I Think We're Alone Now...

As I sit down in the rocker in the Nursery 2.0, with a Twizzle in a bouncer at each foot (man, my calves are going to be huge!) the DQ2.0 taking the first sleeping shift, and the Pizz off dreaming of carbs!, I take some time out to remember the past 6 weeks that were.

I will speak on my own, by I know the DQ2.0 will support me when she reads this..., that there is no way we would've survived this without the aid of some very special people.

And, now I will promptly call them out!  (and no... Hoff... you're not one of the them!)  In chronological order!

The Mo-Pair!

Wow.  Seriously, what can we say.  She was lured here for a two week "emergency backup trip".  Who would've known that that would be the D-Day!  Mo was amazing, fully taking over the Pizz duties, cooking for us, cleaning up the GM, and even doing our laundry!  She was so solid, she even wrote a manual for the GM and it's daily functions. 

Somehow, with all this activity, I cannot find any pics of Mo with the Twizz.  There are plenty of the Pizz, including this one, which is taken on the way to school.  (Hopefully when the car was not in motion!)

We've tried on many occasions to lure the Mo to become our Mo-Pair, but alas... she has a life.... damn!

Best Moment with the Mo:  Seeing her plan these elaborately tasty meals for us (and the Pizz the next day).  I mean these were awesome!  But I digress...  She would put so much effort into the Pizz food, and then when she got the Pizz' report card and saw that she ate "a little". ... she got offended and vowed to do better! 

La-La

La-La was next, overlapping with the Mo-Pair and learning the ropes from the one who invented the ropes! 

La-La was solid.  A workhorse.  She would stay up nights, alternating the DQ2.0 and myself.  Even let us go out on a date!  Whew!!! (we went to get pizza!)  Then stay up during the day, and keep the DQ2.0 from going insane.

She took the chef's hat over, and ran with it.  Setting up some tasty meals.  She also took away the Pizz on the weekend to the Aquarium, and learned firsthand that the Pizz is deathly afraid of scuba divers.  She also did laundry and learned about the subtle intricacies of the G-diaper system.

Best Moment with La-La:  learning that she used her 10day stay as the moment to stop smoking!




Ita and Wowo!

Last, and certainly, not least came the Ita and Wowo show!  and man what a show it was!

They took over for the outgoing La-La, and stepped right in.  There were some significant difficulties at first, with the Pizz being deathly afraid of Wowo.... to the point of not wanting to be in the same room with him.  But in time, and with the power of the Belly!  (all Yarnoz' involved), the Pizz softened her stance... and soon came to search out the Wowo!

It also was an interesting dichotomy on the new big screen TV, seeing the Libyan conflict on CNN and Fox News battle it out for air time with Baby Signing Time!  Let me give you a guess as to who won that one!

As what has become standard operating procedure, our laundry and food was prepared for us.... with some very tasty selections of wine.  This, with our ongoing sleep debt, provided some difficult moments staying awake.  And, of course, the meatloaf was splendid!  (especially adorned with vintage roasted potatoes and mixed veggies.... just like the old days!!!)

Best Moment with Ita and Wowo:  The Pizz, with her growing belly and very little else, has been put on a mild carbohydrate restriction.  Boy, does this baby like carbs!  Oh wow!  Two nights ago, Ita came into the living room, holding a raw potato, and asked if we wanted baked potatoes for dinner.  The Pizz, on seeing this glistening potato, dropped her TV remote, forgot about Baby Signing Time, lept off the couch, and chased Ita back into the kitchen, screaming for the potato!  Wow!

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So, now, as of today, our helpers have left.  The village that helped raise the Yarnoz family has exited stage left... Now we are in it for the long haul.

There is no way we would have survived the atypical preeclampsia, 10 days of NICU, the initial pains of dueling baby home telemetry monitors, the struggling with different feeding schedules, the nonstop GERD, the frakking "loose connection" alarms, the all-nighters, the eating, the Baby Signing Time, the Cardiology calls, the "baby calls", the diaper rash from hell, the squeaks, the grunts, the snortles, the poots, the baby that poops all the time, the baby that poops every other day, the ASD, the "Pig in a Blanket", the Brazilian consulate!, the runny noses, the 6 month sore throat, the 3 day sore throat (damn I'm a wuss), the frustration, the let down, the sauce, the strive to gain 6 ounces!, this life.... without the purely, utterly amazing help from those above.

We here at BY Universe love you.

(oh, by the way, I am signing that I am crying!  Can you feel it!?!)

Yarnoz twins taking heavyweight titles!

Hard to believe, but the Yarnoz twins are 5 weeks old today.  And thankfully are starting to grow grow grow!  Mila weighed in at 7 pounds 2 ounces, and Court a whopping 8 pounds (well, plus a significantly dirty diaper, but it's not really cheating if the nurse at the pediatrician's office knows it's wet!)

Yippee!

One Month- What We've Learned

Well, as the DQ 2.0 just pointed out, we've hit the One Month mark!!!   Woohoo!!!

So what have we learned:

• We had no idea what we got ourselves into!
• One Month flies by when you don't sleep.
• Also, with the added ability to not eat, you can really shed some pounds!
• Also, also, with the added ability to produce high calorie breast milk, it is the new crash diet!!!
• The Twizz are sooooo cute
• Mila, aka The Mouse, is putting on weight.
• Court, aka The Dude, has GERD!
• The Mouse makes some horrifically spooky squeaks and shudders in the middle of the night.
• The Dude just lounges around.
• The both definitely have the Yarnoz GI tract.
• The frakkin heart monitors are an absolute pain in the rear.  I think in the past month we have entangled/strangled ourselves, each of the Mouse/Dudes legs, the Ham, the crib, the Pizz, and diapers.  These wires have also gotten Golder showers and Chocolate thunder!
• The Visa process in Brazil is a horrible cluster fudge!
• Thank God for Mastercard!
• Who knows where the DQ2.0 and I would be without the amazing assistance of the Mo, Lala, and Ita/Wowo.
• Two people can sleep soundly in a twin bed!
• Who would have thought that one boy's little junk would have caused soooo much fuss!
• NICU- schmicu!
• How can two babies sharing the same womb can be so extremely different in size, shape, eating and pooping habits.
• How could the Pizz be that afraid of Wowo?
• How that fear could be overcome by the Power of the Belly?!?
• Birth control!  Catch the fever!
• Directional urination!  It's all about positioning the junk!
• How much harder it is to change and clean a boy versus a girl.
• How much the Mouse looks like the Pizz.
• How much the Dude looks like the mailman!
• Man, I love the iPad.  Damn that new 2.0!
• Who would have thought that all of our focus and life would be centered out of the Nursery 2.0
• How's the Visa process in South Africa?
• Just say no to Carbs!
• You can never have enough breastmilk.
• CLCs are never easy to find
• "My Brest Friend" is my new best friend!  Where else can I hold the Twizz on each arm, surf the Internet on my iPad, and drink a beer, all from the comfort of my couch!
• I think Twizz call is much much worse than cardiology night call.
• The DQ 2.0 is the most amazing woman on the face of the earth.  I challenge any of you, loyal BY Viewers, to come up with a woman that is more.  You too, Hoff!
• Industrial strength breast pump- never thought I would utter that phrase... or is it udder?
• I have started signing Baby Signing Time songs in my sleep.
• The Pizz' signing vocabulary has exploded.  Now if we can only figure out how to use forest animals, farm animals, sea creatures and nighttime objects in our day-to-day lives; we'd be set!
• Potty chair- still not happening
• I've got back my 4Runner!
• We'll never sleep in our own bedroom again

We are one month old!

Yep, it's hard to believe, but we've survived a month.  We can't even believe that much time has gone by... and frankly we're not sure if we believe anymore the expression "Time flies when you are having fun." Or at least at this point we would not describe all that has happened as technically "fun."

But, you know, every day is better and better.

Court has topped 7 pounds, which is nice.  And little Mila is filling out as well, looking more and more like her big sister every day.

The good news for today - they can fit into a bouncer!

Playing with KP and the Twizzles

So, for our next blog installment... what the heck have we been doing for the past week?

Well, the Twizz have been eating, sleeping, pooping.  The Pizz has been eating, sleeping, pottying, reading, signing, playing, dancing, Pizzerating, going to the Aquarium with LaLa, and eating some more.  The DQ2.0 and the Editor... well... we've been surviving!

And we've been taking pictures!!!

and lounging on the bed!

and playing in the yard!

Man we're tired!!!