Busy Busy Busy!

Another week down...we were pretty busy last week so I didn't get some time to write a blog.

Not last Saturday but the Saturday before we went to the Fall Fair!  We decided to go early in the morning so that we'd be home by noon.  We were all excited to see if Emma won any ribbons for the contests she entered.  I can't remember if I mentioned which ones, so here they are.

1. Cake decorating
2. Cookie decorating
3. Something made from a recycled material
4. A collection
5. A coloring picture

Sooooo...she won First Place for her cake, and 2nd place for her recycled material (she made a wallet out of a juice carton.  She was pretty proud and so are we!!! 
While we were there we discovered quite quickly that we attract a lot of attention.  In  about 10 minutes that we were there, we got stopped at least 9 times by people wanting to see the twins and ask a ton of  questions.  And believe me I don't mind stopping and chatting and sharing the amazing story about them and about half of the people had heard about these little miracles!! 

So we went on looking at all the booths and again getting stopped over and over again.  The same questions...how old are they, how much do they weigh, what are their names, are you getting much sleep, how does Emma like being a big sister.  We soon realized that we should of put up post it notes with all the info, cause our voices were pretty sore soon after. 
On the good side, even though we got stopped a lot and Emma was getting annoyed at all the questions lol...everyone was so sweet and supportive and caring.  Anyways...we ended up leaving at 4:00 pm!!!!!!!!!!!!  We were there from 10:30 to 4:00 pm!!!!!!!!  And the majority of that time was spent socializing.  By the time we got home, hadn't had lunch, we're totally thirsty cause it was so very hot that day...we were totally exhausted.  But I got my kettle corn, cotton candy and Watkins White Vanilla!!  So I was happy!! lol

Matt's Grandparents came up for a visit that weekend too.  So they are the kids Great Grandparents.  This would be their 10th and 11th grandchildren!  They loved meeting them!  Oh and I did get two games of spite and malice in with Grandpa!!

Let's see...well last Thursday we took a long truck ride to Kamloops for Nate's ultrasound and the boys pediatrician appointment.  We were up at 5 am and out the door at 6:30 and at the hospital right at 9:05am!!  We threw the boys into the stroller, screaming and all and booked it to the ultrasound department.  And I must say we attracted some attention lol...and I had to do a avoidance move to a sweet little old lady who attempted to block my path to the ultrasound department. 

Anyways Nate had the ultrasound, which we found out later that it came back normal!!  We don't have to retest!!  So we are super happy about that.  Later on we went to our Pediatrician's appointment...and I have to also mention...our Pediatrician...HOLY HANNA - he's a McDreamy!!!  Young south African doc...accent and all!!  Yep....LOVE Dr. Van Dyk!!!  He was great with the boys, took his time and went through everything.  Let's see for Hudson - He still has a small hydrocle (fluid in his testicle), umbilical hernia, and he has Reflux.  Which explains why he throws his head back and spits up a lot.  So now he has to be on a medication for it.  But other than that he's good!  As for Nate - he is good too, hydrocle, hernia, might have small reflux but not something we should medicate.  But he thinks his vocal cords haven't fully developed.  Which would explain the grunting and honking he does...sometimes he sounds like a goose or a badly playing clarinet!  He will grow out of it, but it will take time.

So other than that, they are good and we'll have to see him again in December. 

We have had a bit of bad luck this week...well it's been a continuation on previous bad luck...our fridge was broken, the outdoor wood furnace was broken, washer wasn't working and septic tank needed to be flushed out.  Honestly!  We need to win just a little lotto would be nice!!  Anyways, fridge got fixed, washer got fixed and it  was still under warranty, wood furnace can be fixed,  but Matt has to crawl in there and scrub all the kreasoke off.  And then the septic tank got flushed. 

Tonight, my work gave us a baby shower.  It was so much fun!  Finally we got to do some normal baby things that you do when you have a baby.  It was so great to see everyone and have them meet the babies.  We played some games, baby scrabble, Price is Right (where we had to guess the prices of some baby items), and my all time favorite FAMILY FEUD!!!  Now for those of you that don't know, Bonnie and I (she was the one who organized this shower) she and I would ALWAYS play Family Feud on my IPhone on our breaks.  I do miss it!!!!!  So when she did a mock Family Feud, I honestly squealing with delight I was so happy!!!  And my team won!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!  We laughed so hard, it was great!!
We ended up getting some great gifts!!  Very cute outfits, lots of diapers, formula, beautiful quilts, gift cards and more!  It was just wonderful!  

Well now I'm super tired, and need to get some sleep before the boys wake again!  Hmmmm lets be honest...I'm going to sit on the couch and watch out PVR'd shows....Survivor, Criminal Minds, CSI lol

What a week

So let me tell ya it's been quite a week!  Lets see last weekend we had a photo shoot with our family, inlaws and brother in law's family.  It went well and I can't wait to see the pictures!  Suprisingly the kids all behaved and we excited to go and play on the playground after!  The funniest thing that happend while we were sitting down to have photos taken out of the corner of my eye I see my nephew Lucas take a run at is Dad, Brian and hit him square in the gotcha!!!  I am sure those pictures turned out great with me looking shocked then laughing my ass off!

That night they all came over and made us a great Lasagna dinner!  With left overs for another day, which was a big help too!

Emma started school on Tuesday...GRADE 2!!!  I can hardley believe it!  Her teacher is Mr. Dunk and she is in a split 2/3 class.  She was super nervous when we got there, but once she saw her friends and found out she is sharing a locker with her best friend Amy, she felt better.  Once she was done I asked her what she thought of Grade 2 and her teacher...her response was 'Mom, Mr. Dunk talks really fast and it was all in French, I didn't understand a word he said!'  We had a laugh about it, and I told her that she wasn't the only one I am sure.  The next day I asked her how it went and she said she understood a little bit more today...so I am sure before you know it she will be speaking in full french too.  Yesterday she even raised her hand and answered a question that only she knew the answer to (what is the french name of owl)  She NEVER did that in Grade 1!!  So proud of her!!!

I haven't had the best of weeks this week.  The boys have been trying my patience.  On the hottest day (Wednesday) they wouldn't stop crying.  Once one had stopped the other started and that went on all day.  I was alone for most of the day so that didn't help either.  By 6pm I had had enough.  I  was done and fully lost it.  Matt told me to go for a walk or nap something...but I needed to get away.  So I went upstairs, closed the door and it took me a while to stop shaking and crying, but about after 45 minutes I did calm down and fell asleep.  I was able to focus on them again but I was fully scared about feeling like that.  So the next day I went out for coffee with a good friend after dropping Emma off at school and I had some caffine and a good cry.  Made me feel better anyways.

Other than that, Emma was busy doing her entries for the Fall Fair this weekend.  Her entries were something made out of recycled material (juice carton wallet), a collection (her shell collection), a drawing, 3 decorated cookies and a decorated cake.  Can't wait to see how she did this weekend.  She is so proud of what she did. 

Some time  this weekend we will be going to the Fall Fair, our first outing with the boys!!  Well first outing without it being a doctors appointment! 

Oh also I wanted to add that everyone has just been so amazingly good to us.  We have amazing friends here in town.  And I'm just so grateful for those words of encouragement in passing at school.

So up next for this coming week - Fall Fair, Matt's Grandparents visiting, school fundraiser - driving a Ford around for a minimun of 5 minutes, trying to get weeks of laundry put away, putting up plaques in our kitchen, orgainizing Emma's toys, ultrasound and doctors appointment in Kamloops next week, and of course making sure Em is on time to school and homework done, lunches made, dinner's made, baths, showers, dishes, bottles, general cleaning, diapers, the list goes on!!!

Their Growing!

Hello all!

 

Ok so I'm trying something new.  I have been sending updates through email with pictures of the boys to family and friends.  But now that I have this fancy dancy camera the quality of the pictures are so good, that when I send them through email most if  not all the emails come back saying that the size of the email  is to great.   SOOOOOOO....I am going to just post on here and email the link to people so they can read updates and see pictures about us and the boys. 

Well things are going well here! We have been home for 2 weeks now and are sort of settling into a routine! Although we are super tired and nothing is getting done or at least we have a ton of half done things around the house.

The boys are great, and growing fast! Yesterday they got their immunizations and Nate weighs 8 lbs and Hudson weighs 7 lbs 13 oz. They did well with their shots and of course got to meet everyone at my work and Matt's work!!

Emma is starting school in a few days, so things are going to change again, but she is excited to be going back!

Other than that not much to report, except our fridge is sort of broken and here's hoping it isn't going to cost a lot to repair! And we are just trucking along.

 

 

 

We  went for our first walk with the boys the other day, of course on a super hot day!!  Saw some neighbours and of course they all wanted to meet the babes!  They look so tiny in their stroller!!

This weekend my brother in law and family are coming up for a visit. And Em is excited to see her cousins! We are going to be having a family photo session on Sunday so we're looking forward to it.

Anyways the boys are starting to wake, so I gotta go.

Take care all!!

Nicki