I am officially the worst blogger ever...

There have been many a late night that I have started blogging and someone starts crying...so I will admit I have attempted to write on a couple of occasions, but it seems like tonight (12:30 am) I may actually be able to finish a blog update...

Let's see...where do I begin...that last post was a video taken at my brother's house. That was our first road trip (3 hours) and the kids did great. We stayed the weekend and got much needed rest, believe it or not. We all (including Ben, Gena and Bennett) spent most of our time sleeping when the babies slept.

Since then we have had, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. I will just post some pictures during those times.
This is close to their 4 month birthday.

This was their 3 month picture that I never posted. OOPS.
Baby Sean and Mommy...

The twins are growing so fast. At their 4 month check up, they each weighed 12 lbs. and were 23 inches long. I would say that Sean has changed, as far as looks go, the most. You wouldn't recognize him in his newborn pictures. He looks like a totally different baby. He is very happy and rarely cries. Alexa has more hair now, but still not enough to do anything with. She is full of smiles as long as she is not tired. She has to have her two 2-3 hour naps a day with two catnaps in between. Beauty sleep I call it. They are both really good nappers; no complaints there.

They just turned 5 months this week and we have started rice cereal. They love it. I knew it was time because they started waking up at 2 am to eat and were eating very frequently during the day. Yes...I am still nursing. I can't believe it either. It is very time consuming but I think this will be my last month. On a good night, they have their last feeding at 9:30pmish and go to bed around 10:30pm then they both wake up around 4am, eat and go straight back to sleep until about 7:00am. Both can roll from tummy to back and they just started pushing up all the way on their hands. They talk alot. Alexa wakes us up every morning talking/singing. It really sounds like she is singing. She has recently been saying "uh -uh". Sean likes to make "oh" sounds. Put those together and they say "uh-oh". They turn take really well when they interact. I guess that is the cool thing about twins; their communication skills are usually way advanced, since they always have someone to imitate, have eye contact with and listen to. Oh ya, Sean also loves to scream like a girl. Yes, I am talking about ear piercing yelps, especially when I am on the phone. It is sooooooo much fun now getting to interact with them. They both absolutely love reading books. They are really good scanners and will listen and pay attention to an entire Dr. Seuss book. That is how I get them both to fall asleep AT THE SAME TIME for their naps. It took me FOREVER to figure that out.

They really miss thier Tia Stefanie since she is in Uruguay (studying abroad). :( It is neat when we Skype with her because they get to see her on the computer and they both smile and talk to her in the microphone.

I am soooo tired right now and can barely keep my eyes open...I'm sorry if this post kind of jumps around all over the place and has poor spelling...I usually write better than this...but I just have so much to catch up on...it is now 1am and I need to get some sleep tonight. I hope I will be able to post more often now that they are getting older...but we will see. Goodnight. V

A Little Late

Okay so I have some explaining to do on why I haven't posted anything in a while. #1 I have Twins...enough said, #2 My carpal tunnel syndrome has gotten worse in the last couple of weeks and it hurts really bad to type...ouch. I haven't gone to the doc because I am afraid I will have to have surgery...so I have been wearing the wrist braces hoping they will heal themselves...I don't have numbness in my fingers anymore BUT I have lost range of motion with my thumbs on both hands and wrists. It makes changing diapers, putting on makeup, cooking, working out and most importantly, holding babies very difficult. I am also hoping to wake up one morning with no more pain. #3 My aunt, that was here helping me since July, went home last Saturday. :( We are very sad and miss her VERY much. She is an angel and I will never forget what she did for our family. So, I am officially 200% in charge of my little ones all day long. It is definately a full time job. Luckily I have wonderful Greg to help me in the evenings and at night. Except...Greg is going out of town next Sunday until Wednesday sooooooo...please pray for me. :) Okay, that is enough explaining. Now the real reason I am writing this blog. Here are some recent pix.

This was taken on Halloween. Sean is on the left and Alexa is on the right. They really look alike in this picture.

Greg's mom bought these cute outfits for the babies.

Here are the twins on their two month birthday. Alexa weighed 9.6 lbs. and Sean weighed 9.3 lbs. He is catching up to her.

Well I gotta go feed. I hope you all enjoy this post. TTFN! V

The Twins are One Month Old...

I am borrowing B's great idea about taking pix with a bear every month. They turned one month old on October 3. Sean and Alexa are now weighing 6 lbs. 10 oz. and 7 lbs. 5 oz. They are officially out of the preemie diapers...yay and Alexa has grown out of almost all of her preemie clothes. They each grew about two inches in length. We are eating every three hours during the day and we are getting one 4 hour stretch during the night...which make such a difference. We went on our first outing to some friends house for the Cowboy game last Sunday and we were so impressed on how well they behaved. That is all I have time for...Enjoy!

How 'Bout Them Twins, I mean, Cowboys...

Alexa was not as excited as Sean, but she did show her support for the Cowboys.

Here is Sean getting ready for the Cowboy game. Thanks to Jeff for getting these adorable outfits. We forgot about his socks not matching but oh well...he is a guy.

Greg wanted to take a family picture in our Cowboy gear. Here we are getting set up for the big shot.

...And here is the shot. We tried to take out the pacifiers but this shot was taken right before feeding time and the twins would have been really upset.

We are definately getting into a routine, at least when Greg is here. It is like they know when he isn't here. He has had to be such a huge part in helping with them and I couldn't ask for a better man. It really is amazing how someone who has never really been around babies, especially preemie newborns just naturally knows what to do in pretty much every situation. Our babies are wonderful and we have never loved like this before. Thank you to everyone who has sent gifts, food and who has visited just to hold a baby while I sleep or shower. :) I also want to note here that my aunt "Tia Goya" has been a God send. We would not be functioning the way we are without her.

They will be 3 weeks old on Wednesday and they are definately growing. We are still very sleep deprived but it is all worth it. I hope to be able to update this blog more often. Please leave a message. Okay...gotta go feed. V

They are here...

Sean Xavier and Alexa Joy made their grand entrance on September 3, 2008. We just love them to pieces. They home and are doing well. I don't have time to write much just yet...but I am hoping I will soon be able to improve my blogging skills...stay tuned...V

Pix of Nursery...

Sorry for not blogging in such a long time. I have a hard time typing and writing due to carpal tunnel syndrome...Anyway, enough complaining. Here are some pix, I took with my cell phone, of the nursery. We still have some decorations/shelves to put up, but for now this will do.

I am still trying to figure out how to post pictures. The bee bedding is Sean's and the ladybug bedding is Alexa's. The colors that they have in common are black/white gingham and green. It was hard trying to decide how to do their room. I like this because it is very soothing. The wall color is called "Hint of Mint."

We are 34.5 weeks and growing. My doc says that I am doing great. They each weighed about 5 lbs. today. We should be meeting these little Blasingames very soon. Okay...there...I did it...I blogged. Whew...is that better B? Ha! :)