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This weekend was the first time the kids have been in spearate rooms. Little Man's room was finally finished and he moved in. We're rapidly trying to finish the beds for the girls. They are still sleeping on new mattresses on the floor. Photos will be...
This is a slow process. We're almost finished with the bunk beds for the girls. Their room has been painted, but not all the furniture is in place and the decorations aren't up yet. We've just started painting Little Man's room. It was sad when we were...
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We are working on getting the kids in different rooms. Little Man will stay in the same room. Squeaky and Blondie will be moving to a new room. They'll have bunk beds that we'll initially use as separate twin beds. Little Man will be getting a...
While we were at the beach, we ran across the show Yo Gabba Gabba on Nick Jr. The kids love it. We couldn't think of seeing a show like this before. The characters do silly, simple songs about keeping your hands to yourself and eating different foods....
We were playing an audiobook for the kids. It's a story for kids about a brother and sister that travel through time and visit historical events. At the end of the CD, there's a song sung by the brother and sister. The song is titled "What would...
4tunate
Instead of Blogging I am… ..Scrubbing toilets …Getting a haircut …Confirming reservations …Organizing the linen closet …Throwing out old makeup …Wiping noses …Loving on my newly turned 3 year olds …Filling up sippy cups …Taking deep breaths …Administering meds ...
A Miracle In Perspective: 1st Bottle
To celebrate the Miracle of our Quadruplets 3rd Year of Life, I’ve pulled out a few things from their day of birth to help put their tiny little miracle lives into perspective. It’s hard to comprehend just how small, yet perfect their little bodies were. ...
A Miracle In Perspective: Vitals
To celebrate the Miracle of our Quadruplets 3rd Year of Life, I’ve pulled out a few things from their day of birth to help put their tiny little miracle lives into perspective. It’s hard to comprehend just how small, yet perfect their little bodies were. I...
A Miracle In Perspective: Hospital Bracelet
To celebrate the Miracle of our Quadruplets 3rd Year of Life, I’ve pulled out a few things from their day of birth to help put their tiny little miracle lives into perspective. It’s hard to comprehend just how small, yet perfect their little bodies were. ...
A Miracle in Perspective: Preemie Diaper
To celebrate the Miracle of our Quadruplets 3rd Year of Life, I’ve pulled out a few things from their day of birth to help put their tiny little miracle lives into perspective. It’s hard to comprehend just how small, yet perfect their little bodies were. I...
A Miracle in Perspective: 1st Pictures
3 years ago today, they entered this world and we captured their first minutes in pictures… Henry Samuel Murray (Baby “A”) Born at 12:33 pm 2 lbs. 12 oz. 15 Inches Brooks Layton Murray ...
Dim Sum Mum - Tess' Little Pieces
today i was watching the news and i caught a news clip about the new USA FOR HAITI. they gave a brief broadcast of the song, i guess the whole thing will be revealed at the Vancouver Olympics but i......
claudine left hong kong. over Christmas she moved with her husband and kids to Brisbane. I never really saw much of Claudine after she met her mr right. they moved (and bought a place!) but she always had very cool,......
i've got your back, do you have mine?
today i was helping my friend sandi pack. friend sandi is leaving hong kong after 25 years in our fair city. that might be another blog for another day. however, at 2.35 i dutifully got up, brushed off my jeans......
when the friendly giant tootled out "early one morning" on his alto recorder i really really liked the recorder. when I had recorders for those elementary school years, i really liked the recorder. (I say recorder in plural because they......
i had a great day today. firstly, charles is home, and we still have episodes of THE RICHES to watch (YAY). secondly, today was a rugby tournament. all the kids went and played. sebastian and i stayed home in the......
i don't have facebook, but if i did, that would be my line. i am really grateful for this past week. God has been so good to me and my family and has blessed us all in so many ways.......
Laura's Mommy Journal
The second half of the San Diego trip
After we left Balboa Park, we drove to Orange County to meet with Erin and her family. I've never explained on my blog but my college friend Libby was childhood friends with Erin. Libby kept a pregnancy website that inspired me to start this blog when I got pregnant. Libby...
The first half of the San Diego trip
We crammed a ridiculous amount of stuff into our San Diego trip. The first day we went to Legoland and it was a blast. I always dreamed of taking my kids to amusement parks and VOILA! That day is here!For those not familiar with Legoland, it is an amusement park...
and I've got some serious snow shoveling to do. A proper post is coming soon after laundry and snow clean up. In the meantime I can tell you we had a fantastic trip.Fun at Legoland.Fun at the beach.Fun at sunset at the beach.Fun taking a mini-vacation.Seriously now I need to...
Jon travels almost every week for work but rarely gets more than a week's advance notice. Once a year, his company has a corporate retreat they plan well in advance. As soon as we found out the retreat was in San Diego, I jumped at the opportunity to cash in...
My plan to be Calvin's dad is not a good plan - edited
Long long LONG before I had kids, I read a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip where Calvin asked his dad why old pictures are in black and white. His dad told him the world used to be black and white and it turned color in the 1930s. Calvin asked why...
I am really struggling at this point with getting shots every day for my Project 365. The first problem is I found my main interest in taking pictures of people. I tried taking photos of objects but I found it boring and uninspiring. Then I learned at our house, I...
Raising Twins Blog
I am 19 years old and 8 weeks pregnant with twins. Since I am younger, am I more at risk for preterm labor and other twin pregnancy complications? Thanks...
Beckett and Bryce: My handsome twin bratty frats
I often joke that you can plan a pregnancy but you can't plan on having twins. My husband and I decided to try for our second child 8 months after losing...
diaper advice for expectant twin parents
Good Advice I got on diapers: The first thing I read was to buy diapers every week until I had the twins. Then I talked to several parents of twins and...
Twin Pregnancy Information - Answers to questions when you find out you're expecting twins!
Looking for twin pregnancy information? Find your answers here on what to expect while being pregnant with twins....
Morning sickness symptoms while certainly no fun, can actually be sign of a healthy pregnancy and sometimes a sign of a twin pregnancy! Read our article for some ideas on morning sickness cures....
I'm 36 weeks here with our fraternal twins. No stretch marks still, very lucky. I've gained 50lbs during the twin pregnancy, but it's alright I'm not complaining....
Twin Pregnancy Blog
TwoCute™ Twins Photo Contest - February 2010 Entry Caleb and Lucas all ready for their first Halloween. Thanks Mel for the costumes...
Feb 4, Miracle Mono-Mono Twins With Tangled Umbilical Cords
HI EVERYONE. I FOUND OUT AT 8 WEEKS THAT I WAS HAVING MONO-MONO TWINS. WE WERE TOLD THE ODDS OF THEM NOT SURVIVING AND ALL OF THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH...
TwoCute™ Twins Photo Contest - February 2010 Entry...
TwoCute™ Twins Photo Contest - February 2010 Entr...
Feb 3, Pelvic Pain In Twin Pregnancy?
I am currrently 33 1/2 weeks pregnant with twins of course...and a couple times now after getting out of the house I get horrible pelvic pain that shoots...
Feb 3, Annoying Twin Questions
Are you twins? It's sort of obivious since we are identical. Do you both have the same last name? Do you have the same dad? One of my teachers had...
Got Triplets?
Happy Birthday Mommy 1/23/2010!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy Birthday Mommy!!! We love you!!!!!...
Happy Birthday Nanna 1/14/10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy Birthday Nannna!!! Hope you had a great day!!! ...
Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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2009 Christmas Card!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Happy Birthday Auntie D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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3rd Birthday Pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mad About Multiples!
Attachment Scheduling: Surviving the First Year
Having multiples offers up a special set of challenges, but also the chance to have so much more fun. Looking back after surviving our first year with twins (and our first year as the parents of three busy girls) we......
Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends.... Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. ~Henry David Thoreau Easy for him to say. He didn't have three preschool daughters (twins plus one)! Since October, I......
In case of an emergency, call . . .
Photo4So how much should I teach the kids? I have told them that in an emergency (fire, etc.) they may open the front door (I never let them do this otherwise), even if it means that the house alarm goes off. We have wonderful neighbors and I have told...
Gemini Crickets joins Silicon Valley effort for Haiti Relief! BAKE SALE
In a community effort to make a powerful difference, Gemini Crickets is one of the organizations in Silicon Valley that has teamed up with PAMP (Palo Alto Menlo Park Parents Club) to fundraise for Haiti Earthquake victims. The Bake Sale......
Wears the Baby (Slings, Wraps, & Other Carriers)
I admit it. I'm lazy. I like to hold my kids, but I also want to get other stuff done, like loading the dishwasher and picking up toys. Yeah, right. Ha ha ha!! (Remember, I just said I was lazy.)......
On a Tuesday not so long ago, okay October 13th to be exact, I found myself in a rather peculiar situation. My 3½ almost four year old boys were playing harmoniously together. While this event has occurred in the past,......
Stories from the Heart
Two of the first triplets to be born in Jarrow have celebrated their 60th (Jarrow & Hebburn Gazette)
The triplets’ birth was reported on the front page of the Shields Gazette the following day before any of the babies were named. …...
Goodman, father of triplets, father figure to many (San Antonio Express)
SURVIVED BY: His wife Vickie Goodman; triplets Christopher, Rebecca and Lynnel Goodman; his nieces Lori Buswold and Becky Hamm; and several great-nieces and …...
Quadruplets safely delivered by caesarian section in Zambia (Demotix)
A 33-year-old woman from Musmali village in Mansa has given birth to quadruplets, one boy and 3 girls. The father of the babies, Emmanuel Semba 38, …...
Happy Birthday to Newborn Triplets and Father (KMEG 14)
(SIOUX CITY, IA) St. Luke’s welcomed its first triplets of 2010 around 7:30 AM Monday morning. In an instant, the family of Dawn Dodds and fiance Joey Bruns …...
West triplets double the fun (Marion Star)
By JESSICA CUFFMAN One local family has doubled in size with the addition of triplets, 10 days old today, …...
Goddess in Progress
Things I have used to bribe/entice/reward my daughter for using the potty in the last five days: M&Ms Games on my iPhone Books Songs Congratulatory phone calls to Daddy Grandma Grandpa Aunt Rachel Pennies (for her “collection”) We may be turning a bit of a corner, in that she has finally started telling me that she needs to use the potty....
O hai. Guess what? Potty training hasn’t killed me! I’m not sure I yet believe that it has, in any way, made me stronger. But I’m not dead yet. As I talked about on HDYDI today, we went for the cold-turkey approach with Becca. I more or less followed the advice given...
I’m really just piling it on deep, this week. We had a houseguest all week. A very nice, low-key friend, but an extra soul in the house nonetheless. I had a nasty head cold. A friend needed someone to watch her kids for most of the day, Wednesday. They’re friends of ours, and...
Last weekend, we gave the kids their first taste of the theater. Well, OK. Let’s not over-state things. It wasn’t Hamlet. It was Sesame Street Live. We went with a friend and her daughter, and I’m happy to report that it was a hit. It had several good things working in its...
Pretty much every day, my kids nap from around 1-3pm. Sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less (or, as in today, seemingly NOT AT ALL). But generally, I have a 2-ish hour break in the afternoon. As most other moms I know, especially those who are at home full-time,...
About two weeks ago, the inevitable happened. We had gone to visit my in-laws in Florida. It was a late-night arrival, and while the kids stayed awake pretty much the whole flight, Daniel passed out while leaning on me as we made our descent. I pulled him up to carry him,...
The Twinkies
How many days until it’s runni…
How many days until it’s running through the sprinkler weather?...
No, really child. We ARE going to the store and you WILL get dressed and if you don’t get moving and do it now I’ll be picking out your clothes and that will piss you off. She has taken herself into the playroom, closed the door and is...
Suppose I should suggest to th…
Suppose I should suggest to the children that they get dressed so we can go get some new fabric for swaddling babies....
I just sent another $75 per child off to their 529 accounts thanks to Google’s ads....
Midsummer Night’s Dream Review
Fiona has declared Midsummer Night’s Dream “silly, because the fairy gave him a donkey head instead of a clown head. The clown was a donkey.” A truer review never was written....
How to take a picture of a tod…
How to take a picture of a toddler… http://tinyurl.com/ylp6ber...
About.com Twins & Multiples
Friendships can be complicated for twins. Should they have the same friends? Different friends? Some of each? As twins grow up, these questions may be resolved naturally as they develop relationships. But sometimes, prickly situations arise, such as when one twin isn't invited, or when both twins are excluded from...
Photo reprinted with permission of May Cruz. Reign Margaret & Rafael are the Twins of the Week! The fraternal twins were five weeks old when this picture was taken. • Share your thoughts, opinions and advice in the comments section. • More Worldless Wednesday Posts on About.com.• Boy/Girl Twins Photo...
Ten for '10: Top Ten Double Jogger Strollers for Twins
In 2010, I'll be posting weekly "Ten for '10" features, top 10 lists about twins and multiples. This week, we focus on double jogger strollers. For active families who want to exercise or venture off the beaten path with their twins, double jogger-style strollers are the best option. While they're...
Working During Twin Pregnancy: Did You Have to Take Time Off?
"I worked full-time untill I was 39 weeks and 4 days pregnant, I still went in in the morning, and had the girls in the evening." -- Hadassahh"I had lots of contractions since 20 weeks and at week 22 -reduced hours, at 26 I was out on disability." -- Kimrob777...
Forum Friday: Really Uncomfortable Already
A reader writes: "I am 4 months, 1 week pregnant with twins and boy, this time around is so much different than with my four year old son. There are so many things about this pregnancy that I don't remember happening at all with my son. My hips have been...
Handling Homework with Multiples
It's midterm time in my household. With two sets of classes, there is a double dose of studying underway, but also a great deal of procrastination and blowing off steam. Getty Images / Digital Vision Although they do not share the same teachers or classes, there is some overlap in...
twinutero
I’m officially closing twinutero and moving on to different venues! Thanks to all who have read and commented in the past three years. I will keep the most popular posts up for a while longer, and archive the rest for my kids to read when they’re 25. I will also post a link...
Call Me Okaasan: Adventures in Multicultural Mothering was released on May 1. Edited by Suzanne Kamata, it contains essays by mothers around the world (including my essay “Carrying On”). Read an interview with Suzanne here. Find out more about the book here. No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related...
Twin Sense: A Sanity-Saving Guide to Raising Twins from Pregnancy Through the First Year. By Dagmara Scalise. 2009. Amacom. New York. I highly recommend this book for expectant or new parents of twins. Twin Sense is 200 pages of thoughtful advice from a mother of twins and an older sibling. I...
There are hundreds of parenting books out there, including dozens on twins and multiples (see, for example, my review of Twin Set, and soon-to-be-published review of Twin Sense). You could spend all your savings and half your life reading them. Most of my parenting friends shelved the books once the kids...
I read this book with a twinge of nostalgia – and nausea. My twins have now outgrown all-night breast-bottle feedings, infant bouts of inexplicable crying and multiple poops a day. The toddler years are not exactly peaceful, but that sickening sleep deprivation and round-the-clock care of the first year is over....
ICP is intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy. It’s a condition that can develop in the mother when bile flow within the liver is blocked. It usually occurs in the third trimester and the main symptom is intense itching. ICP is not dangerous for the mother but can be very dangerous, even...
The Joys of Twins
With the passing of the pacifier came a new development that I hadn’t expected. Forest doesn’t always nap now. Like Logan, it’s hit or miss and the days of the one hour afternoon quiet can’t be assumed. *sigh* Forest doesn’t do as well as Logan without...
Forest has been a pacifier junkie since birth. Before having kids I had a very strong dislike of pacifiers but was willing to let it slide for bedtimes. Logan gave his up at five months but we hit 3 years old with Forest and I was so ready...
The day we went in for the boys 3 year check up, Logan was running a low grade fever and both Forest and I were a bit under the weather as well with coughs and sniffles. A few days later and Forest is doing ok with only a small...
The boys went to the doctor this morning for the first time in a year for their 3 year check up. Because we have moved, I chose a new doctor much closer to the new house and loved the nurse and doctor. Very friendly and handled to rowdy...
Today is the boys’ 3rd birthday and I am celebrating with a day all to myself. Brad is out of town until tonight and the boys left yesterday with Dusty to spend their birthday weekend with their grandparents. As I sit down to write this, I think back...
The boys turn three years old this coming Saturday, December 12th. They certainly look and act like three year olds to me. It’s a magical, brilliant age and I can’t believe the time has flown by like it has. All of us parents say that, don’t we?...
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