7 Months Already!!!

I swear, I blinked and it's now December! Sorry for such a looooooong period of nothingness. Everybody's here, healthy, alive, and okay. I think I just got distracted by all the daily tasks and let the updating of the blog slide. I can't believe it's been so long since I posted!

Well, the girls are almost 7 months old. How time flies. They are doing great. Lots of smiles and laughs. It's amazing how different they really are. When I think "twins" I always used to think "the same" which I've since learned is not true at all. The best description I've heard about fraternal twins is "siblings that happened to be born at the same time". Oh how true that is.

The girls are now eating solids once a day. They LOVE sweet potatoes, squash, pears, and carrots, but: peas and green beans....NO THANK YOU! Noelle is SO close to crawling, she scoots a lot and rocks back and forth on all fours. Every day I hope to look over and see her first crawl. Kaira, however....oh sweet Kaira. Don't put her on her tummy...don't even try it! While she has become more tolerant of it lately, she will usually immediately roll onto her back and stay there.

Kaira enjoys peek-a-boo and "dog-bunny" (dog-bunny is a small white stuffed bunny that likes to play peek-a-boo with Kaira and says "woof" when he surprises her...because really, what sound does a bunny make?!?!) while Noelle is fascinated with the lights on the computer and my cell phone.

No teeth yet but we know they're on their way....or at least that's what I attribute any fussiness to! :-) They're still sleeping great, about 13 hours a night.

In other news, we will start our house hunt in January. We are so excited and can't wait to start looking! It seems like half the fun.

Here are just a few pictures for now and I promise to be better about updating the blog in the future so my faithful 4 or 5 readers won't think I've abandoned them! :-)


Noelle instructing Papa on the guitar



Papa and Noelle at the park


Steve says "bag-lady", I say "homeless chic"


Kaira


That darn teething


Noelle just chillin'


Beautiful Girl

Washington Trip

We had the opportunity to take the girls up through Washington to visit a few different family members. This was our first long road trip since the girls so I was a little worried about how they would do. Luckily they slept most of the way! We were so glad that we went and can't wait to do it again soon. Here are a few pictures from our travels.

First we headed to the "Big Island" to see my sister and her family.

Mama and N waiting for the San Juan Ferry


Papa and K overcome with amazement


Cousin K excited about seeing her "baby cousins"


Aunt A with little miss K


Papa and N


Papa with cousin L discussing current events


Cousin K after one of her many "take my picture!" requests, soon to be followed by a "I wanna see my picture" requests


Aunt A fascinated with Baby N who is fascinated with Cousin K


Cousins!


Mamas and Babies


The Bumbo: not just for babies anymore



Cousin L with Baby K (hmmmm....who's hand is that?)


Walking to the Villages Saturday Market


Sisters


Next we headed back to the mainland for a visit with Steve's parents.

Grandpa with Baby N


Grammy with Baby K


A calm moment after Baby K's bottle


A tired Baby N taking her sweet time but Grammy doesn't seem to mind


Our last stop was to visit Steve's aunt, uncle and a couple of cousins in Olympia.

Steve's cousin and Baby N


I wanna go HOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMEEEEEEEE!!!!!



All in all, a fun trip!

Bloopers

You know those TV shows that basically have to do with bloopers on set? Well, for your viewing pleasure, the following are Boppy Bloopers. Don't worry, no babies were harmed during the making of this photo spread:

We have laughing!

So another big milestone. Both girls laughed for the first time within the same week. For N it was last week during the day. I was dangling a toy over her head and she let out the cutest little laugh. I thought surely I was hearing things as I did not expect that. I tried again and sure enough she laughed for a second time!

Last night while Papa was watching the girls, K laughed while looking at her sister. Now I know how S feels when he misses the girls during the day but all in all I thought it was fair of the girls to give each of us their first laughs.

I'll try and capture that on video when it starts happening more frequently. As of now, either girl has yet to laugh again but that doesn't keep S and I from making fools again as we try to get them to.

Here are some recent pictures:

Tummy time for the girls. They are getting better and better at holding their heads up for longer periods of time.


Papa and N bonding after work


K showing off a new hairdo during bath time


The comb-over as interpreted by little Miss K

Just in case S is bored at work.....

...here are some pictures to pass the time.


N and K have actually been acknowledging each other lately. S and I will sit them facing each other and eventually they will lock eyes and take turns smiling at each other. I wasn't able to capture a smile this go around but they did have a pretty intense staring contest.

As I sit staring at our blog I'm left wondering...where is the aimless talking that is promised by the title? So here it goes.....I counted all my shirts hanging in the closet that have stains and do you know how many there are? Five...yes, FIVE. The worst part is two of them are maternity shirts I borrowed from a friend (Woosterweester, you're the lucky winner of a brand spankin' new white tank top and brown tank top my friend, :embarrassed:) so they must be replaced. The others I will eventually toss when I can actually fit into my old shirts. I don't know how many times one must spill salsa or eggs on oneself before they will learn to be more careful when they eat. I wish I could blame it all on the pregnancy because a woman's balance is off during that time but shamefully I believe most of those incidents have taken place more recently.

This has been your aimless talk for the day.

But since most of you check this blog to see pictures of the girls (S, get back to work!!) here you go:

K playing along to Willie Nelson


K and Mommy laughing at Papa who has successfully gotten us to laugh by being ridiculously goofy (did you get that?). Yes, Mommy looks silly but she can't help it...Papa is hysterical.


N and her cute "who me?" face


Bright Eyed N