Friday, June 28, 2013

7 Months!

Yesterday the boys were SEVEN months old! It seems crazy to me that they are already that old! We feel so blessed that they are such happy, sweet boys and meeting their milestones!  They are both working on sitting up and both have started to get on hands and knees and rocking... uh oh!  They roll and scoot ALL OVER the place now.  I am definitely going to have to get some gates up ASAP!  

 
Silly boys! :) 


 I promise I feed my children! 


 These pictures are getting more and more difficult to take!! 



 

 

On the move!!! He started in the middle of the living room on a mat, and was here in no time!

 
These kids wrestle all the time. It's quite entertaining! 


 
The boys still have their Doc Bands, but they are almost done! Jack should have only one more week and Will about two more.  Their heads are tremendously different and have shaped out quite nicely!  It has gone by fast and I am glad they are getting them off before it gets SUPER hot.  

 
Having fun at the Cranial Doc!

I am enjoying being home from work for the summer.  It's wonderful to be able to spend all day with the boys.  They are definitely MUCH easier to take care of now than they were a couple of months ago.  It's so nice to be able to do things while they play.  It will be difficult to return to work in August, but I will be ready by then! :)

The boys FINALLY got to meet their girlfriends! Jen is a teacher who works with my mom and she had twin girls-Elise and Olivia- a couple months after me.  It was love at first sight!





The boys are still trying new solids.  We've introduced lots of veggies and fruits, but their favorite remains Sweet Potatoes.  Will was especially silly on this particular day and decided he wanted to feed himself carrots.  


Good thing I had stripped them down to diapers for this feeding since we were going to do a little "swimming" afterward!

We had a bit of drama this week with our dog Izzy.  Last week before we left for Alabama she started acting really puny and was barfy.  She does this occasionally though, so we didn't think too much of it.  However, she didn't eat the entire time we were gone and was still super lethargic and wouldn't eat at all.  She was also still barfing gross bile.  So I took her to the vet on Wednesday.  They X-rayed her and saw that her intestines were super swollen and they couldn't get anything to "move" in her.  They thought there was most likely a "foreign" object that had obstructed everything, but weren't sure what.  They decided they would have to do exploratory surgery to discover what it was.  So they got her on IV's since she was super dehydrated and did some blood work.  She was set to have surgery Thursday morning, but then the vet called us and was highly concerned about her kidneys.  They were not functioning, so then he was really worried that she had gotten into something toxic. So he decided not to do the surgery and keep her on fluids for another day.  We were devastated and very worried that we were going to have to put her to sleep.  She's our baby and only four years old, so we were obviously upset.  However, this morning the vet called with great news! Her kidneys started working and they did the surgery.  They removed TWO foreign textiles from her.  She loves to eat stuff around the house, so there is no telling what she got! The crazy thing is we have had Pet Insurance on her for the last couple of years for that very reason.  While looking at ways to save money, we just cancelled it a couple of months ago.  So now we have a lovely, large vet bill, but our sweet Izzy girl should be okay! She is recovering tonight and we should be able to get her in the morning.  Oh the drama! Never a dull moment in this house! :) 


Will and Izzy.  She is so sweet with them.  The other day Will was dying laughing and I looked over and it was because Izzy was licking him on the neck.  Silly pup!  

 Nana and Papa Stott had to buy the boys one of these cars.  The boys think it's great!!


 Photo shoot at Nana and Papa's- it was all good until Will fell out of his chair :) 

They love their toes!

This month's Tie Wednesdays:










Such sweet babies!  June was a blur because it was so busy!  Jason and I will celebrate our SIX year anniversary tomorrow! Yay us!  Never thought we'd be the parents of twins when we said "I DO," but I wouldn't change it for the world.  











June 29th, 2007

Well, I'm sure we'll have a lot of fun adventures in July and I'll be sure to write all about them! :) 

Monday, June 24, 2013

Sweet Home Alabama

Last week we traveled to Alabama for my Pops Wilhite's 75th birthday party! He is my maternal grandfather and the boys' great-grandfather! He is a wonderful inspiration and patriarch of our family.  It was the first time a lot of my mom's family had seen the boys, which was wonderful!  I dreaded the long trip with the boys, but they did a great job on the way there.  They were super fussy on the way back, but we all survived!  We don't have any other trips planned as of now, so that's good.  I'll have a chance to get the boys on a good schedule now.  While in Alabama, both boys pushed themselves up to a seated position! They are still unsteady, but we are there!  We are always thrilled when they meet these milestones.  They are also teething like crazy, which makes for cranky babies, but we are surviving!  Here are some pictures from our trip:

 My Sweet Pops!



 Pops with the boys on his tractor

My Pops Wilhite with Jack

My brother, Josh, and Jack
 
Will and Me


We  had a photographer come and take pictures of the whole family.  These are the shots my cousin, Alex, took on my Iphone.  Real pics to come :)



The Stotts! 



The Andrades



The Grandkids and Great-Grandkids.  My brother was the only boy until Will and Jack came along!  Tori (blond on left) and Alex (with Jack) are 15 and 11.  Alex is the BEST helper ever with the babies.  I tried to bring her back home with me!  Emily (in the middle) just graduated high school.  All the girls are wonderful and it was great to see them! :) 

The Grandparents with all the Grands and Great Grands

Grandkids


Saturday was my 31st birthday! It was my grandfather's big celebration, but my Aunt Amanda brought me a "Texas Doughnut" that was huge and they all sang "Happy Birthday" to me.  It was a wonderful way to spend my day!

 
My favorite birthday gift from my brother and his girlfriend, Heather.  Such a sweet present!

 
I had to get the boys picture on a hay bale.  My grandparents live on a farm that I have always loved.














The boys with their Great Grandparents




Silly folks :)  


It was a wonderful trip, but we are definitely happy to be home after traveling for the last two weeks!  The boys will be SEVEN months on Thursday, so I'll have a new blog then! :)
























Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Beach Bums!

Last week we went to Edisto Beach, South Carolina.  We absolutely love the beach, so the boys will too! It was great to get away and relax with family.  Definitely glad we had a van, because babies require tons of "stuff!"  We were packed in like sardines, but the boys did pretty well on the trip.  Here are tons of pics from the week.

 

Waiting in the Cell Phone Lot at the Charleston Airport for Uncle Jon to arrive from Houston, Texas.  It was great to see him.  It had been since Christmas!

Happy to be out of the car and wiggle!





Learning to sit up! We're getting close!!

 
Drool monster! Teething is no fun!!

 
Will is rubbing his name off because he gets on his head and scoots.  Silly boy!

 
Happy baby!

 
This is my serious face!

 
Getting loving from GG (insert giggling!!)

 
More smiles!

 

 

 

 
Playing with toys

 

 

 

 



 
Pool time!The boys loved "swimming" and luckily they didn't poop in the pool :)



Cooling off in their diapers after pool time. 


 Chilling in the tent on the beach.


Napping on the beach.

 

 

 

The boys often sleep the same way-
 

 
 


Jack and daddy napping



 
Hey dad, WAKE UP!

 
This is my serious face.



 
 
Nom, nom, nom, your head tastes good, Will.

 


Too cool!


Channeling Elton John.

 

 


 
In the sound with GG. 

 
Family pic!

 
Big waves!

 

 

 

 

 

Toes in the sand!
 
 
 
 


Will hanging out with Uncle Jon and Aunt Alyssa

 



 
Let's roll momma!

 
Passed out!



 
Jason tripped coming up the stairs- hehe.  


 Jaquie watched the boys one night so we could go out.  We had a great time at The Thirsty Fish.  


Cupid Shuffle.



Foosball

 
Napping at dinner

 

 


 The family- Jon (Jason's brother), Me and Will, Alyssa (Jason's sister), Nanny (Jason's grandmother, the boys great-grandmother!), Jaquie (Jason's mom, the boys GG), and Jason and Jack


Great times were had by all! :) 

Our next adventure:  leaving for Alabama for Pops Wilhite's 75th birthday bash tomorrow! LONG trip- we'll see how it goes!