My baby, your babies, yay for babies!

Let's see, so the last time I updated I was at Kelly's house with the kids. Well, at about 9 am we decided to head out to Safeway so that the kids and Nikki could pick out flowers for Kelly. While there we decided to take my camera in and print off some pictures of the babies for Kyla to take to school with her. Man, those Kodak printers are awesome. I loved the colors and quality.

After printing the pictures we realized that I was 30 minutes ahead of schedule. On a normal day we can drop Kyla off at 8am to eat breakfast before school starts at 8:30. Well, I didn't realize that Kyla couldn't go into the school at 10:30. I figured 10 would be okay, so we ended up having to kill 30 minutes. We walked around the store for a while, picked up some coloring books and got the kids donuts (since Kyla didn't eat breakfast). We then proceeded to the flowers where Nikki and I picked out some gorgeous neon dyed daisies and Kyla picked out some gorgeous carnations. I then went to go get balloons, which was interesting. I asked the woman if they only had the balloons on the wall, to which she said yes. They only had "It's a Girl" balloons so I get some blue Happy Birthday ones. Well, when I was picking them up, the woman that I had asked told another woman that they did in fact have It's a Boy balloons. Well, gee, thanks for telling me. The other interesting part about the balloons was that while we were checking out, JJ untied them from the cart. That was fun. A nice guy had to climb up a display to get them back for us. Yay!

After that we dropped Kyla off at school and headed to the hospital. When we got there Kelly was cuddling with the babies who are, still, ridiculously cute. We ended up staying until about 8:30. Josh left with the kids for a while and came back and in that time I hung out in the waiting room so Kelly could sleep. Lily, on the other hand, just would not sleep! The nurse was laughing because she was SO tired but just would not sleep. I even took over the dimly lit consultation room to feed and rock her but that child still would not sleep! :) She slept great last night though! :D

Okay, I think that's all the interesting goings on of yesterday. I'm watching JJ today so I'm going to go stare at him while he finishes his cereal.

Baby and Babies!

Oh, where to start? So, on Monday I took Lily to the pediatrician and discovered that her hives were due to her penicillin. We were given a prescription for cefprozil and a topical numbing agent for her ears. To date we have not yet had to use the numbing medicine but giving her the new antibiotic has been more than interesting.

First she decided that she was going to throw her head around so that we basically had to pin her to get it in her mouth. Then she decided to spit it out. How joyous. We bought a medinurser hoping that it would help. It's basically a mini bottle that you put the medicine in. Yep, as soon as she tasted the orange she wouldn't take it. Next we tried putting it in an ounce of formula, yet again, no go and this time we caused an even bigger problem. She wouldn't take her bottle at all for 3 hours! My friend Tomi, who had come down from Spokane to stay the night with us finally managed to get her to take it. Since then, we've gone back to pinning Lily down and giving it to her bit by bit. Poor kid. At least she doesn't have hives anymore and it seems like she's in less pain from her ears. She's been Tylenol free since Tuesday.

Want to know something funny? As my daughter's ear infections are clearing up, Mike is going to the doctor today to start treating HIS ear infection. Seriously. What's the deal with these two?? ;)

So, you might be wondering why Tomi (and her daughter) were down staying with me. Well, She came to stay with me because the following morning our friend Kelly was getting induced. We've been waiting 9 months to see these twins and there was nothing that was going to keep Tomi from coming down. :) I had an interview early Wednesday morning (more to come later) but right afterward I hightailed it up to the hospital. I got there around 10:15, left at 2:30 to pick up Kyla and when I got back at 3:30, Kelly was just getting to active labor and they wheeled her up to the OR (standard procedure for delivering twins apparently as a just in case). About 3 hours and much worrying later we were blessed to see Kelly alive and well being wheeled back to her room to recover while Josh and a nurse came to see us with the twins. Oh lord they were so cute! Michael was 6 pounds and change and Cody was 7 pounds and nine ounces (I may be off with the ounces). They were so small and adorable! True to Kelly's nature, she had us (myself, Lily, Mike, Tomi, MacKenzi, and 5 members of Josh's family) in to her room right away to visit her and the babies right away. She was happy and alert. :)

In general, after only getting to see them for a few minutes, it seems that Michael is the calmer one. Apparently it only took 3 contractions and five minutes for his entry into the world. Cody, on the other hand, took his sweet time and 45 minutes later was born. He is the feisty one. Lots of crying and indignant screaming when he was being checked and washed.

I think that's probably about it for now. I stayed the night with Mike and Lily at Kelly's house to watch the kids and Josh's sister Nikki (13 yo). Overnight we got 3 inches of snow so Kyla's school is delayed. Probably in about an hour we will leave, head to the store so that the kids can pick out flowers for Mom and then drop Kyla off at school on our way to the hospital.

Oh, and the interview. It's for an Environmental Health Technician job. Basically helping with health inspections and public education. I feel optimistic about the interview, but then I always do and look, I'm still substitute teaching. He should make a decision by the end of the day tomorrow, so I'll let you know.

Hasta!

Are twins the newest trend?

Twins are cute, adorable and they make for some really cute pictures, but are twins becoming the newest trend? It seems like they're almost a fashion statement anymore. Now, natural twins (and by natural I mean, twins that just happened) are one thing. They are special, unique, etc. But what about those women that are taking fertility drugs like clomid or even jumping to the bigger guns of IUI or IVF to obtain twins?

Is it really safe or sane to take fertility drugs for the sole purpose of having twins? We had to take 4 rounds of clomid to get pregnant with my daughter. That's only because we had tried for 18 months on our own with no success. After I found out that I wasn't ovulating, we went to the drugs. There are some women who have only been having trouble for a few months and talk their doctors into letting them try clomid. In private discussions, however, they've let on that they really just want the fertility drugs so that they can have twins.

Within the past few years, especially with celebrity pregnancies, it seems like pregnancy became the latest "hot thing." Now, it seems like having twins is it, but are people having twins (or higher order multiples) for the wrong reasons? Are people using drugs for multiples just for the attention?