July 4/Anniversary #7

Week 11-1/2

Kohlden: 12 lbs 2 oz (double his birth weight)

Madelyn: 10 lbs 14 oz

They both were doing a lot of smiles this week. Also active in moving their hands, so much that it is interfering a lot in feeding. Maddy sleeps better at night. Still waiting for Kohlden to go longer than about 4-1/2 hours.

Happy 4th! Braelyn is still scared of the noise fireworks make which really puts a damper on her liking viewing fireworks. Maybe next year.

This week Allen and I got to escape for our anniversary. Friday afternoon Lolo, Lala and Auntie Esther arrived, as did Uncle Mike back from the Dominican. After Allen got off work and getting everything settled we drove off into the sunset :) We chose Stuart/Jensen Beach area as our destination as it was a decent driving distance and we had never been in that area on the east coast before. Couldn't really enjoy the beach due to the bad weather, but we enjoyed eating at some quaint local restaurants, sight seeing, relaxing, seeing a movie, me going to the spa and Allen getting to play a little golf before we had to return home Sunday Afternoon. We of course couldn't keep the kids from our conversations, but did enjoy being away if for just a bit. The Atigas also came to our house on Saturday to help with the kids since they hadn't seen the twins yet. Braelyn enjoyed Ate Lyka staying in her room of course. Thanks to the family for letting us do this once in awhile!

Sunday night Braelyn and I got to go to the Science Center with the Grodacks for 4th of July festivities. The laser light show would have been a little better if we could have seen the entire thing, but it started late due to us evacuating for a fire alarm. Then we were the last ones in to the show (well actually snuck back in after they told us we couldn't) as Braelyn and Calleigh declared they had to go potty when we were waiting outside. How do you distract a 3 year old from getting "peepee coming out on my panties" when there is no bathroom in sight?

It was nice to have Uncle Mike here all week to help hold the babies once in a while. The rest of the week went pretty fast.

Braelyn decided she is our new photographer and ventured to take pictures of the babies as they were asleep...6 inches from their faces, waking them up with the flash. So much for a few minutes of no crying... On top of that, she looks at Kohlden actually being peaceful in the swing with a passy in his mouth, pulls the passy out and brings it to me denoting matter of factly that this was Madelyn's passy. I informed her that it was clean and Kohlden was borrowing it today. Alas, it was too late.

Not too many other adventures this week. Here's one day's worth of bottles...I've been pumping a lot and then sharing in the feeding duties. Also, we are doing formula for bed time. Thanks to Auntie Esther for bringing a stash from the hospital.

Just a few more days until the bench relief team arrives again from Colorado..... but that also entails me having to go back to work for a bit.