A Thursday at home

I didn't go down to Camas today since we were only taking care of the twins 2 days this week due to Winter Break, and Steve thought seeing them only 1 day just wouldn't be enough for him.

They were sweet little girls today, taking almost 2 hour morning and afternoon naps and at the same time. They even watched 10 minutes of TeleTubbies while Grandma took a shower and Papa read the paper. Auna came over after school to see them, and Ava really put on a show for her, squealing and jumping wildly in the Jumperoo. They like it when Auna comes to visit them.

Rielee came home from her Valentine party with a whole bunch of goodies, she was even thrilled with the Spiderman and Cars pencils she got from 2 of the boys in her class. I asked her if she was going to give them to Parker, and well, "no of course not Grandma, I'm going to keep them in my room." She continues to be her injury-prone self. Yesterday she fell off her little chair (she has picked up the habit of leaning back) into the coffee table and cut her chin. Today she threw a dog treat for Mocha and forgot to let go of the leash and took a tumble. Then when she got home she tripped over the baby bouncer and hurt her leg on the coffee table again. Her poor legs are covered with little bruises.

What a Wednesday

Harper and Ava

Harper and Rielee

Ava in the Jumperoo

I really noticed today how much the twins have grown, they look so much bigger in their carseats, and certainly feel much heavier in those things. It is always interesting when we bring them in the house in the morning, because we are never sure who we are carrying, and will make a guess which one it is. I was right this morning, I had Ava.

This was another one of those days where I never did manage to put on any make-up or do my hair. The only free time I had was during afternoon naptime, and by then I needed a nap, too.

Rielee brought her school valentines with her today so I could help her with them. That was an all-morning job since it was so special for her, being the first time she gave out her own valentines at school. She had to pick out just the right card for each kid, write their name and sign hers, tape on a sucker and then pick out just the right stickers for it...it was a long process but she had fun with it and did all the writing herself. She only has trouble with the letter "S".

We got out the Jumperoo for the babies today. Kelly had mentioned that Ava was scooting around in the walker last night, we got our walker out, but it wouldn't adjust low enough for them. But this Jumperoo was great and they both loved it. It is going to get a lot of use.

Crafty day

Today Rielee worked on some Valentine crafts. She painted a couple of picture frames and then decorated them with jewels and stickers, and also made several cards for family and Kyle. Whenever she makes anything, she always includes Kyle. She had some foam "KISS ME" stickers, but she would only put those on the card she made for her Dad. She said her Dad told her she can only kiss people in her family.

coupon redemption

Parker called Saturday and asked if he could redeem a couple of his birthday coupons. I said sure, and since James had spent the night with him, so they both came over. James said he still had a couple of coupons left over from his birthday a couple of years ago, one of which was for a "group hug", so he calls Uncle to come out and join in, and we all share a big group hug! It was funny, and just one of the many reasons I love James. He is such a lovable, funny kid. Then we all took off for town, first stop was for Panda bowls, which both boys scarfed down. Then Uncle and I had to stop at Lowes, where the boys managed to temporarily tick off Uncle/Papa, who sometimes has a tough time understanding their goofy, uncontrollable laughter without thinking it is directed at him... He lightened up before long, though, and then held us all hostage while he made a long stop at Home Depot. Finally, we made it to the mall so the boys could use their other coupon there. After some wandering around, looking at GameStop and PacSun, they managed to find a couple of air-soft guns at Big 5. Didn't get to use them when we got home, however, since the big one needed the battery charged, and James had to leave before that.

It's a good life!

Today was a really nice day. The sun was out so Rielee could play at the playfort for a little while. The boys and girls both won their games against Ilwaco, a big win for the girls as they lost to Ilwaco previously. It was all good. Ava and Harper were sweet little girls today. They play a lot now, and the interaction with them is so much fun. Papa had Harper laughing when he was playing with her on the floor. I had to take a picture of her sleeping in his arms, his little napping partner, she is so relaxed. She often sleeps with her eyes open a little bit. We talked about how he is going to have to start laying her down someday after she falls asleep, but he isn't ready to give her up yet. We got some back-up from the dr. at the appt. yesterday when she told Kelly you can't spoil them when they are babies, yes, that was just what we needed to hear!

6 month check-up

Ava and Harper had their 6 mo. WellBaby Check-up today. I went along to help Kelly since Charb had a meeting. Their dr. was actually raving about how big their are, and how well they are developing. She said to look at them, you would never guess they were born at 31 weeks. They are off the preemie growth chart now, and on the regular one. Ava is about 1/2 a lb. heavier, but Harper is 1/2 an inch taller. They still can't have anything but formula until they are 6 months (adjusted age). They also got 5 shots, 3 regular plus the flu shots. I was afraid they might be fussy after all those, but I took them home and fed them, and they played and were happy all afternoon. Tough little cookies.
Tonight Auna is spending the night with us since Laury and David are on a date night for David's birthday. We mixed up some cookie dough, she wanted sugar cookies again, and it is chilling while she is over playing with Rielee and Parker. Uncle told her that her folks called, and they are actually in Disneyland without her. He got an eye-roll for that remark.

Wild Wed.

Rielee loves all babies, toy babies and real babies, and Ava and Harper do love her, too. They love it when she is around, and they really watch her all the time. But, I must have said to her about 10 times today "be gentle, they aren't dolls, honey". The last time was when she had taken apart the links on one of their rattles and had them draped over Ava's ears, to see what she would look like with earrings on...

These pictures who how she is often right there with them helping them play with their toys (chewing on a toy right along with Ava, she thought was hilarious), and she is helpful at keeping them entertained, as long as I am right there, too, of course. She was proud of herself today when she put Harper's socks on her, usually there is too much wiggling going on for her to succeed at that.

The babies are getting better at using their hands (that is Harper holding her bottle) and are grabbing at everything, and playing for longer periods of time now. They had shots yesterday and Ava weighed 14 lbs. 3 ounces and Harper was 13 lbs. 11 ounces.