Kids say the funniest things...

Watching Little Einsteins and the 3 little pigs are flying airplanes and get stuck in Adagio.

Charlie says, "Oh no, Mommy. The pigs are stuck in Adagio, help them!"

Zane is getting ready to sneeze so I hold up his blanket. He sneezes and lifts up his blanket and says, "Mommy, where did my Bless You go?"

It's officially Summer!

It's summer and we're ready to swim! I find the "getting ready" process just hilarious. They patiently sit and wait for their turn and stand, spin, look up, look down, sit again. They look like they are ready for battle.

They love the water and are kicking their feet and moving their arms and trying to swim. It's so damn cute to watch. And, of course they keep their mouths open and drink half the pool water.

"Mama, pool!" "Mama, outside" "Mama, wa wa" It's going to be a long summer!

Funny boys

Charlie and Zane contuniously amaze me. Their latest:

Saying "bye, Mama" everytime I walk out of the room. Every time!

Hearing a plane "Bye, plane" "hi, plane"

Hearing my moms car horn lock the doors "Hi, Grandma"

Hearing the garbage can "Hi, Dada"

When Sesame Street is over, "Bye, Elmo"

Our first night!

We brought the babies home from the hospital yesterday! We have a co-sleeper for them to sleep in that's next to me. Tim brought them up one at a time ( i can't lift too much) and put them in the co-sleeper. Zane, our resident puker decided to spit up and freak himself and me out! Thank God we had the sucker (ball syringe) and were able to suck the formula out of his mouth. But, he had something stuck in his nose too. Our first successful bugger extraction! He didn't even mind having the sucker stuffed into his little nostril. Whew, first tragedy avoided! But....I was nervous the rest of the night so I didn't sleep much. Around the 3am feeding, Tim was changing Zane and he had pooped...BUT he was still pooping when Tim switched the diapers and all of a sudden Tim says "He just shat" and I look over and it's still coming out all over the changing pad cover!! I started to laugh uncontrollably and it still hurts my abdomen to laugh. Tim asks for help and I jump up to help him. He gets poop on his hand and freaks out. I grab Zane and clean the poop off the cover and Tim rushes to the bathroom to wash his hands. Oy! (I'm still laughing right now as I type this)

Later Zane peed himself and I had to go downstairs for a new gown and a new blanket. He did that twice! He also pooped again and Charlie followed his example and pooped around 5am. Wowzas! Boogies, poop, pee, outfit changes, spit up.....all on the first night?!?!? Really! Not sure if I should be worried about what might happen tonight!

The big day!

July 20th was the big day! My C Section wasn't scheduled until 8pm and we had to be there at 6. I had to stop drinking and eating 8 hours prior to my arrival time. No water, gum or candy. That was brutal. Tim and I just sat here all day looking at each other :)

We got to the hospital, did all the fun intake paperwork and went back to a room before I went into surgery. They put monitors on the babies and to track if I was having contractions. The anaesthesiologist came in to give me the details of the giant needle and what I should expect once we got into the delivery room. About and hour after we were there the nurse realized that I had my toe rings on and were concerned that when my feet swelled up afterward they could be a problem and I could possibly lose my toe!! OMG! So, I tried to get them off. Tim tried to get them off. Dr. Grayson tried to get them off. Nothing! We finally had to call someone from the ER with a little circular saw to come and cut them off my toe. It was hilarious! It took almost 30 minutes but it took my mind off what was about to happen.

I got to see my family and friends before I went in which helped a lot! Tim got these stylish paper greens to wear that were crusty and bright blue! They wheeled me into the OR and sat me on the side of the bed to do the epidural/anaesthesia injection. What an enormous needle! Quite painful but over very quickly. There were about 12 people in the room with us; a team from the NICU for each baby, nurses, doctor and the anaesthesiologists. I couldn't feel anything but a slight tugging which was very strange. Tim stood up and watched the entire thing! I was watching his eyes for his reaction and it was freaking me out! He said it was all very cool! When they cut me open the doc commented on how little fat I had around my abdomen and I chimed in with "flip me over, it's all on my ass" It was weird to be laying there behind a curtain being cut open while having a conversation with the doc and nurses. Doctor Grayson peeked over the curtain to talk to me a handful of times just to check on me and tell me what was going on.

Tim got to see them take each baby out and cut their cords. Zane (Baby A) came out pretty quickly, but Charlie (Baby B) didn't want to come out. He was feet first and ass up! They actually laughed. I could feel and hear the doc tugging to get him out. Tim got to leave with the babies to the NICU but the neo-natologist told us first that they were doing well!! Just a precaution for preemies. It took the doc and nurses about 30 min to put me back together again. I got to listen to them talk while they worked. The anaesthesiologist has gout and is building a car. They spoke just like any group of people who work together on a regular basis. When it was over they told me how great it all went and how I did a wonderful job. They took me back to recovery and I waited for Tim or anyone to come and see me and no one did. I sat back there with the nurse for over an hour! He was with the babies and taking people one at a time to see them. I did get some ice to chew on and was thrilled about that. I didn't have any side effects of the drugs and the nurses were amazed that I was eating cups of ice and drinking water. I was told I was a model patient! I got to see the babies before I went to my room which was very weird!! It was better than I expected and a wonderful, cool experience! The most painful thing about the entire thing was cutting the damn toe rings off!!

24 hours and counting!

This is the last 24 hours of my pregnancy! I'm very nervous for my c-section and just trying to relax and rest. I really did enjoy being pregnant and I believe I will miss certain aspects of it.

I'll miss.....

Feeling them move
Growing two miracles inside me
Having weekly ultrasounds and seeing them grow
Not having to do dishes at my moms house :)


I won't miss.....

Having to pee every hour all day and night
The first trimester acne
Heartburn and acid reflux
Being hot (hoping my body temp goes back to normal)
Worrying that they are ok in there

I can still....

Tie my shoes
Shave my legs
Wear my rings

and I still have ankles!