Sunday, December 20, 2009

We're Wireless!!

Big, big news! As of Friday afternoon, Charlie and Lily are officially OFF the apnea monitors!! Their last monitor review showed that neither had any episodes to speak of, so the monitors are out of here. We are so excited - we really thought we'd have the monitors until at least March, so to be completely wireless before Christmas is so great! At the moment we're still using the monitors at bedtime because we haven't set up the Angel Care ones in their cribs yet, but as soon as we do that the monitors will be gone forever. (We don't NEED the Angel Care monitors or anything, it's just for our own peace of mind!) I am very glad they came home on the monitors as it helped Joe and I relax a bit, but now we are totally over the cords and wires and beeping. So yay for Charlie and Lily - such super babies!

I realize that we spend a lot of time on this blog with Lily stories. She's such a quirky, funny baby! But I feel like I must now talk about my Charlie a bit. He is just the world's easiest, sweetest, most lovable baby. He is SO good! He's happy to do whatever we want him to. He'll gladly sit for hours in the kitchen with me watching me do chores and bake. He smiles and laughs so easily. When he sees me, his whole face lights up and he breaks into a huge smile. He'll then follow me everywhere with his eyes and watch the doorway when I've left the room waiting for me to come back. I could not have asked for a better son. I often feel like I don't deserve the love and adoration he has for me. I hope I can be the kind of mommy he seems to think I am!

In other news, we got some serious snow here this weekend. I'm guessing there's about a foot and a half to shovel out of. Why do these storms happen on weekends? What a waste - we would have liked Daddy to have a snow day!

My sweet, sweet Charlie!
This playmat was handed down to us by a triplet mommy whose daughters spent time in St. Peter's NICU. I pulled it out the other day because I thought the babies were getting bored with their playmat. Charlie LOVED it! The first time I put him on it he stayed for an hour and 15 minutes smiling and staring at everything!
Feeding time! We've easily mastered the double feeding. Look at Joe go! (And look at the snow falling! That was just the beginning. Roger had the time of his life at that window yesterday.)
I forgot that we had these bathrobes, a gift from Aunt Linda. I found them in the closet yesterday and of course had to put on a baby fashion show. Lily doesn't look too thrilled though.
Note to self: Do not attempt baby photo shoots at 8:30 pm right before bath and bedtime bottles. Babies are tired, hungry and cranky. This is how we ended the picture taking - Charlie was trying to eat Lily and Lily was trying to eat the couch.
Charlie and I spent several hours baking our Christmas cookies yesterday - it was a great snowy day activity. All went well until we made the peanut butter blossoms and I dropped every last one of them on the kitchen floor. So much deliciousness gone to waste.

16 comments:

JoLynn said...

I am so excited for you that they aren't on monitors any more! You won't miss it at all. I think Adam and Sara have the same robes. I haven't even thought to dig them out yet. As for the cookies...don't tell anyone but I probably would have eaten one off the floor. I saw the recipe in a Parents magazine last night and had a craving for them!

Meg said...

What fantastic news!!! What a great Christmas present!!! :)

Rebecca, from CT said...

What a wonderful Christmas present!!! So glad all the wires and monitors are gone!!! And I agree with JoLynn, I might have sneaked a taste off the floor.

Jayme said...

YAY for no wires! I hated those beeps, they were SO loud and obnoxious! I loved when our two were free of them! (but I will admit to putting them on them at night afterwards- I slept better LOL)

Jen said...

Such great news on the monitors! I can't get over how much they have changed in only a month! Bummer on the cookies tho!

Anonymous said...

Yay for being wireless... and some chunky babies :) I love those thighs!!
And I probably would have eaten some of the cookies as well... shh!! :)
Have a VERY Merry Christmas... you deserve it!!!

Brooke said...

Oh, I didn't say that I DIDN'T eat any cookies off the floor...

Colleen said...

Yay for no monitors! And the pictures of Charlie and Lily together being silly continue to crack me up!

carrie said...

Congrats! What a great early Christmas present! We've still got our littlest guy on the monitor/oxygen for a while, but I know it will be a happy day when we are wireless/tubeless! What a great milestone for your little miracles!

Anonymous said...

Congrats!! What a wonderful Christmas Present!!! And for you Brooke, you ARE that special mommy that Charlie thinks you are!!! I'm so happy for all of you & hope you have the best Christmas EVER! You guys deserve it very much!!

Lauren Grace said...

Congrats on being beep free from those monitors! My son came off a few days before Christmas last year and it was just so wonderful to be able to enjoy Christmas with him, without those pesky wires in the way all the time!!!

Merry Christmas to all of you!!! May the babies enjoy every moment of their first Christmas with Mommy & Daddy! :)

Kris said...

Great News and right before Christmas!

Kristine McKowen said...

Awesome news! Can't believe how big they are getting - and look at the squeezable chubness of those baby thighs!

Happy Holidays!

Anonymous said...

YIPPIE FOR NO MORE WIRES... Just keep them on the Angel monitors...
I'd feel safer as well...

And would you look at those chubby thighs. YES... I want to eat them up... What good taste that robe picker outer has... Of course she had some pretty good models to work with it... :)

Brooke - little boys love their Mommies dearly... Enjoy that love for the rest of your life... And don't ever second guess what you deserve. You are a wonderful mother and your children can feel that. Just look at the smile on their faces when you walk in that room... That says it all...

All My Love, Auntie :) xoxoxoxo

Lindsay said...

woo-hoo for wireless!!

Cindy said...

Congrats! No more apnea monitors!!!