Talking

So the girls' have started to acknowledge each others existence more and are even "talking" to each other! Except usually it's really just Kate talking and Elle looking at her like she has much better things to be doing. See video below - Elle did actually smile and acknowledge Kate's jabbering, but didn't do much talking back!

In other news - Elle is LOVING standing up right now. The girl is strong as an ox. She will just hang out standing, looking around, for as long as you'll hold her there. Kate however, knows she's got a good thing going with being held and will only stand for a few seconds at a time when she feels like it. She does, however, love tummy time. Elle usually acts like she's being put through some sort of torture after about 5 minutes. They are both doing great sitting and holding their heads up and are smiling and laughing all over the place. So far, I think 3 month old's rock.

Babies as Elves = Hilarity

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Turkeys

Here are 2 of the turkeys that were at my house for Thanksgiving. :) Hope you all had a very happy one!

Rub a Dub Dub

Kate & Elle LOVE bath time. And it's been HUGE in getting them to adjust to daytime/nightime and sleeping through the night. They also love it because they get to spend some quality time with their Dad. He gets in the tub with them - we like to call it "Spa Daddy". We don't have any pictures of the actual bath - Tyler might kill me if I put pictures of him in a bathtub up, but here are a few post-bath pictures. I especially like how Kate looks like the Flying Nun. Except she's way cuter than Sally Field.



Dear Mom,
I am not amused.
Love, Elle


Dear Mom,
It's me again. Did you learn nothing from the last picture?
Love, Elle


Kate, the Flying Nun



Kate - Show me "coy."

Be Still My Heart

Double Digits

I can't believe my girls are 10 weeks old! It's gone by so fast, and yet it seems like so long ago that we were bringing them home from the hospital. Our neighbors had a little girl and came home yesterday - Tyler and I were remembering our first night home with Elle & Kate. We were so happy to be home, yet so nervous at the same time. Being solely responsible for 2 little lives hit me like a ton of bricks.

And here we are 10 weeks later. Their 2 month check up went so well. Elle has out-chunked her sister, weighing in at a whopping 11 lbs 7 oz. Kate is 11 lbs .1 oz. And they are both coming up in their percentiles - height, weight, both are in the 50-75th percentile. The doctor said they looked great!

No more rolling over by Elle, but Miss Kate did it last week. Who knows when either of them will do it again, but I'm proud nonetheless. They are smiling and cooing all over the place and it's so fun to see.

Here are some pictures of their latest adventures.



Meeting their Great Gammy for the first time

Snuggling with Mimi


Rocking some new headbands


Meeting Grandma, Bill and Aunt Betty for the first time

Happy Halloween!

Elle & Kate had a super first Halloween. They celebrated by eating, sleeping, being cute and wearing Halloween outfits. They had 3 different outfits, so they had been wearing them throughout the week leading up to the big day. They wore "Aunt Wissa's" on the actual day, but unfortunately, Elle had a little blowout in hers before we could get the pictures. Sorry, Wissa! Kate was still sporting hers though. Next year, they'll have actual costumes, which should be endless amounts of fun for me to come up with. Whether or not they like it doesn't really matter, right? I'll start taking suggestions now.

Sadly, because of the rain, we only had about a dozen Trick-Or-Treaters. Which means we have 8000 pounds of candy left. And none of it is chocolate, because my dear husband doesn't like chocolate and therefore decided to keep it from both the children in the neighborhood and his darling wife. SELFISH. :) So we have 50 or so Bit-O-Honey's. Seriously? Bit-O-Honey? Oh well, I'll just eat all the sweet tarts.

The kiddos have their 2 month check-up this Friday. They've pudged up quite nicely, so I'm interested to know how much they weigh. They're both rocking cute little muffin tops. I'm taking advantage of the short period of time it will be okay to use the phrase "cute little muffin tops" in my description of them.

Hope everyone else had a very Happy Halloween!