Wednesday, April 29, 2009
He rolled over!
Ben rolled all the way over to his belly today for the first time! Maddie is still working on kicking her legs up enough to get over to her side. But she watched while Ben was doing it and I think she has been "practicing" ever since. Of course, Ben didn't quite know what to do when he got to his belly. He stayed there for a good couple minutes before crying for help. I would love to know what was going through his head at that moment!
Monday, April 27, 2009
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Chaos has descended!
Our living room has turned into baby central. We now have two jumperoos, an exersaucer, two bouncy seats, two Bumbo chairs, two swings, an activity gym and a pack and play!
The jumperoos are the latest addition and the babies LOVE them. We got one from my cousin and when we put a baby in there, it seemed like the other one was totally jealous. So my colleague gave us another one and now they jump away together and seem to love it! I'll have to get some video of that and post it sometime in the coming days. The thing I love about the jumperoos is that is makes them tired -- great for just before nap time!!
In the meantime, some new pics....
Cousin Emily with Maddie last Wednesday...
Cousin Ava with Ben....
My co-worker Hillery with the babies on Saturday....She brought us a second jumperoo!
Cute Maddie photo of the week...
Cute Ben photo of the week...
The jumperoos are the latest addition and the babies LOVE them. We got one from my cousin and when we put a baby in there, it seemed like the other one was totally jealous. So my colleague gave us another one and now they jump away together and seem to love it! I'll have to get some video of that and post it sometime in the coming days. The thing I love about the jumperoos is that is makes them tired -- great for just before nap time!!
In the meantime, some new pics....
Cousin Emily with Maddie last Wednesday...
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| From April 2009 |
Cousin Ava with Ben....
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| From April 2009 |
My co-worker Hillery with the babies on Saturday....She brought us a second jumperoo!
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| From April 2009 |
Cute Maddie photo of the week...
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| From April 2009 |
Cute Ben photo of the week...
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| From April 2009 |
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Talking Twins!
We finally got around to off-loading some of the videos we've been taking of Ben and Maddie. Here's one we posted to You Tube of them "talking" to me early one morning last month.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
The latest
I haven't done much other than post pictures here lately, so I thought it might be time for a longer update.
Babies are excellent. That's the bottom line.
They sleep from 8 pm to about 4 am every night, then have a bottle and back to sleep for another 2-3 hours. I'm starting to wonder if we can ditch that middle of the night bottle sometime soon.
The bad news is that they aren't sleeping enough during the day, especially Maddie. She really fights nap time. I think she really likes being social and looking at everything so she wants to stay awake. Ben, on the other hand, is pretty consistent and easy to get to sleep. Some days he'll sleep for 3 hours straight in the early afternoon.
Since they're not sleeping, it requires a bit more work to keep them happy and entertained. They love to sit in their bouncy chairs and watch the bubbles on one of the toy bars. That eats up tons of hours a day -- not to mention batteries.
Their other favorite toy -- the activity gym (which we've posted pics of on here) -- is sort of out of commission at the moment. The music box quit working. I contacted the company that made it and they are sending a new one, but it's on backorder and will be 6-8 weeks before it gets here!!
We've also started using an exersaucer for a few minutes each day. Both of them seem to really like sitting more upright, but they haven't quite gotten to playing with the toys yet. They will grab things a little bit, but not much.
I'm waiting for them to start rolling over, but not seeing much yet. I try to give them plenty of time on the floor every day, including some exercises to improve their head and neck muscles.
We think Ben is teething. So he's been a bit crabbier than usual the last couple of days. But baby Tylenol seems to be helping.
Both are "talking" up a storm. They shut up, though, when visitors are here, which is unfortunate. I took a video of them at 6:30 this morning babbling like crazy. I'm hoping to try to post it online somewhere and link to it from here. I need Jamey's help to do that, though.
We're completely done breastfeeding and babies are on formula exclusively. You should see how much formula we go through!! Not to mention how many bottles there are to wash every day. UGH. But I'm glad to have my breasts back to myself and to be able to sleep all night without full breasts waking me up.
We've been out on walks several days this past week now that the weather has improved. I'm hoping that will help me shed the remaining 15 pounds I'm carrying. I've also started going to the gym more regularly. Jamey is doing some baby duty in the mornings so I can go workout before he heads to the rental property.
We are preparing for a two-week stint at the cabin, most likely the last two weeks of May. I'm waiting to clarify exactly when I go back to work before we set this in stone. But bottom line is we want to have a two-week vacation with the babies before I go back to work. The goal is that Jamey will have the rental property done by then, too. I've started a list of all the things we need to bring up there with us -- it's quite long! I'm getting duplicates of some things (like an infant tub) that we'll just leave up there. But some things will have to go back and forth with us every time, most likely.
Jamey is going to the cabin the first two weekends in May (with friends in tow) to do all the spring work -- putting in the dock and boat, raking leaves, etc. I'm hoping to get some help around here since I'll be home alone with the babies those two weekends.
I think that's all for now. Babies are getting crabby and seem to be bored with the bubbles!
Babies are excellent. That's the bottom line.
They sleep from 8 pm to about 4 am every night, then have a bottle and back to sleep for another 2-3 hours. I'm starting to wonder if we can ditch that middle of the night bottle sometime soon.
The bad news is that they aren't sleeping enough during the day, especially Maddie. She really fights nap time. I think she really likes being social and looking at everything so she wants to stay awake. Ben, on the other hand, is pretty consistent and easy to get to sleep. Some days he'll sleep for 3 hours straight in the early afternoon.
Since they're not sleeping, it requires a bit more work to keep them happy and entertained. They love to sit in their bouncy chairs and watch the bubbles on one of the toy bars. That eats up tons of hours a day -- not to mention batteries.
Their other favorite toy -- the activity gym (which we've posted pics of on here) -- is sort of out of commission at the moment. The music box quit working. I contacted the company that made it and they are sending a new one, but it's on backorder and will be 6-8 weeks before it gets here!!
We've also started using an exersaucer for a few minutes each day. Both of them seem to really like sitting more upright, but they haven't quite gotten to playing with the toys yet. They will grab things a little bit, but not much.
I'm waiting for them to start rolling over, but not seeing much yet. I try to give them plenty of time on the floor every day, including some exercises to improve their head and neck muscles.
We think Ben is teething. So he's been a bit crabbier than usual the last couple of days. But baby Tylenol seems to be helping.
Both are "talking" up a storm. They shut up, though, when visitors are here, which is unfortunate. I took a video of them at 6:30 this morning babbling like crazy. I'm hoping to try to post it online somewhere and link to it from here. I need Jamey's help to do that, though.
We're completely done breastfeeding and babies are on formula exclusively. You should see how much formula we go through!! Not to mention how many bottles there are to wash every day. UGH. But I'm glad to have my breasts back to myself and to be able to sleep all night without full breasts waking me up.
We've been out on walks several days this past week now that the weather has improved. I'm hoping that will help me shed the remaining 15 pounds I'm carrying. I've also started going to the gym more regularly. Jamey is doing some baby duty in the mornings so I can go workout before he heads to the rental property.
We are preparing for a two-week stint at the cabin, most likely the last two weeks of May. I'm waiting to clarify exactly when I go back to work before we set this in stone. But bottom line is we want to have a two-week vacation with the babies before I go back to work. The goal is that Jamey will have the rental property done by then, too. I've started a list of all the things we need to bring up there with us -- it's quite long! I'm getting duplicates of some things (like an infant tub) that we'll just leave up there. But some things will have to go back and forth with us every time, most likely.
Jamey is going to the cabin the first two weekends in May (with friends in tow) to do all the spring work -- putting in the dock and boat, raking leaves, etc. I'm hoping to get some help around here since I'll be home alone with the babies those two weekends.
I think that's all for now. Babies are getting crabby and seem to be bored with the bubbles!
Monday, April 13, 2009
Easter
We spent Easter at my aunt and uncle's house and my cousin's kids, Olympia and Maverick, couldn't decide which was more fun....hunting for easter eggs or playing with the twins!
Here are some pics in a slideshow:
Here are some pics in a slideshow:
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Photos of the day
Here's Maddie trying out the Bumbo chair...
And a great one of smiling Ben..
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| From April 2009 |
And a great one of smiling Ben..
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| From April 2009 |
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
3-month photos
My friend Sonja, who took the pictures that were on our baby announcement, was back late last week to take 3-month photos. We tried to take same family pics with the four of us (doesn't that sound weird?) but they were all over-exposed for some reason. We might try taking those again. Would be nice to have a good pic of all of us. The babies are changing so fast!!
Here are a few....
Here are a few....
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| From April 2009 |
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| From April 2009 |
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| From April 2009 |
Monday, April 6, 2009
Great Grandma and Grandpa visit
Jamey's grandparents, Liz and Jack, visited on Saturday. This is the second time Liz has seen the babies and the first for Jack.
Here's Jack holding Ben (this is who Ben got his middle name from):
And Liz holding Maddie:
We also got this nice pic of Maddie while Grandma was holding her:
And Ben and Grandpa took a nap together:
Here's Jack holding Ben (this is who Ben got his middle name from):
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| From April 2009 |
And Liz holding Maddie:
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| From April 2009 |
We also got this nice pic of Maddie while Grandma was holding her:
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| From April 2009 |
And Ben and Grandpa took a nap together:
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| From April 2009 |
Friday, April 3, 2009
New pictures....
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| From April 2009 |
Here's Ben trying out the Bumbo chair!!
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| From April 2009 |
And we had visitors yesterday....Here's MaryJo Johnson (left -- she is partly the reason I have my name) and her daughter Christa holding the babies:
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| From April 2009 |
And here are MaryJo's daughter Cailyn and Christa with Ben:
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| From April 2009 |
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