Turkey day pics and more

So finally got a few pics from Thanksgiving (of course I forgot my camera so relying on others)

But first a few random tidbits:

Audrey has become very fussy and easy to upset this past weekend. She doesn't seem sick so we're wondering if finally we're at the teething stage, at least for her. Has no interest in naps either. So we shall see.

A (rare) happy Audrey earlier today

New carseats are enroute - sad to say we're pretty much at that time to say goodbye to their swings, bouncy seats, and infant carriers. So guess all that stuff gets to sit in the basement until the next resale.

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Moving to the pics. The girls were quite the social butterflies for Thanksgiving for both hubby's and my family's dinners. (And also a complete mess) At my parents, we gave them their mesh teethers and a few samples from dinner - they enjoyed it all and even staying up a tad bit late to play around with all the guests.

Audrey during dinner

Allie...........

Allie later on in her pjs with Lori

Audrey hanging out on the couch with Uncle Chris

Friday Night Leftovers

• Unless it's the same one, we have had two mice in the house this week. Um, no thanks! Hubby (who let me remind you is a hunter) felt remorse or who knows but let the first one out live. I bet it came right back and is now running amok in our basement. Told him he has to catch it and very, very soon.
• The girls had a great Thanksgiving, pretty much due to lots of people, new foods, and new toys. By the end of it they were completely a mess, hyper, and probably more awake than anyone else. Photos to come later.
• With new tires and maintenance on the truck, two sets of carseats for the girls, and that's just the start, yeah this month was a bust for my budget. (Believe me though, mouse traps can still be worked into it.)
• We probably need another cat. Not only will this entertain our current cat, but it would help to actually have a cat that pursues mice. (This is of course unlike said current cat who let the mouse run right by her 'cause obviously hubby's laptop earphones were far more entertaining and easier to get to.)
• With my budget in ruins, have put off shopping. Well that and just not having the time or patience to deal with crowds and such. It is a very weird sensation coming up on the holidays as last year I was banned to the couch for the whole time.
• Audrey is going through a stranger / separation anxiety phase. (Hmm just like the one her sister went through a month or two ago - have to love getting to do everthing twice right?) Luckily Allie is being very self-entertaining and happy when Audrey gets upset (which again, a few months ago, was just in reverse)

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8 months!

So at seemingly breakneck speed we're through another month and the girls are just three shy of the big first birthday.

I thought back when that adjusting to couch-arrest for the latter part of the pregnany was a pretty tough adjustment. It's not as easy as it sounds to literally sit on the couch. (Much better than total bedrest or a hospital stay though in all fairness.) I think now the adjustment from that to having two babies to take care of takes the cake. We honestly didn't know what to expect. But considering we have yet to have an illness, the girls are growing well, and unless tired aren't too fussy, I'd say we're doing pretty well. (Although that "only fussy when tired" due to their love for short naps is fairly common.)

They were of that "we're tired and crabby" variety tonight the minute we got home. However, at least once we put them to bed, we didn't hear a peep. Lately Audrey has been having a hard time with going to bed and yells for a decent duration so a nice break to have tonight be "protest" free. It may be a coincidence but normally hubby feeds Allie her last bottle and I have Audrey and tonight we switched, so maybe that's the key for a quieter bedtime. We'll see.

No fun stats for now, although by eyesight I'd say Audrey has Allie by at least a pound still and might be a little longer / taller. No teeth for either (from what I've heard I was late too) and bit by bit they're becoming more mobile. We're way behind on baby-proofing, although hubby did get the carpet box deal done to put over the hearth.

Of course now picture time. The first set is a very common occurrence now: the ever so fun "toy stealing" game. For an example - Audrey dropped this pink mirror, there was a mad dash for it, and Allie came out victorious. (Cell phone pics so not the best quality)

Their new best friend still.

Too busy to pose.

How to ensure you're getting a bath later.

Such a grin. Why? Because Audrey decided to let herself out of her bumbo seat.

Somewhat of a fashion sense

Friday Night Leftovers 11-20

• Guess I have to catch up on my blogging as my last post was about this time last week.
• Still not sure what to think with the upcoming holidays (but then again by this time next week I'll have a much better clue..........stay tuned hahaha............)
• The girls are becoming interested in the cat at an exponential rate. And hubby wants to get another one in the somewhat near future?
• I'm still on the fence as to whether elaborate musical holiday decorations are cheesy or a lot of fun. Hubby wants to add to his outdoor "lights up" reindeer collection. Hmmm.......not sure on that one.
• Haven't slept more than 2-3 hours the past two nights. That's just annoying. Especially when the girls, the cat, the hubby - everyone seems to not have that problem but me.
• It must be that time of year as people have started to ask what I might want for Christmas. Yeah, I'm pretty sure that "babies who take longer naps" just didn't make it onto the sale flyer for Target, just a hunch. Fine, new flat iron for the hair it is.

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Friday Night Leftovers 11-13

So I'll play, why not?

• One of our girls, who both can roll in either direction, decided tonight an hour after bedtime to roll to her stomach and completely flip out, i.e. scream bloody murder (rather than the crazy idea of just rolling back over) So had to "intervene" and turn her.
• Grocery shopping is almost to a dire stage. Cereal for dinner once again. That's of course because we're out of frozen pizzas.
• I feel badly for the cat as now there are two crawling, screeching infants after her most anytime she's around. However I don't feel that badly for her as this is also a good way to make crabby babies turn into happy babies - just present the cat.
• We're ruining our budget this month with getting the truck fixed and a couple sets of convertible car seats. However I think I can cut our tv plan as once again, two hundred channels and there's nothing on. Stuck once again watching Criminal Minds reruns.
• Hubby and I finally sat down to get some frustrations off our minds and get plans down for babyproofing, the holidays with both our families in the area, and getting the house a bit more in order. Now just have to actually follow through with all this..............

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This and that..........

Ok if there are a lot of misspellings in this, somehow in reformatting my laptop, the keyboard is not working very well. Got to love electronics somtimes (Seems to be more in IE versus Mozilla, so we'll see.)

A bit cranky so far for the week, and yes it's only Monday. Tired and a lot going on. Really wishing on that not in the plans vacation or winning the lottery. Oh well............ Besides not going grocery shopping this weekend (bad idea....we have a very sad looking fridge and pantry right now) we did manage to get a few things accomplished - a huge amount of baby food made and the wood frame for the hearth is done so we're at least starting to baby-proof the house. That's including the fact that both hubby and I felt very under the weather Sunday - not sure if our dinner Saturday night had a bug/ spoiled (was a new recipe so who knows) or what but Sunday was pretty "just get through it."

Despite the time constraint, I'm glad so far the babyfood making is happening. We made the squash-apple combo and the fresh version tastes about 100x better than the jarred one. Not sure if the girls care but we'll still try.

Again maybe when we have money to burn we'll test to see if they're identical. (Although if you see the one pic below, pretty amusing.) Very much a non-issue besides curiosity unless a medical reason comes around. It's become very apparent that Audrey is the mobile one while Allie is the vocal one. Allie is constantly chatting and while she has rolled both ways I guess just to show us she can, is very happy in one spot. Audrey, while not so vocal, is rolling or moving around the minute you put her down. Not crawling yet but with a series of planned out rolls and spins, she can get to wherever she wants. As in, if Allie has a toy of interest, Audrey will find a way to roll over and get it. She also managed once so far to slide herself out of the bumbo. Guess she was done with bumbo time.

A few random pics.

Here's the curious pic. They were just sitting in the little bumbo seats so I got the camera out - and they both decided to "strike a pose." Not sure where the "see the camera, tilt your head" notion came from but oh well.



Audrey planning out her next move


Allie checking out the camera

Halloween and the weekend

So we're still working on their naps and bedtime. Timing the naps is key to less yelling but bedtime overall is pretty calm. Hopefully that all continues to get better, I get a few projects for work completed, and can start to "relax" a little. Maybe I should go get an appointment at the sleep clinic - you'd think as tired as I am most days sleeping should be easy.

The girls had a sleepover with the grandparents (my parents) for Halloween. In anticipation of the time change we had kept the girls up for a half hour or so the past couple of nights so by Saturday night they were set to go to bed around 8, and our guess was they'd do their typical "sleep 12 hours" and wake up at 7. Besides Allie making a fuss for some unknown reason around 10pm they followed the little plan.

Meal time is becoming a small challenge. The girls have decided they'd much rather eat what we're eating so we either have to have something they can eat on our plates or have a mesh-feeder treat / something enticing for them. Allie the other night was not going to be had - she wanted hubby's burger and that was it. As hubby usually tries the babyfood we give the girls (he's big on the concept that it should taste edible) and this weekend's was pretty bad, we ended up getting a blender (go figure we own countless kitchen gadgets, machines, you name it but no blender) and will better attempt babyfood making.

A few pics from their first Halloween

They are looking very alike. I'm actually at times having to really look at who's who.

(and of course the "twin pumpkins" hubby did Friday night. Nothing artistic but his goal was to make them look alike.)

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