What have you been up to today???

We've been up to some of this:

and a little of this:

and a whole lot of this:

while watching this:

and don't forget some of this:

Abigail has had a cough for a week or so at night, but yesterday it started to get bad and she had a fever, so we went to the dr.  They think she has some sort of bronchitis.  Most preemies have issues with breathing when they are sick because their lungs weren't fully developed at birth.  She is using a nebulizer to help open her airways because the dr said she was really struggling to breath.  This morning the fever peaked and went away with medicine so we are hoping she's on the up and up.  In the meantime, it's a lot of R & R & M & E...Rest, Relaxation, the "machine" as Abigail calls it, and Elmo..who apparently is her go-to man when she is sick!  We are also keeping Caitlin as far away from her as possible to keep her healthy!!!!  We go back to the dr on Friday and are hoping for a good update so we can see more of this:

All in a day's work in the life of a preemie!  (Once a preemie, always a preemie!)

Happy Birthday, Grandpa! Part 3

Loved from the Start!

Caitlin

Abigail

Happy Birthday, Grandpa! Part 2

Happy Birthday, Grandpa!!!!!!!

Happy

Birthday,

Grandpa!!!

We

LOVE

YOU!

Love,

Abigail & Caitlin

3 Months Old!!!

I can't believe my "baby" is 3 months old today!!!  3 months seems so much older than 2 months..and so does Caitlin!

She decided she was too tired for my photo shoot today!

We couldn't find her lamb, but Abigail substituted her polar bear!

For a comparison, here was Caitlin at 2 months!

As you can see, Caitlin is gaining weight nicely!  :)  She weighed in at 11 lbs today!!!  That's 2 lbs in the last month!!  We love her cute cheeks..and she even has baby rolls on her legs.  It's so adorable..and we are so happy that she's doing so great!  She is completely on Soy formula and she's a happy, sweet baby!!!  She is in 0-3 month clothes, and it's nice that she actually wears clothes accurate with her age!

Caitlin at 3 Months:

My favorite thing Caitlin does is when you are changing her, she gives the cutest smirk...as if her and I have a secret that no one else knows!

Caitlin is starting to grab at things when she's laying down.

She likes to suck her fist..she can get her thumb and fingers in her mouth.  She needs her paci to fall asleep..and while she still LOVES her monkey paci, she now also has a cat paci to add to her collection! 

She is the easiest baby to put to sleep.  If she is swaddled and has her paci, she usually falls asleep within seconds of hitting her crib.  She is sleeping through the night too!

She is taking 3 naps a day.  Her morning nap lasts the longest (usually 9-11am) and then she naps in the afternoon (1-2ish) and then again around 4.

She goes to the child care at the gym and does great!  She is content just sitting in her car seat and watching the other kids!  It helps that her big sister is with her!

She still has blue eyes...maybe they'll stay, but I don't think so!  I also think she may have wavy or curly hair...but right now she really has none so we'll have to see that too!

She still has her daddy wrapped around her finger!  ;)

When Caitlin sees her big sister, it really makes her smile.  She loves to watch Abigail.  I know that she is going to learn a lot from her big sister...and her big sister is going to learn a lot from her too!

3 Months....of pure LOVE!!!  That's our little lovebug! 

From the mouths of babes...

Quick story I don't want to forget...ever! On Sunday Abigail and I went to church.  She went up with me to communion (she LOVES Mary and wanted to get an upclose look :) ) and as we were walking back to our seats (mind you it's a full mass...very crowded) Abigail turns around, looks up at the cross, and says very loud "Bye Bye Jesus!"  So cute...the whole section of church let out a big "ah" and laughter.  What a character!!!!  In fall of 2011 I am hoping she'll start preschool at either St. Michael's or St. Isidore's...and I wonder what else she'll have to say to Jesus!

As I was looking for a pic of Abigail, I found this one below of her from when she was a baby...it's one of my favorites of her because she used to make this cute, silly, pouty face.  Anyways, it really worries me because I saw it and thought to myself "I don't remember taking this picture of Caitlin"...uh oh!  I had better start writing their names on the backs of the pictures because they look so much alike to me (although they also look so different to me...does that make sense??).

To Each Their Own

Room that is!  To each their own room!  This weekend we made the big transition.  Abigail moved to her big girl room with her big girl bed.  Caitlin was evicted from our room and found her own place down the hall in the Winnie-The-Pooh Nursery.  And it's been great and exhausting all at the same time.  Caitlin sleeps GREAT in her new room..and has been sleeping through the night (8pm-5am) in her own room.  Abigail doesn't sleep as great in her new bed.  We are still transitioning so I think it will take some time.  She's getting much better about staying in her bed (she only gets out like 1 or 2 times just to make sure we are serious) but we've been getting an extra visitor around 3am.  Actually, we aren't really sure when she comes in because she just sort of sneaks in and lays down between us.  But two nights ago at 3am she handed me the remote and asked to watch Mickey Mouse.  We are going to start taking her back to her own room when she does this...but she's not a cuddler and this is the only time she has ever cuddled with us so we are sort of enjoying it..even though we are tired.  And now that she can, she likes to get up at 6am.  We are also going to have a talk about this! Anyways, our girls are getting so big!!!

Cuddling together (sort-of) and watching Mickey Mouse

This was the 1st nap in their own rooms:

(Caitlin is sort of wedged between two rolled towels because she's on an incline to help her reflux.  We have an incline ramp that is supposed to be used, but this day we just used Abigail's crab Uh-Oh.)

(Usually she's sideways or upside down in the bed..and we always find toys/books in her bed when she wakes up).

Also on Saturday night we had our 2 favorite NICU families over for a get-together.  We decided to celebrate all of their 2nd birthday!  They are so cute together.  Happy 2nd Birthday, Our Little Miracles!