Developmental Therapy Session

We had 4 different therapists out to our house this morning to assess the girls' motor and coordination skills, feeding habits and speech (mentioned in an earlier post). Overall, they both received great reviews and do not need ongoing therapy in any area. The only thing they are a bit delayed on is grasping. Neither are really grabbing and holding onto toys yet. Other than that, they are hitting every milestone for their adjusted age!

Some pictures while we were waiting for our appointment to begin. Caroline in the dark pink, Liv in the light pink.

Rice Cereal - Yum!

We had our first attempt at rice cereal this weekend. Both girls were pretty unsure about using the whole spoon thing. They kind of just sucked on the spoon and then spit it all out. We did get videos of them trying to eat it, very funny but too long to post. I'll get a shorter version next time. We'll keep practicing every evening before the bedtime bottles and then in the next few weeks we'll try fruits and veggies! Fun!

Caroline

Olivia

Mommy & Daddy trying to make the girls

laugh with the bumbo seats

Fun Videos

I finally caught some good stuff on video yesterday afternoon! The first two are of Olivia in her exersaucer - she thought the spinning thing was hilarious, she has a funny laugh. The second two are of Caroline - first attempt at rolling over, and then she did it!

5 months old!

Our girls are 20 weeks, or 5 months, today. We went to the pediatrician yesterday for our last round of synagis shots since RSV season is coming to an end (thank goodness!). Here are their weights as of yesterday:

Caroline - 12lb, 1oz
Olivia - 13lb, 11oz

Liv maintains her almost 2lb gain over her sister. Maybe this is how they always will be?

Pics and a short video of them this morning when they woke up. Livi on the left, Caroline on the right.

STTN!!!

STTN is how my mothers of multiples board abbreviates: Sleeping Through The Night. And I am proud to share that we have finally made it to that blessed day!!!! The girls have been progressively doing a lot better at night, with usually only one overnight feeding around 3am. But last night was the very first time that they both slept straight through for 10 and a half hours!!!!!!! I jumped up at about 6:30am and said to Rob, "the girls didn't wake up last night!" and then ran to their room to check on them, thinking something must be wrong. But when I looked in on them, there they were sleeping like perfect angels. Let's hope this is the beginning of a regular routine!

Happy Birthday Papa Bede & Great Papa

We spent the day out at Rob's parent's house to celebrate two birthdays - Grandpa and Great Grandpa. The girls were happy to play with their cousins James & Katie!

Upon Arrival

Liney
Livi

Of course they HAD to eat before even getting out of their carseats

Caroline with Aunt Kari

Livi playing with cousin Katie

Fun!

Katie showing Liv how to crawl

My two rugrats

Just some random pictures...

Caroline & Daddy checking email

Girls taking a snooze in mommy & daddy's bed