No Fever Today!!

We have our Nattie back! They have both been happy and playing all morning. They ate a normal amount of food for breakfast too. By "normal" I mean more like what they usually do, as Nattie has not been eating well for a few days now. So maybe the fever was just teething and hopefully it is gone for good or at least until the next tooth comes in!

Today a little better than yesterday

Nattie still ran a low-grade fever all day but she did act like she felt a little better. She played more and ate more. Maggie was better today too although she has napped very little the last two days. If Nat's fever is not gone completely in the morning I am definitly calling the doc. Over 48 hours has got to be more than teething.
Thanks for all of your kind and sympathetic words Mom friends.


2 MORE DAYS UNTIL NATALIE & MAGGIE TURN ONE!!!!

Rough day

Nattie had her stent removed yesterday and did very well w/the procedure. She slept alot when we got home and didn't eat much and was overall just kind of a blob but she sure was a sweet blob. Mommy and Daddy got a lot of cuddle time in with her. She went down really easy last night but woke me up about 1:45 a.m. crying and before I could get to her I heard her cough and just knew that she vomited. Yep! She was so pitiful. I cleaned her up and gave her to Daddy while I change the crib. I guess you Moms of twins know what I am talking about, but have you ever tried changing a crib in very little to no light because you don't want to wake the baby that is sleeping?? I don't recommend cleaning up barf by touch!!! YUCK!!! After that she was up and down all night. She didn't eat much all day either. While doing my morning "is there a tooth in there yet?" check, I discovered a tooth in both girls mouths!!! Woo! Hoo!!!! Finally they both have a tooth! But man can those little boogers cause a lot of drama. Maggie cried all day long! Nattie ran a fever most of the day and when she wasn't whining she was lethargic. I hope the fever has nothing to do with the stent removal yesterday. My discharge instructions say to call the doc if she had a fever above 101.4, which she did, but because of the tooth and the fact that Maggie was such a bear too I thought it was just teething. We will see how tonight goes but we may be seeing the urologist tomorrow. I find one of the hardest thing about being a Mom is knowing when to call the doc and when to just ride it out. Do I call and they have me come in and the child is miracuously cured the minute you get into the docs office or do we wait and risk ending up in the ER over night??? Most of the time I end up paying a co-pay that I would have rather spent elsewhere. Let's hope tonight I made the right choice. Until tomorrow.....

We have 2 crawlers now!

A FEW PICS FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE!


Just learning to support themselves standing. Maggie left/Nattie Right

Maggie loves Bri to pull her around the room in the toy basket

Maggie LOVES watermelon!

Nattie likes it o.k. but she was being cheesy for the camera and I couldn't

get a clear shot. Just getting used to my new camera.

Just showing how much Maggie enjoyed the watermelon.

The gates went up Saturday! Nattie wouldn't stay out of the cat food. The gate between the dining room and kitchen had to be raised off of the floor because of the base boards. The cat's food is just on the other side of the gate in the kitchen and I thought that would put a stop to cat food play. I was wrong, Sunday afternoon Nattie was sitting in the dining room floor chewing away on something. You guessed it....CAT FOOD!!! YUCK!!! She reached under the gate and grabbed a handful. I had to move the bowl back out of reach and so far so good. Maggie started crawling yesterday and she pulled up for the first time on Sunday. It was really funny to watch her. She kept trying and trying and she got so mad her face turned all red and she screamed and pulled herself up like a weight lifter!!! Then she just looked at us and grinned. Funny little monkey girl!

It is amazing how much happier they have been just in the last few days since they are able to get around more. I knew once they got more mobile they would be more content.

Still no teeth thru the skin but we can see them just under the skin.

We have a crawler!!!

Looks like it is time to go shopping for those gates! Nattie is finally starting to crawl, not far, but she is crawling. I don't think Maggie is far behind. They are both trying really hard to pull up on furniture. I moved the coffee table out of the family room today because they keep trying to pull up on it and they both keep rolling into it and hitting their heads. I figure it is much easier just to move it out for now.
Also, I think we will have some teeth anyday. Maggie has had a bump on her gums for weeks and Nattie got one last week but hers seems to have progressed faster than Maggie's has. I can actually see teeth beneath the gums now. FINALLY!!! Poor things have been gumming their food to death!! They insist on eating what we eat and that can be difficult if you don't have teeth!! Although, most of the time Maggie just swallows her food whole like a dog does!! Trust me, I know this to be true because I have seen the END results!! Ha! Ha!

Prayers for Madeline Lester

I just wanted to take a moment to ask all of you who read my blog to please say a prayer for little Maddie. You can read about her thru the link on the right "Madeline Lester". She recently had heart surgery "again" and is struggling to heal. I have prayed for this little girl for years and followed her progress thru the blog. If you see her beautiful pics and watch the video clips of her you too will feel the powerful urge to lift her up to the Lord in prayer.

"Please God heal Maddie. Please God ease her pain. Please help her family to continue to be strong for her. Thank you God for bringing her thus far. And please God let her be able to drink apple juice today. Thank you Father, Amen."

New House News...

I have been dying to share our news but we had to wait until the stars were aligned so to speak. We are building a house! We are all so excited. It will be so nice to have the extra space and a little more privacy. Lots of closet space and a play room for the kids and a guest bedroom, until we separate the twins anyway. It is right at 2500 sq. ft. It has 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths, a huge familyroom, a kitchen and dining room that is open to the familyroom, a playroom on another level and a full basement and separate garage. The house is multi-leveled and hard to explain without seeing it. I have never seen another floorplan like it. The master bedroom and bath are on it's own level as is the playroom(they call it a bonus room). I am posting a few pics of the progress so far. We hope to be moving in by the end of September or first of October. The only downside that I can see is keeping it clean!!! That is alot more house than I am used to and all those bathrooms!! I can't keep 1800 sq. feet clean right now!!

A few pics of Nattie at the hospital

These are in no particular order, but most of the ones w/her smiling were

taken just a few hours before we went home. She was ready to go!