A day in the life (at day 5)

So, what is a day in the life having twins like? I am by no means an expert, but I gotta think that it is more challenging then having one, but it is really great, they are so stinkin' cute. I guess because I have not had the simomelt down, maybe once that happens it will not be that great - who knows.

We have this thing call an activity log, which sounds more interesting then it is. It does not track stuff like went to the park, they smiled at 1:35, they cooed at 1:50, etc... It tracks three very basic things when and how much they eat, when they poo and when they pee. I am writing this at around 8pm, so this is what the past 24 hours have looked like:

9:30pm: Feed Ava 40 mls, change diaper (pee and poo)
9:45pm: Feed Owen 40 mls, change diaper (pee and poo)
midnight: Feed Owen 50 mls, change diaper (pee and poo)
12:15am: Feed Ava 60 mls, change diaper (poo only)
2:00am: Feed Owen 50 mls, change diaper (pee and poo)
4:00am: Feed Ava 40 mls, change diaper (pee and poo)
5:30am: Feed Owen 60 mls, change diaper (pee and poo)
6:30am: Feed Ava 60 mls, change diaper (pee and poo)
9:00am: Feed Owen 20 mls, change diaper (pee only)
9:15am: Feed Ava 20 mls, change diaper (pee only)
11:00am: Feed Ava 40 mls, no diaper change!
11:30am: Feed Owen 60 mls, change diaper (poo only)
2:00pm: Feed Ava 30 mls, change diaper (pee only)
2:30pm: Feed Owen 60 mls, change diaper (poo only)
5:00pm: Feed Owen 60 mls, change diaper (pee and poo)
5:00pm: Feed Ava 60 mls, change diaper (poo only)
7:30pm: Feed Owen 60 mls, change diaper (pee and poo)
8:00pm: Feed Ava 35 mls, no diaper change!

For those who don't know, those time are start times and each one of the them takes about 30 min, on a good go, so you do the math.

Intermingled in there are such glamorous parental activities such as taking a shower, sleeping, eating, etc... There is not a lot of time for getting stuff done. I gotta figure out how to get more time!

So there you go, that is what we are doing now. Sounds pretty great - right?

Today was a pretty big day though, we went to the Pediatrician. I was able to ask him all kinds of great questions like: is it normal for them to poo this much? Is it normal for them not to straighten their arms? Can you tell their IQ my measuring anything? Have you ever seen such cute babies? I noticed that Owen's spine did not feel straight, does he have scoliosis? Ah, don't have to worry about that until they are 9 OK got it, that is good to know.

The appointment was fine, everything seems to check out. They are both gaining weight. She was back up to 4lbs 12 oz and he was back to 5lbs 1oz. I am not actually sure what happened in the Dr. Office, but we were there a long time.

I have to say that Tracy has been such a trooper, after having major surgery she is totally willing to pitch in and do her share. She is an incredible person and clearly lovers these little buggers with everything in her. I think that it causes her physical pain when the babies are crying.

A day in the life (photo's):
(Ian's shift started around 5:30am, this is the sunrise - god I hate mornings)











(although it is the morning, it is pretty)











(Time to find the kids - awe an't they cute?!)











(Time to go to the Dr. this was great, it only took an hour to pack them up!)











(Nice Dr. humoring me - he actually asked if I wanted an action shot, nice guy)












(Tracy doing what Tracy does! Two kids, laundry, paying the bills, you would never know she just had them! Isn't she great and beautiful? OK that is not a question)
















(Ian doing what Ian does :-))











(I am guessing that it will be OK for them to share a crib for a while)