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....

The Kindness of a Stranger

I meant to post this the other day...but as always, I'm a few days behind. :-)

I was at Winco with the girls last week. I needed to pick up a few things for dinner that night. While I was there I decided to just do a big grocery trip. So I was pushing the cadillac of a double stroller (I should take a picture so you can see the ridiculousness of it) and pulling a cart. The first item on my list was chips so I headed to the chip aisle. So...yeah...that was where I basically scrapped that plan, decided to just get what I needed for dinner and then come back later without the girls. I'm sure I looked like a freight train trying to navigate my way through Winco.

Well, to make a long story even more long, a woman with her 10 month old son Austin stopped me in the aisle and we chatted for a bit. Later as I was checking out she came over and offered to help me out to the car. It was such a sweet gesture and I really did need the help. It made me wonder when the last time it was that I'd helped out a complete stranger like that. Really it was such a small gesture in the grand scheme of things but it will always stand out in my mind because things like that don't happen in our every day lives that often. Hopefully it made me more aware of helping out others when it is obviously needed. I want my girls to grow up being givers and helpers to others. I want them to be aware of how blessed they are in life and to not take it for granted. Children learn by watching their parents so it is my hope that S and I can be that example to our girls.

Here are some unrelated pictures also from last week. I can't believe how big they are getting. They are really filling out. N has been smiling more and more. It's still only occasionally and you can't really predict when but I do see her giving a full blown responsive smile in the next few weeks.



N


K

Feeding K

K makes the sweetest gestures when she is being fed. I'm not sure what she was thinking or how she was able to hold her arm up during her whole feeding yesterday but somehow she was. I don't think she was even really awake the whole time. Enjoy the pics!







Mmmm...good stuff

Saturday Market

How can you not love Saturday Market? The art, the music, the elephant ears. We took the girls downtown over the weekend to give them a glimpse into the lives of their parents B.T. (before twins) It was an adventure as we are not used to navigating our city with two little ones in tow but it actually went really well.

It's amazing how many other twin parents come out of the woodworks when you are out and about. We met about 4 other twin moms and pretty much the first thing out of most of their mouths was "it does get easier". What gave it away...the circles under our eyes, the zombie-like blank stares, the "just rolled out of bed" look?

Also on our journey, we met with an Elvis impersonator (well....sort of) and Jim Hendrix's little brother, Richie. All in all a pretty eventful day.

Richie


Elvis


Mommy forcing kisses on K

More Pictures

Here are a few more pictures of the girls. We are settling into a nice little routine. Eating happens every three hours with a little bit of play time and a long nap inbetween. The girls go down for the night between 9 and 10pm. Last night they only woke up once at about 2:30am and then woke up for the day at 6:30am. It was great to get a few extra hours of sleep in there.

Tummy-time with the cute little ruffled outfits that Grammy bought:






And here are a few photos of the girls swaddled in some adorable blankets from Michele and Kristina, a few friends from work:




Sorry Michele...the hats are still a bit too big but I can't wait till they fit the girls!!! They are so adorable and everyone that sees them, loves them.

Bath Time

We finally broke down and gave K and N their first baths on Monday night. Don't ask why it took us so long to do this. I could blame it on waiting till the belly buttons fell off but really it is so nerve racking to give a teeny tiny little baby a bath. I kept waiting for them to somehow slip through my fingers into the bath water....which of course never happened.

Here are a couple of pics of N. The ones of K didn't turn out so well.

Mama's first day alone

Well, today was my first day alone with the girls. It surprisingly is going pretty well. We just got back from a walk to the store and I finished feeding them for the second time by myself. I'm sure I looked like a contortionist feeding them both at the same time but both are now happily full and peacefully hanging out in their swing and bouncy seat. What else could I ask for?

We Miss Papa!!!!!


Stylin' new clothes from Aunt "Anna"


Beans

A day with Grammy, Grandpa, Aunt L and Uncle D

We spent yesterday with S's family. My WONDERFUL sister-in-law made brunch for everyone and we spent most of the day just staring at babies. :-) It was such a great relaxing day. Here are some pics. We realized that we didn't have many pics of just S and I and the kids or just myself and the kids so we had to remedy that.


Me and the girls


Family Pic (bad lighting...the best one out of the bunch)


Uncle D, Aunt L, Grammy and Grandpa doting over the girls

They're Here!!!!

K. G. (6.4 lbs) and N. R. (6.11 lbs) were born on Friday, May 18th at 12:49pm and 12:51pm respectively. They are beautiful and healthy and perfect.

K is our little thinker. She came out of the womb wide eyed and taking in her new world. The nurses had to work hard to get her to cry. Whenever she looks at you it seems like she's looking deep into your soul. We've noticed her getting stronger and stronger by the day. She likes to try and hold her head up on her own and she can push herself up into an almost standing position when her feet are braced against your legs.

I think N will be more of the cuddly one. She was looking to nurse soon after delivery. The nurse put her to my chest and right as I was in the middle of saying "I'm not sure how to do this", she *ploop*, latched on all by herself. Of course in a complete 180, she now seems to be becoming a lazier and lazier eater. N can get quite the furrowed little brow and what some of us reading this can refer to as "V Lines".

We were all in the hospital for 4 nights while I was recovering. Recovery is going pretty well and I've been out and about since coming home on Tuesday. The girls had their first pediatricians appointment on Friday and they are gaining weight and doing great! N still has a little bit of jaundice, but the doctor seems to think that will clear up on its own in a few days.

Both babies are really content happy babies. And we all got our second great night's sleep last night so everyone is happy. :-)

Enjoy these pictures....there will be much more to follow.

Sisters - K (L) and N (R)


Papa and K


Mommy with K


N sunbathing her jaundice away


Papa and N taking a catnap

TWINS

Coming to a nursery near you....May 2007.

Well, the title pretty much says it all. By now most everyone knows that S and I are having twin girls. While completely unexpected, we are also INCREDIBLY excited. Not to mention the excitement shared by our friends and family. Of course, I'd just like to point out that they are not the ones about to have twins. :-)

I'm 24 weeks along today. A twin pregnancy is 37 weeks but twins are known to come early. So we just take it one week at a time and pray for the best. So far both babies are healthy and doing great.

We haven't officially decided on names yet so if you have any suggestions, please let us know!