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Two steps forward, one step back

May 7th, 2010 · 3 Comments

As I have jokingly complained before, the twins are wild and busy and TODDLERS. They make me tired, they make me laugh, and they make me cry. On Wednesday we went in to see Dr. Silverberg, the twins opthamologist. You may remember that he was featured during the Childrens Miracle Network telethon we were in. [...]

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Tags: Derby · Eyes · Loen · ROP · twins

The Great Crib Escape

April 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments

I always put the twins in their crib before I take a shower. It cuts down on any unsupervised mayhem. Today when I got out I went into their room to release the hounds. One little girl was running around her room saying “I play a minute”. I had to hide my face so she [...]

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Tags: Loen · video

Hair

March 5th, 2010 · 4 Comments

I have been trying (begging, pleading) to get Loen to leave barrettes, hair ties or hats on her head. She is fine for about 10-15 minutes then she pulls it out. She will come up to you with the rubber band and say “Mama fix it”. I will and she will pull whatever is in [...]

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2 years for Lo

February 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Today marks Loens 2 year anniversary of leaving the NICU and coming home. It went by so fast!

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Tags: Loen · NICU · twins

Center of attention

September 4th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Now we give the kids equal love and adoration but for the past couple of days Derby has had a little more attention given to him by us. What with the cast, DAFO, extensive therapy schedule and walking he has a lot to pay attention to! When I am at therapy Loen gets the undivided [...]

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Updates and stuff

September 2nd, 2009 · 3 Comments

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 [...]

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Tags: Cerebral Palsy · Derby · Loen · therapy · twins · update

Perhaps we should have added the kids to our dental insurance

August 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments

The other day the twins were running back and forth between their bedroom to ours. I was folding laundry and watching them but of course in the blink of an eye something happened. Earlier Derby had pulled Loen’s hair and she started wailing like a banshee (as usual), after breaking them up they were back [...]

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Family of four…..eyes

May 20th, 2009 · 4 Comments

So we visited the pediatric ophthalmologist last week since we were due for our routine eye exam. Derby looked good, his eyes are straight with moments of crossing but the Doctor was happy with where Derby was. Then on to Loen. When they did her exam under anesthesia back in August her eyes looked good except for some [...]

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Tags: Eyes · Loen · ROP

It had to be done

April 9th, 2009 · No Comments

Loen’s hair has been driving me nuts. It is a cross between Incredible Hulk/Frankenstein/Chaka from Land of the Lost. It is wispy and mullet like, she will no longer tolerate ponytails or barrettes. I wanted to trim it myself but when I got near her with scissors Tadd freaked. Finally he had to concede the mullet was looking bad. [...]

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Ughh

April 7th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Sometimes you just have to sigh….. I have been trying to get as many things done in advance when the twins are playing quietly together. Like prepare bottles, lay out pj’s clean up toys, etc. So tonight after dinner I got everything ready for bed ahead of time. Pj’s, diapers and toothbrushes were ready to go in [...]

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Tags: Loen