9 months

Some pictures for your viewing pleasure :)


Adalyn: "Is orange my color?"


Emma: "What do you mean I have something on my face?"


Emma: "Does this hat make my head look big?"



Adalyn: "No Emma, you look purtty like me in grampa's hat"


Twinners: "What is daddy doing?

The girls continue to do great. They have their 9 month physical on Tuesday so we will try post an update soon after that with some more recent information.

Beach Babes!

We spent this last weekend up at Great Grandpa & Grandma Mosterd's cottage. We had so much fun! Grandma & Grandpa Maat were there and Uncle Brandon, Uncle Aaron and Aunt Lauren came for a while too. We thought we would share some pictures with you from the weekend.


Daddy with Adalyn enjoying the lake

Mommy & Emma taking a dip in the lake

Watch out boys here are a couple of real bathing beauties!

Adalyn snuggling with Uncle Brandon

4 generations of Mosterd women, Great Grandma Mosterd, Grandma Maat, Mommy, Adalyn & Emma

Emma enjoying some bath time in the sink at the cottage.

Adalyn having some snuggle time with Grandma Maat.


We hope you enjoyed the pictures!
Love,
Adalyn & Emma

P.S. Mommy & Daddy will write an update after we get our weights checked this weekend but just so you know we are all doing great :)

Lots of firsts!

Things are going well at the Lamar household. Adalyn & Emma are doing great! They are 7 1/2 months old , 4 months corrected. My how time flies. They have not had a developmental assessment recently, but they do tomorrow. Early on is coming tomorrow and I am anxious to hear if she has any concerns about their development. At this point they are expected to meet the milestone for their corrected age. Both girls seem to be meeting all of their 4 month milestones and then some. They both babble all the time, including when they are supposed to be sleeping and eating. They laugh, squeal, and show excitement with their whole body. Both girls will roll from their back onto their side, but not quite over to their bellies yet. They sit up supported, but they need a bit more trunk & neck strength before they will be able to do it on their own. They both really like their hands and have no problems playing with those if their are no toys around. They have not found their feet yet which is surprising since they both have such nice pedicures :) They love to pull, bat & hold the toys hanging from their entertainment mat & try hard to get most things into their mouth. Much to my dismay Adalyn has become quite the cute little thumb sucker. Emma will suck on her hands or fingers but still prefers her pacifier. They still have thickened feedings but in the last month they have started having a baby food vegetable about once a day. Some days they like it better than others. They both have recently gotten over their first colds & ear infections which they both handled like champs. They had some big outings in the last month as well and have been playing with some friends for the first time which they love. Last weekend they had their first weekend at Grandpa & Grandma Maat's and they loved it! Dave & I got to enjoy a weekend in Mackinac which was lovely, but we definitely missed the girls. They are getting big. Yesterday Adalyn was 15lbs 4.5oz (13th percentile), 25 1/4 inches (9th percentile), and Emma was 14lbs 6oz (5th percentile) and 25 inches long (6th percentile). So we are officially on the growth chart for everything! Needless to say for their corrected age they are big...Adalyn is 85th percentile for length & weight and Emma is 80th for length and 70th for weight.

Update

We are well over due for an update, sorry about that. The girls are doing awesome! On May 5 they were 6 months old. They are 3 months old corrected. Today we had their 6 month check-up with Dr. G and he said the girls are doing great. We are thrilled to report that Adalyn is on the 6 month growth chart for weight, height & head circumference and Emma is almost there for weight and is on it for her head circumference. Here are their measurements from today:

Adalyn
Weight: 13lbs 5oz (5th percentile)
Height: 24 inches...yep that is right 2 feet tall!!! (3rd percentile)
Head circumference: 41.8cm (25th percentile)

Emma
Weight: 12lbs 5.5oz (just below the 3rd percentile)
Height: 23 inches...almost 2 feet tall (below the 3rd percentile...but getting close!)
Head circumference: 41.1cm (10th percentile)

There development is progressing nice as well. They will coo/babble a story to anyone that will listen, once they get to know you. They smile all the time. They chuckle/laugh...soooo cute! They are starting to get more control of their arm/hand movements and love to play with the toys hanging from their play mats. They are both sleeping through the night for 7-8 hours at a time which is wonderful. They take 3 naps a day which is nice in terms of helping us get things done during the day. Their reflux is doing much better, they have large spit ups once a day to once every couple days. We still have them on Zantac and thickened feeds, but we have slowly been making the feedings less thick and so far they have been doing great. We are down to 5 feedings a day and they take 5-6oz at each feeding.

Another thing that has changed with our family which some of you may not know about is that Dave got a new job. After much prayer and reflection Dave decided to leave his job at CL construction to try something different. He is working as a unit technician on the evening/night shift in the Emergency Department at Holland Hospital. He has been there for about 4 weeks now and is loving it. He seems to fit in well and really enjoys learning more about the medical field. He is exploring what he might want to do when he grows up :) and thinking maybe he might want to pursue some schooling somewhere in the medical field. So hopefully none of you have to head to the Emergency Department at Holland Hospital, but if you do you might see Dave. He is working in triage, which is where you sign in and get your vitals, weight etc. done before being taken to your room in the emergency department.

We covet your continued prayers for the girls as they continue to have some catching up to do with their growth and development. Please join us though in saying a prayer of thanks for how far the Lord has brought the girls in the past 6 months. They are over 6 times their birth weight!!! Please also continue to pray for their health. Pray that God protect them from illness. Pray that if they do become sick that their bodies especially their lungs and immune system are strong enough to handle the illness. Thank you again for your prayers!

God Bless!!!

6 Months Old

Adalyn With my wedding ring at 1 week Adalyn with my wedding ring at 6 months Praise GOD!

Doing great

This morning started off with both girls wide awake and ready to hang out after their 6am feeding. While I enjoyed my morning coffee the girls and I chated about our day. Here is a video, this time of Adalyn with a little help from Emma.



This afternoon the girls went to their first appointment with Dr. D the neurodevelopmental pediatrician. Before I talk about how the appointment went, let me tell you how old the girls are today. Today the girls are 10 weeks corrected. For those of you who are not familiar with corrected age, allow me to explain. For preemies corrected age refers to how old the infant would be if it had been born on its due date. This age is used to assess growth and development in preemies often until they are 2 years old. On Thursday the girls chronologic age will be 25 weeks (meaning their age from their birthdate). The reason I wanted to get that straightened out is because Dr. D assesses the girl's growth, feedings, and development based on these ages. Dr. D was very pleased with how the girls are doing in all three areas. In terms of their weight she said they look great and are actually getting close to being on the growth chart for their chronologic age. She is happy with their feeding, amount, thickening, schedule etc. which is fabulous. The best news of all, she said their development is closer to their chronologic age than it is to their corrected age...AWESOME! God continues to help Adalyn & Emma grow and develop everyday. What a faithful God we serve! So we do not have to go back to see Dr. D again until the girls are 1 year chronologic or 9 months corrected. At that visit they will assess the same things they did today and they will also be doing a hearing test on the girls. The girls both passed their hearing screening in NICU, but Dr. D said they routinely do hearing tests on preemies in their office to make sure there are no problems as they develop.

On another note. We have had some people asking us whose baby picture the girls look like. Well Dave thinks they look like my baby pictures so we thought we would share some with you.


Abi 3 months old


Emma


Adalyn

Oh and the girls weights from their doctor's appointment today:
Adalyn: 11 lbs 15 oz
Emma: 10 lbs 15 oz

March for Babies

Saturday was the March for Babies. It was the first big outting the girls have had since birth and they did great. It was sunny, but windy & brisk, but we enjoyed ourselves. Adalyn & Emma even got to see their friend Melanie Westra from the NICU, she looked so cute all bundeled up in her stroller! Several other friends came out for the walk as well and the twinners enjoyed seeing old friends again and meeting new ones. Thank you to those of you who supported us & March of Dimes through your donations and by walking with us on saturday. Team Lamar Twinners officially raised $2,385 to help support the mission of March of Dimes! Enjoy some pictures from the walk.


Adalyn ready for the walk



Emma ready for the walk



Kennedy Van Nuil taking a nap after the long walk :)



Hudson Windemuller



Rylie Lawrence


On another note here are the most recent weights on the girls from Saturday morning.
Adalyn: 11 lbs 5 1/2 oz
Emma: 10 lbs 5 1/2 oz

The girls are growing & developing great. God is awesome & He is in control!