Photo Shoots!

 Where does all of my time go?  Here is what we've been upto the past few weeks.  Not to mention Mommy is back at work but that's not as fun as:

Lily napping by the million dollar carolon in downtown Naperville

 Daddy and the girls relaxing

 Trying to get a girl picture.  Not working lol!

 Back in the stroller, everyone is alseep!

 My skull onesie.  Yes, it may have been in the boy department... but we love our skulls around here!

 Lily on her play mat all smiles :)

 And Grace giving Mommy a big smile!

 Using the Bumbo... not too sure how we feel about it yet!

 Just can't get that thumb in there, but she was asleep without it!

 Passed out on the play mat!

 Our three month birthday... had to get some pictures in the skull onesies!

 Lily not wanting to let go of Daddy in the morning.

 Boppy and his youngest grand daughters!  Looks like you've got this under control I can go get a pedicure now right?

 Michelle and Grace

Rebecca and Lily

A Beautiful Spring Week!

It was a beautiful week for my birthday this year! Here the girls and I are going on one of many stroller rides this week! We walked around downtown Naperville and got a lot of fresh air!

Here are the girls all bundled up for their first dinner out at Uncle Julios!



Swirls all around!
Chip and I post dinner!


For my 29th birthday we mixed it up a little bit...
Here we are in our Hawiian Gear!
Daddy, Mommy, Lily, Grace and Uncle Dodo!
Lavender Koi and the Chief!
Becca and Aunt Jen with Grace
Cousin Michelle and Grace were buddies!
Grandma Kay found these cute Hawiian outfits for the girls for the party!
Our Luau themed party for my birthday. It was a "Lethal Luau" murder mystery!

I love bath time and my new hooded towel!

Who's crabby? Not me!

I'm sorry for the confusion of the post, but my computer has bit the dust so I'm becoming familiar with a Mac, which is difficult for me after years and years of a PC! I'm back to work tomorrow :( so the posts may start to be more scattered, but I will keep you all as updated as I can on my time off!

Happy 2 Months!

 Just a few preview shots from Daddy's photo shoot!  Here is Lily two months old!

 This picture of Grace is classic our little grunter :)

 I was going for this... with a smile, and without her sisters head!

 We had some meltdowns because it was lunch time!

 Nap in my bloomers and pearls?  Don't mind if I do!

Couldn't have planned this if I tried :)  Baby fight club!

Wednesday the girls had their two month shots.  They both were CRANKY!  We gave them children's Tylenol which was about the only thing that made them semi-normal.  They would scream bloody murder if they were set down.  It was a hard day.  Our Pedi office gives immunizations on a semi-delayed schedule, so instead of 5 shots they had 3.  I can't imagine more at one time!

Lily is 21.5 inches and 10 lbs 1 oz.

Grace is 20 inches, and 9 lbs 6 oz.  

I can't believe that Grace has doubled her weight in 2 months and Lily is close to it.  They finally are out of newborns and into the 0-3 size, mainly for height.

Our sleep training took a back seat this week with the shots.  The girls are now back to a semi regular schedule.  Witching hour from 5 to 8 pm, then out for the night by 9.  They feed two to three times and wake up for the day between 7 to 730 am.  The last few nights, the girls have been waking up and taking .5 to 2 oz instead of the normal 4, which leads me to believe they will be dropping one of their feedings consistently.  Grace is much better at stretches.  We stopped waking them together because she will be between 4 to 7 hours between a feeding now, while Lily is still 2.5 to 5.5 hours.  We are trying a larger bottle right before bedtime to see if that helps.

This is my last week of maternity leave.  C has to start closing one night a week, which will be Tuesdays.  I will have to do bedtime alone :(  He also will have to do bedtime 5 nights a week alone, which I am dreading for him.  I've read this witching hour goes away anywhere from 3 to 4 months, so I hope we are closer to 3.

Nap time... well we're working on it.  Our pedi wants us to record sleep to find their best pattern.  We haven't done nap time in the crib yet.  When they fall asleep in the swing or vibrating chair, I'm just so happy they are both down (shower time wahoo!) I can't bare to work on the crib and risk no naps.  It has to be done.... maybe next week!  Any experienced Moms who have a success story of transitioning naps to cribs please pass it on!

The girls are making more eye contact, and awake for longer periods of time.  Lily "talks" a lot, and Grace is finding her voice.  They are smiling more on command, and last night I was able to get Grace to smile with hand movements.  They are grasping for anything they can get their little hands on, burp clothes, wash clothes, hair, necklaces, etc.  They both love the sun light and looking at Daddy's fish tank!

I will post pictures from C's camera (and a possible second photo shoot not close to feeding time) soon!

8 Weeks Already!

Both girls are quiet (yes, awake, but quiet.)  So here are a few pictures from the last week! 

Daddy got the girls this sea horse!  It plays music and lights up and they LOVE it!

Grandpa holding Grace

Grandma holding Lily

Grand pop George got both the girls to nap.  Next assignment:  get them to nap in their cribs!  (Do you see them holding hands?  Too cute!)

After a really rough night... Lily was sleeping it off in the Boppy!   Wish Mommy could get a nap in!

Here is another of Lily's cat naps.  I think this lasted about 5 minutes!

(Yes, I know kids can't sleep on their stomachs anymore but I was sitting right there!  How did we all survive?!?)

We've been using the high chair when both girls wake up hungry and only one parent is home.  Success is 2 out of 3 times.  The third time... projectile spit up :(

All worn out from the play mat!

First day in 0-3 clothes!

Grace is in 0-3 top which goes down to her ankles and newborn pants that coordinate.  Too cute with their elephant outfits from Gramma Kay.

What's going on around our house?  Grace had a record night with 6.5 hours of sleep between feedings, and Lily slept 5.5.  The next night?  Up every 1.5 hours.  Sleep training is not my friend right now!  Mommy got a record 2.5 hours of sleep in a row one night :)  I'm back to the gym (when I can muster up enough energy to go!) and feeling better.  I'm ready to get back to work and have adult interaction!