Babies all asleep (check); In my pajamas (check); Homework done (check); Meds given (shoot!)....I successfully gave all three girls meds twice a day... for a week and tonight I broke my streak. But honestly I cannot bring myself to wake them up and 'shoot it' down their throats. Tonight will just have to go without and tomorrow I will start it over again.
We had a great weekend. My nephew turned two and we drove a few hours to go see him and his family to celebrate. I have discovered that driving with three young children is in no way relaxing, fun or enjoyable... but we survived four, two hour stretches and lived to tell the tale! Oh how Abby loves her cousin. They played together so well it was fun to watch. Of course there were the occasional moments where toys were taken and a wrestling match began. Sadly the air mattress we slept on was very un-airy and left us on the ground for most of the night. Something that Tom and I tolerated but the babies hated... who knew that 4 month olds could be so spoiled? lol K&K did NOT like sleeping on the floor. One of the nights I had to spread a bunch of pillows out underneath the mattress so that they could sleep on them instead...
Our nephew has grown up so much! I love the way he says "Yesssss" and "Mooooooom!" I truly truly truly wish they lived closer! Thankfully Tom's parent's are a good 'half way point' and we are able to meet up more often. We had an Easter Egg hunt in his backyard but Abby was half heartedly interested in picking up the 'balls' and her cousin was far more interested in burying them in the backyard. K&K hung out inside the house because the wind was too cold. We still had a good time watching them run around the yard.
Abby's therapy today went VERY well. The therapist was even able to get Abby to play with some play dough and she was thrilled to see how happy Abby was and involved she got. If there is one thing Abby loves it is lotion... oh how she loves the lotion 'game.' She also loves looking at the faces with the emotions. She can point out the happy face and the sad face. Mad she is still working on... but it is amazing because she realizes that the babies cry when they are 'sad'... she gets it! It is so fun to watch her learn. The therapist was also impressed that Abby counted to ten for her. Of course... she counted to three when she was 1... so ten at 2 seems normal to us.
And what about K&K... well we are holding off on solids for them until 6 months. Sad. I was looking forward to trying rice with them. Dr. D (their GI dr) said that their adjusted age (what they would be if they had made it full term) is 3 months and with the reflux/gi issues they have it is better to wait until they are 6 months to try rice. Sometimes kids with reflux can develop a food aversion if they try it too early and I guess they are just not developmentally ready for it. So we will wait. I guess it can't hurt... and it means less dishes for me. :) (This picture I think is really funny... Kiley (purple bow) has the goofiest look on her face... and Kara's is pretty funny too)
They are sleeping so-so. I think I am getting a few longer stretches for the first part of the night but the second part of the night is still killing me. I'm hoping now that we are home that they will sleep even better. I could really use a good night's sleep. Even if it is just a few more hours! They've been on a new bottle of Prevacid for the last 4-5 days so it should be working pretty well by now. Kara is still really hoarse and I think she has the same cold type crud that I have. Hoping that is all it stays... a cold. Kara can roll from back to stomach now too! She doesn't share the same enthusiasm of doing it like Kiley does yet. I'll try to get a video of it sometime soon. They are both very ticklish and it is pretty cute to listen to them giggle. They also hate being in their carseats (FYI) I carried Kara tonight in my Beco carrier on our walk and she loved it. It was a lot easier to carrier one baby and push the other in the single stroller instead of pushing the gigantic double stroller!
Well I suppose... I've written long enough and I need to fall into bed. zzzzzzzzzzz
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