Logan's Well Baby Check Up

We went to Logan's 4 month well baby check up today and it went well. I was a bit nervous b/c he is breastfed and I was worried about him not gaining enough weight but the Dr said that he is right on track and doing perfect. Here are today's stats:

Height 24 1/4 inches long
Weight 13lb, 10oz

YAY! He is in the 25th percentile for both but that's okay... all of my kids are small :) I'm just happy that we don't have to supplement with formula or anything!

The End of An Era

So this has been a very rollercoasterish week.

Mike closed the cafe on March 31st. It just wasn't cutting it financially and so we had to let it go. :( We were a little sad and a little nervous but hopefully as one door closes another door will open. He starts Monday at Goldstein Chrsyler Jeep Dodge so hopefully he still has his inner salesman and will do good there. Just trying to look up.

The kids are sick AGAIN. I really can't wait for summer time and hopefully we won't get the dreaded summer cold. Nathan woke up this morning with a fever of 103.9. I gave him motrin this morning and the fever went down... I'm hoping that it doesn't creep back up this afternoon or I will definitely call the Dr and see what they think I should do for him. He's eating and drinking normally and acting fine for the most part- the only weird thing was that he ASKED to take a nap today. That doesn't happen very often! I guess that is a plus side to him not feeling well. :(

Mike's Uncle John passed away on Monday, March 30th after losing his short battle with pancreatic cancer. We think of Uncle John often along with his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren and the other family members and friends that he left behind. He was a great man and he was very loving and caring and very very compassionate and he will be forever missed in the Davey clan. :(

And lastly on a brighter note Mr. Logan Alexander is 4 months old today! Even though he's my third baby I STILL can't believe how quickly time flies. It feels like just yesterday I found out I was pregnant (okay it was REALLY a year ago yesterday LOL) but I still can't believe my last lil baby is 4 months old today! HAPPY 4 MONTHS ROLO! :)

Here are some pics from this week.

Morgan and Nathan outside having their 1st Picnic
Patty, Aunt Kitty, Aunt Marion and Logan

Morgan in her bunny ears

Nathan in his bunny ears

Logan in his bunny earsThe official 4 month photo!

Not much to report on the homefront...

The reason that I haven't posted isn't because I haven't been wanting to...it's just that we don't really have much going on here that is exciting...

We've had some excellent weather the past few days and yesterday we were actually able to get outside! My mom took the twins overnight Friday night and I had a bridal shower to go to yesterday for Mike's cousin so Mike took Logan to run errands. When I got home I took Logan for a walk and then when we got back I started to set up the yard so that we can finally come and play outside during the week! :) Mike even came outside and put together the swingset. It's functional at the moment but still needs a little work to have it at 100%. I'm also going to get some stain and stain it to make it look prettier b/c we got it from our neighbor and it's a bit old :)

Friday Mar and I took the kids to the Commons. It was a lot of work but I think the kids enjoyed it. Mar has officially decided that she really doesn't like kids- LOL. (Except for mine!)

That's it for today. Once I upload my pics onto the computer I will add pics of the park and outside. But for now enjoy Spring!

I know what I saw...

YAY! I'm actually committing to what I said about keeping up with the posting :)

Anyway- Wednesday I had some very interesting experieneces at our house. They both involved my Grandmother (she passed away 11.1.08) and you can think I'm crazy (just like Mike) but I know what I saw!

Wednesday morning I gave the twins a bath. I took Morgan out of the tub first and I had her on the changing table and I was getting her dressed. She looked passed me and said while waving, "Hi Mamma". (This is how she says Grandma, she calls me Mom or occasionally Momma or Mommy but she will say Grandma as Mamma but faster than she says Momma... you really can tell the difference when she's speaking). Anyway, I replied saying, "Hi Morgan" and she yelled back, "NO! Hi Mamma!" and continued to wave. She then went on to have a conversation in "chinese" for a few minutes. I just kept looking into the hallway where she seemed to be talking. Then she says "Bye bye" while waving. I got her down from the changing table and she walked all the way to the front door while waving and saying goodbye. There was the thought in my head that maybe she really did see my Grandma. It could happen...little kids see things all the time- they have an open mind right? I tell my husband of this story and he thinks I'm crazy. Then something happened to me later that night- I'm telling you I'm not crazy and I know what I saw.

Everyone who knew my Grandmother well knows she HATES frogs. I mean hates them. My Grandfather gave her crystal frogs once as a present b/c she collected Swavorski Cyrstal and she threw them at him b/c she hates frogs. So naturally I used to LOVE to antagonize my Grandma with frogs. I even remember when I was little my cousin Alexandra and I used to love sneaking behind my Grandma and putting little frogs that we found in the pool on her shoulder just to watch her run and scream through the yard (it sounds cruel but it was really funny).

Anyway; the other night I was coming home from Mar's house and I was thinking about what happened with Morgan earlier in the day. I get out of my van and I'm walking up the steps to the front door and out from under the steps a frog jumped out and hit me in the foot. I don't think I've ever jumped that high! I just laughed and said out loud, "I bet you thought that was REAL funny didn't you?"

Call me crazy or insane but I KNOW that was my Grandma. I miss her so much every day but that frog gave me a little bit of peace knowing that she is alright and in a better place now. And besides; where would a frog come from in the Northeast in the middle of March?!

Finally another post!

So I'm glad I jumped on the bandwagon and started a blog... too bad I didn't keep up with it. LOL. But I'm ready to start blogging on a regular basis. I think it will be good and beneficial for me. After all- what a better way to relieve stress and have a special place to remember all those memorable moments :)

So let's have a little update since my last blog entry; shall we?

On November 1st, 2008 I lost my Grandmother very suddenly. This was DEVASTATING to me and I'm still having a hard time coping with her death. She babysat the twins right up until 2 days before she passed away and I really still can't believe she's gone. I can't believe that she has done so much for my children and they probably won't remember her. It hurts my heart to even think that. :( I love my Grandma SO much and I will NEVER forget everything she did for me. I hope that she is in a better place and looking down on me and is nothing but proud of me and my children. I'm so sorry that she never got to "meet" my baby Logan... but I can't help but think that he has a part of her in him. Rest in peace Grandma; I love and miss you more than words can say and there isn't an hour that goes by that I don't think of you. You will live on forever in my heart and in my words.

On December 4th, 2008 at 10:01am we welcomed Logan Alexander Davey. He weighed in at 7lbs, 2 oz and was 20.5 inches long. He was and continues to be an complete different experience than the twins. The twins were born 6 weeks early and spent 24 days (Morgan) and 34 days (Nathan) in the NICU. Logan was born at 39 weeks and he got to come right into the recovery room with us and he got to room in with me and that was awesome. Even now I find that I get to enjoy his infancy more than I did with the twins b/c with them it was change, feed start over on the other baby and so on. I've learned through the twins though that they grow so quickly and before you know it they aren't teeny tiny babies anymore so I'm not "wishing" his infancy away.

Mike is closing the cafe at the end of next week and will probably be venturing back into the car business. I'm a little nervous with the way this economy is but it will be better than not having a job at all so I'm going to try and be optimistic that this will work out for our family. We really don't have a choice.

The twins are getting HUGE and growing up so quickly. It's amazing to me to watch them develop and grow and I really do feel like I'm living my life again through them. It's amazing to me to see how amazing things are to them. They get into everything and while it can be frustrating quite often I wouldn't change things for the world. Nathan is m laid back, complacent boy with "class clown syndrome" and Morgan is my strong willed independent girl.

Well- these are my updates. Hopefully I won't have to do anymore of these "update" posts and can just do regular posts... :)

Finally Started a Blog!!!!!!

It seems like everyone starts out their blog this way... "Finally Started a Blog"!!! I decided that I would jump on the bandwagon and A) Start a blog and B) Start my blog in similar fashion.

So I begin. I decided that I would begin by giving everyone a little backstory. (I'm sure that you aren't going to care much about this back story but I'll give it anyway).

The Beginning:

Mike and I have known each other for a long time. Like 12 years. He was a family friend. (Weird I know...also I'll come right out and tell you that there is a 16 year age difference just to get it out of the way). Anyways... so he used to work for a car dealership and there was a guy there that used to host this party called "Lobsterfest" every year and you would pay $10 and get lobster and steak and potatoes, drinks etc. Mike needed a date to this event and told me that he would pay my way and he would pay me to go with him; but he would only pay if I didn't have a good time. So I went with him (Hellooooooo free lobster and steak people) and we have literally been together ever since. We're one of those weird couples where I can literally say this.... I moved in with him a week later.

Fast Forward to 2003- we got a puppy in Septemeber when we moved to a townhouse that would allow pets. We then got engaged on Decemeber 24, 2003. We planned our wedding for April 16th, 2005 and got married on a gorgeous spring day! It was beautiful and I really couldn't have asked for anything more. We decided that we wanted to have children right away so we started trying on our honeymoon. After a few months of nothing I read a book about charting and started to chart my cycles. After over a year of trying and still no pregnancy I went to my Dr and long story short was put on a low dose of clomid. The first cycle was nothing so they bumped me up to 100mg for my second cycle. JACKPOT! 3 weeks later we got a positive pregnancy test and on October 30th, 2006 we found out that I was pregnant with twins!

My pregnancy was pretty smooth sailing until about 31 weeks. That is when I was pulled out of work for borderline toxemia. I was then hospitalized for 24 hours for a protein check and blood work. There was no protein in my urine but I did have high blood pressure and I was sent home on modified bed rest. I gave birth a few weeks later at 34 weeks, 2 days to boy/girl twins Nathan Michael and Morgan Marie. Nathan was born on April 27th, 2007 at 6:56am weighing 4lbs, 3oz and was 17 inches long. His sister followed him at 6:56am (No they did not get their own minute) weighing 3lbs, 15oz and was 16 inches long. Morgan was in the NICU for 24 days and Nathan was in there for 34 days. That was the hardest thing I have ever experienced in my entire life.

Nathan and Morgan are the best things that have EVER happened to me. They are just awesome plain and simple. Now don't get me wrong- being a Parent is HARD. No way to put it... especially being a Mom. I'm the good cop, the bad cop, the Dr, the Nurse, the Mom, the storyteller, the boss, the chef, the cleaner- you name it that is what I am... and that is SO overwhelming. But at the end of the day we are all breathing and happy and looking forward to the next day so what more can I ask for than that?

So 3 weeks before the twins first birthday I think it would be HYSTERICAL to play and April Fools Day joke on Mike. I told him I was pregnant... and I had him believing me for about 10 minutes and then he figured out it was April Fools Day. Guess what friends? The joke was on me! I found out 3 days later on April 3rd that we are indeed expecting again. (Who would've thunk?) We are having a boy and he will be making his big debut the first week of December.

Well I think that about sums it up. There will definitely be more updates and stories to come.... my kids do something unbelievable just about every day so stay tuned! :)