Next week we start VEGGIES, their will def.be more to come on that!
8.26.2010
Baby Food=Messy Babies
Well the girls have been eating oatmeal since they were about 3.5 months off of a spoon! We have gotten SO much better about eating it. Zoey cant get enough of it, I think she would keep eating if I didnt stop feeding it to her! SHe loves it, but this is a good thing because she does not drink as much milk as Lillianah so it evens out! Recently they have been getting really into it, and when I say into it, I mean literally into it. They have just started noticing the spoon and that something is in the bowl and well they want to do it them selves they dont want you do to it, so I decided that I would let them. Here are the results, I do have to say it was quit entertaining watching 4.5 month old babies try to feed them selfs rice cereal. I think I enjoyed watching it more than they did making a mess!!!
Next week we start VEGGIES, their will def.be more to come on that!
Next week we start VEGGIES, their will def.be more to come on that!
8.25.2010
A day on the Baby Farm
Its Wednesday, so you know what that means. Baby Farm DAY. It was a rough morning as L and Z were a little cranky. Z was just being Z and hanging out! L and K did not want to take a morning Nap. K ended up having to leave at 1:30 today so he could go to his doctors appt. He has thursh in which he got from Lillianah, who has it, and Its more than likely Z will get it, if she does not already have it. Do you know how hard it is to seperate bottles pcaifiers, toys, burp cloths, blankets, etc. well pretty much near impossible and EVERYTHING I mean Everything goes in their mouth. Today the girls were laying together and Lillianah was sucking on Zoeys hand and then Zoey puts her hand in her mouth, so I think we might be making a doctors visit to get Z an antibiotic too, otherwise we will be going around in cirlces with this Thursh mess! Any who wanted to share some pictures of today on the Baby Farm.
K and L playing, Z was still asleep
K knocked the play mat over, I think it is his way of telling me he is a 'big boy' now and does not want to lay on the play mat
K and L playing, Z was still asleep
K knocked the play mat over, I think it is his way of telling me he is a 'big boy' now and does not want to lay on the play mat
K Practicing standing!
Oh ZOEYYY!
L and K reading a BOOK
WATCHING MUMBLLLLLE
Before our Nap, playing not wanting to go to sleep!
Nap Time! (Yes, they are dressed differently but not really, they have the same colors on the oppisite part of the body!) Dont worry we dont leave the hosue not dressed the same! But these are wicked cute outfits that sandy gave them!!:)
Trying on our Bathsuits to make sure they fit for our FIRST beach trip in a week!
Practicing sitting up, waiting for Daddy to get home From work!!
8.21.2010
8.18.2010
T to the E to the S to the S to the A!
I love Tessa, Don't you?
I don't know if I love her more or love to read her B, more? Ha. ok just kidding. She has beenn one of my very good friends sice 2003 when we went to college together, back when we were THEM NMN. We did lots of things together, freshman year she lived on my halll, and that is where we met. Sophmore year we had rooms right next to each other and we lovee to spend our weekends at pi, sigma pi that would be. We had lots of fun and so many memories. Here I will share one with you...
I don't know if I love her more or love to read her B, more? Ha. ok just kidding. She has beenn one of my very good friends sice 2003 when we went to college together, back when we were THEM NMN. We did lots of things together, freshman year she lived on my halll, and that is where we met. Sophmore year we had rooms right next to each other and we lovee to spend our weekends at pi, sigma pi that would be. We had lots of fun and so many memories. Here I will share one with you...
This picture was junior year on the porch of nellies house. I am sure this evening involved lots of drinks and dancing.(even with tessas crazy hips) We had many fun fun times together. I think I could go back in time and re-live just one night in college, don't think I could handLe going back more than that But one night would be fun. Tessa is happily dating a wonderful guy named Ryan, loves to write on her B, has some really nice friends that I met when I went to visit her in 2009, where she curently resides in charlotte, North Carolina.
She came down for my baby shower and gave me these wonderful panda towels that we use all the time! I think the girls look soo cute in their panda towels from their god momma tessteaseee
THANKS TESS!
8.17.2010
Things that I have learned over the past 4.5 months and want to pass on too new mommys to be!
1. DIAPERS May I make a simple suggestion, ask everyone for diapers when people ask you what you want for your baby shower, its one thing that you can NOT get enough of, (you can get enough of one size, ha I ran into that, so ask for all sizes!) people are always asking if they can bring you anything, or pick up anything for you, DIAPERS, should be your answer!:) My girls are 4.5 months, TWO of them at that and we have not had to buy diapers yet. (thanks to all my friends and family) It saves you TONS of money and a trip to the store in those early days when things are hectic and hard to get out of the house. BRAND, pick what works best for you, I am personally a Pampers fan, hate huggies. But that is a personal preference, I just really like the way pampers fit. But once I run out of diapers I might be switching brands as Pampers are super duper expensive, I do like LUVS and they are not as expensive so we MIGHT be switching we will have to see. WIPES, these will become your best friend they are not only great for changing diapers but wipes gets spit up off your clothes(and if you have spitters like I do, you will def need lots of these), spit up off floors, they wipe it right off the leather, etc. WIPE WARMER. Some people sware by it and love it, well I found that yeah its great the wipes are a slight temperature warmer than if they came straight out the box, but it takes the moisture out of your wipes and then they are not as soft when you are clearning our babies bottom! I rather have a cold soft moist wipe than a slightly warm rough one! BRAND, the one and only kirkland from costco! Best wipes ever, and you can get 9 packs of 100 for 19 dollars and some change! Which I personally think is greatt! Buy them in bulk and you dont have to get them very often. But do pay attention when you grab your last pack, you dont want to be scrambaling for wipes at 2am, because you didnt realize you were on your last pack! DESITIN. This is the miracle drug for butt paste! Best over the counter cream ever. Change diaper, wipe, apply paste, go to change diaper again, red bottom=GONE! Love, love it! Learned though, have one tube at every changing station and every diaper bag, so it is easy access at all times! Learned that in the early days of running upstairs after I have diaper open and ready for change and then where is the desitin, oh on the other changing table! AH, no good! So large tubes at every station and diaper bag you have! CHANGING STATIONS. (exp. for moms of multiples) Have a changing station set up on BOTH floors of your house, makes it easier, exp in those early days when you are changing diapers non stop. The floor works great as one for us, but I know some moms dont want to bend down and all that if they dont have too! Downstairs changing station consists of, diapers, wipes, creams, extra clothes, and blankets! Their upstairs consist of the same!
2. TOP ITEMS, COULD NOT BE WITHOUT, everyone knows the basics but this is what I found that I used the most! BOPPY PILLOWS. This will be your absolute best friend, well if you have TWINS I know it will be, even if you have a singleton I think that you would use it alot. When I feed the babies by myself I lay them in thir boppy pillows on either side of me and feed them. Which makes for a perfect feeding set up. Even when they are not feeding, they lay in them. They often take naps in them. And now that they can sit with support it is good to use to hold them up when they can not sit on their own. Also, tummy time, its great for that! Some babies dont like being put flat on the floor for tummy time(exp in the beg) so prop them up in the boppy pillow and they can use that to strenghten their neck and back muscles to learn to hold thier head up! See I think this is a great assest of things that are needed!BOUNCY SEATS, these are great exp the ones that vibrate, it relaxes the baby! The items that hang helps with god focus and eventually hand eye coordination. My girls actually slept in their boucy seats the first couple months due to reflux. PACK AND PLAY. I use mine for its changing table and storing everything in the pack and play so I have a station down stairs and do not have to go up and down the steps. But early on when the girls first came home, they slept in it. So it is a great necessity! SWING. Seems to sooth babies exp. during the witching hours, think about it, they felt movement constantly for 9 months as you walked around, the rocking motion soothes them. It is a plus if it has music on it! VIDEO MONITOR. This helps exp. if you are like me and a worry wart, you do not have to jump out of bed at every peep you here when your baby goes to his/her own nursery, you can just look at the monitor! You need all the sleep you can get and getting up every hour is not going to help when you dont have too! SWADDLE ME. Best invention ever, babies are so used to being tightly in your womb, then all of a sudden its out into the real world, I think about it like this babies are in our womb for 9 months of darkness, snug tight, no loud voices and then bam all of a sudden they hit bright lights and loud noises and naked and cold! Kind of like how we feel when we walk out of a movie theatre. THey like to be cuddled, again I think this sooths them! Kiddopotamus makes a great swaddle me, It was great in the early days until my girls just wiggled their way out of them! The swaddle me saves you from having to swaddle them yoruself with blankets! NOISE MACHINE. We just have a bear that makes the white noise machine and is attached to their crib, it gets turned on every night to establish their "bed time routine" so they associate night time with that noise. It also helps block out the other noise that may be going on in the house at that time. PLAY MAT. OH I think this may be my best friend, even early on it engages them to look at things, giving them a change of scenary and different things too look at. And eventually they learn to grab, kick things, and touch different parts of the play mat.
3. FEEDINGS. Bottles, Bottles, Bottles, they can get expensive, exp buying enough for TWO. Don't waste your money and go and buy the smaller 4oz bottles and then when they start drinking more than 4 oz have to buy the bigger ones. Just buy the bigger ones in the begining and then you wont have to buy bottles twice. We used the avent ones, but not the regular avent ones because they LEAK, we use the avent colic ones, they have an insert on the top of the bottle that prevents them from leaking and air getting in the bottles. They are not too pricy and worked well for us, jsut wish we did not go buy all these small ones and then turn around and have to buy the big ones! BOTTLE WARMER, is a must exp at 3, 5, 6 AM or whatever time your baby wants to feed in the middle of the night, Def. a must have purchase item. It takes too long to heat it up under running water. FORMULA VS BREAST FEEDING. Lots of people will say you should really BF its better for the baby, etc. But do you, do what is best for you, if BF is not for you formula is ok. No one is their to judge you. I am a different sneaker, I BF for the first month, and now I strictly pump my girls get expressed BM in a bottle everyday, we are going strong of 4.5 months and no formula and hope to continue for a year. My goal was 3 months, we hit that now my goal is 6 months, if we make it their I know I can do a year! So lets hope so! You DO WHAT is best for YOU; BF, formula, or BOTH! As for PUMPING ONLY, it is hard in the begining but it does get easier, I suggest that if you are BF and not strictly pumping you should pump a couple times a day too, exp. in the begining to help build your milk supply, also if you pump a couple times a day on top of BF (putting the baby on you) it helps build your milk supply. Also this allows you to store milk for emergencies, exp. ones you dont think of that you might run into! I have some stored in the freezer and thank goodness because I had to get a CT scan and well you can read here for that story. So I am glad I had back up milk in the freezer. STORAGE GUIDELINES: Freshly Expressed Breast milk, 5 hours. Refrigerator, 5 days. Freezer, 6 months(stored in the back of the freezer not the door). Deep Freezer, one year. NURSING PADS are a must have for those that may leak. I do not leak very much, but it has happened on occasions when I have been in public, NOT a pretty site. STORAGE BAGS are a must have as well, the medela ones are really good and they have an edge on the bottom so they stand up, which makes easier for storing. CEREAL in the bottle. Majority of bottles do not let cereal go through the nipple, I learned this the hard way. So if you are going to put cereal in your babies bottle make sure you ffind a brand that makes Y nipples, the Y shape holes at the top of the nipple allow the cereal to go through. Platex, Gerber, and Dr. Brown make these nipples to allow easy axcess for the cereal to flow through. CEREAL on a spoon. TIP: First couple times they eat from a spoon, where a diaper and a bib and thats it, otherwise you willl be changing their outfit when they are done! I have not experienced any other foods yet, so that will be a post for a later day.
4. PREPARING FOR COMING HOME FROM HOSPITAL. I had already recieved everything that I needed but did not get everything "ready" before I came home from the hospital. Exp. with two little ones and having a rough recovery on my part, I was not able to set things up the way I wanted them. So make sure before you go to the hospital, you have batteries in everything ie. swing, bouncy seats, mobiles, play mats, etc. anything you may use in that first month. Have everything OUT of its boxes and ready to go, bottles, bottle warmer, sterilizer, etc. Thats the last thing you want to do. Have all babies closed pre-washed and organized. Sheets pre-washed for cribs or bassinets, you never know when your baby may have an accident and need a sheet change, which is often in those early days. Have a set up plan for people to help, everyone is always willing and wanting to help you but you dont want an overload so make a plan so you dont have to worry about it after coming home. When you do come home you take care of yourself and baby and others that come over to help, ask them to throw in a load of laundry, wash bottles, take out the trash, pick up dinner, etc. every little bit helps! Exp. for those visitors that are coming over to stay and hang out. Most common courtesy is a visit for 20 mins or so. Make sure you are fully organized with everything that you can do before hand so you are not doing last minute things when you come home.
5. ROUTINES. Did I just type that, Yes, why yes I did. Its never too early to establish a routine, NO I did not say set schedule because with babies that is almost impossible to have the exact same schedule every day early on, but you can establish a routine and this is coming from a mommy of two little girls who had their days and nights mixed up pretty bad and the only reason we fixed it was by establishing a routine. For example 45 mins before every bottle in the early days I would lay them on a blanket, and wake them up and keep them engaged for 45 minutes b4 they ate. This is during the time when all they did was sleep, eat and poo,pee. I needed them to learn that day time was wake time and night time was sleep time. So I would take their clothes off, wipe a wet wash cloth on them do whatever was needed to wake them during these times. It took dedication and work but it did work. We kept the lights on all day and never were quiet kept TV on and everything. THen B4 it was "bedtime" we would feed them their last bottle in their room, with the lights off, sound machine on, no talking and feed them and put them down. We did all this for two straight weeks and they eventually figured out night and days. Now we still do our bedtime routine, It is the best thing I could have ever done for the girls and for ourselves!
6. SLEEP DEPRIVATION. It happens, be ready, get allll the SLEEP you can NOW! But just a little comfort, I never realized how much sleep I would not be getting, and I ALSO know how much I used to be able to sleep in and be able to sleep ALOT! I would never have thought I would be able to run on the sleep I run on. THe first couple weeks were hard, but your body does just adjust, to it. Its almost like, we were made to adjust to the no sleeping thing.
2. TOP ITEMS, COULD NOT BE WITHOUT, everyone knows the basics but this is what I found that I used the most! BOPPY PILLOWS. This will be your absolute best friend, well if you have TWINS I know it will be, even if you have a singleton I think that you would use it alot. When I feed the babies by myself I lay them in thir boppy pillows on either side of me and feed them. Which makes for a perfect feeding set up. Even when they are not feeding, they lay in them. They often take naps in them. And now that they can sit with support it is good to use to hold them up when they can not sit on their own. Also, tummy time, its great for that! Some babies dont like being put flat on the floor for tummy time(exp in the beg) so prop them up in the boppy pillow and they can use that to strenghten their neck and back muscles to learn to hold thier head up! See I think this is a great assest of things that are needed!BOUNCY SEATS, these are great exp the ones that vibrate, it relaxes the baby! The items that hang helps with god focus and eventually hand eye coordination. My girls actually slept in their boucy seats the first couple months due to reflux. PACK AND PLAY. I use mine for its changing table and storing everything in the pack and play so I have a station down stairs and do not have to go up and down the steps. But early on when the girls first came home, they slept in it. So it is a great necessity! SWING. Seems to sooth babies exp. during the witching hours, think about it, they felt movement constantly for 9 months as you walked around, the rocking motion soothes them. It is a plus if it has music on it! VIDEO MONITOR. This helps exp. if you are like me and a worry wart, you do not have to jump out of bed at every peep you here when your baby goes to his/her own nursery, you can just look at the monitor! You need all the sleep you can get and getting up every hour is not going to help when you dont have too! SWADDLE ME. Best invention ever, babies are so used to being tightly in your womb, then all of a sudden its out into the real world, I think about it like this babies are in our womb for 9 months of darkness, snug tight, no loud voices and then bam all of a sudden they hit bright lights and loud noises and naked and cold! Kind of like how we feel when we walk out of a movie theatre. THey like to be cuddled, again I think this sooths them! Kiddopotamus makes a great swaddle me, It was great in the early days until my girls just wiggled their way out of them! The swaddle me saves you from having to swaddle them yoruself with blankets! NOISE MACHINE. We just have a bear that makes the white noise machine and is attached to their crib, it gets turned on every night to establish their "bed time routine" so they associate night time with that noise. It also helps block out the other noise that may be going on in the house at that time. PLAY MAT. OH I think this may be my best friend, even early on it engages them to look at things, giving them a change of scenary and different things too look at. And eventually they learn to grab, kick things, and touch different parts of the play mat.
3. FEEDINGS. Bottles, Bottles, Bottles, they can get expensive, exp buying enough for TWO. Don't waste your money and go and buy the smaller 4oz bottles and then when they start drinking more than 4 oz have to buy the bigger ones. Just buy the bigger ones in the begining and then you wont have to buy bottles twice. We used the avent ones, but not the regular avent ones because they LEAK, we use the avent colic ones, they have an insert on the top of the bottle that prevents them from leaking and air getting in the bottles. They are not too pricy and worked well for us, jsut wish we did not go buy all these small ones and then turn around and have to buy the big ones! BOTTLE WARMER, is a must exp at 3, 5, 6 AM or whatever time your baby wants to feed in the middle of the night, Def. a must have purchase item. It takes too long to heat it up under running water. FORMULA VS BREAST FEEDING. Lots of people will say you should really BF its better for the baby, etc. But do you, do what is best for you, if BF is not for you formula is ok. No one is their to judge you. I am a different sneaker, I BF for the first month, and now I strictly pump my girls get expressed BM in a bottle everyday, we are going strong of 4.5 months and no formula and hope to continue for a year. My goal was 3 months, we hit that now my goal is 6 months, if we make it their I know I can do a year! So lets hope so! You DO WHAT is best for YOU; BF, formula, or BOTH! As for PUMPING ONLY, it is hard in the begining but it does get easier, I suggest that if you are BF and not strictly pumping you should pump a couple times a day too, exp. in the begining to help build your milk supply, also if you pump a couple times a day on top of BF (putting the baby on you) it helps build your milk supply. Also this allows you to store milk for emergencies, exp. ones you dont think of that you might run into! I have some stored in the freezer and thank goodness because I had to get a CT scan and well you can read here for that story. So I am glad I had back up milk in the freezer. STORAGE GUIDELINES: Freshly Expressed Breast milk, 5 hours. Refrigerator, 5 days. Freezer, 6 months(stored in the back of the freezer not the door). Deep Freezer, one year. NURSING PADS are a must have for those that may leak. I do not leak very much, but it has happened on occasions when I have been in public, NOT a pretty site. STORAGE BAGS are a must have as well, the medela ones are really good and they have an edge on the bottom so they stand up, which makes easier for storing. CEREAL in the bottle. Majority of bottles do not let cereal go through the nipple, I learned this the hard way. So if you are going to put cereal in your babies bottle make sure you ffind a brand that makes Y nipples, the Y shape holes at the top of the nipple allow the cereal to go through. Platex, Gerber, and Dr. Brown make these nipples to allow easy axcess for the cereal to flow through. CEREAL on a spoon. TIP: First couple times they eat from a spoon, where a diaper and a bib and thats it, otherwise you willl be changing their outfit when they are done! I have not experienced any other foods yet, so that will be a post for a later day.
4. PREPARING FOR COMING HOME FROM HOSPITAL. I had already recieved everything that I needed but did not get everything "ready" before I came home from the hospital. Exp. with two little ones and having a rough recovery on my part, I was not able to set things up the way I wanted them. So make sure before you go to the hospital, you have batteries in everything ie. swing, bouncy seats, mobiles, play mats, etc. anything you may use in that first month. Have everything OUT of its boxes and ready to go, bottles, bottle warmer, sterilizer, etc. Thats the last thing you want to do. Have all babies closed pre-washed and organized. Sheets pre-washed for cribs or bassinets, you never know when your baby may have an accident and need a sheet change, which is often in those early days. Have a set up plan for people to help, everyone is always willing and wanting to help you but you dont want an overload so make a plan so you dont have to worry about it after coming home. When you do come home you take care of yourself and baby and others that come over to help, ask them to throw in a load of laundry, wash bottles, take out the trash, pick up dinner, etc. every little bit helps! Exp. for those visitors that are coming over to stay and hang out. Most common courtesy is a visit for 20 mins or so. Make sure you are fully organized with everything that you can do before hand so you are not doing last minute things when you come home.
5. ROUTINES. Did I just type that, Yes, why yes I did. Its never too early to establish a routine, NO I did not say set schedule because with babies that is almost impossible to have the exact same schedule every day early on, but you can establish a routine and this is coming from a mommy of two little girls who had their days and nights mixed up pretty bad and the only reason we fixed it was by establishing a routine. For example 45 mins before every bottle in the early days I would lay them on a blanket, and wake them up and keep them engaged for 45 minutes b4 they ate. This is during the time when all they did was sleep, eat and poo,pee. I needed them to learn that day time was wake time and night time was sleep time. So I would take their clothes off, wipe a wet wash cloth on them do whatever was needed to wake them during these times. It took dedication and work but it did work. We kept the lights on all day and never were quiet kept TV on and everything. THen B4 it was "bedtime" we would feed them their last bottle in their room, with the lights off, sound machine on, no talking and feed them and put them down. We did all this for two straight weeks and they eventually figured out night and days. Now we still do our bedtime routine, It is the best thing I could have ever done for the girls and for ourselves!
6. SLEEP DEPRIVATION. It happens, be ready, get allll the SLEEP you can NOW! But just a little comfort, I never realized how much sleep I would not be getting, and I ALSO know how much I used to be able to sleep in and be able to sleep ALOT! I would never have thought I would be able to run on the sleep I run on. THe first couple weeks were hard, but your body does just adjust, to it. Its almost like, we were made to adjust to the no sleeping thing.
8.16.2010
Pumpkin head and Doodle Bug
Did you know that I love Monkeys? Well one of my cheerleaders M. Farmer and her mother S. Farmer gave me these wonderful Monkey outfits! Well when my sister was watching the babies, she sent me these pictures of them! Can you imagine sittiing at work and all you are thiking about is being at home with your little ones and then you get text message pictures like these?
feeling= PrIcELeSs!
The Snap shots of my life, make me pause and smile!
8.15.2010
19 weeks and two days
I have officially been breast feeding my girls for a little over 4 months. It takes a lot of work and dedication to be able to do this. But I HAVE always wanted to BF so, hopefully I will be able to conitnue for another 7.5 months, we have a routine now and it has gotten so much easier now, as it was not always easy. But I still have my ups and downs. My sister and mom gave me this card thisweekend because I was having one of those days!
Isnt it the greatest card ever, I think so! I have had several incidents of spilled milk. Just accidently spilling it. Or one time I pumped and left 24oz of milk overnight on the counter, I cant even descrieb to you how upset I was when I turned the corner that morning and saw all that hard work sitting on the counter and I had to throw it away! Another tim I had to dump all my milk for 24 hours down the drain bcause I had to get a CT scan and bc of the IV I had to have before it, the babies could not have it. The most awful feeling in the world, I am sure all you mommies out there can relate! Exp. pumping for TWO, I need all the milk I can get!Do you like Oatmeal, I love to love oatmeal, and it helps my milk production so I eat my oatmeal every morning and drink my 10 bottles of water a day, every day! THat is how I can feed TWO babies! No formula yet, lets keep it going strong!
8.14.2010
365 times 86
Today we celebrated my grandfathers birthday! He LOVES LOVES his grandchildren and spends every momment that he gets a chance too! He usually gets to see them about 2-3 days a week, I think he would make it SEVEN if he could! Myself, the girls, my mom, sister and Keagan took him breakfast this morning and SuRpRiSeD him at his house(this was the first adventure the babies had over to his house) He was sitting on his back screened in porch is his morning slippers, and we came around back and started singing happy birthday, he was grinning ear to ear, It was the happiest I think I have ever seen him! (maybe a little exageration there) but he was super happy. When was the last time you were SUPER happy. I am Super happy every time I wake up in the morning and see those sweet precious smiles on my daughters faces. Can you tell I really like the work SUPER lately? How can I resist its just a Super Fantabulous work, Don't you think? I got the girls all dressed up in their princess outfits for their PAPA, take a look.
Mom made an egg caserole dish and I made a scrumptous fruit salad! It was great! Zoey did not feel so well for the first bit we were there, but after that it was good! I just hate it when my babies don't feel well and they can not tell me what is bothering them! But she seemed better throughout the day! Papa loves his babies...
We then proceeded to the mall at stoney point where I found a bargain on two PINK baseball caps! OH, I cant wait til the girls can where them. THey are a little big now, but not for long! Mommy dropped the babies off to daddy and went and got a pedicure, oh that just feels great! BUt I was not babyless, I had MR. Keagan take a look...
He was very entertained by my water bottles, car keys and the bubbles that my feet were resting in! Dont you wish we were still entertained by the small things?!?
Then Tonight Lonnie and I had our first family dinner at Ocahrleys! The girls were actually really good, It was nice to get out with us 4! Pumpkin head and Doodle bug are little celeberties, I think this lady that sat next to us would have kept talking to us for the whole dinner if her husband did not make her leave. Right when we got there it was 50 questions! ha but its ok, I got alittle annoyed but Lonnie did not mind, But I dont think he realizes how much I get stopped when I am out with them! Every now and then is fine, but geez can I get my shopping done, or whatever I may be doing! ha Sounds bad, but sometimes I just dont make eye contact so I dont have to stop, bc some people dont just stop and make a comment or two they want to stare and ask 5000 gazillion questions! If I talked to everyone I would get nothing done ever! But dinner was Fab and we will just have to do it again!
8.13.2010
What's your Super PoweR?
I am a Mommy of TWINS...
Lillianah has Super BOYFRIEND power!
Zoey has Super STANDING power!
(literally stands all the time since about 3.5 months of age)
Lillianah has super HOLDING HER HEAD UP power!!!
Zoey has Super ROLLING power!
Lonnie has Super TOE NAIL PAINTING power!
These girls make my HEART SUPER HAPPY!!!!
8.05.2010
4 months Old and I am slacking on my blog!
One hundreded and twenty two days have gone by of diaper changing, feeding, cuddling, soothing, singing, reading, playing, rolling, holding heads up, crying, smiling, laughing, shots, giving blood, making bottles, pumping, and much much more. I have learned many things in the last 4 months and I am sure I have much more to learn in the future! I have watched my babies grow and change so much in the past 4 months, and they are changing every day into their own personallities!
We have Lillianah who will make you smile with one look at her, she loves to be held and is very nosey! She DOES not like to be held like a baby she must face the world and see what is going on. SHe has laughed out loud several times and I think its the cutest thing in the WORLD and my heart just melted when she did it for the first time! (which was in the bath tub, lonnie was quacking her little bath duck at her belly and she thought it was the funniest thing in the world). She seems to be a tid bit more needy at times, and loves attention( just like her momma) She is very strong and can have a slight temper, (just like her dady, lol jk)when she is hungary you better have that bottle in her mouth within point two seconds or she will not be a happy camper and will let you know it! SHe loves to sit in her bumbo and watch her Baby musicals and DVD's. The play mat is her best friend.(well second best friend, her sister is first) When we lay her on our bed and turn the fan on, she goes toTOWN! Every other night when they get a bath we get them undressed on our bed, so the lay their naked waiting for the tub to fill up, she gets big eyed, kicks her arms and feet like you would not believe, all because of the fan that is going round above her! Its very entertaining to watch her! She is now sleeping through the night, last night she slept from 845-730, wow what an amazing feeling! She just satrted getting oatmeal on a spoon last week for the first time, and it actually did not go that bad. She just gets it all over her and likes to suck her hands and get them in her mouth when I am trying to put the spoon in her mouth! SHe has held her bottle several times, has not mastered it yet, but we are still working on it! SHe can sit up assisted, she holds her head up very well. SHe loves when you make loud noises at her and talk to her! SHe is my little pumpkin head princess!
Then we have little miss zoey, who will also make you smile ear to ear with one look! She is a very happy and content baby! SHe loves to be talked to in the mirror, she likes her bink! SHE loves the TV may be a bad thing, but its ok every now and then, SHe is starting to grab at things. She always holds her hands in the center of her body folded together adn looks at them. I think she is always wondering what they are, she is very curious. THings are starting to go in her mouth like her bibs, burp clolths, etc. And do we have a roller, just let me tell you, she rolled over for the first time a couple weeks ago but only did it a few times! Well last week she started to roll over non stop, every time I put her down with in .2 seconds she is on her belly! They say its harder to roll from back to front, but that is what my baby is doing, now if we could only ger her back over. SHe goes form back to front and then gets mad because she cant get from front to back. She is starting to scoot on her belly too!!She is my little inch worm! She likes to sit in her bumbo and also watch her DVD's, she is very curious and likes to look around! SHe loves her play mat and likes to grabd the rattles that hang from it! Bath tub is fun for her, she kicks her feet and splashes the water! She has been back and fourth with sleeping through the night but last night she also slept form 845- 730, and I actuallyhad to wake her up at 730!! I know yall are saying never wake a sleeping baby, but I have to keep her on the same schedule as L. She started eating oatmeal from a spoon last week too, she likes to spit it out and then suck it off her bib! She is holding her head up pretty well and can sitt up assisted, she also likes to stand up and actually puts weight in her legs! SHe droools non stop! SHe is my little doodle bug princess!
They both got into the pool for the first time on saturday and they did good! Lillianah was a little tired so she didnt really want to stay in it very long, but ZOey loved it, she stayed in the pool for about an hour!
They went to the doctor yesterday for their 4 month check up and this was their stats...
Lillianah
Weight--14.6--75%
Height --24----50%
Head --16 3/8--80%
Zoey
Weight--12.6--50%
Height--23.5--25%
Head--16 1/8--25%
THey are growing well and doing gooood!!!!
We have Lillianah who will make you smile with one look at her, she loves to be held and is very nosey! She DOES not like to be held like a baby she must face the world and see what is going on. SHe has laughed out loud several times and I think its the cutest thing in the WORLD and my heart just melted when she did it for the first time! (which was in the bath tub, lonnie was quacking her little bath duck at her belly and she thought it was the funniest thing in the world). She seems to be a tid bit more needy at times, and loves attention( just like her momma) She is very strong and can have a slight temper, (just like her dady, lol jk)when she is hungary you better have that bottle in her mouth within point two seconds or she will not be a happy camper and will let you know it! SHe loves to sit in her bumbo and watch her Baby musicals and DVD's. The play mat is her best friend.(well second best friend, her sister is first) When we lay her on our bed and turn the fan on, she goes toTOWN! Every other night when they get a bath we get them undressed on our bed, so the lay their naked waiting for the tub to fill up, she gets big eyed, kicks her arms and feet like you would not believe, all because of the fan that is going round above her! Its very entertaining to watch her! She is now sleeping through the night, last night she slept from 845-730, wow what an amazing feeling! She just satrted getting oatmeal on a spoon last week for the first time, and it actually did not go that bad. She just gets it all over her and likes to suck her hands and get them in her mouth when I am trying to put the spoon in her mouth! SHe has held her bottle several times, has not mastered it yet, but we are still working on it! SHe can sit up assisted, she holds her head up very well. SHe loves when you make loud noises at her and talk to her! SHe is my little pumpkin head princess!
Then we have little miss zoey, who will also make you smile ear to ear with one look! She is a very happy and content baby! SHe loves to be talked to in the mirror, she likes her bink! SHE loves the TV may be a bad thing, but its ok every now and then, SHe is starting to grab at things. She always holds her hands in the center of her body folded together adn looks at them. I think she is always wondering what they are, she is very curious. THings are starting to go in her mouth like her bibs, burp clolths, etc. And do we have a roller, just let me tell you, she rolled over for the first time a couple weeks ago but only did it a few times! Well last week she started to roll over non stop, every time I put her down with in .2 seconds she is on her belly! They say its harder to roll from back to front, but that is what my baby is doing, now if we could only ger her back over. SHe goes form back to front and then gets mad because she cant get from front to back. She is starting to scoot on her belly too!!She is my little inch worm! She likes to sit in her bumbo and also watch her DVD's, she is very curious and likes to look around! SHe loves her play mat and likes to grabd the rattles that hang from it! Bath tub is fun for her, she kicks her feet and splashes the water! She has been back and fourth with sleeping through the night but last night she also slept form 845- 730, and I actuallyhad to wake her up at 730!! I know yall are saying never wake a sleeping baby, but I have to keep her on the same schedule as L. She started eating oatmeal from a spoon last week too, she likes to spit it out and then suck it off her bib! She is holding her head up pretty well and can sitt up assisted, she also likes to stand up and actually puts weight in her legs! SHe droools non stop! SHe is my little doodle bug princess!
They both got into the pool for the first time on saturday and they did good! Lillianah was a little tired so she didnt really want to stay in it very long, but ZOey loved it, she stayed in the pool for about an hour!
They went to the doctor yesterday for their 4 month check up and this was their stats...
Lillianah
Weight--14.6--75%
Height --24----50%
Head --16 3/8--80%
Zoey
Weight--12.6--50%
Height--23.5--25%
Head--16 1/8--25%
THey are growing well and doing gooood!!!!
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