The Blame Game

As you can see below, it has already started.

It wasn't me!  It was my twin!

Hiding my twin did it shirt with a cool bib!

A better view of the bibs for my first Christmas bib!

Christmas time outfit pictures

Here are some pictures of the boys, who are unbelievably 5 months old already.  These pictures are of some outfits and sleepers showing how excited and ready the boys are for Christmas!  Enjoy.

Do you like our Santa bibs?

"Mom, is Santa here yet?  I am so ready for Christmas!" - Mark

"Mom, don't I look cute as a button?" - Jack

Mommy said that if I have tummy time that Santa would definitely come.  Well, we haven't seen him yet.  Where is he?

These are our Christmas sleepers.  We like them but are curious at why our feet look like reindeer?  Who came up with that idea?

Mommy likes pictures with us being really close together.  Did she forget that we were inside her snug as a button for 9 months?

Why does our bottom have a picture of Blitzen on it?  Or is that Donner?  Comet?  Or is that Dean Smith and Roy Williams?

We talked Mommy and Daddy into sleeping downstairs to wait for Santa.  We hope he comes tonight!

It's talk to the hand, not eat it!

Mark mistook Jack's hand for some food yesterday.  Take a look.

On the Mend

It has been an interesting week here at the DeVault house.  It started last Friday when Jack came down with RSV.  On Saturday, Mark succombed to peer pressure and wanted and received what Jack had.  He came down with a milder version of RSV.  On Saturday, Heather started feeling like she was getting a cold.  On Monday, everyone had something except Craig, who had probably given his cold to Heather.  So, big props to Granna and Grandpa, who stayed with Heather and the boys all day Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.  Then to top it all off, the heat went out on our downstairs unit on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning.  It was off for two days.  So, even though Heather started turning the corner on Wednesday, the entire family spent all day Wednesday and Thursday upstairs in the bonus room.  Luckily, our house has two separate units, one for the first floor and one for upstairs.  The heat came back on Thursday around 6 PM.

Everyone is almost 100% now.  Mark is 100%.  Heather is 95%.   Jack is 90%.  We are glad that we avoided the bronchilitis that can evolve from RSV. 

Now, the only thing we need to do is to make up the 3 or 4 days we lost due to sickness as it is less than a week to Christmas and we need to get out Christmas cards and wrap gifts.  No relaxation over here.

Our first sick child...

We noticed last night that Jack had started coughing and sneezing a bit.  During the night last night, we heard him coughing on three different occasions.  I called the pediatrician this morning and we got an appointment to take him in.  He did not have a fever this morning, just a cough. The dr. did a test for RSV (a respiratory virus) and H1N1. Jack tested positive for RSV and negative for H1N1.  There is really no medicine for RSV. We were advised to use saline drops, a humidifier and the aspirator.  We are monitoring it closely so it doesn't turn into bronchialitus.  Please pray for Jack that he gets better real soon and also pray for Mark that he doesn't get it.  RSV is very contagious, so we are doing our best to keep Mark from getting it too.  Being the Type A personality that I am, I have labeled things that we used to share between the boys and am trying to keep things as separated as possible.  We'll see how it goes!  It's tough as parents to see your child not feeling well for the first time ever!  Hoping we post again real soon that all is well at our house and we're all healthy!  Thanks for the prayers!

A long night's sleep....

On Wednesday night, Jack and Mark slept through the night for the first time!!!  Craig and I woke up at 5:30 and realized we had not been woken up yet for a feeding.  I woke up with a very sore back.  I think it was due to the fact that I had not been in bed that long in months.  I had been in the bed for 6.5 hours!!!  I got up and checked on both boys and then we went back to sleep.  I woke up again at 6:45 and my back was hurting so bad I had to get up.  Then, at 7am, we woke the boys up to feed them.  Who knows how long they may have slept???  We're hoping this is the beginning of a new trend!

This we just had to show you

Ever since Jack was about 6-8 weeks old, we noticed that he likes to really throw his head back when he is sleeping.  It doesn't matter if he is in the crib, bouncy, pack-n-play, or even on the floor.  There isn't more than I can say but man, it really doesn't look comfortable.  But he loves it and sleeps like this at least 2/3 of the time. An underestimated thing about this picture is that his sock is half off, which is reminiscient of a trait that his dad has. We took a picture of this to share with everyone.  Enjoy!

One Month from Today...

One month from today will be Jack and Mark's first day at daycare and Mommy's first day back at work.  They will be attending daycare at SAS where Craig works. The building for the infants is just across the street from Craig's building on SAS' campus. It will be nice to have them so close to him.  We went yesterday to meet the infant daycare director, Jack and Mark's teachers and their little classmates.  Their teachers will be Ms. Michelle, Ms. Stacey and Ms. Wendy.  Ms. Wendy is a floater between two classes.  We were very impressed with the classroom and the daycare in general.  Sure hope we still feel that way after they've been there for awhile!  Heather, Jack and Mark are going back to daycare on December 16th to spend a coule of hours so the teachers can get to know the boys even better....(and provide Heather a little more comfort too!).  Heather has mixed feelings about going back to work.  It will definitely be good to get back to work, see all of her friends at work and start using her brain a little more regularly.  However, it will also be hard to leave the boys with someone outside of family (which is all we've left them with thus far).  So, keep us in your thoughts and prayers and hopefully this transition will go smoothly and work out well for all of us!

One Year Ago Today.....

One year ago today, our dream came true and our prayers were answered....we found out we were expecting!!!  We were thrilled with excitement and somewhat shocked that it had finally come true!  We can't believe that it has already been a year!  What an exciting year it has been filled with lots of "firsts"!  We have thoroughly enjoyed the journey of being parents and look forward to many more years of happiness with Jack and Mark!  Thanks to all of you for your prayers and support along the way!