Photo shoot

Kadence and Liam had their "newborn" photos taken today by "Frame me... by Mamee". I only had the photographer take pictures of them together because I can take pretty decent pictures of them individually myself. There was a lot of work going into this photo shoot and we didn't get a million different poses for 2 hours of shooting. I'm guessing that a photo shoot with one baby would have a lot more diversity. With twins, one baby is either moving around, and the other one might be cooperating, but is getting out of position by the other one being so squirmish. In my case either Liam was trying to eat Kadence's face or Kadence was trying to propel herself off the bean bag. Fortunately, there was no screaming or crying and I think they got a lot of cute shots. I can't wait to see them all, I really like the photographers style. 

Attention

The twins are fussy today. The are taking turns crying and wanting to be held. I couldn't even make dinner tonight because I didn't have my hands free. I have a sling that works pretty nice, but it is so hot today and even though the air conditioner is on in my house I can still feel the humidity. The weather is a whole different topic that I am irritated about...I live in Wisconsin, it should be in the 80's, not 100's.

Anyway, Kadence's cry is not a cry at all, it is a scream. She doesn't know how to cry. Although all her movements and behavior are "newborn behaviors", you'd never guess she was only 6 weeks if you heard her. Liam, on the other hand, has the sweet newborn cry but because he is on oxygen I don't like to let him cry. His O2 levels always drop when he is distressed. So basically today has been me getting absolutely nothing done around the house, but I got a lot of quality baby holding time in!

MamaRoo

If you've never heard of these, it should be number one on your registry. Forget the baby swing, these things are AMAZING and I really really want one. I'm thinking about splurging and buying one but I already have a swing and I don't really need to spend the money on it. But that doesn't change the fact that I wish I had one for my babies.

Due Date!

Today is a milestone for my twins. Today is their due date. With my son I didn't even notice when his due date came and went. He was born at 38 weeks and 5 days. He wasn't considered early, he was on time and weighed in at 7lbs. 3oz. With my twins, I have been keeping an eye on their due date because it is an important day for preemies. Today they are considered full term and they are actually the same size as Noah when he was born. And they are 6 weeks!! I still think it is a little crazy how big they are now compared to when they were born and to other people, they still look so tiny. I think they look huge. Well, not huge. But the difference between a 4lb baby and a 7lb baby is a significant difference. 


Also, we don't take the twins out much because we were told by our pediatrician to keep them away from people and germs for 8 weeks. 8 weeks is a long time. So when we take them out it is usually outdoors or on short shopping trips to uncrowded places. Today we went to Shopko with my mom, and grandma. Kadence wanted out of her carseat right away. She was awake and alert and loved looking around. Typical girl, right!? She already likes to shop.

Liam and Kadence 6 weeks on their due date!

Noah loves his little brother.

And I'm done...

Formula and bottle warming

Forget the fancy bottle warmers I have a better idea that I remember hearing from either a twins book or website. Because you go through so many bottles a day it is easier to prepare your bottles of breastmilk or formula in advance. However, then you have to refrigerate it and then warm up the bottles and with two screaming hungry babies that 5-10 minutes it takes to warm up a bottle can seem like forever. So a suggestion I heard is to use a small crock pot and put water in it and keep it on all the time. This is such a great idea because whenever I warm up bottles in a cup with hot water the water cools off really fast and I have to keep refilling it with hot water. With a crock pot the water isnt going to cool down. The first time you warm a bottle this way be sure to time it to see how long it takes bc if you end up over heating it it could take awhile to cool off and your starving children will not be happy about that!

I bought this small crock pot for $15 at Menards but Walmart sells them too for around the same price or less.

Car Rides

Today I took my first solo ride with the babies and Noah. I drove all the way to Wautoma from my house (hour and 15 min each way) and luckily neither baby cried on the way their or the way back. Traveling with twins is so much more difficult than traveling with just one baby. Whether I am driving for an hour or going to a store that is 5 minutes away I still have to pack a bag full of stuff. Diapers, bottles, extra clothes and right now Liam's oxygen tank. Most people don't like to drive with screaming babies in the car so, of course, I have to feed the babies before I go anywhere. Sometimes it turns into a decision to leave right away after they eat or be forced to wait until after their next feeding which could be and hour and half to two hours later.  So, I have decided to make plans for the next day. No more waiting until noon to decide that I want to go somewhere. I need to decide the night before and get everything ready if I want to leave the house before 3pm. All in all, I did pretty well today. Noah is staying at Grandma and Papa's until Sunday and Stephen works 3rd shift tonight and tomorrow so I will actually get to "sleep when baby(s) sleep" :)  I do miss my Noah when he is gone tho.

Onesie Secret

I recently found this out about onesies. Did you know that the reason why they have that layered part at the neck is so that you can pull it down off the baby's body instead of pulling it up over their head in a case of a poopy explosion that gets all over their clothes?? I did not know when I had my first baby. It could have been very useful knowledge in one particular event. 


It is the most memorable trip to Barnes & Noble that I ever took. Noah was a little over a month old and my friend came to Arizona because both of our husbands were deployed to Iraq at the time. We decided to go shopping, of course, and brought the little guy. We ended up at Barnes & Noble which ended up being our last stop because Noah had what we like to call an "assplosion". His onesie was full of it, it car seat was full of it...it was awful. There was no way possible that the stuff was not going to get on my hands, I just had to go for it to clean him up as well as the car seat. (BTW I'm pretty sure I pulled the onesie up over his head b/c I didn't know about the purpose of the layered neck). It was pretty much the exact moment I understood that you need to pack your diaper bag for the unexpected b/c I didn't bring him extra clothes. So we drove home with Noah in just his diaper and cleaned out car seat (as much as could get clean). Don't worry he got a bath right away! 


The point of this story, is that onesie's are amazing in ways that you didn't even know. They aren't just cool because they have snappies at the crotch to easily access a diaper change.