The Name Game & Gripe Water

I've run into an interesting issue with my baby girl's name. It has only happened at the doctor's office, but apparently no one can phonetically process Alaina. The problem is we thought long and hard about how we wanted to spell it. There are literally a million ways: Alayna, Alana, Elena, Elaina, etc. I liked her name beginning with an A as opposed to an E. But for some reason all nurses/doctors keep saying UH-LON-UH. First of all, it doesn't even remotely look that way. Either people are lazy or just afraid so they guess how to pronounce. I hope she realizes she will have to correct everyone-and she'll like it.

I also got recommended this weird stuff by my pediatrician called gripe water. I had never heard of it, but I suppose I wouldn't having had no children prior to now. It's an all natural remedy for colic/gas that has surprisingly positive results. I tried it on Ryan last night and it had good results. We are slowly trying to create a routine so they both understand night/day and maybe sleep more.


Here's our "going out" hoodies: Alaina is already throwing up the peace sign!





























And lastly, here's some bedtime buddies shots:

To Feed or Not To Feed

Oh breastfeeding and I are not getting along. Just like my crazy hormonal mood swings have come and gone, so has the need to breastfeed. I will admit I was into it at first, but now it is just driving me crazy. It's a love/hate relationship really. I mean sometimes I am into it, but most of the time I am not. I am truly hoping my granola loving pediatrician doesn't shake his finger at me. I mean, come on, I fed two kids for six weeks! I am not actually concerned with what others will think, just mainly myself. I don't want to give up, but it's really not that easy. Even being at home on maternity leave with ample time to nurse and pump and I still feel stressed out. I am going to give it until we visit the pediatrician again next week and then more than likely will let it go.

In other news I am still trying to figure out how to get this guy to sleep:

He's so cute. He'd be even cuter if he slept at night. We are trying some different things and mommy is trying to remember this is baby wasn't even supposed to be born yet! Cut him some slack!



My sis snapped some good "together" pics last week:


I also had my friend Carly (who painted the nursery) come and take some pics for their birth announcement-those should be done soon!

Other than that everyone is doing well and growing! At last check Ryan was 5 lbs 13 oz and Alaina was a whopping 6 lbs 1 oz (she is our little fat elf!)

Sleep Is Overrated

Oh sweet children, why do you torture your daddy and me? For whatever reason, this seems scarce:
And only for this guy. I refer to him as Tater Pants. Or Fussy Face. But his name should be "Confused About What Time Of Day It Is." Obviously I'm a new parent and it shouldn't seem weird to me that my child insists on staying up all night and sleeping all day. I have no clue how to amend this because my doctors orders are to let them sleep and wake them every three hours to eat. Unfortunately my son wants to eat all night. He literally lays there and looks around and then thrashes his binky like I've never fed him before. I guess I'll have to seek some advice from blogs or something about what to do. We've rocked him, put him in the swing, held him, nursed him (just me) and all to no avail. He simply prefers the night life.

Luckily sister has no problem sleeping. Here's me and her and me thinking: "Thank god you sleep all the time."

Of course I say that and she'll be up all night tonight.

In other news the twins are one month old! Can you believe it? I can't. They barely seem like they were just born much less been around for a month. Now granted half of that time was spent in the hospital and we've only had them for a couple of weeks. They are getting nice chubby hands and cheeks and next week at the doc we'll see what their weights are. Until then, I will continue to appreciate not working so that I can sleep during the day. Tonight it will surely be me and Club Ryan.