Slacker!

Has it really been 3 months since my last post? Goodness, i am sorry to any of my readers who are still out there! Things have been crazy for us. We moved to Marina, and really love our new house. It is bigger and has a great backyard.. and is within walking distance to a great elementary school. That will be so great when Tristan starts Kinder in the fall! Other than that, we have been doing well. The twins are 6 months old, well really almost 7 months old. They can roll all over the place, sit up, are eating solid foods, and are on all formula. After much debate, we have decided to quit cloth diapering the babies. I am sad about that because they are just so darn cute. But, i was spending 5 hours every other DAY washing them and i just dont have that kind of time. Our washer is an HE one so it doesn't allow the necessary amount of water to pass through the diapers. So, sadly.. i am selling away our stash. Oh well. They are also sleeping pretty well through the night, usually only get up once at night.. but they must be growing right now because they are getting up WAY more lately! On October 11th my little sister Natalie gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Cailey Anna. She was born without oxygen, and other complications.. despite the doctors best efforts she passed away 10 days after she was born, to the exact minute. I was able to fly to Idaho with the twins (thanks to my sister Nicole) to be with Natalie and Greg for the memorial. It was a very hard time. Very hard. This caused me to lose my milk supply. Too much stress. But, the twins are growing anyway! Prayers for Natalie and Greg and their continued healing and grief are appreciated. What a hard road. In other news, we have decided to travel to So Cal for Christmas this year. We will spend the beginning of the week with my family and then travel to San Diego to spend the rest of the week with Jay's family. Should be really fun. Anyway, that is the latest. Hope all is well with everyone out there!! And, what is a post without a photo? Here are a few of our adorable kiddos!

Twins are 3 months old!

Seriously, where is the time going!? The twins turned 3 months old on August 13th. Their personalities are really starting to show. Corban is still super chill. He hardly cries, and when he does it is more of a wimper. He is smiling a lot and cooing all the time. We like to have full conversations cooing back and forth. It is adorable. Katelyn is still on meds for acid reflux and they seem to really be working! She is spitting up less and less and is no longer super fussy when she is eating! She smiles with her whole body, which you can see in some of the pictures attached to this post. They are sleeping 7-9 hours per night, (Corban even slept 11.5 hours one night!!) and are waking up more and more throughout the day. We are still using Softbums cloth diapers and really really love them. They are super cute and super easy. Pretty soon i should have enough so i won't have to wash every single night!! All in all i would say we are starting to get used to being a family with 4 kids. It is hard, but we love it. We are taking our first roadtrip to So Cal this weekend for my sister Nicole's reception. Wish us luck on that 5+ hour drive! I will update when we return! Enjoy the pictures!

Celebrating 7 years of marriage!

7 years ago today (well, yesterday really) I married my best friend. The last 7 years have been filled with all kinds of happiness as well as plenty of trials in our marriage. I can say honestly, that today.. i love Jay more than the day i married him. We are stronger today because of the struggles we have faced and overcome. I cannot wait to see what our future will hold. My twin sister, Nicole got married on July 31st. I was unable to go to the wedding, but it looked absolutely beautiful. It made me think of my own wedding and how much love i felt on that day. Jay and I sat down and watched the slideshow of our wedding photos and it reminded me so much of that day. Happy Anniversary, Babe!

2 months old!

This past Tuesday, July 13th, the twins turned 2 months old! It is hard to believe this much time has passed already! They are growing a lot. We had their well visit appointment and Katelyn is now weighing in at 9 pounds 4.5 ounces and 20.5 inches. Corban is weighing in at 10 pounds 7.5 ounces and 22.5 inches. They are still in the low percentiles for height and weight for 2 month olds. But, since they were born a month early, they are right on track for 1 month olds! Good! Last week we had a scare with Katelyn. I went to change her diaper and noticed a piece of hair was wrapped around one of her toes 4 times and then three of her toes one time. I pulled the hair, hoping to break it. Well, most of it broke.. but it got SUPER tight. I could not see the hair after that to try to loosen it up. Her toe started swelling and bleeding. Totally freaked me out. When i could't fix it i decided to call the paramedics. They arrived within literally a few minutes, took a look at her toe and said they could not do anything. They too couldn't see the hair because it was so tight and said to call my pediatrician or to head to the ER. Luckily, my mother in law was in the area, so she came right over and watched the other kids while i took Kate to our pediatrician. Apparently this is something that happens a lot with young children and he was prepared! He had a sensitive formula of NAIR that he put on the toe two times and by the time we left his office her toe looked a ton better. Still swollen. Still bloody, but better. What an ordeal! That day he also saw her in one of her "fits" and presribed Axid for her. It is an acid reflux medication that is much like zantac but without the alcohol. So far, it has really helped. She is not even spitting up much, if at all anymore. She still has a hard time eating, but he said it would take about 2 weeks for the meds to work fully. Yay for relief! Other than that we are doing well. The weather has been nice lately so the big kids have been spending a lot of time playing outside. The twins have been spending more and more time awake lately too. Katelyn has finally given me a social smile. Corban has too, but he makes me really work for it! So, that is our update!

As if i didn't have enough on my plate already...

We (I really) have decided to cloth diaper the twins. I know what you are thinking.. i must be crazy, right!? Up until now i had never really considered it either. I always assumed it would be super gross and i had this old school picture in my mind of cloth diapers with pins like our parents used. SO glad they are not like that anymore!! I decided to do this for a few reasons. For one, we are shelling out a ton of money for disposable diapers and wipes every month. We spend at least $100/month. With cloth we can save a significant amount of money throughout the 2.5+ years our twins will be in diapers. Another reason i decided to switch was because of Katelyn's bottm. She has had a nasty diaper rash ever since we started her in disposables. The more i looked into why that may be the more i realized how many harsh chemicals they put in disposable diapers. I had no idea. There is also a HUGE controversy lately with Pampers Swaddlers diapers with Dry Max. Kids are getting very bad rashes and even chemical burns from these diapers. With Tristan and Rylie i loved Pampers Swaddlers, but these new ones scare me. Oh, and in my opinions, cloth diapers are just super cute! Anyway, i ordered a diaper called Softbums to try. They are pretty awesome. They have a shell that can size a kid from 5-35 pounds. That sounds ridiculous, but seriously.. they can. I have put them on the twins for the last few days and i can say i am impressed. Not only do they fit, but they are super cute. So far, so good. I hope to purchase a larger package of these soon so i can get the twins in them full time. Wish me luck! Don't my babies look so cute!!