4 months Dr. appt---Hudson rolled over

Kids went in for there 4 months check up and shots today. Overall Doc gave them a great bill of health and said we were doing a great job with them. That's always nice to hear especially when you've got lots to juggle. He said we can start giving them food and switching to a 4hour schedule too if they'll go for it. I'm gonna wait on the food for now. Here are the kids stats:

Hudson---11 lbs. 9 oz., 22 1/2" long

Tobin---13 lbs. 11 oz., 24" long

Skyler---11 lbs. 14 oz., 23 1/2" long

Daddy holding Hudson and Tobin after the nurse measured them.

Daddy getting the kids ready to go to the doc. (sorry the pics are backward)


These guys love the playmat, they love looking at the blinking sun at the top and kicking the curved railings. From clockwise, Hudson, Skyler, and Tobin.

Hudson rolled over yesterday after the 9am feeding! Yippee!!! I missed it, but Dan caught it. BTW, Dan's off til 1/5.

Jill and Michele's visit

Jill and Michele came over for our 2nd annual Christmas gathering. Jill brought Greg, her hubby and newborn son James. Jill had James about 3 weeks after I had the trips. Michele came with Ken, her boyfriend. Jill, Michele and I used to go GNO (girls night out) once a month before Jill and I became preggers. This was the first time we all three have gotten together. They each brought over several appetizers/munchies so it would be easy on everyone. Oops, I guess we didn't take any pics of Jill and Greg---Sorry!

Ken w/Skyler
James w/Tobin on the playmat I called Mr. Sunshine.

Michele making Skyler laugh as she sang her a nursery rhyme.

Michele making James dance!

our Christmas tree---new feeding method---Tobin rolled over

We finally got the tree up. It was sitting outside for about a week before Matt could help Dan bring it into the house. I rushed to get this tree so I could make it back before the next feeding started and didn't even bother to have the guy unwrap it. It was really big and heavy; it was too tall for the front living room, so we put it back in the room that was renovated since the ceiling is higher. It was even out when we had snow last Wednesday evening. To show you how busy our lives have gotten, the tree doesn't have all of its light especially at the top. And it's missing a bunch of ornaments, but I figured it's less for me to put away.

As they become more aware of their surroundings, they've started to move around too much now, moving their arms/head, batting the bottles. So on some days when everyone's all hungry, I feed them on the bumbo seats and just hold their bottles. It's a little bit faster, not much, but it does save some time since they burp on their own. Thank goodness Skyler was asleep. Don't they look like they're waiting for the bus or something? (Hudson's on the left, Tobin on the right)

Tobin rolled over during the 1pm feed. I changed their noon feeding to 1pm since everyone seems to sleep til then. I put him on his tummy and the next thing I saw was him rolling over. I got so excited, I put him back on his tummy and he kept doing it over and over. I even called Dan (he was at his work holiday lunch at Champp's).

Dan's Holiday party---Dan's birthday

Last night was our first night out after having the babies. It was my first time out since bedrest that doesn't include the pedi's office, park, grocery stores, or P.O. box office or other household errands.

Julie, Matt, and Gabby (Matt's girlfriend) came early to help feed the babies at 6pm so we could get ready. We left the house about 7:30 and of course I called home when we got there. Julie said all of them were sound asleep. When we left, Hudson wasn't settled in yet and Julie had to also feed Skyler the rest of her bottle since she's didn't finish before and also wouldn't settled in. It was great to hear that they were asleep. Matt actually came by earlier to help Dan put up the Christmas tree and do some "honey do". I bought it last week and it's been sitting infront of our house for a week since the babes keeps us so busy.

We went to Dan's holiday work party. ASC- Aramco Services Company has one of the most elaborate party I've ever been to for a work function. The theme was "An Evening In Paradise". It was held at the Intercontinental Hotel and everything was decorated with chocolate brown colors and peacock feathers. The buffet is the best I've ever had. They had about 20 items to choose from lamb, huge shrimp, crab, beef ribs and all sorts of desserts. I heard 800 people rsvp'd for the party. There was dancing, prize drawing every hour, casinos, picture taking, and a bobble head video thing. Dan did win a leather luggage set, I was hoping for some jewelry but oh well! Overall it was a great evening out! My feet were thankful to be home, it's been a year since I've worn heels and my shoes were killing me!

Today is Dan's 35th birthday! His family came over to celebrate with pizza and Chinese food. He received money towards fixing the radiator or seat upholstery for his classic 1965 Sunbeam Alpine.

Dan reading his birthday card from his family.

Kids wearing their "wee" shirts from Matt's Scotland trip in November....Skyler is "wee Angel" and the boys are "wee devil". (Tobin, Skyler, and Hudson)

Rebecca holding Skyler, Matt holding Tobin, and Julie holding Hudson. (Dan's siblings)

my mom & bro's visit---bumbo seats---and boys strangely being identical (duh)!!!

My mom (Ba Ngoai- grandma in Vietnamese) came by with my bro, Matthew to visit and bring me food. They stayed to help me feed at noon and are on their way to the airport for Vietnam. My grandma has been diagnosed with a brain tumor and it's causing heart and kidney failure. I'm so sad I haven't seen her in a long time and can't be with her. Matthew was in the process of getting her paperwork so she can come visit the babes, but now I don't see that happening. I did get to talk to her 3 weeks ago when we convinced her to come visit.--- My mom's holding Skyler and Tobin.

Matthew feeding Hudson and my mom holding Skyler.

Tobin testing out the bumbo- not a bad view from down here!

Skyler playing beek-a-boo with me. She cracks me up with her expressions all the time, they all do!

Hudson smiling for mommy!

I put them in the bumbo seats for the first time. I wanted to see if they could sit up, I guess they don't have any problems. Hudson's the only one looking at me, Tobin not sure what, and Skyler's checking out the floors or her toes.

On a side note, lately Tobin and Hudson have been acting the same most of the time. The other morning, I noticed Tobin had a red mark on his right nose and Hudson had one on his left. They must of scratched it during their sleep. So wierd, when one cries, the other will start, same goes with being hungry and pooping at the same time.

Steve & Beth's visit

Beth holding Skyler.

Beth and Dan with the furries.

Grandma

Steve holding Hudson.

Gail (Dan's mom) making Skyler laugh.

Gail holding Hudson.

Steve holding Tobin.

Beth holding Skyler and Steve holding Hudson as they pose for a pic when Dan's giving them a tour of our house.

Dan's Uncle Steve and Aunt Beth came to visit us from Los Angeles. They met us at our neighborhood park before coming to our house. Also in the pic is Matt, Dan's bro and his girlfriend, Gabby, and Rebecca, Dan's sis. Molly, Redford and babies enjoyed this beautiful sunny day too!

Raising our heads during tummy time!

Skyler, Tobin, and Hudson all doing really well lifting their heads during tummy time. They started this back in November, just hadn't had time to update blog.

Thanksgiving @ Bob and Gail's

We went to Dan's parents house this year along with my mom for Thanksgiving. It would have been too much work had we hosted this year even though we just got a dining table big enough for everyone. They had a wonderful spread with all the traditional yummy goods. We even took a walk around their condo community and let all the neighbors marvel at the babies.

That's Dan's Grandma. Us taking a walk with the kids and Dan's sis, Rebecca and mom, Gail. Tobin and Hudson in the bassinet so we could have our dinner. Rebecca holding Tobin. I'm holding Skyler and my mom is holding Hudson.

we're all smiles!!!

That's Skyler doing her "circle" lips and Tobin and Hudson smiling away!

It's official---we can eat dinner together now!!! and I survived!

This is so wonderful...babies have told us they don't need the 9pm feeding anymore and we've been doing this for almost a week now. Our last feed with them is 6ish and we tuck them in afterwards and they STAY asleep (knock on wood) until 1-2am. We don't have to eat dinner in shifts anymore. I can actually eat dinner with Dan and still have time to pump! We might even rent a movie one night and finish watching it. :-)

This has also been a very hard week for me since Dan went to Vegas for work and it was my first time with the kids. It's been exhausting not having any "real" break until the nanny comes. My mom came by last Sat. for the 6pm feed, my sis and bro came on Wed during the day (their usual day) and my friend Jill came on Thurs. during the day. Julie, his sis helped out a couple nights. Our wonderful neighbor Belinda walked the dogs for us---thank goodness for that, poor Redford and Molly! But I survived! I was thankful to see the nanny everynight! Dan came home Thurs night and I got to get a massage yesterday!

That's Skyler sleeping (couldn't resist the hand gesture), Hudson and Tobin holding hands, and all three on the play mat (Skyler, Tobin, Hudson).

More milestones- diapers and bottles

This morning Skyler and Hudson joined Tobin in drinking 150 ML for breakfast. We also tested out the new bottle proppers (thanks to Astrid), these are so WONDERFUL!!! No more rigging the blankets and stuffed animals. Only thing is my babies are squirmmers so at the end there are lots of bottle proppers flying in the cribs, but I can deal with that. Also everyone has graduated to size 1 diapers this week, no more newborn! YEA and NAH!!! (they're growing up so quick!)

That's Tobin w/the bottle propper, Skyler admiring the bouncey seat toys, and Hudson enjoying tummy time.

Aunt Charlotte & Grandma visit (11.02.08)

Dan's Aunt Charlotte and Grandma also came to visit while Carol and Jake were in town. More family pics.