Yes, I am in fact the laziest blogger ever. Shockingly, the kids don't give me time off to blog and I do most everything on the IPad now, which is not very blog friendly. Though I've posted some of them here, I also put together a Pinterest board of the major elements of the twins' nursery (save the original art) in case you are interested. I tried to be eco minded and it ended up being a bit of sea and sand and heavy on the elephants. I promise that someday, though probably not soon, pics of how it all came together will actually get posted... Happy long weekend!
Friday, May 25, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
21 weeks old (almost 5 months!)
We had a great time up at Lake Geneva and the Grand Geneva for Mother's Day weekend. We are so looking forward to continuing to take the kids up there when they are bigger and can get more out of it.
The kids are busy...
Mari decided to give us a quick roll (from belly to back) over the weekend, but neither seem very interested in doing this on a regular basis. I think they are moving on to bigger things already.
She is quickly approaching 15 pounds and Alistair is nearly 16.
Both love to put anything and everything in their mouths. She still likes a paci and her thumb, but he's given up his paci on his own and is more of a fist in the mouth kind of guy.
They both LOVE playing with their linking rings and she likes to push them up her arm like bangles. You can't make this stuff up.
They love to sit up, though they still need to be supported. He still runs his legs like he always did inside me (a mile a minute) and it will be really interesting to see if he ever just walks or if he just starts out in a quick run.
Neither seem to be showing any signs that they have contracted the chicken pox from my shingles, thank goodness, though there is still a very small chance that they still could come down with it, since we are still not three weeks out from my rash clearing up. I credit the breastmilk for keeping them healthy, as its primary benefits are immunologic, as they were definitely exposed before I knew what we were dealing with.
They love to blow raspberries, Mari especially thinks this is hilarious.
They don't seem to be fans of the whole grain organic rice cereal I got them, but I can't really blame them. I tried it and it's pretty awful tasting. We are going to start some more tasty things at five months.
They laugh a lot now, especially when we change their clothes, which is a big change from their first few months when they would scream (one of several reasons why they just lived in their pjs).
They started noticing each other right around 4 months (she was first), but now it is so funny to watch them watch each other and interact. They can move so much now that if you lay them next to each other but far enough away that they can't touch, she'll move to where she is kicking him in the head. Or if we put them near each other, she'll have his ear or hand or whatever in hers in no time.
They are both in and quickly outgrowing their six month clothes and we are starting them in size three diapers.
They both sleep from ~7:30pm-6:30am, with a dream feed @ ~11pm. I am not sure when we will try to drop this, as they both eat a lot at that feeding. They used to take a long morning nap (his was usually shorter), but now they seem to have switched to the long nap in the afternoon, but they will still take two short naps in the morning. Apparently our four month wakeful amounted to him getting up once three nights in a row and needing to be rocked back to sleep. We'll see what happens when they start teething.
Speaking of teething, they both like their Sophie teethers. Though we could have lived so far without the big Sophies, which is kind of just an overpriced squeeky dog toy if you ask me. Thankfully we got ours as gifts.
Playing with my camera when no one's looking...
Guess who outgrew his cute outfit already?
My first Mom's Day :)
Yes, it feels like my hair will probably all fall out before we are done...
Tired after a long day...
Back @ home
Alistair has officially taken over his sister's pink chair since it's a little bigger than his purple one and he's a moose.
What Mari thinks of her mom sticking her new camera in her face instead of playing...
The kids are busy...
Mari decided to give us a quick roll (from belly to back) over the weekend, but neither seem very interested in doing this on a regular basis. I think they are moving on to bigger things already.
She is quickly approaching 15 pounds and Alistair is nearly 16.
Both love to put anything and everything in their mouths. She still likes a paci and her thumb, but he's given up his paci on his own and is more of a fist in the mouth kind of guy.
They both LOVE playing with their linking rings and she likes to push them up her arm like bangles. You can't make this stuff up.
They love to sit up, though they still need to be supported. He still runs his legs like he always did inside me (a mile a minute) and it will be really interesting to see if he ever just walks or if he just starts out in a quick run.
Neither seem to be showing any signs that they have contracted the chicken pox from my shingles, thank goodness, though there is still a very small chance that they still could come down with it, since we are still not three weeks out from my rash clearing up. I credit the breastmilk for keeping them healthy, as its primary benefits are immunologic, as they were definitely exposed before I knew what we were dealing with.
They love to blow raspberries, Mari especially thinks this is hilarious.
They don't seem to be fans of the whole grain organic rice cereal I got them, but I can't really blame them. I tried it and it's pretty awful tasting. We are going to start some more tasty things at five months.
They laugh a lot now, especially when we change their clothes, which is a big change from their first few months when they would scream (one of several reasons why they just lived in their pjs).
They started noticing each other right around 4 months (she was first), but now it is so funny to watch them watch each other and interact. They can move so much now that if you lay them next to each other but far enough away that they can't touch, she'll move to where she is kicking him in the head. Or if we put them near each other, she'll have his ear or hand or whatever in hers in no time.
They are both in and quickly outgrowing their six month clothes and we are starting them in size three diapers.
They both sleep from ~7:30pm-6:30am, with a dream feed @ ~11pm. I am not sure when we will try to drop this, as they both eat a lot at that feeding. They used to take a long morning nap (his was usually shorter), but now they seem to have switched to the long nap in the afternoon, but they will still take two short naps in the morning. Apparently our four month wakeful amounted to him getting up once three nights in a row and needing to be rocked back to sleep. We'll see what happens when they start teething.
Speaking of teething, they both like their Sophie teethers. Though we could have lived so far without the big Sophies, which is kind of just an overpriced squeeky dog toy if you ask me. Thankfully we got ours as gifts.
Playing with my camera when no one's looking...
Guess who outgrew his cute outfit already?
Love this place...
My first Mom's Day :)
Yes, it feels like my hair will probably all fall out before we are done...
Tired after a long day...
Back @ home
Alistair has officially taken over his sister's pink chair since it's a little bigger than his purple one and he's a moose.
What Mari thinks of her mom sticking her new camera in her face instead of playing...
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
So what's new?
Well lots of things as we are almost 20 weeks old, which is unbelievable to me...
Some highlights:
We have hair!
Alistair's hair is growing in pretty quickly after having what looked like a buzz cut up until now. Mari was born with and still has a ton of hair, which is very curly on top when wet, but brushes straight after her baths. His seems straight so far, which is interesting since mine is, but DH's is wavy.
We are rolling!
Alistair can go from back to front, or should I say side (he only makes it about 60% of the way over and then plants his face flat on the ground for the full turn). He's still working on it. She is not quite there yet, but if everything else is a guide, she'll be a week or two behind him.
And sadly, I have shingles. :( I started to get a rash on the back of my hand late last week, and then it didn't go away. I went to the drop in clinic on Saturday morning and was diagnosed and put on antivirals, which thankfully seem to have contained the outbreak to my left hand and arm (which I have to keep covered up to help keep from spreading it, with a glove I look like a bad parody of MJ). This wasn't even a little bit on my radar, of course. How/why this happened now, I have no idea. The kids sleep through the night. I sleep through the night. I am not anywhere near as run down as many other times in the last 27 years since I had the chicken pox (shingles is just a resurgence of the CP virus). Thankfully, you can't catch shingles, but you can spread CP to those who haven't had it. The kids are too young to get immunized against CP (it's a live vaccine) and we are just praying and waiting (it has an up to 21 day incubation) that they don't get sick. Lord help us if they do...
And not to be overlooked, Mari is also doing great. She is talking a lot more now, so much so that it is hard to determine which one of them is louder. I just love their little voices, I can't wait until they start talking for real. They really love playing with toys now. What a difference a few weeks makes.
Some highlights:
We have hair!
Alistair's hair is growing in pretty quickly after having what looked like a buzz cut up until now. Mari was born with and still has a ton of hair, which is very curly on top when wet, but brushes straight after her baths. His seems straight so far, which is interesting since mine is, but DH's is wavy.
We are rolling!
Alistair can go from back to front, or should I say side (he only makes it about 60% of the way over and then plants his face flat on the ground for the full turn). He's still working on it. She is not quite there yet, but if everything else is a guide, she'll be a week or two behind him.
And sadly, I have shingles. :( I started to get a rash on the back of my hand late last week, and then it didn't go away. I went to the drop in clinic on Saturday morning and was diagnosed and put on antivirals, which thankfully seem to have contained the outbreak to my left hand and arm (which I have to keep covered up to help keep from spreading it, with a glove I look like a bad parody of MJ). This wasn't even a little bit on my radar, of course. How/why this happened now, I have no idea. The kids sleep through the night. I sleep through the night. I am not anywhere near as run down as many other times in the last 27 years since I had the chicken pox (shingles is just a resurgence of the CP virus). Thankfully, you can't catch shingles, but you can spread CP to those who haven't had it. The kids are too young to get immunized against CP (it's a live vaccine) and we are just praying and waiting (it has an up to 21 day incubation) that they don't get sick. Lord help us if they do...
And not to be overlooked, Mari is also doing great. She is talking a lot more now, so much so that it is hard to determine which one of them is louder. I just love their little voices, I can't wait until they start talking for real. They really love playing with toys now. What a difference a few weeks makes.
Snuggling with the nugget bunny that the Easter bunny brought her...
Her jammies say "Princess of Naps", and a more accurate description of her has never been written.
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Deer in the headlight look when my red eye reducer is on.
She has the most adorable smiles, which are really difficult to get pictures of, but I'm working on it...