A Place to Lay My Head.......eventually!

We are all so very blessed to have amazing people in our lives.  I've got an amazing friend who spent many hours away from her family helping me design and decorate the boys nursery.  If we are going to be completely honest, she did most of the work while I was "resting".



My coworker, Marisa, made this for the boys :)



Isn't the scoreboard cute....



The curtains were Courtney's first sewing project



So many toys and books already!

Kim Reile painted these letters for the boys

Rodney and Chinh, my brother in law had their first experience putting up a chair rail.  I think it turned out great!  I feel so blessed to have all of these wonderful people in my life.  The nursery turned out amazing and at some point the boys will be enjoying playtime and sleeptime in their new digs.

Many, many thanks to Courtney, Kim, and Chinh...you are such a blessing to all the Stonemans. 

Two Months Old Already....

I can't believe how time has flown by...Brady and Owen are two months old and growing so fast!

Current Stats:  Actual age 8 weeks 1 day old
                       Gestational age 2 weeks 3 days old
                       Brady 7 lbs 13 oz
                       Owen 7 lbs 5 oz

They are starting to getting little fat rolls and rounded cheeks.  It's going to get harder and harder to pick them both up with one arm :)

Here's some photos of the last couple weeks.



Doing a little tummy time



 



I just love this thing :)



What did you say?!?

   My mom (Grammy) came to stay with us for a week when Rodney went back to work.  It was a relief to have another person around during the day for that extra set of hands.  You don't realize how stressful it can be when you have you hands full with one boy and the other one is screaming at you.



Thanks Grammy!

Even with the help it was still exhausting to be up a couple times a night and still go to work....as the boys at work would say "Poor Rodney"

Grandpa even came over and cleaned the carpets one day.  Now we can put the boys down on their playmats and only get a few dog hairs on them as opposed to all of Ike's winter coat!  He even managed a little snuggle with Owen.  Thank you so much!!

When the weather got a little warmer I managed to get the boys fed, dressed and out the door for a walk around the neighborhood.  I didn't realize how much I had missed the outdoors until we were in the sun.  It's been at least 3 months since I have been able to get around so it was a wonderful change!  It only took us 20 minutes to get prepped for our 30 minute walk :)  I guess it will get easier somewhere around age 15....

It's been an exhausting month getting everyone settled and trying to establish some sort of routine.  We are by no means in a routine yet but we are loving every moment of having our boys home!  I'm getting anxious for the end of RSV season so we can get out more and begin to have every one meet Brady and Owen.  Time to sign off and feed someone or change someone or do some laundry or pump or.....well, you get the idea!

Finally asleep after a VERY LONG DAY!

Bothered by the paparazzi already!!

The boys had their first official photo session before leaving the hospital.  When the nurses told me to bring a "picture outfit" for the boys as part of our discharge checklist, I admit that I was a little skeptical of what that meant.  All hospital pictures that I have ever seen are of a confused looking baby swaddled in the hospital blanket with the gender neutral striped hat.  This was completely different!

The pictures are absolutely amazing and were done right at their bedside in their NICU crib!  The company really has it figured out because they put together a slide show right after to show you the pictures and it has this great music that just brings tears to your eyes.  They have got to be making a killing!!