You have all been wondering................

You probably have all been wondering what is going on with those Camper's, we are still hanging in there. The babies are getting a lot bigger and are now requiring more time. They are no longer sleeping most of the days away. Each and every day they are becoming more alert to their environment. The boys hanging out together.

Sleeping before going to church. The boys sweaters were a little small, but they had to wear them at least once.


Olivia is telling everyone hello.

Ethan and Olivia are over this picture thing.

We have had a lot going on these past two weeks, for starters the kids asked for the car keys and when we said no, they decided to break our garage door and swing like monkeys in our closet and break the shelves down. No, they didn't really ask for the keys to the car, but the other two things did happen. The garage door and the closet decided to have mishaps on the same exact day. Luckily the garage man fixed the garage door, but the closet was up to me. I just finished it tonight and it looks really good. Fresh coat of paint and brand new shelving.

The babies are doing really well. Ethan is now off the apnea monitor. He was discontinued last Monday. They were really impressed with how well he is doing. Olivia continues to get her eyes examined to watch for changes. They are still improving and she shows no signs of needing any additional treatment. Evan is still hanging in there, besides his reflux issues, we have not had any real problems with him. We hope to continue that streak. As I said earlier, they are really becoming alert to their environment. They are beginning to interact more with us and developing their motor skills.

Because they were premature we qualified for the Help me Grow program with the State of Ohio, it is a program that monitors them developmentally. They will measure them in certain categories to make sure they are not falling behind, if we find they need help in a certain area we are set-up with the necessary folks to help us. It is a no cost program to us directly. Obviously it is probably tax payer funded, but I think it is a good program to monitor little premature babies for developmental issues that they may have.

Nicole I believe is happy to be back to work most days. I think she finds it to be a nice release to have adult conversations with people and not just have 3 little ones looking at you. She is working nearly forty hours every week and we are trying to find our groove with that. What I mean by that is we had a nice balance with work loads around the house to get our chores done. Now with both of us working 40 hours every week, it has become a little more trying to balance work and home. I know that we will get it. Sooner than later would be nice.

I apologize to everyone about my lapse of weeks in an update. Like I said there has been a lot to deal with. I am the bookkeeper for our church and our desktop computer crashed, which had all my records on it. This caused me to spend several days over the past two weeks scrambling to get things done in time for our annual business meeting. With a little help I managed to make it. I will try to be more astute in getting updates and photos up on the blog. Hopefully we don't have any more mishaps coming our way anytime soon.

I look forward to everyone's comments on how big the babies are getting.