Love their giggles..

I was reminded to post these videos of Joscel and Joshua giggling for those who don't have Facebook accounts.

It's amazing to see them grow everyday. Sometimes we forget what they went through because they are such happy and healthy babies. We thank God everyday for their progress and health.

As first time parents, it's funny to experience their everyday developments as they are learning very quickly to being independent. I would sometimes turn my back for a few seconds to get something, only to find that they are competing to get a particular item and I would have to choose which one to pick up first. They are really fast even though they haven't fully learned how to crawl.

Their personalities are really quite different. Joscel loves her independence. She could play by herself for a long time and only seeks for attention when she is hungry or tired. Joshua on the other hand is laid back and loves to be cuddled and talked to. I guess having a boy and a girl, you get the best of both worlds.

Taking Precautions

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Hi Everyone,

We've decided to change the accessibility of our Blog, Facebook, and social networking sites. With all the scary things going on in the Internet with fraud, identity theft, and mis-used photo grabbing, we are limiting our sites to friends and family.

** This will be effective Nov. 1, 2008 **

If you would like to be on our list of followers, please send us your email and we will gladly add you. Thanks for all your support, and understanding.

Love, Inch's

Our superstars!

Age: 10 months old

Adjusted age: 6 months and 3 weeks

They got tested again on their oxygen saturation 2 weeks ago. The results were better that they decided we can take them off the oxygen for 3-4 hours everyday. It's mandatory to take them off (even if I'm a little scared for Joscel since it's her first time to be off oxygen for that long). We need to find out if they are really ready to come off next month. They told us to pick up the oxygen monitors on the 27th of this month and see if they can sleep through the night without oxygen at all. And if they pass it, they'll come off of them the next day, and that's for good!

People are saying that it's hard to get a smile from Joscel which is true sometimes specially when we are with our family. But when she's with us, she smiles and giggles a lot. Hmmm, playing hard to get?

But with Joshua, it's the opposite. Say "Hi" to him and he'll smile right back at you.

We often find them hugging each other and sometimes, wrestling too! And even if I give each of them same toys, Joscel will still steal Joshua's. I don't know why! Does that mean something? Is she gonna be the bossy one??

Because of too much crawling, we found Joscel lying on our hardwood floor!

We bought them excersaucers because we noticed they get bored so easily....

Playtime with Mommy and Daddy...

Summer and Winter look.....

A few videos to show their cuteness...

Here are some videos to show how silly they are. My family in the Philippines are requesting us to post them coz they love seeing them move (instead of just seeing them in pictures).

Joshua, don't know what he's complaining about.

Joscel trying to crawl..

Giggle, giggle, giggle...

Joscel telling her brother a story

Show us what you got!

The 28 yr old dress..

Yep, this pink dress is as old as I am. I wore it on my Christening. I think I was 2 or 3 months old then.

I know I still have the picture somewhere where my mom was holding me with this dress. But because of moving and renovating, I can't find it.

My mom told me to keep it so when I have my own daughter, I would have something sentimental to give to her. I'm so happy I listened.

And here it is, Joscel is wearing it...

It's a little too short for her now...

Jo and I always wonder how our lives could have been if we only had 1 baby.. Conclusion is, it wouldn't be this fun.

Having 2 babies was a little scary at first, but when you get the routine, you'll know how easy it could be. Of course, once in a while, they both cry and ask for attention at the same time. But we are thankful that God gave us 2 good babies. They usually wait for their turns.

No matter how tired we are at the end of the day, a hug or caress from them will make it all better....

And watching them sleep at night? Priceless!!!

Getting there! They are learning how to hold their bottles now..

Uh-oh, a pink bottle for Joshua??? It doesn't happen all the time.

More tummy time..

They have another oxygen test next week. We are still patiently waiting,,,,

Graduating to High Chairs..

They finally graduated from their bumbos. We are now feeding them in their high chairs. Looking good!

I try feeding them different fruits and vegetables now. Sometimes, I just laughed at myself coz I never imagined that I would be singing and dancing like a fool while feeding babies... They love it though!

Joshua usually gives me this extreme sour face when trying new food for the first time. But after his first try, he then gives me a smile.

Some funny pictures of our 2 little munchkins...

Playing Farm Town in Facebook is one of the ways I relax myself lately. I usually do it when the kids are watching their Baby Einstein shows. In this picture, I stood up just for 2 seconds to get a soother for Joshua and when I came back, I saw Joscel snooping around my farm! I thought it was cute!!!

They said that babies explore things around them by licking them, I don't know if this is a part of it. Joscel loves to lick Josh's foot. Joshua doesn't mind though...

Of course, Joshua is interested at Joscel's foot too!

No matter how hard I try to separate them in bed, they still find their way to be close to each other. Most of the time, they would pull each other's nasal prongs, fingers, ear, and foot!

I always say that Joscel doesn't know how to put herself to sleep. But in this picture, it was magic. She just fell asleep!

The King and Queen of our house

Here are the videos of Joscel and Joshua making our house lively......

We no longer have peace and quiet because the little "inchkins" are always alert and seeking for attention. When they're both awake, they double-team and try to outdo each other's scream.

Updates

Age : 8 1/2 months

Corrected age: 5 months

Joscel (12 lbs. 4 oz.)

Joshua (13 lbs. 10 oz.)

Our i-photo acted up 2 weeks ago and Jo just found the time to fix it last night.. sorry for no blogging for a while.

It's always fun to dress our babies up specially now that they have clothes that could actually fit them. Sometimes they match, sometimes they don't. It depends on our moods, I guess.

We are enjoying every moment with our 2 little munchkins. We sometimes look at their pictures when they were still at the hospital and we can't imagine how small they were. We are so blessed to have them in our lives.

We went to ACH for their liver follow-up and Joshua's Hypothyrodism. Joscel got us worried 2 months ago because we were told that her liver enzymes elevated. But their GI doctor said that there's nothing to worry about since her last blood test showed good progress.

Since they were still at the NICU, they've been taking tons of meds. But we stopped some of them just this week because they don't need them anymore. YAY!

Joshua will take his thyroid pill until he's 2-3 years old. They monitor him every 3 months just to make sure that his medication is doing it's job. His doctor was impressed to see that though he's got this condition, he seems like he doesn't even have it. He's developing really well physically and mentally.

We give them more tummy time everyday. Joscel can roll over from her back to tummy and vice versa. Joshua gets frustrated though and the last picture shows his reaction...