2 Months?!?!?

It's been TWO whole months since our little girls entered our lives.

Two months of sweetness.

Two months of watching Addie be the best big sister.

Two months of waking up 1-2 (or 3) times each and every night (now just 1...whoohoo!).

Two months of diapers (that's close to 1500 diapers...we've just started using cloth diapers part of the time because of this).

Two months of nursing two (that's over 4,750 ounces of milk).

Two months of juggling three (or attempting to!).

Two months of the most amazing times of our lives!

I'm not going to sugar coat things here: it's really hard having three 2 and under. I've had lots of help from my mom and of course Paul over the past month; but sometimes everyone is crying (and I'm on the verge), so we all end up in the chair watching a video like this...

(Addie's actually grinning for the camera here! She'd calmed down.)

The girls are sleeping awesome at night, but their daytime schedule is re-evolving. They continue to eat at the same time, but don't always sleep at the same time during the day. That's ok because they either play/swing, it gives me some one-on-one with each twin, or I just get things done with one hand!

Here they are at 1 month and 2 months!

The biggest difference I see are the cheeks and the rolls (which you can't see here)! (and they are outside, so they are squinting). Oh, and I suppose gaining almost/over 2 and half pounds each might make a difference too! :)

We went to the pediatrician yesterday and here's a little info about each girl!
(fyi: Addie weighed 12 lbs 8 oz (from 8-4 at birth) and was 24.5 inches long at 2 months)

(I know, I know...
some of this might be boring to you; but this is their unofficial baby book for now!)

Anne Perry (Baby A)

weight: 11 lbs 10 oz/75th%ile (from 9 lbs 1 oz/50th%ile at 1 month)
length: 23.5 inches/90th%ile (from 21.25 inches/50th%ile at 1 month)
head circumference: 39.4 cm/50th%ile (from 37.5 cm/50th%ile at 1 month)

She:

• can truly make an upside down frown right before she cries. p.i.t.i.f.u.l. 
• loves to holds hands still
• enjoys watching/playing with and grabbing her hanging toys (so observant)
• can hold her breath & turn purple when she cries faster than her big sister ever did
• snuggles best when she's upright on your chest/shoulder
• somehow already scoots when we put her on her tummy
• and just started smiling in time for this post!

Oh how I love their smiles!


Audrey Kate (Baby B)

weight: 11 lbs 12 oz/ 75th%ile (from 9 lbs 5 oz/50th%ile at 1 month)
length: 23.25 inches/90th%ile (from 20.25 inches/25th%ile at 1 month)
head circumference: 38.5cm/25-50th%ile (from 37.5 cm/50th%ile at 1 month)

She:

• sticks out her bottom lip right before she cries! again. p.i.t.i.f.u.l.
• has been smiling at us for 3+ weeks now
• has been talking to us for a while too (loves to interact with people)
• wrinkles her precious nose up when she smiles
• continues to love the swing
• enjoys just sitting in your lap facing out
• is finally growing a little hair back on the top of her head

The both:

• can soak an outfit, burp cloth, bib, sheet or my shirt with spit-up in 3 seconds flat
• love their halo swaddles
• love their wubanubs
• sweetly coo and talk to us
• hate red lights
• ...and have just found their tongues!

But one of the best things about these past 2 months has been watching Addie fall more and more in love with her baby sisters. Sure, she's told me NOT to feed her baby sisters or NOT to take their pic-tures. She's smooshed their pacies in their mouths a few times and almost kneed them trying to get on their play mat, but she continues to tell everyone she meets/sees that she has twin baby sisters, two babies. She is so proud of them! And she often either tells us: i love my baby sisters SO much or my baby sisters love me SO much!
Just another tremendous answer to prayer!