First Halloween!

We had the best FIRST Halloween with the girls! They were just too cute in their costumes! I know cows aren't the most original outfit...but I just loved them in these!! Enjoy the slideshow!


Here are some more pics of the girls just having some fun!


The girls have been doing GREAT!!! They slept ALL night last night!! Didn't hear a peep! It was so nice to get several hours of sleep without interruption! Of course, I kept waking up and checking on them because I was worried that they weren't waking me up! Sigh...I guess that will get better with time!

Rough weekend!

We had a rough weekend with Kamryn! Poor thing caught some kind of bug and had a really high fever all weekend and last night. We thought we were going to have to take her to the ER as her temp kept spiking up over 103 degrees!! Tylenol didn't seem to do much to help her, but thankfully the Motrin kept things down. Last night, she had a huge spike up to 103.7 and we ended up giving her the Motrin a little early to help her and shortly after she started sweating profusely (which she hadn't been able to do all weekend)...then she finally slept and by this morning her temp was only about 99 and she seemed much happier. Hopefully it's all behind her now! Unfortunately, Kayla is starting to get very fussy, which is how Kamryn started so I'm worried she may now come down with whatever Kamryn had. So we'll just keep watching. All I know is I haven't slept much the last three nights being up with Kamryn and I don't know how I'll do it if Kayla gets sick. I guess I'll find some strength in there somewhere!! Going to take Kamryn to the Dr today as a precaution to make sure she doesn't have an infection going on and need an antibiotic, but if it's viral, will just have to let it run its course!

PE Tubes

Sorry for the long gap between posts, it's been rather hectic around the homestead for the last few weeks. Today was a big day...Kayla had PE tubes (ear tubes) put in this morning. She is doing great so far, she is such a trooper! After all that she has been through in the last almost nine months, she amazes me with her resiliance! She went back with the nurses and didn't even let out a peep...Mommy on the other hand cried as soon as she left. Not 15 minutes later the Dr came out and got me. She was really fussy then, but calmed down about 20 minutes later. He was able to drain out all the fluid in both ears and said she did in fact have an infection still in there so she's on drops for a few days. We hope and pray that this is the last surgery this little girl ever has to go through. It won't get rid of her reflux, but I'm hoping that it will give her some relief to the pain and the constant fevers and she will be able to sleep soundly now and give her body a chance to grow! She is still so tiny and still fits in most 3 month clothes while Kamryn is now wearing 9 month old clothes!! Poor Kayla is destined to get Kamryn's hand-me-downs for the time being!!

Kamryn continues to do well, she's eating and sleeping great! She pretty much sleeps through the night with an occasional wakeup here and there, but she's a very easy baby so I can't complain! Our night nanny is scheduled to become our day nanny next week so I'm hoping the PE tubes work wonders and both girls can finally get a good nights rest!!

Studio One Redemption

Previously, we had a really terrible photo shoot at Studio One and I was very unhappy. Well we had been referred there by a friend who worked there, but she ended up moving to a different store and she was also mortified by the pics that they took. So she graciously offered to do ours again at her location and they turned out much better so we are happy to finally have some great pics of the girls!! I won't put these in a slideshow so you can see them better...I love the smiles (when we could catch them!)

Ear Tubes

Well, my little Kayla has been scheduled to have ear tubes put in :(. Poor thing just gets all the problems. She has had fluid in her middle ear for about two months now and after two rounds of antibiotics it hasn't gotten any better. I read that this is very common, especially for refluxers as the stomach fluids can go up into her nasal passages and then into her eustachian tubes into the ears. Unfortunately for her, it's a viscious cycle as the antibiotics for the ear infections make the reflux worse, which then gets back into the ears. Many moms of refluxers have said the tubes were miracle workers on their babies and since Kayla is so uncomfortable the Dr and I decided to just do the surgery and not wait. She is scheduled for her surgery on October 6, I wish we could do it earlier but just wasn't meant to be. Hopefully she won't get much worse in the meantime.

Kamryn is doing great although she seems to be night owl!! She is making Kiko laugh right now as she's supposed to be asleep and she just keeps looking up at him and smiling. He keeps trying to ignore her but she's just so darn cute that you can't help but smile and laugh when she's looking at you! We're gonna be such suckers I think...LOL.

Just a quick update!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while...internet has been down at home...I HATE COMCAST!!! Ok, I said it...

Anyway, the girls are doing well and today is their 8 month birthday!! I can't believe it has been 8 months already since they blessed us with their birth!!

Kamryn continues to surpass most of her milestones, she has two bottom teeth and she's working on some top ones now, she is sitting up all by herself with only a few topples, she wants to crawl...but just can't seem to get going on it yet! But that's ok, the Dr's remind us she's still only developmentally a 6 month old so to be patient! She now weighs over 17 lbs and is 25" long!!

Kayla is also continuing to thrive! She also has her two bottom teeth and is getting close to getting her top ones. She sits up by herself for a little bit, but usually topples over because she's trying to go get something...I think she may crawl before Kamryn because she's always moving!! She rolls all over the place and gets mad when she runs into something and can't roll anymore. She now weighs 13 lbs and is almost 24" long!!

Just having some fun!

I love my girls...and I just wanted to share!