Tubes are in and we are home!

Brandon had tubes put in his ears this morning and did very well with the procedure. He was very upset coming out of anesthesia, but he calmed down after a few minutes, a little milk, and some cheerios. I could hear him crying from the waiting room and jumped up as soon as they called my name. He needed his mommy. I have antibiotic drops to put in his ears 3 times a day over the next few days. Dr. Bellian said there was a lot of fluid in both ears and it should drain out by Monday. If his ears continue to leak after Monday or if the fluid looks bloody, I'm supposed to call him. I also asked Dr. Bellian if he would prescribe Brandon an Epi Pen for his allergies. After the reaction he had to a peanut butter kiss, Eric and I both feel that I should have a pen on me at all times. The doctor gladly prescribed me one. We are home and relaxing. Brandon is playing in the family room with is toys and Connor is still down for his morning nap. A HUGE thanks to Jean Marie for taking care of Connor for me. She said he was a great kid...that makes me feel good! She said he was kind of looking around for maybe me or his brother, but he ate good for her and went down for a nap very easily. I'm going to lay on the floor with B for another 20 minutes until they need lunch. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

Brothers Don't Shake Hands...

BROTHERS HUG!!!! Those are famous words from Chris Farley in Tommy Boy. The boys were being huggy and snuggly after their morning nap. As you can see, I still haven't separated them....I guess I'm dragging my feet on that issue.

Ready for Friday

I had to take Brandon to the outpatient surgery center to get him preregistered for his tube procedure on Friday. I decided to take Connor to Mother's Day Out at my church so I wouldn't have to worry about him and could focus on Brandon. I almost didn't leave Connor at church because the other set of twin girls that go there contracted RSV and were in the hospital. What do you do? When Brandon and I arrived at the surgery center, the entire waiting room was PACKED with people...it's was unbelievable. I'm glad I left Connor at church! The preregistration process took 2 hours...his procedure on Friday will only take about 15 minutes. I think that's just plain ridiculous! Hopefully we'll be in and out on Friday and won't have any complications to worry about. Another mother told me that she didn't even have time to make herself a cup of coffee before her son was done and coming out of anesthesia! I fell asleep on the couch tonight watching House, and it's time for me to hit the sack. Here's a little video of the boys playing together tonight! ENJOY!

I'm thiirsty mommy!!!!!

Eric called me the other day from Iraq just as the boys and I were heading out the door for our afternoon walk. I put Connor down, walked into the office to look at something for Eric, and when I came back out I found Connor playing in the dog dish! Thankfully, I had just cleaned out the dish and put fresh water in it. Silly boy!

Jade and the kids

Jade and Rena spend most of their time outside now...especially if the boys are all over the floor and not locked in "baby jail" Jade is a very sweet lab, but still has the energy of a puppy. I'm scared that she will play rough with the boys like she does with Eric. She loves to be thrown around and wrestled with, but the boys are quite ready for that. She was sad, so I let her play with us the other morning. We were all having jammie day, and I figured Jade should be included. Rena could care less about the boys. She'd rather be outside staring at the squirrels she's never going to catch or just curl up under Eric's desk and sleep. She stays as far away from the boys as she can.

Jade loves to kiss the boys, but Connor was unsure about it.
Brandon LOVES Jade! You can see her tongue getting a good lick on his ear! Maybe he hid some bananas back there for her

I can tell that Jade liked Brandon better! Dogs definitely know who loves them!

Some videos....

Here are a couple videos from the other day. You can tell the days that I'm stuck in the house all day with the boys because I end up taking LOTS of pictures and videos!

This is Connor crawling into the kitchen...



This is Connor dancing...



This is a video of the boys feeding themselves. Connor does pretty good with getting his hand to his mouth. Brandon can actually get a spoon into his mouth, but hasn't figured out how to pick up a piece of food and put it in his mouth. We're working on it though!!!

Baby food is stocked up!

At one time, our freezer was full of meat, meat, and more meat. Then we transitioned to some meat and chicken, frozen skillet dinners, and frozen veggies. Next, it was full of Lean Cuisine and Healthy Choice meals, hardly any meat, veggies, and bags of breast milk. Now, it's full of baby food cubes, Healthy Choice meals, chicken, and Orange Cream drink mix. I take a lot of pride in making the boys' food from fresh healthy fruits and veggies and freezing it in ice cube trays. The next day, I pop them out and put them in labeled freezer bags...color coded of course!!!! We have squash, sweet potatoes, mango, peaches, pears, bananas, peas, green beans, avocado, and finally broccoli! We'll be introducing broccoli this week. I guess I got tickled when I opened the freezer and saw all of the food. It's amazing how many things change after kids!!!! I'm going to plug the book I have used to guide me through making baby food...it's called Super Baby Food and the author is Ruth Yaron. (Thanks to my sister Ann for telling me about the book!!!!!) Trust me, I'm very low on free time...actually I have none...but making this food is very easy and takes hardly no time at all! Plus, it's good to know that the kiddos are eating food without any other preservatives. Lord knows I won't be able to keep them from the steroids and preservatives forever, but at least I can for the time being.