuggle. he'll walk or crawl over to us and dive into our laps or shoulders. it melts our hearts every time! he can also be very sweet with abie. their new thing is "head butting," which jordan first taught abie. now oz will go over and head butt abie or rest his head on his shoulder or lap! it's beyond adorable.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
dream job
i asked jordan last night what he would be if he could do any job in the world. he said he would test drive and review new cars, specifically high end huge horsepower types, for magazines like road and track, etc. he asked me what i would be. i said i would be a photographer. maybe the photojournalist type, or maybe architectural, or maybe fashion. one out of the three ain't bad, because this morning ozzy was posing like a model and i was shooting like richard avedon. okay, so maybe i just felt like richard avedon.
Friday, February 22, 2008
member of the marching band
it's so funny to see babies' different styles of walking. the boys' best friend kai walks like a drunk zombie. oz walks like he's in the marching band...or the army.
poo stinks!!!
i know, i state the obvious. but i'm at my wits end and so i must vent. the crapiness has been going on for months now, but i've withheld writing about it because, well, it's an overdone subject. but i just can't hold it in any longer.
i believe my boys, one (abel) in particular, strategically poos. meaning that we have a poo at every nap. every. single. one. and most of the time, he poos within minutes of me laying him down. yesterday he pooed twice in one 45-minute period. there have been naps where he's pooed four times, i kid you not. and it doesn't matter what time i put him down. oh trust me, i've tried that. i've varied the kid's nap time all over the map. the poo never fails. i've tried feeding them at different times. i've tried prunes to entice some movement before the nap to no avail.
it's driving me bonkers. what can i do? i'm contemplating not changing it so he learns that it's not a way to get me to come in. but then i think of the rash-repercussions and i cringe. he's got one sensitive tush, if you know what i mean. he knows he's got me beat.
he's a clever one, that abie. at six months he figured out the art of diversion. when oz would steal his toy, he'd look for the nearest, coolest object, start playing with it, oz would then steal that one, and...wallah! he'd have his original toy back. but i'm smarter than that! i can figure out this catch twenty-poo!
okay, so maybe he's smarter than me. but he can't be smarter than the collective wisdom and experience of the world wide web. so i implore you, dear readers, for some advice. what's a poo (i mean girl) to do?
the poopetrator flees the scene of the crime
i believe my boys, one (abel) in particular, strategically poos. meaning that we have a poo at every nap. every. single. one. and most of the time, he poos within minutes of me laying him down. yesterday he pooed twice in one 45-minute period. there have been naps where he's pooed four times, i kid you not. and it doesn't matter what time i put him down. oh trust me, i've tried that. i've varied the kid's nap time all over the map. the poo never fails. i've tried feeding them at different times. i've tried prunes to entice some movement before the nap to no avail.
it's driving me bonkers. what can i do? i'm contemplating not changing it so he learns that it's not a way to get me to come in. but then i think of the rash-repercussions and i cringe. he's got one sensitive tush, if you know what i mean. he knows he's got me beat.
he's a clever one, that abie. at six months he figured out the art of diversion. when oz would steal his toy, he'd look for the nearest, coolest object, start playing with it, oz would then steal that one, and...wallah! he'd have his original toy back. but i'm smarter than that! i can figure out this catch twenty-poo!
okay, so maybe he's smarter than me. but he can't be smarter than the collective wisdom and experience of the world wide web. so i implore you, dear readers, for some advice. what's a poo (i mean girl) to do?
the poopetrator flees the scene of the crime
trendsetters
this morning we all woke up to the news that j lo gave birth to twins. you actually couldn't avoid it. it was the headline on yahoo, for cripes sake. you'd think royalty had just arrived. well maybe that's true - the heir and heiress of pop culture?
the ridiculous media frenzy aside, i actually took some interest in this story. first off, i noticed that j lo's twins were born about 10 minutes apart, indicating a vaginal birth. way to go, girl! c-sections are so common with twins (and for some very good and necessary reasons), some doctors won't even deliver twins the good ol' fashioned way. in an era when celebs, and many others, elect for a surgical delivery (and most of those are single births), it's refreshing to see that j lo was able to choose a vaginal birth. or so i assume...after all, with my boys being born 71 minutes apart, you'd think they were both born vaginally. i got the best of both worlds (or so i've convinced myself)!
but even more interesting than how j lo delivered these bundles, is that having twins is, for better of for worse, becoming trendy. rumor headlines run rampant, "brangelina having twins!" (or better yet triplets!); "jessica alba preggo with two!" the list goes on and on. whether these rumors are founded on any actual fact is beyond my psychic abilities. but they're obviously founded on the media's knowledge that the public DEVOURS anything regarding multiple births. and celebrities aren't immune to the larger statistical picture that says there are more twin and multiple births now more then ever before.
so what will come from the "trendiness" of twins? maybe some relief from all the ludicrous comments from our adoring public (ahem, double trouble, you've got your hands full, better you than me, etc.)? i doubt it. or maybe all the twin celebrity parents will rally behind us in lobbying congress for an annual "bonus" for families with multiples? i double doubt it.
the ridiculous media frenzy aside, i actually took some interest in this story. first off, i noticed that j lo's twins were born about 10 minutes apart, indicating a vaginal birth. way to go, girl! c-sections are so common with twins (and for some very good and necessary reasons), some doctors won't even deliver twins the good ol' fashioned way. in an era when celebs, and many others, elect for a surgical delivery (and most of those are single births), it's refreshing to see that j lo was able to choose a vaginal birth. or so i assume...after all, with my boys being born 71 minutes apart, you'd think they were both born vaginally. i got the best of both worlds (or so i've convinced myself)!
but even more interesting than how j lo delivered these bundles, is that having twins is, for better of for worse, becoming trendy. rumor headlines run rampant, "brangelina having twins!" (or better yet triplets!); "jessica alba preggo with two!" the list goes on and on. whether these rumors are founded on any actual fact is beyond my psychic abilities. but they're obviously founded on the media's knowledge that the public DEVOURS anything regarding multiple births. and celebrities aren't immune to the larger statistical picture that says there are more twin and multiple births now more then ever before.
so what will come from the "trendiness" of twins? maybe some relief from all the ludicrous comments from our adoring public (ahem, double trouble, you've got your hands full, better you than me, etc.)? i doubt it. or maybe all the twin celebrity parents will rally behind us in lobbying congress for an annual "bonus" for families with multiples? i double doubt it.
Monday, February 18, 2008
shopping for immunity
no, this is not some weird twist to the new survivor: fans and favorites. this is about how we've made it priorito numero uno to whip our defenses against sickness into shape. pronto.
you see, we're been pretty germ friendly around here. once we made it past the first month and out of the psychotic wash-your-hands-every-20-minutes-and-sterilize-everything-phase, i have to admit we've been sorely lax on the anti-germ front. binkies go back in the mouth after dropping on the floor, hands don't always get washed before meals, we let people touch the boys when we're out in public, the list goes on and on.
however, after the recent RSV attack and the major cramp it put in our style, we're thinking twice about how hospitable we are to those pesky germs. i know illness is inevitable, but i also know that we don't do diddley to try and prevent it. and that goes for j and i, too. what was i thinking eating yogurt from the same spoon as my kids who have snot coming out of their eyes (i know, it was really gross)! i had some perverse notion that i was immune to whatever ailed them. and guess who laughed in my face.
so what's a girl to do? go shopping for immunity! and even better...go to costco! here's what was on our list:
4 pack of clorox disinfectant wipes
anti-viral kleenex
3 pack of lysol
immune defense emergen-c
komboocha green tea (yogi brand)
probiotics (jarrow brand for the lads)
and, the all important vitamins (i know, i'm a mega slacker and have been off my prenatal for, hmmm, 6 months now. bad mama.)
i was a little worried after all these great germ-killer/illness-preventers sat on the counter for a week. did we have it in us? could we change our ways? after some thought and discussion, i'm proud to say we've initiated an implementation plan. i transfered the industrial-sized roll of wipes to a slim travel wipes case for the diaper bag. better yet, this weekend i even used them. twice! once at the playground where i wiped down the "tree house" that the boys play all over. i could feel the parents staring at me like i was some kind of freak. i felt like a freak, too, however i felt better knowing that i was preventing a future outbreak of flu in my home. the second time came tonight at ikea where we wiped down the carts, the table and the highchairs. i boldly wiped this time and felt less freakish and more empowered. i think i'm really going to get into this (as i sip my emergen-c while writing this)!
project germ slash-and-burn underway! now watch, the boys will wake up tomorrow morning puking in their cribs.
you see, we're been pretty germ friendly around here. once we made it past the first month and out of the psychotic wash-your-hands-every-20-minutes-and-sterilize-everything-phase, i have to admit we've been sorely lax on the anti-germ front. binkies go back in the mouth after dropping on the floor, hands don't always get washed before meals, we let people touch the boys when we're out in public, the list goes on and on.
however, after the recent RSV attack and the major cramp it put in our style, we're thinking twice about how hospitable we are to those pesky germs. i know illness is inevitable, but i also know that we don't do diddley to try and prevent it. and that goes for j and i, too. what was i thinking eating yogurt from the same spoon as my kids who have snot coming out of their eyes (i know, it was really gross)! i had some perverse notion that i was immune to whatever ailed them. and guess who laughed in my face.
so what's a girl to do? go shopping for immunity! and even better...go to costco! here's what was on our list:
4 pack of clorox disinfectant wipes
anti-viral kleenex
3 pack of lysol
immune defense emergen-c
komboocha green tea (yogi brand)
probiotics (jarrow brand for the lads)
and, the all important vitamins (i know, i'm a mega slacker and have been off my prenatal for, hmmm, 6 months now. bad mama.)
i was a little worried after all these great germ-killer/illness-preventers sat on the counter for a week. did we have it in us? could we change our ways? after some thought and discussion, i'm proud to say we've initiated an implementation plan. i transfered the industrial-sized roll of wipes to a slim travel wipes case for the diaper bag. better yet, this weekend i even used them. twice! once at the playground where i wiped down the "tree house" that the boys play all over. i could feel the parents staring at me like i was some kind of freak. i felt like a freak, too, however i felt better knowing that i was preventing a future outbreak of flu in my home. the second time came tonight at ikea where we wiped down the carts, the table and the highchairs. i boldly wiped this time and felt less freakish and more empowered. i think i'm really going to get into this (as i sip my emergen-c while writing this)!
project germ slash-and-burn underway! now watch, the boys will wake up tomorrow morning puking in their cribs.
launch!
i'm so excited to announce that there's a new website in town for twin parents (and higher order multiples, too)! here's a blurb from the site:
How do you do it? is a website for some of us to share what we’ve figured out (or what we haven’t). We invite you to read along, make comments (we love to know someone’s reading!), ask questions. We’ll have weekly features, including product reviews, food talk, and an ask-the-moms segment. Please feel free to visit our features page and use the comments to ask your questions, and we’ll address any topics we can. Our goal is to have something new for you to read nearly every day, so check back often and bring your friends!
i'll be a regular weekly contributor to the blog, and you'll see many of my blog friends posting too, including adventures of carrie, goddess and two are better! i have to give major snaps to goddess, as this whole venture was her idea and she got us all together and set up the site. you'd think with us all having twins of varying ages, this type of launch would take a while. no sir-ee! it was all of two weeks from a "test the waters" email to up-and-running...seriously impressive!
visit often and ENJOY!
How do you do it? is a website for some of us to share what we’ve figured out (or what we haven’t). We invite you to read along, make comments (we love to know someone’s reading!), ask questions. We’ll have weekly features, including product reviews, food talk, and an ask-the-moms segment. Please feel free to visit our features page and use the comments to ask your questions, and we’ll address any topics we can. Our goal is to have something new for you to read nearly every day, so check back often and bring your friends!
i'll be a regular weekly contributor to the blog, and you'll see many of my blog friends posting too, including adventures of carrie, goddess and two are better! i have to give major snaps to goddess, as this whole venture was her idea and she got us all together and set up the site. you'd think with us all having twins of varying ages, this type of launch would take a while. no sir-ee! it was all of two weeks from a "test the waters" email to up-and-running...seriously impressive!
visit often and ENJOY!
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Friday, February 15, 2008
we're back, baby!
as you can tell by the photos just taken, the boys are back to their fun, happy (but still with lots of boogers and coughs) selves. thank god, because lee-lee flew back home to chicago last night. she got us back on our feet in a major way, for which i am eternally grateful. oh, and i'm even feeling better, too!
on another note, the blog has become incredibly useful for feeding my wonderful, handsome, attentive and very generous husband great gift ideas. yours truly received the sigma 30mm/1.4f lens she wanted for a very special valentine's day gift. so fantastic, as you can tell by the photos above! looking forward to posting lots now that we are all back up and running.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008
i want my mommy!
there's been plenty of that sentiment expressed in our house lately, with the boys being sick and all. but after four days of caring for our ill babes with jordan, with none of us seemingly that much improved, i found myself wanting and needing my mom more and more.
it's tough when your family lives far away. in moments like these, i've realized why people make it such a priority to stay in their "hometown," close to a network of family and friends who can be there in a moment's notice to help with the hard times. you take it for granted how important this is until you hit a major glitch, and no matter how hard you try, those glitches happen.
and so it was on sunday when i called my mom in chicago, on the verge of tears, with a healthy dose of snot about to pour out..."mom, i need you." and that was all that needed to be said. eight hours later, at midnight, she arrived in austin.
jordan picked her up from the airport and somehow i managed to be sleeping when she came in. i think the double dose of nyquil finally gave me enough relief to rest, which i desperately needed. we awoke the next morning at 7am to the sounds of talking and laughter in the boys room - sweet, sweet sounds given what we had been hearing for many days. i almost thought i was still sleeping. could the boys be back to their usual morning gab fest with each other? we put on our robes and walked to the nursery to find abie, ozzy and my mom sitting in a circle playing with the stacking ring and reading a book. there were smiles all around. and those smiles were huge!
having my mom, and the boys' grandma, in our house yesterday was like a shot of relief i haven't felt in a long time. peace and calm were restored. we all felt better, instantly. you could tell the boys were sick, but man, were they excited to have their lee-lee back. you can tell they love her that much.
i managed to get a doctor's appointment for myself that afternoon and jordan came home to help my mom with the boys. when i came home 2 hours later, i found everyone in the living room playing contentedly. jordan looked at me with utter bewilderment and said, "it's like they have never been sick. they have been happy as clams this whole time." they proceeded to eat more for dinner then all the food combined over the past 5 days.
i hope that the boys have finally turned a corner. sure, they are still congested and coughing like crazy, but i so hope the misery is over. and sure, you can say that my mom came just in time to see them turn that corner. but i choose to believe something different. something more powerful and innate about what a mother, and now a grandmother, brings to a home.
i think this past day has taught me, in more ways than what i've experienced this past year, what it means to be a mother. that no matter what happens, no matter how old i am, i always have my mom. she will always be here for me. and feeling her embrace, no matter how old i get, is one of the best feelings on earth.
it's tough when your family lives far away. in moments like these, i've realized why people make it such a priority to stay in their "hometown," close to a network of family and friends who can be there in a moment's notice to help with the hard times. you take it for granted how important this is until you hit a major glitch, and no matter how hard you try, those glitches happen.
and so it was on sunday when i called my mom in chicago, on the verge of tears, with a healthy dose of snot about to pour out..."mom, i need you." and that was all that needed to be said. eight hours later, at midnight, she arrived in austin.
jordan picked her up from the airport and somehow i managed to be sleeping when she came in. i think the double dose of nyquil finally gave me enough relief to rest, which i desperately needed. we awoke the next morning at 7am to the sounds of talking and laughter in the boys room - sweet, sweet sounds given what we had been hearing for many days. i almost thought i was still sleeping. could the boys be back to their usual morning gab fest with each other? we put on our robes and walked to the nursery to find abie, ozzy and my mom sitting in a circle playing with the stacking ring and reading a book. there were smiles all around. and those smiles were huge!
having my mom, and the boys' grandma, in our house yesterday was like a shot of relief i haven't felt in a long time. peace and calm were restored. we all felt better, instantly. you could tell the boys were sick, but man, were they excited to have their lee-lee back. you can tell they love her that much.
i managed to get a doctor's appointment for myself that afternoon and jordan came home to help my mom with the boys. when i came home 2 hours later, i found everyone in the living room playing contentedly. jordan looked at me with utter bewilderment and said, "it's like they have never been sick. they have been happy as clams this whole time." they proceeded to eat more for dinner then all the food combined over the past 5 days.
i hope that the boys have finally turned a corner. sure, they are still congested and coughing like crazy, but i so hope the misery is over. and sure, you can say that my mom came just in time to see them turn that corner. but i choose to believe something different. something more powerful and innate about what a mother, and now a grandmother, brings to a home.
i think this past day has taught me, in more ways than what i've experienced this past year, what it means to be a mother. that no matter what happens, no matter how old i am, i always have my mom. she will always be here for me. and feeling her embrace, no matter how old i get, is one of the best feelings on earth.
Thursday, February 07, 2008
sick baby/sick baby/sick mama
the boys have RSV. i know, it SUCKS! we brought them to the doc today after three miserable days and oz just getting worse and worse. abie is just at the start of it, oz is knee deep. in addition to RSV, oz has an ear infection and conjunctivitis. abie has the start of an ear infection. so they're on antibiotics, eye drops and motrin. and we got a nebulizer just in case breathing becomes labored (pray that it doesn't). i'm sure i have the adult version of RSV, which consists of a bad-ass cold. all i can say is "thank god for jordan." he's left work early the past two days and today went in at 6:30am so he could be home by 9am to help with the boys. i honestly don't know how moms or dads (or other caregivers) attend to two sick children at once.
it seems like there are a lot of sick twins out in blog land right now...i hope everyone's kiddos get better - STAT!
it seems like there are a lot of sick twins out in blog land right now...i hope everyone's kiddos get better - STAT!
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
baby fish mouth
he's trying hard to do something.
well baby/sick baby
we had the boys' one year well baby exam this morning, and unfortunately oz attended as a sicky. he got jordan's yucky cold, which around here they call the strain "the crud." it starts with a cough (that doesn't quit) and progresses to a head cold. fun. back to the stats, though.
abel weighs 21 lb 4oz, is 29 inches tall and head size is 46.5
oskar weighs 20 lb 15 oz, is 29 inches tall and head size is 46
they both look great! our doctor is very progressive when it comes to giving vaccinations, and with oz being sick and the threat of abie catching it, we all decided it best to wait. we'll do a round at 15 mo. and another at 18 mo. (which will include the MMR, which he waits until 18 mo. anyways to bypass the whole MMR/autism controversy).
poor oz-man, the doc wanted to check for strep and bacterium because his fever was over 102 and he had a red throat. everything came back negative, so it's just an old fashioned cold, which we knew anyway. i appreciate how concerned our doc is and wanting to rule things out, but when you've got a miserable kid with snot running down his face, the last thing you want to do is prick his finger, draw blood, and then stick a q-tip down his throat! let's just say i couldn't tell where the tears ended and the snot began. keep your fingers crossed that this passes quickly for oz and that abie (and mom) weathers the storm unscathed.
abel weighs 21 lb 4oz, is 29 inches tall and head size is 46.5
oskar weighs 20 lb 15 oz, is 29 inches tall and head size is 46
they both look great! our doctor is very progressive when it comes to giving vaccinations, and with oz being sick and the threat of abie catching it, we all decided it best to wait. we'll do a round at 15 mo. and another at 18 mo. (which will include the MMR, which he waits until 18 mo. anyways to bypass the whole MMR/autism controversy).
poor oz-man, the doc wanted to check for strep and bacterium because his fever was over 102 and he had a red throat. everything came back negative, so it's just an old fashioned cold, which we knew anyway. i appreciate how concerned our doc is and wanting to rule things out, but when you've got a miserable kid with snot running down his face, the last thing you want to do is prick his finger, draw blood, and then stick a q-tip down his throat! let's just say i couldn't tell where the tears ended and the snot began. keep your fingers crossed that this passes quickly for oz and that abie (and mom) weathers the storm unscathed.
Sunday, February 03, 2008
lovin' lee-lee
my mom, grandma lee-lee, left yesterday after a wonderful week-long visit. man, do these boys have some amazing grandmas or what?! it was non-stop fun, going to the playground, hiking along the greenbelt (w/ auntie anne, too!), exploring the children's museum and then lunch at our fav bbq hotspot lamberts. and i can't tell you how nice it was for me to have an extra set of helping hands for the past two weeks with nana nan and then lee-lee's visit. the boys' miss you lee-lee...come back soon!
Saturday, February 02, 2008
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