Monday, August 13, 2012
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
So Many Changes
This last month has been crazy to say the least. Crazy in every sense of the word. I wrote up this long summary of the day the boys were born but I never got a chance to finish it and I have since lost interest in describing what I felt on that wonderful day. Since then, the boys have been home and things have been quite a learning experience. I've learned about their different types of cries, different types of formula, different positions to hold them to get a burp out...but that first week for me was very hard. Changing them for the first few times at home was tough for me because they would be screaming their little heads off while I cleaned them. (they still do that btw) and then they would pee on me and I would freak out and get frazzled. And then I would get emotional when I would see their little tears because i would think i wasnt doing a good job. But Lisa has been there to help me out and encourage me to remain calm. And also teach me a few things about soothing them. That's probably been the biggest change for me...turning into a "dad".
I love watching them sleep, seeing their funny facial reactions. Sometimes they laugh out loud too which my sister has said when they do that, the angels are playing with them. I've always felt like my dad has been my guardian angel since he passed and its comforting to think he's playing with them in their little dreams. I know he's watching over all of us.
I love sneaking in kisses when they're fidgeting for a bottle. I actually had to shave off my stache cuz Lisa claims its irrititating their skin. But I don't believe it. Isnt it just baby acne?! Either way, I'm never gonna stop kissing them while they're this little because I will never get this time back with them. Each day goes by and they get bigger and bigger and they will soon not want to cuddle at all once they start crawling around.
Our house has also changed since they have arrived. Baby stuff is everywhere! We actually bought new couches because our sectional just wasn't cutting it anymore. And of course the day we bought the couch our living room TV broke! Yes ive been dying to get a new TV for a few years now but the timing was just so funny. We got a leather sofa and loveseat this time so we have more room down here. And I just ordered a new plasma from amazon which I can't wait to set up.
This parenting stuff is hard work. I may be sleep deprived but there's nothing more rewarding than spending time with Lisa and our sons especially this early in the game. That father-son bond is growing each day and I love it.
Can't wait to share some more thoughts with all of you. Below are a few pics of our sweet little guys and also our new Living Room set! (we ran out of bibs yesterday and had to do a wash so yeah, pink was all we had hahaha)
I love watching them sleep, seeing their funny facial reactions. Sometimes they laugh out loud too which my sister has said when they do that, the angels are playing with them. I've always felt like my dad has been my guardian angel since he passed and its comforting to think he's playing with them in their little dreams. I know he's watching over all of us.
I love sneaking in kisses when they're fidgeting for a bottle. I actually had to shave off my stache cuz Lisa claims its irrititating their skin. But I don't believe it. Isnt it just baby acne?! Either way, I'm never gonna stop kissing them while they're this little because I will never get this time back with them. Each day goes by and they get bigger and bigger and they will soon not want to cuddle at all once they start crawling around.
Our house has also changed since they have arrived. Baby stuff is everywhere! We actually bought new couches because our sectional just wasn't cutting it anymore. And of course the day we bought the couch our living room TV broke! Yes ive been dying to get a new TV for a few years now but the timing was just so funny. We got a leather sofa and loveseat this time so we have more room down here. And I just ordered a new plasma from amazon which I can't wait to set up.
This parenting stuff is hard work. I may be sleep deprived but there's nothing more rewarding than spending time with Lisa and our sons especially this early in the game. That father-son bond is growing each day and I love it.
Can't wait to share some more thoughts with all of you. Below are a few pics of our sweet little guys and also our new Living Room set! (we ran out of bibs yesterday and had to do a wash so yeah, pink was all we had hahaha)
Monday, July 30, 2012
The Boys!
I've neglected to blog for the past month but with good reason! On June 30th 2012, our boys were born. Jericho David and Grayson Felix came into this world on a beautiful Saturday morning at 10:55am and 10:56am respectively. On Friday night, we went to the hospital because Lisa's BP was pretty high and was showing no signs of going down. So we both took a shower and got ready and decided to take all of our bags with us 'just in case.' I also took my camera bag, I definitely didn't want to leave that at home!
So we headed to JCMC where we've been going for all of our appointments and was hooked up to take another NST. Soon after, the doctors came in and said they were admitting her overnight because her BP was still high and being that she is pregnant with twins at 36 weeks, there is a chance that something bad can happen if we were sent home. She was put on strict bed rest for the first time and she hated it, mainly because of the bathroom situation hahaha. But anyway, I slept on the couch and was pretty cold because for some reason, I decided to go to the hospital wearing short sleeves. But anyway, so I probably got about 2 hours of sleep and woke up around 6am. Then our doctor who was on call that day happened to be at the hospital so he peeked on to check on us and said "it's a sign that you're here. lets go ahead and do the c-section today." When he left the room, I was like "HuuWhhatttt?!!!!" hahahha We were totally excited and caught off guard honestly. We both thought we were gonna get sent home. So we made our phone calls to our families and friends and everyone was crazy excited. The C-section was scheduled for 10:30am. They wheeled Lissy in first to get prepped and numbed and whatnot and I stayed behind in our room waiting for the nurse to call me in. I was quite nervous and excited. I said a silent prayer for Lisa and the boys and just daydreamed, thinking what these little humans will look like. Finally after 15 minutes, they called me in to the OR and there I saw Lissy all laid out with a huge curtain covering her bottom half. After hearing the doctors yapping in the back, I tried my best to keep Lissy entertained. I was so amped for this. The nurse stood me up as they were about to pull out Jericho and seeing that wasn't disgusting at all. It was the most beautiful rewarding experience of my entire life. As soon as he popped out, I saw his face and said "holy shit, he looks just like Lisa!"
So we headed to JCMC where we've been going for all of our appointments and was hooked up to take another NST. Soon after, the doctors came in and said they were admitting her overnight because her BP was still high and being that she is pregnant with twins at 36 weeks, there is a chance that something bad can happen if we were sent home. She was put on strict bed rest for the first time and she hated it, mainly because of the bathroom situation hahaha. But anyway, I slept on the couch and was pretty cold because for some reason, I decided to go to the hospital wearing short sleeves. But anyway, so I probably got about 2 hours of sleep and woke up around 6am. Then our doctor who was on call that day happened to be at the hospital so he peeked on to check on us and said "it's a sign that you're here. lets go ahead and do the c-section today." When he left the room, I was like "HuuWhhatttt?!!!!" hahahha We were totally excited and caught off guard honestly. We both thought we were gonna get sent home. So we made our phone calls to our families and friends and everyone was crazy excited. The C-section was scheduled for 10:30am. They wheeled Lissy in first to get prepped and numbed and whatnot and I stayed behind in our room waiting for the nurse to call me in. I was quite nervous and excited. I said a silent prayer for Lisa and the boys and just daydreamed, thinking what these little humans will look like. Finally after 15 minutes, they called me in to the OR and there I saw Lissy all laid out with a huge curtain covering her bottom half. After hearing the doctors yapping in the back, I tried my best to keep Lissy entertained. I was so amped for this. The nurse stood me up as they were about to pull out Jericho and seeing that wasn't disgusting at all. It was the most beautiful rewarding experience of my entire life. As soon as he popped out, I saw his face and said "holy shit, he looks just like Lisa!"
Friday, June 22, 2012
Contractions
Lisa is now 35 weeks! I'm so happy she's made it this far with twins, truly a blessing.
Ever since the 33 week mark, our doctor appts have been every week instead of every 2 weeks, which definitely puts me at ease just in case anything unexpected arises. A new addition to our appointments have been the NST which is the Non-Stress Test. It measures the babies heartbeats and is supposed to detect contractions and how close they are, etc. Our 33 week NST went great. She stayed hooked up to the machine for about a half hour and the doctor came in and signed off on the results which he said were great consindering they're twins in there. And then last week, we heard that big word...contractions! She was hooked up to the machine for about an hour and the nurse came by, took a look at the printout of the results and said "did you know you had 4 small contractions in the last hour?" and then she walked away. We both looked at each other like "Huuwhhhattttt?!" A million thoughts ran through my head from " i still have to put in the car seats" to "i have to still practice shooting video on my new camera." She stayed on the machine probably for another half hour and the doctor came by, took a look at the results and said he'll see us next week and if anything out of the ordinary happens, to come to the hospital. WHEW that was a relief. I googled contractions and it turns out women can have contractions that can last days, even weeks. My co-worker Kevin, who had twins a few months ago said contractions can last throughout the whole pregnancy. I'm definitely nervous about this upcoming life-change but hearing the word "contractions" really freaked me out. I stayed home the rest of the day to keep an eye on Lisa. After laying on her back for so long, she had a hard time walking which freaked me out further. Because in the morning on the way to the doctor's, she was fine. But after, I had to help her walk and get in and out of the car because of the all the pain that Baby A was causing since he's already upside-down and low.
On Wednesday we hit our 35 week mark and had our appointment on that Tuesday and it went great. During the sonogram, BOTH boys faced us for the first time and the "sonogram-ologist" [is that not their title?] was able to snap a picture of it. She said that they finally cooperated and didn't decide to hide this time.
We've got another 2 weeks to go until the craziness starts and we're both ready...sort of...its go time!
Ever since the 33 week mark, our doctor appts have been every week instead of every 2 weeks, which definitely puts me at ease just in case anything unexpected arises. A new addition to our appointments have been the NST which is the Non-Stress Test. It measures the babies heartbeats and is supposed to detect contractions and how close they are, etc. Our 33 week NST went great. She stayed hooked up to the machine for about a half hour and the doctor came in and signed off on the results which he said were great consindering they're twins in there. And then last week, we heard that big word...contractions! She was hooked up to the machine for about an hour and the nurse came by, took a look at the printout of the results and said "did you know you had 4 small contractions in the last hour?" and then she walked away. We both looked at each other like "Huuwhhhattttt?!" A million thoughts ran through my head from " i still have to put in the car seats" to "i have to still practice shooting video on my new camera." She stayed on the machine probably for another half hour and the doctor came by, took a look at the results and said he'll see us next week and if anything out of the ordinary happens, to come to the hospital. WHEW that was a relief. I googled contractions and it turns out women can have contractions that can last days, even weeks. My co-worker Kevin, who had twins a few months ago said contractions can last throughout the whole pregnancy. I'm definitely nervous about this upcoming life-change but hearing the word "contractions" really freaked me out. I stayed home the rest of the day to keep an eye on Lisa. After laying on her back for so long, she had a hard time walking which freaked me out further. Because in the morning on the way to the doctor's, she was fine. But after, I had to help her walk and get in and out of the car because of the all the pain that Baby A was causing since he's already upside-down and low.
On Wednesday we hit our 35 week mark and had our appointment on that Tuesday and it went great. During the sonogram, BOTH boys faced us for the first time and the "sonogram-ologist" [is that not their title?] was able to snap a picture of it. She said that they finally cooperated and didn't decide to hide this time.
We've got another 2 weeks to go until the craziness starts and we're both ready...sort of...its go time!
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Paper
The Nerahoo iPad app of the month is Paper by FiftyThree. Lisa loves this app and has drawn tons of caricatures of us and our friends...and also any random person she sees on TV. Check out the video below which was drawn and edited all on the iPad.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Happy 5 years to us!
Just a day late but...
2 buns in the oven + iPad 3 = the perfect 5 year anniversary!
I love when Lisa surprises me with a crazy gift. A few nights ago, she was asking me all these random questions about the size of my iPhone and iPad 2. And then on Friday she said she was going to Target to get me a anni gift so of course I thought I was getting a piece of furniture or t-shirts. But instead got this bad boy! I know you must be thinking I'm spoiled since I have the iPad 2 already but hey, this one has the retina display!! And Lisa will get the iPad 2 which I know she is ecstatic with because she is obsessed with this drawing app called Paper.
So what did I get Lissy? A very cool Gucci bag! We both thought this would be our last time buying each other expensive gifts with the babies coming hahahaha
To start off the day I made us some yummy Belgian Waffles. We built our first crib and we watched Snow White and the Huntsman. We're really party animals!
Indeed I couldn't be happier this year. We've both been so blessed! Here's to another 100 years of happiness!
2 buns in the oven + iPad 3 = the perfect 5 year anniversary!
I love when Lisa surprises me with a crazy gift. A few nights ago, she was asking me all these random questions about the size of my iPhone and iPad 2. And then on Friday she said she was going to Target to get me a anni gift so of course I thought I was getting a piece of furniture or t-shirts. But instead got this bad boy! I know you must be thinking I'm spoiled since I have the iPad 2 already but hey, this one has the retina display!! And Lisa will get the iPad 2 which I know she is ecstatic with because she is obsessed with this drawing app called Paper.
So what did I get Lissy? A very cool Gucci bag! We both thought this would be our last time buying each other expensive gifts with the babies coming hahahaha
To start off the day I made us some yummy Belgian Waffles. We built our first crib and we watched Snow White and the Huntsman. We're really party animals!
Indeed I couldn't be happier this year. We've both been so blessed! Here's to another 100 years of happiness!
Saturday, June 2, 2012
The Nursery!
Here are some before and after pics of the babies' room...
When we first bought the house back in 2006, this room which was labeled the "guest room" was the only one we never painted. We figured if we have guests, we don't want them to feel TOO comfy here and would in turn have to leave at some point hahaha. But anyway, what do you think of the color choice eh? I didnt want to go with the typical "blue room for the boys" so we chose a light brown for the walls and a yellow for the accents. Also, my office is blue so I didn't want 2 blue rooms in the house because well...thats just crazy-talk. At first, I thought the light brown looked too much like our living room and dining room downstairs but the next day after the paint dried and settled, I was very happy with how it came out. The yellow was an on-the-spot choice we made at Lowes. I figured I'll paint one window frame, see how it looked, and if I didn't like it, I'll just paint it white again. But I thought it looked pretty neat and decided to apply it to the trim, closet frame and door frame.
Since Lissy has been pregnant, I tried to cut down on all the hip hop I listen to and instead we've been listening to a lot of The Beatles. While I was painting and listening to Biggie/Fab/Wu/Drake I found myself getting really amped up. So I switched the playlist to Beatles and it was so much more relaxing and calming...just what I needed to finish it up in 6 hours and 2 coats...
My favorite Beatles tracks:
The Ballad of John and Yoko
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Yellow Submarine
Strawberry Fields Forever
[BTW if any of you want the entire Beatles Collection, let me know, I'll hook it up FEEL ME!]
A special thank you to the Duncan Family for hooking it up with the changing table dresser. They've helped us out so much throughout the pregnancy. Carly was the first person I told about the twins and she has been so supportive to Lissy, offering her some great advice and tips. I couldn't be more thankful to have met such an awesome person at MTV many years ago.
So what do you crazy kids think of the room? Only about 6 more weeks to go yeahhh [fist pump]!!!
When we first bought the house back in 2006, this room which was labeled the "guest room" was the only one we never painted. We figured if we have guests, we don't want them to feel TOO comfy here and would in turn have to leave at some point hahaha. But anyway, what do you think of the color choice eh? I didnt want to go with the typical "blue room for the boys" so we chose a light brown for the walls and a yellow for the accents. Also, my office is blue so I didn't want 2 blue rooms in the house because well...thats just crazy-talk. At first, I thought the light brown looked too much like our living room and dining room downstairs but the next day after the paint dried and settled, I was very happy with how it came out. The yellow was an on-the-spot choice we made at Lowes. I figured I'll paint one window frame, see how it looked, and if I didn't like it, I'll just paint it white again. But I thought it looked pretty neat and decided to apply it to the trim, closet frame and door frame.
Since Lissy has been pregnant, I tried to cut down on all the hip hop I listen to and instead we've been listening to a lot of The Beatles. While I was painting and listening to Biggie/Fab/Wu/Drake I found myself getting really amped up. So I switched the playlist to Beatles and it was so much more relaxing and calming...just what I needed to finish it up in 6 hours and 2 coats...
My favorite Beatles tracks:
The Ballad of John and Yoko
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Yellow Submarine
Strawberry Fields Forever
[BTW if any of you want the entire Beatles Collection, let me know, I'll hook it up FEEL ME!]
A special thank you to the Duncan Family for hooking it up with the changing table dresser. They've helped us out so much throughout the pregnancy. Carly was the first person I told about the twins and she has been so supportive to Lissy, offering her some great advice and tips. I couldn't be more thankful to have met such an awesome person at MTV many years ago.
So what do you crazy kids think of the room? Only about 6 more weeks to go yeahhh [fist pump]!!!
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