Saturday, March 15, 2008
The girls have a night out! (And so does Mommy and Daddy!)
Matt and I went to the Comedy Club last night for the 9:45 show to see Henry Cho. It was a last minute plan since Laura got free tickets. Matts mom and dad came over to watch the girls since I was going to be working a little late. They agreed to have the girls spend the night with them because we would be getting home so late. I got home and packed up their bags and sent them with their wonderful grandparents. It was strange walking back in the house and they were not there. Matt and I got ready and left the house at 8:30. This was a miracle in itself. Matt made the joke that we should have just said we were going to comedy club and instead just crawled in bed. We were exhausted from being up at 5! We met Laura and a bunch of her friends at comedy club and really enjoyed the show! Henry Cho is part of the clean comedy group and was very funny. I think my sister was just proud that we were out so late! When we got home we literally dragged ourselves in bed only to be awoken around 3am with violent thunder and horrible hail. What a great night for Hannah and Leah to be out since I thought for sure they would be awake keeping their grandparents up! (They slept right through it of course). I went back to sleep and slept to a blissful 10am!! It was surreal being home and my babies not being here. Its like I cannot remember what my life was like without them. But we enjoyed our night out and our morning to sleep in no matter how much I missed them. Thank you Grammy and Dandy. They had a wonderful time!
Thursday, March 13, 2008
So cliche
I say it all the time, but it really is amazing how fast time flies. The girls are over 5 months and sometimes I forget what different babies they are now from when they came home from the hospital. I mean, are they really in size 3 "Pampers Cruisers" now? And 6 month clothes? What happened to my little newborns? I was reading my sister in laws blog posts from a while back and remembered that her youngest was 6 months old when mine were born. But I remember thinking he was so grown up by then! Mine arent really that old yet! Also, I held my next door neighbors 2 week old, who is a little over 6lbs and it was like I had never held something so tiny. Hannah and Leah were not even 5.5lbs at birth. I have almost even forgotten how miserable I was for a good part of the pregnancy. ( I said ALMOST ) It seems very surreal that we have made it this far and looking back I realize how precious each moment we have with them is. I am going to blink and they will be toddlers. I see that with my nephews. Its insane. I think every parent wishes that their children will reach that next stage (smiling, rolling over, crawling, talking, walking...) but then they reach it and the stage prior to that is over! Seems obvious when you write it out but oh well. I love those girls so much and cant believe how big they are getting. As cliche as it is, TIME FLIES!
Monday, March 10, 2008
Protective Momma
Its funny, because being a nurse I know just enough to be paranoid about some things and nonchalant about others. I am being over protective Mama right now over a little cold. Today Leah started wheezing, and based on the fact that I know how awful it is to feel like that since I have asthma, I worry. So since the doctor told me to call him if anything changed with her, I did. I listened to her lungs this morning and heard some wheezes in the lower areas, but I wasnt sure if it was residual noises from her nasal passages or not. I didnt think he would want to see her, and again we are doing all we can do but I feel so bad for her. It was another rough night getting her to sleep tonight. When she cries it makes her wheezing and congestion a lot worse. Good thing is she is not labored in her breathing, she is eating fine, and there has been no fever yet. For now she is actually fine and I am just feeling bad for her. It makes me want to hold her forever and make the discomfort go away. Well she is awake again... Duty calls. Hopefully she will finally go down for good because I have to be at work around 6 tomorrow.
Had something else to say but I will save it for later!
Had something else to say but I will save it for later!
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Poor Leah
My little Leah is not feeling too well. She has been really congested all week which has now developed into a pitiful cough. I listened to her lungs this morning and they were clear, but I called the doctor anyway to see if he would want us to come in. He did just to rule out any possible ear infection. I must say that we got off the phone with the pediatrician at 8:45 and were showered and out the door with both girls in 45 minutes! Turned out Leah just has a bad cold, which is what I figured, but my peace of mind is worth 20 dollars and its always better safe than sorry. That cough is so sad though. I want to help her and I cant. She is a little trooper even though she doesnt feel well! I just hope she gets better soon. She has not been sleeping very well, so therefore I have not been sleeping very well!
They weighed her at the doctors office though and she is catching up with her sister! She is 15lbs 12oz and Hannah is 16lbs 5oz. Maybe Hannah is just finally slowing down. :)
They are in bed asleep now. Hopefully they will stay that way until 9am - with this lovely time change. Pray Leah gets better soon!
This isnt really related but we took these pictures the other day so I had to add them because I think they are adorable.
They weighed her at the doctors office though and she is catching up with her sister! She is 15lbs 12oz and Hannah is 16lbs 5oz. Maybe Hannah is just finally slowing down. :)
They are in bed asleep now. Hopefully they will stay that way until 9am - with this lovely time change. Pray Leah gets better soon!
This isnt really related but we took these pictures the other day so I had to add them because I think they are adorable.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Hannah rolls over
Hannah has mastered the art of rolling over from her back to her tummy. Leah is able to do it but just isnt as interested. The second we lay Hannah on her back she rolls over but unfortunately she hates being on her belly... Let the fun begin.
Oh yeah, she also scoots backward when she is on her belly. So now when I lay her on her play mat looking at her toys above her and walk away for a second, I return to find her on her tummy somewhere way off the mat not happy about it at all...
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Oh yeah, she also scoots backward when she is on her belly. So now when I lay her on her play mat looking at her toys above her and walk away for a second, I return to find her on her tummy somewhere way off the mat not happy about it at all...
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To Great Grandmothers house we go (Part 2 - the pizza story)
This is probably one of those stories that you had to be there in order for it to be funny, but my mom got a kick out of it and I am going to write it so my sister and I can remember it for a good laugh...
Once we got the girls to bed and we picked up the room, Laura and I got in this little bed with all 80 of her darn pillows to try to go to sleep. We were trying to be very quiet but we got in a silly mood since we were basically cuddling given the fact we had no room at all. Then Leah woke up and I put her in bed with us briefly to try to get her back to sleep. She was very happy now and just wanted to laugh and talk and coo so I put her in her favorite position to see if that would help. Laura and I are arm to arm and Leah is laying on me and Laura goes "I'm hungry!" Since neither of us really ate at grandmothers, it was 11:00 and we were starving. She searched the little kitchenette for some food someone may have left but had no luck. So I suggested we order a pizza. The good ole' iPhone came in handy again as our yellowpages. I didnt really think she would find a pizza place open, and we werent even familiar with where we were, but she did and called. By this point we were really laughing (no clue why other than exhaustion and hunger) but Laura asked "Are you still able to deliver?" We were surprised when he said yes at which point Laura tried to relate where we were. She had absoluely no clue where we were so she chunked the phone at unsuspecting me. I then proceed to say, "Yes, I dont really know where we are or you are, but can you deliver to Covenant Woods Assisted Living?" Probably not what he expected. Luckily he knew where we were and we actually had the right Dominos! So then he asked what we wanted, which we hadnt even thought about since we didnt think they would actually be open in the first place. I finally made it through the order though I was laughing pretty hard - I even had to tell the guy, with no sense of humor, that yes we really did want it delivered to the assisted living and no we had not been drinking... I had to meet the delivery guy in the lobby (wheeling one of my shopping carts back) at 11:45. He found it interesting to see a 20 something year old picking up the pizza. So Laura and I ate pizza out of plastic bowls and drank coke out of coffee cups at 11:45 in the old folks home on the kitchen floor by the light of the refrigerator propped open by a water bottle. Hey, you do what you gotta do. We found it funny anyway.
To add to this, the next night after the girls went down, Laura went out with a guy friend of hers from Columbus. After dinner and visiting some other friends I guess they felt bad that I was bored to tears and came back. It was so late though that they had to ring the doorbell to the building and have some security guy let them back in. I guess you cant bring dates back at 12am when you live in an assisted living. Curfew... So we then played pool a couple rooms down (in "Clara's Corner") using our cell phones on speaker as the baby monitor. What a fun thing to do on a friday night isnt it???
Trips with my sister are always interesting, and now with twins they are even more so. We did get some quality time with my grandparents and it was good that they got to see the babies since they grow up so fast. Saturday morning it took me 3 hours to get my shower and stuff packed, find the shopping carts, move my car, get both carts upstairs, get everything loaded, and go back downstairs to load into the car... Grandmother wanted to know what took us so long... Again, haha.
Though they were so good on the trip to Columbus, Hannah screamed from Phenix City to Montgomery and then from Clanton to Alabaster on the way back. Leah thought it was hilarious. That was enjoyable.
Needless to say, I am glad I went but there is no way I could do it alone. Thanks to my sis for all her help!!!
Once we got the girls to bed and we picked up the room, Laura and I got in this little bed with all 80 of her darn pillows to try to go to sleep. We were trying to be very quiet but we got in a silly mood since we were basically cuddling given the fact we had no room at all. Then Leah woke up and I put her in bed with us briefly to try to get her back to sleep. She was very happy now and just wanted to laugh and talk and coo so I put her in her favorite position to see if that would help. Laura and I are arm to arm and Leah is laying on me and Laura goes "I'm hungry!" Since neither of us really ate at grandmothers, it was 11:00 and we were starving. She searched the little kitchenette for some food someone may have left but had no luck. So I suggested we order a pizza. The good ole' iPhone came in handy again as our yellowpages. I didnt really think she would find a pizza place open, and we werent even familiar with where we were, but she did and called. By this point we were really laughing (no clue why other than exhaustion and hunger) but Laura asked "Are you still able to deliver?" We were surprised when he said yes at which point Laura tried to relate where we were. She had absoluely no clue where we were so she chunked the phone at unsuspecting me. I then proceed to say, "Yes, I dont really know where we are or you are, but can you deliver to Covenant Woods Assisted Living?" Probably not what he expected. Luckily he knew where we were and we actually had the right Dominos! So then he asked what we wanted, which we hadnt even thought about since we didnt think they would actually be open in the first place. I finally made it through the order though I was laughing pretty hard - I even had to tell the guy, with no sense of humor, that yes we really did want it delivered to the assisted living and no we had not been drinking... I had to meet the delivery guy in the lobby (wheeling one of my shopping carts back) at 11:45. He found it interesting to see a 20 something year old picking up the pizza. So Laura and I ate pizza out of plastic bowls and drank coke out of coffee cups at 11:45 in the old folks home on the kitchen floor by the light of the refrigerator propped open by a water bottle. Hey, you do what you gotta do. We found it funny anyway.
To add to this, the next night after the girls went down, Laura went out with a guy friend of hers from Columbus. After dinner and visiting some other friends I guess they felt bad that I was bored to tears and came back. It was so late though that they had to ring the doorbell to the building and have some security guy let them back in. I guess you cant bring dates back at 12am when you live in an assisted living. Curfew... So we then played pool a couple rooms down (in "Clara's Corner") using our cell phones on speaker as the baby monitor. What a fun thing to do on a friday night isnt it???
Trips with my sister are always interesting, and now with twins they are even more so. We did get some quality time with my grandparents and it was good that they got to see the babies since they grow up so fast. Saturday morning it took me 3 hours to get my shower and stuff packed, find the shopping carts, move my car, get both carts upstairs, get everything loaded, and go back downstairs to load into the car... Grandmother wanted to know what took us so long... Again, haha.
Though they were so good on the trip to Columbus, Hannah screamed from Phenix City to Montgomery and then from Clanton to Alabaster on the way back. Leah thought it was hilarious. That was enjoyable.
Needless to say, I am glad I went but there is no way I could do it alone. Thanks to my sis for all her help!!!
To Great Grandmothers house we go! (part 1)
Laura would be a better person to write this blog but I doubt she would ever get around to it, so I will try to have her add what I miss if it is not up to her standards....
She and I took the girls to Columbus Ga to visit Grandmother and Granddad once again. They had not seen their great grandparents, which we have named Nina and Da since Thanksgiving, and although it is difficult traveling with two 5 month olds, we survived the trip. (barely)
We thought we timed it well and left shortly after their noon feeding. Unfortunately after getting my oil changed and lunch, we were going through Auburn around 4 and decided to stop for another feeding/changing. (We were not in the mood for screaming during the last hour of the trip.) So we were back on the road at 5pm and did not arrive at the assisted living until 7 their time. The girls were tired, but since grandmother had laid out food about 3 hours before I figured we had better drop off the things in the room we rented for us and make our way to their place. Before I go any farther I must say that it took 2 shopping carts, plus our double stroller to get everything up to the room, and I still rolled a suit case. We had 2 pack n plays, 2 bouncy seats (for feedings), 2 cameras, a computer, a play mat, 4 pillows (thats all Laura), a blanket, a suitcase for the girls clothes, bibs and burpcloths, another for their diapers, wipes and bottled water, and their every day diaper bag, plus my sisters toiletry bag and her suitcase, and my suitcase. We looked like we were moving in instead of staying there for 2 nights. We threw the stuff in the room and went down the big hall, down the elevator, and down the other really big hall to Nina and Da's. And I have to say that old people kind of flock to babies like seagulls to crackers... so this trip took a while.
When we finally arrived at our destination I knew we only had about 30 minutes before we hit meltdown mode. But grandmother and granddad were just so excited (though they didnt know why it just took so long for us to get there- agh). The look on granddad's face as he watched the girls play on the floor was one of pure joy and grandmother got a kick out of kissing their faces and seeing the girls laugh.
Once the crying started I knew it was time to return to our room for the night. We made it back down the halls rather successfully but when we hit the room all heck broke loose. Both girls started screaming. I mean blood curdling. Laura described it as 18 pigs squealing in terror in a tiny little room. In the midst of the screaming, Laura and I are throwing things out of the shopping carts we had yet to unload, trying to move furniture into the closet to give us some room, find their stuff for their baths (which we should have just nixed the bath thing given the severity of the situation), put the pack and plays together - and one of those was not cooperating... I was calling Matt making sure I was doing it right as the babies screamed. Laura started bathing one of them in the sink since we had no bathtub, just throwing their wet diapers anywhere. I was trying to find the bath soap, sheets, and sleep sacks for them, get their bottles made... It was mass chaos. Hannah and Leah were just so tired even their make shift bath didn't calm them down. After 30 minutes of uncontrollable screaming we finally got the bottles in their mouths and they fell asleep. Laura told my dad on the phone later that night that he had best enjoy these 2 grandchildren because he wasnt getting anymore! I took a video of the mess we made in the first 10 minutes of being there.
Untitled from matthewmccay on Vimeo.
We took a deep breath after they went down and picked up the room by the light of the small tv. They slept well that night though, even though Laura and I were laughing pretty hard AFTER they fell asleep! (see part 2)
She and I took the girls to Columbus Ga to visit Grandmother and Granddad once again. They had not seen their great grandparents, which we have named Nina and Da since Thanksgiving, and although it is difficult traveling with two 5 month olds, we survived the trip. (barely)
We thought we timed it well and left shortly after their noon feeding. Unfortunately after getting my oil changed and lunch, we were going through Auburn around 4 and decided to stop for another feeding/changing. (We were not in the mood for screaming during the last hour of the trip.) So we were back on the road at 5pm and did not arrive at the assisted living until 7 their time. The girls were tired, but since grandmother had laid out food about 3 hours before I figured we had better drop off the things in the room we rented for us and make our way to their place. Before I go any farther I must say that it took 2 shopping carts, plus our double stroller to get everything up to the room, and I still rolled a suit case. We had 2 pack n plays, 2 bouncy seats (for feedings), 2 cameras, a computer, a play mat, 4 pillows (thats all Laura), a blanket, a suitcase for the girls clothes, bibs and burpcloths, another for their diapers, wipes and bottled water, and their every day diaper bag, plus my sisters toiletry bag and her suitcase, and my suitcase. We looked like we were moving in instead of staying there for 2 nights. We threw the stuff in the room and went down the big hall, down the elevator, and down the other really big hall to Nina and Da's. And I have to say that old people kind of flock to babies like seagulls to crackers... so this trip took a while.
When we finally arrived at our destination I knew we only had about 30 minutes before we hit meltdown mode. But grandmother and granddad were just so excited (though they didnt know why it just took so long for us to get there- agh). The look on granddad's face as he watched the girls play on the floor was one of pure joy and grandmother got a kick out of kissing their faces and seeing the girls laugh.
Once the crying started I knew it was time to return to our room for the night. We made it back down the halls rather successfully but when we hit the room all heck broke loose. Both girls started screaming. I mean blood curdling. Laura described it as 18 pigs squealing in terror in a tiny little room. In the midst of the screaming, Laura and I are throwing things out of the shopping carts we had yet to unload, trying to move furniture into the closet to give us some room, find their stuff for their baths (which we should have just nixed the bath thing given the severity of the situation), put the pack and plays together - and one of those was not cooperating... I was calling Matt making sure I was doing it right as the babies screamed. Laura started bathing one of them in the sink since we had no bathtub, just throwing their wet diapers anywhere. I was trying to find the bath soap, sheets, and sleep sacks for them, get their bottles made... It was mass chaos. Hannah and Leah were just so tired even their make shift bath didn't calm them down. After 30 minutes of uncontrollable screaming we finally got the bottles in their mouths and they fell asleep. Laura told my dad on the phone later that night that he had best enjoy these 2 grandchildren because he wasnt getting anymore! I took a video of the mess we made in the first 10 minutes of being there.
Untitled from matthewmccay on Vimeo.
We took a deep breath after they went down and picked up the room by the light of the small tv. They slept well that night though, even though Laura and I were laughing pretty hard AFTER they fell asleep! (see part 2)
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