the haps..

i have a minute before time to eat again, so i just wanted to update everybody on what has been going on with the boys these days.
well, we had a lot of visitors last week...family all weekend
Friday brought Aunt Sarah from Florida, Grandpa and Carol.
Saturday brought Uncle Doug from Switzerland. We had a great time watching Classic Albums, Tennis and feeding babies of course. Aunt Sarah had to leave Sunday, but we hope she will be back very soon! Uncle Doug was here until Wednesday, and it was a great help, and awesome to have company for all of my usual housebound routines.

Joey became increasingly fussy through the beginning of the week, and was having trouble pooping, so we went to the doc on Tuesday even though we had an appt for Friday. We changed formula's (thank goodness) to a hypoallergenic formula. Within 2 days he was a million times better.
Wednesday..eye doc, both boys look great so far!
Thursday..my post partum appt..no problems
Friday..GI appt for both boys..sooo informative! It looks like both boys have reflux (which we knew of course), and they are both milk allergic, therefor allergic to their previous formula, causing allergic colitis in Joey (hence, trouble pooping) and a bad rash and lots of throw up for Ronnie.
So, the change in formula was the way to go.
We also had our two month with the pediatrician..which meant...shots! I know it hurts me so much more than it hurts them. Boy oh boy did they sleep well Friday night, though.
Joey has gotten much better, but poor little Ronnie still has a ways to go, i think. His spit ups have gotten worse, so I think we will try less food more often next, so basically it will be...feed ronnie, hold him 30 minutes, feed joey, hold 30 minutes then time to feed ronnie again! whew!
the things we do for love :)

thankful part II

sorry for the delay, things have been busy busy..daddy is back at work, and we have had family visits and doctors appointments galore..will update specifics later..



but for now giving thanks through visuals..


ronnie 6 lb 10 oz


joey 6 lb 12 oz


funny faces


comfy places


multi tasking


first drum lessons


siblings









being clean



a good burp



dads who change diapers



guard dogs



previews to smiles



and previews to annoyed looks (awww mom)


and of course again, im just thankful for being a mom

give thanks for a nap...

well, not a nap for me, but the boys...they are sleeping sooooo soundly right now..with a half hour until feeding time, its about to get really loud really fast.
in the same vein, giving thanks...

Joey


Ronnie


the sweet peace


laundry helpers


amazing husbands..



amazing fathers..


and just being a mom



oh, and im not forgetting the dogs...they have been perfect, i just need a good pic of them ;)

i love our doctor..

went to the pediatrician today, with both boys..my favorite part is the weight check...well, its my favorite part when it is a good outcome ;) as of today.. ronnie weighs in at 4 lbs 13 oz, and joey is a whopping 5 lbs 2 oz...i could just look at him the last 2 days and tell he had really grown...awwww, im so proud!
I am also so happy with how proactive our doc is with the boys' reflux issues..they both are having such a hard time, and can't be put down until at least 30 minutes after they eat, and even then they throw up. feeding joey is as though you are torturing him, yet he is starving, and ronnie had a scary choking on spit-up episode this morning.
So our doc called the children's hospital and spoke with their GI doc, and not only do we have an appointment, but we have a treatment plan until then, thank GOD! we are starting prevacid, and thickening their milk tonight, I hope so much it does the trick, i hate seeing my boys in any any amount of pain..
well..speaking of, the dinner bell calls, well.... the dinner YELL calls..

the afterbath

the bath was so much fun last night, it was their first "real" bath since being home. i have been giving them sponge baths, but since they were still healing from their circumcisions (poor boys)...we didn't have a real bath until last night..
Joey actually kind of loved his, Ronnie not quite as much...but he was happy afterwards, and he gets so darn fluffy, you can't really even understand how fluffy his little head of hair gets, its so beautiful :)
here he is, afterbath, ready to eat...how could you not love those eyes?


then this morning i realized...i have the life (disclaimer no, we do not sleep with them in the bed)



i'm the luckiest girl in the world

what happened?

well, the boys are asleep...so i thought i would finally add all of the pictures that i meant to add for the past 2 months, then i will try and keep everybody up on current events with more frequent updates, promise ;)

sooo..here is a pic of me at 26 weeks, just for an idea of how big i was getting


a couple of weeks later we had the shower, thrown for us by the Lowder and O'Brien families..it was wonderful... great food, great friends..and i didn't see these pics until after the boys were here. at that time i was shocked by that one picture, seeing just how big i was.





so...next thing i knew (well..next week) we are in the hospital (twice), here we are before the surgery. This was probably about 1 am, Ron had just gotten there after leaving his band between sets when he got the call..


Ronnie's first picture..


Joey's first pic...



then they were taken to the special care nursery..where they were put on CPAP, and daddy got to see them while mommy was recovering




we had tons of pics from the next few weeks, some of which i have already posted..but lets fast forward to....

the boys are home!
joey came home 2 weeks (wow) ago tomorrow


and ronnie came home 2 days later



and now we are all together again!




well, its about to be bath time (maybe pics soon ;) soo...hope you enjoyed the catching up! more soon,
lots of love,
nora, ron, ronnie and joey

Meet Ronnie and Joey...

Okay! Finally I have a few minutes to update :)
Everyone is doing well.. I am all healed up, although I would never recommend a C-section if anyone can help it.
The boys are doing great, they are steadily gaining weight and have just started eating by mouth in addition to their tube feedings. As of today, Ronnie weighs 3 lbs 14 oz and Joey weighs 3 lbs 15 oz.
No ideas yet as to when they might be coming come, but they have been progressing so well, hopefully it won't be more than a few more weeks.
Nothing could have prepared us for how much we would love these little guys, we can't wait to have them home!
Here are some pics..

Ronnie, my little thinker..


Joey, my little rocker..


Ronnie


Joey