It's been awhile..

I really fell off the whole blog thing. The past couple of months were hectic and busy - full of traveling, events, and visiting family. We drove to Michigan in April and pretty much stayed there for the month (at least, me and the kids did). We celebrated Miles' 3rd birthday there with a handful of little kiddie friends at a playplace. I was also a bridesmaid at one of my best friend's wedding on April 25th. It was a beautiful wedding and a really fun reception.

After driving back to Connecticut, we ended up flying to California the following weekend. Crazy, I know. We spent some time there with my family while Tim had to travel for work. Miles got to play and be with his cousins Lily and Ian - even slept in their room the whole time. It was like a really long slumber party - with the positives and negatives. Hah He had a great time there though and loved being with his "Best Bud" (his cousin Ian) The girls turned 7 months in California! =)

Me and the kids flew back to Connecticut with my parents. That was a very exhausting trip and I was so thankful to be off the airplane and back home. After getting home, a couple of days later, we had another birthday party for Miles with his little buddies in Connecticut. It was at another playplace. It was a lot of fun! Miles and the rest of the kids had a great time. My parents stayed with us for a couple more weeks. Miles had so much fun with my parents. He loved playing hide & seek with my dad. We even drove to New Jersey for a quick overnight stay to visit my grandma there.

And now.. summer is officially here. The weather is hotter and the days are brighter. I try to get out with the kids as much as I can. With the girls' naps, it tends to shorten the opportunities to go out out. Miles & I end up just going outside to the driveway to play random little games/activities - playing with chalk or squirting each other with water guns. During the weekends, we have gone to the really big Farmers Market, A West Hartford Festival, and a Strawberry Festival. Miles loves being able to play some games and win prizes/balloons.

Maya & Severa are growing and growing. They are now rolling around all over the living room! Severa is definitely more active right now - when she wants something, she will figure out a way to get there! Yesterday, we had a scare. I fed Severa and Maya baby yogurt for the first time, and with a couple of (baby) spoonfuls, Severa had a quick reaction to it. Her lips got very swollen. We went to the ER at the Children's Hospital. She got treated there with Benadryl, then Epi, then a steroid. We waited around for 2 more hours to make sure she was ok and then the doctored cleared her. She was pretty tired and out of it once we got home. But after a nice long nap, Severa was back to her active self. Thank God. She wasn't puffy or swollen or itchy anymore. The medicine also help clear out the redness and itchiness of her eczema too. She looks so refreshed now.

So, for summer time.. we plan on enjoying every bit of it! Maya & Severa are so interested in everything and everyone - so I love to introduce and show them the world =) I enrolled Miles into preschool (!!!!), so I want to enjoy this summer with my not-so-baby baby. <3 font="">

We celebrated Father's Day at the New England Air Museum. It was a fun time and Miles loved it. We treated Papa to a surprise massage afterward for all of his hard work! =)

Here are a couple of pictures at home with the kids. =)

Another Khoury Catch-Up!

Ok, having twins definitely made it harder to post on this blog! I find it so much easier to post on Facebook these days. Quicker, easier.. and my family in the Philippines looks at Facebook more than this blog. hah

But..anyway. I still want to keep up on this.

It's been awhile since I've written.. the whole month of January went by! Tim turned 30! He's officially old like me. But, they say 30 is the new 20 ;)

The girls are 4 months old now. I can't believe it! Most parents of twins/multiples say that the first 3 months is literally a blur. And I totally agree. It's just a continuous blur.. But the past couple of weeks have gotten better and better. 

Severa's colic seems to have subsided, which is such a relief! And now, I can honestly say, she's the happier of the two. She's full of smiles and giggles during the day. She loves to watch her Kuya Miles and his craziness =) Severa has also rolled over with a little help from Mama. She has rolled from her back to her tummy while holding my finger. So, soon enough, this little girl of mine will be rolling on her own. 

Maya is doing great. She's also a happy baby. But lately, and maybe Severa passed the torch on, she's been crying/screeching more than ever. She loves to be held ;) The moment I pick her up, she stops crying. heh Both girls have been doing great with their tummy times. They follow/watch Miles a lot, turn their heads when he's running all over the place.. They have also started to grab their hanging toys (on their carseat & playmat) Overall, they are both growing well =) At their 4 month check up, they weigh 14 lbs! =)

Miles is also doing well. He has grown up a lot. He's very helpful with the babies. He gets whatever I need for them and actually likes to do it, which is really helpful! He talks a great ton. My conversations with him are real conversations about all sorts of things. His memory astounds me! We can talk about anything from the past like it just happened. He's been learning more and more Arabic and Tagalog. He knows all of his letters (uppercase & lowercase), numbers, shapes. He has this computer toy that has pre-school/1st grade type games of letters and shapes, and he does really well in them. He genuinely loves to read and learn new things. Just recently, he's caught on very well on how to use my computer and has started to take pictures of himself (selfies!!) and pinning things on my Pinterest!!! Silly goose. He loves to talk about and look at pictures of family the most though. I love that he talks about all of his cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, even without seeing them in person all the time. It's been really sweet to watch him lately, now that the babies aren't constantly taking up my attention anymore.

Here is a little video of Miles from last week:


And some pictures of my little sweeties =)

Khoury Catch-Up

I can honestly say that having three kids is a very busy task! Time has flown by so quickly yet, the days can feel so long! I've never been so tired and frustrated in my life and yet, seeing my girls smile or laughing at Miles' random questions and comments are ridiculously priceless. 

I never posted much about my parents' visit or Thanksgiving. Our time with my parents feels like a long time ago already. Miles had a great time with my parents. He misses them and still talks about them almost daily. He always says he wants to go to the Philippines. =) One day, Miles. One day. Thanksgiving was nice. We had our own little dinner on Wednesday night and on Thursday, we brought over some food to our friends' house and had a big dinner with everyone there. Plenty of adults and kids! It was a good time.

A little update on the girls - Maya & Severa are growing nicely. We went to their 2 month check up today. They are weighing in at around 11lbs 1 oz for Maya and 10 lbs 15 oz for Severa. It's so crazy to think they were about half that size when they were born. They are both giving me smiles more and more now, which melts me. Maya has her first cold though. I guess it comes with the territory of having an older brother that kisses her a lot =P (Miles is sicky right now too). Other than that, the girls have been doing really well.

A little update on Miles - He's so much older in my eyes now. I look at pictures from earlier this year and it seems like he was more baby at that time ... and now, he's such a KID! He talks so well now - full of questions and comments that make so much sense. His way of making similes impresses me every time. He loves singing (and he's pretty good at it) and dancing. He loves kiddie songs and popular songs too, mainly Bruno Mars songs. With an active personality, it can be... interesting... when he doesn't get his way though =P Ugh. I guess that also comes with the whole terrible twos, I guess. =P haha He's excited for Christmas and loves the snow, Christmas tree, lights, and, decorations. He's always been very interested in music but right now, he definitely loves the drums. We're thinking of getting drums for him for Christmas.

Tim & I have been going through our own routines. He's been busy at work as usual. And we're usually very busy with the kids once he gets home. The bed time process for all 3 is still fairly long. I'm looking forward to when winter is over and the day light lasts longer. hah That'll be awhile from now. haha Siiigh. Oh well. At least, Christmas is around the corner. We'll hopefully visit Santa soon.

Ok, enjoy some random photos =)

Here is one of me & Inay from 1983 (or 1984) with me & Severa. I see myself in Severa more and more.

Has it really been 2 months already??

Miles has been taking swimming lessons. He loves it. His last lesson is tomorrow. I like that he has his own activity with his Papa, instead of always being with me and the babies.

Here's Miles showing my parents his Kumon book. It's a tracing book and he's been doing really good with it. We call it his "schoolbook" =) My little student!

Go Blue! We got all decked out for the exciting Michigan/OSU game.

Miles loves drumming!

Halloween 2013

This year, I had high hopes of getting the girls in costumes for their first Halloween but....I ended up not dressing them up. I really wanted to have them as little pieces of sushi =) but I just never got a chance to go out to the craft store and get the supplies. I feel like it would have been pretty easy. Oh well, I think they will forgive me.

Miles, on the other hand, dressed up this year as Super Why! He loved it. I googled the costume one day and the moment he saw it, he was so so excited for it - so I had to buy it =) He was really looking forward to Halloween this year and being able to say Trick or Treat! We went to an outdoor mall for their trick or treating event. There were a lot of kids and Miles was seriously on Cloud 9. Tim's friend/coworker and his family were there too with their little boy, and Miles had a lot of fun walking around with him. A lot of kids were pretty happy with Miles' costume.. eventually, when kids said Super Why!, Miles would smile and wave to them. He took his persona seriously. haha =) It was fun to watch him have a great time.

Tim had plans to take him to a couple of houses nearby but it started to drizzle a little bit and we decided he's had a great time already..so let's just eat Chipotle ; ) So, we went there for dinner with our friends we saw at the Trick or Treating event.

Welcome Maya & Severa!

Late night on Saturday, October 5th.. my water broke at home! This didn't happen with my first pregnancy so I was pretty surprised (and honestly, scared too). Tim & I headed to the hospital at almost midnight and realized that we will meet our baby girls soon!

Maya & Severa were born very early on Sunday, October 6th via C-Section. Baby A was still breech and Baby B was still transverse. I was actually also dilated so I experienced some contractions as well as having a CS. I had a scheduled CS for the 10th but I guess my girls wouldn't let someone else dictate their entrance to the world! =) The C-Section went really smoothly. I was pretty scared walking into the OR to get my spinal (Tim couldn't be with me at that time, joined me later on during the birth) but I had a great nurse that really helped comfort me through it before Tim was allowed inside. The OR is such a cold and bright place - I felt like I was in a spaceship. Anyway, I'm glad it went by quickly. Hearing Baby A's (Maya) first cry made everything better. When I first saw my girls, I was just so in awe. I still can't believe I have twin girls to this day. =) Such a surreal feeling. The girls are doing great at home. Their big brother, Miles, is giving them a lot of love and kisses. They like to sleep a lot during the days and are more active aka awake at night. It's so neat to see them each day and just see their similarities and differences! They are definitely fraternal twins - they have their own looks for sure! I'm excited to see what their personalities will be like as they get older and older. Tim and I are so thankful that everything turned out great with them and that they were born healthy. We had to stay one extra night at the hospital since the doctors wanted to monitor their weights a bit more, but other than that, it was all normal. It's definitely nicer to be home now than being in the hospital though!

I can't believe they are 2 weeks old today! ♥♥

Home Stretch of this Pregnancy

This is it! The last weeks of my pregnancy. Crazy and amazing at the same time. I am definitely way more tired and achy now and I honestly waddle like crazy. =) My tummy is just huge. It's so tight. The babies still move around a lot which makes the shape of my tummy so funny looking. I'm excited that it's almost over but I'm also still unsure and overwhelmed at the reality of things... but I know it'll all work itself out. God works in amazing ways.

It's officially begun.. people are coming here to visit and help me. I am so very very grateful for my family helping me out at this time. I've been having appointments every week and it's definitely helpful when someone can just watch Miles while I go to my appointments. It's also so nice and refreshing to be able to just go upstairs and relax and/or nap while someone watches Miles. It's also been great to hang out with people during the day to keep my sanity. Sometimes, my patience with a hyper 2 year old runs a bit low these days and having people around definitely helps. My sister came last week and it was so nice to hang out with her. It was neat to have her actually see me very pregnant too. Miles had a great time with her. They called each other Honey. hehe =) I'm glad they had that time together.

Our next visitors are my sister-in-law, Mary, and niece, Abbie. They arrived on Saturday night. Miles was sooo happy to see Abagail. It's been a lot of fun so far with them. Miles and Abbie are hilarious together. They definitely act like siblings - loving and sweet one minute, and picking on each other the next. Gotta love family. We got to go to KinderMusik all together this morning, which was really nice. Miles liked being able to bring Abbie to school with him. I've also been getting more naps in each day too, which have been SUPER NICE.  I'll definitely post more about their visit - many things to write about these two little kiddos!

Random Morning Post

I got up early this morning to use the bathroom and couldn't go back to sleep since. Siigh Pregnancy. Ended up getting hungry, so I went downstairs to eat a bagel. It ended up being a nice relaxing decision. It got me to think about life in general lately. I probably won't have these kinds of mornings for awhile when the babies arrive, where I can just relax and drink hot tea... so I'll just try to relish as much of it as I can. I'm not really a morning person, so waking up early for no reason is different for me.

I had an ultrasound yesterday (I've had so many!) and got to see Baby A's face again. (The 3D image was so clear!!) And again, we couldn't see Baby B. =P She's facing my back or to the side every time we try. I got to see both of them move around a lot though and I saw Baby A stick her tongue out a couple of times. =) Would have been nice if I could have gotten a nice picture of Baby B to add in to my collage. hehe But I'm sure I'll take plenty of pictures of both of them when they are out & about in the world. I can't believe I'm going to be a mama of 3 kids!

My 30th Birthday!

Yesterday was my birthday, the big 3-0. If someone would have told me that I'd be celebrating my 30th birthday with a husband, a 2 year old, and twin girls in my belly - I would be like "yeahh right" But life is awesome like that and will surprise you. I spent my actual birthday relaxing at home with Miles, reading sweet comments and birthday greetings on Facebook, and getting phone calls or text messages from friends and family. And I also got flowers and gifts in the mail! It was perfect and touching. 

When Tim got home, we went out for dinner. He didn't tell me where we were going and just drove. We ate at Apricot's Restaurant for the first time. We've driven by this restaurant before, especially when we first move to Connecticut but it always felt like a place that we should dress up in. It's a nice restaurant - quaint and cute. The food was delicious. We ate upstairs which was pretty nice. There was a family in the next table that thought Miles was so well-behaved that they told their waitress that they will cover our desserts! It was so sweet and random. We ended up talking to them for a little bit and they were such a sweet family.

After dinner, we went home and tucked Miles into bed. Tim actually had more surprises for me. He gave me so many thoughtful presents that included a pair of awesome colored Nikes, Lean In book that I've been wanting to read, comfy sandals, and last but definitely not least, original and custom artwork that depicted our family. I was very touched and surprised by the last gift. It was perfect. The artist, Sheila Asbell Allen, is from Bloomington, Illinois and my first piece I got from her was Tim's 1st anniversary present to me years ago. Tim really outdid himself this year and it made me smile very much. =) I thought the weekend was my birthday surprise and which I was totally happy with. My actual birthday was very memorable and such a wonderful way to start my 30s. I'm very grateful.

Early Birthday Surprise!

I'm sitting at the kitchen table while Tim and our friend Eric watch the Michigan/Notre Dame game on DVR. Today, well, I guess it's yesterday now since it's past midnight, has been awesome. I woke up thinking the day was just going to be another day - with a little work party event at Tim's work and getting some errands/chores done in the house. Nothing major but that was fine.

Instead, the doorbell rang in the morning after Tim & I just woke up (we woke up late). I was thinking "Who is that?" Tim went down and answered it and came back up to tell me it was a girl I sold something to and she wanted to ask me something. I was like "What? I didn't get any messages.. who is here? What?" As I was walking the down the stairs, I look to the living room and there stood my friends Marilen, Melissa, and Eric!!! I was so so surprised! They drove from NYC to surprise me and even brought some Crumbs cupcakes! =) It was so nice to see them, I was genuinely touched. =)

Tim, Miles, and Eric ended up going to Tim's work party thing while the girls stayed behind to just chitchat and hang out. I loved it. I love my friends so much and they made me feel so special today.

Then Tim and the guys came back home with a surprise for me! Tim got me a BURGER BIRTHDAY CAKE WITH FRIES & A COKE! I was sooo surprised =) I have always wanted a burger cake since middle school. haha And honestly, it's the only gift I wanted for my 30th birthday. haha Random, I know.. but true! I was so giddy. They sang Happy Birthday to me and we took lots of pictures. The cakes were done soo nicely. Secret sauce and everything! The details were perfect. Tim also ordered some empanadas from a favorite place of ours at West hartford. Such a great surprise! We ended up enjoying the cake at night after dinner. It was delicious! We were all genuinely surprised that a cake that looked good actually tasted good too. What a wonderful surprise! High five Tim =)  I love you so much.

Labor Day Weekend

During the long weekend, we went to Boston one day for a little day trip. Tim and I wanted to just hang out and eat at our favorite restaurant there. The place is called Giacomo's and it's so good. When we went there last time, we got very lucky and didn't have to wait for a table. We realized after that this restaurant is so legit and that people line up for hours to get a table here. And Labor Day weekend, we weren't as lucky as the first time with the wait. We waited an hour outside for a table (the restaurant itself is pretty small). It's ok, it was pretty fun to wait outside. There were a lot of people walking around and the people by us in line were pretty cool. The dinner didn't disappoint too, so it was all good.

After dinner, we walked around a little bit. Miles even made a friend when were at a little park/fountain area. He even hugged the girl and snuck in a kiss! We were all pretty surprised and it was a very cute "aww" moment.

Tim took more photos of me for "belly bump" pictures so that was pretty nice. This belly of mine keeps on growing, so it'll be nice to look back one day to see these pictures. I got many comments walking around Boston regarding my belly. =) It's so big in real life. haha