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Week 1

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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??

Week 1 pictures

Firsts

Stop kicking me…

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Cora kicking Will


For almost nine months I believe that Cora ruled the womb and now that they have joined us, we believe she thinks she rules the world or at least our little home here in Palatine. She is often the one that wakes up first to eat, she is the one with the louder cry, and she is the one that decided to kick Will as soon as we put them in the Pack n Play together. It will be interesting to see how they develop together and who decides to take charge in the future.

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New Favorite: Tom and Jerry

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Evan has a new obsession: watching Tom and Jerry. Every night before he goes to be Evan requests a “big chocolate milk” or a “big water” and “a lot of Tom and Jerry”. I do not think I was ever a huge fan of Tom and Jerry – and did not have a lot of memories about the cartoon – but I can sum it up for everyone: cat chasing mouse – mouse outsmarting cat, sometimes they work together, everyone runs fast and has to skid out in order to stop. Who knows what interests him in this, but it is pretty funny that he is watching cartoons from the 60s-80s.

Firsts

Day Three

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Both in the car seat at home 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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Family Firsts Friends

Day Two

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Evan's first time holding the babies 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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Family Firsts

Evan’s a Big Brother

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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!

Firsts

Welcome Will and Cora!

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New familyAfter 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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General

Testing Out the Supplies

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Evan has been helping us test out all the baby supplies. He gets a kick out of the toys, car seats, etc. He has been busy playing with all they baby toys as they come up from the crawl space. We are all excited for the babies to come…and I think Evan is really excited – even if just to get another round of playing in with all his old toys and accessories.

PS Aunt Julie – he was being very gentle in cousin Hunter’s car seat. 😉

Family Friends

Busy weekend

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We are so lucky to have the Rominski family in our lives! This weekend Evan spent a lot of time with Denise and Phillip, which gives us a little break on our end. On Saturday Evan spent the day at the pond store with the Rominski’s picking out some new things for their ponds. Jen and I ran a few errands and just relaxed a little. On Sunday Evan and mommy went to pick up some new coy fish for the Rominski ponds, Evan had a blast and I think Jen enjoyed herself too. I relaxed at home. There is a lot going on at home with baby stuff preparation and we appreciate everything Denise and Phillip are doing to keep Evan’s life a little normal.