This time last year....

the nurses had started the induction over 12 hours ago and I was anxiously awaiting the arrival of my precious little boys. They were not cooperating with the doctors; I guess they were way too comfy to want to come out! It would be almost another 7 hours before they made their appearance.

Once upon a time I was waiting....

A year ago today I was admitted to the hospital awaiting an early morning induction. I did not get much sleep that night and I honestly had no idea what was about to happen...

On the move...

Well, the boys are getting closer and closer to their first birthday and they are also getting more and more mobile. Zachary is really crawling now and Nicolas is cruising along side the furniture. It seems like Zachary is spending more of his time trying to talk while Nicolas is getting ready to walk instead. It's pretty amazing to see just how different they are.

Zachary crawling:


Nicolas cruising:


Zachary and Nicolas together:

Meeting my future daughter-in-law???

My best friend Brenda had her daughter at 3:43pm yesterday. Everyone is doing so well and Natalia is just beautiful. We are so happy that their family is growing and it is so special to see them this happy! It brings back a lot of memories since it was almost 1 year ago that I was the one sitting in the hospital bed and they were coming to meet our little men.

It is amazing how quickly we fall in love with these precious little angels that enter our lives and we are forever changed. Welcome to the world Natalia Anne!

They crashed!

The boys slept well last night but still got up for their feed at 1:00 am. I think it might take a few days of adjusting to the new schedule before I can expect to see some real changes. The good thing is that they slept until 8:00 this morning. They woke up in a fantastic mood.

We put them down for their nap at almost 1:00 this afternoon. They both played for a while and when I went in to check on them I found that they crashed... This is what I saw when I went into their room:

Zachary:



Nicolas:

A change in Schedule

The boys' sleeping habits were changing again and I knew it was becoming more and more necessary to make an adjustment to our existing schedule. The old routine (sleep and feeding) went something like this:

7:00 - 7:30 ---They would wake up and within a 30 minutes they would have breakfast
10:00- 10:30 ---Morning nap time (they would have a small snack before their nap)
12:00 - 12:30 --- They would wake up and within a 30 minutes they would have lunch
3:30 - 4:00 --- Afternoon nap (they would have a small snack before their nap)
5:00 - 5:30 --- They would wake up and within a 30 minutes they would have dinner
8:00 - 8:30 --- Bath time (individual) followed by their bottle and then bed time
12:30 - 1:00 --- Wake for a bottle and then they would sleep until morning

This schedule was working great! It gave me some time to do things during the day and they seemed to be getting all the sleep and play time they needed. But then things started to change... They began waking up later in the morning and going down slightly later for their morning nap. This meant they were waking up later and therefore eating later. This then started to really affect their afternoon nap since they were only starting to get tired after 4+ hours and not 3. They were at the point that they were only falling asleep around 5:00 and I was forcing them to wake up at 6:00! This was barely affecting their bed time though. So, we came to the realization that we need to make a few changes and probably drop the morning nap and move up the afternoon one.

That is what we did today. Our schedule for today looked like this:

7:15 --- Awake and ready to start the day (withing 30 minutes they had breakfast)
12:15 --- After having lunch, they went down for their nap.
3:10 --- They both woke from their nap (each of them only stirred once) and had a snack
5:15 --- They had dinner
8:00 --- We started the bath/bottle/bed routine.
They were both asleep by 8:30 after having had a great bottle!

Now I will be anxious to see what tonight brings. They should be good and tired since this is the longest they are awake (in a stretch) prior to going to bed. I would think that this will allow them to sleep right through until morning. I guess only time will tell...

Despite the crazy changes in their schedule, the boys did very well. They are such wonderful little men and I am so proud of them!

Waking up...

Zachary and Nicolas are usually in such a great mood when they wake up. They love to hang out and play in their cribs. Especially now that they can pull themselves up and can cruise around the crib. Here is what I walked in on today after their afternoon nap...



I love to hear them laugh and playing together. It is the best part of having twins. All I can hope is that they continue to be friends as they get older...