Pics by popular demand!

I am just posting pics!

Paul andCorinne hanging out on the couch. Donovan in his bouncy seat.

The boys about to eat some rice cereal.

Drew is all smiles!

Babytime!

Corinne posing with her princess picture.

So the boys are 4 months old now, and we can't believe it! At their dr. appointment, Donovan weighs almost 15 lbs and Drew weighs almost 14 lbs! So they are big boys. It is hard to believe since they started out so tiny in this world. They have little leg rolls and arm rolls and it is so cute!

They had a bunch of vaccinations in the appointment and they didn't really like those. As for new activities, they are rolling over to their side really consistently. They still have pretty wobbly heads but they are getting stronger each day.

Corinne is still a great big sister and likes to entertain them all the time, even though we have to watch her "entertaining" of them. It is fun watching all 3 of them interact, and I can't wait until the boys figure out the other one is around!

Drew sitting in the boppy. He is kind of leaning.

Donovan playing on his matt.

kiddieland...

Well, sorry once again it has taken me forever to update this, but as usual things are a little crazy, but in a good way. The boys continue to grow and are getting so big! Corinne is really into Spongebob, so that is her new hobby. She especially likes Gary, for those of you that watch it. I will have to find a toy one for her.

Eating and sleeping are pretty much the same around here. Just when we think we have turned a corner with sleep, the next night is bad again. We think tonight we are dropping the swaddles cold turkey. We are doing it for their naps right now and the boys seemed to like to put them selves to sleep by sucking on their fists, which is there new thing. Even though at this point I think Paul and I could start a professional swaddling business, they are still managing to shimmy out of them, and we don't know if this is affecting their sleep. Since we are tired and desperate,we will try it tonight. Wish us luck!

Last weekend Corinne and I went to a wedding, and she had a lot of fun. I need to upload pics so I will do that soon. She was a great "date", even though most dates wouldn't want to be carried around everywhere they went. She loves to get dressed up and she even wore pearls!

I will post some pics later and do a better job of updating this!

The sleep deprivation is getting to us...

Paul and the family at the zoo! Notice our gigantic stroller....

So if I don't post a lot of updates it's because things are so crazy around here that I literally don't have time. Which is probably why I have laundry to do, thank you notes I still need to write (sorry everybody), and baby books to read that I never seem to have time for.

The good news is that Corinne and the boys are all doing well. The bad news is we don't seem to be making much progress on sleep. We kind of keep waiting to turn the corner and not much is happening. I know that we just have to hang in there and this time will pass, but right now we are just tired! They are on a great schedule with at the babysitter and we are grateful for that. It is hard to know what to expect from them because they have an "adjusted" age of only 8 weeks, so they are sleeping well for 8 week olds. So anyways, let's just say that I now am a coffee drinker.

The boys had their 3 month pics on Sat that I will post later, they turned out really cute. As for other updates, Corinne is hilarious. If we are eating something she wants, she will come up and say "I can have some of that", more of a statement. She says a lot of funny things that I need to start righting down.

Pics!!!

So I am officially a blogging slacker. But I finally have uploaded some pics! The kids are doing great. The boys get cuter and cuter and are starting to have pretty good head control. They are even starting to sit in their bumbo seat for small periods of time. They definitely have a fussy time in the early even, and we have times where we struggle to entertain them.

Sleeping is about the same with them. Every time I think we are in a pattern they switch it up on me. Drew seems to be the cuddlier of the two. He always wakes up an hour before Donovan in the morning and sleeps on one of us until his brother wakes up. Sometimes we think the boys look so completely different that they can't be identical, and sometimes I get them confused! It is very crazy. So onto the pics:

Corinne cramming herself into the bumbo seat!
The boys all dressed up and no where to go! Drew is on the left, Donovan on the right.

Corinne giving Drew (I think it's Drew) a kiss.

10 weeks today!

So the boys are 10 weeks today, and it has gone by pretty fast! Here is what they are up to:

-They are now eating more consistently 4 ounces at a time, which is a big deal for them.

-Drew rolled over from his stomach to his back yesterday, which Donovan has been doing for 6 weeks, so he finally caught up!

-My babysitter said Donovan laughed yesterday. Of course I had to miss that. :(

-The boys are going to sleep at 7 and then up to eat around 11, then 3, then 6. I am glad they are pretty consistent but I am looking forward to them dropping one of these feedings. Corinne just started dropping one feeding without help when she was a baby, so I am hoping these guys do the same.

I really really need to take and upload new pics. Things have been busy around here. On Thursday night it was just me and the boys since Paul had an overnight business trip. It was definitely a lot to have everyone, but we did it. Corinne helped, and even helped feed her brother with me! She is a big help, although I have to keep an eye on her "helping" sometimes.

This pic is about 2 weeks old, like I said I need to take new pics!

Back to Work!

On Wednesday I officially went back to work. I have mixed feelings about going back and being away from the boys, but it is also nice being able to eat lunch without interruption! Plus we are lucky to have a great babysitter that does a great job with all our kids.

The boys also celebrated their 9 week birthday on Friday. It has really gone by fast! Paul and I took all the kids to the mall yesterday and they were great. Just when we got our confidence up we took all 3 to Target, Drew cried the entire time for no apparent reason other than he didn't want to be at Target. So that was a fast trip.

The boys are up around every 3 hours in the evening still. Our new goal is to get them to take naps in their cribs instead of their bouncy seats or on us. I will keep everyone posted on how this goes.


Some pics: Corinne after a bath....

Donovan and Drew after their bath. In most of our pics, you will notice that Drew is in blue. This is so our babysitter can tell them apart!