Blessing Day

Today was the boys blessing day! It was perfect. They were both so good, and they looked adorable in their ties!

100 days.

100 Days. Wow. That is just crazy! I can't decide if I feel like they have been here forever, or if I feel like they were just born yesterday. A little bit of both I guess. I feel so happy, so complete. (not totally complete, we definitely want to add to our family:)) These boys, all 3 of them, make me smile, make me cry, make me laugh. I am so grateful for all of the range of emotions I have experienced in the past 100 days. Most of all I have been able to develop this new sense of love.

Love for Barrett's giggle, his grunts, his tiny smirk, his desperate cry. For his please-hold-me-all-the-time attitude, for his big blue eyes, his long ET neck, his sloth-like tendencies. I love his chill attitude, unless he is so overly tired he can't do anything but scream. His zoned-out moments, or hours. The way he rolls his head from side to side when he's about to fall asleep on Aunt Missy's silkies. His kicking, o his kicking! His skinny legs, how can there be muscles on those?! His hands, they are huge and he is just starting to hold them together and discover them. The stretch when getting woke up or taken out of his carseat. He reminds me of Warner. His mini-me of Cody:)

Love for Dax. His giant, open-mouthed smile. His short, stocky, square feet. His snorts...he is known around our friends for his snorts! His chowing, he could eat for hours, all while whacking me with his free arm. The no neck, his spastic movements on the floor, kicking both his legs and shooting his arms out all at the same time. The arch, O THE ARCH! He never wants to lay flat. He's addicted to TV, already. Uh-oh. (need to invest in baby einstein or signing times). The chubby cheeks, I kiss them all day. The binkie addiction, he needs it always. His obsession with me, his fall-asleep-right-when-mommy-touches-him-ability, those big brown eyes look straight to my heart. The fake cry. The pouty lip.

Love for Cody. Who knew this could grow so much? His obsession with our boys is amazing. His I'd-rather-cuddle-with-them than put them down attitude. The nicknames, O the nicknames! His management of them both at the same time. His chill, chill attitude. His compliments to his wife and mommy of these boys. The way he "shushes". He's always the first to run up to the bedroom to the rescue. He is going to teach them everything they know, I hope they grow up to be just like him. I tell them that every day.

Here are some of my favorite of the last 100 days...check them all out HERE.

They Rock.

Big

I am sitting in the boys room rocking Dax to sleep. I can't help but feel that I've wasted so much time already. They are so big. Did I worry too much about getting them to sleep and miss out on the precious sleepy smiles I get when they are just about to doze off? Dax has given me 5 just in the few minutes I have sat here with him. I sat my sweet friends 18 month old yesterday while she had surgery. As I was rocking him I realized how full my arms were! I can't believe in not long my boys will be that big. They still have their infant cries, their barely giggles, their cute grunts and groans. They are just finding their hands and before I know it they will fill my arms. O I love them small, I need to enjoy it more!

Daddy's Home

Barrett and Daddy

10 weeks

The boys are 10 weeks  old...wow time has flown. I have been posting a photo every day on my photo blog, but here are a few as of late. I am so in love with these boys. They are just starting to smile and coo at us consistently.

Mommy and Barrett

Dax playing with Daddy

Barrett and his blue eyes

Poor Barrett in the pink hand-me-down bouncer!

Barrett left Dax right, can't get them both to smile at the same time!

Barrett is definitely the hard baby as of late. He is touchy! When he needs a nap, it is a scream war til he falls asleep! I feel so bad. If I put him down while he is still happy and playing, he will just play himself to sleep. BUT IF I wait until he shows me he is tired with one little cry or rubbing his eyes, we are doomed! He will cry for 30 minutes straight, sometimes longer. Poor kiddo! He loves his carseat though, he is constantly happy or asleep when we are out and about. He is such a KICKER. He loves loves loves to kick. He usually only has 1 sock on, and is always working on getting the other one off. He is stingy with his smiles, but when he smiles, they are beyond adorable, as you can see in the pictures! He is getting a little better at eating...but it is a day to day thing. Right now I am still breastfeeding and then giving 2 bottles of expressed milk a day to make sure that he is getting enough. I tried to give him 1 ounce of formula the other day and he gagged and GAGGED! He wouldn't even swallow it. Better keep up my milk supply:)   He eats his hands. Even when he isn't hungry he is trying to see how many fingers can fit in his little mouth, it's pretty cute.

Mommy and Barrett

DaxSmilingAway 

Dax, Dax, happy Dax! He is such a happy baby. He can be mid-scream, you can tickle his cheek and he will smile for you! He really loves to play with dad, but really loves to cuddle with mommy. He doesn't really like it when I leave the room, he is a people person I guess. He is putting on the pounds like a champ and loves to eat, eat, eat. He is a caveman, smacking me as he tries to latch, it is so funny. He has big lips compared to Barrett, and we love them! His fingers are so stubby and short, and his hair is still just a little Horton patch. He is addicted to his binkie, like majorly addicted! He sucks on it all day, all night, and wakes up at 1 every morning just to let us know that he would like to suck on it a little more:) He has hazel eyes, and no neck! He is getting pretty good a the Grandpa Jim head bob, always looking around. He is my trooper, always holding it together for me when Barrett is losing it:) We joke that Barrett will cry when he gets picked on and Dax will just fight back. We will see!

Dax smiling at daddy!

And how are mommy and daddy surviving? BEYOND AMAZING. I know it sounds dumb, but we feel so blessed. These boys are the light of our lives. We are so happy right now, life is great. I get a little teary when Barrett is trying to get to sleep for a nap crying away, but other than that I'm not stressed at all! I go somewhere every single day, if I don't I get a little stir crazy. We are frequent Target shoppers (too bad for the pocket book), and I now frequent Sonic for a Strawberry limeade for little outings here and there. The boys go to the zoo almost weekly, and on walks every single day. Cody can't wait to get home from school to see the kiddos. He misses them so much! I would too. My life revolves around Cody and these boys, and I am so glad! Still feeding 7 times a day, and they sleep at night for 6.5-7 straight hours, they are rockstars. We love our new family of 5!

Newborn pictures

Just 4 days after the boys were born my friend came and did photos for us! These are just a few of my faves!

Barrett left Dax right

Barrett is on the bottom!

Barrett

Barrett

Dax