Use your words!

My preemies are now 18 months old! How did this happen!?

I thought I'd take note of the latest words and phrases we've heard the girls say on their own or hear and repeat. Emma talks and sings all the time with so much inflection, it's hysterical. Mady will watch your mouth so intently while she tries to figure out how to make those same sounds.

Mady:
Bird, Hi, Bye Bye, Mama, Dada, Up, Diaper, Cat, Bath, No

Emma:
Bird, Hi, Bye Bye, Mama, Dada, Up, Cat, Mady, Baby, Bath, Pap-Pap. We swear she repeated back to us "put that back" and then said "shit"!

1200+ hits

Since January 1, we've had 1200 hits to our site. I'm still amazed by how many people want to read about us ;) Hopefully this will keep me motivated to keep posting and posting more often. My goal in this blog was to help others with Endometriosis, Infertitlity and/or Multiples not feel alone and to hear it straight from a mom! My other goal was to document as much as possible about our family and these little girls that are growing up way to fast. I have a forgetful mind and I even beat myself up now about the things that I can't remember, like who got their teeth first and when. I wish I could remember to post everything, everyday, but this blog is about a twin mother who works full-time, does freelance work and owns her own business.

I wanted to say hi to those of you that I don't know or that I don't even realize keep up on us. Let us know who you are and why you visit this blog. Maybe it will help me in posting. If you have public blog you'd like to share, please do. If you'd like me to add you to our links on the side, I'd be more than happy to. I'm also accepting ads for a very nominal fee - if you have anything baby/toddler/multiple related! I'm especially interested in momprenuers like myself.

March for Babies

It's time again to start raising money for the March of Dimes. If you follow my blog you know our story and why the March of Dimes is so important to us. PLEASE walk with us this year and show your support for our girls. If you can't join us for the walk, you can donate whatever amount you are comfortable with. I'd love to beat our $750 raised last year.

Help us raise awareness and raise money so that every family can know the joy that Christian and I do.

Click here to sign up or donate.

New St. Patty's Day Designs

Some new Lil' LJ designs for St. Patrick's Day!

Cool feature on PoshLittle.com

http://www.poshlittle.com/baby/posh-little-baby-a-mommy-blog/got-a-chunky-monkey.html?blogger=posh

Thanks to Posh Little for this great review. I love this blog!

Yep, now they both have it.

We took Mady for her pedi follow up and took Emma along, as she started with a fever yesterday and has been coughing for weeks. Turns out they both have pneumonia. They are both on antibiotics and Mady has a breathing treatment because she is wheezing. We have a re-check on Friday. I have to take a sick day tomorrow to stay home with them since they can't go to daycare, nor would I want them to when they aren't feeling well. I'm hoping by tomorrow, the fevers will be gone and they can attend daycare on Thursday. We really, really need to find a back-up for the days the girls can't go to daycare for whatever reason. It's Feb 16th and I've already used 1/2 vacation day and now one of only 3 sick days. Christian has stayed home with them as well. It's a little easier for him to work from home IF he's not busy because you can't work from home with twins. Working from home for him means working from the time I get home from work thru the wee hours of the morning to get caught up :(

Anyway, Mady had a bad night and Emma woke up screaming around 5am with a fever. The go up and down with how they feel overall. They were basically running and babbling the whole time at the doctors office, but you can always tell just by looking in Mady's eyes how she is really feeling. Yesterday she was very needy and so was Emma.

We need healthy kids to attend Eli's big first birthday bash on Saturday! I'm so worried about any underlying issues that cause Mady to get sick as much as she does. I just keep getting told that they are toddlers and they are in daycare. That sums it up!