oh dear

Ever tried to feed and burp two babies at once?

I have...



and I succeeded. No spit up. No projectile vomiting. No blood curdling screams.

Absolute Chaos

Maybe semi organized chaos would be a better word for what our house is like now. Daddy goes back to work tomorrow and today was sort of a trial day for me. He left me in bed with all three girls this morning. I managed to get them all fed and the twins went back to sleep. All was fine until I wanted to take a shower. I'm not sure how that's going to work in the future unless I can get Adia to shower with me. I called DiDi and she watched the girls while I showered. Then we all headed down to her house for the rest of the day. It wasn't too bad having all three and I know I'm going to have them full time soon, but it can be a bit overwhelming. I only have 2 hands and it's crazy when both babies start screaming at the same time. Adia's at least understanding when it comes to them and helps by bringing diapers and holding bottles. Yesterday she even stuck her finger in Mira's mouth to get her to stop crying. She's seen me do it a million times because it gives Mira something to suck on since her pacifiers often disappear. Adia then attempted to use the pacifer, but Mira wouldn't keep it in so the finger went back in. All Daddy could say was, "Her hands are super dirty!" I just shook my head. At least she'll develop a good immune system, right?



It's been super hot here lately, like 100+ degrees. Not your typical summer weather and our place gets entirely too warm. Adia's spent a lot of time playing with water and trying to stay cool. She experienced her first water fun fight, water balloons and run through a sprinkler this last week. She's completely obsessed with water, which was no surprise. She loved running through the sprinkler with her new little friend and thinks shooting Daddy with the water gun is the best thing ever.








In order to really escape the high temps, we headed back to Gramma and Papa's house. Mira doesn't handle heat at all and we were really worried about staying up here. We nearly froze on the coast, but it certainly felt nice for a change. We went to dinner the first night we were there. Adia was happy to see Colie and Eck. She had been talking about them and asking if they'd be there.


Gramma bought Adia a blow up pool at the end of last summer and we hoped the weather would finally get warm enough for her to use it. It finally did while we were there and Adia loved it. The water coming out of the hose was ice cold, but she didn't mind one bit. She played in it for ages and only decided it was time to come in when she got a face full, or more like nose full, of water. She really liked the slide and kept trying to go down face first.




The next day we took her to the lake. It's the same lake that I swam in as a child. I used to go there every day in the summer and even during the rest of the year. I remember DiDi sitting on the beach, bundled up, umbrella over her head and writing letters while my friend and I swam. It would be freezing cold, but we wouldn't care. Adia felt differently. I thought she'd want to swim, but she told Daddy and Eck that it was too cold. Daddy did get her to walk in the water up to her waist, but she wasn't about to attempt swimming.





We've still been swimming once a week at the pool. I still can't swim and neither can the twins, but Adia can. She's actually been swimming in the deep water. Tonight she was even chasing Daddy around the pool. I just get to sit and watch. I hold one baby while the other sits in a boppy next to me. Normally, they sleep through the whole thing and only wake up just as we're getting ready to leave. Tonight, they were wide awake the entire time.









After we swim, we usually go to Red Robin. Adia keeps falling asleep there, sometimes before she even eats. She did that tonight and I felt bad. At least she had a bunch of snacks in the car before we got there.





The sleep deprivation seems to be rubbing off on everyone. Not only does Adia fall asleep in restaurants and in my lap on the couch, but she's fallen asleep at the grocery store twice now. She'll ask for a blanket because she's cold and she's soon out. The last time she fell asleep like that, she slept through shopping, check out, returning to the car, coming home and being laid down in DiDi's living room. I feel so bad that she's not getting enough sleep. She doesn't want to miss anything so it's really hard to get her in bed at a reasonable time and then a baby will wake her up too early in the morning. I can sometimes get her to nap, but that doesn't always happen either. You can always tell which days she's had enough sleep because she's the Adia I know and love, not the little demon child who throws temper tantrums over every little thing.


Daddy and I took Adia to Costco, just the three of us. She begged for ice cream so we got her some. She ended up only eating a few bites of it and wanted to feed Daddy. She was so happy and silly, it was nice to have some time together.

To my surprise, Adia actually ate spaghetti last week and last night. I used to never be able to get her to even try it. I would buy all the different shaped rice pastas I could find and they'd never even come close to her mouth. This time I used regular rice spaghetti and she loved it. She even tried twirling the pasta around her fork, but didn't have any luck getting it to her mouth. I think she liked it because the pasta looked like worms and was covered in parmesan.


The twins continue to get bigger and bigger. They both eat like crazy, but Mira likes to spit it back up, or in Daddy's case, projectile vomit it back up. Last night I was trying to get Adia to sleep when I heard, "little help please" from the living room. I go out there to find a vomit covered Mira and Daddy. It was everywhere. I took Mira, stripped her down and gave her a bath in the sink. It wasn't the best bath and she still stunk a little, but at least she wasn't covered anymore. Daddy had never experienced that before or seen it happen, but I had. I'll never forget when Adia guzzled 8oz and promptly projectile vomited it all right back up on me. I had no one there to help me get cleaned up so we both hopped into the shower. It was horrible and I never used a fast flow nipple on her again or let her drink more than 6oz at a time.

The days are zooming by. The twins are already over 2 weeks old and Adia's starting to act more like herself. She's incredibly protective of her girls and looks for them first thing if she hasn't been with them. She's also been cosleeping with me again. I think she might be afraid that I'll disappear to the hospital again, which I understand. Luckily, she's a deep sleeper so any baby crying during the night doesn't wake her at all.

Both twins had their first real baths this week. Mira screamed through the entire thing. She hated it and was only happy once she was wrapped in a towel. Leia loved the water. The second I set her in it, she was instantly quiet, looking around and acting happy. She cried when I picked her up. Once she was wrapped in a hooded towel, she was happy again. Adia even helped to wash her hair.




Despite my hatred of pacifiers, we started using them with Mira. She constantly wants to suck, but if we keep trying to feed her, she ends up puking. A pacifier seems to be the only thing that helps sometimes. She does get really upset when it falls out.


In order to hold both twins at once, I started putting Leia in the Moby. She absolutely loves it. She's the more tense of the two and cries a lot, but when she gets super fussy, I can put her in the Moby and she immediately falls asleep.


Mira makes the best facial expressions. Most of the time she looks irritated, but then she smiles at Daddy. She's certainly daddy's little girl. We laugh so hard at some of her facial expressions, especially when she raises one eyebrow and looks at you like you're crazy.


DiDi's been helping us as much as she can. Usually she's here in the evening. She'll hold a baby, or two, while I get Adia to sleep. Some nights work better than others and occasionally both babies freak out at the same time. We're lucky and that rarely happens, but it's an interesting juggling act when it does.


We've been spending a lot of time at DiDi's house too. Adia loves all her toys and it's cooler than our place. We tried laying the girls down to eat dinner, but they weren't so happy about it. Mira was fine by herself, but the second I set Leia next to her, she started fussing. Adia did like laying with them, but I ended up having to move Leia over. When I did that, Mira stopped complaining, but Leia started. Leia loves to cuddle, but Mira's not a fan. I think I have the only twins who hate each other and they're not even a month old.




On Wednesday we went to the pool. Adia swam with Daddy, DiDi and Gramma while I sat on the sidelines with the twins. Mira hung out in a boppy while I held a sleeping Leia. Leia can already roll so she usually does better being held onto, tightly. Adia had fun swimming, but came over periodically to kiss her babies. She also decided it was time to leave and tried to head off to the showers on her own. After swimming we ate at Red Robin. It's Adia's favorite place to eat and she's become good friends with the manager. After eating, she always get to play the crane machine.






Before swimming, my aunt and uncle made a visit. They live in Colorado so we don't get to see them very often. Adia acted shy at first, but quickly warmed up to my uncle. She was soon calling him Grandpa and had him reading her books. The twins enjoyed my aunt. Adia did too as a baby. She can always put a baby to sleep.


Adia's been enjoying having PigPig live with her, even though we haven't been holding her very often. Adia did get to hold her while DiDi cleaned her cage.


It's been so hot lately that we've been eating a lot of ice cream. Adia's been loving that. We had DQ the other night and when we went to the mall after the twin's doctor appointment, Adia had more ice cream. She also demanded that I take a picture of her while she sat on the seal.






Today we visited a really good friend. We've been seeing her lots since DiDi moved to Eugene. Adia really likes her too. I think she'll now be asking to go visit her. She has a park near her house with swings and the one thing that occupied her the most, a container of beans! Adia played with those most of the afternoon, pouring them in different containers and pretending to cook. When we left, she asked to go back and play with beans again soon. She also had fun playing their piano. She actually sounded really good and it was so sweet when she started singing too. I think we'll have to get her in piano lessons when she's older. The twins spent the afternoon being held and cuddled. Mira slept almost the entire time, waking up momentarily to down a few ounces. Leia was awake until just before we left. I couldn't believe how long she was awake. Her eyes were wide and she was looking at everything.




The twins had their 2 week check up on Tuesday. Mira is now 6lbs11oz and Leia is 6lbs6oz. I can't believe how fast they're growing. Mira showed the doctor that she can hold her head up, in fact she can do a full push up. I didn't even know she could do that since it's normally Leia holding her head up. Leia demonstrated how she can roll over already. They had to have their blood taken for metabolic tests. Mira screamed for a second when her heel was pricked and quickly fell back asleep. Leia screamed bloody murder through the whole thing. Neither girl is a good bleeder though so it took much longer than normal. At their next appointment, they'll have to have shots. That won't be fun at all.