What We've Been Up To

I haven't really posted much in a little while. Nothing much has been going on other than the day-to-day excitement of life! Here's a little update, though, on each member of our family:

Sam: Sam's just been working hard at work & home. His job is going well & we're all looking forward to a lot of time off over the next couple of months. He has about 20 vacation days which have to be used by a certain date so he'll be able to be home all next week, for 2 1/2 weeks over Christmas/New Years, a week in January for our Mexico trip, & a few other random days. He is such a good husband & Daddy & the babies can't get enough of him. I can't either!

Me: I've been sick. I got a nasty cold last week that totally wiped me out. Unfortunately I can't take a day off to recoup with my current full-time job. I have had some help from Sam's mom, sister & our good friend Grandma Linda, who comes & helps with the babies on a regular basis. And MIRACLE of all MIRACLES, the babies didn't get what I had. THANK GOODNESS. I'm still enjoying being a mom & have really loved having more interactive babies. I've decided I need to learn more nursury rhymes & songs to sing to the babies. They may not get bored of itsy-bitsy spider & paddy-cake a million times a day but I sure do! I keep doing it though because it makes them giggle & that is music to my ears.

Nathan (a.k.a. "Hub Chubs"): Nathan just won't stop growing or smiling. He LOVES to lay under his Baby Einstein mat. He gets all excited when we lay him under the music & lights. He's also started to love batting at toys. As you might guess from his nick-name, he's quite the big eater & DOES NOT like to have the bottle taken away to burp. He kind of freaks out. We think he's about 13 lbs. Nathan is a fun & snuggely little boy. He looks more & more like his daddy every day. Alexa (a.k.a. "Princess"): Poor little Alexa is suffering from her 2nd ear infection right now. She just finished her other anti-biotics Thursday & started with the ear stuff again just a few days afterwards. The doc says to expect tubes in a couple of months since she's getting them so young & so frequently. Luckily, she still eats & sleeps pretty well. She just likes to be held more & gets to sleep in her swing some if I need to pump. She's still a little peanut weighing in at less than 10 1/2 lbs. She loves the sound of her voice & is very chatty (where'd she get that from?). No one can make her giggle & coo more than her daddy. But when she's upset, she wants her mommy. Alexa is a darling sweet little Princess & gets more beautiful every day. (This picture is not the cutest of her but she was sick & finally zonked out in the swing-- with her mouth wide open. She can thank her mommy & grandma for that trait!)I'll try to be better about take pictures & videos! I'm going to try to get some video of the babies laughing. It is, of course, the most adorable sound & sight EVER!