tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75000813951066094242024-03-04T23:07:43.483-08:00The Davis Showtjcool18http://www.blogger.com/profile/08557715019638821428noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500081395106609424.post-48495946291854027172013-09-04T22:41:00.000-07:002013-09-07T10:54:56.754-07:00Seattle Sounders<div style="text-align: center;">
TJ got a tickets to a few Sounders games for his Birthday and they have been so much fun!</div>
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A couple of weekends ago we weren't able to get a babysitter, so we packed up the boys and took them to the game with us.</div>
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We had zero expectations other than expecting to leave twenty minutes into the game due to short attention spans.</div>
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We were pleasantly surprised.</div>
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We all had a great time and the boys loved it!</div>
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We stayed the whole time!</div>
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They were a little confused though.</div>
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They kept saying "Go Utes!"</div>
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We weren't mad about it.</div>
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The boys keep asking to go to a soccer game.</div>
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Looks like we have more Sounders games in our future.<br />
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In the middle of cheering, the boys would turn around and say hi to the people sitting behind us.<br />
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Afterwards, we heard a few guys talking behind us saying, "<br />
Those are the best kinds of kids. They're twins, they're boys and they have curly hair."<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's as glamorous as it sounds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last month we went up to the North Cascades and to the Hood Canal to go camping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, back to what I was talking about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Camping to my family was staying in a hotel in Page when we went to Lake Powell every year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So when I married into TJ's family, he told me that his favorite memories were going camping on weekends in his family's tent trailer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There was an audible gasp when I heard that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was ready to take it head on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really like camping!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A lot of people think that we are nuts to go with our boys, but we have figured out what works for us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Like bedtime, for example</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the greatest things, when living out of town, is when your parents come in town and for us, that was last weekend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We spent the whole weekend gallivanting around Victoria, British Columbia like we didn't have a care in the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first day we were there, we went to Butchart Gardens.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was beautiful, but it was way too expensive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm talking $35 a person.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I told TJ for that money, their better be a freakin' roller coaster in there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There wasn't.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then it was onto a double decker bus tour around the island.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We thought that this would be a good way to figure out what we wanted to do for the rest of the weekend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The boys liked it for about 15 minutes, and then it was time to start entertaining them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, if you head out to Victoria, make sure you eat at Red Fish Blue Fish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Dad served an LDS Mission in England for two years and even HE said that they had the best fish and chips he has ever had.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We ate there twice and we would have eaten there more if the line wasn't so freaking long.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, the next day was quite the adventure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Got pooped on by someone (I won't mention names)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But I think one of the coolest parts was the three hour Ferry we took to get to Victoria and back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I want to set the record straight that I have tried to blog about five times since I last posted, but our stream wasn't working and I didn't want to blog enough to fix it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's back and I'm back, so get ready for some blogging gold.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Like the title of this post states, we have been busy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tyler and Erika Hanks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Two of our favorites.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They were catching an Alaskan Cruise and stayed with us for a night. We went to this awesome, expensive restaurant. The problem was that the portions were tiny, so you better believe we went and got burgers and shakes afterwords. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few days later, I got a phone call around 10:00 PM from TJ's sister Sydney and her boyfriend Dallas, telling me that they were an hour out of Seattle and were going to stay with us for the weekend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the initial "holy crap, my house is a wreck" moment, I got my shiz together and started cleaning my house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had a great weekend getting to know Dallas and having so much fun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They have a "picnic" in Seahawks Stadium on their Astroturf or whatever that football grass stuff is called.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Parents came in town the next weekend and I think that deserves a post all it's own.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We also went camping twice in the middle of all of this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Seattle in the summer is the best.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was a big week for TJ.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first time I visited him down in San Diego, when we were dating, he told me about this magical place where people can nerd out and nobody cares.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes friends, we are talking about Comic-Con. A time when seeing this guy walk down the streets of San Diego</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">TJ got to go because he is a Vendor Manager for the books team at Amazon and a few of his publishers where there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since I have known TJ, he has wanted to go to Comic-Con. He has tried to get tickets to go with his friends, but they were never able to get them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So when he came home one night and told me that he was going to have to go on a business trip to Comic-Con, he was pretty excited.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the reasons I love TJ so much is that he is a total nerd at heart. He loves sci-fi and always tries to get me to go to those movies with him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Good thing Benedict Cumberbatch was in the new Star Trek movie because that's the only reason why I went.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The one thing that I was super jealous of was that he met the Walking Dead's creator.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The best part is that when TJ would be posting these photos, I would see them at one in the morning while I was folding laundry, listening for murderers scratching at my door.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When TJ got home, he gave the boys a little surprise</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All joking aside, TJ and I were talking about Comic-Con and we think that the people who get really into it are pretty awesome.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They don't follow the social "norm" of what's cool. They love this stuff and they've found other people who love it too and it makes them happy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wish I could be more like that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So go ahead people, get your nerd on!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We love it so much that when we were deciding whether we should move to Arkansas for Walmart or Seattle for Amazon, one of the main reasons why we moved to Seattle was that people would actually want to visit us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They came to Seattle to jump on a cruise to Alaska and came a couple of days early to hang out with us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I always love Seattle, but when you live here, you kind of take how cool it is for granted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So we did the whole tourist thing with them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We went on an <a href="http://www.argosycruises.com/" target="_blank">Argosy Harbor Cruise</a> with them (last time we did one of these we had only lived here for two days)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> went to </span><a href="http://pikeplacemarket.org/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Pike Place</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and checked out the </span><a href="http://www.myballard.com/ballard-locks-seattle/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Ballard Locks</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Steve and Shelley are Grandparents to twin two year olds too, so they know what they're doing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our boys had so much fun with them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They brought them presents from Salt Lake, read them stories and played at parks.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500081395106609424.post-65181531587305928822013-07-10T11:36:00.001-07:002013-07-10T13:26:51.884-07:00We're So Outdoorsy<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After that hike we got in the car and headed back down the mountain to another hike.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The place that we went for our second hike was called The Grove of the Patriarchs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is an area that has some of the oldest trees in Washington.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They were no Redwoods, but they were a close second.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The boys loved it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was a perfect way to finish off our 4th of July Weekend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you don't like the 4th of July than you hate America.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's as simple as that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ok, maybe that's a little steep because around 2:00 the next morning, when someone lighting off fireworks in the cemetery across the street launch a bottle rocket into our neighbors car and their alarm goes off, I hate the 4th of July.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But let's go back to a simpler time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We decided to spend the 4th on Bainbridge Island. It's always fun to live and play in a big city, but when it comes to the 4th of July, a small town is where it's at.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first thing we did when we got there was walk through the food booths to scout out what we wanted for lunch. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We found our favorite booth</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For people that eat Gluten Free like us, it was not an easy task.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I settled on some Indian food while TJ went for the Hawaiian BBQ. The boys had a mixture of both.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the parade, we were on our way back to the Main Land to see fireworks over Lake Union.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We went to Bhy Kracke Park (no really, that's what it's called) and waited for the big show.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">TJ and I passed the time singing our favorite patriotic songs and that quickly turned to singing every Neil Diamond song we knew.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">About 5 minutes after the fireworks were supposed to start, we heard someone say "hey, the fireworks are over there!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Instead of firing them off on the usual barge in the middle of the lake, they decided to shoot them off AT Gasworks Park and no one in our park could see them!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you follow us on Instagram, you may have noticed that we took a little trip.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We went to Puerto Vallarta with TJ's family and we had so much fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Between the Virgin Chunky Monkeys, converting our waiter to Mormonism, the Miami Psychic, card games until 1:00 in the morning every night and finding out that I can sing exactly like Michael McDonald, I would say that this trip was a success.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, we had so much fun. Especially at 11:00 everyday when Water Aerobics started</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can see where the boys get their sweet moves if you watch TJ in that video and their Aunt Alex was always there to shake her groove thing with them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500081395106609424.post-19603942119440110182012-04-19T21:12:00.000-07:002012-04-19T21:12:05.763-07:00Happy Birthday Little Bugs!!i know what you're thinking and yes, it is a special occasion and that is why i am blogging.<br />
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it's kind of weird to think that the boys came into our lives a year ago.<br />
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their first year has come and gone so fast, but at the same time it feels like they have always been with us. i always knew that they were special and that they needed to be here. from the very beginning they were fighters. at 9 weeks when i thought i was having a miscarriage and TJ and i sat in the ER, there was a calm that came over the both of us. we felt at peace and we didn't really know why. well, come to find out that not only were we not having a miscarriage, but we were having twins!<br />
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the day i was placed on bed rest at 26 weeks, TJ and i were supposed to jump on a plane to go on a disneyland vacation with my family. i had made an appointment to see my doctor and get an ultrasound that day, when really i should have seen him when we got back from the trip. now we know why i felt like i should and it's because i probably would have gone into preterm labor in california and would have lost the boys.<br />
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when i think back to the day when the boys were born, i don't feel fear. i know it sounds weird because anyone having twins at 30 weeks should be terrified, but TJ and i weren't fearful that day. a little worried? yes, but fearful? no. i know we were being comforted. <br />
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throughout the two months that the boys were in the NICU there were many ups and downs, but they were so strong and determined and we were blessed beyond measure. our nurses and doctors became very close friends and were always there to offer wisdom and a shoulder to cry on.<br />
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we are eternally grateful for our boys and for their health and strength, but we know that our story isn't always common. the boys were surrounded by very sick babies while in the hospital and we saw the heartache that some parents persevered through. <br />
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because of this experience that our little family went though, we wanted to find a way to help other families have a similar outcome. two days after William and Winston's birthday, may 5th (cinco de mayo!), we will be in Salt Lake walking in the March of Dime's March for Babies. through this walk we will be raising money to help further research to help find answers to the problems that threaten premature babies.<br />
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listen, we understand that it seems like there is always a cause or a reason to donate money. we get it. we just wanted to put this out there in case you were close to someone who has gone through this or have had a premature baby yourself. <br />
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to donate, please go to our March for Babies Team page by clicking <a href="http://www.marchforbabies.org/team/t1870083" target="_blank">here</a>. even better? just come walk with us that morning! we don't get to see everyone now that we are living up in sunny seattle and we would love to to see you all! <br />
anyway, if you have made it this far, give yourselves a big pat on the back and know that we love you. <br />
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oh and one more thing<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500081395106609424.post-16745123692861422712011-12-20T10:03:00.000-08:002011-12-20T10:05:46.541-08:00flock of seagulls<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCTumtF0dsWVAi-vLgAQ7uX8JAc2Dy7FASUfWHswhtYjekWjXyoJx0t_6xXb8zUKgJ9Rgd_jCiLbogSYuW3j0Mzu_mCy8YrHEs6gUClaZmgZsUkhPOzeOH2J5hb2_5WafygAmLDLhJVXeY/s1600/davis-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCTumtF0dsWVAi-vLgAQ7uX8JAc2Dy7FASUfWHswhtYjekWjXyoJx0t_6xXb8zUKgJ9Rgd_jCiLbogSYuW3j0Mzu_mCy8YrHEs6gUClaZmgZsUkhPOzeOH2J5hb2_5WafygAmLDLhJVXeY/s640/davis-1.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">merry christmas from the davis family!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/74520568803656656/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="218" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/74520568803656656_pyonG2dr_c.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://www.80s-fashion-fancy-dress.com/80s-celebrity-hair.html" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">80s-fashion-fancy-dress.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/alchme/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Alexandria</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">hope everyone has fun this holiday season!</div><span id="goog_1300345863"></span><span id="goog_1300345864"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500081395106609424.post-38099531598948538672011-12-14T12:34:00.000-08:002011-12-14T16:35:47.503-08:00oh yesterday...i fell off the wagon.<br />
and then it turned around and ran over me a few times.<br />
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a little background:<br />
when tj and i moved here and looked in the mirror, we were a little shocked as to what we saw. after pregnancy, bed rest, the stress of the boys in the nicu, and moving we had acquired a little more wight than we had realized. we knew we needed a change and not only with our weight but our relationship with food. so we changed everything in our diet and the weight started coming off and we have never felt better.<br />
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fast forward to yesterday:<br />
i had a large final in anthropology last night, two bored screaming babies, a wreck of a house, a primary meeting, and i was exhausted. i felt the urge creep up inside and once it started i couldn't stop it. i went to the cupboard, found some old cake mix and whipped up some cake mix cookie batter and ate half of it. <br />
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</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">i ended up being sick for the rest of the day, but my final? Nailed it!! </div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">bring on my birthday and christmas! best week of the year.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500081395106609424.post-66298107989763445782011-12-12T11:19:00.001-08:002011-12-12T11:19:56.001-08:00for all you crafty ladies out there<div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/237213105342538746/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="247" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/136163588703436130_paPOIWSS_c.jpg" width="350" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://handmaderyangosling.tumblr.com/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">handmaderyangosling.tumblr.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/alex_d_davis/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Alex</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500081395106609424.post-21953404526331884262011-12-05T16:01:00.000-08:002011-12-05T16:01:19.755-08:00i'm so good at blogging, i'm thinking about going professional after many of my readers told me they missed my entries, i thought i would finally grace you all with my internet presence. by many readers i mean my friend elise and by entries i mean the one every six months that i churn out and seriously, what would i blog about? my gourmet dinner i ordered from pizza hut? how about the cute onsies that i pay my friend brooklyn to make? i promise i would take photos of the delivery man and the money exchange between me and brooklyn so that it's easier for you to see how i do it. <br />
if you couldn't tell, i'm kidding and i love looking at those kinds of blogs. i live vicariously through those women and i pretend that i'm going to sew myself a new dress tonight, but i never do. after the boys go to bed i sit on the couch with the teejer and watch whatever we have recorded on the dvr and i honestly feel completely fulfilled doing so. but you ladies who blog, keep it coming because it's women like me that are obsessed with you. i even commented on one of those blogs the other day and the chick wrote me back wanting to meet me at starbucks for a drink. i almost passed out, i was so excited. i never wrote her back though. i don't want my image of her to be shattered. she is perfect in my eyes.<br />
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anyway onto what you really want to see.<br />
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THE CUTEST BABIES EVER!!!<br />
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look at those little buddies. they are 7 months old now and so much fun!<br />
on a more important note<br />
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i looked over at the fireplace the other night and thought "whoa, we have a real family going on here." and no i didn't make those stockings, picked them up at good ol' pottery barn but i'll let visitors think that i did. <br />
well, merry christmas and happy birthday to me this month. i'll sign off with more photos of my favorite little men.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this is happiness my friends</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table> while i was pregnant, all i heard was how hard it was going to be and "bless your heart" and "better you than me". ya know, that kind of stuff. i guess i was expecting the worst, so when we brought them home, we were pleasantly surprised. <br />
let it be known, our little men are very good boys and that makes it much easier.<br />
the only thing that kind of bums me out is that i don't feel like i can give them enough one on one time. i start to feel a little guilty, but what can you do, ya know?<br />
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i think my favorite thing about having twins are peoples' reactions to us. i feel like santa clause. we are a stroller full of happiness. everyone smiles at us and comments on how cute they are. and when i say everyone, i mean everyone right down to the gangsters with the tear drop tats on their face (i have to admit, i was a little scared). am i bragging? yeah. sorry. today was fun because a cop stopped us while we were walking into the grocery store and talked to me for a good ten minutes about the boys and when the conversation came to a close he said "you guys just made my day happy". i guess you could say that taking the boys around town is just my way of giving back. totally kidding. kind of.<br />
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</tbody></table>anyway, it's fun being parents of twins. never a dull moment and always a baby available to cuddle and love on. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500081395106609424.post-43550912406642540362011-09-12T21:28:00.000-07:002011-09-12T21:32:13.153-07:00happy, noisy boys<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</tbody></table> what seemed like forever finally ended june 28th. the boys finally left the nicu. what was so cool was that they left the exact same day! that never happens! the nurses were telling us the whole time that the boys will probably go home at different times and we were kinda dreading the whole having one boy at the hospital and one at home. we kept whispering in their ears to wait for each other and they are very obedient little men.<br />
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</tbody></table> the boys are both doing great! they are getting so big and really starting to interact with us. here is a photo of them that i took last week.<br />
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we are so in love with them. so, now we live in seattle. we moved about five weeks after we were able to take the boys home. it's been kind of a whirlwind, but we love love love it here. we have a pretty killer guest bedroom and all visitors are welcome anytime! <br />
TJ started work at amazon.com and he likes it. we were spoiled having him around for four months between graduation and starting his job so it was kind of a bummer when he left for work.<br />
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so that is the readers digest update on how things are going. i want to thank everyone again for all of the thoughts and prayers that were sent our way for the boys. they were felt and i know that they are part of the reason that our boys are doing so well. <br />
i will be updating more so that our family can see what we are up to and if you would like to see what we are doing, feel free to come back and visit!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500081395106609424.post-53276806146936883112011-06-16T13:33:00.000-07:002011-06-16T13:33:26.525-07:00The End is Near!!! (We Hope)I apologize for the lack of updates over the past few weeks. I made the huge but necessary mistake of putting a sprinkler system in my backyard, which pretty much ate up all my free time. It is now done and if any of you ever need help putting in your own sprinkler system please feel free to never call me. I don't want to ever have to do something like that again. :-). <br />
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So on to the boys. Let's start with William. <br />
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I honestly thought that today I would be writing a post about bringing William home. Last night the homecare team came and brought us a portable oxygen tank to take him home with and we were rushing to get his nursery put together. It had been 6.5 days since his last apnea episode and they only need to go 7 days without an episode before being discharged. However this morning we received a call from one of our great Primary Nurses Katie with the news that William had an "episode" last night. It was nothing serious, but unfortunately that starts his countdown at 7 days again. While we are sad he isn't coming home yet, we aren't too disappointed because Winston probably has at least a week left here and it would be even harder to have one baby at home and one in the hospital. Also we would much rather have him go through an episode at the hospital with his nurses than to freak us out at home. William's episode was caused by his reflux. He is having a much more difficult time with reflux than Winston, so they have started him on some prevacid, which has made a huge difference for him. Hopefully he will be home in 7 days!<br />
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They also did an ultrasound on William's kidneys this week to see if there are any anatomical concerns related to the Urinary Tract Infection that he had. The ultrasound is showing some reflux of urine into his kidneys. They will confirm this at Primary Children's after he is discharged, but if that is positive then William will probably need to have a surgical procedure in 6-9 months to have the issue corrected. There is a still a small chance that the test at Primary's will come back negative, but if not then I guess William will have to spend a few days in the hospital in Seattle. There are much worse things to deal with so we will take it. <br />
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Winston is still a champ with his breathing. He hasn't had an apnea episode for weeks. We just need to get him eating like his brother and he will be able to come home. There are 4 stages of eating that premies have to pass before they can come home. Winston has been stuck at stage 2 for over a week. It will take him at least 3 days to go through the other stages once he figures it out. We are hoping that by some miracle they are able to be discharged on the same day. <br />
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Winston also has a slight heart murmur that comes and goes. Multiple doctors have looked at it and they all feel that it is something he will grow out of. <br />
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Both boys have now passed their eye and hearing tests. They are getting huge (at least to us). Winston is 5 lbs, 11 oz and William is at 5 lbs, 10 oz. They are now 6 weeks and 3 days old and almost 37 weeks gestational age. <br />
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We are so excited to have them home optimistically in a week :-). <br />
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Here are a couple of pictures. Both boys were held by their Grandparents for the first time this past week. <br />
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</div><div><b>First Urinary Tract Infection</b></div><div>This might not seem like something to celebrate, but we were thrilled to find out this was why William was sick. Of all of the scary bacteria that he could have been infected with, we will happily deal with a UTI. He has responded well to his antibiotics and was acting more like himself within a couple of days. They are going to run a new urine culture today to make sure that the antibiotics he is on has wiped out the infection. We will have to do a couple of small procedures to make sure it wasn't an anatomical problem with his urethra that caused the infection (since UTIs in boys are much more rare), but he should be fine. </div><div><br />
</div><div>He is still on a higher level of oxygen than he was before getting sick and is struggling a little bit more to wean himself off of it. Unfortunately the oxygen being pushed in his nose tends to dry things out. He has been a little bit stuffy lately and so they have put him in a strange contraption that gives him more humidified oxygen to help him break up what ever is causing him the stuffiness. It is a clear case they lay over his head. So I guess for the next couple of days he will be the bubble boy :-). </div><div><br />
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</div><div><b>First Cribs</b></div><div>As you probably noticed in the photo above, William is in a crib rather than in an incubator. Our great nurse Brooke surprised us one day this week by having them both setup in their first cribs before we arrived for our morning visit. They both passed the 4 pound mark, which is when the NICU likes to wean them off of the incubators. They still need to be bundled up in a couple of blankets and wear a hat to keep their temperatures up, but it makes such a difference in our visits to have such easy access to the little guys. </div><div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>And Finally our First Family Photo!!</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">We had a great nurse one night this week, who was shocked to learn that we had not had the chance to hold the boys together yet. She made it her mission to make that happen which was no easy task. While they boys are in the same room, they are on complete opposite ends of the room and attached to multiple monitors, oxygen, etc. She was able to move equipment around for us so that we could have them meet up in he middle of the room. Probably my second favorite moment of this whole experience only after hearing their first little cries. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>tjcool18http://www.blogger.com/profile/08557715019638821428noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500081395106609424.post-77100311256630891442011-05-23T17:10:00.000-07:002011-05-23T17:12:49.145-07:00A Small Bump in the Road for WilliamThe boys had been having a great week and I think Alex and I just got comfortable with only hearing good news. So we were completely caught off guard yesterday when the nurse practitioner called and told us that William was sick. He had been bradying (sudden heart rate drops) more than normal and his labs came back with high blood platelets and a low white blood cell count and he was just acting like he wasn't feeling well by being really lethargic. They had sent some of his blood to be checked for bacterial infections, but they also needed our consent to do a spinal tap so they could rule out bacterial meningitis. Pretty scary. Every time I hear meningitis I can only think of when my sister Sydney got near-death sick with bacterial meningitis at 10 months old and lost her hearing. On top of that Alex had a minor sore throat that day so she had to stay away from the NICU. <br />
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I hurried down to the hospital and walked in the boy's room just as the nurses were prepping William for the spinal tap. I pray I never have to have one of those and it was pretty tough to watch your 3 week old premie have to have one. Luckily for my emotions William didn't cry out at all while they did the procedure, which I guess was more indication that he really isn't feeling very well. The results from the spinal tap were only going to take a few hours so I stuck around the hospital until they came back. As a big relief to all of us his spinal fluid was normal so they can rule out meningitis. We need to wait a few days for his bacterial cultures to come back, so in the mean time they have put him back on an IV and started a 3-day series of antibiotics. It's also possible that he has just got a viral infection in which case we will just have to wait it out. To help him breath while he is fighting the bug they have put him back on the high-flow oxygen.<br />
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It has been tough seeing him go through his increased brady episodes and desat spells. Both boys normally do this several times a day, however when healthy they quickly recover on their own and if it weren't for their monitor alarms we probably wouldn't notice. However since William is sick he just doesn't have the energy to bounce back from the episodes, so the the nurse or us need to help stimulate him to get him back and it is the first time I've visually seen him turn blue. Kind of a wake up call that as well as Winston and William have been doing they really are still sick and need to be in intensive care.<br />
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I'm sure that this will turn out to be just a small bump in their road to them coming home with us. Despite William being sick they both gained weight last night and Winston passed the 4 pound mark! William is only two ounces behind him. This morning William looked visibly better than last night and seemed to have more of his usual energy. Hopefully he will be doing even better tonight when I stop by to visit them. And hopefully Alex is feeling better soon so that she can get back to visiting them. <br />
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Today marks their 21st day in the NICU. Only 46 days until their due date! We can't wait for them to be healthy enough to come home. <br />
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Winston has blown past his birth weight and currently is tipping the scales at a whopping 3 pounds, 11 ounces. He continues to do amazing off of his oxygen. He continues on full feeds and they are now adding extra calories to Alex's milk to help him beef up.<br />
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William past his birth weight yesterday, but fell back under it tonight. He currently is weighing 3 pounds 6 ounces. He is still on a little bit of oxygen and probably will be for a while. His lungs just weren't quite as developed as Winston's. He is also on full feeds with extra calories. He is great at letting us know as soon as he has a wet or messy diaper. <br />
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No major tests coming up although they do have their first appointment with the Optometrist tomorrow to see how the blood vessels in their eyes are developing with the oxygen they have been on. <br />
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We love coming to visit the boys and take care of them for a few hours each day. I guess one of the few positives of the whole NICU thing is that we get to ease into the whole parenthood thing. The boys have also been getting regular visits from their grandparents and their aunts and uncles. Here are some pics from the past few days:<br />
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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrvafl1CNeKqPJ8h7yBUtYabIAiUnROiKHBoZjIuxK-0YH8zy6uw6MgTLGDPZ-n93jrzE62Bm66aEvX3ZqfcUoOheAdfty_ykhemwYwRu4PsKjK8P5hyphenhyphenixqMXWtxog1pnpCC7qIQgUEg/s320/Sydney.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Aunt Sydney</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqucfDt0DlJdUfk8r5wzLIT5L6SgNyxJewOSJsoWVkC2UXvYuH28NaUT8ACUOXqVVefn8q7eUsp05AuRQOHkVIiVuK6DfaaToBTnmuUYehM_MrkM6x_bAA6SBNIieG3bzyz4z4NkiQ4wI/s1600/William+Spooning.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqucfDt0DlJdUfk8r5wzLIT5L6SgNyxJewOSJsoWVkC2UXvYuH28NaUT8ACUOXqVVefn8q7eUsp05AuRQOHkVIiVuK6DfaaToBTnmuUYehM_MrkM6x_bAA6SBNIieG3bzyz4z4NkiQ4wI/s320/William+Spooning.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> William spooning</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2VPnJmptZ2qVLeB1lBjDYPs9sjSUxCnNwG8luM8SFwvRPKi_xlakf3BoHyJfkubYuLi3guthOvrbmTji7sXeZDbnJ7hqJOY78pLES0C2w1p1FN69vMvC1scT-QDUuKrglVsegZBqIJ_w/s1600/Winston+Lounging.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2VPnJmptZ2qVLeB1lBjDYPs9sjSUxCnNwG8luM8SFwvRPKi_xlakf3BoHyJfkubYuLi3guthOvrbmTji7sXeZDbnJ7hqJOY78pLES0C2w1p1FN69vMvC1scT-QDUuKrglVsegZBqIJ_w/s320/Winston+Lounging.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Winston just chilling with his pacifier</div>tjcool18http://www.blogger.com/profile/08557715019638821428noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500081395106609424.post-19199331240849895792011-05-12T11:05:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:24:07.291-07:00Lots of good news - 57 Days until due dateIt has been a lot of good news this week. We officially crossed the 1 week mark in the NICU which I think will always be a blur in our minds. Both of us said that yesterday felt like the first semi-normal day for us since they were born so that is good. <br />
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The boys have both been doing so well this week. We keep bracing ourselves for a down day, but so far we couldn't be happier. We are so glad that they didn't have any major setbacks in this first critical week. Both boys are off of their antibiotics and up to full feeds through their feeding tubes. That means that both of their IV's were able to be removed. This is great for them because it greatly reduces their chances of infection while in the hospital. All of their blood cultures have come back normal which means the antibiotics did their job. Whatever was keeping William's white blood cell count low seems to be gone. <br />
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Both of the boys have been consistently gaining weight every day now. It's not much but they are adding about 10 grams per day. Winston is only .5 ounces away from reaching his birth weight. William is stil about 3 ounces away. The next milestone with their weight is to get them to 1800 grams (about 4 pounds) which will allow them to be taken out of their isolets (incubators) so they can start attempting to maintain their own body temperature. With William at 1470 grams and Winston at 1520 grams and them currently only gaining 10-20 grams per day it is going to take some time to get to that point. <br />
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They are also both breathing really well. In fact today Winston got taken off of all oxygen support completely!! William is only a couple of days behind his older brother. It's amazing to see them go from being fully intubated to off oxygen in only 10 days. They may need some oxygen support when they start oral feedings as it is a big workout for them to learn how to eat, swallow, and breath all at once. <br />
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William's billyrubin levels have also dropped on their own without the lights, so hopefully he won't have to sit under the lights anymore. <br />
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We love our visits with the boys and I am already having dreams about taking them home. Last night I had a dream that the mailman delivered Winston to us wrapped in paper. He came to the door and had me sign for him. I was so excited to get him and the whole process seemed completely normal. I then was panicked because we haven't even bought a crib for them yet. I guess I better start working on that :-). <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRM4NUgqajY5d4xr-rIQV4372yxOQWPuNE7hIbplvaY8xaBrdtjTlc80sRG-xJnWbBSwAe1oUVTuuuRd_uJxzykcQIINlCAjCNycWVj-TqXNKgF-zM3MF0bM-GSrjk5g-ksIv9B2VhgQ4/s1600/William+Swaddled.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRM4NUgqajY5d4xr-rIQV4372yxOQWPuNE7hIbplvaY8xaBrdtjTlc80sRG-xJnWbBSwAe1oUVTuuuRd_uJxzykcQIINlCAjCNycWVj-TqXNKgF-zM3MF0bM-GSrjk5g-ksIv9B2VhgQ4/s320/William+Swaddled.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> William all swaddled up</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9H4TPaaPEn-znWN4v8DQd42SvD7gcf-laXFz9ZdCpQ_6lEo8WiNfHhxhmoJ0Kch8avMzbKWZ0OfclL4tKC69-BMH1XKTRMRiwJQtI_fZowKQ5MD-Pv6wOHxWt0wRmq-eXmdDM5YhSZRU/s1600/Winston+without+Oxygen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9H4TPaaPEn-znWN4v8DQd42SvD7gcf-laXFz9ZdCpQ_6lEo8WiNfHhxhmoJ0Kch8avMzbKWZ0OfclL4tKC69-BMH1XKTRMRiwJQtI_fZowKQ5MD-Pv6wOHxWt0wRmq-eXmdDM5YhSZRU/s320/Winston+without+Oxygen.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Winston free of his oxygen</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXgMlxjm8rWkU9hpYLoFSC_nXKf48_9rbJts-1TWznmt_RxHKwot4WsDyrZ9v1U4C5xpG8rHXWSbC0iHR3DjE0K78zS-_jtX35TqVUmMIuEShVWZyvdpvH8tp0z1whiPPeeOolaBd1F6Y/s1600/Winston+stomach.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXgMlxjm8rWkU9hpYLoFSC_nXKf48_9rbJts-1TWznmt_RxHKwot4WsDyrZ9v1U4C5xpG8rHXWSbC0iHR3DjE0K78zS-_jtX35TqVUmMIuEShVWZyvdpvH8tp0z1whiPPeeOolaBd1F6Y/s320/Winston+stomach.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Winston asleep on his tummy</div>tjcool18http://www.blogger.com/profile/08557715019638821428noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500081395106609424.post-74686163527052499052011-05-10T12:25:00.000-07:002011-05-10T13:35:22.984-07:00A Huge Sigh of Relief!We spent most of yesterday extremely anxious to find out about the boy's head ultrasounds that would tell us how much bleeding in their brain had taken place with their premature birth. We waited all day for it to be read only to be told we probably wouldn't find out until the next day. We left the hospital to get some dinner and when we returned the new night nurse was giving us a brief update and ended by nonchalantly saying "oh and by the way their head ultrasounds came back completely normal." After asking exactly what that meant we found out it means that there was no bleeding or at least if there was bleeding that it didn't leave any damage to their developing brains!!! I can't tell you how grateful we are. <br />
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While the boys will be in the NICU for weeks to come while they grow, get off oxygen, and learn to eat knowing that their brains are and will continue to develop normally takes the world off our shoulders. Thank you to all of our family and friends who were praying and fasting for them while we found this out. <br />
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To celebrate, the boys got their first shampoo job to wash out the gel that was used on their heads for the ultrasound. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Their Grandpa and Grandma Dunn also came by to visit with them:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ZGFBSAIkIoP1B176gwen07CGbGHCMU92gMmZAmPCRiOWqMoPS-W9akxAu9wHbPVSsL605XvctR_NmYZN6P0liNtH9l0bnq4eo_483Zjb7cHJiI1oq6G5rsa3oaYkUDsfslE-99_gDCU/s1600/Grandma+Dunn+with+Winston.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ZGFBSAIkIoP1B176gwen07CGbGHCMU92gMmZAmPCRiOWqMoPS-W9akxAu9wHbPVSsL605XvctR_NmYZN6P0liNtH9l0bnq4eo_483Zjb7cHJiI1oq6G5rsa3oaYkUDsfslE-99_gDCU/s320/Grandma+Dunn+with+Winston.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Grandma Dunn and Alex with Winston</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipB-jrtKf06l8pmox0ymjvsShY3TnhQ53dTf8Ztndb280YovgBxZeMISDqKNKPnqxmjYyADf7LA32apUCJ6HKbBvMICuXOkD8o-W4H8EHJOMubIMJLILqNZP6ijqywfobU6fZOzDZddQo/s1600/Grandpa+Dunn+with+William.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipB-jrtKf06l8pmox0ymjvsShY3TnhQ53dTf8Ztndb280YovgBxZeMISDqKNKPnqxmjYyADf7LA32apUCJ6HKbBvMICuXOkD8o-W4H8EHJOMubIMJLILqNZP6ijqywfobU6fZOzDZddQo/s320/Grandpa+Dunn+with+William.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Grandpa Dunn helping William hold his pacifier</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimUq2qZsRDeWTWyA9e00TwYJD4JKv2G2Q1_63nK_FETjDAMB_-xbOECk0KEjz0JCmJza2Sm61tslBJ_GFsq-aBBzohU-RkIuHyZWCOOHTl_gYhJ9ZlpM77cU2qux-M1nrxpaoPskdY8KA/s1600/New+Designer+Shades.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimUq2qZsRDeWTWyA9e00TwYJD4JKv2G2Q1_63nK_FETjDAMB_-xbOECk0KEjz0JCmJza2Sm61tslBJ_GFsq-aBBzohU-RkIuHyZWCOOHTl_gYhJ9ZlpM77cU2qux-M1nrxpaoPskdY8KA/s320/New+Designer+Shades.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">William with a new set of designer shades and his pacifier. Hopefully he will be done with the lights today. </div>tjcool18http://www.blogger.com/profile/08557715019638821428noreply@blogger.com5