Saturday Excitement, 01/09/10

Saturday morning we loaded up the kids to go see Bailey and Wyatt. We tried to focus on Bailey because we knew Wyatt was coming home.

Tyler and Brianne touching Bailey for the first time. Sorry Wyatt you will have to wait till tomorrow when we get you home.

Compared to Wyatt she seems to be such a quiet baby. I am sure this will change.

Saturday night when I came back to room in for the night she was again awake and just lying in her bed content as could be.
Wyatt says to get him outta here.
Mommy says please stop crying so people will not think I am killing you. Running the water seems to help. Maybe I should have brought that bear that makes noise.

Last Minute Adventures

12/31/09
Lee and Tyler went "hunting" with Uncle Tim and Nicholas. Tyler had so much fun and wants to go again soon. I am sure when the babies get here he will want to go back even sooner due to lots of crying from the babies.

Tyler and Nicholas
Uncle Tim, Tyler and Nicholas
1/2/10
We took Brianne and Tyler on an overnight adventure to B'ham. We had promised to take them to the McWane Science Center, and Brianne was dying to stay at another hotel. This time I was disappointed in the Science Center because it had been changed, and there was less hands on adventure.
Torture from his sister.... a bed of nails

I know that there will be few adventure for all of us for a while. The babies will not be allowed to go near crowds. I hope we can find new family adventures that will keep the older two happy.

12/31/09

Wyatt and Bailey are both getting so big. Look at their chubby little faces and legs.

Bailey
Wyatt
I don't know if I ever posted that Bailey has hair just like her big brother had at this age. She also looks like him. The nurses also said that she looks like daddy, and Wyatt looks like mommy. Wyatt also has hair like his big sister and looks like her. They make expressions like them also. Wyatt is definitely showing us that he plans to be the boss when he comes home. He likes to cry. Does that sound like a certain little girl I know? I can remember Maw and Granddaddy coming to TN to visit and saying they could not take the crying anymore so they were going to the hotel.

A Weekend of First Experiences

On December 26 Wyatt and Bailey had a first. They were able to touch and lie in the same bed for the first time. She absolutely loved it and went crazy over him. She had her hands all over him and even had him sucking her fingers. He is a typical man. He did not care for it at all. The nurses told me he was the same way when they co-bedded them.



12/26/09
Lee is a sneak. He let my dad hold Bailey for the first time, and I did not even know it. They both came back from the hospital grinning like a possum. It was very fitting for him to be able to hold her. I think outside of us he has really "understood" how serious this was and suffered the most. He told me the other night that when he first saw them it hurt him so bad. He said that he thought to himself that we would never get to see those two come home. I really hope he enjoyed this special moment holding a baby that fought so hard to stay here with us.
RaRa got to hold Bailey on 12/26. I don't know what I would have done through all of this without Regan's help. I know that going through all this with me was hard on her because she lost Cameron. We could never repay her.
Wyatt has a surprise for Granddaddy and RaRa. On Monday he tested positive for MRSA in the eye so off to isolation for the two of the them. Guess all the loving will have to wait till they get home.

12/27/09
Brianne and Tyler got to see Bailey for the first time. If you click on the picture and enlarge it you can see that Bailey is awake.
Tyler and Brianne peeking at Wyatt.
I had all 4 of my children in one room for the first time. You could never imagine what it felt like. I waited 73 days for this to happen.

Christmas with the Grandparents

On the day after Christmas we opened gifts with Maw and Granddaddy. This year Tyler was all about the shocked looks, and I caught most of them on film. Here he is getting his Nintendo DS. We are now trying to find a happy medium on how much time he can spend on it.

Mac is helping Brianne open her gifts. He does not like to be left out of the fun.
Granddaddy and the kiddos
The next day we celebrated Christmas with BeBe and Granddaddy. Brianne getting her twin bitty babies.
This boy loves some Ice Age stuff. He even got pjs which he is so excited to wear. His Ice Age pencil topper was also a huge hit. He wants to take it for show and tell at school.Daddy, Granddaddy, and the kids
We forgot to get Bebe in the picture. She was busy like me taking pictures.Brianne with her boy/girl bitty baby twins. Maw got her the twin stroller.

The weekend of New Years we celebrated Christmas with Grandma and Mr. Steve.
Can you guess what was in this bag? Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs
A Mac Mac pillow
Now Brianne can finally forgive us for leaving her pillow at the hotel on our last vacation.
Grandma with the kids
Mr Steve and Grandma
The kids had a good time over Christmas break. They received way too many goodies so they are on a goody high right now. Hope they are still happy after a few weeks with twin babies at home.

Christmas at the Rigby Home

Christmas Eve we had to feed both Santa and the reindeer. It was raining so we chose to put the reindeer food at the door on a plate. We almost forgot to feed them but Mr Responsible, Tyler, reminded us.


The stocking were lain out by the chimney with care (or disarray).
Santa came by and left some goodies. His pockets are empty now. Tyler wanted to know how Santa was going to make it down the chimney since there was not opening. I told him magic but that he might just decide to be lazy and come through the front door.
Priceless excitement....
After all the gift opening there was a big mess. Brianne made good use of her new cleaning equipment. She is really good at talking on the phone and vacuuming the hard wood floors. Can you guess who she is talking to on the phone? Ra Ra of course and she is having to fuss at her for doing something wrong again.
Tyler was able to go outside for a few minutes and ride his new bike. It was cold, and if you look at the grass in the background you can see how cold.

3K Christmas Program

We managed to make it to Brianne's 3K Christmas Program. There is nothing better than watching 3 and 4 year olds try to be still and sing on stage. It last only 20 minutes so it was not too much for them.

Brianne has finally started to like school, and we will soon have to take her out due to the babies. I feel guilty, but there is nothing we can do about it.