Thursday, March 15, 2012

Girls day

Wednesday, Presley had an eye appointment in Ft. Worth to make sure her vision is good.  Because she was born w/ such a low birth weight (2 lb 11oz) it is protocol to go to a retina specialist once release from the hospital.  Well she did and did great.  He wanted her to have her eyes checked by a pediatric eye doctor at a year.  So me and Presley left the boys to fend for themselves and headed to Lewisville on Tuesday.  We went to out to eat w/ my parents and brother at On The Border.   Presley seemed to enjoy the individual attention.  I left her w/ my parents and went to paint with some of my friends from high school.  

On my way to paint I talked to Keith to see how they were surviving.  First thing he told me...  " I heard the boys giggling but didn't think anything of it (during their nap time).  When I went to get them after they woke up I picked Ashton up and he was naked!  He had taken his diaper off and had peed everywhere.  I should of checked on them when they were giggling."  Haha  greatness.

He then told me that he put the tent up in the living room and they played in it.  Then he took it outside and put them in it.  They apparently didn't want any part of that tent...they wanted on the grass.  Because it was wet he decided to just bring them in.  After that "they fell apart."

Wednesday we went to the eye doctor which took FOREVER!  They had to dilate her eyes and wait 30 minutes and then  it took the doctor a while to get to us.  We made it.  The doctor said the health of her eyes look great.  She did say that she will probably need glasses at some point because she is slightly near sided.

We left the doctor and headed back to Wichita Falls.  We stopped in Bowie and went through the McDonalds drive through for lunch.  I asked the lady there if she knew of any good parks.  She said "Do you want safe or good equipment?"  I said "both"  I think she sent me to the safe one b/c it did not have good equipment (not like we needed it).  So we ate in the park and I let Presley swing and walk around for a bit.  Then we were back on the road.

We finally got home.  I am not sure if the boys or Presley noticed that they weren't there but when they saw her...they tackled her! The boys seemed to be happy we were home and I think Presley was happy to be home as well.

It was nice to have one child for 2 days...but wouldn't trade it for the world.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

13 months

We made it 13 months!  It has been a pretty cool adventure watching the babies grow.  It seems like daily they are learning or doing something new or funny.

Last week Keith went to the girls basketball tournament in Austin and I got to join him.  We left the babies with my parents for 3 whole days!  We had fun.  Keith watched basketball pretty much all day and night and I watched a few games, hung out with friends, and ate out at all my favorite Austin restaurants.  There are so many "cool" people in Austin.  

The babies did great.  My mom said they played outside in the backyard every day and sounds like they ate well!!  I enjoyed my time away but was kinda ready to get back and see them and see if they remembered me.  They did.

Here is the monthly update on the kids (not babies...I have to remind myself)

Presley - She is a pro at walking now and is getting pretty fast. She seems to be the "follower"  She usually follows Ashton around doing what he does.  She knows how to show off and be silly.  When she realizes she makes people laugh she keeps doing whatever it is.  She likes veggies over meat.  She loves to push boundaries.  You tell her no...she looks at you and does whatever it is again.  She puts everything up to her ear and pretends to talk on the phone.  She now says "uh oh" and "woah"

Keegan -  Keegan is still crawling.  He seems to be getting a little braver on his feet but is still unsure of the whole walking thing.  He still loves to play the piano and dances while he does it.  He has become a lot less sensitive...he doesn't cry every time his brother or sister touches him.  He has actually started tackling...Presley mostly.  They have just started playing a game where one of them gets the ball and the other chases and tackles them.  The laugh when they are tackled. It's pretty cute.  He loves to throw balls.   Keegan is also still pretty laid back when he wants to be.  Still a flirt.  He is the first to warm up to new people.  He also seems to be left handed.  So maybe we will have an artist in the family.

Ashton - He has also become much better at walking.  He is still wobbly but seems to rebalance himself well.  He is also the loudest.  He jabbers a lot and screams.  His screams kinda sound like a Pterodactyl. He also loves to throw stuff. He is probably the best listener when you say no. If he is about to put something in his mouth and you say "uh uh" or "no" he throws it down and acts like he wasn't doing anything. Ashton likes to steal toys from his brother and sister and but they are started to fight back. He is probably our best eater. He will pretty much eat anything and he eats alot and when he really likes it he says "num num num"

We have been working with our babies on not throwing their sippy cups down on the ground. The seem to understand but Presley likes to challenge me. I have also tried to introduce the spoon. They can get it in their mouth they just don't know how to scoop stuff onto the spoon yet. They are still taking 2 naps a day. A morning nap that has been lasting 1-2 hours and then an afternoon nap that last 30 min -1 hour. We still have them on a schedule which I think has helped so much in many ways.

Here are some pictures from Valentines Day.