My First Mother's Day!

Such a sweet time.  This was my first mothers day with babies in my arms.  I have celebrated in the past with my sweet fur baby, Louie and with our angel baby in heaven but this was the first with the twins. It was so special.  Had some sick babies so didn't do much but we went to Brunswick and spent the weekend in our family home with my Nanny and I got gorgeous flowers from the hubby.

 The sweet faces I got to see that morning.....

My beautiful flowers...

6 months....

Wow, I know I am really late but I thought I would get this one in before I have to do the 7 months.  My babies have gotten so big, I Just can't believe how fast their first year is going.

Sleep: The babies both got sick with bronchitis and their coughs were keeping them up.  Jackson still slept pretty good, going down around 8 and not getting up till around 5 but Madison would wake her self up coughing usually around 2 and then be back up around 6.  I will say now that the cough is gone they for the most part are down around 8 and up about 5 but they do get up periodically to eat and then go back to sleep.  Still feel blessed they sleep as long as they do.  They are still rocked to sleep at this point...I just love snuggling with them till bed time. 

Feeding: Breast milk and solids.  They now get cereal for breakfast with a fruit, snack time and then dinner.  They have started on stage 2 so getting more of the combos and meats.  Jackson has started to not like green beans or peas and will gag but he is getting better about it.  Madison likes it all ;)

Just had to put a little momma note: Jackson twirls his foot as he eats.  Its the cutest thing :) 

Diapers:  We are currently wearing size 2 Huggies on their cute monkey butts.....

Clothing:   Jackson is becoming my big little boy.  He is now wearing size 9 month sleepers but 6 month daily wear  He is so long but has such a tiny waist.   Madison is wearing 3 months mainly and can wear some 3-6 months.  Sleepers she is in 6 months because of her length.  


Photo on right:  Madison and Jackson at 6 months beside their preemie clothes.  Crazy how little they once were and how much they have grown.

Milestone:  They have both found their voices and their laughs are just the most adorable things.  Jackson has such a sweet chuckle and Madison has her little southern peach laugh.   They just make your day light up....

We have incorporated dinner to our night routine and they like to talk with each other....

Daycare and the start of the on going petri dish....

Well, the twins started daycare finally.  My mom left us to go back to Illinois Easter, we were so privileged to have her with us the first 5 months and not have to put the twins in day care.  This was a photo of them ready to go that morning.....

They love their daycare keepers though which makes it allot easier. They are happy when they see her and they are happy when we pick them up in the afternoon.  Still hard having someone else spend more time during the week with them then you get too but in this day and age it is what most of us have to do.

The biggest fear of my babies getting sick happened sooner then I thought it would.  Monday, Jackson was running fever took him to Dr to find out he had Bronchitis.  Poor guy....

Then I didn't feel too good on Thursday and went to the Dr to find out I had strept...lovely.  I thought maybe Madison was out of the clear but then found out that was not the case.  Saturday took her to the Dr because she had gook in her eyes and had similar symptoms of Jackson and sure enough she had bronchitis and pink eye.....

So, now our household has almost recovered.  Both still have a cough and Madison still is very congested but hopefully it will pass soon enough.

Our first Easter

My Dad, baby sister, and mom came down for Easter. My family has a home in Georgia and we went up to enjoy Easter Sunday. We went to the church I grew up in and they all were so pleased to meet the twins.  It was a special time because it was the church because my Grandma was the last charter member. 

I of course had to go all out and had Madison and Jackson baskets made that they will be able to use year after year....(you cant see it very well but Madison's is also monogrammed)

Madison fit in her basket and was just so happy to get it

 

Madison thought her dress was a lovie, she had it in her mouth the whole morning....sweet girl!

Jackson was very interested in his bunny and looked so handsome....

Our sweet family and photos of their after church outfit....

"Lean on me"

5 MONTHS

5 months have flown by.  My sweet babies are starting to become their own person with their own personalities, their own likes, and even wanting their own time.  Nana (my mom) has been with us for  the first 5 months and she had to return home to Illinois so Momma and Daddy are on our own.  

Sleep: still sleeping wonderfully.  Same routine, bath time around 8:00 PM, dressed for bed, and then momma sings them "you are my sunshine" as we rock.  They sleep comfortable until about 6:30 Am usually.  Gives mom a little me time and gives me time to get ready in the morning.

Feeding: still mainly breast milk however we have started to incorporate more solids.  We are at twice a day, cereal around noon and then around 6:00 PM we have either green beans, squash, sweet potatoes, banana, or pears.  Pears we just started and Jackson loves them. He cant get enough.  Madison doesnt quiet have a favorite at this time. She doesn't show much interest in the solids at this point so she usually just gets milk in her high chair why brother eats. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diaper Size:  both still in stage 1-2 Costco diapers.

Clothing:   Jackson is wearing mainly 6 months in everything.  Still able to wear allot of his 3 months and 3-6 months however 6 months gives him the most room.  She has not changed much from last month.  She is still wearing 0-3 mainly but is able to wear several of her 3 month outfits. 

Milestone:  They both rolled over from stomach to back.  It was a one time but they keep trying.  They still hate tummy time though. They love to sit up.   

Madison decided while I was taking photos of her in her Easter outfit she was going to sit up on her own....She thinks she is such a big girl. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jackson doesnt care to sit up much, he has such a strong back muscle and he will straighten his whole body so he lays flat but he did hold his bottle on his own the first time and does ever once in a while still, such a big boy.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

First solid foods....

Well the time has come to start introducing solid foods.  I felt it was a little too early based off their age but they are sitting up very well (supported) and showing interest in our food so the Dr said it was time to start.  They will stay 90% at least breast milk but just starting to practice with solids. 

They started with cereal which neither one of them liked and then I mixed some sweet potatoes with it and they liked it a little bit more. Right now we are using the bumbos but since we will only increase the eating times, I have ordered high chairs which they will be a little more comfortable in I am sure. As of today they have had cereal (which they hate still), sweet potatoes and their favorite bananas.  

Madison's first bite of cereal....

Jacksons first bite......

And...why not skype with Aunt Ali to tell her about the yummy bananas I just ate....

Today I am participating in SUYL – Moms of Multiples over at Kelly’s Korner.  Welcome to all of you stopping by!  Please take a look around and feel free to read our infertility blog that led up to our miracles at Took long enough but now TWO perfect.

I have a sweet set of boy/girl twins who are 19 weeks old born premature at 33 weeks.  You can read my birth story here.  Our family of 5 (we have one furbaby) is trying to adjust to our new lifestyle.  I am a southern girl who married a midwestern boy, we went through years of infertility and have one angel baby watching over us.  We were blessed with our two miracles last year and could not be prouder parents.  They are the first grandkids on both sides and are just everyones bundles of joy.  I am so in love, have been since the first ultrasound. Its so amazing two me how my body was able to nurish these two perfect little humans.  I feel sorry for those that are not parents of multiple because they will never know how it feels have 4 eyes (or more)  following you around and looking at you knowing you are the most important person in their life and the coolest :)   Or the four feet that are resting in your belly as you lay them on your chest and the 20 fingers that constanly rubbing your arm or grabbing your hands.  Ohhhh the love and joy that comes from the sweet babies God has blessed me with.

I am excited for a peek in your life and how twins have blessed you. So happy to meet you and please leave a comment if you would like to be blog buddies so I can add you to my blogroll.