Hill's 24/7: February 2013

Sunday, February 17, 2013

The most frightening thing.....

Tonight, the most frightening thing happened. I hope nothing like this EVER happens again! Troy is back to working overtime on the weekends. In order to spend some time with him, the boys and I sometimes go with him. Plus it helps with him driving home, as he gets very tired at night. Anyways, when I go with him,, I always wind up packing a large diaper bag, food, etc. Tonight I brought the jungle play mat for the boys. Landon and Tristan were both sleeping on the play mat and the next thing you know, Landon is spitting up from his mouth and nose. He had done this before, but has always been able to recover pretty quickly from it. Anyways, he stopped breathing and became lifeless. I was freaking out! I started shaking like a leaf. I was trying to remove the stuff from his nose since this is how babies breath. Since I had changed diaper bags before we left, I forgot to pack their grooming kits which contain their nasal aspirators. So I had nothing to removed the crud from his nose. I was frantically wiping his nose, sticking my nail in his nostrils to remove the spit up, and kept tapping his foot and back to get him to breath. He finally started to breath again, but his color was off for about 20 minutes or so. He was extremely sleepy afterwards so I was trying everything to keep him awake. It was so bad that I was on the verge of calling 911. Fortunately it didn't get to that point and yes, his color finally came back. I have been watching him like a hawk since then. Words can't even begin to express how helpless I felt! I am just so glad he is OK!

Thursday, February 14, 2013

The Babies in action

I'm posting this video because I think Tristan has the cutest cry ever! Landon is pretty content in this video. Ignore my commentating....it's just typical mommy talk!

More Pictures & Stuff

So I guess it's time for another post. Quite a bit has happened since the last post. The boys have grown a ton! I can't believe how big they are getting! They are both now over 9 pounds each! They are currently 7 1/2 weeks old. They are really starting to develop their little personalities. Landon is more of a mommy's boy. He loves snuggling with his mommy (which of course I LOVE!). He loves to gaze into my eyes as well as the eyes of his daddy. He definitely lets you know when he's unhappy! He's not afraid to vocalize it! Tristan is a mommy's and daddy's boy. He doesn't really care who is holding him, as long as they have food for him! Lol! He is getting really chubby cheeks and is starting to smile in response to my voice. It's the neatest thing ever! Landon is getting there with the smiling. Tristan also lets you know when he's unhappy, however he's not as vocal (aka - as loud) as Landon is! The boys are now out of their newborn clothing and are now wearing 3 month clothing. This means they are also out of their newborn diapers. Those things were starting to look like speedos on them! :) They are in size 1 diapers now. At the rate they are growing, they'll be out of those diapers in about 8 weeks. We had about 1 1/2 boxes worth of newborn diapers left that they are unable to wear. Fortunately for us, there are about 5 women at Troy's work who are expecting, so they got some diapers! They didn't go to waste! I am so thrilled that they are growing well, developing well, and are here! They are my little miracles and I love them to pieces! I'm fortunate to be able to be home with them for the time being! What is in the near future? Their shots. Boo. They get their first round of shots on the 25th, which is 2 days past their 2 month mark. Technically I guess they will be receiving their second round of shots. They received their first hepatitis B shot while in the NICU. Troy is taking off that entire day because he already knows I will be a mess! My poor babies! I just have to remember that the shots help protect them. If I go in with that mentality MAYBE I'll be ok, but I doubt it!