This morning I heard the babies wake up and when I walked in there THIS is what I found!

The first 30 minute video disc we have of the babies is lost. I never got to watch it. Right after we took it it disappeared. I have been so sick over losing it and I think about it all the time. All I remember is right when Jason finally got to the hospital they were wheeling me into the operating room and I told him to hurry and grab out the video camera. There is about 30 seconds of me saying "It's baby time" and being wheeled into the operating room. Jason and I are both still in shock and you can't tell by the video just how nervous we are. Then there is a video of my first time ever holding the babies, and my first time doing kangaroo care with them both together. Those are all moments I will never get back and it makes me want to cry every time I think about the disc being lost.
On my birthday I went to dinner with my girlfriends, and when I got home Jason had found the lost footage and and had it up on my computer ready for me to watch when I got home. He had forgotten that the day the disc was full, he uploaded it to his computer and there it has been safe and sound all along. The disc is still missing, but the footage is saved on his computer.
I cannot describe how happy I was when I re-watched all those first moments again. I remember how I felt holding them together for the first time. They were 9 days old before they got to touch eachother again. It was amazing.You can see in my face that I am just beaming. Jason earned major brownie points for finding this for me. I must say it is the BEST birthday present I have ever received.
I edited the video to just show a little clip of one of my favorite parts.  Enjoy!

Grammy did Joss' hair in piggies. Here is a picture of Joss cackling while squirting herself in the face with water again.

Last weekend we took the kids to the Zoo. Grandma and Grandpa Webster and Ant Cece came too. Joss was so sweet and just wanted to cuddle the whole time. I love it when they are in those moods. Jaxon had fun running around and playing with Grandma. Here are some pictures of our afternoon.

Notice when I ask Jaxon if he wants to give Joss a kiss or lovies he says "No" all matter of factly. Like, No thank you mom, I would not like to.
I will never get sick of her cackle laugh.

Jaxon and Josselyn's cousin Jase turned 2 yesterday. They had a BBQ party. The kids had so much fun playing with family. I can't believe what a big boy Jase is! That means just 4 more months until the twins turn 2.

When Jaxon was a newborn he had this red rash on the back of his neck that would come and go. It was a little square spot. Both of my kids had very sensitive skin when they were newborns, but only Jaxon got this reoccurring rash. It eventually went away and hasn't been a problem since. 
A mother from a multiples parenting website I frequent has a son who had a horrible rash and found out it was related to the tag-less Carters clothes he was wearing. His rash was so bad that his skin was bubbling and peeling off. I found the link on Carters website regarding a recall from the Fall of 2007 line of tag-less clothes that had a chemical in the tag-less stamp on the neck of the shirts. Evidently a lot of parents had been complaining about their children getting rashes. Carters was offering a full refund for the original value of the clothing in question. I contacted them and they told me to go ahead and send back all of Josselyn's clothing as well. I do not want to risk using it on a future child who may have sensitive skin or pass the clothes on to a friend to use on their child who may have this bad reaction. I went through all of our bins of clothes in the basement and since my twins were born in the fall of 2007 we had A LOT of Carters tag-less clothes from their fall line. I had more to send back but had borrowed them out to another mom and they have since disappeared. I ended up sending 72 pieces back. Carters even went as far as to send me a prepaid postage stamp to attach to my box of clothes so I could return them free of charge.
Well yesterday I got my check from them, $588.93! I couldn't believe it! So since this is the kids money from their clothes, I have decided to use the money to buy them their summer/fall wardrobe.
I may or may not have gone to DI, Kid to Kid, TJ Maxx, and Ross to pick up a few extra pieces of Carters fall of 07  tag-less clothes to add to my shipment. If you think it is despicable, dishonest, and shameful... then I did not. If you think it is clever, smart, and doing my duty to protect and prevent other children from suffering the same rash, then I did :)

Carters Recall link here: http://www.carters.com/Corporate/tagless_message.aspx

Joss

What she is saying:

Joss says most animals and sounds: Duck, quack, Moo, tweet, Can point to snake ssss, baa for sheep, Tiger (G-eye-ger), Owl, Hoo Hoo, Says ZZZZ for bee.. Uh Oh. Choo choo, train. Brings me a bunny and says ” foo foo “for little bunny foo foo hoppin through the forest. Says “Hi” to everything. Hi ball, Hi tiger, Hi duck, Hi choo choo. No, no, no.  Claps, “YAY!” blows kisses when I say anything like:”bye, let’s go, do you want to go bye bye? Do you want to get in the car? We’re leaving. Say bye to dad”… etc. Loves to put a dish rag over her head then pull it off and says “there she is” actually I think she says “there he is”. Lol. She counts 1, 2, 3.

Her favorite things:

She loves Morgan. She loves to ride on dads shoulders.  Won’t go to sleep without kitty kitty and tiger. Favorite nursery rhyme is “round about, round about, goes the little mouse, 1 step, 2 step, into his house..  She will do it on your hand, and then tickle you. She gives high fives. Does fishy lips and loves to give fishy kisses. She loves to read books, and loves flashcards of animals. Loves to watch Wonder pets, and Diego. Loves to be tickled, loves to play hide and seek.

What she likes to do:

Can climb on the couch herself, and table. Loves wagon rides, and car rides. Loves to put the lid on Tupperware, then pull it off.  Loves to wave at the choo choo train and blow kisses as it goes by. Loves to swing in the baby swing but won’t hold on, just hangs by her chest. Loves to climb in the laundry basket and watch the clothes spin in the dryer. Loves to suck all the water out of the water squirter I use on her hair. She dances whenever music is on. Loves to spin around with her arms out when she dances. Loves to unravel toilet paper roll, and tear it into tiny pieces.

What she likes to eat:

Loves to chew on the plastic tags on new clothes, and chew on her hair rubber bands. Loves fruit snacks. She is our meat and potatoes girl.  Loves oranges, but hates mandarin oranges, doesn’t really like strawberries. Likes mac n cheese. Loves sweet potato fries, black beans,   carrots, peas, broccoli, bananas, and milk. Loves banana and blueberry oatmeal.

What she doesn’t like:

Hates to get bitten. Doesn’t like to wear hats. Is scared of going down the slide. Hates to get her teeth brushed, unless she is doing it herself.
My favorite things about her:

When she smiles you can’t see her teeth, her eyes squint all up. Has the cutest smile and cherubic cheeks.
She runs like a drunk  person, it is so funny. I love when she gives kisses. She is so sweet and always in a good mood. She loves to be held. She is happy and content to anything and everything.  She has the most adorable cackle/laugh and it cracks me up every time. I love watching her eat because she is so serious when she chews her eyebrows get very serious. Eating is business time!

Yesterday we took the 3 kids to Liberty park. We got them in their swim suits so they could play in the water fountains. Jaxon was the only one that wanted to get wet. I almost had to go in after him he was having so much fun. There were a bunch of big kids in there running around, then there is Jaxon right in the middle of all of them thinking he is a big kid. We let them go on the airplane ride. At first Jase was scared then he saw how much fun his cousins were having and they talked him into going on a ride. They played on all the playground equipment and had a great time. Thanks for coming with us Matt and Jase!

Our March of Dimes walk was on Saturday. It was such a gorgeous day. We were so happy to do our part and support this great cause. We know how lucky we are to have had such healthy 33 weekers. We had our fair share of struggles while they were in the NICU for 4 weeks, but are so blessed to have 2 happy healthy babies. You would never know they were preemies just by looking at them. Here are some pictures of our walk.