Family Outing (and more)

Well, last week Brian took a week of leave so we could finish the nursery and get into a routine of sorts. I was able to catch up on some MUCH needed sleep and also chose last week as the last of my pumping/breast milk days. As sad as it makes me, on a must have 3 hour feeding schedule (for Daniel anyway), it's about impossible when I'm by myself. Not to mention I really want to start getting all of us out and about when Brian's at work or Nolan and myself will go crazy! It also gives me extra sleep time at night which is fantastic.

In other news, at the twins' check up last week, which we were an hour and a half late for thanks to me (I got appointment times flip flopped) Joseph weighed 9 lbs 9 oz and Daniel weighed 6 lbs 1 oz! Both are gaining great, although we would have liked to see a bit more from Daniel. That being said, now that we're weaning him and giving him more formula I swear he's plumping up! We'll find out Thursday when we go in for another weight check and to chat with the pediatrician about a plan to finally be done with the feeding tube!! Yay!! Joseph is in the 25% of weight, borderline 50% but in the 75% of height! Crazy! Joseph is also sleeping longer stretches at night. Last night in fact he went to bed after eating (and eating and eating) around 8:30, was up for a feed at 2:00 and then slept through until 8 AM when I had to wake up to feed him (I probably may have let him sleep, but we had to be somewhere)! But the boy really does eat all day long.

Anyway, last week we also had our first family outing, which I have to admit I was pretty nervous about. We were driving down to Target (about a half hour) and it was around lunch time so we "braved" lunch too. And we even were gutsy enough to go somewhere that didn't offer happy meals. TGIF's. All 3 boys behaved beautifully! Then we went to Target where we fed the twins' for about 45 minutes (while Nolan fed on Target popcorn). Then we shopped for well over an hour and the twins' weren't fussy until the very end, but fell asleep in the van. It was a HUGE accomplishment. Then we did church on Sunday and that went great too. I'm starting to feel human again! :) Albeit exhausted, but human!

Daddy & Nolan at Friday's. Nolan's helping Daddy pay the bill:

Joseph & Daniel enjoying some time at lunch: This was when we got home, celebrating our day on the town: