Riding a bike

Papa with Turner helping him learn.

An extra set of hands was very helpful in teaching Turner to ride his bike. Papa and G-ma took the boys down to the park while Derrick and I were on a much needed date. G-ma had gotten Turner some elbow pads, knee pads, and gloves. He learned really quick. It was really cool. We got home from our date...Tony and Turner were still awake playing Wii...and Turner had learned to ride his bike.





Go Turner Go!

Levi is our little dare devil. He loves to ride down this hill and will try and go as fast as humanly possible.

Fun at the Water Park

Levi hanging out with Dad while drying off a bit.
Turner loved going down these slides. It was fun.

Tony after going down the big water slides.

Tony doing some weird dance.

Cheese!

The babies slept pretty much most of the time. I actually went down both water slides also. It was a great time at the park.

We had a ton of fun with Derrick's parents when they were here. G-ma had the boys cleaning, hanging out at the park and doing some (or a lot) of Wii. It was great! It gave me a chance to get a little more sleep and I know the older boys had a lot of fun.

Fun pictures

Levi loves to hold his baby brothers
So...lots of bottles...every day! Sawyer is eating about 4 ounces per feeding and Briggs is at 3 ounces

Briggs loves his bath

Sawyer loves his baths too...

most of the time.

A Day in the Life Of...

I wanted to document how 1 day went with the babies when they were 1 month old...so I can look back and remember.

June 6th 2011

Derrick took the first shift so I could get some sleep. I went to sleep at 8:00 and he stayed up past midnight.
1:30am Briggs wakes up--Feed/change/burp him. Fell asleep for 30 min while trying to burp him.
2:45am Sawyer wakes up--Feed/change/burp
3:20am Start pumping
4:00am Lay down to fall asleep...pray that Briggs will go longer than his normal 3 hour stretch.
4:20am Briggs wakes up. Feed Briggs--Sawyer starts grunting
4:40am Too tired to put Briggs back in bed so I fall asleep with Briggs in my recliner.
5:15am Derrick gets up with Sawyer
6:00am Derrick puts both babies back to bed
6:15am I start pumping
6:30am Older boys wake up
6:45am Make pancake batter. Tony wanted to make pancakes again for breakfast :)
6:55am Feed Briggs/change him...he peed all over me
7:20am Ate awesome pancakes
7:30am Derrick left for work
7:40am Attempted to lay down
7:55am Sawyer wakes up to eat.
8:00am G-ma and boys cleaned up and went to the park
9:30am Pump...babies started crying so I had to stop, got milk warmed up/changed diapers
10:15am started pumping again. Called lactation specialist to help with ideas for milk supply
11:00am G-ma and boys got home
11:45am Pumped
12:00pm Went to Costco. G-ma stayed with all the boys. I needed a little break :)
1:45pm Got home and ate lunch
2:00pm Latched Sawyer and he nursed for 15 mins then he finished a bottle.
2:40pm Latched Briggs and he ate for 15 mins then finished a bottle.
3:30pm Layed down
4:30pm Tried to latch both Sawyer and Briggs--unsuccessful. I am really sore at this point.
5:00pm G-ma and I bottle fed the babies
5:30pm Derrick got home
6:00pm Ate dinner that G-ma made for us.
7:30pm Bottle fed the babies with Derrick
8:00pm Pumped
8:45pm Went to bed. Derrick stayed up for the first shift so I could get some sleep.
11:30pm Woke up to pump while Derrick was feeding the babies

This makes me tired just writing it all down. This is the exciting things we did on the babies' 1 month birthday.

Sleepy wrap!

I'd like to thank Cameo for turning me on to this Sleepywrap baby carrier. I had heard that you could wrap twins in it but I was a little nervous to try it out. Derrick's mom came in town and Sawyer was being pretty fussy so I put him in it. He settled right down and fell asleep. He absolutely loves it. Then Briggs started fussing a little bit. I had just watched how to wrap them on Youtube so thought I would give it a shot. They both fit and are so happy to be wrapped together. I am blogging wearing both twins and as I look down I see they are breathing in tandem. It is so awesome!

This is a great picture...except it looks like Sawyer is punching his brother in the nose...I wonder if this will be a recurring theme.

Fun Pictures

Briggs looking at Sawyer. Sawyer was so comfortable he loved laying on the pillow.
We kept talking about getting some cute pictures with Nana holding both babies but this was the only one we got of her holding Briggs. This is my chair set up. You can see the yellow pump (hospital one...I love it!), nice big chair, book, and water at arms reach.

I had to get a picture of my 5 boys...aren't they so handsome??

I love this one.

This picture is Tony's favorite. Briggs is totally posing and it looks like Sawyer is about to smack him :) So fun.

Levi loves his baby brothers. He often comes over and says "Its okay Briggs" or "Its okay Soy-ya". He loves to cheese it up for the camera...dirty face and all.

Nana's Visit

Levi at the pool. Levi and Nana were great buds! The boys went down the slides and had lots of fun.

We had a ton of fun with Nana while she was here. We got to go to the water park, she took the kids shopping, made lots of yummy food, and most importantly...allowed me to get some sleep! (Well she let Derrick get some sleep too.) I think we wore her out.

Because of all her help, I have been able to feel a lot better from my c-section. It was really bothering me before she came. I was running solo for a few days while Derrick went back to work. This one has taken me longer to feel better but I guess that is to be expected because they pulled 2 kids out instead of just one...and there is a lot more that I am doing with all the boys. Overall, we are doing great.