Things I Never Thought I'd Say

"HEY! We don't pee in the air vent." ~ to LR while he's standing over the air vent with no diaper on.
"Stop poking your sister in the eye while she's eating." ~ to J. Frog while tandem nursing. He's gotten really aggressive about poking her.

"Gassy Girl!" ~ every time I have to pick up Missy during the night just so that she can fart. It's Ferber time!

Feeling the Love

Had a nice visit from Uncle Corbin this past weekend. Kids cooperated so we could take this picture. LR couldn't get enough of Corbin and occupied most of his time.

I couldn't resist buying the kids very soft little blankets because I thought they looked so familiar. Here is Missy and her Duck blanket.

And here is J. Frog and his Tiger Blanket.

And here is how they love their blankets.

Blue Eyes

J. Frog and Missy had their 4 month checkup yesterday and it looks like J. Frog is definitely going to be blue-eyed like me. Missy has the same blueberry blue eyes that LR had at this age and while Dr. Nick thinks they will stay blue, I'm thinking that they're going to change to the same olive green color as LR's.

J. Frog weighed in first at 14 pounds even. That puts him around the 25th percentile for weight. Missy weighed in at 14 pounds 5 ounces which is the 60th percentile for her. I thought she was at least a pound heavier than he, but apparently J. Frog makes up for it in length. The good news is that she's already caught up with her non-preemie peers. He's still got some ground to make up and probably won't do it anytime soon since he's still not taking a bottle. That may be a problem since I've started interviewing for part-time jobs. I've got new bottle nipples on the way, so maybe we'll find something that works soon.

I started looking through some of my old posts and was dismayed to see that I'm averaging only one post a week. Not only that, but I neglected to post dozens of pictures of grandparents helping out with the babies as newborns, especially during the month of Feb. Not sure what happened there. Sleep loss, no doubt. So the pics in this post are from Feb, not May.


This was a funny moment because LR wanted to kneel down like Gigi for the picture, foiling her attempt to get down to his level for the shot.

Papa and Grandma Nese master the tandem feed.

Yanni joins the clan for an end of the month visit.

J. Frog News

J. Frog rolled over today! He's always had great head control. Yesterday he was able to play on his tummy without any strain. His neck didn't seem to get tired, so he wasn't nodding like a bobble head doll anymore. Today, while our friend D was over watching the FA cup finals between Portsmouth and Cardiff, I put J. Frog on his tummy on his play mat and within a few minutes, he let the weight of his head carry him right over onto his back. It didn't even spook him the way I remember LR's first rolls did.

In other J. Frog news, he's refused the bottle for the past 5 or 6 days. At first I just thought he was being particular, but now I'm afraid we have a problem. I can't produce quite enough milk for both of them for the entire day, so Missy is getting a little short changed. She's taking more formula so that I can feed him more often. He's also feeding more often because he's not getting a ton at every feeding. Daddy read up online today and apparently it's not unusual for babies around this age who have been successfully taking the bottle to refuse it for a little while. They say the key is to keep trying it until the baby takes it again. We'll see if Abra has better luck with him next week.

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Sick Again

It never fails. 3 days after a birthday party at an indoor gym and LR has a cold. He must be licking the equipment. We had the worst night's sleep last night. LR was up every half hour or hour crying in his sleep, but not waking enough to tell us what the problem was. Then Daddy's phone was ringing with some sort of work crisis ~ you know, the type where a machine fails in a forest and no one hears it. Then J. Frog and Missy were up for a 3am feeding and awake for good at 6am.

Yes, we love the couch photos, but they've just started using the exersaucers, so you'll start seeing more interesting photos soon.






Missy started a Bill The Cat impression contest.







LR answered.







I killed 20 shots trying to get J. Frog to do the same thing.

Synchronized

People talk about how twins do funny things at the same time. I'm curious if that is nature or nurture. Does is happen more to identical twins since they have the same genetic make up, or does it happen to fraternal twins like J. Frog and Missy just because they're so often in the same place at the same time. When they were younger and learning to nurse they used to somehow know when it was time to unlatch. Like red ants, they would both bite down at the same time which would send me though the roof. Lucky for me, they've stopped doing that. Now when they unlatch, if they're both awake, I give them a few minutes to look at each other. This past weekend, they started cooing and talking when they made eye contact. It's far more fun than constantly trying to breakup the poking fights they usually have.

Just now they were sitting in bouncy seats in the kitchen while Abra, LR and I ate lunch.
We heard bubbling from J. Frog and then grunting from Missy and we realized they were participating in synchronized pooping. Abra and LR are now giving Missy a much needed bath and I decided it was just the sort of thing that needed a blog post.

How Quickly They Change

So after 2 and a half months of screaming, J. Frog is finally all smiles. Abra discovered that he is ticklish. There is nothing like a baby giggling. Today I managed to make him laugh by blowing raspberries in front of his face.

You know, I didn't think I'd be one of those mothers of twins who puts the kids in matching outfits, but after receiving some sets as gifts, I'm really starting to get into it. Now granted, it never lasts long. One is bound to mess up his or her outfit within a few hours, but I've managed to get a couple of good pictures out of them anyway.

You can't tell, but Auntie H has a perfectly round belly for J. Frog to sleep on. She's due in a few weeks with a playmate for Missy. Finally another girl!










Thank goodness Aunt K stopped by for a visit.













This was when J. Frog had just started to learn how to smile.







LR loves to visit with the babies while they're in the swings. And they love watching him!






LR is telling them about the bicycles on their outfits.






awwwwww (Styling courtesy of Grandma W. She couldn't resist the outfits and neither can I.)








AWWWWWW (Actually the hold on Missy turned into a bit of a headlock by the end of the photo shoot, but she's gonna have to get used to that.)





J. Frog: I'm too sexy for this sleeper.