Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Lucky 7

I still can't believe the twins are 7 months old
Where has the time gone?
I'm here in the house every day LOOKING for time...
...time to spend in the bathroom, or time to sleep, or time to eat...
I can never seem to find any extra.... :)

The twins are on a pretty good schedule.  I honestly can't complain too much about that.
They are gooooood babies. 
We are often complimented on how easy-going they are.  We usually tell people it's because they're #3 and #4.  'Waiting your turn' is just part of the game around here.  Patience is a must. 
Although some days I seem to have trouble finding that here too...

Even at their tender young age, Tim and I are wondering if they aren't understanding exactly what they are doing to get that special attention -
Shepherd is always the 'last man standing'.  He sleeps longer in the morning than anyone else, so he can usually stay up the latest. I'd say 99% of the time he is the last little man to get to bed in this house.  I think he cherishes the late(r) night cuddle time he gets when all the others are in bed.
Thaddeus needs facial attention.  He will cough and growl and make all kinds of noise until he gets someone's attention.  It is nice that now he seems to be pleased enough with face-time from the bigger boys.  Both Cale and Megersa love that he will smile and yell with glee when they stop to entertain him.

Friends have joked about how big they are.  I hadn't noticed.  My arm muscles have compensated nicely with the gradual weight gain...so it wasn't until we looked at the scales at the doctors office this past week to notice that WOW, they really are getting big!
Shepherd is 17.8 lbs
Thaddeus 17.14 lbs
They're on the scale for term babies.  And in the 50th percentile, nonetheless!
I know Tim and I produce "healthy" boys...I just figured they'd always stay smaller because of their prematurity...but apparently not.  :)

They're eating solid, pureed food about 2-3 times a day...and taking bottles about 4-5 times a day.
Honestly...HONESTLY...I feel like 75% of the day I'm feeding someone something.

Events to date:Shepherd rolled over from belly to back on my birthday - 7.31.11
Thad rolled over from belly to back two days later - 8.2.11
A few weeks later Thaddeus went from back to belly - 9.13.11
...we're still waiting for Shepherd to attempt it.
Neither can fully sit unaided, though Thaddeus is getting close and will most definitely accomplish it before Shepherd.
Shepper is just so content with life...it's like he's saying "What's the rush, Thad?  There's always something in front of us that we can get in our mouths...and if not that...there's enough commotion going on to keep us entertained...Why move?...Where are we going?"  :)
He does scoot around (on his back) while in his crib and on the floor...but usually he can just remain where he's put...and happy about it
Wanna put me in the exersaucer?  ...Okay. 
Bumbo?  ...That's fine.
Bouncer again?  ...Alrighty.
Time in the high chair?  ...Why not.
Under the floor gym? ...Okey-doke.
On your hip? ...Yes please.
Snuggling in your lap?  ...Absolutely!!

It's interesting that Thad was so "quiet" in my womb...(in comparision to Shepherd anyway.)  The Shep kicked me - all. day. long.  Tim and I voiced concerned interest in the fact that Thaddeus was so mellow, barely kicked...just changed position.
Not so...not now.
He doesn't want to relax!  If we dare try to put him in the boucer he protests unhappily.  Too confined - as is the swing.  He seems to enjoy the high chair for the time being.  Perhaps he is cool with the stationary position of it because it associated with pureed goodness. :)  That, or it's because it's a new scene.   I think he's actually getting a little frustrated because he can't get around as fast as he'd like (or so it seems).  He started "scooting" on his back - hard to describe, but we call it the "inchworm" - it's hilarious. He pushes off the floor with his feet and then arches his back and drags his head - all in one little motion...it honestly does look like a little inchworm. Cale gets tickled pink every time Thad is on the floor and starts up doing it... He still hates to be on his belly, so we think crawling will be aways off...... ;)
Like Mommy, Like Daddy:
Maybe it's the precious hours of those early months that Shepherd spent sleeping on my chest...or maybe it's because he sleeps in a crib next to me...but my little baby happened to pick up the habit I have of sleeping with a blanket over my head.  Initially I was worried when I saw his head almost completely covered under his blanket, so I pulled it away...but that little guy knows what he likes.  He grabbed that blanket and pulled it back over his face.  So, when I go and check on him, I just check to make sure he can breathe, and then let him be.
"Never wake a sleeping baby."
Mr. Thad enjoys that big glowing screen we call a TV....doesn't really matter what's on.  The latter is unlike his Daddy, but it's awefully cute to see them together "glued" to the screen watching football.  It really is one of the only times Thaddeus is content to just sit and snuggle. :)

Well, I could go on and on...
But lets just end this love session with some pictures of their 6-7 month cuteness: 




These 2 truely melt my heart.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Big C

My Cale knows his full name:
"My first name is Cale.  My Middle name is Timothy.  My last name is Nester.  Cale Timothy Nester."
And he knows his nickname.  "Mommy, sometimes you call me Big C...and that's okay."
He's a smart boy.
....AND a funny funny boy.

Here are some recent Cale quotes:
9.13.11 
(conversation heard from the two in the bathroom - one on the potty) 
Megersa: Cale, you're mean.
Cale: Mommy, Megersa said I'm mean!! I'm NOT mean! Megersa, I'm not gonna talk to you...or play with you....
M: Cale?
C: WHAT?!
M: I love you.
C: I love you too.

9.12.11  
(I thought I'd ask Cale what he learned in moppets today as I looked at his craft)...
me: Cale, what day did God make the animals?
Cale: ...on Wednesday!!

9.1.11
Cale: Megersa, do you wanna go outside with me and play with bubbles?
Megersa: No.
Cale: FINE!!! YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY FUN TODAY!!

8.31.11 
Mommy: Cale, do you know why God tells us to obey our parents?
Cale: Yes. He's trying to get us to heaven...

8.27.11 
Cale: Daddy, can we go outside to play? 
Daddy: No. It's raining.
Cale: Okay (walks away and goes downstairs) 
Cale: (yells) Daddy......I'm disappointed!

8.1.11 
Cale: Remember when the fishy died and you flushed him? Did he still go to heaven?
Daddy: Yep
Cale: (thinking for a few seconds) ...so does our poop go to heaven?

7.20.11 
Mommy: Cale, who is your hero? Is Daddy your hero?
C: No...Megersa is!

6.24.11 
Cale:  Mommy, you didn't leave me out breakfast today so I had to.
Mommy:  Had to what?
Cale:  To eat my boogers.

5.15.11 
(Hearing Cale outside having a conversation with someone...I look, but I see no one.)
Mommy: Who you talking to buddy?
Cale: Oh, no one...just that bird over there...

4.17.11 
Cale: Mommy, you have hair like Rapunzel's...but not as long......and it's brown.

3.31.11 
Nana: Cale, I'm telling ya, one of your brothers looks just like you...do you know who it is?
Cale: Yeah...Megersa. :)


Tuesday, September 13, 2011

A Dr. Suess morning





The Sun did not shine.
It was too wet to play.
We were stuck in our bumbos
'cause Mommy put us that way.










I sat there with Shepherd,
We sat there...we two.
And I said how I wished
we had something to view!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
And then they appeared
with a loud sort of noise...
We looked out and saw them,
the two older boys...

They said to us, why do you sit there like that?Perhaps it is wet...the sun is not shining,
but we are all wet...yet we still are smiling! ;)






Okay, so I can't finish the book with pictures of my kids...
But, after I put the twins down for a nap, I thought it might be fun to continue our Dr. Suess morning.

As a fun surprise I read Green Eggs and Ham:

















And then we ate some!

Saturday, September 10, 2011

New and Improved

Okay, maybe not necessarily "improved" - but the blog is new (ish). 
I pretty much had to start over with my blog.  The old 4 under 4 was giving me problems.  Big problems that I couldn't fix no matter how I rearranged the things I wanted to see. 
Asthetically unpleasing to me...and since it's my blog, since I'm not tech savvy enough to fix it, and since it really doesn't make that much of a difference...I just started fresh.

Anyway, hopefully things will run smoothly from now on.
I promise to continue blogging.  :)

Sunday, September 4, 2011

pics from M's 2nd celebration

 Duckpin Bowling in Mt. Airy Lanes was loads of fun (though very much overpriced...)!!
 M wasn't a fan of waiting for his turn again.  Daddy sympathizes.
 Cale was pretty pumped about bowling with these little balls! :)
 Check out that form!
 Daddy. What else can I say? ;)
 One pin left. 
 Poor Megersa got his fingers smushed by the ball return not once, but twice. Daddy helped cheer him up.
 And a birthday dinner at Burger King.  King Megersa.
 Cale wasn't aware that he chose the princess crown...but I knew and couldn't stop laughing. :)
 Parents of said birthday boy.