First Mother's Day!

Things have been going great here. Brandon went back to work a couple weeks ago, and it was an adjustment getting used to being home with two babies by myself. I've luckily had help a couple days a week from family/friends. I go back to work in two weeks, June 2.  They are so good in the mornings, and get a little fussy in the evenings but generally are really good babies still I think. They don't cry uncontrollably ever, and are easy to console by holding them and rocking, etc.  Brinley has become the fussy one oddly enough since she was by far the most content one in the hospital. Cooper is a lot more awake than her during the day now and enjoys looking around and watching stuff.  They both are getting really good head control, and can hold their heads up themselves when you have them on your shoulder.  They eat every 3 hours still during the day but will go longer at night so they end up only taking 2 bottles in the night instead of 3. This has messed up our 5,8,11,2 feeding schedule obviously but they get themselves back on their 3 hour feeding schedule during the day, it just might be at 10am instead of 11am, etc. Every day is different on that regard. We do still try to keep them together on the same feeding schedule and mostly that has worked out but there's been a couple of nights where they've gotten off (when one of them really wants to sleep longer and won't wake up) and that does make it harder.  It makes it to where I'm virtually doing nothing but feeding or pumping.  Cooper eats 3.5 ounces and Brinley eats 3 ounces per bottle now which means we are having to supplement with formula a little less than half their bottles now. We're out of the milk I had been able to freeze while they were in the hospital.



Brinley and Cooper in their Mizzou gear getting ready to go out to lunch for our first Mother's Day. It was the first time we've taken them to a restaurant or really any public place besides the doctor.  They did great and slept the whole time!!

Brinley on the couch not wanting to be bothered

We used to keep them in swaddle sacks almost all of the time to keep them warm and because they seem to like it (they were swaddled 100% of the time in the NICU) but with the warmer weather and now that they are getting some fat on them (see the beginning of some chubby legs :)) we've been taking them out of the swaddles during the day.  We will still keep their legs covered while in their bouncy seats or swings but Brinley doesn't like it most of the time and kicks the blanket off then likes to kick her feet up and lounge a bit.

My cousin Sarah visited with her two kids, Ben and Kate. They were very good baby holders.

Me and Cooper at the restaurant on Mother's Day.

Cooper at the eye doctor. He did great with the eye dilation and with the exam. They said his eyes are healthy and look great, and that the cross eyes thing is fine/normal below 6 months of age and to just watch if he starts doing it more to come back in.  It was kinda fun to just go somewhere just me and Cooper (Brinley stayed home with Grandma Judy) and way so easy with just one baby!



Cooper sleeping hard

Cooper likes to sit in his bouncy chair and look outside.