Rolly Pollies

Just a quick update!! My first born aka Jonathan has finally found his way to roll over from his back to his tummy!! I knew he had it in him. Now I have two little munchkins rolling all over the place! I'm a proud mama :) Also, Jonathan has found his toes just like Christopher. I must say the boys have been increasingly curious of each other in addition to mine and Gregs face haha. They grab each others ears, noses, and put each others fingers in the other ones mouth. They love to grab at mine and Greg's noses, eyes, my hair, and our lips. Christopher has been making this farting nose all the time and practically spits at us hehe. One very hilarious thing that has been happening is if the boys find their way to roll under the coffee table they grab a hold of the legs and they try to eat the legs of the coffee table! Its like they are little puppy's hehe. I definitely remember bella doing the same thing! So I have been pulling them back to their play mat so these instances wont happen. Night time has not been going so well, last night Christopher woke up three times and had to be rocked back to sleep. This morning we had lots of family cuddle time in bed because the boys decided to wake up extra early. They finally fell back asleep in mine and Gregs arms so we all got another hour of sleep. It makes my heart feel at peace when we are all together! Im gonna miss those moments so much! The boys are SOOOOO incredibly close to crawling! Especially my chunky monkey ( Christopher). Any day now im sure I will posting about it! I am always right on both of them with the video camera and the regular camera that probably when they finally crawl I will probably miss it! Is'nt that how it always happens? Ahhh, life with twins! My precious boys are amazing and would not change a minute of it for the world. I must say things have gotten much better and even though the wake ups during the night are stressful we are definitely getting more rest then when they were newborn. So no complaints tonight. God has truly blessed me with a wonderful and supportive husband and two beautiful baby boys :) Cherishing every moment with my family.

5 months!

 

How can my baby boys be five months old already??? Oh how time flies. Jonathan and Christopher are doing great! They are working soo hard on sitting up by themselves! Christopher is a rolling machine! He flips from his back to tummy, back to tummy, back to tummy, …. Just this morning he was on his play mat on the rug in the living room and I turned my head for two seconds and he had flipped three times to make his way under the coffee table. Lord help me!! Jonathan rolls from his tummy to his back but he has not yet mastered rolling from his back to tummy… he just needs a little more time. Christopher is very active and wants to move all the time. Jonathan is our more laid back baby and likes to look all around and examine and explore new things. He also LOVES watching tv. Their favorite is mickey mouse clubhouse. Christopher has a new obsession of sucking on his bottom lip.. it is so adorable he looks like he is blowing us fishy kisses! They both still LOVE diaper changes, and Christopher has found his feet!!! Every time we change his diaper he is grabbing his toes! Jonathan loves to throw his arms back by his head to stretch and relax at the changing table… see I told you he was our laid back baby! Both boys can not keep their fingers out of their mouth!!!! They are really grabbing at all their toys and everything goes straight to the mouth! We must be doing something backwards because we think they are both SOOO close to crawling ( before sitting up??).. probably just a few more weeks. They get their legs up but they can’t quite figure out how to work their arms to crawl yet. We are having lots of tummy time to practice! Their daily routine is going wonderful!! They are doing a lot better with the solid foods! They have rice cereal in the morning for breakfast with a fruit mixed in and at night they have vegetables. Their favorite breakfast fruit is apples and pears. They do not like peaches AT ALL! Their favorite vegetables are carrots and sweet potatoes! Surprisingly they actually love peas and green beans! They absolutely LOVE bath time they splash and make a huge mess!!! Not fun for mommy and daddy but they LOVE it so we don’t mind! We actually just recently had to buy a bigger baby bath tub because the one we got from our shower is to small now. We just had to take Jonathan to the doctor because his eye was irritated.. they think he might of scratched it so they prescribed him some eye drops. He does not like that at all! They prescribed the same for Christopher because his tear ducts are not wide enough.. he was born with them that way so they get really goopy.. poor baby. If his eyes do not clear up by nine months then we have to take him to see an ophthalmologist. They weighed Jonathan at the doctor and he weighed 17.4 pounds! We are thinking that Christopher is probably a pound or so heavier than him. Of course smiles are infinite these days and boy are they absolutely adorable! My heart stops every time they smile. We are getting bunches of laughs and giggles these days! Although daddy is the only one that can make them laugh and laugh and laugh for a good 15 minutes. They both are sleeping in their cribs every night… and occasionally they wake up through the night but we think that is because their gums are bothering them. Usually with a little rocking and a song they go right back to sleep. We are loving every second with them, they are truly a gift! We shower them with LOVE and lots of kisses everyday! Greg and I are trying so hard to get them to say mama or dada but no such luck yet! Fingers crossed they will soon! We can’t wait to see how much they will grow and change this next month! They are truly two amazing and strong little boys! After everything they went through you would never know that they were born one month premature. They fill my heart with so much love! They are precious! You never know a mothers love until you become a mother.. I love you baby boys!

Busy Bee's

Warning.... Long post to follow!!! Oh my goodness.. where to begin! Yes I know I have not blogged in over a month! Life has been pretty hectic the past month! Our month started off with daddy leaving us for two weeks to start his pre deployment training. It was his first long time away from the boys so saying goodbye was not easy… do not ask me how we are going to all say goodbye for a whole year….After he left  nana, the boys and I went to Ft. Lauderdale to visit granny and attend my cousins baby shower! ( So excited for baby Easton’s arrival by the way!!) We had tons of fun down there and I have to say the boys did very well with the transition! However the car rides were not fun at ALL! The boys got tons of new summer clothes and were showered with LOTS and LOTS of LOVE from granny! It was so hard to say goodbye as always… wish we lived closer. 

When we got back home 2 days later Greg’s parents came to visit with our nephew DJ and the next day daddy came back home!! We were so excited to meet DJ for the first time! He has a great personality and is such a happy baby! Greg and I found out how much work we have ahead of us while DJ was around.. he is 10 months old and getting into everything! Lord help us when the boys start crawling! Two weeks without daddy was rough I spent a lot of my time stressing out! I think the boys can sense when I am alone because man do they play me. The morning feedings with their rice cereal are sooo dramatic!!! 

Skipping ahead to Easter… We had a wonderful Easter weekend! On Saturday we all colored Easter eggs as a family… We wanted to make the most of it since daddy will not be here to celebrate it with us next year. We took a MILLION pictures! Greg even had Christopher drop his egg into the cup of dye… (adorable)! Come to find out it was my egg that said “ We Love You Mommy”. Sunday morning we went to church and the boys did excellent!! They barley made a peep! Of course we got slammed with questions about the twins but we didn’t mind because they are just so darn cute!

As for me, I am trying very very hard to shed this baby weight!! I am doing the HCG diet and it is anything but easy. Greg is being so supportive dieting and working out with me! We are going on a cruise the beginning of May to the Bahamas! The boys are going to stay with nana! I am so excited but at the same time am so scared and sad all at the same time to leave the boys. This will be my first time away from them. Although I know nana will have everything under control. Next stop on the agenda… daddy is leaving again on the 22^nd… At least it is only for one week this time. I just can’t imagine it getting any easier... Last time he was gone he was able to skype us.. and it was adorable because the boys would smile at him!!! Someone pinch me so I can wake up! Time is moving sooo fast! Can you believe the boys are already five months old and daddy is leaving in 2 months…SLOW DOWN time! The boys are doing great! They are learning new things everyday and we are enjoying every second with them as always!