Tummy Time Continues

Tummy time with Sophie

Motivation

Taking a break.

Oblivious. Hannah completely unaware that she's next. She still hates tummy time.

She cries every single time. I don't have the heart to take pictures of that so here is a cute one of her snuggled up in her towel post bath...tummy time all but forgotten.

What's so great about a minivan?

Having enough room to feed one baby...

while the other one looks on from the middle row!

I never thought I'd say this but...I love our minivan!

We took Sophie and Hannah to our favorite park today and had the best time walking around, looking at the fall colors with the snow-capped peaks in the distance.  

Opa and Bubby

My Dad and Jan got to see Sophie and Hannah for the first time. They are full-time RV'ers and travel all over.  The link to their blog is on the right and it's all about their experiences on the road. They were able to make their way to Colorado to spend time with the girls.

  

Opa (Dad) meets Sophie.

Bubby (Jan) meets Hannah.

Keys and Opa!

Hannah chatting with Bubby.

Our first snow of the season in Golden.

Opa and Sophie.

Everything is easier when you have help.  Bubby stepping in to feed Hannah.

Belly Laughs

What's better than a belly laugh?!

I was pretending to chew on Sophie's hand and she thought it was hysterical.

Shout Outs

Normally I tell people my blog is not about "shout outs", it's about the girls and what's going on with them (okay, sometimes it's about me too) 

BUT...Sophie and Hannah have a fan in Zanesville, Ohio (home of the Y bridge and Tom's Ice Cream Bowl!).  Whenever I see Zanesville on the ticker below I know that Jan's friend Peggy has logged in. Soooo Sophie and Hannah would like to give a "shout out" to Peggy, their biggest fan from Zanesville.

Hi Peggy! We're your biggest fans!

Mountain Mommas

How many minivans does it take to bring 4 month old twin girls up to the mountains for the weekend?

Answer:  More than one. 

For our first trip to the mountains we couldn't fit everything we needed into Mom Mom's SUV.  It was close but we ended up having to leave a bouncy seat at home.  Now that we have new super delux tricked out minivan we are able to bring both bouncy seats.  Woo Hoo.

Sophie and Mom Mom on the back patio.

Love the Aspen leaves.

Our first trip to the mountains and it was during peak season.  All the Aspen trees had changed. It was gorgeous.

I finally bought the girls some real clothes.  Jeans (bootcut no less!) and peasant tops.  I think that calls for a quick photo shoot!

Going for a walk in Beaver Creek.  Did you notice the blanket draped over the car seats? 

Of course they are going to sleep during the walk...they don't have anything to look at but a big yellow sheet!

Too precious.

Now that they're in the shade they can look around!

Bumbo Girls!

Sophie and Hannah have Bumbo seats. 

All I would hear from other moms was how great Bumbos are.  Babies just love Bumbos!  So of course I couldn't wait to get one for the girls.  I found one on craigslist, brought it home, put Sophie in it...and she immediately started crying.   I think it she just needed some time to get used to it because the more she tried it, the more she liked it.

They love their Bumbos now.  The best thing about it is I can put them in their seats so that they face each other.  

Bumbo Girl Sophie

Bumbo Girl Hannah

Playing Footsies

By the way, those smiles aren't for me.  I spent what seemed like a half an hour saying "Give mommy a smile!" and nothing.  Pop pop comes along and they started smiling right away.  Oh well.

Soccer Mom

All I have to is sign the girls up for soccer lessons and my transformation into a soccer mom is complete.   

We bought a minivan!  It's a really nice minivan.  It has leather seats, wood trim, bluetooth for our cell phones, DVD player in the back for the girls (when they're older) and just a ton of nice upgrades.  We didn't plan on buying one this nice but we ended up getting really good deal.  The funny thing is after Craig listed all the amazing features that came with the car the first thing out of my mouth was "Can I hook my iPod up to it?!"  "Yes."  "Awesome!"  

So there you go.  I'm a minivan driving, stay at home mom.  Oh and we just put an offer on a house in the suburbs.  Eeek.   

Under the weather...

I knew the day would come but I didn't know it would be this hard.  The girls got their first colds. Hannah got it first, then Sophie, then I got it and finally Craig.  I'm pretty sure I got it when Hannah sneezed directly into my mouth!  

It was terrible to see them sick.  Their poor little noses were all stuffed up.  And they would try to smile at us when we talked to them but couldn't quite get up the energy to do it.  Fortunately they're starting to feel better but it was a rough couple of days.

Hannah feeling better.

Her new trick...putting her foot in her mouth.

Poor Sophie still under the weather.

A Happy Anniversary

One year ago today I found out I was pregnant.  Actually one year ago today I was pregnant but I thought I wasn't pregnant but really I was pregnant.  I truly found out I was pregnant the next day. Basically I got (what I thought was) a false positive on a pregnancy test and spent the next four hours on www.peeonastick.com researching evaporation lines.  

Then I spent an agonizing 24 hours before I was able to take another test which came up positive right away (thank god!).  And then there was another agonizing 7 days before I got the results of my blood test which did confirm that after 2 and a half years of trying I was indeed very pregnant.  

It was one of the happiest days of my life.  The happiest being the day Sophie and Hannah were born!

Even though they turned 4 months old a few days ago I decided it would be more appropriate to do their 4 month pictures today.  Unfortunately they weren't having it.  I ended up taking 34 (yes, 34!) pictures and they all basically looked like this:

Hmmm, this arm looks tasty.

Hey, let's lose this chick.  She's holding us back.

Haha, somehow I managed to take a picture of myself 

wiping away the drool on Hannah's face.

Uh oh, it's going from bad to worse.

Photo session is officially over!

4 Months!

We are celebrating by going to the pediatrician and getting vaccinations!

Hungry Hannah

Hannah is going through a phase where she is putting everything in her mouth!  Usually it's her hand and when she does she makes this weird "woo woo" sound over and over.  I will be doing something around the house and all of a sudden hear "woo, woo, woo, woo!" coming from the bouncy seat.   Sure enough Hannah has her hand in her mouth.  It's hilarious.