2 Months Old

Samantha

Stacey

Samantha and Stacey are growing! They weigh as much as a normal size newborn now...8 lbs. 6 1/2 oz. and 8 lbs. 3 1/2 oz.

They are smiling big now and Samantha can already roll over from belly to back...lol..she does not like to be on her stomach!

Things are better (with the colic) now that we switched them to lacto-free formula, put gas drops in their formula and use Benefiber for Kids to help them use the bathroom. For weeks we were all pulling our hair out as they were some crying babies--EVERY NIGHT!!! We are actually sleeping now, sometimes more than 6 hours straight...I dont know how to act when I get that much sleep.

The girls had their first cold (sniffles) last week and of course I was worried sick, they are better now but Big Brother is sick with a fever and sore throat for the past 2 days....he is going to the dr. tomorrow! The girls took their first out of town trip to Kennett a month ago and then this past weekend I took the kids to Shannon's (in Batesville), we had a good trip and the best time.

Hope this finds all of u well, I am sorry that I am not in very good contact lately..but as u can imagine I am pretty busy day in and day out!! Love you all!! BETH

SCAMP MARIE SWINDLE FAIN 5/2/91-3/6/2009

My baby Scamp passed yesterday morning around 3:00.

I am totally and utterly heartbroken and grieving!!!!

I have had him since before my 13th birthday and will never forget all of the years that we shared together...he meant the world to me!

He was an awesome kitten, always playing and was for sure always with me!!

He slept under the covers and loved turkey, butter, and tuna. He always gave hugs and would jump on my back when I wasnt paying him attention or was bent over...He meant the world to me!

He meant so much to me that Jim was always wondering if it came between him and Gamp--who would win...well I will never tell, but I am sure that one can guess what that answer is.

He loved to play with rubber bands and blush brushes, he would hide them...lol. He also loved POUNCE (Jim's fav. treat to give him) and catnip :)

He was a very talkative cat, never quiet (unless he was asleep), he would just meow to greet u, meow louder for food and yowl at night--we always said--just to hear himself talk. As he got older he would yowl at the walls and in the hallway at all hours...he was getting senile..

He had lived a full life and was the best cat (baby) I could have asked for.

The only time that we were apart in 18 years was when we lived on Speedway and the front door was left open for a time when I was not in the room and Scamp got out. We called a search party and we looked for days...calling his name and screaming down the street at all hours of the night...we looked everywhere!! I was almost as heartbroken then as I am right now! He was gone for weeks and it was such a relief when my friend Cathy found him just 3 or 4 doors down from the house and it seemed as if he had been there the whole time. He had lost his hair and about 10 pounds...he was as miserable without me as I was without him :(

He had just gotten weaker and weaker after his leg was broken..he went downhill really fast within the past couple of weeks and I knew that it was time....he was not in any pain

(as far as I could tell) and he only cried when he wanted my attention. (I wish now for more of that...It was hard with him and the twins all wanting to be in my lap at the same time).

There will never be another baby like Scamp, he was just the greatest...he was my best friend for almost 18 years and I will love and miss him forever!!!

2/21/2009 GRAMMY came to visit !!!!

Well, things are going to fast in my life lately and there is no real way to catch everyone up on the past few weeks that i have not had time to write anything down...but I am going to try to sum a little up today by working backwards :)

Yesterday my mom came to visit her grandkids and it was AWESOME!! There is just something about seeing my kids with my mom that I just love. It is almost indescribable. She held the girls all day long, and I think by the time they left last night she could tell them apart. NOT SURE THOUGH....lmao. It is getting harder and harder to tell them apart these days and I know that the older they get the more they will look alike.

Baxter came to visit and as u can imagine Sebastian got the biggest kick out of that!! Him and Baxter just played and played.

BTW, we got some snow and sleet yesterday and the ground is still just covered...it is beautiful

I am trying to play catch up but not doing a good job at it, everyone just be assured that they girls are doing fine and we are all happy and well.