Spring is Here!

So I decided to give the blog a new Spring look. The girls were semi-cooperative this morning so I took some cute pictures of my little bunny rabbits.

Pictures from the weekend

Lots of pictures from the girls' baptism and also from the weekend with all our out-of-town guests. Sorry for the random order!

All the Godparents

Sweet Caroline

And Livi

Livi Lou

Caroline's godparents - Aunt Kari & Jerry

Olivia's godparents - Uncle Jay & Aunt Vanessa

Liners loved being the center of attention

That's one happy baby!

Caroline with her Great-Nanny

...and with her Grandma Karen

4 Generations here

And Olivia with her Great-Nanny

Liners!

Silly Livi

Aunt Nessa did my hair

Lovin my toy!

And with her Grandpa Richard

Mmmmmm... Applesauce!

Hangin with mommy

The Twinks' Baptism

We had the girls baptized this Sunday. It was beautiful and they looked so sweet in their precious christening gowns and bonnets. A huge thank you to all who attended and traveled to witness this blessed event. Pictures from the weekend and the baptism to come!

One year ago today...

We found out that we were pregnant! I remember how excited we both were that morning staring at the test. Rob was so cute, he said "what do we do now?" Here is our very first ultrasound taken when I was 8 weeks pregnant. This was when we found out that we were expecting TWO bundles of joy (you can kinda see Baby A & B there)! Talk about the shock of our lives! Pretty amazing that those two little blurbs turned into our precious baby girls.

Naptime Routine

So I don't really have the girls on a "schedule" yet. Other than the fact that they eat every 2.5 to 3 hours, they pretty much do what they want when they want it. This has made for some pretty chaotic days/nights for mommy. My biggest priority right now is getting them on a nap schedule during the day IN THEIR CRIBS. I've tried this before but it didn't work out very well. They typically get really cranky at certain points during the day and throw a fit because they're tired and then they either fall asleep on whatever toy they're in, or I rock them both to sleep on the couch and let them sleep in their boppy pillows. But because they're in the living room where its bright and noisy they really are only sleeping for 10 to 15 minutes at a time and then are being woken up. This leaves ZERO time for me to do anything around the house, much less for myself, and it makes the girls super grumpy since they're not getting enough sleep. So after talking to other twin mommies about how to implement a routine, I decided to try putting them in their cribs at the same time every day - mid morning and mid afternoon - and just letting them cry til they fall asleep. I tried this today and low & behold - it worked! The first time they both cried for a good 5 minutes which killed me, but then like magic they were both fast asleep! We did the same thing again this afternoon and both naps lasted an hour! Yipee! I'm hoping this new routine will make for some much happier little girls, and a much happier mommy too.

Here's some examples of the old naptime routine...

Caroline getting sleepy and cranky.

Mommy had to rock her to fall asleep, and she woke up the second I put her down.
Livi fell asleep on her chair after a crying fit.

And what am I gonna do with these girls' crazy hair??