This is going to be a short post as I am on my way out of town. I had to update you all on the "event" that took place over the weekend. I was at work on Saturday night and called home, as I usually do, just to see how thing are going. Keep in mind that it was a great day about 70 degrees out and all the kids on the block were out and lots of people washing their cars making for "water puddles in the street." This Saturday the conversation was as follows between John and I .
Me: How is it going?
John: Well we may have had an incident
Me: What happened?
John: Well you may hear about it from the neighbors.
Me: Oh jease what happened?
John: Well the little boys (Nate and Alex) decided that they were going to play in the water. I (John) was inside with Jacob for just a second and Tracie (one of our neighbors and friends) came to the door with the boys who were naked as a jay bird. You see they had taken off all, and I mean all, of their clothes and left them on the grass next to the curb and were sitting in one of the puddles of water in the street just having a great time with all the rocks.
Me: Oh my God!!
All the neighbor I talked with said it was so cute and had they had a camera they would have taken a picture. Thank God it was Tracie that found them and thought it was funny. So that is the incident of the weekend at the Reeves house. Stay tunned for more I am sure.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Soccer in Montana
Today was Jacob's first soccer game. I was sort of hoping it would be called off. We had a beautiful day outside yesterday and then today woke up to snow flurries and COLD. But alas game on. He was so excited to get in his shirt and go play. He loves it. John took him and I stayed home with the little boys for a nap. He came home so excited (mostly about the treats at the end) he got to play against one of his little friends from preschool last year. When he got home he got out of his soccer clothes and went up to mom and dads bed to watch a movie and was asleep in 5 min. THIS SOCCER THING IS GOING TO BE GREAT.
The quote for the week in our house was as follows. Alex "Nate, I ate too much pizza and popcorn." Nate "ya me too, my bum bum hurts." All of this as they are playing trains. It was so cute.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Easter celebration
So as you can tell I am not that good at this collage thing but I will work on it for you. Happy Easter
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Saturday, April 3, 2010
Prepairing for Easter
This is by far my favorite holiday and I think that is has something to do with spring and my birthday. I love the flowers and the adorable Easter outfits and the great food. I am always reminded of a special family at this time of year. I used to go to the Grieg's for Easter in Jackson Hole Wyoming with my sister, and it was so much fun. We had great food and tons, and I mean tons, of laughs. They are a wonderful family and created for me wonderful memories.As a child my family used to go to this resort called Sun River every Easter and it was so much fun we would go skiing and golfing and again many wonderful memories.
As I begin to make memories with my own family I think back to the times that were most special to me and Easter is the one that always comes to mind. So here is the start of our Easter at the Reeves house. We did the yearly egg dying. The boys had a blast. After that was done Jacob and I began our baking. He loves to bake with me and help me. We made our poppy seed cake with icing and our deviled eggs for tomorrow. I cant wait it will be so much fun.
I wish you all a very Happy Easter and hope that you are all making wonderful memories with your families and thinking of past memories that make this holiday so special.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Second time around
I know, I know it has been way to long but I have just now come to the realization that this blog thing is great. Great for friends and family that do not get to see the boys on a regular basis and enjoy all that life has to offer with three boys in the house. We have been a busy family with Preschool, swim lessons, soccer, and finally getting to go out side now that the weather is getting warmer.
The twins are now three and potty trained. It really was not that difficult and we lucked out it took about two week and a jumbo tin of Jellybeans but we got her done. They are full of energy and have a wild imagination. They are great friends and playmates always needing to know where the other is. The are going to be starting preschool in the fall so that will be exciting and new for not only us but their teacher as well as she has never had a set of twins in her class before. (She is in for a treat.)
They have just finished two sessions of swim lessons and are little fish following in their brothers footsteps. Nate was a bit stubborn and did not want to show the teacher he could blow his bubbles so he got to repeat the class and Alex moved on. Well he learned quick and showed teacher Stacy his bubbles and they will be in the same class next session.
Jacob is getting so big and so grown up. He is now 5 and in his last year at his wonderful preschool. He loves to learn and is just starting to read and recognize words. We have begun reading the Magic Tree House book with him which I highly recommend to anyone with 4-5 year olds. He is just learning how to ride his bike with no training wheels (pictures to come). He is such a determined boy and just keeps getting back up and trying again. He also has his moments of teasing his brothers and having a bit of an attitude. He is excited to start kindergarten in the fall and is always asking us questions about it. He has just started soccer and it is great not only for him but his parents as well. It is a great outlet for him. He is so loving and loves to give us hugs and tell us that "Today I am gonna really try to be good all day long."
I have made a promise to post on this blog at least once a week with pictures and updates of what is going on in our busy lives. So send your comments or notes we would love to hear from our friends and family. Here are a few pictures for now.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Happy Birthday boys
Today Nate and Alex are two years old. I can not believe the time has gone by so fast. It seems as though it was just yesterday we were getting ready to have them.
I though on this post I would tell the story of their birth. So here goes.
I had only one request from my husband and that was to wait until after the Superbowl to deliver them. Well I worked a 12 hour shift both Saturday and Sunday that weekend so my chances were pretty good to not deliver. I went to work that Sunday (Superbowl Sunday) and worked my 12 hour shift as usual. I actually liked going work as it was a break from, my then 2 year old. By eh end of my shift I was so tired and one of my co-workers said you look different and my response was "yea I feel like I am done with this pregnancy" I went home and relaxed and ate a meal before going bed of course because of the fact that if I did go into labor I would have eaten because you know how it is . Those wonderful icechip you get in labor. So I ate and went to bed.
I got up around midnight to go to the bathroom and was contracting a little but nothing new so I got a quick snack and some juice and got back in bed. Well I never got back to sleep. The contractions were keeping me awake so I got up again and went down stairs to lay on the couch and watch TV hoping that would put me to sleep. Well no such luck. I started timing my contracting and they were 3 min apart on the nose.
As I had just left work only a few short hours earlier I knew it was busy and that Monday morning was busy as well. So I kept that in the back of my head as I continued to keep track of the contracting that were 3 min apart. I did that for about 3 hours and then called my work and talked to the night charge she said to come on in.
For a little background we had been to the Dr on Friday and I was only dilated 1 cm and both of the boys were head down. Things were looking good for a vaginal delivery. (I had prepared my self for a c-section being as they were twins.)
So I went upstairs and told John "we gotta go" and he wanted to know if my water broke and I said "no". (It had broken with my first, two weeks early.) I told him we just had to go . So at 3 in the morning we loaded up Jacob and took him to my parents and then headed to the hospital.
We got all check in and settled and by this time it was about 5 am and one of my coworkers came in to check my cervix and it was still 1 cm. So we decide to stat inducing my labor and get things going. So we did that and waited till my doctor came in for rounds.
That was another great thing was that my doctor was going to be leaving out of town the following Friday so I was excited to get to have her deliver.
So the Dr. cam in around 8:30 and checked me and wanted to do an ultrasound to confirm that both boys were still head down. Well low and behold baby B was not head down but breech. Baby A was still head down so we had some decisions to make. Our Dr told us we could just do a c-section or we could keep inducing and deliver baby A then attempt to externally turn baby B after A delivered. After thinking about it and having a 2 year old at home I wanted to try and deliver without a c-section.
She could not break my water because baby A's head was not far enough down in the pelvis so we continued on with the pitocin and she said she wouldd be back at lunch time to check on us and hopefully be able to break my water then. Well in the mean time I knew there was a c-section going to happen so I got my epidural and waited till 12:30
The Dr came back at 12:30 and was able to break my water and we went from there. She had a afternoon surgery at another hospital so she said she would check in before leaving our hospital to see how we were doing.
She came back an hour later and I was 10 cm dilated and baby A was very ready to come out. So we rolled down to the OR and after three pushes at 2:02 pm Nathan Henry was born weighing 6 pounds and 3 ounces.
After Nathan was delivered I got a little nervous. They brought over the ultrasound to make sure baby B was still breech and he was so they began the rotation checking with the ultrasound to make sure it worked and one Dr was holding the ultrasound and one was turning then when they were finished turning, which took all of 1 min, one Dr held baby B in position and we waited for the next contraction and once it came I pushed three times and at 2:07 Alexander Cleary was born and weighed 5 pounds and 9ounces. The boys were born at 36 weeks and 4 days gestation.
Piece of cake it was such a wonderful delivery and it was so special to deliver at where I worked with all of my friends and coworkers.
I though on this post I would tell the story of their birth. So here goes.
I had only one request from my husband and that was to wait until after the Superbowl to deliver them. Well I worked a 12 hour shift both Saturday and Sunday that weekend so my chances were pretty good to not deliver. I went to work that Sunday (Superbowl Sunday) and worked my 12 hour shift as usual. I actually liked going work as it was a break from, my then 2 year old. By eh end of my shift I was so tired and one of my co-workers said you look different and my response was "yea I feel like I am done with this pregnancy" I went home and relaxed and ate a meal before going bed of course because of the fact that if I did go into labor I would have eaten because you know how it is . Those wonderful icechip you get in labor. So I ate and went to bed.
I got up around midnight to go to the bathroom and was contracting a little but nothing new so I got a quick snack and some juice and got back in bed. Well I never got back to sleep. The contractions were keeping me awake so I got up again and went down stairs to lay on the couch and watch TV hoping that would put me to sleep. Well no such luck. I started timing my contracting and they were 3 min apart on the nose.
As I had just left work only a few short hours earlier I knew it was busy and that Monday morning was busy as well. So I kept that in the back of my head as I continued to keep track of the contracting that were 3 min apart. I did that for about 3 hours and then called my work and talked to the night charge she said to come on in.
For a little background we had been to the Dr on Friday and I was only dilated 1 cm and both of the boys were head down. Things were looking good for a vaginal delivery. (I had prepared my self for a c-section being as they were twins.)
So I went upstairs and told John "we gotta go" and he wanted to know if my water broke and I said "no". (It had broken with my first, two weeks early.) I told him we just had to go . So at 3 in the morning we loaded up Jacob and took him to my parents and then headed to the hospital.
We got all check in and settled and by this time it was about 5 am and one of my coworkers came in to check my cervix and it was still 1 cm. So we decide to stat inducing my labor and get things going. So we did that and waited till my doctor came in for rounds.
That was another great thing was that my doctor was going to be leaving out of town the following Friday so I was excited to get to have her deliver.
So the Dr. cam in around 8:30 and checked me and wanted to do an ultrasound to confirm that both boys were still head down. Well low and behold baby B was not head down but breech. Baby A was still head down so we had some decisions to make. Our Dr told us we could just do a c-section or we could keep inducing and deliver baby A then attempt to externally turn baby B after A delivered. After thinking about it and having a 2 year old at home I wanted to try and deliver without a c-section.
She could not break my water because baby A's head was not far enough down in the pelvis so we continued on with the pitocin and she said she wouldd be back at lunch time to check on us and hopefully be able to break my water then. Well in the mean time I knew there was a c-section going to happen so I got my epidural and waited till 12:30
The Dr came back at 12:30 and was able to break my water and we went from there. She had a afternoon surgery at another hospital so she said she would check in before leaving our hospital to see how we were doing.
She came back an hour later and I was 10 cm dilated and baby A was very ready to come out. So we rolled down to the OR and after three pushes at 2:02 pm Nathan Henry was born weighing 6 pounds and 3 ounces.
After Nathan was delivered I got a little nervous. They brought over the ultrasound to make sure baby B was still breech and he was so they began the rotation checking with the ultrasound to make sure it worked and one Dr was holding the ultrasound and one was turning then when they were finished turning, which took all of 1 min, one Dr held baby B in position and we waited for the next contraction and once it came I pushed three times and at 2:07 Alexander Cleary was born and weighed 5 pounds and 9ounces. The boys were born at 36 weeks and 4 days gestation.
Piece of cake it was such a wonderful delivery and it was so special to deliver at where I worked with all of my friends and coworkers.
Monday, February 2, 2009
welcome
Hello to all who have come to this log. I am starting this for those who have twins and or multiples and are looking for a reference blog or just somewhere to go that they can chat with people who have been thru or are going thru the ups and downs of having multiples.
To give you a little background on myself, I am a wife to John we have been married 5.5 year. We had our first son on December 15th 2005. We then had our twins on Feb. 5th of 2007. I am also a registered nurse at the hospital where I live. I work in labor and delivery, postpartum and newborn nursery. I have been a nurse for 7 years.
My first pregnancy was great. Got pregnant with no problems and the pregnancy was great. My water broke when I was 38 weeks and 2 days. I just happened to be at work so that worked out well. My second pregnancy was just as good if not better. We delivered at 36 weeks and four days. I went into labor at 12am the night after working a 12 hour shift at work. I will admit is was a bit nervous for the twins delivery but it all went great. (more to come on that later)
My plan for this blog is to provide you with a glimps of how we live our life with twins and a four year old and to provide some links to great information I have gathered over the last two years. Please feel free to aks questions and invite your friends. Children are a blessing and sometimes we need a little help to get thru the challenging times
Welcome
To give you a little background on myself, I am a wife to John we have been married 5.5 year. We had our first son on December 15th 2005. We then had our twins on Feb. 5th of 2007. I am also a registered nurse at the hospital where I live. I work in labor and delivery, postpartum and newborn nursery. I have been a nurse for 7 years.
My first pregnancy was great. Got pregnant with no problems and the pregnancy was great. My water broke when I was 38 weeks and 2 days. I just happened to be at work so that worked out well. My second pregnancy was just as good if not better. We delivered at 36 weeks and four days. I went into labor at 12am the night after working a 12 hour shift at work. I will admit is was a bit nervous for the twins delivery but it all went great. (more to come on that later)
My plan for this blog is to provide you with a glimps of how we live our life with twins and a four year old and to provide some links to great information I have gathered over the last two years. Please feel free to aks questions and invite your friends. Children are a blessing and sometimes we need a little help to get thru the challenging times
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