Our First 4th of July

We had a great time on the 4th of July. Raegan and Bryan went to the parade in the morning while Samantha and Mallory napped at home. Then we all went to the pool for a few hours of fun with some friends. Samantha and Mallory were so good hanging out in their carseats in the shade. Then we went back home for another nap. Then Uncle Aaron and Aunt Noreen had a barbeque at their house. The babies hung out by the pool while the big kids swam and ate. Then we all loaded up to go watch the fireworks. The babies weren't interested at all. Raegan and Sloane had a great time running around on the golf course and lighting sparklers. It was a great day!

Here are the girls hanging out by the Johnson's pool.
Raegan and Sloane swimming and doing tricks.

This is how interested Samantha was in the fireworks. She hung out on Bubbie's lap the whole time, trying to sleep soundly.

Mallory wasn't the least bit interested. She didn't wake up once. Such a good girl!

Jacob (Sloane's friend), Sloane, Raegan, Aunt Noreen- watching the fireworks.

Twins First Date

We had our first date on 7-2 with Quinn and Aiden. We are 4 weeks older than them but they don't mind and neither do we. Quinn and Aiden are mommy's friend, Stephanie's, twins. The moms have decided that Aiden and Samantha will marry and Quinn and Mallory will marry. This is all based on personalities. Samantha Martin and Mallory Martin have a nice ring, don't they?

First ER trip...

for both girls. Big UGH!

So they had their vaccines yesterday and it's normal to have a temperature. Well when they woke up to eat at 3am they were both hot. So we take their temps and Mallory's is 102.9. Ouch! Samantha's was 100.4. So I called the on-call nurse at the pediatrician's office. Give her all the information. Let her know they just had their vaccines. She tells us to take them to the ER. Anything over 100.4 they would recommend go to the ER. Not the local ER either. Cook's Children's in Fort Worth.

So we head out there after taking Raegan to my mom's house. They check us right in and the doctor basically came in and said they should never have sent us to the ER with those temps. They say anything over 104 goes to the ER.

$200, 3 hours, and 2 sleepy babies later, we are not happy campers. I have a call into the doctor's office to see what the hell the problem was and why they would recommend an ER visit for those temps. Mallory's I can see but Samantha, no. I'll let you know what they say.

2 months old!

Yes, the girls are 2 months old. I cannot believe how quickly time is passing. They had a check-up today and got 5 shots! It was awful. They screamed like banshees and Bryan couldn't even stand to watch them. He was the rescuer and I was the evil mommy. I guess this is the role I normally take so it's alright. Both girls look great and are on target. I expressed some concerns with the doctor about Mallory's lack of focus and visual tracking. She seems to think that Samantha is just ahead of the game and that Mallory is doing fine. She wants me to come in in a month if I am still concerned. She also wants us to get the babies sleeping in their cribs. Sigh... Mallory is doing well in her crib during naptime but Samantha is just not happy about it yet. The doctor suggested we ignore her. I guess we'll move her crib into the garage so we really can ignore her. Or the neighbor's house is empty and for sale. I bet they wouldn't mind. LOL! Anyway, here are the stats:

Samantha Kay (The Peanut) weighed in at 8 lb 10 oz. (7th %tile). She was 21.5 in long (19th %tile). She is just a tiny, little thing but very healthy. Samantha has really good head control for her little self. Here she is showing off and thinking about smiling for the camera.

Mallory Rose (The Chunk) weighed in at 10 lb 12 oz. (46th %tile). She was 22.5 in. long (51st %tile). She is looking fabulous and the doctor says it's like she wasn't even early. See the smirk I finally caught on camera? Mallory is smiling more these days (another indication that she is beginning to focus better). Mallory has also started to coo!


And here are the best friends. When the girls lay together (rare since they don't sleep together), Samantha is very calm near Mallory. She just lays there and watches Mallory scream wondering what in the hell she is thinking. However, Samantha is normally my screamer so it's rather odd to see her so calm near her sister. They are both wearing 0-3 month clothes now, although Samantha could still get away with newborns. And both girls are in a size 1 diaper. I still have not purchased any diapers yet. It's been fabulous. Between that and the milk machine I am, we really have saved quite a bit of money. Thanks to everyone who contributed diapers and wipes! My checkbook thanks you!

And all 3 girls. Raegan is such a good big sister. She would hold them all the time if she could. She likes to take pictures of them and loves to be in pictures with them. Let's hope this love relationship continues!

Accepting defeat!

Well I do believe the girls are coming to the realization that they will soon be sleeping in their cribs, without their carseats. Today is day 2 of a good, long nap in their cribs. (Well Samantha is still in the co-sleeper in our room.) Mallory will cry for a few minutes and then just pass out. Samantha will do the same but I have found the trick with her is swaddling her. She wakes up all sweaty but she sure does get a nice nap in!

Here is Mallory accepting defeat yesterday. I didn't want to chance waking up Samantha so I did not get a pic of her. She looks so comfortable. She does sleep on a nicely padded pallet of blankets because the girls needs a pillow top! Too bad they don't make pillow top crib mattresses!

Got Milk?

Yeah apparently I do. LOL! I just had to take some pictures to document. Here is the fresh stash in the fridge. Probably enough for 2 1/2 days of bottles.



And here is the freezer stash that I am working on. My plan is to get enough for 2-3 months of bottles. Then I can stop pumping around 8-9 months and make it close to a year on all breastmilk. I 'think' I can do it. But that depends on my supply staying up. I also plan to move the freezer stash to my brother's deep freeze. Frozen milk stays good up to a year in the deep freeze and only up to 4 months in a regular freezer. Everyone send good milk vibes my way. I have made it 2 months though so this is good!

Guess which rolls belong to which baby

The house is clean. The babies are sleeping. Raegan is out playing golf with my parents. So boredom has set in. Guess which rolls belong to which baby. This isn't hard.

And a few pictures. Gracie LOVES her babies. She and Samantha are best buds in the morning on our bed. Gracie won't leave her side when she is in the bed with us.

Raegan got matching PJs for her and her Itty Bitty American Girl Baby. Thanks Grandma Jane!