The latest on the whole crew
The following link includes the pictures that were taken when we were still in the hospital – day 2. We bought the CD which gives us all access to the pictures. So feel free to download any of them or I send them to your favorite photo place to print some.
Evan, Will, and Cora
Some days Evan is in the mood for pictures and other days he wants nothing to do with pictures. But the days he is in the mood, he wants you to take shot after shot and he says over and over, “take another great photo” and of course wants to see each one you take. So today he was in the mood and wants to be in the photo with his brother and sister. So he got on the floor with them and we began to shoot away. The pictures are great, not only because they contain three pretty cute kids, but you can also see how big all three of our little ones are getting.
Will and Cora have been getting bigger as the days go by. We measured their weight and they are both already 7 pounds. There legs are filling out, they hold their heads a little stronger, their newborn outfits are fitting a little tighter, and Cora has a nice little double chin forming. We go back to the doctor on the 22nd for the official update. But with their weight gain and changes, they are staying awake a little more, which allows for some “playtime”. We have brought out the play mat and give them a chance to have some tummy time and back time playing under the fun toys. They still have pretty random arm movements, Cora more than Will, so they do hit the toys whether they mean to or not.
Sorry we have not been as up-to-date with our blog posting as we would like, but washing bottles and doing laundry has been taking most of our time. When we are not doing those two chores, we are either feeding babies or holding babies or trying to relax a little. Will and Cora are fabulous babies, but they still demand a ton of your time and then add Evan on top and we are all busy 98% of the day. But I did want to get some shots posted from the past two weeks. Can you believe that the twins are almost three weeks old??
Cora kicking Will
Today was finally the day we could all come home. The morning went slow as we waited for all the paperwork to get processed. Everyone got their final checkup and all doctors were pleased with what they saw. On our way home – we picked up Evan at the babysitter’s house and then took our first family of five drive home. Cora and Will slept the entire time in the car and barely made a sound. The car seats looked huge!
When we got home – Colby checked out the babies (and could care less) and then we got everyone acclimated to their new home. Cora and Will are doing great with eating and sleeping and do a great job sleeping together in one crib. Cora is definitely the instigator and often makes squeaking noises (in an effort to wake up Will no doubt). Will is extremely laid back and actually reminds me quite a bit of Colby with his no fuss personality.
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Today we had a number of visitors – including Evan who got to meet both of his siblings today (he only met Cora yesterday due to Will being a bit cold and needing some heat lamp time). Evan thought the twins were cute but really enjoyed all the exiting things in the hospital room – except for Amy in bed.
We had constant activity in the room between the doctors, nurses, and visitors – it was a busy day. Both twins did a great job meeting everyone and were pretty much sleepy all day.
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Evan became a big brother yesterday and has the shirt to prove it. Denise (his babysitter) brought him to the hospital to visit us and to meet the babies in the afternoon. He was disturbed with Mama in the hospital bed, and overwhelmed with all the buttons he could press, but he did a pretty good job his first day as a big brother. He does not look thrilled in the picture for a few reasons 😉 but mostly because he was exhausted. Even though Grandma Z is here to help out with everything – there has been a lot of change over the past few weeks in the Muller-Zelazny household and Evan has been a bit worn out. Luckily he will at least not have Mama on bedrest very soon so she can once again play with him!
On the second day, Evan held both his brother (in the picture) and his sister. He was very gentle and careful and even smiled a few times. He did however enjoy drinking water from a styrofoam cup from the hospital and a straw more than anything else. I think he will do a great job with the twins in the years to come as he loves kids and loves babies!
After a long night of waiting – at 1109am Cora Louise Muller-Zelazny was born. Not too far behind, at 1132am William Frederick Muller-Zelazny was born as well. The babies, and their parents are doing well and enjoying the first few moments together.
Overall – everything went really well. After a nightmarish epidural encounter (6 different tries) – everything went smoothly. We could not have asked for a better doctor (family excluded of course Julie) to deliver the twins. She did great, took charge, and made it possible for Amy to an easy delivery. When the doctors and nurses that interacted with us throughout the day found out that Amy had no complications, did not have a c-section, and had two good size babies – they were all impressed. They called her a “rockstar”. I was just glad everyone was healthy and doing well.
We had a great team of doctors and nurses throughout the day and our room was amazing. We were in the new wing of Lutheran General where we had a magnificent view of the Chicago skyline.
For the first night, we had Will and Cora stay in the nursery and come in for feeding. They both did great and we actually got some decent rest.
Thanks to all friends and family for all the support!
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Evan and I decided to head over to the annual “Big Trucks” day in Palatine to check out some of the big trucks we see everyday. The city puts this on and allows kids to sit in, touch, etc all kinds of big trucks..from ambulances to garbage trucks to cranes, to school busses. Evan’s favorite was the school bus – after he put his seat belt on (that was his main concern). We had a good time and look forward to going back next year!