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Oct
04
2010
At the Doctors

Four Months Old

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The twins turns four months on September 19th – sorry I am a little behind in posting their stats. The doctors appointment went well and the babies are doing pretty good.

Cora

  • 12 pounds 11 oz – 25%
  • 24 inches long – 50%

Will

  • 15 pounds 10oz – 90%
  • 26 inches long – 90%

So the doctor was happy and their mouths are getting better too. We have been more onto of the medicine and they are definitely doing better. Cora has actually been eating like crazy.

Unfortunately, lately Will has been spitting up a lot and finally today Denise suggested we call the doctor. He is still eating fine but not really happy most of the day and the spit up is insane. So he is on reflux medicine. The doctor actually thinks he has a bug that is irritating the situation. She feels he should be better and off the medicine by the next doctors appointment. Which will not actually be until 6 months.

The babies are talking like crazy and giggling a little. Cora likes to scream at a very high pitch – it is cute and sweet if it is not at night or early morning and it is not in your ear. Will also has started to talk more. Although, I think he will definitely sit back and let Cora do the talking – that is how it seems now. They have had a lot of good sleeping through the night nits but it is not every night. Still waiting for that. Jen and I are both exhausted most of the time and funny still cannot believe we have three children….but we are getting through it.

If anyone needs a baby fix, let us know – we have not had visitors in a while and the downstairs apartment is available. 🙂

Oct
03
2010
Firsts

And She Rolls!

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Cora just rolled overLast Saturday (October 1) I was on morning duty with the kids and I saw Cora roll completely over for the first time. Both she and Will have been close for awhile but Cora is much more of a squirmer/mover (we knew this from beginning) and so she finally did it. She was not very happy once she was on her stomach, but as soon as I put her back on her back she was happy again. I have not seen her do it since, but I am sure we will see it again very soon. Will on the other hand is very laid back and just enjoys laying around (much like his older brother) so I am sure we have some time before he rolls too. Once they are both rolling – look out! (This picture was taken of her right after she rolled over).

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Sep
17
2010
Firsts General

The Ladies’ Man

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Well – I cannot say this for sure, but I think I witnessed Evan’s first kiss yesterday. Ginny and I picked him up from pre-school and on his way out he was looking around for his friend to say goodbye. He found her, gave her a big hug, and then kissed her on the lips and told her he would miss her. Ginny and I both had to laugh a little – as did the girl’s mother. Look out ladies – Evan is on the prowl 😉

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Sep
17
2010
General

Our Dinner Guest

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If you have ever been with us at dinner time – you know it is not a relaxing time by any means. This tends to be the twin’s fussy time and it is usually a tag team event (“You eat first, then I will eat when you are done”). Last night I decided to bring an antsy Cora to the table (I was holding the chair with one hand – do not worry). She loves to sit up and see all the action and this was perfect – as Amy, Evan, and I were able to eat a somewhat enjoyable dinner together. I am glad she liked the chair – but the entire time she was sitting there I had to smile because she reminded me of the Lincoln monument in Washington DC with her hands on the chair, etc.

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Sep
15
2010
General

Where Do You Live?

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On our way to Evan’s class today – I was grilling him about what his full name was, where he lives, etc in case something were to happen and I got a kick out of this:

Jen: “Evan – where do you live?”
Evan: “Earth”

Is that my kid or what?

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Sep
14
2010
General

Sharing With Everyone

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If there is one thing we are learning – it is how to share pretty much everything. Amy and I share the responsibility of feeding/bathing/changing/holding someone, Evan shares us with the twins, the twins share toys and space, and Colby seems to just take whatever we have left. Here are some pictures of all this sharing.

Sep
14
2010
Firsts School

Evan’s First Day of Pre-School

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Today was E’s first day of pre-school (how time flies!). For the first day – the school wanted to have the parents go with the kids for one hour to give everyone an idea of what to expect. Everything is scheduled – which is great for E as he has been able to do pretty much whatever he wants whenever he wants during the day (pluses and minuses). As soon as you get there each day – the kids have to wash their hands and can then go into the back room and freely play for 15 minutes. There is a sand station, a table for Play-Doh, a few easels for painting, and a little house/kitchen area.

E playing

When the fifteen minutes are up – the kids then go into the front room where they all sit around in a circle and sing some songs and listen to the teacher read a book. When that is done – they then learn about the craft for the day that they are going to make (it relates to the book they just read), and can go and play either in the front or back room and/or make the craft. After awhile of that – the teacher rings a bell which signals the kids to put all toys away and go back into the front room for some final activities (more songs).

We live a few blocks from his school so we walked there and back on a beautiful fall day. Evan looks forward to going back – and so do I…since I forgot his backpack on the first day. Hey – at least I remembered it…after initially forgetting it. 😉

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Sep
07
2010
Firsts

Why?

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I knew it was coming – but I was not ready for it when it actually did. On Friday Evan started asking “why?” about everything anyone said to him. At first I decided I would humor him and go as many levels deep as needed – but after everything I said spurred another “why?” – I quickly got exhausted.

A perfect example happened when we were in my car on our way to O’Hare to drop off Grandma Z. Evan is really big into letters and words now and when he sees a word – he always wants you to tell him what it is. He saw the “Warning” on my passenger sun visor (about air bags) and he started off by having Grandma Z read the word “Warning” to him. He quickly wanted to know what the other words were so Grandma Z read him the whole warning and soon got asked “why?” about the statement. I decided to humor him and we went about five levels of why deep until we got into why doctors worked at hospitals. (Warning – serious injury can occur… > Why > because even though the air bag is made to help people – it can also hurt kids, etc > Why > if a child sits in the front seat and the airbag deploys during an accident – they will need to go to the hospital > Why > that is where all the doctors are to help people who get hurt > Why > the doctors work together at one place with all the equipment so they can effective treat people…

All in all – this got really old (instead of cute) by yesterday morning. There are two outcomes I can hope for this this…

  1. Keep asking a string of why’s until I can get to the start of the universe (theories like the Big Bang/Multiverse)
  2. Start having him tell me creative answers to why
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Aug
27
2010
Family Mullers

Grandad’s Visit

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This past week, Grandad came to visit and take care of the twins for my first week of school. We so appreciate his help and willingness to take care of the twins and Evan. He took some good shots while he was here, so I wanted to post the update.

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Aug
19
2010
Firsts

The Water Slide

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Luckily Evan and I have been able to get out of the house a few times to go to the local neighborhood pool. We generally went to a small pool that was gated in and only was about a foot deep with fountains and a spray area. This year I felt Evan was ready for the bigger pool, but at this pool I have to go into the water….the ninety degree weather has helped with this.

The big pool has a zero depth area and then goes to your usual 6-8 feet deep. There is a small frog slide, a medium water slide and then a huge water slide that you would see at a normal water park. There is also a waterfall area where it is about 3-3 1/2 feet deep and I stand in the water and Evan jumps off the edge. Background done….

First let me say that Evan’s swimming has improved immensely. He puts his goggles on and can actually swim under water for about a foot or so…no fear. This particular day, Evan got up under the waterfall and was ready to jump in. Just then I see his eyes wander to the huge water slide, he looks back at me, and then back at the slide. Next thing I know he is running to the huge slide and climbing the three flights of stairs. So I have to jump out of the pool and also run across the deck….hoping to not see any of my students since they often frequent this pool as well. He has gotten a good lead on me and as I am running I ask another life guard, “someone will stop him at the top, right?” they say yes, but I am still concerned he is going to get up to the top and jump right into this huge water slide. So I am now running up the three flights of stairs, teenagers are parting for me to run by and I finally get up to the top and Evan is talking to the lifeguard, he of course is saying Evan cannot go on because he is not tall enough. Poor guy.

We tell him over and over that he is a big boy and then we have to tell him he is not big enough….crazy. This was a day I wished I had a child with just a little shyness :).