Who's sick now?

The answer to the question will follow shortly. First, Thursday was our Fourth Anniversary!

Sick #1 and # 2 are Cade and Carson. Well, the twins were both getting over their recent colds and starting to rub their ears, so we knew what that meant. Double ear infections for Carson and one for Cade - the Doctor told us Thursday. We did not count on the wheezing/raspiness to be such a big deal, but the boys have bronchiolitis. Now we also have to do nebulizer breathing treatments every 3 hours (which takes 20 minutes per baby). Poor little ones! They don't act like anything is bothering them, though. Here's Carson watching Cade get a treatment this weekend! Then, Cade tries to tell Carson how to do it in the next picture!

They haven't been in those baby bouncer seats in a long time - since they figured out how to get out of them and land on their heads! But they didn't seem to mind them too bad - I think they knew Mommy was a little overwhelmed, and they were trying to be good patients! Thankfully, they still found time to play around their scheduled treatments, medications, feedings (boy, do they eat), and naps!

The guys all enjoy napping together on Sunday afternoons!

Last night, the boys enjoyed the Christmas Play at Church! Here they are with Daddy and his cousin Hunter!

Sick #3 is Mommy. Thankfully, for your sake, there's no picture of this. I've been pumping breastmilk for the boys since we left the hospital to measure and make sure they were getting enough at the beginning since they were so premature. Anyway, they have continued on breastmilk the whole time with added formula supplementation for about two months when they were in a big growth spurt. I've been pumping about 50 ounces a day, so we have a good bit frozen that we want to use up before they switch to whole milk at 1 year old. I decided this weekend was a good time to cut out one pumping session. Then I was going to wean down over the next few weeks. Well, let's just say my body freaked out last night. I had a 103.5 temp after putting the babies to bed last night and a pounding headache along with what we'll call some huge red rocks under my shirt. Let me just say you don't want to get Mastitis. I am feeling better after several doses of antibiotics, advil, and sickness, but the huge red rocks are still there. It hurts so badly to hold the boys right now.

Sick #4 is Daddy. Last, but not least because this one was scheduled. Kevin is gone right now to have his wisdom teeth out, so we will all be babying each other tonight! Thankfully, Kevin's sweet parents are coming over after I take the boys to the Doctor for their follow-up appointment regarding the bronchiolitis this afternoon! We're all praying they won't have to do those treatments anymore.

Here's a video of the boys playing one of their favorite games - Ring Roll! They throw the stacking rings - watch them roll with a look of: "How did I do that?" - crawl after it - and do it all over again! They're such little engineers!

this week

Well, we have been quite active again, and Mommy has forgotten the camera quite a lot again! We did enjoy the Christmas parade Saturday and the Live Nativity at church tonight! Here's a couple of fun times we had this past week! I still have not figured how to rotate pictures on here to make them straight up, but here's Carson and then Cade with the cute bibs Papa and Nana recently gave them for more interesting Daddy time at the mall! As if he needs help getting attention!

No silly heads - that is not the way you play with the exersaucer!

Here's one of Mommy's Christmas presents!!!!! Thanks Daddy! Mommy loves the pictures of the boys now framed in the dining room! It will be perfect once we have the year old montage made and hung, too!
Merry Christmas, everybody!

Ten Months Old!

Our boys are getting so big!
And so handsome!
Sometimes they still need extra attention!
Cade and Carson enjoyed helping Daddy and Mommy start to decorate!
They are all over the place now: to this side, to that side, going up, going down - wherever they can go!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Carson and Cade are having fun playing with Nana after a wonderful Thanksgiving meal at Grandpa and Grandma's house (so sad Mommy forgot the camera).

The boys are so entertained by their Papa!
Papa and Nana gave Cade and Carson some early Christmas presents!
We tried to get a posed picture with the Baby's 1st Thanksgiving bibs!
The twins were a little too excited for that!
One minute Cade would sit almost still . . .

. . . and the next minute Carson would sit almost still!

Mommy was glad to get home from work Friday! And Daddy had a good duck hunt - getting four Green Wing Teal Ducks which we ate for dinner Friday night!

Nana and Papa were good babysitters!

And today when Cade and Carson woke up from their morning naps - they missed Papa and Nana!

Carson is ready to cheer on the Gamecocks to beat Clemson today!

Cade is cheering for Carolina, too!

Nine and a Half Months!

The weather dipped down to freezing a couple of times this week, so the boys have gotten to wear a lot of the warm clothing that Nana and Papa gave them!
Here they are ready to leave for Day Care! This is the first day they wore mittens - they loved them!
Carson enjoyed playing that afternoon!
Of course, Cade did, too!
They have been standing up a lot now! They take steps when we hold their hands!

These overalls are very warm! Thanks Papa and Nana!

Cade and Carson love to feed themselves now! They are very good with the bottles and sippie cups, but not with silverware, yet!

We all missed Daddy while he was away for a work trip this week!

Carson enjoys playing after his Sunday afternoon nap!
Cade pretends to be a monkey with Daddy!
They were both Indians in the Thanksgiving performance at church this morning!