Today started out normally, then in the afternoon, the boys decided to get on a 2 hour schedule, each one at every hour. So, Rowan would fuss at 1pm, then Elijah would fuss at 2pm, etc. So I wasn’t able to get my afternoon nap. They are getting more active. Rowan now can really stare you down and size you up! He’s still not quite smiling, but we’re sooooo close! Any day now!

Today was a low key day, we stayed home all day and then we had Theron over for dinner to eat some kalbi from Hawaii. It was nice to have him over and talk to other adults! :) We watched “Shaun of the Dead”. We also gave them their baths, I did the bathing instead of the changing. Michael was in the middle of his sleep and we wanted the least amount of trouble. They didn’t fuss in the bath, but they did cry a lot afterwards. They were really hungry. This time when I washed them, I could really tell the hugeness of their heads and bodies, they’re so big now!

I hardly got to see Michael today since in the morning he went for a run, then whenever he came home I took a nap, then he left for a climbing “film festival” with some friends. Whenever he left for that, I just woke up and the babies were waking up. After he was gone for about 5 minutes, both of them were in full screams, and there were no diaper covers (they needed washing), no folded diapers on the changing table. I managed to calm them down and feed them, but I was very upset that he got to go and “play” and I had two screaming babies! As I’m feeding them, Michael calls and asks me to get on the internet because he didn’t have the address of the place that he was going to. Yeah, right! I was feeding Rowan at the time and couldn’t pick up the phone and certainly couldn’t get to the computer. He got a hold of Theron and they went to the place together.

Later that evening, we got the babysitter and we went to see the comedian, Michael Ian Black, of VH1 “I love the 80’s and 90’s” fame. He was pretty funny, but not as funny as some of the other comedians that we’ve seen. Also, we felt so old being in a college crowd! :) We went to dinner at Stella’s Trattoria and that place used to be good, but they have gone seriously downhill. The food was blah and they didn’t have several things on the menu that we wanted. We’re never going there again! It’s pretty expensive to have the babysitter, and I didn’t feel that tonight’s festivities were worth it. It was nice to get out, it would’ve been better if we were able to have decent food.

Today was their 2 month well baby checkup. It was the first time it was just me and the boys. I planned out how I was going to carry them to and from the car. I just got the baby bjorn, so I would carry one in that, then carry the other in the car seat. If there was a way to carry both without the car seat, I would certainly do that. Everything went really smoothly, but I sure was a spectacle! I’m sure people looked at me and said “who did that to her!” Anyways, their checkup went fine and they are both 22″ and 10 lbs. 6 oz. I was really surprised that they were the same weight since Elijah always seems bigger. They were really good at the doctor’s office, they didn’t cry at all, which surprised me. The doctor said that they both look really good, but they still have thrush! Ugh! When will this yeast leave us alone? We have to be super vigilant about it now and we have another appointment in 2 weeks to checkup on it. If it doesn’t go away, we’ll have to try something more powerful. While I was waiting to make another appointment, I had Elijah in the car seat on the ground and this kid (maybe 10?) comes running up and then coughing over him!!! I was in total shock! I hope Elijah will be ok…

The boys are 2 months today! Wowee, how time flies!

We were supposed to get the car back today, but once again, they found something wrong with the exhaust, so it will be another 4 days. Ugh, we hate this Taurus that they loaned us. It’s good for the car seats since there is more room, but horrible driving. We are so used to an all wheel drive car that driving a front wheel drive is weird. My baby bjorn carrier arrived as well as the foam alphabet letters. I carried Elijah around in the bjorn and he liked it. Once I put him in, he immediately spit up on me, of course. I don’t like the way his legs dangle (I carried him only in the rear facing position), sometimes I feel like the circulation in his legs get cut off. I put together the foam alphabet into “RowanX” for the first line (the X is just for decoration since it should line up with Elijah), “Elijah” for the next line (I used a “V” upside down for the “A”), then I thought there should be one more line. The only word I could come up with was “Stumpy”. I cracked myself up. I also ordered the Maclaren and Mountain Buggy strollers online, so I should get that soon. The MB is backordered, so I won’t get that until March! I had a hard time decided which one I should get the 2004 or 2005 models. I decided on the 2004 for the Maclaren and the 2005 for the Mountain Buggy. Can’t wait to get them.

We also were supposed to have our first play date with another multiples family in woodinville, but whenever I woke up from my sleep, my throat was scratchy. And then I fed Elijah and his spit up was green with flecks of red. The green part was probably from the vitamin, but the flecks of red were a little worrisome. I called the doctor’s office and they said to watch it and then talk to the doctor tomorrow, since I’m going there anyway. Elijah seems normal, so I’m not too worried about it.

Today was a pretty normal day. Dean came in the afternoon again and finished up the job. Everything looks really great and our closets have now a lot more useable space. The pantry is the most drastic change, it’s soooo much better! Michael talked to Dean a couple of nights ago and went on and on about climbing. He convinced him to go to Index with him one day in the Spring. Hopefully that will happen, Michael likes introducing people to climbing. Whenever it came time to pay, I thought he undercharged some, so I included a little extra. Dean was very surprised that I did that! In the evening, we went to the Woodinville Cafe for dinner. Rowan was very alert and was awake the whole time. That was really unusual, since both of them sleep through it all. After that, I went over to the Tokumis’ house to pickup and drop off some breast milk. I brought Rowan with me, the first time for him to go on a trip by himself. Elijah has done it a couple of times to go to his cardiac appointments. Immediately whenever we went in, he started really crying because it was his feeding time. I think he was a little disturbed to wake up into a different house, and not the usual chaotic mess. He spent more time than usual nursing since he was a little stressed out. It was good to visit with them, although I wish I could’ve stayed longer.

This morning Mary Ellen called and said that she woke up with a sore throat. That means I got to spend the whole day taking care of the babies by myself. It actually went well, but I couldn’t wait until Michael came home! I called and told him to come home at 5:30 and right when he walked in, both babies started fussing a lot. He always seems to arrive at just the right time. I fed them both, ate, then went to sleep. Michael took care of them from 9pm - midnight and it was the hardest 3 hours. They were both really fussy, I think it’s because they didn’t eat enough. Whenever I feed them tandem, they seem to not get enough to eat. Maybe it’s because they see the other person and forget to eat and pretend they’re full? I don’t know. After I took over at midnight, they were back to normal and fell asleep right away.

Dean also came in the afternoon, and we talked a lot about where he’s from and the many different jobs he’s had over the years. I know his life story already! The closets are coming along, almost done. Just minor touchups are needed. It should be done tomorrow.

It was hard seeing Michael leave for work today! I miss him at home! Other than that, everything was normal today. Dean and Mary Ellen came at 8am and I was able to get a good sleep even with lots of noise. I’ve been emailing another eMOM in Woodinville and we set up a playday with our twins (they are all around the same age) for Thursday. Should be fun!

I am also sorry that I haven’t been updating their pictures lately. I feel like I’m taking the same pictures over and over. I will upload some soon! I still gotta get those dang thank you cards out. It’s been a weight on my shoulders for awhile!

Today we hired a babysitter to go out. Our doula is much too expensive to be a babysitter! The woman I hired is an eMOM herself, with fraternal twin boys now 2 years old, so I was very comfortable leaving them with her. She is familiar with issues with twin preemie babies, so there isn’t much to be concerned about. Her son also had RSV so she is very paranoid about sicknesses, etc. The only unfortunate thing was that I stayed up all night and didn’t sleep very much so I went to bed at about 9am and then Michael didn’t wake me up until she arrived. But I had a bunch of stuff to do like get ready and also pump. I can’t leave without pumping! So, we didn’t get out of there until about 2:45pm. By that time, we weren’t sure what we should do. We decided to go to Red Mill for lunch/dinner and then we went to see Million Dollar Baby. It was a really good movie, I highly recommend it! We got home at about 7pm. The boys did just fine. Also, Dean came over to work on the closets, it’s getting there! It was a successful trip out, but we need to be more organized and plan better next time. Michael saw an ad for a comedy show next week - Michael Ian Black, one of my favorite actors/comedians! We’ll try again next weekend.

It was really nice to have Michael home, I slept a really long time - 6 hours, completely out cold! Dean came over and installed 3 of the 4 shelves in the pantry and it looks awesome, we LOVE it! I didn’t hear any of it, that’s how dead I was. He is going to come back tomorrow to do more work. I can’t wait for it all to be done. After that, we have a couple of more projects lined up for him! He is great, I’m glad that we found him. We went to the Woodinville Cafe for lunch. The boys were a little more awake but still really quiet. After that, we went to Forrest McWhirter (sp?) park and looked at the animals they had there. They have a little farm with ducks, horses, pigs, goats, sheep and rabbits. We couldn’t spend too much time there since it was dusk and the park was going to close soon. We’ll come back soon! In the evening, I got a bunch of stuff done, and Michael took a nap. Then it was time for their baths. We decided to switch roles since Michael should share in the joys of giving them a bath (I’m not saying this sarcastically). Well, we both sucked at our opposite roles. It was much like the first time we did this. Rowan was screaming his head off! Usually he likes when his hair is washed but Michael was holding him in a weird position and he bumped his head on the side of the tub. Not hard, but hard enough to start him crying. And in the bathroom, it is 10x louder than normal. I got him out of there and dressed him and that calmed him down. Then I had to get Elijah out from the bath, and Rowan didn’t like that so he was screaming! And Elijah didn’t like not having clothes on so he started screaming as well. Since they hardly cry, especially both at the same time, it was the most funniest thing ever. I felt bad for laughing through it, but it really was funny. I thought about setting up the video camera, but the boys will never forgive me if I did that! Poor Rowan, he seemed really disturbed by the bath, but he felt much better once he was fed. Instead of going back to our usual roles, we decided it’s best for us to get better at the thing that we’re bad at! Next week it will go much smoother, I dare to hope!