10/30/2010

My dear babies,

I can't believe you two are already 3 months old. The time has just flown by so fast. You both are doing so great. You are sleeping through the night, for the most part, and smiling and coo-ing up a storm. Both of your smiles just melt our hearts. Your big brother can make both of you smile like no one else can. He just walks by and you both smile so big. I hope you still feel that way about each other as you get older!

Mason, you are doing SO much better on your new formula. You honestly are like a whole different baby. I am so glad we finally found a formula that seems to work for you. I hate to think of how miserable you were for the first 2 1/2 months. You are so alert, all the time. You love to have your eyes wide open, and to catch everything that is going on. You like to be sitting up alot more now than laying down. So we just sit you in the crook of our arm when we are sitting around the house. And you are just perfectly content just looking around, taking everything in.

You have your little half smile/smirk going on. I think you are going to be a ladies man just like your big brother. You have a little shyness to you too when you smile. You always turn your head to the side. It is so adorable.

You are doing fairly well at night with sleeping. However, you have been waking up it seems almost 10 times a night for your pacifier. We give it to you, and off to sleep you go. Repeat this cycle about 9 more times, and then it is time to get up!

But you are doing so great. You can see that you are bigger than your sister now. You "look" thinner, but you can feel the weight difference as soon as we pick you up. You are solid, just like Conner. I see alot of similarities between your big brother and you.

Maddy, you are our easy going girl. Your smile is just infectious. You are starting to laugh too, and that is just absolutely adorable. You seem to talk alot more than your brother does. I hope that is not a sign of things to come, seeing that when I was little, you could NOT get me to shut up!

You are a great sleeper and eater too. Like I said, just easy going. Last night you were crying and daddy picked you up and held you on his stomach while he was standing up. You proceeded to fall asleep in about two minutes with your legs on each side of his stomach and your head tilted back. You don't care where you are, or what is going on. You just go with the flow!

You have the biggest, squishy little cheeks, and look SO much like I did when I was a baby. You have a few chins as well. A few weeks ago you had your head tilted back and I noticed in one of the skin folds of your neck it was starting to chafe a little bit. So now we make sure to clean under your little chins to keep it nice and dry! And boy do you NOT like that!

I cannot believe that your first holiday is coming up (if you don't count Labor day!) Halloween is tomorrow and we were going to have you both go as M&M's, but we decided to use two costumes that we have at home. Maddy, you are going to be a pumpin, and Mason, you are going to wear the lion costume that Conner wore for his first Halloween. It is going to be cold, but I can't wait to take you guys out tomorrow.

Oh my sweet, sweet Conner. You my love, have been trying every.single.ounce. of our patience this past week. I do not know if having the twins is catching up with you, and you are getting jealous or what. But good heavens. The constant , "Mommy, daddys being ruuuuuude", or vis versa and "Your being mean" is grating SO much on our nerves. When you get an attitude and I tell you to please NOT talk like that, I get "Don't talk like that" shot right back at me in a very mocking voice. Oh yes, to be 4 years old. I wish I could understand what is going on in your little head. I talked to you the other day, and asked you, "Are you feeling like you aren't getting enough attention? That we are paying too much attention to the babies?" You got all shy, and didn't want to answer me, which gave me my answer. I told you to be honest with me and that you could tell me how you really felt. And you finally told me that yes, you felt like you weren't getting enough attention. I just want you to know, we try SO SO SO hard to give you your "special" time. We know going through getting two new siblings at once is not an easy process. It hasn't been for us either. I just hope that you know we love you more than anything in this entire world, and we are sincerely trying our very best.

Last Saturday, you woke up and went into our room. Daddy and the babies were still sleeping, and I was downstairs working. I came up to snuggle with you guys, and dad told me that when you came in, you hopped up on the bed and said, "Let's talk about something" and got under the covers. So you and daddy proceeded to talk about school and cartoons among other various subjects. It is moments like those that I don't want to forget. You are so special Conner. And if your brother and sister grow up to be even 1/2 as great as you are, we are truly, truly blessed. I know they have a great role model to look up to.

On another note, tomorrow you are going to wear your Bumblebee costume for Halloween! You love Transformers. Daddy and you had orginally picked out a Wolverine costume, and I have to admit it was pretty awesome looking. But after wearing it only a few times, it started to rip. When we took it back they didn't have any bigger sizes, so we ended up getting you Bumblebee. It will be interesting Trick or Treating with three kids tomorrow, but I have a feeling we will just have Mason and Maddy in their carseats in the stroller so it will be easier to chase after you!

Well my loves, I need to go hang up the 50 million pounds of your clothes that are piling up in the laundry room. I hope you know how much daddy and I love you.

XOXO

Mom

10/19/2010

My loves,

It has been hectic for sure since I last wrote. Poor Mason, you have had quite the week. You have always been the "fussier" baby between you and your sister. But this past Wednesday you started having diarrhea. Then on Saturday it started having blood in it. Needless to say your dad and I (and everyone else) were extremely worried. We ended up taking you to urgent care where they doctor on call said not to worry, try soy formula and follow up with your ped on Monday. Well on Monday, we saw the ped on call since yours had the day off. He told us, as of right now, to try another type of formula called Nutramigen. It is seriously a miracle! We could tell a difference in you after your first bottle. It is so expensive, so thank goodness we get a little help in that department, but to see you this happy and content, I would pay a million dollars a can! It makes me feel so bad, knowing that when you have been so fussy and looked like you were so uncomfortable over the past 2 or so months, it was most likely because you were allergic to the milk protein in your formula. I guess it is just a mother's poragative to feel bad about everything! LOL So hopefully this keeps on working. Even Grandma Kim when she stopped over today, kept saying how you were like a different baby. It is so wonderful!

On another note, the past two nights you guys have slept through the night!! No bottle feedings at all! Last night Maddy, you did wake up just screaming. Then dad tried to give you your pacifer, and that REALLY mad you mad. He layed you on the bed while he made your bottle and I just rubbed your head and off to sleep you went. You are such a character. You always let us know when you are NOT happy.

Both of you are just smiling up a storm now. It just melts my heart. You both are such wonderful babies. We waited so long for you to finally be here, and now that you are it is just surreal. We are so blessed.

My sweet Conner. Last week we went to your bedtime stories get together at Adams. You were so excited to get to wear your PJ's to school. You enjoyed all the books that the kindergarten teachers read. There was only one other little girl from your P4J class that was there, the rest of the kids were in kindergarten. We sat right up front, and it was so funny seeing you wanting to play with these few boys that were sitting next to you. They were playing with their stuffed animals you all got to bring, and we could see that you were just itching to play with them. When you finally got the nerve to, I was so relieved that they were nice boys and you guys played for a few minutes. You are just so brave. You just go with the flow and make friends where ever you go. Nothing really bothers you. I just pray you keep that trait as you grow up.

We went this past Saturday to play at Camden park with us 5, Grandma Kim, and your cousing Teyton and his Grandma Simi that were visiting from S. Dakota. You guys sure had a good time. Other than that, it has been pretty low key. You still are such a good helper with the babies *most of the time*. We are trying our best to make sure that you know how special you are to us by having some playtime outside with just us three. We know how huge of an adjustment having two new siblings has been, but you have been doing SUCH a great job. And you always make sure to give Maddy and Mason a kiss before you leave for school and before you go to bed and you always tell them you love them and that they are the best brother and sister you have ever seen.

When I see you next to other kids, I really get to see how wonderful of a kid you truly are. I mean, I KNOW you are wonderful, but you are such a polite, sweet and just awesome kid. We are SO blessed that we were chosen to be your parents. Every night when I come up to bed, I always check on you and cover you up and give you a kiss and tell you I love you. It is so hard to realize that you are growing so fast. I want you to stay my baby forever. I sometimes touch your hand, and just marvel at what a wonderful child you are.

Well goodnight my loves, I hope you all know how much we love you. And I pray to God every minute of every day that you three grow up never doubting that, and that he will keep you all safe and sound.

XOXO

Mom

10/10/10

My sweet babies,

Mason and Maddy, you guys are growing like weeks. You just had your two month appt on Friday. Mason, you are now the bigger one! You weighed in at 12 lbs 12 ozs and an even 24 inches long. And you Maddy, are 12 lbs 1 oz and 23 1/4 inches long. You also got your shots. Poor Mason, you were so miserable the whole night. It was also mine and Daddy's 5 year wedding anniversary and you and your big brother all spent the night at Grandma and Grandpa Ludois' house. Neither of you were very happy campers, but Mason was the most miserable. At least on a good note, you both are starting to be very good sleepers! You usually fall asleep around 830-930pm and only wake up once during the night to eat. Hallelujah is all I have to say!!! At almost 11 weeks old, you guys are growing so much. You both started smiling about 2 weeks ago finally. It just melts your heart when you guys give your little smirks and smiles. It makes you Mason look even more like your big brother, where Maddy, it just confirms it that you are my spitting image when I was your age. Last Thursday we took you guys and big brother to Peace Park. I tried taking some pics of you guys but neither of you were really in the mood. But we went for a nice walk on the trails and Conner got to run some energy off with daddy. It is days like those that I will always remember. Just us 5, enjoying each other on a gorgeous fall day. There is nothing better! Last night we had to laugh, we think staying at G&G's house wore our you guys as much as it did them. Mason, you fell asleep on my lap after eating around 630 or 7pm. We tried waking you up and you just were not having it. You ate a little when we fed Maddy but you were just down for the count. You didn't even wake up until 345am! You were one tired boy. And today Maddy, you have been asleep in your carseat most of the afternoon just snoozing away!

My sweet Conner,

Oh do you keep us busy. You haven't been feeling the best the last week or so. You have one heck of a cough, but it doesn't slow you down any that is for sure! You loved your time over at G&G's house. You and Grandpa had a "peeing" contest as well as your usual "farting" contest. You always laugh so hard when you tell us about it! You also told Grandma that when she is at work you miss her so much, and you told her that about 3 times. You are such a sweet little boy. You are so much like your daddy. You look rough and tough on the outside, but on the inside you are one big teddy bear with a heart of gold. You really enjoyed our time at the park. You just run non-stop! It has been pretty low key though, we haven't done too much since you haven't really been feeling well. You have started to show a little more attitude as well. I think the whole "sharing" mom and dad with two new babies is starting to really sink in. You love your babies so much, but I can really see that you have been acting out a little more. But that just means you need a little more one on one time with us.

On another note, you sure love school. You have really adjusted to going every day for 2 1/2 hours. You talk about your friends, and how much you like your teacher. I just hope you always love school this much.

That is it for now my loves

Love

Mom