Staying in is no fun!

Last week though we had plenty of fun in the sun!  Some friends of ours (who also had twin boys) gave us some great toys, which includes two really cool 4-wheelers:

Dad teaches Adam how to ride

Notice that they are both proudly wearing their University of Wyoming football jerseys (mom’s alma mater).  We’re still celebrating their victory in the New Mexico Bowl against Fresno State.

Alex practices his football stance….lookin good!

TOUCHDOWN COWBOYS!!

One of their favorite games these days is chase.  They love to chase mom, but it’s really cute when they chase each other.  If Alex sees Adam crawling towards him, he screams in laughter and crawls away.  Today, Adam actually caught on to this game and finally caught Alex at which point they rolled around & laughed together.  I guess I would consider that their first wrestling moment.  Here’s a picture of Alex chasing after mom:

This summer we said goodbye to some old stuff and introduced some new stuff:

Goodbye to our boogie board (and playing on the countertop yikes!!)

Goodbye to tummy time on the bed (we roll too much now)

Alex loves his new walker (but can still only go in reverse)

A new place to sit and play!

And finally…..hello to the days of holding our own bottle!!  This is a huge help for me when both boys are hungry at the same time.  Now I can put one in the bouncy chair while he feeds himself.  I still try to feed them separately so I can hold them while they eat, plus it’s much less stressful (trying to burp, dropping bottles, etc.).  It’s nice to have options though.

And goodbye to the days of rocking babies to sleep all day long!  You’ve probably heard all about my issues getting the boys to nap.  For a while, I was doing a lot of rocking or walking to get them to fall asleep (and stay asleep).  After some very tough weeks and after a tough decision to separate them into different rooms, I think we’ve gotten pretty good at naptime (for now until they change again!)

Goodbye to sharing a crib too!!  Although that one we said goodbye to a long time ago.  Even a short time together in a crib these days has ended in scratches or cries.

And to think we shared a crib for 3 months

Goodbye to hats that are too small now (and we never even wore!)

And hello to hats that are too big

Adam Jefferson Lemons – 7 lbs 4 oz

Alexander William Lemons – 5 lbs 11 oz

It’s been two months since the birth of our boys and I’m just now making the time to write about it.  Needless to say, taking care of two babies is soooo challenging and very time consuming.  But it has also been the greatest blessing and by far the best time of our lives!  Adam was head down and first to be born.  He was in that same position for each of the ultrasounds during pregnancy.  Alex, however, switched positions each time we saw him.  Since Alex was breeched the last few weeks, the doctors recommended a cesarean.

It was a relatively quick surgery and our operating team was fantastic.  After the spinal block, I didn’t feel much besides a little tugging.  But 4 hours afterwards, I felt all of the discomforts and disadvantages of a c-section. Miserable!   Jason suffered too.  I had such a hard time getting around that he got to do most of the baby care in the hospital.  Between changing diapers, swaddling babies, and helping mom, he said that during those 4 days it was the hardest he had worked in his life. 

But praise God, everything went really well.  Both Adam and Alex were very healthy.  We avoided all of the complications that are typical for twins and premature labor.  Adam had a touch of jaundice, but it was so slight he didn’t even need any treatment.  Alex was losing too much weight the first 2 days and we had a hard time feeding him.  He wasn’t interested in eating and had such a small suck.  But those are relatively simple issues and we just felt so blessed to have two good healthy sons!

Adam

Alex

Dad gets to know Alex

Mom and Adam