Gaga ooh la la!

    Recovering from the weekend with two cups of coffee down already.....babies are sleeping in today which always makes me HAPPY!! :)


   Saturday night was the Lady Gaga concert in Tampa and Brian surprised me with two tickets a couple of weeks ago. I was thrilled of course and brought Katie! We had a blast. But seeing Gaga up close (thanks to AMAZING SEATS) wasn't even the best part. It was everything Brian did to make the night so awesome for me!


     First of all...me + girls night out + way too much fun = lots of drinks and no getting behind the wheel of a car!! Brian tried to get us a car service with his work discount but everything was sold out due to 2 concerts (Lady Gaga and Jimmy Buffet) along with it being prom season. So instead I drove his car to Tampa and left it in his work parking lot overnight and Brian made sure we had plenty of cash for a cab ride home.


   Then after the most amazing concert ever - not an exaggeration there! - Katie and I galavanted around the town all hours of the night in an attempt to meet Lady Gaga at a gay bar in Ybor City. We stood in line for about 2 seconds before we realized we were too hungry and needed some food pronto. After we settled our tummies we hopped in a cab and went home. I wonder if Gaga ever did show up at G Bar...does anybody know??


   When I came home Brian was sleeping and so were B&E - he did an amazing job of getting them to bed by himself. I have had to do it by myself quite a few times and I can assure you it can be difficult! I crawled into bed suddenly regretting the last drink (or 2, or 3...) that I had because I knew B&E would be awake soon and wanting to eat! But the night came and went and I woke up at 8:30 to everyone still sound asleep. Lucky them! I had to stumble my way to the kitchen for Advil and then got back into bed. The next time I woke up it was 10:30 and Brian and the babies were downstairs. I could hear him chopping away at some vegetables and when I came down, he was making me an egg white omelet! He had a cup of joe ready for me as well - my hero!!!


    So not only did I get to have a fantastic night out, but I got to come home and SLEEP IN! He was on baby duty all night and morning. I am so lucky to have such a great husband who would do anything for his family. He really is special :)


     After relaxing most of Sunday we went to pick up Brian's car in Tampa, and then had an early Passover dinner at Aunt Phylis' house. Brett and Emma's first sader! Mazel Tov!


    I will leave you with some fuuun pictures! :)

Visiting my classroom

Just being cute!

Push-ups!

My little princess!

          

Brian being silly - see his playoff beard?

When the Mommy's away, the babies will play

Brett: Hello again, fans!
Emma: while mommy is at Lady Gaga we have taken control of the house.
Brett: Im in control.
Emma: no me!
Brett: no, I am thats why daddy calls me "the big man on campus"
Emma: Dad says alot of funny things, he calls me "Lady goo goo Gaga"
Brett: We are sooo happy mommy is out having fun tonight
Emma: yeah she deserves it. We can be quite the hand full
Brett: Two hands full!!!
Emma:  see what I deal with people!

Brett: What's new with us?
Emma: Well mommy and daddy put a screen around the pool so we can go swimming without them.
Brett:  How rude!
Emma: I know they get jealous when we do things without them
Brett: Yeah, today i pooped all over and daddy was mad...he can poop too!?!?

Emma: well we better watch out because daddy is talking more and more about the Lightning and Playoffs characters.
Brett: let me at em!
Emma: Im not sure who these people are but they can get their own daddy!

Emma: Thanks for reading
Brett: and thanks for not smoking
Emma: no comment

Busy Busy Bees!

     The last few days have been super busy for Brett and Emma! Last week we went to the park...

First trip to the park!

And of course Brett slept through it...

Emma loves the park, Brett loves to sleep!

     And over the weekend we went to the beach. Let me tell you, this was an ADVENTURE! Haha. Brian and I are obviously new to parenting because we were not prepared for a Florida beach day. We lasted about an hour, but it was fun. We kept the babies nice and shaded...except for a couple quick pictures...so that wasn't really an issue. But it was still so HOT. The water isn't warm enough for them to go in yet so we stayed ashore and it was borderline miserable until an extremely generous woman gave us her beach umbrella. She was super sweet and very generous. Her family had been playing with Rusty the whole time (we were at the Ft. Desoto dog beach). We told her it was our first family beach trip, but I am pretty sure she could tell :) So she kept insisting we take the umbrella and even gave us a little shovel to dig a hole for it. Luckily the babies had been in shade from their carseats, but the umbrella was like a little miracle haha! So now we have a beach umbrella. Maybe one day we will see a family at the beach who could use it :)

     I know Brian err Brett and Emma already posted some beach pictures...but just in case!

Loves the beach...

 

Loves to sleep...

 Monday was another new adventure! We went to the Florida Aquarium with our very best playdate friends Malia and Leila. 

First trip to The Florida Aquarium!

Malia and Leila (not their first trip!)

Relaxing!

There are some fish in that tank!

Brett is awake - ready to explore!

Fish fish fish!!!

     *Teachers get FREE admission into the aquarium so I am sure we will be back many times!* 


     On Tuesday we went to the moms group at Bayfront, they meet every week. It was a lot of fun and I would recommend it to anyone in the area. Anyone with a baby of course, or else you might look sorta creepy! But there are babies of all ages sitting, crawling, playing, all kinds of things! The mommies get to chat with each other and ask questions. The group is led by a nurse/lactation consultant who seems very knowledgeable about all things baby! 

     We left there and went to the Gulfport Farmer's Market to pick up some fresh vegetables and I learned all about hydroponics - growing plants and vegetables in water instead of soil. And I bought some hydroponic grown strawberries...yummy! We just have a few strawberries left from our trip to the Strawberry Festival, so some new fresh strawberries were in order!

     Last night Aunt Katie came over for a visit and we went to the mall to get outfits for the Lady Gaga concert Saturday night. I am so looking forward to this. Brian has had this planned for a little while and I couldn't be more excited. Katie and I are going to dinner, the concert, and then to Channelside after. Last week Brian had a night out after a hockey game to celebrate the playoffs. He had a really great time and lucky for me the babies were awesome the whole night! I am hoping he gets just as lucky this weekend while I am out on the town!

Katie wore Brett at the mall!! She was pretty excited about this!

     It didn't take long for me to realize people probably thought these were mine and Katie's babies...that was a little funny. And awkward :) 

     So as you can see...we have been a very busy bunch! There are so many fun things to do during the day. I can't believe how much of my life I have wasted at work! Haha! 

Baby Time!!!

Brett:  Sorry folks we didn't do much this week, we'll try to do more next week, bye for now...
Emma: What are you talking about! We did soooo mucho, you just slept through everything.
Brett: I was sleeping???
Emma: you passed out cold! I think you have a drinking problem
Brett: you're right, I do, my name is Brett and I'm a Milk-a-holic
Emma: first step is admitting it
Brett: Amen sista!

Brett: so what did I miss?
Emma: so much cool stuff, like, um, mommy and daddy took us to the dog beach and brought Rwusty along.
Brett: no WAYYYY!!!!
Emma: oh yeah, daddy and Rwusty went in the water and mommy took care of us.
Brett: Cool, I wish I was there
Emma: you were THERE!!!!
Brett: oh yeah!
Emma: I just feel bad for whoever this Jimmy John guy is because Mommy and Daddy ate him at the beach!
Brett: Cannibal's!!! we better watch out!!!

Emma: you also slept right through dinner at the Vinoy with Aunt Arlene and Uncle Dave, and Mommy took us to the park.
Brett: You're kidding right?
Emma: Nope
Brett: Maybe its time to start attending those MA meeting.
Emma: MA????
Brett: Milkaholics Anonymous
Emma: Bro, please!

Brett: Well I wasn't asleep when Grandma Lisa baby sat us the other night.
Emma: no you cried so much that I doubt she'll want to baby sit again
Brett: yeah right, she loves us
Emma: Thanks Grandma Lisa for letting mommy and daddy go on a dinner date!
Brett: they weren't still full from eating Jimmy John!
Emma: Guess not

Emma: Over the last week we (mostly me) got to spend time with a lot of our family and friends and are very grateful
Brett: Yeah, we love our family
 Emma: here are a few more pictures, feel free to comment on how cute we are! Well bye for now...

Thankful Thursday #2!

     I learned on Facebook, from Alyssa, that April is infertility awareness month. So, today I am thankful for science, my doctors, supportive friends and family, and the best husband in the world. Without all of them Brian and I would not have been able to survive the struggles we faced. Our battle with infertility was short lived, compared to most. For that I am thankful. 

     And while twins DO run in my family, they also run in the fertility treatments :)

We're Baaaack!

Brett:  You may be wondering where our mommy is....We hit her over the head with a frying pan and have once again gained control over her BLOG!!!  Don't try to rescue her, or its off with her head!!! muahhh haa haaaaaa

Emma: Grow up Brett, Ladies and gentleman, please don't be alarmed mommy is safe and sound and not Concussed!
Brett: Sorry miss goody two shoes!

Emma: why don't you just tell everyone how big a BABY you are at night!

Brett: Its not my fault, sometimes I don't get enough naps, and that makes me angry, and like the Incredible Hulk, "you won;t like me when Im angry."  Since we are airing out our dirty laundry, Emma Zoey, or should I say "little sis" why don't you tell our fans! (pause for applause) about our weigh in at the Dr.'s


Emma: Tell them what, how fat you are!
Brett:  PHAT, I passed you up, besides according to the shirt I was wearing yesterday, "Ladies love me"
Emma: Suuuuuuure, well congrats BIG Brother on weighing more than me.
Brett: Thanks!
Emma: Soon you'll be on the Biggest Loser!  hahahahahahaha
Brett: Don't be so snooty booty


Emma: well one thing we can agree on is that we had a Happy 2 month Birthday!
Brett: Yeah Happy Birthday to us!  NOW give us SOME PreSenTS!!!




Brett: We'd also like to congratulate daddy on whatever the "Bolts" and "playoffs" are
Emma: Whatever they are, they sure are lucky... I swear sometimes I think he loves Bolts and playoffs more than us!
Brett: Maybe they are also twins, but are like heroes, wait no superheroes! and they have special powers and stuff!
Emma: Oh Brother!




Emma: Also there have been many rumors that we have had a ghost writer.
Brett: But its not our fault.  Daddy says we don't have motor skills,... he's always saying funny stuff like that!
Emma: Regardless, there have been rumors that daddy is our Partner in Crime, but we are ready to unveil our writer...

Brett: Thanks Rusty!!!!!


Emma:  Well bye for now, C U next Sunday

TWO MONTH OLD BABIES!!!

Guess who is two months old today?!

Did you guess Brett and Emma?

We took B&E to the doctor today for a two month checkup - everything was great. Here are their stats:


Brett:
Length - 23 inches
Weight- 11 lbs, 8 oz


Emma:
Length - 23 inches
Weight - 10 lbs, 10oz

     Brett caught up to Emma and then left her in the dust. He put on 3 lbs in a month. Holy moly!! They are both in the 50th percentile for weight so that's great.


     We met a new doctor today. Dr. W. She was very nice and I liked her, but she is very into the cry it out method. Not really my style. I smiled and nodded when she assumed the babies slept in their cribs at night. What would Dr. Cry-It-Out (CIO) have to say about co-bedding? She said Brian and I need to be more "militant" with their night feedings. She said one night of crying and they would be sleeping like champs. I'm not really into this idea but Brian doesn't think it is so bad. I might be gone overnight in July to visit my good friend Stacey and see the lovely Britney Spears in concert. Brian can let them CIO then if he wants, but I don't think I can bring myself to do it. I honestly do not mind getting up 1-2 times a night to feed them, so I don't think the CIO is necessary right now.


     B&E also had their 2-month shots today, so they have been sleeping that off all morning. I was going to refuse the baby tylenol that is typically given immediately at the office, before any signs of a fever are even shown. Luckily the doctors and nurses don't do that anymore - at least in this office. We did stop and pick some up on the way home, so I can give it to them only if they need it. But they are napping away and seem to be doing just fine.

     Happy Two Month Birthday, Brett and Emma!!!

Emma in her swing!

Brett in his Fisher Price rainforest bouncer!