tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80193950934201193592024-03-05T18:17:45.340-05:00Schneider BlogJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07277767345803631427noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019395093420119359.post-48891009240122906172012-10-24T21:14:00.000-04:002012-10-24T21:14:50.345-04:0013 Months Several updates on the girls and a few things that I want to document before I forget them. The girls are crawling around like crazy and they are so cute together. They crawl a lot side by side or one after another. Alana continues to be the more adventerous of the two and she usually takes off first with Kira right on her heels. They interact with each other all of the time laughing and giggling. The only time they seem annoyed with each other is if one tries to sit and they end up sitting on each other. Alana ends up sitting on Kira a lot which is so cute. <br />
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Kira continues to avoid making eye contact - this drives Jim and I crazy. She will sometimes not look at us at all no matter how many times we call her name or tap her. However, if you walk away or ignore her she looks directly at you and gets annoyed. Alana continues to smack her chest whenever we are changing her clothes. <br />
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We went to day care a few weeks ago and Alana had mastered the bridge. It has one step up and a step down. Colleen, Jennifer and Wendy work with the girls a few times to show them what they need to do and then they leave them to figure it out. Alana would get up on the bridge but then she was not sure how to get down and she would get frustrated and cry. Eventually she would fling herself off the bridge like a Soma wrestler. The day care had to bring out extra mats so that she would not hurt herself. She has now figured it out though. Kira is still working on it but overall is not as interested as Alana. The day care gave us a report card on each girl. They told us the girls are the best behaved girls they have ever had and they see a lot of children. They said they are gentle souls. Alana was marked as loving her food (yes the small baby loves to eat!). Alana loves to explore and likes to play with the other kids in the classroom. Kira is not as interested in the other kids and mainly hangs out with the teachers or Alana. They thought that Kira may be our book worm. Lastly they said the girls are very nosy. They are very attentive and if another child is getting into trouble they are all up in their business. <br />
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Both girls are pulling up, cruising, they have 4 teeth (2 on top and 2 on the bottom), and they love to laugh and play together. Alana is now known for her butt dance. She likes to put her legs and hands down and stick her butt up in the air and move it.<br />
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Alana "Butt Dance"</div>
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The girls hold hands when they are eating sometimes and they pass food back and forth. Food in general has been interesting since they are now on a full menu at day care and we are giving them "table food". The messiest food so far has been the fig newtons. <br />
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Alana - Fig Newton</div>
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Lastly Alana mastered the stairs last weekend. Benz was at the top barking at her which made her really want to get to the top. When she made it all the way up she squeeled and crawled down the hall. Kira sat at the bottom watching the entire thing but did not try to crawl up them. <br />
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Today (September 1st) I showed Kira how to handle the first step and she was off. The girls crawled up side by side and Kira made it to the top first.<br />
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The girls are growing up so quickly. I can not believe how much they change in a week.<br />
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Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08023692027229080264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019395093420119359.post-72989790473757054342012-07-31T21:28:00.001-04:002012-07-31T21:28:11.676-04:001 Year - First Birthday PartyI know that all parents say this but Jim and I say it all of the time..... wow where did this year go? So many people say congratulations on making it through your first year, or this birthday is for you or you made it, now things will get easier. However, Jim and I do not feel like that at all. Other then the first couple of months (which were very rough due to lack of sleep) this year has been great! I know we are super lucky that they girls have always slept 12 hrs. straight at night and that has a lot to do with it but overall this was one of the best years of our lives. We do not feel like we survived it but rather we are sad that one year is already behind us. <br />
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Every night we sneak into their room to check on them before we go to bed and we come back to our room shaking our heads that we still can not believe we have two beautiful identical girls. The odds were so against us and we wonder if and when we will ever believe that this happened to us. We know how lucky we are!<br />
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We appreciate all of the support we have had from the beginning and we are so happy that so many of our friends and family could join us for the girls 1st birthday.<br />
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We love you Alana & Kira!! <br />
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Alana in the Frog 1st Birthday Shirt</div>
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Alana on left and Kira on right</div>
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Kira</div>
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Alana</div>
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Kira</div>
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Daddy & Kira</div>
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Challie, Alana & Dan</div>
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Uncle Jason and cousin Jacob</div>
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Uncle Joel and cousins Justin & Jonathan</div>
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Grandma with teachers at SAS (Wendy and Jennifer)</div>
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Kira - rolled over in bed for the first time that we noticed<br />
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Kira has also mastered the "nose scrunch". She loves to do it when you take her picture. It is her form of a smile at this stage. Alana will also nose scrunch on occasion but Kira has it down pat. <br />
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Both babies have started to scoot all over the place. Alana moves around like crazy but she is always on her stomach and always going backwards. Alana will even look over her shoulder to see where she is going. Kira does not move around as much as Alana but she also goes backwards on her stomach or she has this new move where she sits up and bounces herself forward. It is painfully slow but she gets there. <br />
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We have had several summer vacations - one was to White Lake for Sandi's family reunion.<br />
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<br />Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08023692027229080264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019395093420119359.post-88187439273715112612012-06-10T21:22:00.002-04:002012-06-10T21:22:45.618-04:00First Bike Ride with Daddy - Pull BehindDaddy has been waiting for a long time to take the girls out on a bike ride. They both needed to be able to sit up well on their own. Since they have been sitting very well for awhile now we ran to Target to buy them both a helmet so that we could try it out.<br />
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It took Daddy awhile to get the bike and pull behind ready to go. By the time everything was ready the girls were bumping up to their bed time and starting to melt down. We tried it any way. They both loved getting into the pull behind. They were strapped in very well sitting on a seat and their feet dangled. They loved scrubbing their feet on the floor. Everything was going great until we put on their helmets. We had tried the helmets in the house and overall they were fine with them. However, in the pull behind the way the seat is the helmets pushed their heads forward so they had to look down. They HATED that and started crying. Once Dad started moving they both stopped but they still did not like those helmets. <br />
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Riding down the road in front of the house (Mommy followed behind)</div>
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Daddy making sure they are ok for their first bike ride</div>
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Kira on left - Alana on right eating the strap</div>
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You can kind of see how their heads are pushed forward. They are not happy! Kira on left & Alana on the right</div>
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Daddy trying to adjust the helmets</div>
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We will have to find some new helmets for the next bike ride. Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08023692027229080264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019395093420119359.post-55112470143381381752012-06-10T21:13:00.001-04:002012-06-10T21:13:37.088-04:00Pullen Park - Carousel - TrainWe recently went to the TMOTT (Triangle Mothers of Twins and Triplets) picnic at Pullen Park. We were excited to take the girls for the second time to the park but this time we figured we could ride the train and the carousel. We also figured since their 1st birthday party was also going to be held at Pullen Park that we could take a few pictures for their invitations. <br />
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Auntie Kristen met up with us with Luster (Puppy for Guiding Eyes for the Blind) and we started with the carousel. Mommy and Daddy were very surprised by how fast the carousel went around. We were both wondering if we were going to be ok - it would have been terrible to drop the girls. The girls at first were not sure about it. They were not happy or sad - just neutral. Near the end though they were both smiling and Kira was bouncing up and down on her horse.<br />
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We then headed to the train and Daddy dropped off the girls on my lap. He did not ride so that he could take our picture as we zoomed on by. It was a nice little train ride around the park. So two firsts - the carousel and then the train. Getting off the train without Daddy around was a little tricky. Sweaty girls are very slippery.<br />
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We then returned to the pavilion for some lunch and to chat with other parents with multiples. Alana had a new "naught" trick and while she was in the stroller every time we looked at her she would cry. She wanted out. If we ignored her she would stop but as soon as we glanced in her direction she would cry again. If you know us at all you know that she stayed in that stroller until she stopped crying.<br />
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Outside the carousel with Auntie Kristen. Kira in pink</div>
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Kira in front (this is just for the picture. Alana was on her own horse with Daddy for the ride</div>
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Kira - the poor babies have Mom's sensitive skin (love the red dots on the forehead)</div>Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08023692027229080264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019395093420119359.post-71957803087402407902012-05-28T20:57:00.001-04:002012-05-28T20:57:14.203-04:00Tub - Camping - First Bed - More Camping - First "Real" Food<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
Kira - 10 Months - First bath toys. Kira loved the rubber ducky from Belhurst Castle that Jim and I picked up while staying their for our wedding. </div>
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Camping Trip with Nick and Claire to Uwharrie. This was an accident as they were playing and then suddenly fell asleep but the girls slept for the first time in a real bed. </div>
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First time in outside tent. They both loved it. </div>
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Zoey's first sparkler. Owen watches and Claire takes lots of photos to capture the moment. </div>
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Kira's first pig tail. She came home from day care looking all cute</div>
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Alana - I love this ball (thanks Claire)</div>
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Kira hanging out at the messy campsite waiting for Daddy to return from his very long bike ride</div>
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Our first "real food" - Kira having some avocado! She also picked up a nice bug bite from our camping trip. </div>
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Alana went crazy over avacado. You could not give it to her quick enough. She was so excited she was literally shaking in between bites. When it ran out she cried. Avacado was a hit. </div>
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Alana in orange, Kira & Benz<br />
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Alana in orange<br />
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Kira and Alana have both found their toes and Kira puts hers in her mouth all of the time. She loves to suck her thumb and Jim takes it out of her mouth so she has decided to put her toes in her mouth instead. Jim laughs and lets her have her toes since she will grow out of that once she is not as flexible.<br />
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Kira - Yummy Toes<br />
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They both love Peek A Boo but here is another example of how different their personalities are. If you put something over Alana's face she immediately pulls it off. If you put something over Kira's face she will leave it until you pull it off. She just sits there under the cloth and waits for you to take care of it. How funny!<br />
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Kira is now working on tooth number 2 (bottom/front) and it looks like Alana is getting tooth number 1. Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08023692027229080264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019395093420119359.post-21688140525576573172012-04-20T20:23:00.002-04:002012-04-20T20:23:31.478-04:009 Months & First ToothToday was the 9 month check up appointment. The beauty about this appointment is that it was the first appointment without any shots. That was a great thing since Mom was solo for this doctor's visit! Alana's weight was 16lbs. 6 oz. (17%); height 25 3/4 inches (1%) and head circumference was 18 inches (90%). Kira's weight was 18lbs. (43%); height 27 inches (19%) and head circumference was 18 inches (90%). Jim and I say their big heads hold their big brains. <br />
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A few other things to mention is that Kira's bottom tooth is coming in strong. She remains a great baby through the teething as we would not have even known if she had not chomped on Jim's finger while we were camping. She continues to squeal and overall she is a super content baby. Alana has really come out of her shell the past few weeks and she is talking up a storm. Both girls love to say what sounds like Da...Da... Da over and over again. It is super cute. Alana when she gets excited opens her mouth in an O shape (she has done this since she was born) and her legs go like crazy. Kira when she gets excited her hands twist and her feet twist. Funny how they are so alike but yet so different. <br />
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They both are showing more interest in sitting up and we have started to put them in high chairs when we go out to eat. Like most kids they love banging their hands on the table.<br />
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Kira - Coors Light please! <br />
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They are showing a lot of interest when we eat and drink and they will hold a cup to their mouth like they are going to drink. Kira has also learned how to hold her bottle although unless she is super hungry she normally drops it about half way through. <br />
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Kira - Dad I am thirst!Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08023692027229080264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019395093420119359.post-77806509764183447562012-04-09T22:37:00.016-04:002012-04-09T23:13:53.763-04:00Camping 1.0The girls had their first camping experience. We left early on Thursday to try and get to the campground before they locked us out. They were nice enough to stay a little late and let us in at 8:30. They really wanted us there but 7pm, but their website said 9pm. So we held them to their website.<br /><br />We got there in the dark and in the rain. Joy checked in and hopped back in the car. "The guy said to go right up the hill and don't be bashful with the gas peddle." Off I go remembering that the hill was very steep and not likely to have changed since we were there last (7 years ago). We get to the top and where is the guy? A few minutes later he shows up shaking his head "No, No, No. You needed to go straight and around up the other side of the hill." Turning around wasn't an option so we had to leave the camp ground and do a U-turn in the main road to come back in correctly.<br /><br />This time we are lined up right, but I can't seem to get the camper to swing as I would like with the incline and such. The guy took pity on me and since he was standing in the cold wet rain I took him up on his offer to back the camper in. Wonderful, we are now on our site in the pitch dark and raining. Joy pulled the car around and aimed the head lights onto our site, with the girls tucked in their car seats inside the nice warm dry van.<br /><br />Now, onto the setup. I'm still in my kaki's, dress shoes and dress shirt. I did put on my rain coat for this, but step one was to get the camper level then we wanted to get our tarp up over the camper. I know it seems silly. Why bother with a pop-up if you are going to cover it with a tarp. In the long run it is easier, in the short term it is a mess. I think we spent about 1-1.5 hours setting up the tarp, poles, and stakes. At this point we are shaking, cold and wet. What a great trip right? Well by about 11:30 we had the heat going and getting the final touches in place along with bringing the girls into the camper. Then off to bed.<br /><br />The next day we wake up to hear the girls making their little morning noises and hanging out in their car seats. We were all warm and dry. I got the camp stove going to boil some water to heat the bottles and we decided to head out for breakfast rather than to try and cook in the light rain. Here comes the next bump in the plan.<br />We got dressed and cleaned up to head out for breakfast. Loaded the girls into the van and it wont start. Great! We left the head lights on too long while during set up the night before and now we were out of luck. We drained it so bad that the battery couldn't run the motors to open the side doors. Joy had to head over to another site and ask if they could give us a jump which did the trick. Now we don't want to stop the car for breakfast just yet. Which left us with heading into town about 10 miles away.<br />I wasn't sure this would be far enough to charge the battery so we found an open NAPA store in town and I parked in front to give the van a quick test. It started up with no problem. On to the next big task. Where could we find a country breakfast from a local joint. Believe it or not Brevard didn't seem to have anything popping out at us. So we looked at the pamphlet from our campground and drove all the way back to the campground and beyond to find the best country breakfast we have had in years!!!!<br /><br />Yup, the night before we both talked about what we wanted for breakfast and stuffed ourselves. We had omletes, hash browns, toast, and split a large stack of blue berry pancakes. Here is a tid bit. How do you know you are eating a good country breakfast? Your fluffy blue berry pancakes will taste like there is a hint of bacon in them even though there is no bacon on your plate. Oh man it was good. We decided right then that breakfast would be at the same spot on Saturday. Good old "Grammy!"<br /><br />While at the restaurant we talked to several people. Not because Joy and I looked so interesting, but because we were traveling with our rockstar twins. Table full of retired couples were very interested in the girls and asked lots of questions and thought they were just cute as could be. The wait staff swung over several times to check on us and the girls. The owner's mother stopped by to chat. Then the owner and her little girl sat down and chatted with us a bit. It was really quite fun. When we went back the next day the owner's mom even remembered the girls names and everyone checked in on us again. It was a great friendly atmosphere that really made Joy miss the country town she grew up in. So if you are ever near Brevard,NC or Cedar Mountain, NC check out <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/place?hl=en&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1536&bih=842&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=grammy" target="_blank" fb="1&gl=us&hq=grammy's&hnear=0x8859b735d8397ac9:0x10460ae9de96cc39,Cedar+Mountain,+NC&cid=15113084115458063040"">Grammy's</a>.<br /><br />The rest of the day we spent hiking with the girls who seemed to have a great time. Alana loved riding in the Baby Bjorn. She would stick her tongue out, then pull it in and open her mouth and eye wide open and kick her legs and flap her arms. It was like she was trying to help fly mommy up the hills. Kira was a bit more laid back. She was very interested and seemed to take it all in, but was a bit more laid back about it all. The girls loved hiking so much it was really pretty hard to get them to sleep. Until after our last hike. We stuffed them with some Gerber carrots and peaches then hit the road for dinner.<br /><br />We found ourselves at a wonderful little restaurant called <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/place?hl=en&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1536&bih=842&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=grammy" target="_blank" fb="1&gl=us&hq=grammy's&hnear=0x8859b735d8397ac9:0x10460ae9de96cc39,Cedar+Mountain,+NC&cid=15113084115458063040"">Falls Landing</a>. We felt a little under dressed to go in and our girls had fallen asleep. Which left us with one option really, to brave the slight chill and eat at the tables on the sidewalk. I ran in and explained that it may seem odd to want to eat out in the chilly air, but our girls had finally fallen asleep and we didn't want to disturb them while they slept in the van. They completely understood. So, we lowered the windows a bit, opened the sun roof and took our seats outside next to the van. This was great until an Ambulance came by. After the appetizer we heard some crying from Alana. Oh well, there went that plan. Then once the meal came we heard Kira erupt. Ah it would not be the proper twin dinner if the parent's didn't eat their meal cold now would it?<br /><br />Again, the patrons were wonderful here. They were very friendly and you could tell regulars at the establishment. We even had some spectators from the inside of the restaurant too. We had some sort of cilantro lime shrimp tacos as an appetizer, Joy had some sort of trout and scallops dish and I had a pistachio crusted salmon with a side of lemon white wine fettuccine and vegetables. We wrapped it up with carrot cake for the birthday girl.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQD3pzUQOL7D4nHh8xpbzuHFSDadKwiMvV3G3l5PibU-3Hm0CfphZ71TtAqV1E8qD-BjIg6vRZQKQWkvLN1g7USpPXfhoYlp64xGEOWoVR_rHwglqKRMnjPURgj2uNBdhP2e_YAwCgwQ/s1600/04+06+12_7043.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729602829568540402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQD3pzUQOL7D4nHh8xpbzuHFSDadKwiMvV3G3l5PibU-3Hm0CfphZ71TtAqV1E8qD-BjIg6vRZQKQWkvLN1g7USpPXfhoYlp64xGEOWoVR_rHwglqKRMnjPURgj2uNBdhP2e_YAwCgwQ/s320/04+06+12_7043.JPG" /></a> Jim & Alana (Dinner)<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT8MN6Cf8r0MZoGRGyHFaXjyIcV-aKQAAsxlUOnLdQllkuf0fXsW53uYpyrXwH1EhBDjhTC3sVIacExHMxcQOTpNb36YcqbrI1ZV64-yd0kYTt1I4aWEAUPnpTDrIwNR61n0wKDNeTCDg/s1600/04+07+12_6743.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729602140578997378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhleYUpvWKtoQfyonHEx91XtQHJo9ZK3de3lM5133IeNQlCG7_yFGurmT4mo9g1O9oUw3J1U2pMRL89VFh2RIapeQasUPx3rcptqYcNmt7jZ97WBU3rDFQuvdbfLoWA799_lgak4Rk_sAc/s320/04+07+12_6854.JPG" /></a><br />Kira on left - Alana on right<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFDeCacUWstOC8zFAOC_E35nrqLEu9yUgXe3RROe6liThyphenhyphenGZAUenn66dJXG9rUgCYyKT96XeyBhwjP_tx0xujYFprOHAePY8ZHYhOfAX1EL9F3JN58ma3HCAnEsx9tJjL_sMzdE_7VJIg/s1600/04+06+12_6959.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729600384981209186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFDeCacUWstOC8zFAOC_E35nrqLEu9yUgXe3RROe6liThyphenhyphenGZAUenn66dJXG9rUgCYyKT96XeyBhwjP_tx0xujYFprOHAePY8ZHYhOfAX1EL9F3JN58ma3HCAnEsx9tJjL_sMzdE_7VJIg/s320/04+06+12_6959.JPG" /></a> Joy & Alana<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ZcniaICTHEcFsUwwvkpbnila6ZRyBg364K2Kk62FFtIlCEVTRMujlL_GsfdLo_quGuzmuje4AmnfZFxLYQRSuTUNjF4LUF1wMwRqxcYB9Vxzszq0QWVzEZNFByiXl2sJUt7GIGBKZvs/s1600/04+06+12_7014.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729600139435274210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ZcniaICTHEcFsUwwvkpbnila6ZRyBg364K2Kk62FFtIlCEVTRMujlL_GsfdLo_quGuzmuje4AmnfZFxLYQRSuTUNjF4LUF1wMwRqxcYB9Vxzszq0QWVzEZNFByiXl2sJUt7GIGBKZvs/s320/04+06+12_7014.JPG" /></a><br />Kira in back<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKAWuHveNzTK856AF48nUBcGlK7fdW1DJUPnxeJFUfakESK9uXsuWTTRCMbQlsB3MPJn5o0sktdI4MpywR7K5lD1L1_G7wSvc0i5qnocJpksSPmnlHjJxTNASej_GZYhzciX3BwnXwCDo/s1600/04+06+12_7035.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729599862714079426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKAWuHveNzTK856AF48nUBcGlK7fdW1DJUPnxeJFUfakESK9uXsuWTTRCMbQlsB3MPJn5o0sktdI4MpywR7K5lD1L1_G7wSvc0i5qnocJpksSPmnlHjJxTNASej_GZYhzciX3BwnXwCDo/s320/04+06+12_7035.JPG" /></a>Jim with Kira </div><br /><div><br />Day two we headed to Grammy's as I mentioned above, then off to Dupont State Park to check out some waterfalls. We saw a few people running the rapids and kiaking off of the falls. While heading out of one section we ran into this lady and her daughter who were acting almost like they knew us. The mom goes "Its the TWINS form last night!". Um excuse me? I don't remember you? We didn't say that, but I sure thought it. Joy thought she remembered her being in the group that was watching us from inside the warm restaurant. They were quite nice and visiting from Memphis. We chatted a little about their area and about Hot Springs. We were both sad to see how industry ruins quaint towns and local businesses. It just seems like so much has to be a franchise or sell food from distributors. I'm sure you have heard of my take on Apple-bee's like places...Open a can of steak and serve...yum<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2aKNn1f6Z8Yl1Ze72o2uLoH4h26tIQlypJCQx3iAsAAYWD6mbuzi1EUom_ti6UtgopEX-1ymL6sP9vmxDdOeglQ1O5vkhQrPaC9zwemzp-0vWzWVJLdOtt9Oa9mTM2GE7lLYebC8ytX0/s1600/04+07+12_6878.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729599245589943106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2aKNn1f6Z8Yl1Ze72o2uLoH4h26tIQlypJCQx3iAsAAYWD6mbuzi1EUom_ti6UtgopEX-1ymL6sP9vmxDdOeglQ1O5vkhQrPaC9zwemzp-0vWzWVJLdOtt9Oa9mTM2GE7lLYebC8ytX0/s320/04+07+12_6878.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><div>I know this post didn't have much about the girls. They did great and seemed to enjoy the hiking. I suppose this was mainly to preserve some memories of our first camping trip. Well, off to bed I guess.....</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07277767345803631427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019395093420119359.post-27454135581475752632012-04-01T10:06:00.014-04:002012-04-01T21:26:14.227-04:00Happy St. Patrick's DayTechnically today is April Fool's Day but I wanted to say a Happy Belated St. Patrick's Day to everyone! The girls broke out their green for a small dinner party to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.<br /><br />The girls had their last RSV shot on March 15th and Alana weighed 15lbs 3oz and Kira 16lbs 12oz.<br /><br />In March we switched to the "big girl" strollers and we broke out the Exersaucers. They seem to love both! Jim and I are so glad to not have to push around the stroller that holds their car seats. That stroller while super helpful is not easy to turn. We have tried both the stadium seating front to back stroller as well as the side by side jogging stroller.<br /><br />Day care has reported that Alana LOVES pears, Kira and Alana do not like to sleep during the day and Kira is showing the first signs of crawling. At the beginning of the week the girls come home grumpy and exhausted because they are not sleeping during the day. The day care is going to try to move their beds further apart to see if that helps since they are now crying and waking each other up. Kira has started the backward scoot while on her tummy which can be a sign that she will be crawling soon. In addition the girls spend a lot of the day outside while at school and they have asked for hats and sunscreen. Lucky girls!<br /><br />I guess that is all for now but I wanted to share a few more recent pictures.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOTOtZrXYjcZHHBzpFYu54S6VBys9VaOQ5wjf6WHGcfCwwTCOcI9SlpUGHSJ8ct1ebRgn7DTOSA3o_cgUCgbIh_Sl5rBHx5xWvy2ObTTkl9jmyajXBBYqA4NMyKb0o38_2TWmcSZgZqqw/s1600/2012-03-31+19.06.16.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726607656234604002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOTOtZrXYjcZHHBzpFYu54S6VBys9VaOQ5wjf6WHGcfCwwTCOcI9SlpUGHSJ8ct1ebRgn7DTOSA3o_cgUCgbIh_Sl5rBHx5xWvy2ObTTkl9jmyajXBBYqA4NMyKb0o38_2TWmcSZgZqqw/s320/2012-03-31+19.06.16.jpg" /></a> Alana in front - Kira in back<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNSfkz33yNg6XsorTpeP9nD-X6pvCP-qBe_UJT-1_3RaoDSV42ny0WJFiDhM5CT_G_MEnu4UPHEZjruWIqWIxtLdzqspR9UHgPzaekr-ltSFPp3XQjjby9gZewlNBPOGG9x7Q7aRPfy88/s1600/2012-03-31+19.06.03.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726607191855007554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNSfkz33yNg6XsorTpeP9nD-X6pvCP-qBe_UJT-1_3RaoDSV42ny0WJFiDhM5CT_G_MEnu4UPHEZjruWIqWIxtLdzqspR9UHgPzaekr-ltSFPp3XQjjby9gZewlNBPOGG9x7Q7aRPfy88/s320/2012-03-31+19.06.03.jpg" /></a><br />Alana - would not lean back because she was afraid she would miss something<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJskFBHfV-7OFfwPlRT8JwHDQnNdPtIs-19isfCuM700Ezk9qY26p6Frn18b4hpYRtfhNij74wkD16KNdOEkw6SwcjWj-RVcObDjDOdWqrLow6bsKjMr8BOIkyv0j-g57cXdrR23ZTwoA/s1600/2012-03-26+18.31.26.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726606757168259394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJskFBHfV-7OFfwPlRT8JwHDQnNdPtIs-19isfCuM700Ezk9qY26p6Frn18b4hpYRtfhNij74wkD16KNdOEkw6SwcjWj-RVcObDjDOdWqrLow6bsKjMr8BOIkyv0j-g57cXdrR23ZTwoA/s320/2012-03-26+18.31.26.jpg" /></a><br />Alana on left - Kira on right. Jim and I took them on a 5 mile walk that they found exhausting<br /><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirfMdeASxjdQv9VW08fRl_N_wAYHQWEekZjKSGxMwx_CuINOgB-utIg2LzK72b37sraeTb_qllCCkcnxj8KW0Q4-ngFi9J5KXZz4JqN7dgRfr5u2aToQZrjikj7l7qQRZ6-2YZwOEvVQQ/s1600/03+31+12_6496.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726439720587795426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirfMdeASxjdQv9VW08fRl_N_wAYHQWEekZjKSGxMwx_CuINOgB-utIg2LzK72b37sraeTb_qllCCkcnxj8KW0Q4-ngFi9J5KXZz4JqN7dgRfr5u2aToQZrjikj7l7qQRZ6-2YZwOEvVQQ/s320/03+31+12_6496.JPG" /></a>Alana in pink - Kira in blue<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifNcWCV29enHqkM87QoPLXDR_526R_aBqcoiv6nauKq9Hyt04-lILDcGYVLyFHTGkvdp9FARvjw2_QAzEi1fJUTiJpJVEWSIl-n1qkvQLm9FsaiU9fIeoRu2yibmLLum5eG25kgfEBjx0/s1600/03+31+12_6515.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726439480844062338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifNcWCV29enHqkM87QoPLXDR_526R_aBqcoiv6nauKq9Hyt04-lILDcGYVLyFHTGkvdp9FARvjw2_QAzEi1fJUTiJpJVEWSIl-n1qkvQLm9FsaiU9fIeoRu2yibmLLum5eG25kgfEBjx0/s320/03+31+12_6515.JPG" /></a> Daddy you are so funny!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAugIQm96gQbyuldO1QCfJ57rQlzaujC4J75KxXF5lBjg1iIp_-QKgdIZ-v-MYROhqDF0MGJrHiV-tLM1DKysWkA2LHo584th-Ty7fKQIMlZ99LMoynvkyI0ygjXNm-EF_99I_1dVmGLs/s1600/03+31+12_6536.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726439291175366706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAugIQm96gQbyuldO1QCfJ57rQlzaujC4J75KxXF5lBjg1iIp_-QKgdIZ-v-MYROhqDF0MGJrHiV-tLM1DKysWkA2LHo584th-Ty7fKQIMlZ99LMoynvkyI0ygjXNm-EF_99I_1dVmGLs/s320/03+31+12_6536.JPG" /></a><br />Alana in pink - Kira playing peek a boo<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXTB5yKRVAfRhmF6p1fh94fKk05L747ceHr5-5H_ahMtICUBbAlfhUsTY4hYqC1uc4LDQEAiX1AM0uay7T8qk1gw3thPmkJzxo8pV0wb-0lIhSiMPjN4I-BAWEhpbD1CI4tN-l5hDGwl8/s1600/03+31+12_6525.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726439080736026530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXTB5yKRVAfRhmF6p1fh94fKk05L747ceHr5-5H_ahMtICUBbAlfhUsTY4hYqC1uc4LDQEAiX1AM0uay7T8qk1gw3thPmkJzxo8pV0wb-0lIhSiMPjN4I-BAWEhpbD1CI4tN-l5hDGwl8/s320/03+31+12_6525.JPG" /></a><br />Alana<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfhSp8OzSk6HHn1ASTyafPPZTteV84lj6aXFTT8Fh3CLgNE0ryVRKm9oQKo7X4JeeYhkDQKrouRFb9aZpOLv3Mix4daXLennao1500DWzMxmtf_HuYgZAno1nRDtCvtpOr5SuS7B2LCM/s1600/03+30+12_6544.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726438708455163538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfhSp8OzSk6HHn1ASTyafPPZTteV84lj6aXFTT8Fh3CLgNE0ryVRKm9oQKo7X4JeeYhkDQKrouRFb9aZpOLv3Mix4daXLennao1500DWzMxmtf_HuYgZAno1nRDtCvtpOr5SuS7B2LCM/s320/03+30+12_6544.JPG" /></a><br />Alana in green<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSdXREvZussvdWrX5TLIwNtlec_ingQ-VFGgjS5DVIRLnAiBnVuAZNAZhLA_uWY-qlT1E1kxdb9Ij6aJbNpVNk9-RjxE3mqcWo_LzAiJ4qQNWmqkI4_As0sENe2wWBpJ-1HE7xWWWGJKE/s1600/03+27+12_6551.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726438513737410034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSdXREvZussvdWrX5TLIwNtlec_ingQ-VFGgjS5DVIRLnAiBnVuAZNAZhLA_uWY-qlT1E1kxdb9Ij6aJbNpVNk9-RjxE3mqcWo_LzAiJ4qQNWmqkI4_As0sENe2wWBpJ-1HE7xWWWGJKE/s320/03+27+12_6551.JPG" /></a> Alana in front<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSIl6OuAXJfGtF55b5sl1bMjHIYTZYS3hBYNJVoB5_-qg6CU-4MAyxzIEJs187oAdeJTkZVVdsfTU9r01dUm2uXjiAo1N0p8XnX7NtmkU6DxRi88E3BUUm93FUQm0xhoZQuYPcOL_x2wA/s1600/03+20+12_6563.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726437663152130642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSIl6OuAXJfGtF55b5sl1bMjHIYTZYS3hBYNJVoB5_-qg6CU-4MAyxzIEJs187oAdeJTkZVVdsfTU9r01dUm2uXjiAo1N0p8XnX7NtmkU6DxRi88E3BUUm93FUQm0xhoZQuYPcOL_x2wA/s320/03+20+12_6563.JPG" /></a>Kira playing the piano<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-jbsxp_FXhw6qjskElaR95TiwZ0gw_ilcSB7cTDJ2dSsbUpJczuYUjO3lFGgyj_fhWALULIWxFw5uw1tGz0SYvj4zf3DjI5SwcGet7AHLURMtki61cnx8hpPsEBHciQgrOfHyXNk7Jl8/s1600/03+17+12_6573.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726437329511248994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-jbsxp_FXhw6qjskElaR95TiwZ0gw_ilcSB7cTDJ2dSsbUpJczuYUjO3lFGgyj_fhWALULIWxFw5uw1tGz0SYvj4zf3DjI5SwcGet7AHLURMtki61cnx8hpPsEBHciQgrOfHyXNk7Jl8/s320/03+17+12_6573.JPG" /></a>Kira and Daddy - Happy St. Patrick's Day!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7yX7u8gQbA5-XsjLBIfxpRgj34ReGhnWq5IUr6o3IshRipT4kpk9NwQit7wWvHarIRqOnG2QN5nk3uFwVhQM_nqVm94YdihjrxZfzSjnFmU1eOufOa4PEN_nnK3cNQIynSXjT514hLGg/s1600/03+17+12_6579.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726437056754026994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7yX7u8gQbA5-XsjLBIfxpRgj34ReGhnWq5IUr6o3IshRipT4kpk9NwQit7wWvHarIRqOnG2QN5nk3uFwVhQM_nqVm94YdihjrxZfzSjnFmU1eOufOa4PEN_nnK3cNQIynSXjT514hLGg/s320/03+17+12_6579.JPG" /></a>Kira<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBfydgn-5GbAWmmEKlsOKmZuOjKcd35Szdv9uIwKe3rbR3km6dZSuQNEAnemksax-fZLCYrPBNmLAB9GPSZvByBQmtR1kSPoE7YOxqWVRuW1KgntKZnfxn4FyO3C8DjQ4Be66I5Z_DKLw/s1600/03+17+12_6587.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726436865707987074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBfydgn-5GbAWmmEKlsOKmZuOjKcd35Szdv9uIwKe3rbR3km6dZSuQNEAnemksax-fZLCYrPBNmLAB9GPSZvByBQmtR1kSPoE7YOxqWVRuW1KgntKZnfxn4FyO3C8DjQ4Be66I5Z_DKLw/s320/03+17+12_6587.JPG" /></a>Alana </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08023692027229080264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019395093420119359.post-66084884351363734752012-03-10T10:53:00.013-05:002012-04-01T21:17:35.932-04:00Swiming - 8 MonthsWhere has the time gone? This past week the girls hit the 8 month mark! For a few months now I have been thinking about swim lessons but I was not sure the best age to start them. Kira loves bath time so I thought we should give it a try. I was not sure what Alana would think of swimming as she is very mellow (very unlike her) in the bath tub. So today we put on the swim diapers and the swim suits and headed to Rex Wellness to see what would happen. Both girls were great! However as they normally do they surprised me. Kira while happy in the water was very reserved and mostly just hung out. She gave the occasional kick and truly seemed to like it but she mostly sat still. She enjoyed watching the water reflect on the ceiling. Alana however went crazy. She loved it. Her little legs kicked the entire time and her eyes were bright with excitement. It was a struggle to keep her face and mouth out of the water. She kept sticking her tongue out and she kept putting her mouth in the water. She did get a lot of water despite my attempts to keep her mouth out of the water. The only time we had a fussy babies was drying Kira off and both cried when we put them in their car seats. I think they were just worn out. They both fell asleep right away and never woke up even when I brought them into the house. Success!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZYEkKHIgt0UsgW1WoYsXpOqzdZhZpI33tTX4KuvxcYiVCIjsEKXC52txh4YHCEBMVaAEnnQn5mv3M3LnkqO953F_wQYwq-t2vUm-EhmukHyb7zUJNfzaKy0KLrM3C58PLg_h7EtA1tE/s1600/03+17+12_6638.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726605404747422802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZYEkKHIgt0UsgW1WoYsXpOqzdZhZpI33tTX4KuvxcYiVCIjsEKXC52txh4YHCEBMVaAEnnQn5mv3M3LnkqO953F_wQYwq-t2vUm-EhmukHyb7zUJNfzaKy0KLrM3C58PLg_h7EtA1tE/s320/03+17+12_6638.JPG" /></a> Alana with Auntie Kristen<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihW-cc-IePP-R9zgOUTxYK3f65xYemJYKXWEt-Z07RCxXOcYB2OUh9nbs5eojsYpGYmjJF8OSDP2oAHKOpBsicj4Km-KxB78iLWu12zh8q5SY5LcI4SqgjwcKtYk9GARAb7QTK4UaG8TY/s1600/03+17+12_6650.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726604756083604722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihW-cc-IePP-R9zgOUTxYK3f65xYemJYKXWEt-Z07RCxXOcYB2OUh9nbs5eojsYpGYmjJF8OSDP2oAHKOpBsicj4Km-KxB78iLWu12zh8q5SY5LcI4SqgjwcKtYk9GARAb7QTK4UaG8TY/s320/03+17+12_6650.JPG" /></a><br />Kira with Grandma Stryker<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM5lxOQfSogDPXgQ_tQ-2A6xBarxUl44Z2mej-zXX3WD_lEpJ8V22zJiNem7CCgEQxmTEz7yNyKe1Xtnu_4Lfoa2LgkwxNIWVgEAEvMbS0WQaBQE1ohykxgM6L5nWHbckd0K3m55gTk4E/s1600/03+24+12_6691.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726604431306836098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM5lxOQfSogDPXgQ_tQ-2A6xBarxUl44Z2mej-zXX3WD_lEpJ8V22zJiNem7CCgEQxmTEz7yNyKe1Xtnu_4Lfoa2LgkwxNIWVgEAEvMbS0WQaBQE1ohykxgM6L5nWHbckd0K3m55gTk4E/s320/03+24+12_6691.JPG" /></a> Kira<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjAS15xlC4Vmlec9NExjKWkOb5zPtid_ZA6Xv1nuJZj-YQNUItRj3HUtRXclNnY4djdNXulhWGaoZptzkn_MiSyV4cvKf-Hvly38egUz53DjGFt2f0qrnIPZnqe38jPGblYt4QbOKMzE/s1600/03+24+12_6683_edited-1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 232px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726603823058898418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjAS15xlC4Vmlec9NExjKWkOb5zPtid_ZA6Xv1nuJZj-YQNUItRj3HUtRXclNnY4djdNXulhWGaoZptzkn_MiSyV4cvKf-Hvly38egUz53DjGFt2f0qrnIPZnqe38jPGblYt4QbOKMzE/s320/03+24+12_6683_edited-1.JPG" /></a><br />Alana on left - Kira on right<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhovpTA_Dhywkl5TyHEzMLVemuRuf7cSDrKymAtCgBrj5fOTOZpJ3uj2dpIPoPePXiSPsaSExLsSRSjEQk3MsDTjnerZPD9OwcI5FKL7btESrfJLRAoZeQnEI293Or9z81yZAs26rCiF74/s1600/03+24+12_6682.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726602419046839602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhovpTA_Dhywkl5TyHEzMLVemuRuf7cSDrKymAtCgBrj5fOTOZpJ3uj2dpIPoPePXiSPsaSExLsSRSjEQk3MsDTjnerZPD9OwcI5FKL7btESrfJLRAoZeQnEI293Or9z81yZAs26rCiF74/s320/03+24+12_6682.JPG" /></a>Alana and Mommy<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCOE6DBrYtpNzog-gWcNLFWTCsiOnEZJYm-8mRWA5a7olGCnOFO2-2RgmoU_WpMGdY24Nv6nWTTsWDGlQPIaH8JbrAJZvGu4vO-pUuxDXMhydQom5BQAmXVncAajVEpL6jxCB_WT508x4/s1600/03+24+12_6678.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726601798636671906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCOE6DBrYtpNzog-gWcNLFWTCsiOnEZJYm-8mRWA5a7olGCnOFO2-2RgmoU_WpMGdY24Nv6nWTTsWDGlQPIaH8JbrAJZvGu4vO-pUuxDXMhydQom5BQAmXVncAajVEpL6jxCB_WT508x4/s320/03+24+12_6678.JPG" /></a><br />Kira and Auntie Kristen<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPB0tzXoqclrFeVQKQkX21PMX_VflscGw5GA4wcj5c_962z7lXnvTQQ52IUHsobqUa8rh8yWAptYPzQ_e7Rta6UXfSdzJXr8zfZhOeYDVzrtETULsDlkI6pF1CsPJZrZ55wXadH5-578Y/s1600/03+24+12_6665.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726601091695987538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPB0tzXoqclrFeVQKQkX21PMX_VflscGw5GA4wcj5c_962z7lXnvTQQ52IUHsobqUa8rh8yWAptYPzQ_e7Rta6UXfSdzJXr8zfZhOeYDVzrtETULsDlkI6pF1CsPJZrZ55wXadH5-578Y/s320/03+24+12_6665.JPG" /></a>Kira with Great Grandma Schneider<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeeENy5MsqYVQAAD5RC7Pi_2RvdYJgMknFzc-XpJlHU3Y22Xq8NK0LHhY1O2OxjT92javvs9J3T-ezdURuta6s-IPF7KhqCiyuAdQAzrBCCqEZKIclbLO1AuyiSFomyY-_XOcdPvycOHM/s1600/03+10+12_6479.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718302295522943554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeeENy5MsqYVQAAD5RC7Pi_2RvdYJgMknFzc-XpJlHU3Y22Xq8NK0LHhY1O2OxjT92javvs9J3T-ezdURuta6s-IPF7KhqCiyuAdQAzrBCCqEZKIclbLO1AuyiSFomyY-_XOcdPvycOHM/s320/03+10+12_6479.JPG" /></a><br />Alana in front<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwlb9bA1dJmj16NhJeyjf-UQ1eso2G22l1DOYET_-bqPCtBsCzLYoR8NEXmf-m_8NWJejN0MDcX9jNElpuPegWArlAPiuC2ojDANOJEgipw_eKunydisDH9V5-N56b32pPy1BI0R1wfSo/s1600/03+10+12_6478.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718301785555796658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwlb9bA1dJmj16NhJeyjf-UQ1eso2G22l1DOYET_-bqPCtBsCzLYoR8NEXmf-m_8NWJejN0MDcX9jNElpuPegWArlAPiuC2ojDANOJEgipw_eKunydisDH9V5-N56b32pPy1BI0R1wfSo/s320/03+10+12_6478.JPG" /></a><br />Alana in front<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRdoVjcin_MdQj5L5G6SRlkhEFrfRLUkK0Vfcy9SGyOxw63isJuLOD4xdAvtoFQjw3Tjs7h0PEuAOscKgqALmP6_LJOfcRq4YUuktJt5hmTAMSH6M9qMJLClDFxL6DZwNrKqa-M1g_F8/s1600/03+10+12_6477.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718301336366941746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRdoVjcin_MdQj5L5G6SRlkhEFrfRLUkK0Vfcy9SGyOxw63isJuLOD4xdAvtoFQjw3Tjs7h0PEuAOscKgqALmP6_LJOfcRq4YUuktJt5hmTAMSH6M9qMJLClDFxL6DZwNrKqa-M1g_F8/s320/03+10+12_6477.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6oqiVi1-Rfb0ZNjaLJfVHGkxIEl3WAJJZO6Od99XihmL0n8rQSQadsynpLdN91q8j3mINsfCyBJIXpF-YCZKR1tcZeWse2klR7lzO9mV8EXlhtt5KqGD4qO-0uzJ0m69cJpJmJfEJr4w/s1600/03+10+12_6475.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718300898532424354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6oqiVi1-Rfb0ZNjaLJfVHGkxIEl3WAJJZO6Od99XihmL0n8rQSQadsynpLdN91q8j3mINsfCyBJIXpF-YCZKR1tcZeWse2klR7lzO9mV8EXlhtt5KqGD4qO-0uzJ0m69cJpJmJfEJr4w/s320/03+10+12_6475.JPG" /></a><br />Kira on right - Alana on left<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqb-Zfjw5ojUI8ESusK56pV2tQ9_Uhi51QZX9dh-t9-Yp2VCsZ13oOOgw1TQhizhNEsFpVSq1MO_C1CHb0PKuPhrReYA1wJzU7QzeOZHWLU3WFxP9kV19SFrYEj0eP1vu66znc7q0-DgI/s1600/03+10+12_6466.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718300413895777170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqb-Zfjw5ojUI8ESusK56pV2tQ9_Uhi51QZX9dh-t9-Yp2VCsZ13oOOgw1TQhizhNEsFpVSq1MO_C1CHb0PKuPhrReYA1wJzU7QzeOZHWLU3WFxP9kV19SFrYEj0eP1vu66znc7q0-DgI/s320/03+10+12_6466.JPG" /></a><br />Alana - "Did I hear you right? You want me to swim in a pool?"<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqoSs25tL1xl_vHVcKy4Pk19HDcre1TU2B0k2DKRtc8cE2mfwZn9H8zdoB9okEEeHvME7NBS6xCB_Y7e5yndshWdCRJgmJjooJmWpNfwDH2F8AWcqWLE6m_cdWjlbBG0Y8mo0KOqmaZY/s1600/03+10+12_6464.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718299886841128274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqoSs25tL1xl_vHVcKy4Pk19HDcre1TU2B0k2DKRtc8cE2mfwZn9H8zdoB9okEEeHvME7NBS6xCB_Y7e5yndshWdCRJgmJjooJmWpNfwDH2F8AWcqWLE6m_cdWjlbBG0Y8mo0KOqmaZY/s320/03+10+12_6464.JPG" /></a><br />Are you sure? "You want to take a chance that this diaper will hold everything in?"<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsF_krswzL7gJITauTQLGurkxZFdspdPNdrvzbTLX2lN8IJGZzNZLrafYFM0iAufoJtWuimi-7FTVzB4fR9jZyeelI-cFZt1IojFu0TN8ds3lkcD5pOMrEfczrfc18abImHxyGRYSu_w/s1600/03+10+12_6463.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718299335432193570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsF_krswzL7gJITauTQLGurkxZFdspdPNdrvzbTLX2lN8IJGZzNZLrafYFM0iAufoJtWuimi-7FTVzB4fR9jZyeelI-cFZt1IojFu0TN8ds3lkcD5pOMrEfczrfc18abImHxyGRYSu_w/s320/03+10+12_6463.JPG" /></a> Alana<br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08023692027229080264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019395093420119359.post-28568271607919104762012-02-28T20:32:00.008-05:002012-02-28T21:09:19.804-05:00Tummy Time<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoJsu8wysq6o6vz0SwIpR_UIfLvo8U0LlOpx_5YQtEUTEJDZUM8BASsI0u5xoxRLzekXMrvB8lOuPKubWzTBSEVDzCbA0gyFg42eSn9Az1Oegvya5bPrsUwZh5COboGu5F7CnHRQJGDFk/s1600/02+12+12_6279.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714373639075786450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoJsu8wysq6o6vz0SwIpR_UIfLvo8U0LlOpx_5YQtEUTEJDZUM8BASsI0u5xoxRLzekXMrvB8lOuPKubWzTBSEVDzCbA0gyFg42eSn9Az1Oegvya5bPrsUwZh5COboGu5F7CnHRQJGDFk/s320/02+12+12_6279.JPG" /></a>Kira on left on her tummy. Alana laughing and smiling at her. They are just starting to realize that they have a sister. It is still hit or miss though they mainly pay attention to us and not each other. <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyXGFeGdzVL4V9jIbMblTOUeGR6aVeJXgHKYMIxOJ0aMWNK5-4tCt326D-CBGJIqqzdEOoDYtaDDSoW66RQybotxLV4fjkPfffvrc_EpX6oXYRXE4A0KoFC0IWHvsyHbHvxp2VXgdi4jI/s1600/02+07+12_6347.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 214px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714372023558474978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyXGFeGdzVL4V9jIbMblTOUeGR6aVeJXgHKYMIxOJ0aMWNK5-4tCt326D-CBGJIqqzdEOoDYtaDDSoW66RQybotxLV4fjkPfffvrc_EpX6oXYRXE4A0KoFC0IWHvsyHbHvxp2VXgdi4jI/s320/02+07+12_6347.JPG" /></a>Kira on left in the darker pink<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimue9Q_ULACrNzjjWHAZrCb3Vmqmtd37XLTZuC9q9Y-QHDJeDYItp2CDqWh7kkeFu0kPmW3OW-frrzNehD4hpUMYs2seJ1VEhyKzgPPyxspXOL7jpcOEykHTqxS7bV-bjOcTN_RR0t0Ck/s1600/02+07+12_6343.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 214px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714371797057640594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimue9Q_ULACrNzjjWHAZrCb3Vmqmtd37XLTZuC9q9Y-QHDJeDYItp2CDqWh7kkeFu0kPmW3OW-frrzNehD4hpUMYs2seJ1VEhyKzgPPyxspXOL7jpcOEykHTqxS7bV-bjOcTN_RR0t0Ck/s320/02+07+12_6343.JPG" /></a>Kira and Ellie (Ellie loves tummy time and sometimes runs off with their toys)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT-EHZeLwRMdE7vi3eGObfGiOIVqs1-8aQ4cnGDXW1NpuU11p2_h0sMCRvQ7Jhsw17kzO1_zCDEk1XFJUCJOuKw52Vyg3DC7yTFWk9D_8EdHmdgi4aY1vv4TU4QEieOK1MF6Z3rJj2q1g/s1600/02+07+12_6340.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; height: 214px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714371566528379746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT-EHZeLwRMdE7vi3eGObfGiOIVqs1-8aQ4cnGDXW1NpuU11p2_h0sMCRvQ7Jhsw17kzO1_zCDEk1XFJUCJOuKw52Vyg3DC7yTFWk9D_8EdHmdgi4aY1vv4TU4QEieOK1MF6Z3rJj2q1g/s320/02+07+12_6340.JPG" /></a>Kira<br /><div>With the girls being 2 months early Jim and I knew that they would need to be evaluated and that they would probably be a little behind. After numerous doctors and physical therapists evaluating them - sure enough they are behind in their gross motor skills and they will need weekly physical therapy. While Jim and I were not surprised by this it was still hard to hear that at 7 months (adjusted to 5 months old) they were only scoring at the 2.5 to 3 month range for their gross motor skills. Gross motor skills include things such as rolling, moving their head from side to side, reaching up, touching their legs, etc..... </div><div> </div><div>We were told to make sure to give them plenty of tummy time to help them build a lot of strength which would help their gross motor skills. Jim and I have been fitting this in at night (most days) and the girls really seem to enjoy tummy time. They do get tired quickly but each night they can go a little longer. </div><div> </div><div>We start physical therapy tomorrow so wish us luck.</div><div> </div><div>A few other quick things to note. The girls had a doctor's appt. on February 10th for their 4th round (out of 5) of Synagis. This is a highly recommended medication for premies in day care to prevent RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus). They both have been doing fantastic and they have not missed one day of day care. The day care room has had pink eye, RSV and the stomach bug and our little troopers have remained healthy. RSV is scary because treatment for severe RSV may require oxygen therapy, and sometimes mechanical ventilation. One day they were the only 2 in the entire room because all of the other kids (6 other kids) were all home sick. Kira weighed in at 15 lbs. 9 oz. and Alana 14 lbs. 3 oz. </div><div> </div><div>Lastly even though the girls are identical Jim was noticing tonight that their ears are a little different. It is hard to explain but Alana's top of her ear curls more then Kira's. The family as well as Jim and I have also noticed that their hair line is a little different. Kira's hair is a little thicker as well. This may be due to the fact that when they were very young Alana's hair fell out on the top of her head and then grew in very nicely while Kira's did not really fall out. </div></div></div></div>Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08023692027229080264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019395093420119359.post-40504193733841020222012-02-20T21:19:00.008-05:002012-02-20T21:34:20.427-05:00Track Suits - Girls Basketball - American Idol<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirWunYUj1-Sc286U0XNCCC-1SwDCzFwidzdUPikMrwmcoCmIBW1r6M3gad0wexr3yPe8qQMJmifyPkG2rlcWtdPG6AqU3zWukGXCo9YVsBlCwwsLUF0J4z2E0MNz9gHB-nNEa60Qum0VU/s1600/02+12+12_6302_edited-1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 254px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711411357138072066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirWunYUj1-Sc286U0XNCCC-1SwDCzFwidzdUPikMrwmcoCmIBW1r6M3gad0wexr3yPe8qQMJmifyPkG2rlcWtdPG6AqU3zWukGXCo9YVsBlCwwsLUF0J4z2E0MNz9gHB-nNEa60Qum0VU/s320/02+12+12_6302_edited-1.JPG" /></a> Scotty "American Idol"<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHiWvJMgfdkR57UIe9N-WIiSDztPlFYbrh_Vw27MX2hf7GvZWZLIcpOV_2vLwVwYHPKgqFKN3PndKFYLYfzcoEv5Rse3x57Swuwh71R_TQIyl85lomPbJCzTS3F0UQ78fJkfKkAiE_bY4/s1600/02+12+12_6288.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711411232367148130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHiWvJMgfdkR57UIe9N-WIiSDztPlFYbrh_Vw27MX2hf7GvZWZLIcpOV_2vLwVwYHPKgqFKN3PndKFYLYfzcoEv5Rse3x57Swuwh71R_TQIyl85lomPbJCzTS3F0UQ78fJkfKkAiE_bY4/s320/02+12+12_6288.JPG" /></a> Kira<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpQVHgRlEo2myMD0jwVKCvHr_IV47khaUG_s5XQ3de74Bg445s00Y938nUZm-gOWQA3zdiNmxudXeQT8mwd7vihHsBCvzi1QVnvyv-3SI_s7iyBzHFJaTAmgn3BMcbMncd8rMsalHAHc/s1600/02+12+12_6286.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711410838450135714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpQVHgRlEo2myMD0jwVKCvHr_IV47khaUG_s5XQ3de74Bg445s00Y938nUZm-gOWQA3zdiNmxudXeQT8mwd7vihHsBCvzi1QVnvyv-3SI_s7iyBzHFJaTAmgn3BMcbMncd8rMsalHAHc/s320/02+12+12_6286.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Alana<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTLFpxr1Iiq1PBUJJil0tE6ijNoWlqlqPer5SN4D4NfDMONKnuSIcIU1WCFlgmVDe7VhthvLONMGCGuPytC4wtrrcDzVHeqPDBNTv0AWwqC8xlARMR2dVgEoVQ8Obv30euXYbAnDuzcM/s1600/02+12+12_6285.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711410674150117826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTLFpxr1Iiq1PBUJJil0tE6ijNoWlqlqPer5SN4D4NfDMONKnuSIcIU1WCFlgmVDe7VhthvLONMGCGuPytC4wtrrcDzVHeqPDBNTv0AWwqC8xlARMR2dVgEoVQ8Obv30euXYbAnDuzcM/s320/02+12+12_6285.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Kira is closer to the camera<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ1T599sIzqkE0vn_m6bkwovZ9szenGxeHIU9vZUbGoF1zXOY4m5-9xcsWR1tFcfyM7yfeLmZiN_4zTtFt5a2VEFtIv7V84LE2JA2MjzlKm9sO1CU4JUh7AxBqDBOa6cKXMiwqyWrBEFk/s1600/02+07+12_6331.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711410257976377810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ1T599sIzqkE0vn_m6bkwovZ9szenGxeHIU9vZUbGoF1zXOY4m5-9xcsWR1tFcfyM7yfeLmZiN_4zTtFt5a2VEFtIv7V84LE2JA2MjzlKm9sO1CU4JUh7AxBqDBOa6cKXMiwqyWrBEFk/s320/02+07+12_6331.JPG" /></a> Alana in light pink<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDFyWCnrnyhbCpcHH3Rp2IkzB3e_Xev71wzCoU2lVgJtD3moUdG2gkscrclZu5p2DGUFul1cW_bzR5aTbLrXd9YTmvjJmVPylXtTKy6HwlsJqzLCPvy283FSWwbMbgu4E9OLtAYlrjtd4/s1600/02+07+12_6336.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711409573722775138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDFyWCnrnyhbCpcHH3Rp2IkzB3e_Xev71wzCoU2lVgJtD3moUdG2gkscrclZu5p2DGUFul1cW_bzR5aTbLrXd9YTmvjJmVPylXtTKy6HwlsJqzLCPvy283FSWwbMbgu4E9OLtAYlrjtd4/s320/02+07+12_6336.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Every year the Schneider clan tries to attend Hoops for Hope. It is a girls NC state basketball game to raise awareness and money for cancer (in particular breast cancer). We started going when Kay Yow was the head coach and we really have always enjoyed the game and the cause. Kay Yow lost her life to breast cancer in 2009 with more then 700 career wins. The Schneider's still try to go every year and this year the girls came along. They were perfect angels and they seemed to really enjoy the game (or we can say the crowd) after they took a little nap during the first half. Even though the game is in February the stadium was rather warm as you can see from their pink cheeks. The day ended up being their first concert as well as American Idol winner Scotty McCreery sang during half time to all of the surviors of cancer. Scotty is a local who grew up in Garner and won the tenth season of American Idol in May of 2011. It was a great day!</div></div></div></div></div></div>Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08023692027229080264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019395093420119359.post-45270219604416587492012-02-20T21:00:00.006-05:002012-02-20T21:14:43.987-05:00Baby It Is Cold Outside<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vQ30dol4fWa-myEmjTvqOYTjH8VmiZEhCgnrsfi4Hqc1lkGwwpuM5AjJpyzYjhrSpBAOMgiPgR1H8KEE3e-bKxKjXT91GjiL9HsBU6WnTY5GGBBrZ7UBj8ToKDGMWl21FxQUNPUj1I8/s1600/01+22+12_6402.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711405881592166402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vQ30dol4fWa-myEmjTvqOYTjH8VmiZEhCgnrsfi4Hqc1lkGwwpuM5AjJpyzYjhrSpBAOMgiPgR1H8KEE3e-bKxKjXT91GjiL9HsBU6WnTY5GGBBrZ7UBj8ToKDGMWl21FxQUNPUj1I8/s320/01+22+12_6402.JPG" /></a> Kira<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhViyyXYS15xuUyuNuCxueCOdtMnTCP535Gc3_lk-M8lesR0whRYKEnBAabHSJAx3E82ISg70UMfrbn6w1BvB2dasWl04Esrj_o3jHNuJL6wiAh0OSYsK5DOOwknW3xD1zb-MK5rEicPpc/s1600/01+22+12_6400.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711405018653052322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhViyyXYS15xuUyuNuCxueCOdtMnTCP535Gc3_lk-M8lesR0whRYKEnBAabHSJAx3E82ISg70UMfrbn6w1BvB2dasWl04Esrj_o3jHNuJL6wiAh0OSYsK5DOOwknW3xD1zb-MK5rEicPpc/s320/01+22+12_6400.JPG" /></a><br />Alana<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_xZpHmiYGfX2VagfqvWLhWyxjb2LJIkysaRGGTnJ5jEBRCmb98myfJodOR00H5L1CRzOTfsRAQV-0e-Im_HO7xxk-yn7BnrflUpFMlcy0kbsOe39GOp_C6qUqgiaYLhByoWyRwZHmLiI/s1600/01+22+12_6389.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711404589140220402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_xZpHmiYGfX2VagfqvWLhWyxjb2LJIkysaRGGTnJ5jEBRCmb98myfJodOR00H5L1CRzOTfsRAQV-0e-Im_HO7xxk-yn7BnrflUpFMlcy0kbsOe39GOp_C6qUqgiaYLhByoWyRwZHmLiI/s320/01+22+12_6389.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Kira<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZFqMouuhdVL00Z1-ehVPUsCyW6XgcAc654PYJRRCCwJB7XGjSN4a07fSkTQAdLZtF4OM1g5GlW6sDRSAG8A8KdwMr2jChRb8_yUOBsoDHWBbGw_aHPkC3csuQBgNEByVe7P5hxxpwW2o/s1600/01+22+12_6399.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711403586585403586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZFqMouuhdVL00Z1-ehVPUsCyW6XgcAc654PYJRRCCwJB7XGjSN4a07fSkTQAdLZtF4OM1g5GlW6sDRSAG8A8KdwMr2jChRb8_yUOBsoDHWBbGw_aHPkC3csuQBgNEByVe7P5hxxpwW2o/s320/01+22+12_6399.JPG" /></a><br />Kira on right<br /><br /><br /><br /><div>While we live in NC it does still get rather cold in January and February. As you can see from the pictures Kira hated her "tent" and Alana loved it. </div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08023692027229080264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019395093420119359.post-8837079069870389332012-02-20T20:46:00.005-05:002012-02-20T21:00:47.935-05:00Solid Foods - Squash<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiui9GWUdpQAeoKmCmqyFrf1fDt56zpyRn1bfqn72R-AiJ1Jchtg79wQKFSZvcFmNDFq94O2E-u-yq-JltRZu0NHtHSRHDIbXOgqKTR76_XGYJVJ2ap0hrosfgtNtosFveS0o2CqSifwFs/s1600/01+22+12_6386.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711402617067587570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiui9GWUdpQAeoKmCmqyFrf1fDt56zpyRn1bfqn72R-AiJ1Jchtg79wQKFSZvcFmNDFq94O2E-u-yq-JltRZu0NHtHSRHDIbXOgqKTR76_XGYJVJ2ap0hrosfgtNtosFveS0o2CqSifwFs/s320/01+22+12_6386.JPG" /></a> Kira<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL1ljAjTBC_QLQS6Dd5hJoIdjpAlmLhZNkmlXP6dtqx5G9aqX29UxF-q4mhyI3laPRAAf7Q0gzdlBeJ7p4n2ws8r1M7pO1GfdEpsScu7B1dpx22-n5g0Qp0idhDkA93zwVCMl2hm-m-zE/s1600/01+22+12_6246.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711401928662908354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL1ljAjTBC_QLQS6Dd5hJoIdjpAlmLhZNkmlXP6dtqx5G9aqX29UxF-q4mhyI3laPRAAf7Q0gzdlBeJ7p4n2ws8r1M7pO1GfdEpsScu7B1dpx22-n5g0Qp0idhDkA93zwVCMl2hm-m-zE/s320/01+22+12_6246.JPG" /></a> Alana<br /><br /><br /><br /><div>In January the doctors told Jim and I that we could start experimenting with food for the girls. We were told to try yellow/orange, then green, then meats and lastly fruits. We were instructed to give them the same thing for 5 to 7 days at a time. So we started with squash. Alana enjoyed it right away and kept opening her mouth wide for more. Kira was very unsure and made a face that said "I am really wondering what you are feeding me". Alana kept wanting more but she did not understand how to use her tongue. Her tongue kept pushing the food that she really did want back out of her mouth. Kira for the most part had eating down right away. By the second day Kira decided that she loved squash as much as her sister. You can not shovel the food in fast enough for them. They really liked the added variety to their diet. </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08023692027229080264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019395093420119359.post-37532380755780956752012-02-20T20:27:00.005-05:002012-02-20T20:45:57.214-05:00Big Girl Bath & Daddy Mistake<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7pZ_v8upZZlYF9Oi-MTR8LjWxZu15nbZnAXOyvrgVqoTUwdYLsRcXRlvtKBSgLACFQTJoDFFobCKPyQ7HuzwSNTA2Qv-xUmOc3zvKPjQGMyz47rpMsLw_T_euAI8LZqhsTCqCjcnNtE/s1600/01+02+12_6270_edited-1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 174px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711398286702244962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7pZ_v8upZZlYF9Oi-MTR8LjWxZu15nbZnAXOyvrgVqoTUwdYLsRcXRlvtKBSgLACFQTJoDFFobCKPyQ7HuzwSNTA2Qv-xUmOc3zvKPjQGMyz47rpMsLw_T_euAI8LZqhsTCqCjcnNtE/s320/01+02+12_6270_edited-1.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbZ4y4vy-5mXqGQa_JHV21q1tvYSULdx3-dRFvhxdLY3XmAsJdlhG94kU9wBsp8xKvu_UfCoMICuA2FEyu52uu8W_x0wm8mVC7EXqk5RQWQcmMVd8Lb06hHaZxJjE4B-_jYPBTVwE1_8/s1600/01+02+12_6275.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711397668999620290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbZ4y4vy-5mXqGQa_JHV21q1tvYSULdx3-dRFvhxdLY3XmAsJdlhG94kU9wBsp8xKvu_UfCoMICuA2FEyu52uu8W_x0wm8mVC7EXqk5RQWQcmMVd8Lb06hHaZxJjE4B-_jYPBTVwE1_8/s320/01+02+12_6275.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>As always these days this post is a little behind.....</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>However this story is just way too funny not to tell. It was January 2nd 2012 and I had the day off but Jim needed to return to work. On our drive from NY to NC a few days before we had discussed giving the girls a bath in the big girl tub. So Jim decided that we would give it a try when he came home from work on the 2nd. </div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>We gave it a try and it did not go very well. The girls love bath time but they were not very thrilled with sitting in the Bumbo chairs. It did not take us long to realize that they did not weigh enough to hold the chairs down in the water so they were bobbing everywhere. The expressions on their faces were priceless and both kept throwing their arms out trying to steady themselves. Jim and I could not stop laughing! We then had two wet girls that we had to get out of the tub and put them back in one at a time to wash. It was not an easy bath time. To the credit of the girls though they never cried!</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>After we finished bath time I dressed Alana and Jim dressed Kira. We fed them and put them to bed. In the morning I went in to get them up and dressed while Jim made their bottles. Kira was awake and singing in her crib. I went to pick her up and thought how odd she feels wet. I figured she must have over run her diaper during the 12 hr. night. She then felt wet up her back and I thought jeez she is sweating. When her feet were wet I was starting to get a little worried. I picked her up - took her to the changing table - took off her PJ's and quickly realized what was wrong. Jim completely forgot to put a diaper on her so she went 12 hrs. completely free. She was soaking wet but as happy as ever! Jim and I had a good laugh at that mistake - that was a first. </div></div>Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08023692027229080264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019395093420119359.post-30067541963264677882012-01-22T13:04:00.006-05:002012-01-22T13:13:20.027-05:00CerealWhile the girls have been getting a very small amount of cereal for a very long time we really tried cereal for the first time while in NY over Christmas. Jacob was also trying cereal for the first time so we all had fun! The girls did not love or hate it. They both know to open their mouth when the spoon gets near their mouth but they are not sure what to do with their tongue. Both had problems with using their tongue to push the food back out rather then down their throat. We continue to try to give them cereal once a day (at least) but they both prefer the bottle. A lot of times we have to give them their bottle and then try the cereal. If you try the cereal first they get very mad, scream, their hands get in your way and they spit the cereal back out. The day care is also trying to give them cereal. Some days are much more successful then others!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7y4DElt6emMH6dxRjgCZNmfz4iD5YpsbzsRWOJ6IeRx6IunWbc7eSUABjkvFQSXW3GEukQlaMkpBsms4h9dgt12ewzG3xbBVgR_uIDSyJLuQQZPIVxg5Rxc5ksrpMx4DCXNGlPwsuv0Y/s1600/12+28+11_5693.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700520944878641954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7y4DElt6emMH6dxRjgCZNmfz4iD5YpsbzsRWOJ6IeRx6IunWbc7eSUABjkvFQSXW3GEukQlaMkpBsms4h9dgt12ewzG3xbBVgR_uIDSyJLuQQZPIVxg5Rxc5ksrpMx4DCXNGlPwsuv0Y/s320/12+28+11_5693.JPG" /></a> Kira<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIY0zdAp-IkW2oSkMm4OXzWdi9nuoXIid_0KWd3aAN4PrTHxqkp0uYefJOMT0egiqQhLoFNMY3HsmXsD1K2qfZDZ_X3hBCEAju6IMyMTGOS8eP0v_50Oa28S6Ieak1aEpoRljjkmRlIGU/s1600/12+28+11_5692.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700520725802296386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIY0zdAp-IkW2oSkMm4OXzWdi9nuoXIid_0KWd3aAN4PrTHxqkp0uYefJOMT0egiqQhLoFNMY3HsmXsD1K2qfZDZ_X3hBCEAju6IMyMTGOS8eP0v_50Oa28S6Ieak1aEpoRljjkmRlIGU/s320/12+28+11_5692.JPG" /></a> Kira<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOIvS6xDlrj8fn8Aq3qxw5s2yLfWb0PDqSNloKhHr863UpkX9Sn5E8UCzCUe1dEAkvR0Jcx92G5qsfO1xlXc6IxnJBxuSEsM04aBWSLSy6rMawXgFgEfo60-8WKerLsHVwlAIW_W1rXWY/s1600/12+28+11_5669.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700520511268102354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOIvS6xDlrj8fn8Aq3qxw5s2yLfWb0PDqSNloKhHr863UpkX9Sn5E8UCzCUe1dEAkvR0Jcx92G5qsfO1xlXc6IxnJBxuSEsM04aBWSLSy6rMawXgFgEfo60-8WKerLsHVwlAIW_W1rXWY/s320/12+28+11_5669.JPG" /></a> Alana<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzc9L8m7dMnmAZnRUGyE3mZez1l3nLnztjLO6k42cmRG_8zopDDszHt224_Hl-4t0WuZ2knmAFmSbwBdhILDH_i9x0kNTYcfJCC5vjPgCfx1Hvkh0uQDOJKKXrS1KzUuaAJVwFf-wtA8/s1600/12+28+11_5667.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700520189791964818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzc9L8m7dMnmAZnRUGyE3mZez1l3nLnztjLO6k42cmRG_8zopDDszHt224_Hl-4t0WuZ2knmAFmSbwBdhILDH_i9x0kNTYcfJCC5vjPgCfx1Hvkh0uQDOJKKXrS1KzUuaAJVwFf-wtA8/s320/12+28+11_5667.JPG" /></a> Alana<br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div></div>Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08023692027229080264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019395093420119359.post-44696978070117632852012-01-22T12:42:00.002-05:002012-01-22T12:56:27.413-05:006 Month Check UpAt the 6 month check up on January 6th I felt terrible for the girls. They each had 5 shots and 1 oral vaccination. Normally it would only be 4 but they received their monthly RSV and their first flu shot. The poor girls screamed and cried and I really can not blame them. Alana did a lot better this round though - not spiking a high fever like she normally does. Kira weighed 14 lbs. 2 ounces and Alana weighed 12 lbs. 12 ounces. They are growing like weeds and Alana is now in the 3 percentile for weight; her head was 17 inches and her height was 23 inches!! The funny thing is though their heads are pretty "big". Kira's head is in the 85 percentile at 17 1/8 inches and her height was 24 1/2 inches. Comparing that to November 22nd when Kira was 11 lbs. 11 oz (6 percentile); 22 1/2 inches tall (2 percentile) and her head was 16 1/4 inches (48 percentile). Alana was 10lbs. 7 oz (1 percentile); 21 1/2 inches tall (less then 1 percentile) and her head was 16 1/8 inches around (39 percentile). <br /><br />Both girls have had several developmental tests. They did pretty well but as expected they are a little behind the curve with gross motor skills. Their adjusted age is 4 months but in some areas they are only around the 2 or 3 month mark. They need to improve in the areas of reaching up, moving their heads from side to side and Alana needs to stop tilting her head to one side. Both girls will have Physical Therapy and Jim and I have a lot of things we are suppose to do with them each night.<br /><br />Both girls have been "babbling" for several weeks and Kira on a rare occasion will even laugh and chuckle. Jim told her that she must have picked it up from Jacob (her cousin) over the holiday. Alana still has the beautiful off center smile and Kira smiles wide. Jim and I have our routine down pat. He gets up and makes the bottles while I go and get the girls dressed. There is nothing better then going to get them out of their cribs each morning because they give me the best smiles ever. What a great way to start the day.<br /><br />The girls have both been playing with their tongues and today they figured out how to blow raspberries. Jim kept asking me what they were doing! How cute and funny. Kira tonight just kept blowing the raspberries and the drool was running down her face. She would then smile - she was so proud of herself. We were proud as well that she has picked up a new trick.<br />Jim and I could not be happier - we are so thankful this all worked out!Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08023692027229080264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019395093420119359.post-27916713920348043652012-01-22T12:24:00.010-05:002012-01-22T12:42:33.121-05:00Christmas - 2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin8bbCvzNV_c5FBTaRqlZlELoLdBJZIfUhUCWVe16aj7Wm8rTKfwNgt1N4qU2xRoXcHc6apwfPG0csH9gftQbwnu1cxGKnMjm4LFG9Ft_2WRF4lT_-KimDuEehtjKTtu7vH85jm7_LSOA/s1600/12+24+11_5960.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700511709213459858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin8bbCvzNV_c5FBTaRqlZlELoLdBJZIfUhUCWVe16aj7Wm8rTKfwNgt1N4qU2xRoXcHc6apwfPG0csH9gftQbwnu1cxGKnMjm4LFG9Ft_2WRF4lT_-KimDuEehtjKTtu7vH85jm7_LSOA/s320/12+24+11_5960.JPG" /></a> <br />For Christmas we stopped in PA on the way to my parents house so that Gma Stryker (Oliva) could meet the girls for the first time. She was so thrilled to see them and she kept saying that she must be dreaming. She was worried that she was not going to get to meet them. She is 99 after all! What great genes!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglqcPVOLCLbzhmAnfVqMqeq-prUClQQcofKotnrFygFRHOFy9h_QbM41PhenZQmpiwCof8m_1rxvOIRSCIVafTYb6zw3-k6nZWx8AfOhQyQX8CajJjd-VG6a_VeehAP7zHxjOCCz4Gkcw/s1600/12+24+11_5945.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700511341638448018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglqcPVOLCLbzhmAnfVqMqeq-prUClQQcofKotnrFygFRHOFy9h_QbM41PhenZQmpiwCof8m_1rxvOIRSCIVafTYb6zw3-k6nZWx8AfOhQyQX8CajJjd-VG6a_VeehAP7zHxjOCCz4Gkcw/s320/12+24+11_5945.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div>Both girls travelled very well to NY for Christmas! They both slept the majority of the way up and back. Jim picked out their Christmas dresses and they were adorable with the "Santa" look. They both had Christmas hats as well. Kira was very excited to watch Nana open up her gifts and she seemed very interested. The next day Alana was more into Christmas as Jim opened up her presents for her. She would reach up for the dangling paper and try to stuff it in her mouth. Jim gave me a super thoughtful gift this Christmas. He took our blog updates and made a book!! What a super idea.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLa2KzO3bz2DtkyxcCYXqIP9lR4mZ85Uj04mNXrXVCM-ijV7mZzBotQYMyDF3o5DsPqm0ZWQ88YxRL3Gv_tiOyhYfZ7op7Ya_mW9EOqXdLHjiVVHCbTiWtspp4VwIFofr1FUtFDJkEL5Y/s1600/12+27+11_5773.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700511047034483634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLa2KzO3bz2DtkyxcCYXqIP9lR4mZ85Uj04mNXrXVCM-ijV7mZzBotQYMyDF3o5DsPqm0ZWQ88YxRL3Gv_tiOyhYfZ7op7Ya_mW9EOqXdLHjiVVHCbTiWtspp4VwIFofr1FUtFDJkEL5Y/s320/12+27+11_5773.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Alana<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9PLXLSZZ_Yh73Td17De51Xo8SVymFO_hZ8qZwrLoTzr7j6dRsi4RIyr0y1hziIDeR9lcYbm5d0kMJNlxpOjQiuRL9NtpYhsmB0l6N4bIUrEQrKZgJ8ZzQIKhRoGCFhGFcBqCnq6_zmXU/s1600/12+27+11_5758.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700510836901769106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9PLXLSZZ_Yh73Td17De51Xo8SVymFO_hZ8qZwrLoTzr7j6dRsi4RIyr0y1hziIDeR9lcYbm5d0kMJNlxpOjQiuRL9NtpYhsmB0l6N4bIUrEQrKZgJ8ZzQIKhRoGCFhGFcBqCnq6_zmXU/s320/12+27+11_5758.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Alana<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXb0mlBmmJCUC9E4r4IyFMEwUyBSmmznBWawPM7x8bV3C7a62ROls1FS6NYxsBedRn1GugoWImVdyYv-eKPrCQLAW2KfmDuQFmeqkf7WAewIOD0dWEEgXkX0C5LSdYFrWmE7FzTCuygt4/s1600/12+27+11_5745.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700510597327076898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXb0mlBmmJCUC9E4r4IyFMEwUyBSmmznBWawPM7x8bV3C7a62ROls1FS6NYxsBedRn1GugoWImVdyYv-eKPrCQLAW2KfmDuQFmeqkf7WAewIOD0dWEEgXkX0C5LSdYFrWmE7FzTCuygt4/s320/12+27+11_5745.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Kira<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHj5q7E-tkSP3Zhw-x1DwR4yv5nTcF62L0X0dEr76cq_NjKovzjr0k5qNvOhImMhldtHu4Fh52BH5_eEY2kVz9e5wGAS5NIpCt-Dg14CYTIWZY6aaVyaAqsDKjByUawJzsDMBNwthmZiE/s1600/12+26+11_6162.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700510246446411666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHj5q7E-tkSP3Zhw-x1DwR4yv5nTcF62L0X0dEr76cq_NjKovzjr0k5qNvOhImMhldtHu4Fh52BH5_eEY2kVz9e5wGAS5NIpCt-Dg14CYTIWZY6aaVyaAqsDKjByUawJzsDMBNwthmZiE/s320/12+26+11_6162.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div>Super cute Christmas dresses. Joy with Kira and Jim with Alana<br /><br /><br />Jim & I had a photo shoot with the girls for our Christmas cards and they were super cute.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOe814iMTAlZ5HxG21sforslgQLpY8jLAWLREHGxgmHo6zePvITv2wG69bQKcNU9IhVSVH8uXZQYu9XO6D7Mi-ZEgw9V20551IP8JP425uTSFDRe2u-UgM-efYaupiCiupUGTY1JaPVko/s1600/12+04+11_5452a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700509851025422034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOe814iMTAlZ5HxG21sforslgQLpY8jLAWLREHGxgmHo6zePvITv2wG69bQKcNU9IhVSVH8uXZQYu9XO6D7Mi-ZEgw9V20551IP8JP425uTSFDRe2u-UgM-efYaupiCiupUGTY1JaPVko/s320/12+04+11_5452a.jpg" /></a>Alana<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZqxr4U9_5MoGeSN7Vo9Vx3SCyiq-M6qEdyl5P8alRqp3U8UTP1_0-wEMqpxnO6bcxdXGGNht7T5Ed68h-rf6rxBA0hZoo5N-YFEXYtQp5KU0E_w9U-y0q5qpPe5-pfBheo6WqfgoX6Cs/s1600/12+04+11_5400a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 235px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700509559924753602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZqxr4U9_5MoGeSN7Vo9Vx3SCyiq-M6qEdyl5P8alRqp3U8UTP1_0-wEMqpxnO6bcxdXGGNht7T5Ed68h-rf6rxBA0hZoo5N-YFEXYtQp5KU0E_w9U-y0q5qpPe5-pfBheo6WqfgoX6Cs/s320/12+04+11_5400a.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div>Kira</div><br /><div><br />Jim was sick again on Christmas and Alana was getting over her cold. Poor Kira got it in NY as well. We have been super lucky though as this winter so far Alana has only had 2 colds and Kira just 1. They have not had to miss day care even once - our little troopers!! </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>We had a great Christmas this year and as Jim said "We now have it all!"<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08023692027229080264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019395093420119359.post-23884474251876825472012-01-18T21:17:00.010-05:002012-01-22T12:24:11.745-05:00Thanksgiving - 2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHVY9EdAcRrAfclx3GTzG5L-nBK2PbFqYQVnBMbwd5JZC1Q8QxpzX8pnrAkKztHY8Fy5ibDNh82MbkXI2l3LD_ZM8IEKaZrcie03yx0LCFLKoOrTd2bGWUSo6lo0BkC7ms5DYbe7YVug/s1600/11+24+11_5336.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700507492316260674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHVY9EdAcRrAfclx3GTzG5L-nBK2PbFqYQVnBMbwd5JZC1Q8QxpzX8pnrAkKztHY8Fy5ibDNh82MbkXI2l3LD_ZM8IEKaZrcie03yx0LCFLKoOrTd2bGWUSo6lo0BkC7ms5DYbe7YVug/s320/11+24+11_5336.JPG" /></a> Alana with Joy - Kira with Jim<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHurS9jX0KLwWoz5QEyi_9DlyN-_U7eHQqsyZFpXmD7tpTB_34305GzUgX7xS2KEtsUPFXqOYDuU2DrBuhZcoENZvBZpnm7yCrxXcoDfwyTVFlsUy12rW_XJXkZI6qxNohtrBtsvQbnCs/s1600/11+24+11_5233.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700507240851953698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHurS9jX0KLwWoz5QEyi_9DlyN-_U7eHQqsyZFpXmD7tpTB_34305GzUgX7xS2KEtsUPFXqOYDuU2DrBuhZcoENZvBZpnm7yCrxXcoDfwyTVFlsUy12rW_XJXkZI6qxNohtrBtsvQbnCs/s320/11+24+11_5233.JPG" /></a><br />Alana had too much turkey! <br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnKs2L0XihyznnQ_XkN-Rz7sfz_7b9oRYDwXw8nYWpZuQH0L9ASl4xIkVp3Hc7LYGuE27kd8IDhfU0T2QgE61HV9cRkvG4mxcn3yOhQ2awaeH1Flz48PG-u33X7ZgIUCk4RNJ9arZPW5g/s1600/11+24+11_5245.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700506964648270722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnKs2L0XihyznnQ_XkN-Rz7sfz_7b9oRYDwXw8nYWpZuQH0L9ASl4xIkVp3Hc7LYGuE27kd8IDhfU0T2QgE61HV9cRkvG4mxcn3yOhQ2awaeH1Flz48PG-u33X7ZgIUCk4RNJ9arZPW5g/s320/11+24+11_5245.JPG" /></a> Kira - she really loved playing with this dress.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Jim and I have been kind of slack in updating the blog so I wanted to get a few things out there.<br /><br /><br /><div>We did host Thanksgiving this year and the girls were little angels. Kira and Alana both wore fancy dresses and Kira especially loved to pick up the pieces of her dress and put them in her mouth. She seemed to really enjoy moving the dress around and playing with it. The weather was beautiful so we took several pictures outside behind our house by the pond. Gma & Gpa Stryker made the trip down from NY to celebrate with us. </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The girls are each getting RSV shots (they qualified with the insurance because they are preemies in day care). The shots are super expensive around $5,000 to $6,000 each for 5 months. I am very glad insurance is paying for them as a case of RSV did go around the day care.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>On to the next post.... </div><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08023692027229080264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019395093420119359.post-90981101404120010002011-12-16T00:34:00.002-05:002011-12-16T00:34:54.108-05:00What a YearWhelp, here we are. 12 months ago Joy and I would never have believed we would see two positive pregnancy tests. Things were not looking good in the ole baby department. Then on January 3, 2011 Joy humored me with a pregnancy test. Sure it was an old one that was 2 months out of date, but she tried it anyway and boom positive. Next thing we knew we were making a late night trip to the Walgreen's. By about 9:53pm we had two positive tests. What we didn't know was how symbolic those two positive tests would be.<br />
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By February we could finally tell the whole family we were expecting one! Just one baby. Two days later we could break the news that we were expecting two babies! Sadly that was followed with loads of negative statistics because of the precarious nature of Monoamniotic twins. By the beginning of April we could finally find out what gender was on the way. Despite the crazy schedule and a week long vacation on the way we still managed to throw a sec party and reveal the fact that we were having two little girls. By the end of April we were finally becoming very confident that things would work out and the girls would make it. We even made a last minute trip to get cribs, changing tables and dressers for the girls. We even tore apart one of the bedrooms to get a nursery ready.<br />
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All of this positive thinking and excitement lead to, two big baby showers. I don't think we can ever express the gratitude we had for all of our friends, family, and co-workers. They did a tremendous job helping to plan and organize these parties to help celebrate the little ones on the way. Joy was so elated to be able to experience a baby shower. I think it was a great relief and wonderful thing to draw her mind away from the long 6 week stay at Duke.<br />
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Memorial day weekend was Joy's last weekend of freedom for 6 weeks. I drove to Duke everyday she was there. I was doing my best to keep up with the dogs, the yard, work, and visiting with Joy. I must admit I enjoyed my trips to see here. I wish the rooms were a little more comfy, but overall it wasn't so bad. Joy had other opinions of the whole experience. The last 7-10 days was the worst with false alarms on labor, IVs and me having to help bath her because of the IV block in her hand. <br />
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Then finally, the little ones arrived. We could not have asked for the girls to be any more cute or cuddly. I think the worst part was how we couldn't do much more than look at them in their isollettes and rest a hang or finger on them. It would be a few weeks before we could hold them for long periods of time. It seemed they wanted out fast and to be held asap, because they were growing like crazy with no health issues at all.<br />
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Those days leading up to the hospital stay, during the hospital stay and even the 3am feedings, seem to have already flown by. The girls have been home for over four months now. and quadrupled in weight. We still look at each other and say we can't believe we have these two little girls. You spend several years trying, a few clinics, failed procedures and wham you are now parent's to identical twins, how special is that? It's incredible, and we couldn't have asked for better girls.<br />
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They love bath time, they don't cry for hours on end, they love getting changed into new clothes and diapers. I swear they act like they have a dirty diaper just so they can play on the changing table. They like their car seats, travel well, and their grins make you melt.<br />
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One of the coolest things is that I now know how much my father loved me. I never understood when he would say "I love you and you just don't understand how much I love you." He was right. I loved him a ton, but I never really knew how much he loved me. Since these little girls entered my life I have started to understand what he was saying. I simply don't believe a parent can put a number, value, or quantity on how much they love their children. I heard my dad tell me time and time again on a daily basis how much he loved me, but it still wasn't enough for me to truly know. Now I do....<br />
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I love my wonderful wife, Joy, and my two gorgeous little girls, Kira and Alana. I couldn't ask for anything more, feel free to keep your christmas gifts I really do have all I want.<br />
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Merry Christmas,<br />
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<br />Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07277767345803631427noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019395093420119359.post-33404423947495928952011-10-03T10:35:00.003-04:002011-10-03T21:02:52.369-04:00Wow busy....So, it has been a long time in between posts. I just checked and our last post was on 8/21. Since then the girls have continued to be some of the best twins we could have ever dreamed of. They eat, sleep, and when they should probably scream forever they settle down pretty quickly. Both of them seem to have some pretty bad acid reflux/spit up issues, but they just spit up freak out cry and then settle down once you help them out. However, it is one of the saddest little faces. Puffy red eyes, tears, and this face that says "what is happening I feel horrible....please fix it!"<br /><br />At their check up last week Alana was 7lb. 6oz. and Kira was 8lb. 2oz. The doctor was very impressed that they had put on 10 and 12 ounces since their last weigh in just 8 days before. She also gave us a suggestion to use a little rice cereal to help with the spit up. I explained we had tried that, but it would not go through a normal nipple and with slot nipples the flow was too quick for them causing them to choke. So she said just put a little in a spoon dry and feed it to them. Well, at first we didn't know if this was helping and it was making a huge mess :). So we stopped for a few days because they were still spitting up and the mess was a little crazy. When we stopped we noticed it was coming out of their noses again so we went back to the messy cereal. It does seem to thicken things in their tummy and keep it down just a little better.<br />We also went to NY and saw our "little" nephew. To be honest he looked large at 7lbs, but he is simply a normal weight. Joy and I are just use to looking at petite little baby dolls for so long that normal babies look huge! The bummer of the visit was we got burglarized over Labor Day weekend while we were out of town. I had flown back to work that week and when I got home all of the bikes I had left home were stolen, as well as our TV and other electronics from the living room. What a mess that has been. It took me a week or two to sort out the paper work.<br /><br />I've also been spending a lot of time at home with the girls. I had a whole week on my own while Joy went back to work. Thankfully I had some help from Grema. It was so helpful having her come over to help me those couple of days. They really are easy, but much easier when you have an extra set of hands. It also allowed me to get some stuff around the house done.<br /><br />Now I'm working part time taking half days off from work using my vacation time. Thanks to Aunt Kristen, Grandma, Sandi and Joel we are going to be able to stretch out 2 more weeks before the girls start daycare. We also have an appointment to meet with the daycare and take a tour this week.<br /><br />I hate to break away now, but I have Kira hiccuping and yawning in my lap. She is like clock work and wakes up with spit up at 10am on the dot everyday lately. So time to entertain her for a while.<br /><br /><Edit 10/3/2011 @2pm><br />We have two lil ROCK STARS....<br /><br />I forgot to talk about going out in public with these two. You almost can't go anywhere without talking to people. Everyone wants to know how old they are, let you know they seem so small for their age, you have to explain a bit why, they ask are they boys or girls? You think can't you see the pink? Then answer girls, followed by are they identical. Then I'll bet you never sleep? We had four, but not all at once how do you manage? I'll bet it is hard.... Double Trouble etc. Note our plate on the van now reads "TWINTRBL" :)<br /><br />We have had patrons and waitresses in restaurants come across the establishment just to ogle at our little ones and chat. We've even had people stop to chat while we are trying to load both girls into the van. This in itself is scary, how do you get both seats in safely? You don't want to put one on the ground and it is hard to hold two at a time. You are such a target for criminals or accidents.<br /><br />Don't get us wrong we love the girls and everyone is very polite and though multiples are becoming more common via IVF they are still rare. We are proud to show off our little ones, but it does get a little overwhelming. Just trying to walk across the farmers market took forever talking to one person after another. Joy at one point had to walk away from a lady who herself had even brought up how many people must hold her up to talk. Joy felt very rude, but needed to keep moving. Eventually I ditched Joy and went to the car because it was taking us so long with all of the conversing.<br /><br />I hope I don't sound like I'm complaining too much. As they get older I'm sure we will get fewer interruptions when running errands. You only have a few hours to get your stuff done. Stopping every few minutes or so to not be rude as people pass by your table to chat at the restaurant chews up (hehe) your time.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><table style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto" class="tr-caption-container" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><br /><br /><tbody><br /><br /><tr><br /><br /><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a style="MARGIN-LEFT: auto; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0ueGJ4BdNAIgTOFVObg0w2ztX3XHpLcm6onA5stro7auiEKQqWFu0b_lN3bP3-342VC-c6eI7Y3XMFXZiI9FZjFG4TGg9KhyphenhyphenyE1bSpx-ZzdjHMQ3DO7VjFCNLWF2zkK13qLio-q7E6Qy/s1600/10+01+11_3333.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0ueGJ4BdNAIgTOFVObg0w2ztX3XHpLcm6onA5stro7auiEKQqWFu0b_lN3bP3-342VC-c6eI7Y3XMFXZiI9FZjFG4TGg9KhyphenhyphenyE1bSpx-ZzdjHMQ3DO7VjFCNLWF2zkK13qLio-q7E6Qy/s400/10+01+11_3333.JPG" width="265" height="400" /></a></td></tr><br /><br /><tr><br /><br /><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="tr-caption">Kira</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto" class="tr-caption-container" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><br /><br /><tbody><br /><br /><tr><br /><br /><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a style="MARGIN-LEFT: auto; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiby2_l6wVxoltzZcFc20_vClUzDVPDLxzPumIxam0HUCvDsVR2md0Tg1OpOPcFD78C7zylP9tCls4duMMlVXRPWeH48jgAm_8B5d7PEwtj6OdE7N56FD9TfTY4UeKjBlbizSw2Q1Zwvgn_/s1600/10+01+11_3370.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiby2_l6wVxoltzZcFc20_vClUzDVPDLxzPumIxam0HUCvDsVR2md0Tg1OpOPcFD78C7zylP9tCls4duMMlVXRPWeH48jgAm_8B5d7PEwtj6OdE7N56FD9TfTY4UeKjBlbizSw2Q1Zwvgn_/s400/10+01+11_3370.JPG" width="400" height="266" /></a></td></tr><br /><br /><tr><br /><br /><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="tr-caption">Alana and I falling asleep.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto" class="tr-caption-container" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><br /><br /><tbody><br /><br /><tr><br /><br /><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a style="MARGIN-LEFT: auto; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPfuOGELCwHEtp3IN06vHLsCbdmK7VqdKEfATbnnOn46lrnbdZ54Jj0pnCABY-0Se644mmTAchon-L5mqEzN9qOJaduy1q4dHhaMR18wUpvs__al8LrBkSAHohATPUSO3LCr-_w2eztdpy/s1600/10+01+11_3363.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPfuOGELCwHEtp3IN06vHLsCbdmK7VqdKEfATbnnOn46lrnbdZ54Jj0pnCABY-0Se644mmTAchon-L5mqEzN9qOJaduy1q4dHhaMR18wUpvs__al8LrBkSAHohATPUSO3LCr-_w2eztdpy/s400/10+01+11_3363.JPG" width="266" height="400" /></a></td></tr><br /><br /><tr><br /><br /><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="tr-caption">Kira left Alana right</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto" class="tr-caption-container" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><br /><br /><tbody><br /><br /><tr><br /><br /><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a style="MARGIN-LEFT: auto; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVT_ERf-sWad9UIFRnBCfyWnz_wc4oupATuoTarNcEusshxPpidWvnVRCQ206grvDJlWGOKS85KrtJJbmGezeHVCGegPn58OwVGSEsBc2UyS9ZnkV4TYZTRV2wZC8J6xPm8jM6kWIoJrrg/s1600/09+18+11_3310.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVT_ERf-sWad9UIFRnBCfyWnz_wc4oupATuoTarNcEusshxPpidWvnVRCQ206grvDJlWGOKS85KrtJJbmGezeHVCGegPn58OwVGSEsBc2UyS9ZnkV4TYZTRV2wZC8J6xPm8jM6kWIoJrrg/s400/09+18+11_3310.JPG" width="265" height="400" /></a></td></tr><br /><br /><tr><br /><br /><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="tr-caption">Mommy and Alana</td></tr></tbody></table>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07277767345803631427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019395093420119359.post-79835653838391206082011-08-21T12:24:00.015-04:002011-08-21T12:47:36.075-04:00Third Week<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnIaw5l_nUOi3fYAXRaXs_aofwIoptLTWftvQ_GVfR-SVrYRgdPoSqZf2MiXKDYFt9zVRkIxUYhSTItstcfpVzhsqql4V3-vNOPP9BskC7NhfPFH8ySFOKnoGw2w6kVrenikTUqsAkrp0/s1600/08+13+11_2696.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643350826649182322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnIaw5l_nUOi3fYAXRaXs_aofwIoptLTWftvQ_GVfR-SVrYRgdPoSqZf2MiXKDYFt9zVRkIxUYhSTItstcfpVzhsqql4V3-vNOPP9BskC7NhfPFH8ySFOKnoGw2w6kVrenikTUqsAkrp0/s320/08+13+11_2696.JPG" /></a> Jim and Kira
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Benz checking out Kira in her chair <br />
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Getting ready to come home from Rex. Kira on left and Alana on right <br />
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Kira (on left) reaching out to touch Alana (on right) <br />
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<div>Jim and I apologize that we are behind on the blog. The twins came home this past Friday so things have been a little crazy around here. We have never been so tired in our life but we are enjoying every minute of it! </div><br />
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<div>The challenge with them is that they take around an hour each to feed as they are so small. We have to keep waking them up and coaxing them to eat so feeding time is very challenging. If we can get enough food in them they will sleep for around 3 hrs. without waking up. If not then as soon as they wake up they demand food. Because we have two Jim and I then have to keep them busy until the next feeding time as we can not start demand feeding them or we will never have a break. So far it is working pretty well to feed them every 4 hrs. </div><br />
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<div>Jim is an expert and getting them to eat. He loves to pick at them so he is good at keeping them awake. He has also been amazing with them - I have never seen him so patient in my life! He has not complained once about getting woken up at all times of the night even at the 3:30 am feeding. I have the best husband ever. </div><br />
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<div>We had to go to the pediatrician on Saturday just to make sure they did not lose weight on their first night with us. They both "gained" 3 oz but some of that must have been the change in scale. Jim and I were very proud of ourselves as we arrived at the office about 15 minutes early. However they then said to change the girl's diapers, take off their clothes and wrap them in a blanket. Jim looked at me and said did we bring a blanket? I laughed of course not it is 100 degrees! So we wrapped them in their spit up cloths - you can only get away with that with premies! :-) Jim just said "we are such newbies". We went again today and I am happy to say that Alana is now over 4 lbs! She is now 4 lbs. and 2 oz and Kira is 4 lbs. 11 oz. Kira gained 4 oz and Alana 5! They are both starting to have pudgy cheeks and the doctor was so happy to see that. </div></div><br />
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Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08023692027229080264noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019395093420119359.post-80133575059670544452011-08-01T17:23:00.006-04:002011-08-01T17:36:20.534-04:00Fun Times!<div>So I have learned that if you want your girls to come home from the hospital then just send Gma Stryker back to NY. Gma & Gpa Stryker left this morning for NY and Gma was coming back in a few weeks once the girls left the hospital. When I went to the hospital this morning Kira was sitting in her car seat taking her test. She passed with flying colors. Then it was Alana's turn who also passed without a problem. Then when the nurse came in she said did you notice that their feeding tubes are out? I said what - no way!!! Kira decided last night she was done with it and pulled it out herself. The nurses decided she was eating well enough to leave it out. Alana must have heard the conversation as she chowed down 60 ml from the bottle (she normally eats around 34 ml) and they had to cut her off!! Because of that they decided Alana did not need her tube anymore either. Go Alana - Jim and I were not dealing well with the fact that we would be bringing home Kira and leaving Alana longer. Now it is looking like they will come home together. They did the hearing test as well today and Kira passed on the first try. Alana they had to test several times as she kept moving. In the end she passed but she made them work for it. They will get their Hep B shots tomorrow and then providing they continue to do as well as they have been doing they should be home by the weekend. I am so excited and nervous about taking care of two SMALL kids. Let the fun times begin. </div>Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08023692027229080264noreply@blogger.com2