Logan crawling

Going......
Going......
It's mine!!!!!!!

NEWS FLASH!!!! Logan crawled!

That's right. Logan took his first crawl forward last night 12/29/06! He was a bit wobbly and only went a few feet, but he did it! He also almost got himself into that sitting position. Soon I will have 2 mobile guys (what is a mom to do?) I will try to catch pics of him tonight. Way to go big guy!!!!

Such very handsome boys! Christmas 2006

Trevor
Connor and Logan

I couldnt be a happier mom. I am so blessed to have 3 beautiful and andsome boys.

Merry Christmas to everyone and get ready for the new year!

the final countdown..

Connor amazed by the tree
Our new finger food addiction
11 month old picture
Connor can pull yp this far!
Well, the boys are now 11 months old. Wow, it has gone by so fast. They are both sick at the moment with a virus of some sort. Trevor too. Tis the season for germs. So in jsut 28 days, the twinks will be a year old. Logan weighed 18 lb 5 oz at the DR's on Thursday. They are fitting so well in thier 6-9 month clothes and we are looking to hte 12 month size soon. I cannot believe it. I never though at the beginning of fall that they would be here already.

we are resting now so we can enjoy tomorrow at Aunt Korries and see everyone. Of course, plenty of holiday pictures will follow!

Our video year in review

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Connor is an official crawler!!!!

Yes, rest assured that the brain is developing rapidly! Connor is officially crawling full force. Watch out world, the twins are becoming mobile. Now if I calculate that back tohis adjusted age, he is already ahead of Trevor's development. Connor crawls up to items and is already tryingto pull up on them. More pix to come!

Peace Love, Harmony.......what Mom? We were playing nicely!

Logan is in the red diaper and Connor is in the green diaper.

Outtakes from our Christmas photo shoot

For the finished product, you will have to wait for Christmas cards. Sorry about the low quality, but I used my photobucket account to post these. Anyway, we spent a good hour trying to get all 3 boys to pose for Christmas pictures. Trevor wasnt having it. His sweater was too itchy, he said smiling was "stupid". Ahhhh, to be 6 again. The boys just wanted to crawl away (backwards, the only way they go). It was exhausting, but we got some great candids to look back on. I will next post my favorite. Both boys are sooo crabby. We are pretty sure they are teething. I sure wish they would just break through. They are trying so hard to crawl forward. I will have to get some video of that.

New skills abound....

We have mastered a new skill!!!!! Both boys have mastered self-feeding of simple Gerber pick-me -ups. Woo hoo!

Mending quite well!

Logan and Connor are finally on the mend and doing better. They are starting to get on the go very quickly now. Connor is sooo close to crawling and tonight really was getting that he could move forward, but then he would topple onto his face because he would forget to move his hands. It is happening so fast. tonight also, I held both boys by the hands standing up and they made a couple steps forward.

Grandma and Paka gave the boys their Christmas present early which is the SuperYard (top picture). It is a very nice safe-zone where only the babies toys are and they can play and roll around in safety. We absolutely love it.

Some more fun video

http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/gilbertkimber/?action=view&current=11-25-06videos015.flv
Logan going cross-eyed and making raspberries

http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/gilbertkimber/?action=view&current=11-25-06videos013.flv
Connor in the jumper looking like a tap-dancing marionette.

Logan is recovering from his pneumonia. WE found out that the blood culture came back positive for strep pneumoniae. Luckily the antibiotic he was placed on was enough to kick that bacteria's butt.

Went to the DR on Monday for check-ups and Connor's weight is now 17lb 15 oz and Logan is 17 lb 1 oz. Only a 14 oz difference!

First Thanksgiving

Well, Wednesday we had planned on heading down town to go to the Holiday kickoff and lighting cermonies for Fort Wayne, but when I got home from work, Logan was sitting in his Bumbo and was really having a hard time breathing. I picked him up and he was breathing very fast and was irritable and his little chest was sucking in and I could hear his wheezing. I listened to his chest with my stethescope (love that I can do that) and put in a call to aunt Suz, who is also a nurse and respiratory therapist. She could hear him breathing and advised us to go right to the ER-so we did. They did an RSV test and chest Xray. The RSV was negative (phew) but the chest X ray showed he has right side pneumonia. They drew blood to look at his white blood cell count and blood culture, then also did a rapid influenza test. The flu came back negative too (double phew). Since his WBC was within the normal limits, they didn't admit him and allowed him home on antibiotics and breathing treatments every 4 hours. He also ha impetigo on his cheek and on his bottom. Poor guy. Connor is doing OK and getting over his cold, but he also has a horrible open rash on his bottom, so we are treating that with triple antibiotic ointment. So- Logan stayed home with daddy for Thanksgiving while I took Connor and Trevor over to Mom and Dad's for dinner. Logan had his turkey meat and veggies at home. I took a plate home for John. We had nice spread and was nice getting to spend time with family. It was nice having Aunt Di and Katy here as well as Ryan, Bobby and Uncle Jay here as this is the first Thanksgiving without Aunt Jill. We missed her. Christmas will be hard. No shopping on this Black Friday. My experience with retail for 9 years has jaded me against the shopping crowd. Besides, I know there will be good deals to be had in the next few weeks. Let the christmas season begin. We will be putting up decorations on Sunday. Tomorrow John and I will be married for 11 years! How lucky we are! WE got Trevor at our 5 year mark, and twins shortly after our 10 year mark. We are truely blessed. Happy Holidays all!!!!

Daddy is so inventive!!!

Logan is left and Connor is right.
Daddy is always looking for the next best thing to keep us busy babies occupied. Well here is the latest and we go absolutly nuts here. This is a bed tray which is the perfect height for us when sitting up to play facing each other. The boppy's protect us from falling backward and clocking our heads. Sometimes we get so excited with a toy we arch backward and OUCH, that hurts! Our favorite is to use the roll-arounds balls and roll them all over the surface and hold them and hit the surface to make sounds out of the balls.

Thank you daddy!! We love you!!

Logan the sitter.

Connor Left and Logan Right.
I want both!!!!
It is so fun watching these guys play and interact with each other. They take things out of each other's hands and make each other laugh. It is so cute. In just 5 days they will be 10 months old! WOW, it is going so fast.

Both boys right now have colds. Dr said as long a the breathing stays OK, we just treat with OTC meds. They have runny noses and coughs, fevers and diarrhea. Plus to top it all off a really bad diaper rash on Logans bum. Hopefully it will be short-lived, but the DR warns it is a nasty virus and has no mercy.

WASH HANDS!!!

Logan is an official sitter!

Logan can now sit unassisted for a good deal of time. We still put the Boppy for safety so he doesnt fling back and hit his head, but he doesnt need it for support. Connor freely sits and is gonna be crawling soon. He scoots everywhere. Logan is scooting a little too. Connor gets up on his hands and knees and rocks and is making motions to get from being on his belly to sitting on his own! Pix tomorrow!
Woo Hoo!

Finally did some fall pix!

My three wee lads
Connor is left and Logan is right.

Welcome to our new litle girlfriend!

Logan and Connor wish to announce the arrival of the new little girl they will be fighting over.

Welcome Olivia Menor!

Born 11/4/06 weighing in at 6lb and 10oz.

quick update

Babies have been really fussy for the last two days or so. I think teeth are coming. I touched Logans bottom gums today and he cried. Connor is really sitting well by himself. He will go for awhile, esp if he has toys in front of him. Logan is doing better and staying up in the Bumbo for long periods of time. They love thier drums and that gets all of thier attention. Connor has ventured a lot more onto his hands and knees and rocks. Today he scooted everywhere, both front and backwards. WATCH OUT! I see crawling in the near future!
We also introduced watered down apple juice. They drank it down so fast and loved it. Trevor couldnt be left out, so he had some too!

bath time

connor
logan

Halloween- Farmer Trevor and his prize-winning peas

We did our traditional Trick or treating in Diana's neighborhood. As always Trevor got lots of "booty". The twins were pea pods and Trevor was a farmer.

Playing the drums

Connor playing Logan's head (Logan was not thrilled)
Both boys with thier drums.

Here is some video. I hope it works.

http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/gilbertkimber/?action=view&current=DSCN0609.flv

Trevor lost his first tooth!!!!

I got some one on one time with Trevor this afternoon while the babies napped and we carved a pumpkin. He also lost his first tooth today. It was the very first tooth he got as a 6 month old. Our baby is growing up-sniff, sniff.

More pix!

These cute little POLO outfits were a hand-me-down from a mama on out twins site. They are so soft and comfy! Thanks you Tracey!!!

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Of course the next day, we were well rested!

New Jammies From Aunt Judy and Jessica

Connor is left and Logan is right( with the post-bath hair)

We were happy for a moment, but alas, sleepiness set in and we weren't happy for very long.
Big brother Trevor tried to console us but we are just to tired.
Mom Snapped this just before we got fully worked up. They were crossing over the invisible dotted line with each other.
These jammies came from Aunt Judy and Jessica when we were jsut wee little things. So hard to believe we finally fit in them. They are just too cute and so very soft!

Quick updates.

The boys have had a touch of sickness after my 2 weeks of horrible bronchitis. I am thankful thiers is mild. They went to the DR on Thursday the 19th after a difficult night of coughing and breathing and Logan has bronchiolitis and a right ear infection and Connor has a viral upper respiratory infection. Logan was started on antibiotics and both boys are on breathing treatments three times a day. All in all this has been relatively mild in comparison to 5 months ago when they had 8 weeks straight of ear infections and were inconsolable. Both have been clingy and needy and irritable, but still very good babies. Both lost a smidge of weight. Connor is sitting very well now. He doesnt go for too long, but he has it down. Sometimes he will get excited and end up toppling backwards. He also will scoot on his belly backwards all over the place and he got up on his hands and knees and began rocking. It wont be too long before they are both mobile. Logan is a bit slower at this. he doesn't sit very well. We are putting him in the Bumbo seat more and hope to have him gain more upper body strength. We try to do tummy time with him but he just rolls right over and wants to be on his back. He will get there. Just a quick note to say, Big Brother Trevor turned 6 years old on Oct 17th. YAY! I will post some more pictures this evening as I am quite behind!

**********NEWS FLASH***************Connor sits for longer than 30 seconds!!!

Yes, Connor sat unassisted (except for the blanket) for about 5 minutes before toppling over. He did very well and was very proud of himself. LOGO isnt too far behind, but still needs some more time in the bumbo and boppy for help. He is getting stronger by the day!

quick update

The boys are growing so fast now. Aunt Diana weighed the boys and they are soo big! Logan- 15lb 6oz Connor-16 lb 5 oz Yay Boys!!!!

Boys sitting with the boppy pillows

Connor is left, Logan is right

Getting bigger by the minute

Logan left and Connor Right

The boys are getting so big now. I can't wait to have them weighed again. They have a 9 month check- up here soon. Both are loving thier foods. they are having 1-2 meals a day with thier bottles and the weight is really piling on. Look at Logan and how his little face is filling out. To me, they are looking even more identical.

Both will be getting flu shots and the RSV vaccine. Monthly we will have to get these vaccines (not the flu though- just 2 shots there). Logan has a follow-up with the pulmonologist on the 24th. He will have a repeat chest X-ray to see how his lungs are doing. As he is gaining weight, he is doing better with eating. I think we blew through a lot of the 3-6 months stuff and are now getting into the 6-9 months stuff.

I challenge the boys every night with all sorts of motor skills. They are really doing well sitting up with the boppy pillow supporting them. Logan still topples over, but is getting longer and longer in length at sitting up.

We had one quick bout of sniffles and coughs, but it was mild and we are thankful. Lets hope for a smooth winter with minimal illnesses!