Lots of photos

During this photo shoot, Braydon was screaming and crying. If we have more pictures of Brooklyn, it's because she was cooporating. Babies just don't know how to pose yet. They also were so interested in what was going on, that they wouldn't go to sleep. They love bright lights, so I think all the flash photography just excited them.

Braydon's smile

It's so hard to capture a picture of them smiling. Here is a little smile from Braydon.

Photos I Love

My friend from work took these pictures as a gift to me. Even though she's just beginning in photography, I think she did a great job. She spent many hours at my house trying to pose the babies, and wait for them to be calm. She is way more patient than I am. I'll post some of my favorites. There were so many good ones, it's so hard to pick just a few.

Thanks Miranda!

I can never get enough pictures of my babies!!!!

Brooklyn

I think I have more pictures of Braydon posted, so I need to post another of Brooklyn. She is such a sweetheart. She is just barely big enough to fit in the Bumbo. She likes to be sitting up, and she loves it when I sing to her. Today, while I was giving her brother his bath, she started crying for some attention. When I started singing to her, she calmed right down and waited for me to finish Braydon's bath. People ask me if it's harder having twins, and this is an example of a time when yes, it is harder. One twin has to be patient while the other twin gets the attention. For the most part, I try to keep them on a good schedule doing everything together. With twins, it just takes longer to accomplish that schedule.

Sick Babies

So we are still fighting sickness at our house. I'm hoping the twins are almost done with this cold. It's exhausting waking-up even more than normal, and suctioning secretions. I can tell that the twins are even extra tired. It's hard to see my cute little babes sick. They also have really goopy eyes. Poor babies! I decided to document how bad their eyes are. In this picture above, Braydon's eye boogers are less than an hour old (I had just cleaned his eyes 45 minutes prior). Also, notice the how red Braydon's eyelids are from cleaning them. Sorry buddy.

Happy Valentines

I know this post is a little late, but we had a great Valentine's day at our house. Keri and Dusty and their boys were here for a baseball tournament, and they babysat our kiddos so Wes and I could go on a date. we went to see Avatar. We loved the movie, but I loved the time out even better. I love my babies, but I sometimes feel a little attached--literally. Wes bought Kylee and I roses this year. Kylee and I took these pictures to remember how pretty the flowers were.

THanks honey!

I have the best friends in the world!

Sunday night I got a knock on my door, and to my utter surprise, it was three of my best friends! They came all the way from Salt Lake to see me--and show me their love and support. They made me dinner, cleaned my house, babysat the kiddos, and drove us to the hospital. It was really lucky that the girls were here. Braydon and Brooklyn unfortunately got sick, and needed to be looked-at by their doctor. I took them to the hospital for their pediatrician to asess them. The doctor said that Brooklyn looked ok, but if Braydon's fever got any higher, I needed to bring him back to the hospital for some more tests, given that he is still so young (only 50 days old). Well, 3 hours later his fever was up to 101.5 degrees, so I had to bring him back to the hospital. They admitted him, and ran some tests. It was sad to see him poked 5 times in an attempt to start an IV. It was hard to see them put a catheter in him, and a tube down his nose to suck out his congestion. Although, this is where I work, and this is what I do for a living. Weird how much harder it is to see when it is your own child. When the nurse had trouble starting his iv, she asked me if I wanted to start it. I said, "no way!"

Luckily, his blood tests looked ok, and after he was suctioned, he fed much better. His x-ray showed bronchiolitis, but his sputum test was negative for RSV (and 5 other common viruses that cause bronchiolitis that they test for). The doctor said that I could take him home. He still is very sick, and I've had to suction him at least every three hours. The doctor rented me a suction machine, so I could do nasalpharyngeal suctioning on both babies if needed. I've only had to deep suction Brooklyn once, but I use a bulb syringe on her a lot. Her eyes are really goopy though. Oh what fun having sick babies (and I'm sick too--did I forget to mention that?)

So, I am so thankful that my friends were here to help take care of Kylee and her friend while I went to the hospital with the twins. Thanks girls!

Growing so fast

So sad--Braydon has already grown out of the outfit that he was wearing in this picture. My babies are growing so fast. They no longer fit into any premie clothes, and Braydon doesn't fit into any of the newborn sizes either. I don't want this time to pass so quickly! I love babies, and it makes me sad to see them grow so fast--but I still love every minute of being a mother.

He's starting to smile

Most of the babies smiles have been random, but today, Braydon smiled at me. I was talking to him, and he was staring at me like usual.
Then, he just started smiling! It was so cute. Too bad I didn't have a photo of it. This picture of Braydon and Kylee is from last week, but I thought it was darling.