Re-Entering the Blogosphere!!!!

Needless to say it's been a hectic whirlwind around here with the twins, Jett, and SheaChicDesigns monopolizing every second of the day, which has left no time for anything else (including those little luxuries like a sleep, a shower, and a home-cooked meal on some days)! Hayden and Evyn are now about 5 months old (on March 1st), have more than tripled their birth weight, and take great delight in their older brother Jett who makes them laugh all the time :)

Babies R Us!

I guess we could be called "The Baby Bunch"!

In the last 4 months there has been a major baby boom in my family. Four out of six of us have had babies, so we went from 4 nieces and nephews to 9! The twins ended the boom with a bang since they were a two for one deal :). Jett didn't want to be a part of these pictures saying "I am NOT a baby, i'm a BIG BOY". It would be fun to get all the cousins together (including the Michigan bunch "Parker Pants"-Parker, "Maddie go Paddy"-Madelyn, and "Merefriend"-Meredith) for one big picture!

Welcome Home Evyn & Hayden!!

This post is long overdue since the girls have been home about 3 weeks now, but I have found that a free second is hard to come by :). "Multitasking" has been the operative word around here lately and is something I hope to get better with each day (or each feeding).

Evyn came home on November 6th and Hayden came home a few days later on the 10th, after having cought a minor virus which she needed to be well from before leaving the NICU. Both the girls have been doing very well since they've been home. Their second well child check up was today (we can't believe they are already about 2 months old), Evyn weighed in at 6lbs 8oz and Hayden is now 6lbs 2oz!

Jett has really taken to his big brother roll, he love's rubbing his cheek on the girls' cheeks and talking "baby talk" to them.

Halloween at the NICU

You are never too young or small for a fun Halloween get up! The NICU staff outfitted all the babies in the unit with adorable blankets, onsies, and socks!

Halloween 2008

In search of the perfect Halloween costume for Jett, we had or hearts set on a Pirate (since he's running around all the time yelling out "Arrgh!" while seeking out a "pirate treasure chest"). After having no luck getting one in his size, I stumbled upon a Fireman costume and thought it would perfect, (Fire fighters are his second favorite heros after Pirates). I kept the costume a secret until Halloween afternoon. He was SOOOOO excited when he saw what he was going to wear and has only taken it off once (to got to bed) since we put it on him. We had such a fun time taking him through the neighborhood, but were nervous about how we were going to convince him to come inside when it was time to go home. As it turned out, he told us he was ready to go home after we had been to one and a half cul-de-sacs!

Since the baby boom that has gone on in our extended family this past summer (5 babies born between June and October, including the twins), Jett has become the Big Boy umong the local cousin crowd. He really seems to be liking his new role and loves talking about all the babies and asking when he can hold them. Hopefully he'll keep up his love for babies once his sisters come home and he realizes that they are here to stay :).

In the picture directly above, he's holding his cousin Ryder who is just over 2 months old. He's always talking about "baby Ryders" and asks Tim and I to sing songs about him at bedtime.

The top pictures of Jett are from the Tree House museum. It's a great interactive children's museum that we frequented often this past summer. There is a pretend NICU there where kids can learn all about babies and caring for them. Ironically, this is one of Jett's favorite exhibits! I figured I better train him well on chaning diapers and feeding since I will need the extra help ;)