What a Week!

This past week just flew by! I can't believe how fast time seems to be going now that we got past the month of March. We haven't seemed to slow down since we kicked off April with the twins birthday party and Easter.
On Monday we took the boys to their 2 year old well-baby checkup. Zaric weighed in at 23.1 lbs and was 32 inches long. Zaden is slightly (but not much) larger weighing in at 23.3 lbs and measuring 32.3 inches. Although they are still a little under the curve, we are pleased with these measurements, it's miles away from my tiny 4.2 and 4.6 lb babies when they were born. They are doing great as far as motor skills go. The Dr and we are slightly still concerned in the language dept. He suggested we try early intervention (as we had to with Caleb). We talked it over and have decided to wait it out a little longer and see what happens. considering that they are gestationally still 8 weeks away from technically being 2, we aren't super concerned at this point. We'll keep you posted. The overall appt went great until the immunizations were given which was a total scream fest.
A couple of hours after leaving the Dr.'s office Zaden came down with a fever. We assumed it was just from the immunizations and took him to the sitters house while I went to work. It hadn't gotten any better by the time I got home and in fact started reaching up to 104 degrees. We called the night nurse and she told us to just keep watching him and trying to combat it with Tylenol and Motrin. We did so and made it through the night. We had a decent morning and then around noon it came back reaching 103.3. So I called the nurse again and they got us right in. Good news : Probably not caused by the immunizations. Bad news: Virus, nothing we could do for the poor Doodle but wait it out and keep up with the meds. The next morning, Caleb came down with it too. We decided to keep them home for a couple of days which led to me going in late and Mike having to leave early from work several days in a row. All of which resulted in more stress and crabbiness than we really needed.
Finally the weekend hit with much relief to not have to juggle schedules. Friday night was time to catch up on the grocery shopping then I spent time giving all 4 boys haircuts. Saturday came and we got an early start with baseball opening ceremonies and Caleb's first baseball game. We hit the park at 9 am and it was still too chilly for the babes. They were pretty miserable so I brought them home with me while Mike stayed and watched the game (sorry no pics this week). They ended up tying at 6-6 and Caleb struck out twice and got one hit while up to bat and also fielded a ball so overall he was pleased. After we picked them up we grabbed some lunch and ran an errand then it was home for a bit while we got ready for our next outing. Family Pictures. We met an old high school acquaintance of mine in Lehi and did a little photo shoot. It will take a couple of weeks to get them all and show them off but below are a few she sent me early. I will be sure to share the favorites when I get the finished product. Then we decided since we were all dressed up with nowhere to go, we should do something. So we ended up going to The Pie for dinner and getting some ice cream together as a family. After we got home Mike and Caleb went on a little Daddy-Son outing and went to see "How to Train Your Dragon" while I stayed home with the twins and started laundry and watched a movie of my own. They loved the movie and can't wait for it to come out on DVD to add it to our collection. Then came Sunday. Caleb and I spent a good chunk of the day in Lehi again getting my hair dyed and playing with possible hair styles for our Vegas trip next month. Holly did great as normal and Caleb loved being able to play at her house with his friend Braxton. Then it was home to finish out the afternoon/evening and finally get a little bit of rest. According to the calendar, this next week is shaping up to be just as crazy. So we'll brace ourselves for the ride and hang on!