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This is me rambling.

I had my 6 week appointment on Tuesday. Everything is going very well regarding my pregnancy recovery. I decided since I had such an easy pregnancy, an easy delivery, and an easy recovery I should become one of those surrogate mothers. Not really. But it might be kinda cool.

After 6 weeks I've decided to start supplementing along with breast feeding. People think I'm crazy for trying to only breast feed. But "breast is best" right? I think so. Especially since we have given Easton several different kinds of formulas and he throws up his entire bottle after drinking it. That's enough proof for me.

Easton had an appointment today for his head. It is healing well. We no longer have to put his medication on it and change his dressings twice a day. Now we just have to put Neosporin on it. No beanie! No dressing! No tape ripping his hair out! Yay!

So now that Easton's head is better we're pretty sure he has a hernia. Which is corrected by surgery :(

Trey rolled over from his belly to his back at 3 weeks. Freak accident? I don't think so. He has done this a total of 3 times now.

My sister-in-law who had twins told me when we went out and about with the babes we would get lots and lots of attention from perfect strangers. So true. I feel like a celebrity we get so much attention. Everyone wants to get a look at our little twinners.

I took some clothes of mine to Plato's Closet. They took 4 items and offered me $8. And I took it! That money was like gold to me. It's the first amount of money I could call mine since March. I was planning on using it on something wonderful, like going to lunch with a girlfriend or something. The most exciting part would have been not having to ask Dave for money. And then I had to use that $8 on gas :(

I have two ingrown toenails right now. Last time I had to deal with this was in 8th grade and they were so bad I had to have them surgically removed. Let's hope this isn't the case this time around.

I got sick of Wii fit sighing and telling me how overweight I am every time I step on the board. I finally started going back to the gym. My legs kill. And I'm going to Zumba tonight for the very first time :)

I'm caving in after 6 months of attempting to go back to my natural hair color. It's just too hard. I don't have the patience to deal with orange hair as my dirty blonde/brownish hair grows back in. I've scheduled my appointment! I will be a brunette once again.

For the first time since I've been married I went grocery shopping by myself. How nice of Dave to always come with me.

I'm on this heath kick right now and attempting to not eat anything with high fructose corn syrup in it. Which pretty much means I can't eat anything unless it's all natural. This makes grocery shopping expensive. Dave will most likely come grocery shopping with me next time to make sure things don't get too out of hand ;)

My mom has been amazing with helping me out with the babies. She's done so much for us, and ME! Like buying me a cute yellow swim suit from Victorias Secret, and I'm so very grateful.

Dave's parents moved last November and I miss their old house. It takes me back to the exciting days of dating Dave. Although, I thoroughly enjoy their condo due to the pool I can go to any day... for free.

This summer should be considered the "summer of love" due to two of my best friends getting married and one who is getting married in a couple of weeks. Attending showers and receptions has been lots of fun. I love seeing my girlfriends happy and in love :)

I have a new obsession with strawberries. I could eat them all day every day. But I don't. Citrus fruits tend to disagree with babies bellies. Lame.

I'm really looking forward to college football right now. Mostly so we can dress Trey and Easton up in cute U of U attire. Yes. We are raising our children right.

And lastly... Katy Perry's song California girls is my new favorite song. It really makes me wish I was a California girl so I could have sun kissed skin so hot I'd melt your popsicle ;)

Easton has been added to the mix.

Since having baby Easton home life has been insane. There is no time to do anything! My life consists of nursing. burping. nursing. pumping. changing diapers. and more diapers. and more. napping. (when there is actually time.) change Eastons dressing. repeat. AH!! I'm surprised my sanity is still with me. Having just Trey home for a month gave us a pretty good idea of what having one baby is like. And I just have to say to all you moms out there... I'm sure you have it hard at times. But looking back at just having to take care of Trey... oh how easy one baby is!! Two is insane. Thank goodness for help! And days Dave doesn't have to work! :)

Getting to know the boys

As his mother, I know I'm biased. But I think he's so stinkin' cute :) Trey has been a real treat to have at home. What a sweet, sweet baby boy. He is truly such an easy baby and for that I am so thankful. I can honestly say he is just so content except for when he needs his diaper changed, or wants to be fed. Other than those two things... we never hear him make a fuss. Hopefully I haven't spoken too soon! ;) Anyway, I love having him home and being able to spend time with him and just watch him as he grows. Dave and I laugh at him lots. We love him.

As for Easton... we need more pictures of him :( I'll admit I feel a little cheated out of getting to know him :( I don't blame anyone. He is sick and needs to be in the NICU. His infection is getting better and better. He is only on antibiotics now. No more oxygen. No more feeding tube. We recently found out that one of the massive lumps on his head is NOT a dermoid cyst. It is fluid and they don't know what it is. They did a MRI this week and it was determined that the fluid is not interfering with his brain, which is great. As it continues to grow they seem to get more concerned so this morning they decided to drain it. Kinda scary but I'm glad because once that is taken care of all we have to do is wait on his antibiotics to run their course and then he gets to come home! Like I said before, I feel like I don't know Easton quite as well as Trey yet. But the nurses up at the U adore him. Every time we visit they comment on how sweet and easy he is. So I'm hoping he and his brother are alike... both just easy little babies! Maybe that is the reward for having two at once ;)

Poor baby Easton's MRI

My baby story :)

I've been wanting to blog about my whole labor and delivery experience since it happened and I've only now found the time to do so. Here goes! I had been set up to be induced on June 8th. But on June 1st we went in for my final Doctors appointment. Once again... I had high blood pressure. I was sent to OR emergency for more testing for preeclampsia. This time... results came back with cause for a little more concern. They decided since I was 37 weeks it was safe to keep me and induce me that day. We were moved to labor and delivery and we called all our family members and friends to let them know the babes were on the way. I was already dilated to a 2 so they were able to start me on pitocin right away, around 3:30 in the afternoon. Family and some close friends came up to hang out as I labored. Around 11:00 at night the contractions hadn't made much of a change and I was still very comfortable and hardly experiencing any pain. They decided to break "baby A's" water. Friends left at this time. Once "baby A's" water was broken the contractions came on a lot stronger!

(People who don't give any credit to moms who have a natural birth are so wrong. Props to all of them. I've always wanted to give birth naturally but wasn't given the option under all the circumstances of twins. But I wanted to experience as much as I could so that one day... when a third child comes along I'll have an idea of what I'm in for. And I'll be in for it!)

I contracted for about 2 1/2 hours without medication when I finally decided I'd take the epidural. At about 1:30 in the morning I was given my epidural and it truly was instant relief. I was finally able to fall asleep for a bit. I was woken up by a Doctor at about 4:00 in the morning and they told me I was completely dilated to a 10 and it was time to go to the Operating Room to deliver these babes! My family had stayed with us the entire night.. they are awesome. Dave called his mom and she immediately came up. It took awhile for them to prepare the operating room so we made our way in at about 5:00 in the morning. Not even a half hour into pushing I had two beautiful baby boys! How great. The rest of that day is kinda a blur now. Visitors came. Dave and I tried to sleep. We held our babies. Etc...

EASTON UPDATE: Thursday morning was the worst day of my life :( Easton was taken to the NICU. We went to see him and he was hooked up to all sorts of tubes and IVs. He was so irritable. It just made me so sad. They didn't know what was wrong with him. And actually, to this day still don't quite know. In a nutshell, he has some kind of an infection. They don't know what or where. He has gotten lots better since then. He's had much of his medications removed and is such a happier baby now :) Just recently though it was discovered that he has two dermoid cysts on his head. They are these weird large patches of fluid. It is being debated if they will be removed or not. Also, he has a little bit of palsy in his left cheek. When he cries his left cheek does not droop down along with his right cheek, it just hangs out. Soooo sad. And so crazy. I would have never thought one of these babes would have so many complications. I just hope that he will get 100% better and live a fully functioning life. That's all I want. We expect him to be home in a week from this Thursday :)

After 6 days in the hospital we were able to take Trey home and he's been great ever since. He is such a great baby. At least so far! He's always so content. If he cries we change his diaper, feed him, and he goes right back to sleep. Love it.

How insane it is to say I have two babies now. Parenthood is great. A huge change, a huge challenge, but honestly so rewarding. I've had several moms of twins who had to leave a baby in the NICU tell me that it's a blessing in disguise because you are able to adjust to one baby for awhile before you bring the second baby home. It's very true, but I'm ready for Easton to come home and be with his family :)