The Dallas Arboretum

So Saturday we decided to make the trek to the Dallas Arboretum. They have some really cool pumpkin things and I was dying to get a picture of Emma and Levi in the pumpkins. Yes, I know I am weird!  So anyway. Before going we did not know that it was family fun day. Ooops. So lets just say it was crowded and twins draw attention. I cannot count how many times I said please don't touch them. They are preemies and can get sick easily. Since when did it become acceptable to touch other peoples children? Anyway.

We arrived and I unloaded the kids, the stroller, their bags, the camera, my purse and me.  We made our way into the arboretum and not two minutes after entering Levi started screaming. Not fussing but full on someone must be killing me screaming. That was fun. People were staring and I was trying my hardest to get him calm.  He literally screamed for a good 45 minutes. He wouldn't eat, he just wanted to scream. Finally I got him calm, he ate and then passed out. Needless to say our first trip to the arboretum was a little rough.  We did manage to get one picture with the pumpkins. So here is the picture I wanted!  Was it worth all the screaming? Maybe!l l

Oh and let me just say God was watching over us because in all the crazy unloading I left the car keys just sitting on the back bumper. Yes, they were there the entire time we were in the arboretum and luckily were there when we got back.  I had no idea that I even left them. Someday I will get better at taking them places!

Happy Halloween!

Saturday Morning Picture Dump

We had a busy week.  I will write more about our adventure with the helmet people! Blah!  Anyway! Here are some pictures from the past week.

Love them!!!  Have a great weekend!

PT and a Weekend Recap

Today we had Levi's Physical Therapy evaluation.  It was interesting but they
didn't tell me anything that I wasn't expecting. Levi does indeed have tortacollis. His head circumference is off by almost 2 cm on the right side.  Because of his stiff muscles in the left side of his neck, his head goes to the right and down a little. This has caused the right side of his head to be flat. Which has pushed his right eat and right forehead forwards.  Ouch. This momma was hoping wait no I was praying that we would go to PT and they would tell me that they could cure this! But no such luck. Why would it be that easy.  The nice PT woman said that she can almost guarantee that my baby boy will need a helmet. Boo!!! 

So we are off to the helmet people on Wednesday.  I spent most of the day looking up ways to make his helmet look cool!  Because my boy must look cool! ha!  The PT who I will now call *Jill said that Levi will now need to come back every week. So we have a standing appointment on Mondays.  She also gave us some fun exercises to do at every diaper change. Umm these are not fun and have so far resulted in screaming.  Ugh!  I hope that these will help his sweet little neck and he will be forever grateful for having a nicely shaped head!

We had a pretty uneventful weekend. Our family including my sister and her kids have been battling the stomach bug! I hope none of you have had it because it was not fun!  On Sunday everyone was feeling a little better so we got dressed up in some Halloween clothes and went to a local carnival.  Of course I did not get any pictures of us there! Oops. I am hoping we will all feel better this week in order to go to the arboretum and see all the pumpkins. I'm dying to get a picture of my babies in the pumpkins. OK so now I rambling so I will leave you with a few pictures!

Emma and Levi before the carnival. Levi has started crossing his arms like that and I think it is so cute!

Levi on the way to PT

Where it all went down.

After PT! Not happy!

*Names have been changed to protect the innocent!

Wednesday Randoms

I'm not in the mood to form paragraphs so I will do bulletins for our randoms this week!

• The new picture at the top of the blog was taken by Narci D photography. She took our fall pictures. I love the babies pictures but hate the way I look. Its just me being insecure and I have to remember that I just had two babies.  I cant wait for her to take some pictures in the bluebonnets in the fall.
• We had our first ECI therapy session this morning.  She was impressed with Emma's progress.
• Tomorrow we go to the Cranial Tech people to have Levi's head evaluated.  I am still on the fence about the helmet.  I just don't know what to do. On Monday we go for his physical therapy appointment. Poor kid. Every week I feel like he goes to a new doctor.
• I cannot wait to get the Christmas tree out. I keep asking Clayton but he says no. Boo!
• The babies are now officially sleeping through the night! Wahoo!  They go to bed around 8 and wake up around 7 in the morning.
• We took the babies to the park for the first time and they loved the swings. I can't wait to take them back!

Happy Wednesday People!