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Smooth sailing my foot. We don’t do no stinkin smooth sailing in this family! Today is Derby’s 2 year anniversary of coming home from the NICU.
Quick recap: here we are 2 years ago. Lord they were tiny!

The night before Loen was running a temp of 102. Then this morning they both were feverish and had [...]

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You have to have video, audio, photo proof of every cough, smile, step. Such is the fate of our twins.
Video in HD on Vimeo set to Nancy Sinatra’s “These boots are made for walkin”.

Derby walks from The Tadpoles on Vimeo.

YouTube had some issues with the Nancy Sinatra song so here is the video in low [...]

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I really haven’t had the energy to post more than an occasional blurb on my Facebook let alone blogging but here goes.

Loen: Weighs 19 pounds 3 1/2 ounces and is 31 1/2 inches long. Like the scene in Miracle Worker where Helen Keller makes the collation between water and the word, Loen is picking up [...]

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I took Derby to the barber today because I have come to realize that I may be handy in many things but cutting hair is not one of them. Occasionally I do a decent job but after trying to trim a squirming kid’s hair in the tub I decided I was over it. We went to [...]

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My little man is a teething monster lately. While we are behind in most things we are ahead of the curve when it comes to getting our teeth in. They are both cutting their second molars and have been a drooly, teethy mess. Derby has started taking his teething aggression out on his WubbaNub, which [...]

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I have been putting off this post for almost a month now, time to bite the bullet and get it out there…..
Derby has been our little stubborn pistol as of late. The kid wants to move, he wants to feed HIMSELF and he wants to do things HIS WAY. The feeding has really got me frustrated. [...]

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I forgot to mention that last Saturday Derby learned to pull himself to standing. He looked so proud of himself. Now he does it all the time. Where Loen was so cautious and careful Derby pulls himself up and tries to cruise with wild abandon. His forehead looks likes someone has been throwing blocks at it.
What this? [...]

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I hate to focus on just one kid but Derby has had a PHENOMENAL couple of weeks. As his PT said “It is like a fog has been lifted”.
The morning that Mima T went back to Michigan Derby decided he would sit on his own (he would stay if you sat him up he just [...]

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The past couple of days have been special anniversaries for our family. On Wednesday it was one year that Loen has been home, then yesterday it was their due date. I know it seems crazy to want to celebrate their due date but in the world of micropreemies you actually have to use that date a lot. [...]

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Tadd and I were so happy that we were able to spend Christmas at home. No hospital, no traveling, best of all no drama. We were both excited to see how the twins would react to everything.
We had friends and family over for Christmas Eve, of course I forgot to take pictures till almost the [...]

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