Friday, August 28, 2009

Best Week Ever!











Our nanny started this week :) Wow, I can't believe it's been two whole weeks since I last posted! Sorry - a bit hectic here as you might imagine. Even with the nanny here three whole days this week, I've been sooo busy - just trying to catch up on everything (sleep included). And it didn't help that my car battery died one day (66 days of 100 degree heat will do that!). On the plus side, I did get my teeth cleaned.



Ok, enough about me! I know you only really want to hear about the babies :) They are doing great! Growing so fast - each day they look bigger. And I know why - they eat CONSTANTLY! But it's a good thing - just keeps us on our toes, especially in the wee hours. We had a few rough nights this week but the last three or four l have been pretty good. Sometimes they even go four hours between feedings. Of course, that's four hours from when they START feedings, so it's not like we really get a four hour break. And sometimes it's only 2 1/2 hours. So we're all still a little sleep-deprived. But things could be worse - and we are managing to get out occasionally. We've taken the babies out to restaurants twice now (they slept in their car seats both times) and Chad and I have managed a couple of date nights. Not bad for the first six weeks!




Friday, August 14, 2009

Four weeks old!











It's soooo hard to believe, but the twins turned 4 weeks old on Wednesday. Today is their actual due date (if they had gone full term - 40 weeks). Here are some pictures we took on their one month birthday!
Today we had our one month visit to the pediatrician and we were really hoping that Knox would be up to 6 lbs (he was 5 lb, 5 1/2 oz at his two week visit). Not only is getting bigger a good thing overall, but the pedi said that once he got to 6 lbs, we could go to feeding them both every four hours (vs. every three). Not that they will always wait four hours for their next meal (or even three), but in the event that they're still sleeping (e.g. the middle of the night), we can let them keep sleeping. Which of course means that Mommy and Daddy can also keep sleeping :)
So we went today and Piper weighed in at a whopping 7 lbs, 7.5 oz! Not bad considering that 2 weeks ago she was at 6 lbs, 2 oz! We could tell she was getting bigger and especially today when I went to put her into her car seat to go to the pedi and she wouldn't fit! I had to figure out how to adjust the harness in the carseat so we could leave (seriously, not an easy feat!) And today Knox weighed 6 lbs, 13.5 oz!!! So we are all thrilled that this seemingly constant feeding is really paying off!

Saturday, August 8, 2009

A Few More




Knox' first bath at home and three generations of the Meley Men :)

Updated Pictures











Ok, I know I'm not doing very well with the narration here, but we are all doing well, just very busy! Chad and I even had a date night last night and went to a movie. I should have a bit more time when the nanny starts - it's been a bit of a saga to hire someone, but I hope to have one lined up within the next week or so. In the meantime, here are some newer pics of Knox and Piper (still at the hospital - I'm also behind getting pictures uploaded, but these are pretty cute so I'm going to post them!) And check out the one of Chad eating pizza on our last night in the hospital, remote in hand, babies by his side :) And then heading home in our brand new car seats!

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Saturday, August 1, 2009

New Pictures!











Ok, here are the first of the photos we had done professionally at the hospital. These are Knox alone. More to come!