An Exciting Week

It has been an exciting week around our house. Kjerstin AND Kehan started school on Tuesday. Some how my two eldest have grown up on me. Kjerstin is now a First Grader and Kehan is in Kindergarten. They were both so excited for school. The first week has gone well and school pictures were already taken too!

First day of school "Classic" photo.

Our next bit of excitment came on Friday with Kjerstin turning 7! I have a 7 year old. It is so bittersweet. I love watching my children grow and develop into these wonderful little people but it is a bit sad to see how fast it really does go. I guess the old addage "Time flies when you're having fun." is true. It seems only yesterday that I held her in my arms. But some how I can hardly remember the days when it was just her. Even when I think about them in my mind I always feel the presence of our other 4 children pushing in, as if to say "You can't leave us out even for a moment." Even though I didn't know our younger children during those memories they are still there. It is kind of weird thing to explain. I am sure other moms out there know what I am talking about. Only thing I miss about having just Kjerstin is that I could keep my house clean! Ha ha ha! One day I will be able to have more than one room clean at a time. Just not in the near future!

Opening a birthday present before school.

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August Doctor Appointments

Before I tell all with the doctor appointments I thought I would share a quick family shot we got this past weekend at a family wedding. I wonder if we will ever get a picture with everyone looking again?

This week started out with two days at doctor appointments. First was Kehan's appointment with the pediatric allergy and asthma specialist. After 4 hours and 10 mins, 4 x-rays, breathing tests, and skin allergy test we have answers. He is allergic to molds, ragweeds, and some maple tree. He also has asthma and a severe sinus infection. Now we begin a medication routine. I think I may just have to actually get organized or some how reattach my head because most days I feel like I run around like "a chicken with its head cut off." I do have to say that Kehan did excellent for having to sit in a doctor's office for over 4 hours it was only the last 45 min that he started to try and "climb the walls."

Tuesday brought us to the twins' pediatrician for 9 month old well child check ups. Here are their current stats. Eli is 16 lbs 1 ounce and 28 inches long. That puts him at the 1% for weight and 37% for height. I guess he is tall and skinny without even being that tall. Ellie is 13 lbs 12 ounces and 25.5 inches long. She is at 0% for her weight and 3% for her height. She is little. Both babies surprised me in their weights as I thought Eli was for sure getting to be about 18 lbs and Ellie somewhere around 15 lbs. Good thing there are scales because my sense of weight is way off! Overall the doctor said both babies were in good health just little. I did have them check Ellie's Blood Sugar levels just because they had never been checked since she left the NICU and I was curious. She came out ok at 53 but they would like it higher between 60-80 so I was given a glucose monitor and am to randomly check her sugar levels before meals and especially after long stetches of sleep at night. If, I get readings on the low side consistently we may have to do more testing to figure out what is going on and where the extra insulin is coming from. I am happy to report that since the test on Tuesday I haven't gotten anything lower than 80. I will continue to monitor for a week or so but I think she is just fine.

So at the moment we are doctor free until Sept when we will have another Orthodontist appointment for Kjerstin's retainers and the babies will have a 6 month follow up appointment for their eyes. Nothing is wrong with their eyes at the moment it is just something they follow up with because they were preemies and Ellie had so many low blood sugar levels after birth.

I would like to give a shout out to friends of ours that had 32 week twins last Friday. The babies are doing great and I think mom and dad are coping with NICU life pretty well. They had a boy and a girl just like us! We are so excited for them and pray every day that both babies continue to grow and gain strength so they can come home soon. Life with twins is exciting and I can't wait to share it with them!

9 Months old

We are 9 months old!

I am happy even when my sister pokes my eye!

We are very happy babies!

Yes, my sister climbs all over me and loves me a lot!

Sunday Blog Hopping Stroll

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Twin Fest 2010

On Tuesday, this last week my good "twin-mommy" Melanie along with her identical twin 8 mth old girls and two of her three sons came down to our lake cabin to spend a few days soaking up the sun with our 5 kids. Between the two of us we have 10 children! Both of us got surprise twins for numbers 4 and 5! Melanie was due a week after me but had her girls 5 days before Eli and Ellie were born. We met on Twins Magazine message board and she only lives 2 hours 15 mins away! It is so exciting when we get to see each other. So we spent 2 days with 4, 8 month old twins, two six year olds, a 5 year old, a 4 year old, and a 3 year old. We survived and had a blast too! We can't wait to do it again! Melanie and I are working on being able to get together for the twins' birthdays come November. Conviently for me it is deer hunting so Quinten wont mind if I go for a couple days because he will be busy deer hunting anyway.

So I will leave you with pictures of our "Twin Fest 2010".

Catching a snake. Totally a boy thing to do!

Madalyn, Ellie, Eli, and Myranda
Could we be any more blessed?

Melanie feeling like a mom to quads!

How many kids can you fit in a tractor's tire?
We fit 5 so far!

My First Blog Hop

Well I am not really sure how this all works but it sounds like fun! I love to read other blogs and I think the circle of blogs on this Blog Hop fit my interests. I am excited to read some more blog posts!