The Barwick Crew

2011-07-13T13:38:00.002-04:00

holy blog neglect batman! i still have a christmas backround!

the holidays make me feel normal

2010-12-13T20:39:00.017-05:00

I think there is only so stressed a person can be, and only so much they can do. Once one reaches that point, u can just pile on the crap that needs to get done, and they just dont feel stressed because it is not physically possible to be more stressed than they already are. I am at that point.
So, when everyone else gets stressed over the holidays, if figure, we are all at the same level. We r all normal. we r all stressed to the max. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Levi has been a brat the past few weeks. Michael is working more, so I think he misses him and thats why. Still, not easy to deal with. i am going to be horrible w the teenage years! he does bad things and doesnt care when i punish him. very frustrating. I even called Santa this morning and told him not to bring Levi any gifts. he didnt even flinch!!!! however; the rest of the day he was pretty good. then he asked "mom, if im good, will santa bring me gifts next year?" awe. thinkin ahead. so, when i told him that if he earned 10 o's ( our behavior tracking system x's are bad o's are good) he could earn all his presents back, he said "oh mom, thank you so much! I needed to hear that! I promise i will turn into good! I will earn all those o's!" there is hope.

The girls r great. very clingy..not one of my favorite stages. but SO funny. Kaiah talks more, but not very clearly. Kaylee only says a few words but her pronunciation is amazing. SO strange! she walks around saying "hi" a lot. in her sweet lil voice. i LOVE it. the other day she said "daddy where are you" and i really didnt believe it was her who said it. i still dont. but she was the only person in the room. kaiah LOVES to read books! (well, for other people to read her books) so, if you ever need her to like you, grab a book :) she also likes when u build a tower and she can knock it down. its the little things i guess!

We went to see santa the other day. he was a wonderful santa! he spent SO much time talking to the kids. he even read brooklyns letter to santa (she wouldnt let him have it. lol) this was the first year the older kids really talked to him. usually they scream. not sure if it was the santa, their age, or both factors. whatever it was, i was happy w the visit. however, the decorations left something to be desired, so we may go see him again, elsewhere, for picture purposes :)

I made my first cookies for a party other than my own. i liked how they turned out. i think i baked them a little too long, but the piping was better than the first sesame st cookies i made. i am told i need to go into business, i am weary. i am extremely particular when it comes to icing..i know, im weird. Happy Birthday Ella! http://ellebellesbows.blogspot.com/

i am annoyed w blogspot at the moment...i cant get my paragraphs to separate..so, i apologize if they all run together :)

This year we will celebrate xmas on the 21st, as daddy will fly out on the 24th and be gone for xmas. good thing the kids dont know dates yet. i will cross that bridge when i come to it. looking forward to having all my sis and bro at home! good times will be had! must go wrap presents! dont want to save it all for xmas eve!!!

2010-11-10T20:45:00.003-05:00

When the twins (brooklyn and Levi) were 18 months old, i was overwhelmed w everything i had on my plate and decided it would be best for all of us to send them to preschool. looking back on that time in my life, I miss it. 2 kids...what a breeze. Not to mention 2 kids without additude. ah! those were the days. so, it makes me wonder, when they are teenagers, will i be longing for these days? probably.
Four year olds have additudes. No one told me this. And when 2 for year olds get together it gets worse. And when they convince you to let them share a room...LOOK OUT! I have had the 2 grouchiest, most hyper, craziest children ever. The word ritalin has entered my mind more than once this week...lol.
so, I yell. all day, every day, I yell. I punish, i set the timer for the corner, i yell at them to stand in the corner, not sit and not touch the walls. no sitting, no leaning, no crying. those are micheals rules. which i have to reinforce. and i love ever minute of it. (insert sarcasm here).
on the other hand,The girls are doing well! (we refer to B+L as the twns and k+k as the girls. it makes sense to us) they seem to prefer walking now..as of last nov 3-4 (note to self...put that in baby book). kaylee is much better at walking than kaiah. aka Kaiah is more fun to watch..lol. Kaylee can say "mommy"+"daddy' very clearly. Just this morning when i got Kaiah out of bed she waved and said "hi" to me. funny fat baby. Kaylee likes to head butt people. it seems to be her "love tap". shes so little. tiny love i call her.
Hark. I hear 2 children laughing too loud! time for more yelling before they wake up the girls! the blogging is always cut short...until next time!

life w two 4 yr olds and two 1 yr olds

2010-09-16T14:29:00.009-04:00

Well, i dont have enough time to take a nap or start a project, so I'll blog for as long as possible. let's see, Brooklyn and Levi had their 4th birthday in july. We went to cedar point and they had a BLAST! they are finally tall enough to ride a few roller coasters and water slides so the was a fun summer!! kaylee and Kaiah are ONE now! both still crawling (lazy). It doesnt help that B+L try to "help" them everytime they stand up and end up knocking them down. Kaylee got her first molar yesterday. She now has 6 teeth. Kaiah has 4. last dr appt Kaylee was in the 10th percentile and Kaiah in the 90th. yeah...very much opposites. They are officially off breastmilk and only take sippy cups. I wonder if its too early to start potty training? lol i just want to get all that crap over with :) Perhaps they should walk first.

We also got passes for cosi. so that on those rainy or incredibly hot days, we still have somewhere to go that is outside the house so that mommy doesnt loose it ;) Levi loves to go and stare at the model of titanic. The girls love to play in Kidspace, and Brooklyn likes to go into kidspace and form a lil possy and act like mother hen.

We are pretty sure that when we sell this house we are moving to Pheonix. Michael and I went to visit for my birthday and LOVED it. We are taking everyone out there at the end of Oct. Very exciting stuff. Then our friends can come visit in the winter and we will actually get to spend quality time with them!

Hark...i hear children out of their beds! until next time! see ya!

2010-04-04T21:34:00.002-04:00

well, i am just going to have to admit that i am a random blogger. i only blog when i have something to procrastinate. right now i don't feel like pumping and nothing is happening on facebook.
kids are doing lovely. brooklyn and "L.J" dont ever listen and only help when rewarded with candy. typical 3 yr olds. kaylee has 2 teeth and Kaiah is stting up and getting up on her hands and knees.
we still havent sold the house, and are anxious to do so because we r thinking of putting the next batch of embryos in in august. *sigh* no room for more babies in this house. maybe move somewhere a little warmer?
Michael and i started running. Never thought i would say that. i think i was famous for my 17 min mile in highschool..haha... (thank you Marie for the inspiration) We r up to 2+ mi/day 3 days a week. i barely make i through but i do it! we r running the race for the cure on may 15th. so nervous.
ok..that was a lot of info...process..im gonna go pump. peace out.

2009-09-22T15:27:00.004-04:00

My apologies for being so behind in my blogging. Seems I'm not as addicted as I thought I would be :)

Well, the girls were born on August 21st, 2009.

Kaylee was 6lbs 9.2oz 19"-48cm Born at 2:13pm

Kaiah was 7lbs 1.4oz 19" - 48cm Born at 2:15pm

surgery went well (besides the incredibly painful infection it caused 4 weeks later. but at the time it had seemed to go well). All of us went home 3 days later which was a completely different experience than Brooklyn and Levi.

Speaking of brooklyn and Levi, they are OBSESSED with their new sisters! they cannot get enuf! they r such good helpers (most of the time). They are always asking to hold the babies and i am constantly having to tell them to stay away from their faces. They, of course, ignore me, so the girls had their first colds at 3 weeks old. poor babies.

The girls turned 1 month old yesterday. They r doing well and have not slept thru the night yet, but im hoping soon! they have there one month appt on thursday. We'll see if i get the measurements and weights on here ha! yeah right! me? blog twice in one week? its unheard of!

Name that pony...

2009-06-02T20:53:00.002-04:00

Ok, so if anyone knows all the names of the my little ponies, hand em over.

Brooklyn is insisting that i look up all their names so she can memorize them, however i am finding thats not an easy thing to do. so, when she began to cry because I couldn't find all of them...I made them up. cruel, I know. especially because now she is practicing with the fake names.
We have sunshine (yellow one of course), raincloud (turquoise), scoot-a-loo (orange), grape (yeah i know i got stuck and the freakin horse was purple), and lilac(light purple).

yup, Im a mean mom...she will be made fun of when all her friends start liking ponies too...hahahaha. oh well.

2009-06-02T20:31:00.007-04:00

ok, so once again I am behind in my blogging. sleep has taken a priority in the evenings as the extra weight is killing me and the not being able to breathe all the way in doesnt help. the big ol belly is back. 51.5 inches around. Mind you i was 55inches around at delivery with brooklyn+levi.

but enuf about me...

at the last high risk appt on may 15th, we found out kaylee's brain cyst is gone....woohoo! both girls are breech, which is fine because im having a c-section anyway. kaylee is 1lb 4 oz and Kaia is 1 lb 7 oz. both are 14 inches long i believe. (if i would blog regularly i probably would be more accurate with my stats)

Looking down, both girls heads

Kaylee...

Kaia waving...

NAMES & 3D/4D ultrasound

2009-04-30T21:13:00.012-04:00

Ok, so many folks are askin the names of these lil girls. We decided to share them this time around. So far, Unless we run across another name we can't resist, Baby A will be named: Kaylee Mae, and Baby B will be named: Kaya Hensley :-)

Also, last monday, April 22nd, Michael, Nana and I went to see our girls in a 3D ultrasound. Something we also went to do with Brooklyn and Levi. It's just so cool to see their lil faces before they r born.

They r laying face to butt, so poor Kaylee gets kicked in the face all day by Kaya. I'm wondering if by the time they are born, they will have to lay like that in order to fall asleep!

Kaylee's face/ Kaya's foot..poor Kaylee...

Kaya's face next to Kaylee's butt...

Kaya

there aren't many great pix of Kaylee because she was hiding her face to protect from the kicks :-)

Still no news about Kaylee's brain thing, but she's moving around a lot so I'm hoping that's a good sign. Hopefully we will find out some good news on May 15th...shrink cyst, shrink! :-)

April 13th Ultrasound...it's a _ and a _!

2009-04-13T20:45:00.012-04:00

It's two girls!

We are VERY excited to have two more girls on the way! We don't have names yet, but we sure are thinkin about it! brooklyn has been saying it's 2 pink babies and she was right! Poor Levi will have lots of girls to protect! He told me he will keep them all safe tho...what a good lil man. He also made up a song for the babies...

The Babies Song...

Baby Sunshine...

While we are very excited to have two girls, we are slightly on edge because Baby A has a small cyst on her brain. The Dr said that these cyst can be associated with trisomy 18/ Edwards syndrome, but are usually accompanied by other major defects such as a heart and/or kidney defect. None of which she has. So, for now we just pray and hope it goes away.

Other than that both babies are doing well. baby A is 8 oz (right on target according to babycenter.com) and Baby B is 10 oz. Baby A is lying low across by belly and flips from her back to belly all day long! really helping mommy out with the nausea :) Baby B is head down along my right side. Feet already up by my ribs. Should make the next 4 months fun! Every time B gets kicked in the head, I'll get kicked in the ribs! haha.

Now its time to go through ALL the baby clothes and separate all the boy and girl stuff and organize by size. I cant wait to see all those lil onsies again! This is the fun part! I ordered the nursery furniture last month and the bedding last night...I'll post a pic for those who I know are going to ask anyway....

Bedding

Furniture

Now, I just cant wait for that nesting phase...

Scary Bunnies, Easter eggs and Candy...OH MY!

2009-04-13T20:16:00.005-04:00

This easter was way more fun than last year! The kids really got into hunting for eggs and the easter bunny. What a fun age! The Easter bunny brought Brooklyn a carseat for her baby doll "Baby Yoop", and Levi a guitar! Levi is very good at jammin with his guitar. he bounces around and strums like he knows what hes doing. I see lessons in his future!

For dinner we went to Aunt sheila's house. We had lots of fun! It gave Levi a chance to jam with Uncle Dave (who plays guitar) and for Uncle dave to tune the guitar(since mommy and daddy are tone deaf).

Brooklyn got her nails painted by queen sara and aunt kelly. Of course she was in her glory. Uncle matt showed us magic tricks and brooklyn was quick to figure them out. lil smarty pants!

Hope everyone had a great easter! Tomorrow we find out the sex of the babies!

March 23rd ultrasound

2009-04-13T20:03:00.004-04:00

ok, ok I'm behind again. Go figure. I think the only time I will be on top of this whole blogging thing is when/if I have to go on bedrest...

so, this appointment was to measure my cervix and be sure i didnt need a cerclage. it needed to be between 20-30mm and it was 38. woohoo! so I'm all good so far. I really don't want to be sewn shut!

Babies are both doing well and measuring normal. Both heart rates are 148bpm. next appt we find out the sexes!

Disney World and birthday party...so fun!

2009-03-08T20:48:00.006-04:00

ok so I am being shamed by blogs of friends. I dont know how you all r so on top of it! ah, so i must play catch up.

Today we went to the triplets first birthday party! (happy birthday Happy birthday happy birthday!) Brooklyn and levi have been talking about it all week, but of course when we got there Levi was a grouch and Brooklyn was acting shy. We had lot of fun with stickers and Brooklyn was very happy to have somewhere to wear her "party dress". The girls r so tiny, I cant remember when Brooklyn and Levi were that small. So precious.

Other than that, this past month was pretty much occupied by our trip to disney world. We had so much fun! we were there for 2 weeks. We ate at the T-rex cafe, went to all the parks, twice, even the waterpark! (we LOVE the waterpark) Both Levi and Brooklyn went down some pretty big slides by themselves! they grow up so fast :(

Brooklyn got to go to the Bippiti Boppiti Boutique and had her hair and nails done, then we went to dinner with cinderella! We had GREAT seats! cinderella even asked Brooklyn to dance! (tho she was scared of "Prince Charmin" so he had to leave) Brooklyn was the happiest girl in the world! Daddy even cried cuz he was so happy for her...hahahaha!

now, I only have 1400 pictures from disney world so as soon and i pick the best ones i will post them :)

Batch #2 is doing well. I felt them once or twice them other day (which is a feeling i have missed! so cool!)

Stay tooned for more disney pix...I will try to get them on tonight, but no promises ;)

march 2nd ultrasound

2009-03-02T21:40:00.005-05:00

we went to the high risk dr today...everything is great so far, they r just worried I will go into early labor like last time so they r keeping a close eye on everything. babies are measuring just on target and they were moving around like crazy (tho i can't feel it yet).

Heard one lil heartbeat!

2009-01-28T21:30:00.000-05:00

we ordered a heartbeat doppler and even tho they say u won't hear until 10 weeks, I tried it lastnight and I heard one lil heartbeat! yay! so exciting. Couldn't find baby b, but I'm not worried. It's still early :)

Brooklyn = drama

2009-01-22T22:26:00.000-05:00

So, apparently you shouldn't let your 2 year old see you with morning sickness...

New soups!

2009-01-22T22:09:00.000-05:00

well, we found out we were pregnant on new years eve, and found out it is twins last friday! yay! we are so excited! I am extremely sick, all day everyday, but its the price I must pay :) i am officially done with the fertility clinic and my first regular dr appt is on feb 9th. I can't wait to see those heartbeats again and know they are ok.

Change of Website

2009-01-22T22:06:00.000-05:00

welcome to the new site! The old website (barwicksoup.com) is almost expired, and was incredibly difficult to update, so i thought we'd move on to bigger and better things! hopefully I can figure all this out soon!