A family in the making.....

After beginning this blog as a way to stay connected with others during my hospital stay and last few weeks of pregnancy, it has now turned into a way to relay our new sense of "normal". Life changed drastically when we welcomed Natalie to our family. Once we got used to that new normal, our lives changed again and again.....and still once again. Through bed rest, hospital stays, and living with my parents, a sense of normal was completely lost. Now that we've welcomed two more children into our family, we are slowly beginning to understand normal once again. It is definitely not what we're used to, but it is wonderful!



Monday, May 21, 2012

One Year in #s

One Year in Numbers:



5 hours of labor
1 minutes between birth of babies
2 healthy babies
5 lb 9 oz - Tristan
5 lb 7 oz - Everett
2 days in NICU
4 days in hospital
362 days at home (leap year!)
6200 diapers (avg 7/day/baby)
20+ Costco boxes of diapers
20+ Costco boxes of wipes
$1020 on diapers
$700 on wipes
2-3 outfits/day for first six months
1-2 outfits/day for last six months
3 loads of laundry/week on avg. (just for the boys)
$400-500 worth of clothes (I didn't really keep track, but I don't doubt that I spent on average about $40-50/month....don't tell Kevin!)
4 boxes of clothes grown out of and handed off - no need to keep!!!!
Countless number of socks unaccounted for
1 shoe left in Walmart (not worth going back for after the kids are already buckled in the car!)
1 month of breastfeeding
$3000 on formula
50 ounces of formula mixed/day
25 boxes of rice cereal
1825 bottles washed
12 bottles of dishsoap bought ($50)
15 bottle brushes bought ($50)
2 very chapped/dry hands
15 bottles bought
5 months of Tristan's colic/reflux
3 doctors visited for Tristan's colic/reflux
3 medications for Tristan's reflux
5 formulas tried before resorting to Nutramigen
4 months of Tristan sleeping (or NOT) on his back before resorting to his stomach.....ahhhh sleep!!
3-4 hours of sleep/night for first three months (Kevin & I)
5-6 hours of sleep/night for next five months
7-8 hours of sleep/night for next two months
6-7 hours of sleep/night for last two months (teething!)
10 teeth
10+  love bites from the boys
4 bites that left marks on each other
6 different medications filled
2 infections
4 colds
0 flu
8 vaccines
1 birthday
2 demolished cakes
2 happy little boys
and let's not forget..........
ONE ADORING, CARING, HELPFUL SISTER!
Happy Birthday Tristan & Everett!!!!




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