Ma Ma Ma Ma....

Keegan wanting his mom. Thought that I would teach them how to say Mama, so that when they need something Im not the one being called!

{keegan: the ham}

This week has been big for Keegan. For the last 3 months he has been sleeping in the swing due to acid reflux and projectile spit up. We were terrified that he would spit up while asleep and choke. But he hardly ever spits up now. He has only had a handful of projectile spit up episodes in the last 3 months and on a day-to-day basis doesn't even spit up at all. So last Sunday Keegan was SO tired he fell asleep during his last feeding before bedtime. I thought, "what the heck" and decided to put him in his crib. Matthew and I had talked about this for a long time knowing that we would have to make the transition soon. But I was terrified because Keegan has a hard time falling asleep, but once asleep not much wakes him up. On Sunday I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to try since he was so tired. I knew if he didn't like it we could always put him back in the swing. Well it worked like a charm. I think he was just so drowsy that he didn't care where he was, as long as he was asleep. Last night we decided to try again, hoping that even though he was wide awake he would do okay. It worked again. Granted he did stay up talking for about 15 minutes, but at least he wasn't crying. He slept through the night both nights without waking up once. In fact in the last 2 nights he has done better than Carter and Carter has been sleeping in his crib since 6 weeks. Keegan still sleeps in the swing for naps, but we figure one step at a time and as long as he is sleeping through the night in his crib that is the most important part.

{carter: rolling, rolling, rolling}

A lot has happened, for Carter, in the last month. He is finally rolling over from front to back... but unlike Keegan he is able to roll from his left and his right side. Keegan right now is only able to roll from his right. He is also talking and giggling like crazy. He talks himself to sleep and he usually wakes up Keegan talking in the morning. Carter has also discovered toys. While sitting in his car seat he holds on to his toy monkey or plays with the little fruit on the ring. He has also become very mobile by scooting while on his back. We have witnessed him turn a full 360 while laying down and we now have to strap him into the bouncy seat or swing otherwise he will arch his back until he is laying on the floor. Thankfully we figured this out before he ended up on the floor from the swing. He will be turning 6mo this coming Thursday. More on that to come. We will post pictures we are going to have taken soon and stats after his check-up next week.

{RSV times 3 and outback}

RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) was passed around the Boggess house a couple of weeks ago. Keegan came down with it first. Matthew and I took him in to the doctor, although I was pretty sure it was RSV. The doctor confirmed the diagnosis, but was optimistic because his oxygen saturation was at 98%. She just said to keep a close eye on him and if he began to wheeze then to bring him back in.

Then a couple of days after Keegan contracted the virus, I came down with it. It had been a while since I was sick. The last time I was sick was right after we moved here about a year ago. I came down with really bad altitude sickness. But this cold was worse than when I had strep throat 5 times in one year and then had my tonsils out.

Soon after I became sick, Carter started to show symptoms. Matthew ended up taking Carter to the ER just to make sure his oxygen saturation was okay, which it was at 100%. Overall we were really lucky. The boys had a really mild case and never needed breathing treatments. Still I use to think that being a mom of twins was easy, but after having them sick at the same time as well as myself it was SO hard.

I am so blessed to have such a wonderful husband who spent his 4 days off taking care of the 3 of us. He let me sleep in quite often and go to bed early. He cooked dinner every night, changed a lot of diapers, bathed 2 sickos, and even bought me a bouquet of beautiful roses... and after about 2 weeks being cooped up and having cabin fever, Matthew treated me to a night out at Outback Steak House.

The roses Matthew bought me
Carter having his temperature taken. He ran a fever between 100 degrees F and 101.7 degrees F for a couple of days. But Keegan never did.
When I see this picture my heart just breaks remembering how bad Keegan was. Although neither boy needed breathing treatments, they both were really sick. Keegan is now not afraid to have his nose suctioned due to the excess amount we had to while he was sick. Carter actually never needed his nose suctioned, but both boys had a horrible cough. We actually had both of them sleeping in the swings for a couple of nights. We also separated them. Keegan slept in our room because his coughing would wake up Carter. So grateful to have my room back!!!

{family pics}

While my family was in town for Christmas, we were able to have family pictures taken. They turned out really well, but it was very cold the day we took them.

Mom and Dad
The kids

The family minus the additions

Andy and Ashleigh

Our little family. The boys did surprisingly well for how cold it was.

The whole clan

(pictures taken by Jason Mann www.polyscenic.com)

{the parable of the cowboy boots}

A long time ago, when my family still lived in Nebraska, we took a family vacation to Oregon to see extended family. While on our way back we were traveling on I-80 through Wyoming. My parents promised my sister, brother and I that if we were good we would stop at this particular cowboy store and we could all get a pair of cowboy boots. I really wanted red ones and so at first I tried extra hard to be good. One thing led to another and my sister and I ended up fighting like sisters sometimes do. We were so loud and obnoxious that we lost the privilege to own cowboy boots, but my brother was able to get a pair. Of course I didn't think it was fair and was probably even more obnoxious for the rest of the drive home. Now that I am a parent, I totally understand why I had to go without. But I guess my mom and dad felt bad that I never received my cowboy boots because they stopped at that same store on their way down for Christmas. My boys ended up with their first pair of cowboy boots, which I have to admit they are SO dang cute. They are even John Deere brand. So thanks mom and dad for the way cute cowboy boots!!!

{this-n-that}

This cluster of pictures were taken before Christmas. I still haven't sorted through all of the Christmas photos. Now that things have slowed down maybe I will get to them sometime this month.

This was right after bath time. This picture makes Carter's legs look like little chunks.
I guess the bath helped Keegan relax enough to take a nap. Doesn't he look like a hillbilly with just a bib and diaper on?

For those who have been around my children, you might have noticed that Carter doesn't blink too often. To be honest it is kind of freaky when he just stares at you, and this is the face he usually makes.

Either deep in thought, or extremely tired...