These are my belly pics:
14 weeks:
16 weeks:
19 weeks (taken while on vacation in Gulf Shores)
30 weeks:
34 weeks:
That's as far as I got since I delivered Carter and Olivia at 35 weeks and 3 days gestational age.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Belly pics
That's as far as I got since I delivered Carter and Olivia at 35 weeks and 3 days gestational age.
Photo Bomb
Are you ready for me to drop the bomb? The PHOTO BOMB? Everyone likes that, right? These pics were taken in weeks 3-6 of their lives. They are from oldest to newest, so you might be able to see them growing and developing as you scroll through the pics (or maybe it's just Forrest and me who can see the changes).
Carter:
Wearing a preemie outfit:
Newborn outfit:
Enjoying the Baby Einstein toy his Grandmommie gave him:
During a night feeding:
His favorite way to be "held" by his dad:
Olivia:
This was a newborn outfit that was comically big on her.
Wearing her brother's preemie outfit because he outgrew it (and it was something warm on a cold day):
Gameday:
Still in preemie clothes, but starting to fill them out better:
Carter:
Wearing a preemie outfit:
Twins:
In the "Jungle" gym:
Going for a walk in the neighborhood:
Monday, November 28, 2011
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving was spent at the lake house, and it was a fantastic weekend. Our first weekend at the lake was a couple weekends before that. Grandmommy and Pops were out of town on their mediterranean cruise, so it was just Aunt Ellie and Uncle Chris, and the Wieds. That weekend was stressful for our family. The babies didn't do well at the lake and I did not have a nice relaxing weekend. However, Thanksgiving weekend gave us what we sought - a relaxing and fun weekend with the people we love most.
Grandmommy and Pops graciously offered to take one of our middle of hte night feedings off of our hands, on both Thursday and Friday nights, so we took them up on that and got some much needed sleep.
On Thursday night, we watched the last (?) game between the Longhorn and Aggie football teams. C and O - big news the year you were born centered around Texas A&M leaving the Big XII conference. I'm sure you two will never watch a game between two Big XII teams, because that conference will likely have gone by the wayside, but for now it's a conference that I love but it's starting to wind down. It started in 1998 and had a great run there in the 2000's. Unfortunately, Nebraska and Colorado withdrew from the conference last year and Texas A&M has been itching to ditch it too for a couple of seasons. In September of 2011, they announced their intentions to join the Southeastern Conference which signaled the end of the historical annual football game between A&M and Texas. It's a heartbreak to Longhorns and Aggies, but also to all of college football. It's an important rivalry game that, at least for the foreseeable future, won't be played anymore. I hope your generation of decision makers gets it right and reunintes these two schools on the football field each Thanksgiving. We all love that tradition.
Anyways, we dressed you in our school's colors and took some family pics.
We have so much to be thankful for. God gave us you, and he gave us to you. What a generous and deliberate gift. His goodness is beyond measure, and that's what Thanksgiving was really about.
Olivia is in the Longhorn shirt and Carter is in the Howdy shirt.
Olivia is wearing one of Carter's old sleepers (grey and navy). She had dirtied all of hers - oops!
Yes, she's too young to be facing forward, but it was just for a few minutes and she really liked it!
Grandmommy and Pops graciously offered to take one of our middle of hte night feedings off of our hands, on both Thursday and Friday nights, so we took them up on that and got some much needed sleep.
On Thursday night, we watched the last (?) game between the Longhorn and Aggie football teams. C and O - big news the year you were born centered around Texas A&M leaving the Big XII conference. I'm sure you two will never watch a game between two Big XII teams, because that conference will likely have gone by the wayside, but for now it's a conference that I love but it's starting to wind down. It started in 1998 and had a great run there in the 2000's. Unfortunately, Nebraska and Colorado withdrew from the conference last year and Texas A&M has been itching to ditch it too for a couple of seasons. In September of 2011, they announced their intentions to join the Southeastern Conference which signaled the end of the historical annual football game between A&M and Texas. It's a heartbreak to Longhorns and Aggies, but also to all of college football. It's an important rivalry game that, at least for the foreseeable future, won't be played anymore. I hope your generation of decision makers gets it right and reunintes these two schools on the football field each Thanksgiving. We all love that tradition.
Anyways, we dressed you in our school's colors and took some family pics.
We have so much to be thankful for. God gave us you, and he gave us to you. What a generous and deliberate gift. His goodness is beyond measure, and that's what Thanksgiving was really about.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Body Image Issues
Olivia is only 3 weeks old and already her doctor is putting pressure on her about her weight. For her first two well baby checks, she was gaining weight, but not quite as much as he would have liked. Carter, on the other hand, is such a shining star as far as weight gain and development. He got kudos from the doctors and nurses in the NICU, and the pediatrician and his staff feel the same way.
Olivia's weight gain was "on the low end of normal", so we had to go back for a third weekly visit to check her weight. Dr. Dao was hoping she could gain an ounce a day, and previously she had been averaging 0.75 ounces a day.
We took her back on Thursday and she had gained 8 ounces in 8 days - right where they wanted her to be! So, now she's a whopping 5 pounds, 9 ounces, and 19.5 inches long. I'm so proud of my little porker. Maybe she'll catch up with her brother after all.
The babies turn one month old on Wednesday. In some ways it seems like this has been the longer month of my life. The delivery feels like forever ago. But in other ways, it's flown by. Time is hard to explain right now. All I know is that every day with the babies is kind of the same, but it's wonderful so the same kind of wonderful is something I will gladly take right now.
Olivia's weight gain was "on the low end of normal", so we had to go back for a third weekly visit to check her weight. Dr. Dao was hoping she could gain an ounce a day, and previously she had been averaging 0.75 ounces a day.
We took her back on Thursday and she had gained 8 ounces in 8 days - right where they wanted her to be! So, now she's a whopping 5 pounds, 9 ounces, and 19.5 inches long. I'm so proud of my little porker. Maybe she'll catch up with her brother after all.
The babies turn one month old on Wednesday. In some ways it seems like this has been the longer month of my life. The delivery feels like forever ago. But in other ways, it's flown by. Time is hard to explain right now. All I know is that every day with the babies is kind of the same, but it's wonderful so the same kind of wonderful is something I will gladly take right now.
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