Cowboy and Ballerina

Protecting his sister already.

Potty Training has....

Started in our house. No, Macey isn't 100% ready to be potty trained, but she's certainly becoming more aware. She's sat on the potty a handful of times; no success, but she's getting more acquaited. Everyone knows that going to the bathroom alone is impossible for a mom of young kids. So, Macey follows me to the bathroom without fail. Regardless of what kind of trip it is, we have to read a book. I've also imitated making a grunting face with her. Well, it has sunk in...




I was getting the babies dressed and about to feed them. While I was dressing the babies in our room, Macey went into our bathroom. After I got the babies dressed, I went in to check on Macey (aka see what she was doing). She had climbed onto the toilet, got one of the books on the back of the toilet and that's how I found her..reading on the toilet. When she saw me she looked up and made the grunting face (which is the second picture). Priceless...

Christmas tree

Sean and I have been going to the Elgin Christmas Tree Farm for at least the last 3 years to get our Christmas tree. Well, this year was no different, except for the fact that we waited until this past Sunday to get it. I guess we can use the fact that we did have twins a few months ago as our excuse. Sunday happened to be quite a cold day here. It was also very windy. Macey, Brianna and I braved the wind and cold to pick and cut down our tree. The farm has a hay ride to take you to an area of the farm to cut down a tree. We hopped on and the owner asked what size tree we wanted. I told him not a very big tree, less than 6 feet would be fine with me. He pointed us to a lot right behind us, which was at the front of the farm, so no hay ride for us. That suited me just fine. We spent all of 5 minutes picking out a tree. We ended up with a 5 foot tree. That is the smallest tree we've ever had. The other trees we've gotten have been 8+ feet and HUGE around. This tree is neither tall or fat.



This picture shows how cold it was...Macey wasn't crying, it was just that cold and windy.

Our Charlie Brown Christmas Tree 2008


Christmas Tree 2007 (see, 2008 really is a wimpy tree)



The ducks at the farm...Macey enjoyed looking at the animals

The goats at the farm.

This farm also has a pumpkin festival in October each year. We went last year, but didn't make it out this year due to the fact that the twins were soon to be born. I wanted Macey to get close to the animals last year even if she was only 4 months old. Sean was having none of that. He didn't want Macey to catch something (don't ask me what he thought she would catch...but then again, this is the same guy that I have to repeatedly tell him that cold weather doesn't make you sick, a virus/bacteria makes you sick...). So this year she was able to view and enjoy the animals. And that's probably because Sean stayed in the car with the babies since it was so cold and windy outside.

When did the tree get decorated you ask? Uh, today around 4pm. Me with Macey, Miles and Camryn by myself a lot=no time to get the tree decorated. Thanks to a few neighbors we have our Charlie Brown tree up and decorated.

See, she does love them

I have to say that, yes, Camryn does look a little upset in these pictures, but that is because it was time to eat..

Bedtime routine

So I've written previously how I handle 3 kids under 2 by myself for bedtime (and a really good blogger links you back to that blog, but really, do you want to read that again...). We still have that same routine, but I thought I'd share some of the moments during our bedtime routine.

Bath time with Macey is always an adventure. She loves to soap up, so much so that the bathtub gets to get soaped up as well. She also has some sort of game she plays that involves sticking half of her head under the water (just the side of her head). I'm not sure what that game does, but she plays it often. After bath time I rub her down with lotion, but not without her help. She always wants me to put some of it on her hands and she will rub her tummy down with it and often it ends up being rubbed into her face and hair.

After reading to her I rock her, but not to sleep. While I rock her I sing to her and most of the time it's some made up song about how much I love her and about bedtime. She chimes in and sings right along with me. I love it and melt every time she does it. I just want to stop singing and listen to her sing. Our own little made up night time song. Her in her made up language with a few real words thrown in and me in my made up tune with lots of love thrown in.

Our bedtime routine gets a little altered when Sean is here to help out. Sean and Macey have a different routine, however their routine involves Sean and Macey falling asleep in the rocking chair and then once she's laid down she screams, which she never does when it's just her and I. So we now say bye to Daddy and watch him walk out the front door and then go on with our routine. As we head upstairs Sean comes back in. If Macey knows Daddy is here, then she will scream and scream when I lay her down. Oh how we lie...I mean trick our kids. So far that trick has worked.

Growing Babies

We took Camryn and Miles to the pediatrician for their 2 month check up today. Camryn weighs 9 lbs and is 21 1/4 inches long. Miles weighs 9 lbs 13 oz and is 21 1/4 inches long. They both did great. Both of them almost rolled over while the doctor was examining them. Way to go! Neither of them liked the stuff they give them to drink (one of the vaccines) and they both went hysterical when they got 3 shots. We weren't surprised by Miles's crying since he gets hysterical pretty quickly, but hearing Camryn was completely heartbreaking. We had not heard that kind of crying from her...ever. Miles was asleep by the time we got into the car, but Camryn was still in shock. I looked back into the mirror in the backseat and she was just staring...no blinks, no movement, just staring into space. She did crash once we got home after eating. Miles on the other hand decided he wanted to stay awake after eating. Miles quickly crashed after giving him a bath, but Camryn is still up as I'm writing this. However, she's quietly laying in the bassinet with Miles. She'll be out shortly. This week she's been wanting to stay awake after bath time. Maybe she's trying to get some quality alone time with me. It has worked if that is her goal.

Christmas pictures

So we took some pictures of the kids in their Christmas outfits today. It's quite a production to get all the kids dressed and then try to get a decent picture of all of them. I might add that all of this was done before 8am this morning.

Camryn wasn't too sure what we were doing. Judging by the look on her face she was ready to be rescued before we even started.

"Fighting" for the best spot
See what I mean...bottom lip and all. worried.

Growing up I paid to try to get hair that looked like this

Macey smiled with prompting from Dad

What did we do today?

Here are a few of our moments.

Miles hung out with Dad.

Macey got into the toilet paper...
Took it to the kitchen to wipe up some water...

Ditched the toilet paper and went with the towel I had been using to wipe it up. Some of my OCD tendencies are wearing off onto her...

Dad hung out with Macey and Camryn (Dad was a little tired).

Miles and Camryn are growing and growing and two months old today...wow. I call Miles my little worrier. If he is crying and you come to his rescue he'll let you know how worried he got by continuing to whimper when you come near. He sticks out his bottom lip as well. Camryn is very laid back. She only cries when she's hungry, hurt, or has a dirty diaper. I can lay her down awake and she'll just doze off. It is an awesome experience to watch two babies develop together. How did we get so lucky?

Macey is being a lot more gentle with the babies. It is sweet to watch her go look for the other baby if only one of them is awake. That is the only thing she knows...don't all homes have two babies at the same time? She'll also run to our bedroom door when one of the babies starts crying and gets almost frantic wanting to get to the baby who is crying. Her vocabulary is expanding everyday. She'll repeat almost anything we say. She's an expert climber. She's more confident than I am comfortable with. She climbed up on our sofa table while I was feeding the babies (I become somewhat immobile when feeding the babies since I've got them both). I had to leap up with both babies in tow and rescue her off the table. She's been climbing our stairs since she could crawl. I took the view that she's going to need to know how to climb the stairs and be good at it since we have them in our house so I would allow her to climb the stairs (obviously with supervision). She's become so confident at going down the stairs that now when she comes downstairs she really just slides down them backwards.

My beautiful girls

Not a very good picture of Camryn, but posted anyway since Macey was being so gentle

Much better picture of Camryn...

See we do fix Macey's hair and get her dressed...

Helping out

Macey loves to help out. We laugh at her when she takes the diapers to the trash because she holds them the same way each time. Between her finger and thumb and only holding the least amount possible.

When purses go wrong

So I didn't crack up laughing when I took this video, but after I watched it I couldn't help but laugh. To set the scene a little. Macey had been playing "going shopping". This is where she puts a purse around her neck, and usually grabs some keys (in this case she had packed up Sean's cell phone), and pretends to be leaving. I play along and act like she's going shopping and ask her to buy something for me and tell her to drive safely. This video was taken after we'd been playing that game for a while.

Another side note...yes we do dress her and fix her hair..we just happen to be taking videos first thing in the morning.

Tidbits

I figured I'd post a picture showing their full body to show how big they are getting.

Smiley Macey on our outing today...

Less than 30 seconds later...

I took the kids by myself on a shopping outing today. We only went to one store and were only there for about an hour. Macey was wonderful on our adventure (despite the picture above). She had me laughing at one point. I have a triple stroller that I used in the outing today. Macey sits in the front. All of the seats are in a line, so it is a little long. Imagine trying to maneuver around those tight "rows" in clothing stores. I bumped into quite a few walls, rounders, etc. Each time Macey would say "oh" in her cute voice. It made me laugh as she pointed out Mom's bad driving each time. The back seat of the stroller is the only seat that fully reclines, so I usually start out by putting both Miles and Camryn in the back. Camryn doesn't like riding together with Miles, so I move her to the middle seat. Both Miles and Camryn weren't feeling the shopping adventure at first. Once Camryn was moved to the middle seat, she calmed down and then she was all eyes. Miles didn't ever get into the shopping spirit so I ended up picking him up. I was able to pick out a few things and then we went on our merry way.

I've gotten in a semi-routine for the evenings. I give Macey dinner around 5 or 5:30 and I'm usually feeding the babies while Macey eats, then we all head upstairs around 6. I give Macey a bath at that time and occasionally Miles and Camryn will be sleeping. If they aren't sleeping then I load them in bouncy seats in the bathroom. If Macey wants to play a little after I'm done bathing her (rarely), then I'll give the babies their bath at that time (I obviously have all their stuff ready in the bathroom before I start Macey's bath). If not, then they hang out in their bouncy seats while I get Macey dressed and then to bed. Most nights Miles will start crying as I'm rocking Macey. After rocking Macey for a little bit, I tell her I love her and that I'll see her in the morning and lay her down. She's usually in bed by 6:30 and I don't hear a peep out of her. Then it's back to the babies to bathe them and get them ready for bed. They do great taking a bath. I get them all swaddled and then I rock them (together). They are usually asleep around 7:30 or so. They've been sleeping for 5 hours at that time, so they don't wake up until after midnight. Macey sleeps until at least 7am. I'll be able to take out a few steps in the bedtime routine once the babies are old enough to take a bath with Macey.

Just to clarify the picture with Macey in the sling. NO, she doesn't get toted around in that. She was being silly and Sean stuck her in it to see what she'd do. We were cracking up at the face she made as she "lounged" in sling.

Macey's Language

Here's a short video of Macey talking in her own language. We have frequent conversations in this language. Us saying words, Macey responding in her language with tone and attitude already. Although she has become a little parrot lately. Somewhat "normal" conversations are just around the corner...she has her 1/2 birthday tomorrow.

Can you tell we got a new camera finally? It was quite a conversation I had with the young guy working at the store that I bought the camera. Things have certainly changed since I bought my last camera over 4 years ago.

Lots of pics

Macey enjoyed some time in the baby sling...

I don't know why this one loaded sideways. Miles hanging out.


Camryn hanging out

Their favorite hangout spot



Does she love him?

Macey's morning hairdo

Thanksgiving

We enjoyed spending time with family and eating great food. We spent Thanksgiving with Sean's family. Macey entertained us and Miles and Camryn slept through the turkey feast. Macey followed her Uncle Chris around, helped Aunt Sandy at the computer, and was silly with Uncle Buddy. I didn't take any pictures as our camera is on the fritz (you can tell by looking at some of the pictures I've posted that the picture quality isn't great). It's time to buy a new one, ours is over 4 years old.

Friday we left to visit my family. It was good to see everyone and get to eat again :-). Macey didn't sleep well Friday night, so I was exhausted on Saturday. She woke up around 11pm and didn't go back to sleep until after 1am. There didn't seem to be anything wrong with her, she probably just didn't sleep well because she wasn't in her bed in her room. I had just finished feeding the babies when she woke up and by the time I laid back down I had about an hour before the babies would be up again to eat. We made it back home around 8pm on Saturday. Road trips are an adventure. It obviously takes longer to get going and it also takes longer to get to the destination. I'm not looking forward to the road trip we have this weekend to Dallas.

Sean took Miles to the doctor today. He's had an issue with his eye for quite sometime. At his 2 week checkup the pediatrician gave us some antibiotics and said it was a clogged tear duct. Well, she didn't say how long it would take to heal. Today she said it could take up to 6 months. She also checked out his baby acne and cradle cap. She gave Sean some samples of prescription creams to put on him. She said it's not severe, but gave the samples because it is on his ears (I'm assuming that she's anticipating it getting worse, but I wasn't there so I'm not 100% sure). I thought it was just acne, but when his ears started getting bad I wondered if it could be an allergy. I was allergic to milk as an infant and was on soy formula, so I wanted to make sure he wasn't developing the same thing. At this point it doesn't look like it. My mom told me that I was around 2 months old when they diagnosed me. She said that when what they thought was baby acne moved down to my chest, they took me to the doctor and that's when I was diagnosed.


Miles and Camryn continue to do well. They are generally still eating every 3 hours, but a few times during the day or night they may go 4 hours and sometimes longer. Miles is my little talker. He'll coo at just about anything and anyone. I've got Macey cooing back at him. She's heard me coo back at him enough that when she hears him coo she coos back at him. Camryn's my big smiler. She's got a beautiful smile.

Here's yet another picture of them sleeping. They couldn't get any sweeter. You may be tired of seeing these pictures, but I haven't yet. Capturing these moments are part of the reward of having twins.

Twins?

Here's a picture of Camryn at one month old and one of Macey about the same age. I have a feeling that when they are older they will be asked if they are twins.

Doing well

I may be still riding the postpartum highs (unlikely), but we are doing really well. Of course there are times when I'm (or substitute Sean here) dragging myself to the changing table at 3am, just trying to get one foot in front of the other, times when all 3 kids are crying, and times when we are about to bite each others head off due to lack of sleep, but it's all worth it. Would you really appreciate the smiles, hugs, laughs, etc., if it was a walk in the park? Maybe you would as they are an extension of you and your spouse. From my experience, rewards or achievements have much more value when there's lots of hard work involved. Not that kids are mere rewards or achievements, but you certainly do cherish them as your most valuable trophy you'll ever earn. I hope I'm not making it seem like I think my kids are some kind of object, they are not, I know I'd love them no matter what kind of work it was to raise them. I think the hard work does make all the sweet times that much sweeter.

Our life really isn't filled with chaos. Would you call being greeted by your 17 month old daughter in the morning with a big smile as she's eager to start the day chaos? Or listening to your 17 month old call for her dad as soon as she gets up chaos? Would you call hearing your 5 week old son coo chaos? Or watching your 5 week old daughter stare at the world around her chaos? That's our life, those are the defining moments. Maybe I have a different perspective on our life because I had previous experience with caring for multiple children that were the same age. Or maybe I have a different perspective because I was destined to have the kids I have. Which ever it may be, I wouldn't trade it for nothing.

I think I always knew I would have twins. I know as a child I wanted to have twins. I even had the Barbie who had twins (with the two car seats in the back of Barbie's oh so cool Mom car). Months after we had Macey, Sean and I were going somewhere and having a conversation on our way there. I think we were talking about how ridiculous the cost of day care was, among other things. I mentioned to him in "passing", "what if we had twins next." We both laughed and said that paying for day care then would be stupid. Maybe it was just a coincidence, but I say I had woman's intuition on this one.

Macey is getting more "gentle" when dealing with the babies. She will put the pacifier back in their mouth, but sometimes it gets shoved in there. If one of the babies loses their pacifier Macey will notify us by saying "OH" and pointing to the babies. She likes to help give them a bottle, but again, sometimes it gets shoved in the face and she likes to keep taking the bottle out of their mouth. She is still in love with her daddy. She's doesn't like it when he leaves and she can't go with him. She dances a little jig when he returns and pretty much says "dad" or "daddy" all day long. Yesterday we went on an outing in the morning. As I mentioned in a previous blog, her shoes have to come off when she gets in the car. She was indicating that she wanted her shoes off, Sean was on the phone, so I reached back to take them off. She quickly pulled her foot away, looked at me and said, "No, Daddy." I got the message. Surprisingly she waited patiently for Sean to get off the phone. Her little eyes lit up as Sean turned around and removed her shoes.

Miles has become the more vocal baby in terms of cooing. He is most vocal in the morning. Camryn enjoys soaking in her surroundings. She will stare in wonderment for quite a while. They both are doing well and sleeping well. They still generally eat every 3 hours, sometimes shorter, and on occasion longer. They both enjoy taking a bath.

"We may not have it all together, but together we have it all."

Had to share

Angelina Jolie had boy/girl twins this summer as many of you know. Here's her take on breastfeeding twins.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20241136,00.html

It's a juggling act, that's for sure. For anyone who has breastfed you know that some babies are fast eaters, some are slow, sleepy eaters. If you have one of both, it makes for some interesting feeding.

Crib bumpers

So we finally have the crib put together. No, Miles and Camryn are not using the crib yet as they are still sleeping in our room in the bassinet. I was putting the finishing touches to the crib, including putting up the crib bumpers, this morning and Macey was helping me out. That is when I realized the real reason the crib bumper was invented...to toddler proof the crib. You see they act as a barrier. Macey can't get her arms/hands into the crib with the crib bumpers up. So we finally have a "safe" place to lay the babies and not have to worry about Macey poking their eyes out or smothering them with kisses.

We went for another out of the house adventure today, so that means that everyday this week we've loaded up everyone and went somewhere. Today was to Toys R Us and Target. On our way back home we stopped at Dot's to pick up some lunch and I fed the babies. We took lunch to a park in Pflugerville and ate at the park. Macey chased the squirrels and birds and played on the playground. It was a beautiful day to enjoy a picnic at the park.

Fun links

My English teacher from my senior year in high school, Susan Adcox, writes for about.com. She is on Facebook, as am I. She saw the pictures of Miles and Camryn and requested to use some of them on her posts for about.com. Of course I didn't mind. Here are the links.

Ms. Adcox gave each of her students a book at the end of the year and she had written something in each book. I still have that book and still enjoy it. My step daughter stole it from me for a while, but it's been returned :-)

http://grandparents.about.com/

http://grandparents.about.com/od/advicefornewgrandparents/tp/twinsmultiples.htm

Daily adventures

We are still doing well. Miles and Camryn are great, Macey keeps us entertained, and we are not that exhausted (considering).

I had a doctor appointment on Monday with my endocrinologist. My thyroid levels are good, so I'm staying at the current level of thyroid replacement hormone. I don't have to go back for a year. We packed everyone up and they went along for the ride. I got up at 6:30 for the 8:45 appointment and we were only about 5 minutes late. If you ask me that's pretty good considering the doctor's office is at least 15-20 minutes away. I went into the appointment on my own as toting all the babies in would be pointless. I was ready to get out of the house for an "adventure", so I had suggested that we pack everyone up and go walk the mall after the appointment since there wouldn't be many people at the mall that early on a Monday. So that's what we did. We got to the mall a little after 10am. We pulled out the triple stroller and loaded all the babies in and we were off. We went into Macy's and it didn't take long before we had two sweet elderly ladies oohing and awing over the babies and giving Macey equal attention (it was great for these ladies to understand that big sister needed to feel important too). We were able to get some shopping done in between the oohing and awing. We made it home around 1pm.

Yesterday I wasn't feeling all that great (It seems that I have caught yet another stomach bug...this is the most I've been ill in several years). Even not feeling well we got out of the house again. We were going to go to another mall and walk around, but by the time we got there Macey, Camryn and Miles were all asleep so we decided just to drive around. So we drove around, looked at houses, and just talked. Sean cancelled all his trainings yesterday because I was ill, that helped out quite a bit.

I was still feeling a little under the weather this morning, but I think I'm better now (cross my fingers, I'm tired of getting the stomach bug). We hung around the house most of the day and then decided to leave after the babies had their 1pm feeding. We went to Babies R Us to pick up some items we needed. By the time we got there everyone was asleep again so Sean stayed in the car with the kiddos and I went shopping. On our way home we stopped at Boston Market to pick up dinner. I'm glad we did as it made the evening a lot easier.

Getting out of the house each day has made the days go by quicker and has helped in breaking up the monotony of changing, feeding, sleeping, changing, feeding, sleeping...

Speaking of sleeping, here's a cute picture of Miles and Camryn sleeping. This is not posed, this is how they were sleeping. I couldn't resist taking a picture. I might be able to use it against them later in life (he he he).

Miles and Camryn

Can you tell them apart? They have 2 completely different looks.

My little fashionista

Some of you may have heard me say that I'll take advantage of dressing up Macey as long as possible because I remember getting to an age where I wouldn't wear a dress. Well, she's come into her own definition of fashion. Here's one example. For some reason one sleeve was "bothering" her. This is how the shirt ended up many times during the day. No, this isn't one of those "one sleeve, off the shoulders" shirts.

She doesn't like shirts that have elastic around the sleeve. I've had to cut the elastic on a few of them so she'd wear them. Shoes must be taken off when riding in a car, absolute must. Certain pants are annoying and should be avoided.

Don't ask me where she came up with some of these...

Life with twins

We've only been part of the twin world for 3 weeks, but we've survived these 3 weeks and are still standing. How has life changed? In so many ways. Our lives are filled with the sweet noises of newborns as well as the funny gibberish of a 17 month old. It takes a while to get out of the house to go anywhere, but it is all worth it. Two infant car seats, loading a toddler in a car seat, preparing a diaper bag for 2 newborns and a toddler, whew, now we can get in the car and go... Changing diapers is like signing our name, we could do it with both eyes closed and one hand behind our back. Laundry is a daily chore, dishes are a daily chore (I should say running the dishwasher is a daily requirement), and getting outside the house on a regular (if not daily) basis is a must, even if that is just to sit on the front porch or walk down the street and back. Holidays are thought about differently. Think of all we'd need to pack to go visit anyone...at least 2 pack n plays, diapers (toddler and 2 newborns), wipes, kids clothes (and you can't forget the "just in case" clothes since "just in case" is a daily event), our clothes, bottles, formula, fun for the toddler while in the car, snacks for the toddler...the list goes on. Every room in the house has been given over to the kids. High chair in the kitchen, swing in the living room, toys in the living room, toys in the game room, bassinet and pack n play in our room, bouncy seat in our bathroom, bath toys in our bath tub, strollers in the study...just to name a few.

How is Macey adjusting? She's doing as well as can be expected. She's definitely stepped up the "testing the limits" game, but she's also 17 months old...so who's to say she wouldn't be doing the same even without the twins. She does get frustrated quickly, but who can blame her? Her mom and dad are occupied by these 2 things that only cry, sleep, and poop and getting their attention takes longer than it used it. Sean and I are both making an effort to spend one on one time with Macey. We both feel guilty for bringing this whole feeling on Macey. I know we're not the only parents to go through that feeling. We don't regret having these babies, but you can't help but feel sad for the first child, the one who had all the attention, the one who only knew Mom and Dad to be her family...it's hard to explain. She'll adjust and learn to enjoy her siblings instead of poke at their eyes or bang at their heads or shake their bassinet, hopefully.


How am I doing? I'm doing well. Still recovering from surgery and still adjusting to being a mom to 3. The incision site is mostly healed, one side of the incision seems to be more troubling, but that's normal. I've become semi-pro at juggling babies and other tasks at the same time. Who knew that you could lay down two babies at the same time (sounds easy, but think about their wobbly heads and laying them down together) or hold two babies in one arm, eat, and help a toddler eat all at the same time. I'm sure those are just a few examples of the many talents I'll master over the years. It's been a pleasure so far to have 3 kids.

How is Sean doing? You'll have to confirm with him, but he's doing well if I'm the one to make that call. He's definitely tired, but does an excellent job of getting the babies up and changed for their nighttime feedings, which gives me a few more moments to lay and rest. He's also shouldered much of the chasing around of Macey now that my family has left. He's been very supportive!

How are Miles and Camryn doing? Excellent. They are getting to the point where they are awake some part of the day. It seems like they take turns being awake. Occasionally they'll both stay awake at the same time. So far we've only had a few nights where they took turns being awake at night. They truly find comfort in each other. Miles likes to suck on Camryn's head. It's amazing how one can be screaming while laying right next to the other and the other one doesn't bat an eye or move. Neither one of them like having a dirty diaper, which is something new for us. Macey didn't care about the "status" of her diaper. We've learned the cry for "change my diaper."

I'll try to get some pictures up soon.

Two week checkup

We all passed our 2 week check up. I was cleared to drive, but not to exercise. I asked if I could pick up Macey and my doctor responded, "Yes, I can't do that to Macey, you can pick her up, but other than that, nothing heavier than a grocery bag." He also told me I was a great healer, it helps to have a great doctor! His staff oohed and awed over the babies and asked about how Macey was doing. I love my doctor and his staff. They really make us feel like family.

Miles weighed 6lbs 3oz and 19 1/4 inches and Camryn weighed 6lbs 5oz and 19 inches. They both got heel pricks, which always seem torturous because of how they bend their little feet. Both of them passed out as soon as it was over. Macey went with us to the appointment as it was the first day that we were flying solo. Macey got a flu shot. We weren't expecting that but she did great. A little crying, but then she was fine.

Video and Pictures

In a previous blog I wrote about Macey winking...here's her being super silly. She looks so grown up to me in this video. This was taken at the hospital.

Macey holding Miles.

Here are a few pictures from today. Yes, that is a cell phone Macey has in the pictures. That was what got her to stay in the picture. My sister, Juli, gave her the cell phone and we got instant smiles and the fighting to get down stopped.