First Christmas Time Capsule

Dear babies, 2012 was your first Christmas. You were five weeks old and you slept most of the day. You're still squishy, lovey babies. You weigh somewhere between 7-8 pounds and you're both around 20 inches long. You're still wearing newborn-size clothes, though you'll be ready for 0-3 month pretty soon. We grab whatever onesie...

Merry Christmas!

2007 was the first year I got my own Christmas tree. It was a fake tree, twenty bucks at Target. It was a nice little tree, and I really enjoyed having a little Christmas cheer in my cozy studio apartment. In 2010, we finally bought a real tree for Christmas, and haven't looked back since....

One month

Dear E and M, Oh my goodness, I can't believe you're a month old. That you've been in our lives for a whole month. It's been the longest month of my life for sure--but that's probably the monotony and the sleep deprivation. But also, I can't believe it's been four weeks already. It's kind of...

Holy Shitballs, We Have Babies: The birth day

On Tuesday, November 20, we went in for the weekly non-stress test and doctor appointment. I was 36 weeks pregnant. The previous Friday/Saturday, I had developed what I was pretty sure was PUPPS, and it had spread and worsened rapidly. The monitoring went well, but my blood pressure was still elevated. And when the doctor...

Sigh.

These every-three-hour feedings never stop. I mean, duh, but the time between them feels so fleeting. And I feel chained to this stupid pump. I'm so tired of doing that all the time. I'm trying to multitask, but there are always so many things I want to do at the same time (like eat or...

More photos and video

I finally made the timelapse of my belly! https://vimeo.com/55421314 I added the video to the Belly Grows page, and added a second page to document my post-baby belly (appropriately titled The Belly Shrinks!). I hope this will be even more motivation to get active and back in shape (once I'm physically ready, of course--another three...

Two weeks home

It's been two weeks since we brought the twins home, and they're almost three weeks old. Here's what's going on since the last baby update: Babies are starting to cry. Just a little, when they need something--usually a pacifier or something to eat, or when they get too gassy. It doesn't last too long, and...

One Maid A-Milking

I don't know if it makes me a bad person/woman/mother, but I don't actually want to exclusively nurse. Maybe because there are two babies and it sounds too daunting. But it makes me feel like I'd be too tied to them. I want some freedom. I want and need a second person to do feedings....

The Recovery

Today marks two weeks post-baby, and there are still lots of changes going on body-wise. Almost all of the PUPPS rash has faded and now the scratch scabs are finally healing. So glad that I don't look like a leper anymore. My feet started swelling this summer. Certainly by mid-August they were puffy pregnancy feet....

Confessions

I'm enjoying having babies a lot more than I thought I would. The day they were born, I thought to myself, "Oh man, I see why people want a lot of these. Maybe I want more." Holy shit, one baby would be SO EASY. I still feel like myself. I was afraid that I would...