We never made it to the pumpkin patch, but our neighbors went crazy with the pumpkin carving and decorated the court we live in. It looked really cool and we didn’t have to do any work. There will always be next year. It is amazingly difficult to get them to pose AND smile at the [...]
Entries from October 2008
Happy Halloween
October 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment
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Update on the update
October 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments
So we finally got the test results back and he doesn’t have RSV. Still sounds like a sad little wheezy boy but otherwise is a happy baby. He cracks me up doing the breathing treatments because he will try and chew on the mask and then he has started making this new Frankenstein noise of [...]
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Pigg-O-Stat
October 16th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Last week Loen had a cough. It sounded yucky but she seemed to be in good spirits. No fever or runny nose, still eating well. I called the pediatric advice nurse just to be sure I was doing everything right. I would hate to ignore it and it turns out the kid has pneumonia. Given [...]
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Nope that didnt work either
October 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment
I have been trying to give the twins solid food every day or two. It isn’t a substantial amount but I am hoping it will get them used to eating solids. Loen feels solid food is the perfect medium for creative expression (ie: huge mess). I will apologize for the photo quality now as I [...]
Hindsight is 20/20
October 12th, 2008 · 6 Comments
My mind kept wandering back to one year ago today. That was when I went into preterm labor and Loen decided it would be a good time to rupture her amniotic sac. I kept thinking of how I was in shock, lying on the gurney in the operating room and hearing the sound of water [...]
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NICU Reunion
October 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment
On Sunday we went to the NICU reunion at the Santa Barbara Zoo. We were really looking forward to seeing the doctors and nurses again. Before we went to the zoo we stopped by the NICU to say hi to the nurses who had to work that day. We have said before how wonderful and [...]
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It doesn’t take much to amuse me
October 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment
As a teenager of the 80′s this video made my night.
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11 months
October 7th, 2008 · No Comments
So this is WAYYYYYY past their actual 11 month birthday but I just haven’t forced myself to get back into posting. If I try and post when the babes are awake A: I feel guilty I am not spending that time playing and working with them and B: Loen crawls all over me and drools [...]
