Our McDouble!!: 2011

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Halloween and 2 month Doctor Check up

After Kirk and I's first trip up to Sacramento since the babies were born to go to our families annual trip to Bishop's Pumpking Farm, we came the following weekend as well. Kirk and his brother, Brandon, flew out to Alabama to help get their Dad moved out here to California. We are very excited to have Terry here in California...Alabama is much too far away! It'll be nice to spend more time with him for the holidays and for him to get to see the grandkids more often as well. So, while Kirk was gone for 5 nights, I stayed with my parents. They were amazing! My Mom, Dad and sister, Ally, all helped take care of the babies and they even took turns waking up every few hours at night to help me feed the babies! They are amazing and I feel so blessed to have such an awesome family.
The weekend I was up in Sacramento and Kirk was in Alabama also was Halloween weekend. Ever since we knew that we were pregnant with twins, we have referred to the babies as our "2 peas in a pod." So, it only seemed appropriate that they would dress up as just that for Halloween! They were SO cute! For the most part they didn't mind it too much, but they were definitely ready to get out of the costumes by the end. I feel bad for this generation of kids...when they're older, they're going to say to their parents, "Did you post this picture of me on...(fill in the blank...Facebook, Twitter, GooglePlus, Instagram, Diptic, etc)?" Oh well, that's the price they'll have to pay for being so darn cute ;-)
This month was also their 2 month Doctor's appointment to check their height and weight and for their first round of immunizations. Since Kirk had taken off time for the weekend we were gone, I was going to have to go to this appointment alone. I knew I could do it if I had to, but knew that wasn't something I wanted to do if I could avoid it. So, my amazing friend, Jessica Haynes, left her baby at home with her hubby and accompanied me to the Doctor's appointment. I truly don't know what I would've done without her. I found myself choking up when the boys got poked and started to cry. She was there to make a bottle and hold one while the other baby was getting their shots. It was nice to have 2 adults for 2 crying babies. We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends here! It wasn't until just recently that we ran out of dinners that people have given us over these past few months. Having those meals truly made these past few months so much easier where just changing out of pajamas or taking a shower seemed like an impossible task.
We were curious what the boys' weights were going to be since Benny seemed to have been catching up to Jojo recently. Jojo weighed in at 12 lbs and 23 inches and Benny was 11 lbs 12 oz and 23 inches as well. So, I guess Jojo isn't ready to let go of the lead yet. Glad to hear they're both growing well and looking healthy. There's not much else you could ask for as a parent! We are truly blessed with these amazing little boys and we've had so much fun watching their personalities emerge as they're starting to coo and talk to us. Time is flying though, and I can't believe that they're already going to be 11 weeks this Friday! Hope you all are doing well and enjoying this beautiful Fall weather!

Benny was done with the photo shoot

Beautiful Auntie Ally

Cute shirts from Grammie Pammie and Great Grandma Shirley...BTBFF = Born Together, Best Friends Forever

Morning smiles!

Benny hanging out with Patty!

Barb and Benny

Auntie Amber helped me get the boys in their costumes

The Herzogs came to visit!

Sean holding Jojo (along with Jack, Evan, Great Aunt Carol, Bo and Lisa!)

Great-Grandpa Joe holding Benny

Great Aunt Cristie and Glenda are the BEST!

Handsome Jojo

They're not huge fans of tummy time...

Jojo with his Wubba Nubba

Janelle and Benny

Tom teaching my son how to stick out his tongue

Grandpa Terry's first time meeting the boys!

I wish I could hold them all day long...

At their 2 month Doctor's appointment...before the shots.

Gilbert and Benny

Monday, November 7, 2011

2 months old!

Here's a few pics of the boys from the past few weeks...I cant believe how fast they are growing. They are still eating every 2 1/2-3 hours, but just recently started giving mom and dad an extra hour of sleep between feedings (if we're lucky) once at night. It's amazing what an extra hour of sleep can do for sleep deprived parents!
I took the boys into the doctors this past week and Josiah weighed 11.8 lbs and Benny weighed 11.5 lbs.
Jojo had always been a pound ahead of his brother, but Benny is quite the little eater and is quickly catching up to his brother!
We also went on our first road trip this past weekend up north for our family's annual trip to Bishop's pumpkin patch. We had so much fun seeing our families and we had lots of hands (big and small ) that wanted to hold the boys. I love how baby crazy our family is. Jen & Aaron's middle son, Austin, asked if he could "pet" the boys...too cute!
Stay tuned for the boys in their cute Halloween costumes...

Christopher and Jojo!

Putting their heads' together...

Dana and Melissa came to visit!

Cale and Grant giving Jojo a kiss

Jalissa and Jojo

Trevor and Benny

Hangin' with Brandon, Alicia, Faith and Richard at Bishops Pumpkin Farm

Cous-Auntie Jen with Benny Boy

Kylie girl is so good at holding babies!

The many faces of Benny boy!

Sweet Jojo Bear

Cous-Auntie Kimmy and Great-Aunt Cristie are wonderful baby holders

Grandma Jan doing the double baby hold

Grant holding Jojo

Auntie Annie with Benny

The Herzog Bunch

Our Super Men!

Auntie Amber, Uncle Matty and Jojo at the Pumpkin Patch

Monday, October 17, 2011

6 weeks old!

How did that happen?! Apparently, both Kirk and I are natural bloggers as so much time has passed since our last post. Time has seriously been flying! We are all happy and healthy and HOME! It's hard to even think back to when we were all in the hospital and especially hard to think about when we were discharged with Benny while Josiah was still in the NICU. I still can't talk about it without crying.
Josiah is a champion eater and is super alert...he gives us lots of smiles and laughs a lot in his sleep (melts our hearts!)
Benny is still the smaller of the two, but I wouldn't be surprised if he's caught up with his brother...he's eating ALL the time these days!
I was hoping the blog would be a journal of sorts chronicling our life with our twin boys, but it has proven to be much more difficult for both of us than we thought to get to the computer and keep up with it. Between feeding, burping, changing, rocking, sleeping and finding time for us to do some of those things as well...getting to the computer has taken a backseat. Luckily, i found the blogger iPhone app, so I'm composing this blog while double breast pumping (sorry, TMI) and the boys are having a rare moment of sleeping at the SAME time :-)
Both the boys are getting more and more alert every week and are reacting a lot more to our faces and voices. It is such a blast watching them grow and change...it's amazing.
Our hearts feel like they could just burst with love for these boys, it's seriously amazing being a parent!
I must also say that neither one of us have ever known sleep deprivation on this level before. Sometimes I get nervous thinking, "how can I be THIS tired and still (this is where I stopped cause something came up)...
So a few days later, I'm resuming this post to say that I am determined to be more diligent and keep this blog up to date since for some of our family and friends out of town (and who don't have Facebook), this is our mode of updating them.
We've been blessed to have lots of visitors, and some in particular have been Kirk's mom and grandma all the way from Michigan and Indiana! They stayed with us for a week and were so amazing. Pam can really do circles around anyone I've ever met...her energy is endless. Grandma Shirley is the best baby rocker I've ever seen. We were so sad to see then go as the boys are growing so fast and next time we see them, they will have changed so much. We miss our families so much!
My parents have come and stayed with us several times and lots of our family from up north have made the trek down south as well. It means so much having them come down and meet the boys!
Here's a few pics of the boys over the past few weeks...I know, they're WAY too cute!!