SteeleLife

Today is Super Bowl XLII or some odd number or other. It starts at 5. I was going to make some yummy foods for it, but never made it to the store yesterday... We're DVRing it (like TeVo) so that we can watch the adds later. I'm assuming we'll watch the first 20 minutes or so then the boys will get rowdy and we'll find something more family oriented to do. Then Kevin and I can just watch the highlights and the funny commercials whenever we get to it. We have no vested interest whatsoever in who's playing or who wins, but it's still fun to watch... Lastnight the sickness finally took me down. I had the whole fever so bad I thought it was freezing when the room temperature…

I've finally got the cold that's been going around the crew, and Joey's fussier than usual and has kinda a stuffy nose, otherwise he's doing fine, Heaven willing. He actually slept quite a bit today and I've had to wake him for feedings, but this comes after a night of fussing from 1:30 AM straight through 6:30 AM... Needless to say I'm exhausted even after a cat nap this afternoon... I'm so glad it's the weekend. Happy birthday to my Brother Jason, he turned 24 today.

The little guy gained 1 pound and 6 ounces over the last two weeks... That's over an ounce and a half a day!!! The pediatrician was really impressed because at two weeks babies are only expected to be back to their birth weight... We can't even be sure he lost any weight. I guess there's NO question that he's getting enough milk. He weighs 9 pounds, 9 ounces; I was hoping to be at 9 pounds so I was laughing when she just kept sliding the ounces over on the scale. He's also grown an inch and is at 21 inches tall from 20 at birth, and is ahead in a couple milestones like how far away he can follow an object, and how close he can focus his eyes.…

We have a LOT of diapers now.  I bought almost 400 of them for Joey today (2 cases), and a case for Aiden.  Oh, and I got a case of wipes. We won't have to worry about them for a while.  I realized today that I change a lot of diapers in the course of a day.  Only for my precious little boys. :) I also realized that my day goes in slow motion, and that taking care of all of there little people needs takes a lot of time and energy. Feeding, changing, keeping clean, laundry, burping, entertaining, keeping happy, getting buckled into car seats properly, dropping off, picking up...  No wonder I don't get much else done these days...  All in all, seriously I'm not complaining, they're so…

Everything looks normal! Yay for a healthy baby! Joey did really well once the Tech found him a pacifier. Yay for having things done at a place specifically for children... Just being there made me realize how lucky and blessed I am to have healthy children. All around me while we were there there were children with obvious disabilities, and parents nervously waiting for test results and to be reunited with their children. Aiden did great too. He played quietly in the waiting room and for the most part stayed right with me. The only rough spot was when I had to juggle the boys and get my insurance card scanned and pay, I was too nervous that he'd disappear while I turned around to sign something, so I made…

So we've got a lot going on this week and I'm not feeling very excited about it. Joey didn't sleep very well the last two night, especially not Saturday night...  I had a migraine lastnight so I could harldy function through the early morning feedings, so Kevin was up with Joey for a good time. Today he has an ultrasound at Texas Children's Hospital to check on his spine. He has a dimple at his tail bone, and after the doctor examined it she wasn't totally convinced that his spine is completely closed. Given my history of Spina Bifida Ocolta (I have an extra vertebra that's only partially closed), they want to get a good look to make sure his little back is healthy. Aiden has been having some trouble…

Aiden is acting better, and Joey seems healthy.

Just thought I'd share. Kevin found this and it had us both just rolling.  Hope you enjoy it too.  Warning, some may not find this kind of humor humorous... Do's and Don'ts with Babies.

Aiden broke a pretty high fever lastnight.  We're really trying to keep Joey and Aiden apart, but it isn't always easy.  Joey is young enough that any fever, at all, means an automatic hospital stay, so we're pretty scared that he'll get sick from Aiden.  Luckily Michael never had a fever (unless it was in the middle of the night and we didn't know about it), so we're just hoping that it was a quick thing and we're past the worst of it.  Aiden has been normal temp all day today but his voice is nasty, he has a yucky cough, and red watery eyes. Kevin had to go into work for some very important stuff, so I'm home with both boys.  He should be home soon to help out. …