March Madness

March Madness means its time for one of my favorite Fitzgerald traditions- second only to the annual Christmas Tree hunt. Every year my family gathers to watch the Selection Show and draw teams for the NCAA tournament. I wrote all about the history of it here.

Every year we draw teams differently. This year Jonathan had the idea to draw teams by family instead of individuals. So the Fitzs, the Caskeys, the Carlisles and the little Fitzs each drew 16 teams to pull for. This year we drew seeds out before the show and then watched to see who we had drawn.

Sienna managed to pull both Duke and Kentucky for us. Seriously.
We ended up with:
9 N Iowa
5 Michigan St
3 Georgetown
15 UC Santa Barbara
1 Kentucky
12 Cornell
7 Clemson
2 West Virginia
16 Vermont
13 Murray St
6 Xavier
10 Florida
1 Duke
7 Richmond
10 St Marys
2 Villinova

So if you read those teams, you'll realize we have 8 teams left. 8 of the Sweet Sixteen belong to the Caskeys. Too bad there is never any prize. We managed to draw some of the big upsets and have 3 of the 4 lowest seeds still left (12,10,9). Its been really fun to cheer as a family although as long as there are cheerleaders and a band, our daughters are perfectly content.

The Boys' Room

I can't show you the finished boys room yet because... its not done. But I can give you a sneak peek. My friend from college- Jane- made these name signs for the boys and I love them!!!

The color scheme for their room is baby blue and chocolate brown. Owen's personal color is blue and Rhys's is green. She incorporated all of that into the signs and made them look fabulous. I have such talented friends.

And if you love them too you can go to her etsy store to see more. She does custom work (like ours)! The signs are up in their room and I have just a few more things to do to get it done. And find another white crib. Anyone have a white crib they want to sell me?

One Month

The biggest blessings in my life...

are ones I didn't even know I wanted.

Happy one month Rhys & Owen!

Rhys (6lbs 11oz) & Owen (6lbs 3oz)

Pride

My pride took a hit last night.

My parents and my sister have all had problems with their teeth. I never have. I've always prided myself on having good teeth- never having a cavity or any issues. So last night when I thought that I had something stuck on my molar, I was really surprised when 1/4 of my tooth came off. Ugh. A gaping hole in my tooth. Thankfully our dentist fit me in today and I have a temporary filling now helping me survive. I broke my tooth. I think Jonathan was in awe.

I'm sad I have problem teeth now. I hope it was just a one time occurrence. I liked having good, easy teeth.

I still have the part of my tooth that came off. Want to see it?

Growing Up So Fast

I just love this picture of the twins with my mom.

Everyone asks how the girls are doing with their new brothers. Well, they are enamored with them. I think we are in a honeymoon phase because the boys sleep all the time and rarely cry. The girls are so sweet to them and announce every time one of them opens their eyes or waves. Sienna has been a bit more clingy but I don't mind the extra snuggle time with her.

We had a pediatrician appt on Friday and the boys are growing like champs. Rhys gained a pound since he left the NICU; he's now 6lbs 6oz. Owen put on half a pound and weighed in at 5lbs 7oz. They checked out perfect in every way. We are so blessed.

Look who is having awake time now!

The boys got to sleep in their big boy crib because I got a stomach virus. Thankfully my mom was already planning to spend the night so she and Jonathan took the night feedings then Jonathan's parents took the girls all day Saturday so Jonathan and I could rest and recover.

Meeting Their Fans

The boys have been busy eating, sleeping and meeting lots of people who love them and have been praying for them!

My best friend from middle school, Julie, brought us dinner and hung out with the boys. I love how our journey with them has brought many special people back into my life.

Uncle Jordan and Auntie Beth were excited to have boy cousins for their boys to grow up with!

Our awesome neighbors, Stu & Rachel, came down to meet the boys. They were our people to call if we had to go to the hospital in the middle of the night. Rachel was sad when I went in the hospital that there would be no middle of the night phone call. Rachel fed her first baby that night...

...and came back the next day to do it again! Thanks for all your help Rachel!

Brent & Jenn stopped by to see the boys. Jenn wouldn't hold both of them at the same time so its just her and Rhys in this picture.

Uncle Will came by.

And so did Aunt Lauren!

We are pretty much hibernating until the end of RSV season (beginning of April). We won't be taking the boys out in public till then because the risk of them getting sick is too great. You are welcome to come by and meet them as long as you aren't sick. Because these guys were preemies, they missed a lot of the immunity build up in the third trimester. They pretty much just sleep at this point but we think they are the cutest little guys and we like to just look at them. Well Sienna likes to look at them, yell "Hold it!" and then try to scoop them up. We try to protect them as best we can.

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