The TwinkiesThe TwinkiesThis blog, once described as -your RDA of cute-, chronicles the daily adventures of raising twins. Articles
The Lines Are Coming Out! (Back Surgery Update)
2008-04-15 17:14:00 Things that have come out… regular IV arterial line IV drainage catheter in back epidural catheter in back foley catheter in bladder oxygen candela in nose sequential compression devices on legs PCA line (on demand morphine) monitoring electrodes All that is left is a hep-lock. He’s been moved to oxycontin which is a long acting oral narcotic. He is likely moving to a ... More About: Surgery , Update , Back , Lines
Major Sign You Are REALLY Not Athletic
2008-04-15 17:06:00 Your 21-month-old son tosses a ball underhand to you after confirming that you are not capable of catching his overhand fast-ball. Yes. My toddler is more athletic than I am. Already. More About: Sign , Major , Months , Athletic
What We Look Like Now
2008-04-14 19:15:00 It’s a lousy shot but I’ve been trying to get some quick snapshots each day to bring to Brian in the hospital. More About: Photos , Months
Today (Back Surgery Update)
2008-04-14 03:19:00 Me (Each hour from 6AM to 9PM is represented by 10 words.) Sleep sleep sleep sleep sleep. Kids are up. Nurse. Change diapers. Clean poop off floor. Get kids dressed. Breakfast. Laundry. Make homemade muffins. Nurse. Owie. Rescue remedy. Nurse. Nurse. Laundry. Share garden ... More About: Today , Surgery , Update , Back
One Day Later - Back Surgery Update
2008-04-13 03:29:00 Today Brian managed to stand up, sit upright in a chair for over an hour and take a few steps with a walker. He is rating his resting pain as a 5 on a scale of 1 to 10. Of course, he is on so much morphine he can’t focus his eyes. ... More About: Surgery , Update , Back
More Tales of Twin Love
2008-04-11 19:20:00 My mother has the kids all day today while I am at the hospital. On the way up to nap J apparently slipped on the steps and started to cry. When they got up to the bedroom F pointed to the Rescue Remedy (a homeopathic calming thingy) and said “Owie! Owie! Owie!” to ... More About: Love , Tales , Twin , Months
Crazy Twin Comments
2008-04-11 19:10:00 I’ve added some comments I got via email and reopened the crazy twin comments page for a while. Share the wacky things people say to you about your kids. More About: Comments , Crazy , Twin
Surgery Update 12:15 EDT
2008-04-11 18:20:00 12:15 EDT Brian is in surgery. They are putting the screws into his spine and in the words of the nurse his “is doing very very well.” I will update more as I have more information. More About: Surgery , Update
?I did it!?
2008-04-11 01:56:00 F is speaking in sentences now. Today she said, “I see a ball” and “I did it.” Her vocabulary is just exploding and her understandable words now include zipper, circle, hat, cow, kitty, Mama, Daddy, pop (as in “Pop goes the weasel”) and I can’t even be sure how many more. More About: Months
Normal Day with Twin Toddlers at 21 Months
2008-04-09 15:34:00 7:00 Get up from 7:00 - 8:00: - nurse - eat breakfast - get changed and dressed - get into car 8:00: Drive to school from 8:15 - 11:45: School 11:45: Drive home from school from 12:00 - 1:00: - Take off shoes and coats and put them in the closet ... More About: Twin , Months , Toddlers , Normal
Bits of Randomness
2008-04-08 15:28:00 F is getting very talky. Last night she said “circle”. Most of the time I can’t understand her but when she repeats words back to me or context makes it obvious I realize that she is talking English with a very heavy baby accent but English nonetheless. One poop forward and two poops back ... More About: Randomness , Months , Bits
Things I Never Thought I Would Say - Part 6
2008-04-06 17:38:00 Eat the broccoli you have and then you can have some more. More About: Thought , Part , Things , Months
Father and Daughter at Sunset
2008-04-05 03:18:00 (Last vacation picture, I promise.) More About: Photos , Sunset , Father , Daughter , Months
Sweet Thing to Remember
2008-04-04 03:07:00 Last night while I was getting her ready for bed F put one hand on each of my cheeks, turned me to face her and kissed me. More About: Sweet , Thing , Months
Good News, Bad News and More Information
2008-04-04 03:00:00 I’m going to start this by recapping the basic situation Brian’s back is in. His L2 vertebrae was injured at a young age via the radiation treatments he received as a treatment for his neuroblastoma. His body adapted to the malformation remarkably well and he stands up straight. However, ... More About: News , Information , Good News , Bad News , Good
Donation Update and Thank You
2008-04-02 03:23:00 You have raised via shopping and general fascination with advertisements over $200 for the Zoe and Lennox Memorial Fund. Amazon doesn’t credit my account until the ordered items ship so I won’t have an exact number for a few days. If you would like to still donate you can click the tree on ... More About: Donation , Update
Photo Contest
2008-04-01 19:11:00 I hope to get the poll up by April 2nd. We’re a little swamped in Chez Twinkie these days. As long as you are in the Mr. Linky you’re good for now. OK. Never mind. The poll is up. Go me! More About: Contest , Photo , Photo Contest
And Now for Something Completely Different? Major Back Surgery!
2008-04-01 07:54:00 Brian, otherwise known as “that beleaguered twin father”, will be having major back surgery a week from Friday. He had cancer as an infant and the radiation treatment affected not only the tumor but also one of his vertebrae. Rather than develop into a rough rectangle it developed into a triangle. ... More About: Surgery , Back , Major
Photo Contest Reminder
2008-03-30 20:57:00 Monday, March 31 is the last day to enter your photo in the photo contest for the $10 Amazon gift certificate. Voting starts April 1. More About: Contest , Photo , Photo Contest , Reminder
Beach Baby
2008-03-26 02:50:00 F LOVED the water. She would grab your hand (or, perhaps, you would grab hers) and lunge towards the water. She was terrifyingly unafraid and even landing face first into a wave and getting a mouth full of sand didn’t faze her. Losing a shoe in the water, however, and watching ... More About: Baby , Photos , Beach , Months
Sometimes the Irony Gets in My Eyes and Stings a Little
2008-03-25 19:38:00 So there we were, on vacation, at the condo pool side and I’m spraying sunscreen on. SPF 50 in case you were wondering. A woman at the next table (a number of feet away) holds a blanket up to protect her baby and says that she is a first time mother. A woman with her, ... More About: Eyes , Irony , Months
Memorial Donation Update
2008-03-23 15:00:00 Just a reminder that J and F are donating all of their March blog revenue from advertising and Amazon referral purchases to Zoe and Lennox Simpson’s Memorial Fund. All the money raised will go towards neonatal research. Thank you from me and the kids for helping J and F make their first charitable ... More About: Donation , Update
On the Beach in Fog
2008-03-23 04:28:00 We just got back from a week in Florida and the weather was just a gift of perfection most of the week but the first morning we were there it was foggy. More About: Photos , Beach , Months
Why I Grew to Hate Mothering Magazine
2008-03-14 18:39:00 One of their current cover articles is “How to be an Authentic Parent.” Because, you know, if you don’t do it their way you are somehow inauthentic. I’m off to put my kids in disposable diapers just to be contrary. More About: Magazine , Hate , Mothering , Grew
Memorial Donation Update
2008-03-13 15:00:00 Just a reminder that J and F are donating all of their March blog revenue to Zoe and Lennox Simpson’s Memorial Fund. All the money raised will go towards neonatal research. Thank you from me and the kids for helping J and F make their first charitable donation. To increase the donation ... More About: Donation , Update
Spontaneous Please
2008-03-13 00:46:00 F: Up! Up! Up! Me: No up. F: Up! Up! Up! Me: No up. F: Peese…. I picked her up. More About: Spontaneous , Months
Today: My Life with 20-Month-Old Twins
2008-03-12 02:06:00 6:30 - Kids get up 1/2 hour early from 6:30 - 7:45: - nurse kids - get dressed - feed kids breakfast - get kids dressed - pack bag for school with replacements for the clothes they soiled yesterday - get kids in car 7:45 - leave house to take kids to school from 7:45 - 9:00 - ... More About: Life , Twins , My Life , Today , Months
Please
2008-03-11 14:03:00 F says please at school when asking her classmates to pass her something at snack. She has NOT been saying it at home. Hmmmmm……. More About: Months
First Haircut
2008-03-10 17:25:00 I finally gave in and we trimmed J’s bangs Saturday night to get his hair out of his eyes. Pretty soon he might actually need a real haircut. I remember when his head was covered with only the softest fuzz that I would rub my cheek against. More About: Photos , Haircut , Months
Me Me Me Me Me (A Meme Post)
More articles from this author:2008-03-10 15:46:00 Amy tagged me with the 7 random facts meme. As it so subtly suggests in the name I guess it means that we have to reveal 7 facts about ourselves before passing the fun onto someone else. I don’t usually do memes just because I am usually too busy but I am trying to ... More About: Meme , Post 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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