Labor Day Weekend: Saturday

All summer Great Grandma and Grandpa (should we give them silly names or let the kids call them whatever they see fit?) have been telling us they would visit us over the holiday, they almost decided not to but at the last minute they surprised us and came for a visit anyways. Bailey was very happy to see Great Grandma Elizabeth (we grew up calling her Grandma P) because she always wears beaded jewelry just for Bailey to pull on. My Grandmother kept telling me that she brought different necklaces because Bailey is so interested in them, I thought it was very sweet until Bailey started to pull on her clip on earrings.

Grandpa Tony is a little nervous holding the little guys even though he has five children and 8 grandchildren. We keep telling him they aren't made of glass but secretly we are happy that he is especially careful with them.

Grandpa Tony with The Grip on Cooper.

Cooper was pulling on Grandpa and Bailey was spitting up on him, it was pretty hilarious. All weekend my Dad kept saying "Cookouts are nice but the reason we come is the kids".

Saturday we had a cookout at my sister's house but I didn't take any photos, sorry. We met a lot of people and Coop had a lot of fun with the bigger boys who were very sweet and careful with him. We discussed Breaking Dawn, the merit of different Mac and Cheese recipes and how little we swam at Hill City Pool this year.

Later: Labor Day Weekend: Sunday

Why I Love Having Twins...

Believe it or not, twins aren't bad at all. There were a couple of weeks in the beginning when I felt like I wasn't spending/getting enough one on one time with each of them and feedings were, well feedings were the most difficult part of the twin equation until I decided at five months to spend all week 'teaching' them how to hold their bottles, and life has been great ever since.
They are not actually dressed alike, it only appears that way. They had other T-shirts on but I was afraid they would get sweet corn casserole and green beans on them so I took them off. This is after dinner.
They are already fighting over toys. Coop will crawl over to Bailey just to take a toy from her and then he drops it as soon as she stops fighting for it back.
Bailey asking me to step in.
Coop telling me not to.

They sat down at the same time, well Bailey pulled him down with her and he didn't throw a fit about it. It is a lot of fun just to sit back and watch them play, if they let me. If I get down on the floor it becomes lets crawl all over mom and pull on her shirt hour.
They love this toy. We bought it so they would have something 'safe' to pull up on and they really love it and all the noises. I also think that it helped Bailey learn to pull up. She wasn't showing any real interest until we set this toy up.

I know it sounds craZy, but then again I am a little crazy, but I think it would be ideal to just have another set of twins.

Crazy, right?

I told you.

Can I Have a Quarter For A Can of Corn?

Bailey is finally in size 2 diapers! Yipee! And she can finally fit into those 3 month jeans!



I don't think they look that small but yesterday at The Children's Place a clerk asked how old they were and when I said they were 7 almost 8 months old, she told me they looked really small, I don't know if that is because they are twins and people just think they should be really small but I don't think either of them looks that small anymore but then again I see them everyday and it is hard to imagine that they were ever 5 or 6 lbs.



They eat all the time, at least it seems that way at night. They really enjoy their baby food even though I think it is gross and I am still a little reluctant to give them more solid foods but I think next week with the 8 month mark I am going to start introducing more 'table' foods.



Bailey is also pulling up now! She may be small but she doesn't let that hold her back.

Our Little Secret Keeper

Coop has been crawling for a little over a month now, he started very gradually and even after he started crawling it was a gradual process that evolved into better maneuverability after a couple of weeks (or days at any rate). Bailey had seemed to be taking her time. She would sit and watch Coop but she didn't seem to be in any hurry to follow him around on hands and knees (if and when she made a go at it she always went backwards never forwards). I wasn't really worried as I know of several babies who didn't begin crawling until the eight, ninth or even tenth month. She is several pounds smaller than Coop as well so I didn't mind having one of them mobile while the other still sat in one spot and played with toys. Then Thursday afternoon I kept noticing Bailey crawl and I thought wow, she is starting to crawl a little. Then Thursday night, she was crawling quite a bit. This weekend she hasn't sat still. She must have been sitting around watching Coop and making note of all his skills so that she could jump right in at his current level. Yesterday, everywhere he went she was sure to follow right behind.

You know what I think? I think she's known how to crawl for awhile and she just didn't want to let us in on it until she had it 100% down.

Surprise, Mom!

And Coop, well everything is a competition with Coop. If she has a toy, he wants that toy. If she is in my lap, he wants that same spot. If she is crawling for a book, he will crawl faster. This twin thing I can see it being a lot of fun and a lot of sibling rivalry. Now that she is crawling he is pulling up on everything and starting to walk along the couch and the Jungle Center, always staying a step in front of her, that's Coop.

But what all of this really boils down to is how in the world could it be September in less than a week? How can our babies be almost 8 months old? How can they both be crawling already? This is the fastest year of my life. I wish I could slow the time down, any suggestions?

I Am Having So Much Fun

So I got a Backdrop Stand and a backdrop off of ebay and they arrived today, using my remote I got a couple of shots with the twins, I feel like a kid on Christmas morning, I am having so much fun. Did I mention that I got a SB-800 speedlight for my camera for my birthday? That along with Lightroom seems to make all the difference. I am still learning, I am still quite the novice and hours upon hours can disappear in this stuff. Tomorrow? Tomorrow we set up the lightkit my brother gave me.