Summer!

So not a lot has changed since my last post but we are embarking on the last week before we close on our house! My 22nd birthday was Wednesday and Devin and I celebrated by getting lunch at Chillies and going to Home Goods to pick some new things out for our house! We also went and looked at our house and it is nearly complete! The kitchen is practically done the flooring is in and so on. It was a nice way to end the day knowing that we are getting so close to being in our home! I am also getting into the last several weeks of my pregnancy! I can't even believe what a dream this pregnancy has been compared to the last! I'll be 32 weeks tomorrow and I am still doing laundry, dishes chasing around twins, and I can even paint my toes! It's definitely a good change from last time! The baby is measuring right on track and I'm hardly having any Braxton hicks just a few a week oh and I'm not swollen like a tick yet either! Although I know that may happen any minute! All in all I'm feel so blessed that things have gone so well this time around!

Yesterday Cassie and Rachel my sister in laws threw me a baby shower! It was so wonderful and they made it so special! I got so many cute girl clothes I could die! It's really going to be a bummer if Scarlett is actually not a girl which I guess is totally possible but I'm relying on my ultrasound 12 weeks ago to have been correct! If not I guess I'm a prepared for a little boy x2 so all is good! That's pretty much it for now!

Update!!!

Since my last post tons has happened in our little family!!! For starters we are expecting another baby September 8th!! And we are so excited! We found out in April that it is indeed a little girl!!! And we have decided to name her Scarlett Evelyn.

The boys are doing new things all the time!!! They are now almost 17 months?!!! Where has the time gone?! Atticus has really taken off with walking, he is just walking all over the place! Tristan is trying so hard to keep up and can stand up in the middle of the room by himself and he can then take about 2-5 steps! They are so funny with each other and have their own little language and just jibber jabber back and forth all the time! I wish I knew what they were saying!!! As far as real words go they can say no, go, momma, dad, cow, uh-oh (this phrase is said about 100+ times a day!) and moon. They are now weighing in at Atticus: 20 lbs Tristan 16lbs! Tristan is now done with his cranial band. He could have had it on another 4 weeks but his head was reacting terribly with huge abrasions and heat rash so we decided to be done, but it definitely worked some magic while he had it on. Tristan is also starting treatments for a big surgery that he will have in the next six to eight weeks. Its a surgery to correct a urinary birth defect he was born with. We will be happy to have it behind us and hopefully have the first of two- three surgeries done before the baby arrives! He has the best Dr. Ever and we know he will be in good hands!

In other exciting news we FINALLY bought a house! It was quite the process! Things here have gotten a little crazy again in real-estate and we put offers on 3 properties that turned into bidding wars! The fourth property was finally the one that worked out and we are so happy that it did! We are actually building our first house! When we purchased it it was already framed so we have been able to pick everything out and make some custom changes! Rumor has it it will be done at the end of July! So needless to say it will be a busy summer but we feel so blessed and are so excited for what's to come!

LONG OVER DUE UPDATE!

So Its been a while since I've updated this old blog and to be completely honest we have been rather busy! For starters we moved twice!! First we moved to a new apartment and then a few weeks later we moved in with the in-laws so that we can start working on buying a house of our very own!! Something we are very excited about!!! We plan to be here  for the next year as we search and save for the perfect little home for our family!! D is loving his job and getting to experience all kinds of craziness! Never a dull moment!! I on the other hand am enjoying being home with our little boys who just turned 1!!!!! its hard to believe that they were tiny little babies in the NICU this time last year! It is amazing to see how far they have come since then!! They are crawling maniacs and starting to pull them self's up on to things!! They never cease to amaze us with how strong each of their little personalities are!! Atticus has been dubbed our little dare devil!! He managed to break in the stairs our first day at the parents (fell all the way down and was smiling before he was even retrieved!!) and just this week we had to lower their cribs because he decided he was done with is nap and quite literally jumped out!! He keeps us on our toes!! Tristan is as sweet as ever!! He loves to be held and snuggled although a little less independent and prefers to be close to mom, he is very smart already clapping, waving and blowing air kisses and melting every ones heart he meets! He recently got a cranial band to round out a flat spot on the back of his head and if it were possible is even more adorable!! The boys are still the best little buds in the world unless a ball is involved then its a WWF smack down but other than that we enjoy listening in on their many bed time conversations over the monitor, and always wonder whats so funny at 12 in the morning when they have both randomly woken up and are laughing hysterically with one another!! they sure are a blessing and I don't know what I would ever do with out them!! That is it for now!

Halloween

Halloween subway art:  Perhaps I'm not the most talented graphic designer but I do enjoy playing with anything that allows me to be artistic enjoy!

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

just a few 6 month old pics

Atti is starting to roll around A LOT!! and is making small attempts at crawling here he is caught in the act!

6 Months old already?!

6 MONTHS!

Our boys are six months old!! every little piece of their lives has just flown by, they are such sweet babies and they are so full of personality here is a little bio of each

Atticus:

we mostly call him Atti

he loves to play with his toes

very talkative ans squeals like a little girl!

Loves his brother Tristan and prefers to sleep in his bed and be by his side as much as possible and if he is next to him they link arms (possibly the cutest thing I have ever seen)

He hates baby food

loves to swim

quite the mommas boy

quite the snuggler will hold on to your neck and suck his thumb for a long time especially if he is sleepy.

loves blankets and covers his face while sucking his thumb when he sleeps

he is quite a happy camper most the time!

Tristan

Nick names are: Tristy or Tristy boy

He sucks his right pointer and middle fingers (atti sucks his left thumb) and can be found with his fingers in his mouth pretty much all the time!

loves the pool

he doesn't especially love baby food either but does like chocolate shakes

has a BIG temper.. if I pick his nose or lotion his face or brush his hair... he loses it and his face turns bright red but as soon as I quit he is fine!

he loves to snuggle in his blankets and be swaddled he especially loves to sleep on his side suck his fingers and cover his face with his other hand its really funny

he is not as fond of atti, gets ticked if atti is in his bed, or if atti is touching him too much and will grunt and squeal at him it quite hilarious.

that is pretty much it!! they are so funny and so full of personality!! we just love them!

Me and my husband have been married nearly two years and have been without a table the entire time.. I wanted so bad to buy a table dirt cheap and re-paint it myself!! So when I was 7 months pregnant we finally bought a table! but being rather pregnant and on bed rest you can imagine the redoing process would have to wait.This "project" has turned into quite the ordeal. My husband and my father in law have tried very hard to take over "MY" project I have finally succeed and finished it!! not without some help.. which I am thankful for.. (my husband truly thought I was joking about doing it myself and thought I would be thrilled if he and his father finished it without me knowing...that idea ended poorly...) any way ITS DONE!! and I'm happy to say I really did quite enjoy this project and I can't wait to start the next!It was originally terrible stained with about three coats of gunk and we stripped it about three times before painting it with Black Valspar gloss and then I sealed it with three coats of polyurethane. here are the before and afters

Before:After:

It also came with six chairs but they were falling apart and not worth the time, so for now we have some very classy folding chairs. I re covered the seats to make them a little better.

Couponing Failure

I STINK!!! not literally but when it comes to couponing I am terrible, I started watching Extreme Couponing and decided HEY why not get a news paper subscription for 4 Sunday papers every week?!! WORST IDEA OF MY LIFE!! I tried to make it happen I price matched, I clipped coupons every week, I organized them and did EVERYTHING those crazy Lady's and that one weird guy with all the toothpaste did on that show and bottom line... If your store does not double.. IT IS NOT WORTH IT!! SO for all you lucky folk out there who have stores that double GOOD FOR YOU! (I'm highly jealous) but I am OFFICIALLY a FAILURE when it comes to coupons!!