Five Months and Counting

Diane goes Blog on us....except for the picture titles....


OK, so let me start by apologizing for what I am about to say.......Chris is an ass. Now that I have that off of my chest, I will follow that comment by saying that he is really good at creating the text for these blogs, and I will never be as funny as him.....but he refuses to type tonight so you all are stuck with me.


The twins are both doing really well. I can't believe how fast they are growing. Wes has now mastered rolling from front to back and also back to front. We also think it wont be long before he is sitting up on his own - the kid is a hoss. Wes' favorite thing to do is pull his pacifier out of his mouth and then scream for you to put it back in his mouth for him. He also laughs and smiles a lot.


Mia has finally shown us that she can roll from front to back - although she will only do it once and then cry if you try to get her to do it again. Her favorite thing top do these days is blow bubbles and make scary baby growling noises - hard to explain but really funny to hear. She also smiles a lot, but gets really angry if you wake her from a nap before she is ready to be awake.


It has been 6 1/2 weeks since Wes has had one of his stop breathing episodes. It seems since we switched his medicine to Prevacid and started thickening his formula he has done much better. We just finished up a 21 day heart monitor on him and should be getting the report sometime at the end of this week. We put him on it just to be sure that his heart was working ok and not the cause of his weird episodes. My understanding is that we would have been notified immediately if there was something critical going on with him - so we are assuming that the report will come back normal as we heard nothing during the 21 days. I have since found an online support group for parents that have babies with severe acid reflux - I actually read about other kids in this group stopping breathing because of acid reflux. Hard to believe that stomach acid could be the culprit of such craziness - but we are now really believing that it is the case. Anyways, the good news is that he will eventually grow out of it and in the meantime it looks like we have found the right medication and formula to keep it under control - keep your fingers crossed for us.


That's about it here in Colorado. We hope you enjoy the new pictures.






They really do like each other













The smiling one...almost always happy













Not always this happy, but is always ready to party.














Hey, thats my elephant....

Our Loft is Finally Finished !!!!

What should have taken about 4 weeks to finish only took us 3 months. We managed to fit it into many doctor visits and hospital stays. Luckily we had two weekends in a row without anyone getting sick to be able to finish it up.

Poopff

About the title. ...I have taken up making up new words in my spare moment or two. I came up with this one the other day after I put the dogs out to go to the bathroom. One of the dogs went #2, thus the poop part. I turned my back for a couple of minutes and when I turned back to let them all in, the pile had disappeared....thus the pff part (as in poof). So next time you have a pile of poop mysteriously disappear, it is called poopff. Another favorite word of mine, but I cant take credit for it, is shipoopy. Credit can be given to Family Guy. I think I have been changing too many diapers....

Since last time we talked, lots has happened, but I just cant seem to remember it all. Diane says it is because I am old, but I'm insisting that I have so much knowledge stuffed up there, I just can't fit anymore. The days fly by so fast, yes faster than Wes' fast pants and shirt. We seem to spend all of our work vacation time on doctor visits and hospital stays. Still have no definate answer on what is causing Wes' breathing spells. He has had a cardio evaluation, upper gi, EEG with an neurological exam, and an EKG with a cardiac exam done with nothing found on any of them. The best guess is still acid reflux disease or gerd (gasto esophogial relux disease). It has been three weeks since his last episode. Hopefully he will grow out of it soon.

We took the twins on their very first plane trip back to St Louis over Easter. It was quite the adventure. Being the smart parents we thought we were, or at least Diane is supposed to be smart, I just barely get by, we decided to feed them right before we boarded the plane. The great idea was based on thinking they would sleep right after feeding and there would be no problem. Wrong, at least on Wes' account. He had a 20 minute meltdown where he screamed the whole time. He wouldnt stop until we gave him another full bottle which he woofed down and then fell asleep. Doesn't everyone love flying next to a sceaming baby...thought so. Mia was great and didnt have any problems either way. On the way home we fed them right after we got up in the air and didnt have any problems. It was good to see everyone while home since it has been a while since we have been back.

Wes learned how to turn over the other day, Friday to be exact. He has done it several times since then too. Both kiddos are also sleeping through the night or at least we only have to get up once to give them a binky. Mia is finally getting over her latest cold where she got out of daycare for two days with a 102 temperature.

Our loft we added to the house is almost complete. We just have to finish painting and carpet the stairs, loft area and hallway upstairs. It will be great when finally finished. We are hoping to finish the painting next weekend and then get the carpet installed.



and here are some pictures:



Wes and the magic ring













Mia and Wes on Easter













Mia and her tasty treat













Newest Cardinals fan















Grandma Tepen and most of her great
grandkids (3 are missing cuz the stupid b*#^$
Rhonda wouldnt let them come)