Visitor

My good friend from back home, Iliana, is in town and stayed with us last night. This was the first time she met the girls and had so much fun with them. She's always told me, "oh, I wish I had twins!" So she got to see first hand the challenges of having two, but the girls were behaving pretty well so she didn't experience their wrath known as "Double Trouble". Thanks Nana for helping with the babes, and for all the awesome gifts! Come back and visit us anytime!

The hats Iliana gave Rob & I =)

Cute Stuff

Our cuties before their Saturday morning walk.

The girls and daddy watching cartoons.

And my cutie-patootie's this morning. This was right when I got them out of their cribs and their bed-head was out of control.

Just crawling away...

On the go...

Now that the girls have mastered crawling, they are on the go all the time. The Baby Jail? Hah! They'll only sit in there if an adult sits in there with them... and they pretty much get tired of the confinement within a few minutes and cry to be let out. They LOVE just roaming the open spaces of our (tiny) apartment, climbing up on anything they can grab onto. It's plain exhausting. Here's a few pictures of them in jail yesterday before they got tired of it.

Liv in the darker pink

Let me out, mom!!!

And a video of them playing, notice how every single thing

goes right into the mouth.

And me and a happy Caroline after her bath last night.

9 Month Pediatrician Appointment

We had the girls' 9 month appointment yesterday. Everything checked out really well and Dr. Ray even said that they are total "super stars". The girls are both hitting every milestone that 9-m0nth olds should and are no longer being adjusted for prematurity since they are all caught up. They both had to get one shot but took it like champs and hardly cried at all. They were so cute showing off their smiles and giggles to all the nurses, and loved getting the attention as usual.

Now for the stats.

Caroline (aka Pipsqueak)
Weight: 16lbs, 5oz - 10th percentile
Lenght: 27 inches - 25-50th percentile

Olivia
Weight: 18lbs, 9.5oz - 50th percentile
Length: 27.25 inches - 25-50th percentile

Liners still lags a bit behind her sister, which I'm sure Reflux has played a role, but as the doctor reminds me: she is just different from Olivia and grows at her own pace as any idividual does. I feel awful constantly comparing them to each other, but they are identical twins, so unfortunately this will be the continuing trend in their lives.

As for their development up until this point...

Like I've mentioned before, the girls continue to amaze us by hitting every single milestone within only days of each other. If one starts doing a new trick, her sister is always close to follow. Both girls are now doing the following:

• crawling so well, we often have baby races
• pulling up to a standing position
• gets into everthing!
• finger feeds with puffs/cheerios/yogurt melts
• getting the hang of a sippy cup
• shakes head "no"
• imitates sounds and gestures
• waves hi/bye
• eats pretty much anything
• can say mama, dada, baba
• sleeping about 11-12 hours on average

Our girls are getting so BIG! Sorry for not having any new pics to share. Grandpa Richard & Grandma Linda are coming to visit this weekend so I'm sure we'll have lots of new ones to post in a couple days.

Laugh it Up

We have so much fun laughing with the girls over the littlest things. They take interest in ANYTHING you have in your hands and want it - whether it be food, drink, alcoholic beverage... here they are wanting a sip of mommy's water.

And watching Charlie through the window

And just being cute:

Our Three Babies: 9 Months & 2 years!

Today the girls are exactly 9 months old. They're getting so big!!

Here they are last night chewing/sucking on some ice in a mesh baby feeder. They loved it! Anything they can eat totally entertains them for a good 15 minutes.

Olivia

Caroline

Short Video

And Charlie is Two Years old today!

6 Weeks Old

2 Years Old

Baby Jail

We ended up getting a baby play yard to contain the girls to one area of the house. This is basically a baby gate/fence which Rob refers to as "Baby Jail". Not too pleasing to the eye as far as home decor goes, but whatever makes our life easier is far more important at this juncture! It was funny watching the girls crawl the perimeter this morning, trying to scout out their plan of escape, no doubt!

And like I mentioned in yesterday's post, wouldn't you know it - Miss Olivia has mastered pulling herself up. Good thing I had daddy lower their crib mattresses this past weekend! Here's a video I caught of her doing it last night.