Sunday, December 21, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
3-months tomorrow!!!!!
Hiya!
Well as you can see Dad did more of a face-mask thing than breakfast..:))) ha ha ha ....!!!
Visited the clinic today for the second 6-in-1 jab and the 1st of the Rotavirus drops....ouch and yucky!!!
Have been pretty quiet and sleepy all afternoon....and building up to some nigglyness for the next 3 days - maybe, maybe not. I hear cries........ok so that was an hour and 7 minutes ago - it's now 17h59 !!! Feed time and a lot of crying proooooobably brought on by the Rotavirus drops - was told to expect some cramping....and yip it happened in stereo!!!!!
But all that aside tomorrow is 3 months and hopefully (fingers crossed) that's the end of the "difficult" stage and it'll just get better from here....us all sleeping longer being the most important one. We have been taking strain these last 2 weeks or so.....erratic wakings in the night - so I never know when - but in the day like clockwork it's been every 2 hours - you can set your watch to them! I'm just exhausted. Brad is wrapping up his end of year for builders holiday so is taking strain on that front, so at night when he comes home it's hard for us both to string more than 5 words together. And people have babies to keep an already rocky marriage together????? We've had some bad days, but if we can get through that, we can get through anything....now that's my positive spin for today ;)
Right must be off now to get the washing off the line, toss the nappies in the bin and toss a quick salad - thank goodness it's summer so supper's quick and veeeeery simple - and hope I don't get these last 2 mixed up....ha ha ha....salad in the bin and nappies on the plates ;) and then a quick run under the shower....OK here goes.....1st a look in at the babies as I hear crying again... :(
ta ta and love to you all
Linda xxx
Well as you can see Dad did more of a face-mask thing than breakfast..:))) ha ha ha ....!!!
Visited the clinic today for the second 6-in-1 jab and the 1st of the Rotavirus drops....ouch and yucky!!!
Have been pretty quiet and sleepy all afternoon....and building up to some nigglyness for the next 3 days - maybe, maybe not. I hear cries........ok so that was an hour and 7 minutes ago - it's now 17h59 !!! Feed time and a lot of crying proooooobably brought on by the Rotavirus drops - was told to expect some cramping....and yip it happened in stereo!!!!!
But all that aside tomorrow is 3 months and hopefully (fingers crossed) that's the end of the "difficult" stage and it'll just get better from here....us all sleeping longer being the most important one. We have been taking strain these last 2 weeks or so.....erratic wakings in the night - so I never know when - but in the day like clockwork it's been every 2 hours - you can set your watch to them! I'm just exhausted. Brad is wrapping up his end of year for builders holiday so is taking strain on that front, so at night when he comes home it's hard for us both to string more than 5 words together. And people have babies to keep an already rocky marriage together????? We've had some bad days, but if we can get through that, we can get through anything....now that's my positive spin for today ;)
Right must be off now to get the washing off the line, toss the nappies in the bin and toss a quick salad - thank goodness it's summer so supper's quick and veeeeery simple - and hope I don't get these last 2 mixed up....ha ha ha....salad in the bin and nappies on the plates ;) and then a quick run under the shower....OK here goes.....1st a look in at the babies as I hear crying again... :(
ta ta and love to you all
Linda xxx
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
news from Mommy
Hiya all!
Well the great news is that the jaundice episode is nothing to be worried about! It's something to do with the baby's anti-bodies killing off the free radicals that they're exposed to on a daily basis, and this causes the jaundice. A load of bollocks according to the nurse that came to weigh them in the beginning, which is a great relief.
It would have been something to worry about if they were bottlefed babies who suddenly developed it - which could then show liver issues etc etc. So NO more heel-pricks, and the yellowing should disappear on it's own accord. Hip hip hooray! Although I must add they loved the "naked in Tahiti" suntanning on the bed ;)))))
The girls have started smiling (no not the 'wind' smile) for real....and even their little eyes light up and shine with love and affection - or that's what I like to think! They also pull their shoulders up when they smile....so it's all really cute! And the goo-ing and gurgling is something that just melts me at the knee-caps.
I'll do my best to catch it on a video, but up to now have just got the smiling and gurgling. Will upload in the next day or two when I've remembered how - or might have to enlist the help of my geek husband...haa haa haaaa! Also to catch them doing it at the same time...!!!!
We can see ourselves in the mirror now.
Viv - our nanny.
Morning nap time amongst the ironing.
Love to you all xxx
Well the great news is that the jaundice episode is nothing to be worried about! It's something to do with the baby's anti-bodies killing off the free radicals that they're exposed to on a daily basis, and this causes the jaundice. A load of bollocks according to the nurse that came to weigh them in the beginning, which is a great relief.
It would have been something to worry about if they were bottlefed babies who suddenly developed it - which could then show liver issues etc etc. So NO more heel-pricks, and the yellowing should disappear on it's own accord. Hip hip hooray! Although I must add they loved the "naked in Tahiti" suntanning on the bed ;)))))
The girls have started smiling (no not the 'wind' smile) for real....and even their little eyes light up and shine with love and affection - or that's what I like to think! They also pull their shoulders up when they smile....so it's all really cute! And the goo-ing and gurgling is something that just melts me at the knee-caps.I'll do my best to catch it on a video, but up to now have just got the smiling and gurgling. Will upload in the next day or two when I've remembered how - or might have to enlist the help of my geek husband...haa haa haaaa! Also to catch them doing it at the same time...!!!!
We can see ourselves in the mirror now.
Viv - our nanny.
Morning nap time amongst the ironing.
Love to you all xxx
Saturday, November 22, 2008
being a geek new dad
So last night the girls slept for 6 hrs - and boy did i have a good sleep :) Only problem is that 2 hrs after that feed they woke up and so did dad and he could not go back to sleep because he had just a great sleep. Whilst downstairs i booted up my trusty mac and had a realization that it would be great for my girls to get an email address, but not just any old email address a google one like mom and dad that they could use forever, it will not matter where they live or work they will always have a central email address. Now if i waited till they needed an email address then they might end up with jess9hemphill or whatever but not the intuitive one thats after their own name! So i settled for jessica.mikayla.hemphill and sarah.grace.hemphill and they now have email addresses! Now you might think this is odd and geekish and why should they not choose an alias one like "sarahpookie" - well of course they can! but they will always have the serious one and can always forward or do whatever they want with the emails and i promise you they will be clever enough to sort out what and how they want it!
The importance of a properly named email is not to be underestimated. Your email address is not your online identity and nobody can steal it! it is your online PO BOX address that people can send you mail that you want and dont want, without it many will find it difficult to communicate with you!
Of course what about when the get married? well i think i will just forget about that thought for at least the next 25 years! now where is that double bore shotgun licence application :)
The importance of a properly named email is not to be underestimated. Your email address is not your online identity and nobody can steal it! it is your online PO BOX address that people can send you mail that you want and dont want, without it many will find it difficult to communicate with you!
Of course what about when the get married? well i think i will just forget about that thought for at least the next 25 years! now where is that double bore shotgun licence application :)
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
My right hand
Dear all!
Jessica weighed in at 4kg's on the dot today and Sarah weighed in at 3.92kg's, and Cred said they are doing really well! Yaaaaaaaaay! Brad will add to the stats on the top right ;)
Sindiswa (who goes by the name of Viv) our nanny started last Tuesday and is great with the girls. When they are both screaming for food (and this generally happens at the same time as the set each other off), Viv holds one whilst I feed the other...and it's a system that works, because they don't get to a state of hyperventilation, and neither do I !
Viv starts at 8am and leaves at 3.30pm. I usually then take them for a walk and start the bath proceedings by 4.30pm so the girls are all in bed by 5.30pm. I'm sure I'll get faster, but for now it takes about 30-minutes each...as time is spent pacifying the waiting/finished one. I've started reading Peter Pan to them...OK trying to...as the crying whilst they settle down interrupts a bit, then it's lights out by 6pm.
At the mo they feed every 2 hours in the day, and are then doing 4-hourly and sometimes 3-hourly feeds at night, which is great. However sometimes it always isn't so easy to get them back to sleep after a feed, and I can stand there for up to an hour whilst they niggle and whimper.
Brad complains about how tired he is, and surprised I ask why, as he mostly sleeps through all the feeds...but then he tells me after I've passed out comatose after a feed, he's the one standing at the baskets trying to get them to sleep ;)))))....aaah the bliss of ignorance?
Signing off....night night & God Bless
Linda xxx
Jessica weighed in at 4kg's on the dot today and Sarah weighed in at 3.92kg's, and Cred said they are doing really well! Yaaaaaaaaay! Brad will add to the stats on the top right ;)
Sindiswa (who goes by the name of Viv) our nanny started last Tuesday and is great with the girls. When they are both screaming for food (and this generally happens at the same time as the set each other off), Viv holds one whilst I feed the other...and it's a system that works, because they don't get to a state of hyperventilation, and neither do I !
Viv starts at 8am and leaves at 3.30pm. I usually then take them for a walk and start the bath proceedings by 4.30pm so the girls are all in bed by 5.30pm. I'm sure I'll get faster, but for now it takes about 30-minutes each...as time is spent pacifying the waiting/finished one. I've started reading Peter Pan to them...OK trying to...as the crying whilst they settle down interrupts a bit, then it's lights out by 6pm.
At the mo they feed every 2 hours in the day, and are then doing 4-hourly and sometimes 3-hourly feeds at night, which is great. However sometimes it always isn't so easy to get them back to sleep after a feed, and I can stand there for up to an hour whilst they niggle and whimper.
Brad complains about how tired he is, and surprised I ask why, as he mostly sleeps through all the feeds...but then he tells me after I've passed out comatose after a feed, he's the one standing at the baskets trying to get them to sleep ;)))))....aaah the bliss of ignorance?
Signing off....night night & God Bless
Linda xxx
2 months already!!!!
Hello All!
We turned 2 months yesterday (10 November)....hip hip hooray! But the downside is that we had to go for our 6-in-1 jab today (first in a course of 3 jabs). Good but not so good ;) We were very good and both of us only cried for a little bit before Mommy pacified us. She does such a great job.... ;) Nice one Mommy!!!! She said Daddy would be very proud of us :))))
The lady at the clinic is also very kind and was very gentle. Thanks Cred!
The jab is quite low-dose, but made us sleepy, so we slept most of the afternoon. However since we woke up, we've been very hungry and have fed every hour with a lot of crying in between to tell Mommy how much we didn't like the whole thing...ha ha ha!
Till later!
Lots of Love
Jessica and Sarah
xx
We turned 2 months yesterday (10 November)....hip hip hooray! But the downside is that we had to go for our 6-in-1 jab today (first in a course of 3 jabs). Good but not so good ;) We were very good and both of us only cried for a little bit before Mommy pacified us. She does such a great job.... ;) Nice one Mommy!!!! She said Daddy would be very proud of us :))))
The lady at the clinic is also very kind and was very gentle. Thanks Cred!
The jab is quite low-dose, but made us sleepy, so we slept most of the afternoon. However since we woke up, we've been very hungry and have fed every hour with a lot of crying in between to tell Mommy how much we didn't like the whole thing...ha ha ha!
Till later!
Lots of Love
Jessica and Sarah
xx
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Our new "milking" chair
Chinzy had the first go, then the girls sat and waited for Mommy to get ready for their feed.
Friday, October 24, 2008
all the figures
So for those of you asking us all the stats they are now posted on the right of the blog under "vitalstatistix"
Sunday, October 19, 2008
More pics of Kirstenbosch
Dad also enjoying chill time in the sun with his girls!
Both of them totally relaxed.....
and in their favourite position....horizontal ;))))
Family outing to Kirstenbosch with the Hodgkinson's
Granny keeping an eye on the girls whilst Ma en Pa get the pram sorted and in the car :)
Granny looking after Sarah
and then Jessica...
Check the foot sticking out the car seat :)))))
It was soooooooo nice to be out in the fresh air and sunshine with the girls, Brad and Mom! We had a lovely relaxing time with Pete, Cath, Ellen, Alexander and Timothy and I just know it was great for Cath and I to have some chill time....although there was a lot of feeding going on :)
Monday, October 13, 2008
Dad's in major training :)
Brad having a rest after his early Saturday ride and a marathon juicing session...with a sleeping baby Jessica...who I think throws a frothy whilst Mom's in the shower just so she can sneak some shuteye on Daddy's chest :)
I have to tell you all how amazing Brad is....he has taken over all the juicing and smoothie making in our household and keeps me super duper healthy with the yummiest yummy mummy juices and smoothies!!! How lucky can a girl get?
And on top of that he knows how to use ALL the appliances in the kitchen including the washing machine, tumble drier, dishwasher, etc etc. I think I'll be giving up my "office" for a while yet... but get in there now and again to make the odd supper and the odd cup of tea ;) but don't feel guilty at all. I have two little princess's that keep me plenty busy!
Granny Judy
Granny is doing a fab job looking after me whilst Mommy attends to my screaming sister!
psssst....we sometimes play silly buggers with them both...and here is a pic of Granny after a particularly busy day looking pretty tired. Mom didn't look any better and we kept her busy that night too ;) Daddy wasn't amused as he had to fly to PE at 6am the next day!
our first stroll in our stretch limo
ready to face the cold windTaxi driver... :))))
Mom also gets a turn to drive whilst Granny looks on.
The angels when they are finally sleeping :))))
And no they don't go to sleep straight away anymore....they spend faaar more than their allotted hour awake....niggling and crying and generally having a frothy! (yes Alan it's true!....despite the angelic performance you got last weekend)
(taken 4th Oct)
Mirror image..well sort of ;)
Hello you....nice to meet you now that I can actually focus on you!
(taken 1st Oct)
Daddy and one of his girls
When the poo hits the fan and nothing else will get them down, we put them in bed with us so we can ALL get some sleep....and boy do they love been snuggled up to Mom and Dad...specially on Dad's chest ;))))
1 month and busy busy busy moo cow
OK OK so I'm in trouble cause I haven't updated the blog recently :)
The girls were 1 month on Friday...can you beeeeelieve it?????? Jeepers how time is just whizzing past again....and yet at 3am in the morning when I'm doing a feed the minutes seem to tick by soooo sloooowly ;) Yip that's about pretty much what I do...just watch time pass.
We have good nights and bad days, and can last the daylight hours without losing the plot....but if we have bad nights and bad days, boy does that take the wind out one's sails one time ;) Then I'm a wreck and we have soup and toast for supper! Of course Brad is a great help and gets up in the night to pacify them when I'm not the slightest bit aware - I'm comatose most nights in between feeds - and he has to wake me up to feed them. God Bless Daddy! And other nights he's not even aware of the screaming baby monitor and me climbing in and out of bed a million (yes it really feels like a million) times, so tired is he!
There are a couple of photo's to upload, so I'll sign off by saying again to all of you thanks so much for the love and support we're getting...it is so dearly appreciated!
Lots of love to you all
Linda xxxx
The girls were 1 month on Friday...can you beeeeelieve it?????? Jeepers how time is just whizzing past again....and yet at 3am in the morning when I'm doing a feed the minutes seem to tick by soooo sloooowly ;) Yip that's about pretty much what I do...just watch time pass.
We have good nights and bad days, and can last the daylight hours without losing the plot....but if we have bad nights and bad days, boy does that take the wind out one's sails one time ;) Then I'm a wreck and we have soup and toast for supper! Of course Brad is a great help and gets up in the night to pacify them when I'm not the slightest bit aware - I'm comatose most nights in between feeds - and he has to wake me up to feed them. God Bless Daddy! And other nights he's not even aware of the screaming baby monitor and me climbing in and out of bed a million (yes it really feels like a million) times, so tired is he!
There are a couple of photo's to upload, so I'll sign off by saying again to all of you thanks so much for the love and support we're getting...it is so dearly appreciated!
Lots of love to you all
Linda xxxx
Thursday, September 25, 2008
when daddy was a baby :)
in for all to see. Judging by the similarity to me and how beautiful
their mother is I can already see I am going to have to buy a shotgun :)
Monday, September 22, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Auntie andrea got first high five
that she got the first high five from jessica
Friday, September 19, 2008
Morning feed time
making lots of milk from her "jungle juice". daddy had a great sleep
( translation means longer than an hour) as we finally starting to get
a half decent routine going yaaaay.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
What everyone has been waiting for.......
Drumroll pleeeeease........................
We have named our daughters...Jessica Mikayla Hemphill and Sarah Grace Hemphill
Lots of Love
Brad, Linda, Jessica, Sarah
xxxx
We have named our daughters...Jessica Mikayla Hemphill and Sarah Grace Hemphill
Lots of Love
Brad, Linda, Jessica, Sarah
xxxx
Move over Daddy it's Mommy's turn :)
Hey hey hey!
I'm back in the land of the movers and shakers with a handsome Daddy and two little angels at my side. Oh yes...and let me just tell you if I need him in the night, he's up in a flash and changing nappies or bringing through the next crying baby for a feed...then taking the one that's finished for a little cat-nap on his chest or in the crook of his arm (till she wakes up in 20 minutes for another feed) where they both fall asleep "Pa en sy kind" whilst I carry on feeding the other darling. It's quite an experience and one that I wouldn't miss for the world! How lucky can a girl get?
I can't believe that the pregnancy is over already....it seemed like it would be forever, and that my new place in the world was being seated almost permanently on the loo with a pea-sized bladder...ha ha ha! My tummy is shrinking by the day so I can almost see my feet again :) Brad say's I still look pregnant, but hey, there was ALOT of stretching that happened there ;)
All is going really well...and feel like an old pro already, but again we have really easy daughters that burp themselves...not a wind to speak of!
Honestly, there are ONLY two things that get to me:
Anyway at the mo life is full of half-finished jobs - a half-typed email to friends.....this blog that should've been posted on Wednesday and it's now Friday!!!! So apologies for the delay, but here it is all the same.
Chat soon and lots of Love
Linda, Brad, Jessica, Sarah and kitty cat
one big happy family in an extra-length queen bed at 6am in the mornings ;)
I'm back in the land of the movers and shakers with a handsome Daddy and two little angels at my side. Oh yes...and let me just tell you if I need him in the night, he's up in a flash and changing nappies or bringing through the next crying baby for a feed...then taking the one that's finished for a little cat-nap on his chest or in the crook of his arm (till she wakes up in 20 minutes for another feed) where they both fall asleep "Pa en sy kind" whilst I carry on feeding the other darling. It's quite an experience and one that I wouldn't miss for the world! How lucky can a girl get?
I can't believe that the pregnancy is over already....it seemed like it would be forever, and that my new place in the world was being seated almost permanently on the loo with a pea-sized bladder...ha ha ha! My tummy is shrinking by the day so I can almost see my feet again :) Brad say's I still look pregnant, but hey, there was ALOT of stretching that happened there ;)
All is going really well...and feel like an old pro already, but again we have really easy daughters that burp themselves...not a wind to speak of!
Honestly, there are ONLY two things that get to me:
- the crying that gets more and more frantic/unhappy (shakes me up quite a bit, but I do try to remain calm and not get frazzled).....when....
- I have to battle with a million press-studs on a babygrow to undress them to change a soiled nappy and then battle my arse off redressing them and putting all those press-studs back together whilst there's this little person telling me in NO UNCERTAIN TERMS how unhappy they are with their fumble-fingered Mommy by kicking and squirming all over the place ;)
Anyway at the mo life is full of half-finished jobs - a half-typed email to friends.....this blog that should've been posted on Wednesday and it's now Friday!!!! So apologies for the delay, but here it is all the same.
Chat soon and lots of Love
Linda, Brad, Jessica, Sarah and kitty cat
one big happy family in an extra-length queen bed at 6am in the mornings ;)
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
A working dad
So dad went home at 15:30 today and had a nice sleep. Then he had to do a little work but had to do a little babysitting whilst mommy was feeding. Of course work stopped and i could not resist spending time with my darleeng - we have one name and one still to be named so you guys will have to wait it out another day!
Saturday, September 13, 2008
a humbling experience
Sorry about the sound quality - for those geeks - its a .mov file which my iphone makes and youtube does encode correctly into .mp4 will change it to mp4 next time - but for this one you will have to turn down the sound because i am not doing it again
Friday, September 12, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
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