Happy 1 Month Little Girls!

Part of me cannot believe these little girls have been ours for an entire month, and the other part of me feels like they've been with us forever! Time seems to both fly and creep by!

These little girls have been such a tremendous blessing to us! The pure exhaustion from such pieced together sleep is overshadowed by the sheer joy they bring to our home! I'm not going to sugarcoat it: caring for 3 girls under 3, 2 of which cannot hold their heads up and require feedings every 3 hours, and 1 of which is too independent for her own good is not easy! It's especially challenging when all 3 of them need to be held, fed, or changed at exactly the same moment. It happens! I can manage to accomplish things using only one hand; but when you have to hold two babies or a big girl and a baby, there's not much you can do except sit!

(we will not look at the camera! no way!)

But everyone gets fed. The clothes are washed whether they get put away immediately or not. Everyone is clothed, even if its pjs until after lunch. Naps are taken and life moves on!

(this was a miracle shot! Addie walked up and I just took as many as I could. Then the rest of the time she was bouncing on the sofa, crawling on the chair, and yelling DON'T take my PIcTURE Mommy alternated by TAKE my picture Mommy! seriously...)

Addie adores her two baby sisters and has proven to us what a wonderful big sister she is and will be...and yet she's still so tiny herself! She immediately goes to them when they cry. She loves to give them pacies (and take them for herself too). She loves to plant sweet kisses and rub on their heads (and she's managed to pop each of them on the head once or twice). But her concern and care for them outshines all most tantrums!

I'll be completely honest. I never imagined these girls could be so different. Sure, they are just siblings. They just happened to be in the womb and born at the same time. But seriously, could they be proving to us that they are any more different?

Anne Perry, our Baby A, started out bigger than her younger sister; but she is definitely the tiny one now.
 
She is a:

• finger grasping
• quiet observer  
• sweet cuddler
• breath holding crier 
• dribble spitter
• bouncy seat sitter 
• gentle eater
• laughing sleeper
• swaddle craver and escaper 
• usually first to wake up to eat and
• long and lean tooting queen!

Anne Perry still has beautiful dark hair, gentle round eyes, the tiniest nose, and sweet defined lips.

Audrey Kate, our Baby B, has grown much faster than her older sister. Even without weighing her, it's obvious that she weighs more than her twin now! She looks more like a baby than an infant!

She is a:

• sweet snuggler
• noisy grinning sleeper
• swing swinger
• funny face maker
• perfect pouter 
• intense feeler
• tiny squeaker
• vigorous eater
• long range spitter
• excellent sleeper...when asleep
• chubby burping baby girl!

Audrey Kate still has much lighter brown hair, deep set now very blue eyes, a cute pudgy nose, and soft lips.

Both girls are:

• gas enduring
• reflux experiencing
• diaper exploding
• hiccup hating
• head moving/lifting 
• loving to be held
• newborn size (clothes and diapers) wearing (still)!

I never could have imagined that I could love anything as much as I love Addie; but these little girls have captured our hearts, and we love them just as much! I remember asking my mom growing up who she loved more, me or my brother. Her response was always the same: she loved us both equally but just differently. I never understood it until now! I love each of our girls for who they are and who they will become, each of them precious individuals!

Happy 1 Month Little Girls!

See y'all people later!