They grow to fast!

I can't believe the Twins are almost 3 months old! Wow where did the time go?


So for my usual update:

The girls are doing great on the Prevacid tabs. MUCH MUCH better then before. It's nice to have normal "happy" babies again. They both smile and coo at everything now. Before all they did was cry from pain. Celi can now roll over from tummy to back (yes she decided to do it the hard way first lol). She will scoot sideways until her feet are against her sister and then she will push of Ari and flip over. It's so funny and poor Ari lets her do it! Poor Ari just gets walked all over lol. Ari can almost flip from back to front but she is still working on it. I guess she still needs that 1 month adjustment for being preemie which is ok with Mommy. I don't want them to grow up TO fast!

Celi is starting to "attempt" to laugh. I say "attempt" b/c she sounds like a pigeon! lmao Really think of a pigeon sound. That rolling your toungue coo sound. Well thats her laugh. It's just to funny. I have to get it on video because when you make the sound back she gets all excited and does it again. lol

Ari is in LOVE with....HERSELF! lol She will just watch herself in the mirror all day. She even "talks" to the mirror. It is just to cute.

I really can't believe how big they are! Before I know it they will be walking around. I bought them both a Bumbo chair and they love to sit in it and watch everyone.

On to Nevy...

Amy & Chase (my friend Amy's son who is exactly 1 month younger then Nevy)came to visit this week. Nevy pretty much grew up with him since we try to get them together for playdates every few months. I decided to flip back through so old photos of them growing up (I'll post them at the end). They just got to big! It was funny watching them talk to each other and fight over toys. Chase had a thing for Nevy's princess...uh I mean..."King crown" (no matter what you call it Amy it still had pink diamonds on it lol). Thats ok Nevy has a love for cars. She's my tomboy.


As for the house. Things were a little crazy this week. So the brick is on hold until Monday. The plumbing is done and the water in now running yay! The gas is supposed to be turned on by Tuesday and the electric should be done next week as well. I also went cabinet shopping. Yeah that was as fun as poking myself in the eye. Sorry they all look the same but different colors. I really dont care what my cabinets look like just as long as they can stand a beating from 3 toddlers lol.

So it's been a very busy week. Next week is even worse...DUM....DUM....DUM......it's my 25TH BITHDAY AHHHHHHHHHHH (on the 6th)! lol no really it's bad. I hate my birthdays. WHY might you ask? Well if you know me well then you know who else's birthday is right by mine and you know the drama I go through every year. So same shit different year I guess. Oh well maybe I'll go out and get drunk. That might make it a better one! (Pisst Amy.... Casino + drinks = happy Jenny! lol)

Well thats all peps! Tune in...uh...well whenever I get a chance to post again...for more drama and a little dose of "What kind of HELL my birthday was this year"!



Nevy & Chase over the years....

3 months:


6 months:


12 months:




15 months:


18 months:


20 months:


2 years:


2.5 years:(yesterday)

gDiaper 101

I've had a few people ask me about the Twins gdiapers. So I decided to let you in on this AWESOME new thing in the world of diapers!


How would you like a diaper that is the BEST of both worlds? Something that is cheap, easy, re-useable, can help the environment and you DONT have to touch poop if you dont want to!!

So what is a "gDiaper"? Well it looks like a regular disposable from the outside. It has velcro closures and an elastic top BUT comes in awesome colors lol! The secret is the inside which is made of a plastic liner that snaps in. You can place either cloth or one of gDiapers biodegradable inserts inside. When baby goes pee pee just remove the insert or cloth and replace. When baby poops just un-snap the liner and toss or flush the insert or place the cloth in your diaper cleaning bin then snap in a new liner and insert. VERY VERY EASY! Even Nevy can do it!

We use cloth at home and inserts on the go. Since the inserts are biodegradable they dont hurt the environment.

Cloth & Poop: yes babies poop (really!). So what happens when you go cloth and baby poops. Well that depends on what you feed them. Breastmilk or Hypoallergenic formula: right into the diaper bin and right into the washer machine (yep you dont have to touch it!) Since breastfed babies poop in runny there is no need to "rinse" the diaper. Everything comes out in the wash...EVERYTHING and yes your washer is clean too! Formula: just use a baby wipe to remove the waste and toss. Then wash the cloth as normal in the washer.

DONT WANT TO TOUCH POOP: Use the inserts and toss them or flush down the toilet! It's that easy!

Yeah how mush is it? Well start up is a little more but in the long run its WAY cheaper. A gpant is about $10-16 each you need at least 4. Cloth inserts or (as I use) cloth prefolds (I get mine form little lions) run $10.50 per dozen (2 dozen per baby last 2-3 days until wash day) depending on how many you use. It cost us $147.00 for the twins. I have 10 gpants (everyone comes with a plastic line) plus 7 extra liners and 4 dozen prefolds. In 1 month I spent $200 on Pampers. So ya we saved in a month. Plus I have twins and with a singleton it would be cheaper. The inserts do cost a tiny more then regular diapers. About 5-10 cents more per diaper.

Want to know more? Go to www.gDiapers.com and learn! Watch the video on how to flush an insert and how to use them. Trust me its the BEST thing you will EVER learn.

So why fill landfills with millions of diapers when you can have the best of disposables and cloth in ONE DIAPER!!!



Yes the "g" goes on the back.

Chocolate covered starwberries!

Wow time sure does fly with 3 girls under 3 years old! I can't believe I haven't posted a new blog in 2 WEEKS! (eek!)

Well then lets get down to it! :)

The twins had a Dr.'s appt last week. They are now 9lbs 8.5oz each! Arianna is 21 1/4inches and Araceli is 21 1/2 inches. That puts them in the 10th% tile for both weight & height but adjusted for their age that is actually the 55th %tile. They are now on the Prevacid tabs instead of the liquid compound which is making a HUGE difference with their reflux. They are doing so well they kill 4-5oz bottles at 11pm and sleep until 8-9am. It is sooooo wonderful to get a staright 8-9hrs most nights. They were pretty crabby though for 3 days after their shots.

They are getting so chubby! lol

Nevy is doing very well too. She has been going pee pee on the potty most of the time (still wont poop on it though). We are letting her set the pace for potty training. She has been going pee pee on it since 18 months but she still has days with accidents. So we keep her in diapers just in case. I can't believe how well she is doing. She talks so much now. Sometimes I can't believe how well she says hard words. It's amazing to watch her grow up. I can't wait for the twins to start talking. :)

Well we had a wonderful V-day. Jose bought Nevy & I an edible arrangement of chocolate covered stawberried, pineapple, bannas, oranges and grapes.....uh GOD it was soooo good! I think we ate all 30 strawberries already lol. Then we took the kids to the Rain Forest Cafe. Nevy LOVES it there. We also bought the twins there 1st Rain Forest shirts and Nevy got a baby monkey that talks and sucks a pacifier. It was the perfect V-day.

We also stopped at Babies R Us for a play gym for the Twins. They like it a lot. Ari can't stop checking herself out in the mirror and Celi loves the light up world that plays music. I'm waiting for their Bumbo's to come in the mail this week too.

Well Mindy's (Jose's brother Alex baby mama) shower is coming up. I still can't believe little Alex is going to be a Dad. Yeah I know he is 21 and not a baby but I remember watching him as kid when Jose and I first started dating. He was only 11 then! And the lucky little shit is the only one having a BOY! Damn him! lol Jose's mom has all granddaughters except Alex's baby who by the way is due on my birthday (March 6th!). So of course it's making Jose die to have more kids so he can have a boy too. I swear the man is nuts if he thinks I'm having anymore kids anytime soon. lol

Well thats it for now. It's been the perfect week of sleep, chocolate covered stawberries and of course lots of time with my family! :)

Shoping & Sleep! What's better? :)

The last two weeks have been a little crazy. So stay with me as I try to recap....


We went to pick out our new furniture for the new house. Ashley Furniture had that sale were you get a free 42" HDTV and I wanted to check it out. So we get there and I picked out a bedroom set and front room set I liked (so I would get 2 free TVs). After we are all ready to check out the chick tells me I have to have the furniture delivered in 60 days to get the free TVs. I asked her like 10 times if we can do delayed shipping b/c the house is still being built but I didnt want to miss out on the deal. She kept saying "It's not a problem we keep it in the warehouse for free." Well Best Buy only gives you 60 days to have it delivered (you need the delivery slip to pick up the TVs. So I was about to walk out when the manager offers us 20%off. Thats $1,000 off my order of close to $5,000. So with that I picked out a nicer bedroom set, added the chair and a 1/2, lamps, rug, painting and ottamen to the frontroom set and still saved $300! So that was cool. Then Target had the twins $200 cribs on sale for $160 and I bought those. Yeah I've been a busy bee this week lol.

Income tax time makes me happy......and a shopaholic lol.

Anyway, the Twins are doing better on the Prevacid. Still not as good as they could be but a lot better. Arianna had a bump on her jaw by her ear (turns out to be a lump of tissue & fat from birth and will go away in a month or 2)so off to the Ped. we went. She is 8lbs 14oz now and I know Celi is not far behind. This week has been GREAT! The Twins are now sleeping between 7-9hrs a night! So sleep at least! THANK GOD SLEEP AT LAST! lol

Nevy is doing good as well. She is sooooo excited about Sherk 4 coming out in May. I swear she is ShrekCrazy! This kid LOVES Shrek.....and Ice Age lol. Her new favorite thing to say is "My Mommy pumps booby milk for my sisters!" lmao She tells EVERYONE this! It's sooo embarrassing but at least she wont be against breastfeeding and pumping when she has kids. :)

Well as for house news....

Here is the video of the new house so far.




Lots of work to do still. Electric and plumbing is almost done, then we have to pour the cement floor in the basment (been waiting for warmer weather), the drywall and brick. April is still our done date but if things keep moving so well (I doubt it something always happens to set us back a week or two) it might be done sooner. I just want my house already. Nevy needs space to do her own thing and we need space away from her being up our butts 24/7! lol


Ok thats about it this week. Next week the twins have their 2 month check-up. I think they should be around 9lbs by then. I also believe they get 2 or 3 shots each.... :(


Come back for more updates at the same place, probably not the same time next week! lol


FRONT ROOM SET:





BEDROOM SET:

FINALLY! A "good" week!

Thats right I FINALLY had a good week!


On Monday I had a total melt down and called the Twins Dr. The Axid was not working anymore (it's very common for it to stop being effective after short use) and I wasn't getting sleep. To top it all off Ari was hardly eating. All she did was take two sucks of the bottle and scream for 20 mins. I was sick of seeing my kids suffer. Of course their Dr. is awesome (Gosh do I love Dr. Starr she is GREAT!) She called in a script for Prevacid which is not easy when dealing with kids under 15lbs (the are both 8lbs 4oz right now). We had to have the med done at a compound pharamcy b/c they need less then half a tablet and dosing is hard when they are that tiny but she pulled it off and the twins started it Monday night.

I have to say there is a difference already though it can take up to a week to see it working at full force. They are happier now then ever. They keep smiling and looking around. Celi has great head control and can already push herself up when laying on her tummy. Ari is not far behind though. The Prevacid helps with their pain but of course dosen't do a thing for the vomiting but as long as they are happy I don't care if I have to wash clothes everyday.

As for the new house. Well with all the snow we had a few weeks ago it put things on hold for awhile but the weather has been so nice the last 2 weeks they have been working like crazy. The sewer system was finished and inspected, then the back fill around the house was done, they started the framing on Monday and have finished the basement and floor. Next comes the sides and roof. Once they finish that the windows and doors will be done. Then the inside work will start (plumbing, electric and drywall). We are still looking at "sometime" in April which doesn't seem so far away anymore. :)

Then to top my week off Jose's W2 came in the mail today which means as soon as Social Security mails me the twins cards (sometime in the next 1-3 weeks) we can file. With 3 kids we are getting a nice chunk back this year but about 90% of it is being used for the new house and the rest is paying off bills....well and maybe a nice dinner at my favorite Brazilian steak house for my b-day thrown in there lol.

All in all it's been a great week. Even Nevy has been good...well as good as a 2 year old can be anyway lol. At the moment all 3 of them are taking a nap. Yeah I should probably lay down too but I have clothes to wash, bottles to clean and food to eat...lol....so away with this Super Mommy until next time!! :) lol

God do I need a nap!

If you can keep up with my sleep deprived brain ( I only had 4hrs of sleep last night b/c Ari had a blow out poop and Celi vomited a 5oz bottle everywhere)I will try and recap the last 2weeks. Lets see....


First off the twins reflux was getting so bad Celi has been vomiting entire feedings (4oz+ bottles). I wash things pretty much all day everyday (I still smell vomit on the bed even after washing everything 3 times. Jose says it's just in my head :insert daydream of smacking him upside the head:). So it was a good thing they had a Dr.'s appt on Monday.


Everything went well. Ari is now 7lbs 6oz, 19 7/8inches and Celi is 7lbs 120z, 20 1/2inches. We have no idea how Celi got bigger then Ari. Arianna eats about 4-6oz more a day then her sister and she sleeps more lol. Guess she just hasn't hit her growth spurt yet. They are both doing great though. Thats over a 2lbs gain for both girls in 4 weeks. However they are STILL under 8lbs which mean we STILL have to avoid young kids and sick people like the plague. :)

Arianna is in the 5th %tile for weight and 5th for height BUT when adjusted for being a preemie she is 35th for weight and 4oth for height.

Araceli is in the 10th %tile for weight and 10th for height BUT when adjusted to being a preemie she is 45th for weight and 50th for height.

The girls wont be caught up to full term babies their age until about 3-4months old. By then they will find a curve and stay with it. Nevy has always been between 45-6oth %tile since she was 3.5 months old (She was also the 5th when born and 10th by 6 week old). The 50th is average. My guess is Ari will be tiny to average and Celi many be slightly over average which is still healthy (anything between 45th- 75th is healthy over that is overweight (depending on the childs height)).

The girls were also given Axid for their reflux. It's like Zantac but a little stronger and it taste better. We are giving it 2 weeks and if it doesnt seem to work we will be going over to Prevacid. So far I'm seeing a 30-50% improvement in their reflux. Celi is still the vomit queen and Ari still has trouble eating. I doubt the Axid will work but anything is better then nothing.

As for Nevy her speech is getting very good! She is such a smart little cookie. We were going to but her in daycare but at the moment it will cost a little much for us. We decided to put her in an advance speech program. It's free through our insurance and will help prepare her for school this Sept. I also think its a better idea then daycare though she only goes a few days a week for like a hour or two. I'm hoping she gets into the program soon. Still waiting to hear back from them.

Well as for me I had my 6 week postapartum check-up. All is back to normal.....well as much as it can be 6 weeks after a twin c-section birth lol. The Dr. gave me the good old "so what kind of birth control do you want?" speech. At the moment I'm breastfeeding thought not fully it's still a very good form of birth control with me having infertility issues and all. So I'm putting off that talk until either my "annual exam" in April or until I stop breastfeeding. She "tried" to talk me into an IUD but that is sooooo not happening (personal reasons). I'll most likely go with the NuvaRing or a low dose pill.

Jose didn't like that conversation b/c of course he wants more kids but I want to enjoy my girls for awhile. I do plan to have all my kids and be done by 30 years old (still have 5 years left). So maybe in 4 years we will have 1 more. Which as long as it's a boy Jose is so on board about no more after that lol hahahaha. Even if it's another girl I'm done lol! The Dr. did say up to a 4th c-section was safe but I'd be pushing it to do more (which I dont plan to go past 3). I will however look into my options of a VBA2C (vaginal birth after 2 c-sections). Not to many Dr.'s do them (got to love Dr's making up risks that are still less then a repeat c-section)but I know a VERY good practice here in Chicago that does them and will be looking into it in the future just to keep my options open. My Dr. wont do them. Not because she wont but b/c the hospital wont allow them. :insert eyeroll:

Ok well that its for now. The kids will be waking up from their naps soon. So I better eat something or I wont see food until 8pm tonight when Jose gets home. lol Which by the way I've lost all 13lbs I gained from pregnancy plus another 17lbs. :) :insert pat on the back: lmao

1 month down....a lifetime to go

Well the twins are a little over 1 month now. They are starting to act like normal newborns. They are awake more often and eating more. They are also going 5-6hrs at night which means... I AM FINALLY GETTING SLEEP AGAIN!!! lol


As for the reflux things are starting to go downhill. I talked to the Dr. last week and we began adding rice cereal to their formula to keep it down. It helps a little but not enough. So we have an appt next Monday and we plan to start Zantac for both of them. If it doesn't work we will be going onto the Prevacid. Even with the reflux the girls are gaining weight. They are taking about 20-25oz in 24hrs which is very good and of course still getting breastmilk on top of that.

Celi is getting better at breastfeeding but Ari seems to not care for it (she is sooo like Nevy lol). I'm still pumping so Ari can get breastmilk as well but the round the clock pumping is getting hard. I'm not sure I can do it much longer. Either way I will still keep breastfeeding as long as Celi is up for it. I'm hoping to get Reglan to increase my supply when I see my Dr. next week.

Nevy has adjusted to her sisters very well. She loves to hold them and kiss them all day. She really is a great sister. I'm so proud of her for not being jealous of the twins or being mean toward them because she is no longer the center of attention. She can be a brat lol dont get me wrong she is 2 after all but she is great when it comes to the twins.

I really feel sorry for Jose. He is going to need a permit to carry a gun when Nevy gets older. lol This little girl dances like a 25 year old professional Latin dancer at a club! She has Shakira hips and as cute as it is I cringe to think of all the little boys that will be after her lol. We caught her on tape at Jose's mothers house on New Years day dancing away and shaking her butt. It's so cute but scary at the same time lol.

Well thats all for now. I'll let everyone know what happens with all our appt.s next week. I doubt I have much to report for myself but I will be having the "How many more c-scetions" chat with the Dr. When I had Nevy I was told 4 would be ok but Dr. V. said I had some scar tissue and we would "talk about it at my 6 week check up". Yeah not something you want to hear after you just gave birth and your kids are in the NICU. My guess is she would say 1 more and thats it which I'm ok with but I don't think Jose will be since he wants a damn football team of kids lol but we will deal with it when we have all the info.

Ok I'm off to clean bottles, wash clothes and feed kids. Stay tuned for next week. :)


All 3 girls nice and clean after bathtime.



Celi & Ari on New Years