Almost 15 weeks old

The time has been flying by.  The days can be very long, which anyone home with a newborn (or more) can tell you all about, but the weeks are gone in a flash.
Last week, we celebrated the Hindu New Year.  It seems like there is another holiday every week, I swear.  Here's my MIL with the kids who are looking oh so enthused just minutes before a meltdown...

She is honestly the sweetest person.  Yes, it would be nice if she could speak more English, or drive, or chart, or not nap every afternoon, or any number of other things.  But she loves those babies like something fierce and is awesome with them and we are so glad that she is here to share this time with us.  Ganesh I am not, so she is my extra set of hands..

I could go on and on about how huge the kids are still getting and how cute they are (non-objective mom, right here!) and how busy and interactive they are, but I'll just share some quick pics instead...

 Oh goodie!  Time to eat!

 I'll say it again, this kid is hilarious.  He is just a happy guy, like his daddy.

My sweet baby girl

 Chilling on my Boppy (in my six month clothes)

 Mom, you're not supposed to be listening, this is a kid's tete a tete.

Tummy time is such hard work...

It looks like DH's only brother is getting engaged and will likely be getting married (in India) this December.  Which means that we will all be traveling there, just in time for the kids' first birthday and Christmas (wedding high season in India).  Maybe in an effort to sweeten the deal, though I'm almost too tired to imagine what taking two emerging toddlers around the world and back will entail and be like, DH is talking about finally taking our much delayed trip to the Maldives while we are in the neighborhood.  This would work out well, especially if I decide to go back to work in 2013.  I've been getting a ridiculous amount of work offers, but with BFing and no childcare set up yet and DH doing so well, I'm just passing on everything for now. 

We are getting excited for getting out of town in a few weeks to travel up to WI for cousin Abbie's baptism and the twins meeting all the extended family, and then (hopefully) to MI in May for the Tulip Festival (one of DH and my very first trips together seven years ago), if it's not cancelled for the very early spring we are having (hello, warmest March ever in recorded history).  And then to OH over Memorial Day for Grandma G's 90th birthday celebration. 

My mother and eldest sister will be driving out to Boston (and the Cape) for the annual Williams Syndrome convention over the Fourth of July (since Sara has decided she no longer likes to fly) and of course I've toyed with the idea of exploiting this fact to make our first family trip out East.  I'm just not sure that we'll be ready at six months for a big trip (we'd definitely fly).  It might be a good mini dry run for India, since I don't know if we'll be traveling in the fall.  Or maybe we'll just wait until fall and go to Boston then, since I'd love it for it to be one of the very first places that we take them.  BC is celebrating their sesquicentennial, so there are all kinds of fun events planned for that.

My six year old washing machine decided to stop spinning this week, so my fancy new one comes tomorrow.  It is embarrassing how excited I am about this.  I love doing laundry (I'm a freak) and am so glad as I watch it all pile up this week that we are not cloth diapering right now. 

Happy weekend! :)