Crazy lady Update

So another couple weeks have passed and our boys are now SEVEN Months! It seems just as shocking each month... For reals I just can't get over it!! They had a baby well check up last week that didn't really go as well as I would have hoped. Tristan is gaining weight but very slowly and is still 9 pounds Atti, also did not gain as much weight as the Dr. would have liked. I FEEL LIKE A FAILURE!! I felt so bad like I had to some how justify why my kids are little twerps!!! and to be honest I didn't have an answer!! I feed them as much as they like when they like!! and Tristan is gobbling down baby food like a maniac!! so whats a girl (mom) to do?!! so needless to say they will now be having weight checks every few weeks... AWESOME!!!

The last couple weeks have been "Frustrating Mom" weeks. My kids are really cranky and cry all the time (teething.. perpetually pissed off I haven't decided) unless I hold them.. and having twins is starting to become more challenging. Its not like I can just sit and hold them both and stop the wailing its a "I am sick of you (other brother) I want JUST my mom and want to snuggle and be rocked ALONE!!" . I totally thought I had this twin thing down.. and I am getting a nice BIG FAT JUICY slice of humble pie. Which is why it drives me crazy when every lady in the grocery store, department store Dr. office, etc. comes up to me and says "OMG like I totally wish I had twins!" I really just feel like handing them over and saying here, I help you fix that problem:) OK not really but seriously it really makes my jaw drop every time some crazy lady comes up to me while both my kids are screaming and I am trying to juggle the cart both crying babies and rush out of the store and and someone says this to me?!!
along with this crazy statement something about seeing twins really makes people loose their common sense here are a few of my favorite things people say to me in public

"are they twins?" (this happens EVERY time I'm in public) I have started saying no.

"are they identical?" I say yes and then they ask "is it a boy and a girl" REALLY people?! So I say yes.

"do they like eachother" I dunno ask them.

"how do you do it" (stupid question)... Um.. I seriously considered giving one up for adoption, its still in debate.

"well if they are identical why are they different sizes" :One's a midget

ok ok so realistically I am super nice answer everything with a smile and give honest answers but REALLY people If I was a little more balzy I really would answer with the previous.

Ok.. so its probably wise I end this post now, but that is the honest truth about how the last couple weeks have been sorry for the dramatics!!!

Tristan

Tristan Atti Exactly 7 months

as you can sorta see tristan is quite unhappy and atti is asleep.. go figure

Ps.. I really do love my children and wouldn't have my life any other way!!  but I would be a liar if I said everything was a tea party with crumpets all the time!

Going Private

Going private, not something I had initially planned on doing but due to Devin's new job it is necessary that we keep as much of our personal lives private. Any who better safe than sorry! Devin is however loving his new job and doing very well so far!

The last two weeks for the boys have been very monumental, Tristan got very sick  last Monday and had to be taken to the E.R. He has a hernia and a birth defect that will be corrected around his first birthday that makes him more prone to infections and such, any how he contracted a pretty bad testicle infection that required a sonogram and a couple hours in the hospital and a round of antibiotics. Its really hard to see your baby so upset and sick and feel so helpless luckily he is doing so much better!, unfortunately however this happened the first day after my health coverage ended with Wells Fargo and in a two week window before Devin's health benefits kick in!! Really SUCKY!! we had just gotten all our medical bills paid off from the NICU C-section etc. but hey what can you do about it.

Tristan has however made some really great strides in growth and developmental progress! he can now roll from is back to his tummy (atti has been doing this for almost a month now) the next step is crawling which neither have done yet and I'm not gonna lie.. I hope they don't for a while!! its gonna get crazy when they are crawling all over the place!!



Tristan eating his first sweet potatoes



He also started eating baby food and were not talking a couple bites here and there we are talking SLAMMING several jars a day!! he has never been the best nurser so I figured that baby food would be more his thing and it surely is he LOVES it!!! Atti however thinks it is the most disgusting thing ever!!

That is pretty much it for US!



the boys hanging out one morning





Tristan pulling on Atti's shirt





Atti likes to lay on his boppy and suck his thumb