5 Weeks Old: Lunch, Church,The Zoo and Mother's Day

Last week was another wonderful week with my boys. They are starting to sleep a little more through the night. They are going 4-5 hours between feedings which some nights means that they only get up once in the night. It is nice to be getting a little more sleep. We missed Daddy (Justin) a lot this week. He was gone three nights this week. We miss him terribly when he is gone but are so thankful for his job and how he works so hard for us. Monday we went to the doctor for their one month check up but you have already heard about that. Tuesday we went to see Aunt Tia, Aunt Erin, Noma, Grandma Bev and Allison for lunch. (These are the ladies I work with) We met them at Red Lobster in Oak Ridge and had a wonderful time. later that day we ran some errands for Grammy and Poppy. Then Tuesday night I went to my first meeting with the Knoxville Multiples Club. I didn't really want to go because new people make me extremely nervous but Justin made me go. He said I needed to get out and have some time alone. He was taking the boys away from me anyway to go shopping for Mother's Day. (He is such an amazing husband and daddy) So I went to the meeting and was glad that I did. It is amazing how easy it is to talk about your kids. Ha ha ha!!!! It was great to know that everyone there knew exactly what I was going through with two that not every mom of singletons understands. Everyone was very nice and extremely supportive. I think it will be a good thing for me to be involved with. It was hard to leave my boys but nice to be out at the same time. Here are some pictures from our lunch trip...

Aunt Tia hogging Jacob

Noma and Jacob

Wednesday I got to clean my house for the first time. Although I still couldn't do everything because of restrictions from the doctor it was nice to do a lot. It was such a weird but neat feeling to be cleaning my house like I would any other time but this time was different because I had the sound of a monitor in the background and kept checking on my little babies. It is still so unbelievable that I am a mom of two little babies. They are just so precious!!! Here are some pictures of just the boys from the week.

Sweet little Jackson cuddling with Mommy. Both the boys love to have their hands near their face. They are so peaceful when they sleep.

My two little monkeys

Jackson

Jacob

The boys hanging out in their bouncy seats. This is where I feed them. I can put them both in their seats and have my hands free to hold their bottles. When I burp one the other can get a little upset because I have to take their bottle out to have both hands free but we make it work. This is the best way to do it for us in order to keep them on the same feeding schedule.

 Thursday the boys and I went on a field trip to the church to meet some of the Pastors and church staff. We got to see Pastor McGinnis, Pastor Jeremy, Pastor Tom, Becky, Janice and Casey. Jacob hadn't slept very good the night before so he was a little fussy but everyone was happy to see them.

Pastor McGinnis and Jacob

Janice and Jackson; Pastor and Jacob

Pastor Tom and Jacob

Pastor Jeremy and Jackson

Friday we went to the mall to shop for my Mother for Mother's Day. Then we went to the grocery store so I could make dinner for us Friday night. This was my first meal I have made since i can't even remember when...probably before Christmas. It felt so good to be in my kitchen and cooking. I made baked chicken and homemade noodles. Justin had been out of town almost all week and I knew he was tired of eating out. Then we just spent the evening at home as a family. I am loving our family Friday nights at home. Justin also gave me my first Mother's Day gift that was from him...it was an iPod Touch. I was absolutely shocked. I love music and am so excited about it. I will be able to hook it up in my van which I LOVE!!!! Thanks again Babe!


Saturday we took the boys to the zoo for my company's picnic. It is always so fun to show off our boys to everyone. We didn't stay too long but did walk around a little bit. We got our first family picture while we were there though.

First trip to the zoo

Aunt Tia with Jackson

Our first family picture...LOVE IT!

The boys in their zoo outfits

Yesterday was Mother's Day which was absolutely amazing. I am thinking it is always going to be one of my most favorite days of the year. My first ever Mother's Day that I got to celebrate with two little boys. What an amazing honor to be a mother. The boys got me a beautiful heart-shaped necklace from Tiffany & Co that says "Mom". I will absolutely cherish it forever. Another amazing gift I got yesterday was to take my boys to church for the first time. That was just wonderful. I enjoyed the day so much!




First time to church :) You can kind of see my new necklace there.



Mommy and Jackson

Mommy and Jacob

It may be Mother's Day but Daddy needed a picture with the boys too....I wouldn't be a Mother without this wonderful man of mine!

Grammy and the boys

Grammy, Mommy, Jackson and Jacob. Couldn't celebrate Mother's Day without celebrating my Mother as well. :)

Well it was a fun eventful week. We don't have too much planned for this week. A little house cleaning, lots of bottle washing and an enormous amount of loving on my Jackson and Jacob.  I will be going to the doctor for my 6 week check-up and hopefully will be released to sing, vacuum and workout...three things that I desperately want to do. :)