5/6 Months

So last month was a little hectic, and I failed to give a 5 month update.  Rather than go back, I'll just let you all know what the girls have been up to over the last couple of months.

I'm really hoping that the scale at the peds office was off at the girls' 4 month appointment. They had their 6 month appointment yesterday, and if the 4 month appointment was correct, Lexi has lost 3 oz in 2 months and Livy has only gained an oz.  I can't imagine that that's possible.  They seem much heavier, and they're also filling out their 3-6 month clothes better.  In any case, I have increased the volume of milk that they are getting at each feeding.  It's become a challenge to get them to finish their bottles.  I'm not sure if they just aren't hungry enough to finish or if they are too interested in what's going on around them.  We can't have the TV on while they are eating anymore because they just stare at it instead of working on their bottles.

Lexi - 5 Months

Livy - 5 Months

Livy has become a champ at eating solids.  She loves just about anything I put in her mouth and dives for the spoon when I get it in her line of vision.  She's been working on Stage 1 foods, but I think it's about time to move onto Stage 2 to give her more variety.

Livy eating bananas - just one of her favs

Lexi on the other hand, hates everything I try her on.  She cringes even when I try to give her an empty spoon.  The ped said I really need to try to get something in her, but I'm not sure how I'm supposed to do that when she spits everything that I get in right back out.  We're adding in a lunch feeding next week, and the school will give that one, so I'm hoping that their teacher will be able to work some magic with her.

Lexi - this is the face I get with every spoonful

I believe that my supported sitters are about to be sitting on their own very soon.  They both love to sit surrounded by their Boppy pillows.  They don't usually touch the pillows, but it does help keep them balanced.  Livy has also started rolling from her back to her belly, so she is all over the place now.  I think Lexi is content to just sit still and watch everything.  It amazes me that my rambuctious baby and my calm baby have totally switched roles.  I wonder how many times this will happen over their lifetime.

Lexi - 6 Months

Livy - 6 Months

Speaking of personalities, the daycare calls Livy the "right now" baby.  She does seem to want things when she wants them and not a minute later.  She is so spunky and loves to giggle and talk.  It also makes me giggle too when she laughs out loud.  Lexi is more quiet.  She loves to talk too, but it's usually in lower tones - like she's telling you a secret.  She's also a happy baby and usually has a smile for anyone that speaks to her.

They love being outside.

Livy - always with a hand in her mouth

Lexi - such a sweet smile all the time

Me and the girls - I love Livy's face here

Over the past couple of months, Lexi and Livy made another trip to Brewton to Nana and Pa's house.  This time they got to meet their Great Uncle Rod and Aunt JoAnn, and they also got to visit with their Mawmaw Taylor for the 2nd time.  They also went to the beach again - this time to Orange Beach - and got to try out swimming for the first time.  They love bath time, so I had a feeling that they would love a warm pool too - and they did.

                                                         Swimming with daddy

Lexi hanging out with Wyatt by the bay

My business has really been picking up.  There have been a few weeks where I've had way too much to do while working full time and taking care of twins, but I love it and don't want to turn down any business.  If you haven't checked out my Etsy shop, do it now.  http://www.etsy.com/shop/TwincessBoutique

Here's some of the things I've completed recently.

4 Month Update/New Business Venture

My girls are getting so big!!  At their 4 month appointment, Lexi weighed 13 lbs 8 oz  and Livy weighed 12 lbs 12 oz.  They are starting to fit into a few of their 3-6 month, but are still mostly in 0-3 months.

Livy at her 4 month appointment

4 month picture

Feeding has become a bit of a challenge since all they want to do is look around and laugh.  It's hard to be frustrated though when they are so darn cute while doing it.  Their pediatrician recommended letting them start tasting some fruits, so we gave that a try.  They have both tried apples and bananas.  Livy seems to like both and gets a little mad when I don't feed her fast enough.  Lexi makes the most awful faces when I put the spoon anywhere near her mouth, and she manages to push all of the food back out, so we are waiting a couple more weeks before attempting it with her again.

Lexi and Livy have both rolled over this month.  Lexi has figured out that if she wants to stay on her belly, then she'd better stop rolling over.  Livy, on the other hand, loves to roll onto her back or side to see what's going on.

Here are some random pics from the month, including some from our beach trip to Gulf Shores.

Nana and Livy

Lexi and Pa

Livy and Lexi hanging out with their buddy, Garrett

We had the girls' dedication on Mother's Day.  Lexi was a little cranky, but we got through it in one piece.

Me and the girls on Mother's Day

  

My first true love (that I don't talk about nearly enough), Wyatt

He came up with this message all on his own!

Please check out my Etsy shop - Twincess Boutique at http://www.etsy.com/shop/TwincessBoutique.  I'm working on new items to add everyday.  I've also created a Facebook Page, so you can look me up there too.  I'm hoping that this will allow me to stay at home with my babies soon, so buy, buy, buy! :)

3 Months

The girls are 3 months old now.  I'll probably say this every month, but I just can't believe how quickly time is flying by.  I've been back at work for 2 weeks now.  :(  It is quite possibly the hardest thing I've ever had to do.  Lucky for me, my mom came over from Alabama to watch them for a few weeks, so they won't actually start daycare until mid-April.  I'm not looking forward to them being sick all of the time.  I'm secretly hoping that we'll be lucky, and they'll have amazing immune systems and stay well.  They've already had a couple of runny noses from Wyatt though, so I'm not holding my breath.

I'm usually the girls' photographer, but they are not as happy in the evenings, so my mom had to take the girls' 3 month pictures since it fell during the week when I had to be at work.  Here are a few them.

The girls haven't been weighed since their 2 month appointment, so I have no idea how much they weigh now.

I am loving how happy these babies are!  Unless it's their daily cranky time (in the evening), they love to be talked to.  They will spend an hour cooing, smiling, and squealing at anyone who will pay attention to them. 

Livy is especially happy to see me when I get home from work.  She usually whines when someone else has her and stops when I take her.

They are both really good babies.  They're both sleeping through the night (and most of the day).  I'm wondering if they are ever going to spend more time awake during the day, but I'm not complaining.  I know that soon enough, I'll wish they would take more naps.

I believe that Lexi is very close to rolling over.  She picks her shoulders and legs so far off the floor that I'm surprised she hasn't done it already, but I know it's coming any day now.  Livy, on the other hand, doesn't seem interested in it all.  I'm sure that like a lot of other things, she'll see Lexi do it and then become interested.

Here are some other pics from the past month.

On an unrelated note, I'm now appliqueing things to make enough money to pay for the embroidery machine that I bought.  If you are interested check out my facebook album for designs.  I can find a design if you are looking for something in particular.

Lexi and Livy - 2 Month Update

The girls are two months old!  Time is really flying by.  I have three more weeks before I have to go back to work, and I'm absolutely dreading it.  I keep thinking (and praying) that something will happen that will allow me to stay home with them. 

Here's what's been going on this month:

Lexi now weighs 8 lbs 12 oz and is 22.5 inches long.  Livy weighs 8 lbs 4 oz and is 22.25 inches long.  I had to move them up to 0-3 month sleepers because neither of them could straighten their legs out.  Nothing else in a 0-3 month fits yet though.  Their waists are too tiny.  I found a preemie growth chart online and plugged in the girls' measurements.  For adjusted age, both girls are in the 95th percentile for height.  Lexi is in the 50th percentile for weight and Livy is just a little lower.  Looks like the may be tall like their momma. 

Lexi and Livy have woken up.  They are no longer sleeping all day, and frequently have screaming sessions either one at a time or together.  Some days I spend the whole day rocking one baby and then the next or both babies together.  They don't like to share my arms though, so rocking them together doesn't work so well a lot of the time.

I've been enjoying their little smiles more and more each day as they start sharing them more often.  They also throw in a coo every now and then.

Sometimes I'm afraid they are going to hurt their neck from trying to pick it up so often.  They especially like to do this when I am rocking them so they can stare me in the eyes. 

This month, we made another trip to Nana and Pa Taylor's, and the girls met their Uncle Justin and cousin, Anna.  I made the trip without Brandon, and I'm not looking forward to doing that again anytime soon.  It's too far to go without stopping to feed and change them, and stopping takes almost a full hour - turning a four hour trip into a five hour one.  Wyatt was with us too, so of course, he was a little impatient. 

Pa and Livy

Pa and Lexi

Nana and Livy

Mommy and Lexi

Mawmaw Taylor and Lexi

Mawmaw Taylor and Livy - This was the only way she would stop crying.



They also went to their Mawmaw and Pawpaw River's house a few times and got to meet a lot of their family there for the first time.

Natali and Lexi

Pawpaw Dan and Livy

Melanie and Livy

 

Here are some other random pics from this month.  I'm going to try to get my camera out more often.  It's just been too easy to snap a picture with my phone when you have one of them in your arms or they give you a smile spontaneously, but I know I'm going to regret not having better pictures of them if I keep this up.

Lexi couldn't take her eyes off the poodle that Nana bought her.

Playing together

Livy likes the poodle too

I seem to get more pictures of Lexi because she is happier just sitting with me.  If Livy is awake she usually wants to be held or entertained in her bouncer or swing.

Lexi

Livy

Livy

Lexi



Lastly, if anyone knows of any moms of twin girls that would be interested in passing on their coordinating or matching outfits, please send them my way or give me some contact information.  I would love to be able to buy them from them.  Even buying play clothes times two gets really expensive.  The boutique items are outrageous when you are buying for two, and you can't just buy one because you can't put one baby in a boutique outfit and one in something from Carter's.  (I'm not knocking Carter's - I love their clothes, but on both babies at the same time.)  I know several moms with twin girls, but they are either the same age as mine or only one season ahead which puts them in the wrong season for me.  Thanks in advance!