Copy Me!!

This is Talmage posting here. I was inspired by Kimball and will proceed with the fun.

I Am-home. Just put the babies down.

I Want-this semester to just end. Not because of the finals, but because of the politics. I refuse to stress out about what my final grades will be. Who are they to tell me how well I did. Lousy formal education.

I Have-a habit of crossing my legs. And don't tell me that you can't do it because you're just too buff and large.

I Wish-I could play football year-round.

I Hate-going to the fridge and not having anything I want. And I will check multiple times just in case I missed something.

I Fear-overscheduling my life and not finding joy in the journey.

I Hear-the buzz of the computer and the tv, yes the tv, downstairs. This last week I've been lying around the house and I thought I'd plug in an old tv we got from Rick and Alyssa. Works great since we get free basic cable. Rachel and I have already stopped communicating and are working towards becoming a real family.

I Search-for what my interests truly are and what I enjoy doing. Sounds so soul-searching.

I Wonder-what people are going to think about what I say.

I Regret-not playing football after high school.

I Love-My Family: Rachel and Heber and Hannah.

I Ache-a little all over still. I'm not back to myself yet and I kind of walk around like Mr. Burns. I'm also like that old guy who you don't want to make laugh because then he'll start going into a coughing fit and you feel like you brought him more harm than good. You know that guy. C'mon. He's old. You know?

I Always-am planning with my palm centro.

Usually-I get up early and can't sleep in. Usually.

I Am Not-crazy.

I Dance-because Rachel likes to and because I would like to be good but don't feel like I ever improve.

I Sing-the hymns of Zion..standing sometimes too..without being directed by the presiding authority.

I Never-blame God for my problems. But rejoice in my afflictions!! (Mostly, but not always.)

I Rarely-go to sleep without praying.

I Cry-When my heart gets broken. And during a good movie, book, etc.

I Am Not Always-cheerful, and can be grumpy and throw myself on the ground and start kicking my legs. I try to teach my little nieces and nephews how to do it sometimes.

I Lose-myself sometimes when I'm doing a task.

I'm Confused-at school sometimes and am not afraid to raise my hand and ask a seemingly dumb question. I pay a lot for school and make them work for me.

I Need-to get back to my normal self. I need to "Look unto [Him] in every thought; Doubt not, fear not."

I Should-call Rachel and see how her project is going.

I Dream-often.

I am amused by-my Family.

I Enjoy-Seeing our garden grow and getting the mail and paying bills and doing our finances.

I Would.....what would I do? Fill in the blank .....

Poor Guy

Talmage came home the Thursday before last. He was sick and tired. I went to a Relief Society thing with the kids and let him rest. That was the beginning of being sick for a week. It seem to let up last Sunday but then came back in full force. His sickness reached a high the following Monday. His temperature went up to 104 degrees. I had called a few people in the ward to come give him a blessing but they were not able to for until later that day. Thankfully the missionaries were listening to the spirit that day and randomly stop by. They were able to give him a blessing. That night Kimball came over and cheered him up which was a huge help and pulled him out of the worst of it.

This has been a hard week and I am glad that we got through it. It was hard to keep the kids away from him and take care of them without him. Thankfully a couple of angel came by last Tuesday and took care of them and Talmage while I went to my project meeting. He lost some weight and it is noticeable in his face. He is doing better now and is back to school today. He tried to go last Thursday but his teacher told him to go home. I am thankful for the Lord and all the people that help to get us through this.

Baby Nicknames

Hannah

• Baby "giwrl"
• Baby doll strings
• Doll strings
• Hannah Banana
• Baby Han Hans (Cause she loves sucking her hands especially the ring figure and middle finger at the same time)
• The Most Precious Girl in the World
  

Heber

• Hebes
  
• Hebes of Thebes (Said w/ a powerful voice as if being introduced at the Colliseum)
  
• Hebes-a-babe'
• Hebiddy
  
• Hebiddy Jeebiddy

When they are being particularly cute we say that Heber is committing Hebery and Hannah is committing Hannah-cide.

Calling on All You Moms

Spencer you don't have to read this post. I know that you get grossed out by all that motherly stuff.

So I have two twin babies. I am having a problem and need some help with this one. Hannah has stopped breast feeding about a month ago. She cries and stiffens and refuses to breastfeed. I kept trying and trying but finally gave up. I now pump all of her breast milk. She mostly has formula though. She wasn't always like this, she was fine with breast feeding for the first couple of months. I have come to the realization that she is not going to breast feed but that is ok because I still have Heber and I can depend on him, that is until lately. He has mostly become dependent on the bottle. He is starting to act like Hannah was when she started to stop breast feeding.

Does anyone have any good advise on this. Please help.

Should I start pumping for Heber too? Should I give up on breast feeding and pumping all together. How would this effect their body and brain devolopment?

Sounds like I need to do some researching.

Happy Mom

Heber sat up and held up his head today by himself without any support for the first time.

They both slept for eight hours last night and the night before. The night before was the first time they did this.

I love my babies. They are in a very cute stage.

4 Months

The babes will be four months now. It is crazy how they grow up so fast. Here is a little bit of info about them. The main reason I am doing this is so I don't forget this adorable stage in there lives.
Ladies first. That means Hannah goes first.

Hannah

• 10.5 lbs


• Hannah likes to suck on her hands. I think I wouldn't hear a peep all night if Heber didn't wake up in the middle of the night to cry for food because Hannah uses her hands to pacify herself. Her favorite is sucking on the ring finger and middle finger at the same time.


• She is sweet. She just has a sweetness about her.


• Her cheeks are the cutest little things I have ever seen. They are big and rosy.


• She likes playing peak-a-boo, well our version. She lookes around while I say where's Hannah? Where's Hannah? Then when she looks at me I say "There she is!" She gets all bright eyed and smiles happily.


• She likes to fidget and look at her hands.


• She likes being held and sung to.


• She likes laying out on your lap when feeding her. She lounges on you like your her own personal lazy boy.


• She only eats out of a bottle. I have to pump all the food that I give to her. Nikki you were so right that they get used to one or the other. Heber still can do both though.


• She'll eat solid food from a spoon, carrots and rice cereal so far.


• Is very content.

Heber

• 13 lbs.


• I love when I come to his crib and he smiles and gets a bashful look.


• Likes playing patty-cake with his feet.


• Loves sitting up. Always has been very observant and likes looking around.


• Only eats from a bottle with a large hole in the nipple.


• He loves to eat. He is a hungry little hippo.


• Has been able to turn himself while on his belly.


• Got his first hair cut, mid-March.


• Sucks on his buttom lip when he is asleep.


• Fights sleep. He will do anything to not sleep. He gets very fussy sometimes too. The other day he was fighting sleep all morning but then finally crashed and slept for three hours, which is a lot for him.

They both...

• get hand jam, kinda like toe jam but in their hands, I was suprised that babies got this.


• wake up twice a night once around 2 am and once around 5 am.


• have smiles that make your heart melt.


• noticed eachother for the first time two sundays ago. We even got a picture.

Stats

• So far they have gone through 1920 diapers. (Assuming that they go through only 8 a day each).


• Have been feed 1740 times. (Assuming: 1st month 8 times a day, 2nd month 8 times a day, 3rd month 7 times a day, 4th month 6 times a day)


• 4320 ounces of milk. (Talmage: I got 6240 ounces. I found that by taking their initial and current daily milk intake, assumed their intake has been increasing linearly from birth until now, plotting a graph of this relationship over 120 days and then integrating with respect to the number of days they've been eating and then multiplying by 2 since there is 2 of them. Of course this is an oversimplified estimate because it does not take into account other food that they've eaten periodically. It's fun to actually apply what I'm learning at school.)


• Number of baths. Let just say that they do not get as many baths as their cousin Thane, who gets them once a day.


• Have changed outfits over about 240 times.


• 120 sleep interrupted nights. One of those goes out to Kimball, two of them goes out to Mom Hansen, three of them goes out to mom, Amanda has helped with many. They are all saints.


• The worth of giggles, cooings, laughs, crys, can't put a number on it.

Frustrated.

This is my break to get my mind off of my eng. project at school. It is driving me crazy. I dreamt about it for three nights in a row and spent the first part of the day, much of friday and a good part of saturday trying to download an electrical CAD program, OrCAD. Moving on.