A Day in the Life

I thought I would document my daily routine:

The day started off at 6am.

Sophie and Hannah woke up at the same time and needed to be fed. I gave Hannah a toy to play with while I fed Sophie and then switched. It was way too early to attempt a double feeding. And too early (and dark) to take pictures.
Then it's play time in the crib. I let them "talk" to each other for a while before I started tummy time.

They love to play together in the morning

Tummy time for Sophie Trying to make her escape?Hannah won't stay on her tummy long enough to get a picture. She rolls right over. In fact she starts rolling over before I even set her down. The alternative? Airplane rides on my kneesThis obviously doesn't go over too well.

And...it's nap time at 8am.
You would think that means a little mommy time but:

It's time to turn this:

Into this:

Can you tell from the middle picture that the part at the bottom is damaged? Can you say reprieve? Off to write an email to CSN Baby to get replacement parts sent. And eat a little breakfast: Uh Oh, Sophie is awake at 9:15am.

Hannah is still asleep so Sophie gets some one on one mommy time. We hang out in front of the mirror and I say "Who's that baby?! It's Sophie!" I've been doing this with her since I can remember and she still loves it.

And now Hannah is awake. For the next hour or so we did:

Some of this:Hannah loves playing with Sophie. She coos and giggles and watches her every move. Sophie...well, Sophie looks around the room, looks at me, looks at the TV and occasionally looks over at Hannah.We also did a little bit of this:Some of this:And a lot of this:

We also: Had more tummy time (mostly Sophie), Blew raspberries on our tummies, Had 2 outfit changes (3 if you include Mommy).

Nap time again at 11:30am.

Only I just now realize as I'm changing Sophie's outfit that the sleepers I bought the other day at Babies R Us are the wrong size. And she's busting out of the ones I have now. So instead of taking a shower (and I really, really want a shower!) while they nap, I'm off to Babies R Us to return the outfits and find some in her size.

Unfortunately the comfy Gerber sleepers I really like only go up to a size 9 and those are too small for Sophie (go figure). The only other sleepers they had either were made of flimsy, scratchy material or had decorative buttons on them. Why, why, why would a clothing company put buttons on a sleeper? Can you say choking hazard? So the trip out to Babies R Us was a bust...not that I left empty handed or anything. And the girls got a lot of attention. We even met a mother of 20 year old triplets who thought the girls were just adorable of course.

We get home at 1:30pm. Time for the girls to eat!

Sophie's asleep at 2:30pm.

Hannah is playing on the activity mat and she's about to get one on one time with Mommy just as soon as I finish my lunch.

Play time with Mommy includes walking around the house and touching different things like napkins (soft!), a paper bag (crinkly!), and the bumpy wall. All very fascinating in Hannah's world. Then we played with Mommy's nose and finally my necklace. And Hannah blew raspberries on my arm. Uh oh, she's rubbing her eyes.

And it's nap time for Hannah at 3:00pm.

Guess who's finally getting her shower! I would normally start getting dinner ready during their 3:00pm nap but we are having leftovers tonight and I really, really need a shower.

I make my way upstairs and...Sophie wakes up. After unsuccessfully trying to coax her back to sleep with a binky I decide to take her into the bathroom with me while I take a shower because I can tell she is not going to go back to sleep and I'm worried she'll wake up Hannah. Hannah wakes up anyway. And she's not happy.

By now I'm committed to that shower so I bring Sophie with me, give her a toy and take a shower while she plays in her bouncy seat. And hope that Hannah falls back asleep. Which she does. Sort of. As soon as I get out of the shower she wakes up and starts crying again (she has an amazing sixth sense about this). This is so not a good day for naps. I bring her into the bathroom and she sits in her bouncy seat next to Sophie as I dry my hair. Sophie is happy as a clam. Hannah just barely tolerates it.

It's time to eat again at 5:00pm. I go downstairs and start warming up bottles, bring the girls downstairs and feed them both at the same time.

We do a little playtime and then I go up and do dishes and make formula until 6:00pm.

A little more playtime during the 6:00 news.Check out those bunny feet!

Daddy's home at 6:15pm! Yay!

Sophie tells Daddy about her day.

After smiling and laughing with Daddy, Hannah remembers that she's crabby and tired. And so Craig takes her upstairs to bed at 6:30pm. I can still hear her crying and it's 6:40pm. I'm actually going to take this moment to blog.