Tomberlin House: 5 months at home with TWINS!

Well, life has been very busy for us over the past 5 months since the babies arrived! I think we are finally getting into a nice routine now. The babies are actually sleeping through the night.....well not always with Elijah, but Hannah is a great sleeper, and we have decreased our feedings to about every 4 hours which gives me a little more time to myself. At first, it was all I could do to keep two babies fed, diapered and pump every couple of hours. I have now progressed to making it out of the house on occasion and have even gone by myself several times. Our days currently consist of lots of diaper/clothing changes, 3 naps, 5-6 feedings, and lots of play time.

First baths at home!

Falling asleep with her hand in the air

Trying to get things done around the house

Early smiles

Sleeping in our nap nannies

Falling asleep during tummy time

Someone is jealous!

I don't mind tummy time

I hate it and roll back over!

Covering her eyes while out on a shopping trip

So what has happened over the past 5 months? Well, because the babies were a bit premature, we ended up hibernating at home through RSV/flu season which ended last month (yippee!). Even though the babies had a couple of RSV shots, I was still a bit paranoid which has paid off because they have not been sick yet. It seemed like we were going to the doctor all of the time at the beginning for weight checks, shots, and now we have completed our first two rounds of immunizations.

In looking back over the past months, I can remember my initial fear of thinking that I would have no idea how to take care of two infants once they came home. Luckily, it wasn't as hard as I thought and we quickly got the hang of it with lots of support from our families as well.

So what else has happened? Well, we have celebrated the babies first Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Valentine's day, St. Patrick's day, and Easter. The babies have progressed through many milestones of smiling and being more alert, to now giggling, interacting while playing, rolling over, and liking to sit and stand with support. It is fun to see their different personalities already. Elijah is our little ham....always smiling, giggling, talking, yelling, and loving to have attention and be held. Hannah is more quiet and reserved but always moving her arms and legs and liking to have her own space and independent time as well. She talks and giggles much softer but her cute little smile makes your heart melt. Did I also mention that Hannah is very dainty weighing in around 13 pounds where big brother is pushing 17 pounds! They still don't seem to really care much about the other or really notice each other. The babies also went on their first out of state trip before Easter to visit their cousins which I will also have to blog about later!