Been MIA

Well, we were without a computer for a good week so I'm a little behind on the postings. The girls are doing WONDERFULLY!! They finally passed through their fussy stage and our days have settled into a more peaceful relaxing time (as long as they get those naps in!).

We went to the fair over the weekend with Uncle D and Aunt L. It's been fun to get out of the house with the girls. I know they won't remember any of these trips but S and I will. It feels good to have the confidence to take both girls out at the same time. Plus, the more we do it, the easier it gets.

The girls have consistently been sleeping about 10 hours a night for the last 5 nights. I can't tell you how good a long stretch of sleep like that feels!

Here are some recent pictures during our MIA time.

More pictures

Here are some more pictures. The girls are growing SO fast. The smiles come a little more often and a little easier. We've heard the beginnings of cooing from both girls. They're definitely developing their own little personalities and it's been fun getting to know them. Enjoy the most recent pictures!


Going for a walk


Kaira and her Bumbo



The rest are pictures that S took last night when he was watching the girls while I was at my bass lesson:

Papa's Girls

Two babies...two little fingers...one Papa...wrapped around....I'll let you put it all together.

Not to be outdone by her little sis....

Okay, I PROMISE no more poo pics after this. But if I embarrass one baby then it's only fair to embarrass the other.




But this smile makes it all okay!

Fresh Air

Last Saturday Uncle D and Aunt L watched the girls so that S and I could go to a wedding. It was wonderful! It was the first time that we'd been able to get out of the house together without the girls (aside from a quick coffee/old navy run). It felt good to dress up and head downtown (OUR CITY!!) together. A HUGE thank you to D&L for their willingness to take on both girls for the day!

Here are a few pictures from today. It's been beautiful out lately so I've been trying to get the girls outside more often to show them that there actually is life outside of the living room. You can see a couple of smiles (well...almost smiles) in there. They've been practicing their smiles more and more and it won't be long until they are able to smile at you at the drop of a hat.

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have smiles!!!!! And all along I thought I'd be able to capture N smiling first.



K's first big smile caught on camera

All in a days work....

I've come to realize that sometimes motherhood is really NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART!

We had a bit of a hard afternoon yesterday...K was diagnosed with mild reflux last week and until the medication kicks in, she is in a little bit of pain. It's hard to see your baby hurting and not be able to do anything about it. In cases like that you can either laugh or cry with her.....or in my case, take a few pictures to document it. In one of the pictures, you'll see K in a brief moment of calmness looking over her shoulder at N in the background who is letting it be known that she is DONE sitting in the bouncy chair. One set of arms....two babies....what's a mommy to do...?








And then today......well, let me just say that I know officially hate (yes, the feelings are that strong) Target store brand diapers. This is probably the 9th or 10th explosion we've had in the past 3 days. Who knows...maybe I just need to go up a size as the girls are getting close to that 10lb mark. At their last dr appointment K weighed 8.10 and N weighed 9.10. But back to the issue at hand:

N looking all sweet and angelic...but wait...what's that little wet spot on the right hand bottom side of N's onsie? Could it be spit up? Or could it be.....something else? Dun dun duuuunnn....


Uh Oh!!! Mommy hunts for the scissors after deciding that drastic measures need to be taken. Trying to take this onsie off the traditional route would certainly mean bathtime for one little girl and mommy decides that that is just too much work for her this morning. This onsie has offically taken one for the team....thanks for all your hard work onsie!


Ugh....you may have won this time Target brand diaper...but I'll get you NEXT TIME...mwah ha ha ha....