Fun with Toys

The girls love their new toys and this is a cute video of Evelyn jumping around -- I missed Sylvia but you can hear her squeals in the background.

Attack of the Babies

Evelyn is insane about reaching for things. She wanted this bird BAD!

Sylvia had a smackdown wrestling match with the purple Giraffe (Jeff).

Necks

I have an announcement to make -- our babies have necks! Yes, until now we thought they were just born without one, but we saw that they do indeed have necks!

Daddy was very busy at work this week and Mommy was solo 4 nights in a row. I bring them up to the packnplay around 6:00pm for some playtime and "naked time". They love it. Before stripping down, I sit them up in the corners of the packnplay (they are not yet able to sit up in their own, so they love this). I wave toys above their heads and that's when I saw their necks! Then, after we do that a while, I strip them naked and let them go wild on a towel. They really do go nuts. It's like they are liberated. Often we have a few messes, but it's no big deal. I read books to them, pull them up by their arms to standing (they LOVE this), carry them around doing little dances. I keep them busy until 6:30pm when bath time starts. Then, we dress them in normal sleepers (no more swaddles for either baby), take them upstairs for 8oz of milk and then they are typically asleep by 7:20. They are good little babies. But, it is hard doing it solo. I'm not super Mommy!

More Meal Time Messes

Sylvia is a champion at eating cereal. We didn't expect anything less from her. We've always called her our little chunkers. I actually think her cousin Alexis named her that. Evelyn does this hilarous "this is so gross" face everytime she starts eating cereal, but ultimately does ok. They are messy though, even though Mom tries her best to keep the girls clean.

Nap Time Update

The girls are getting better at napping, but they typically only nap about 35 minutes at a time. Evelyn has been crunching her abs for a long time -- lifting up her head and feet at the same time (she's one huge ball of muscle) and she does it when she's fighting sleep too. Her newest thing is rolling over onto her belly and getting stuck. Sometimes she will wake up crying because she's stuck (6 times the other night!), but most of the time she will just fall asleep on her belly with her face smooshed into the mattress. Yes, this did make us a little paranoid at first, but she definitely is able to let us know when she's stuck. Sylvia is typically really easy...the falls asleep after a few grunts and talks. Here they are during nap time this weekend. And yes, SIDS Advocates, the blankets are removed promptly when they girls fall asleep.

Swinging

Last weekend, we took the girls out on the porch in their swings and Evelyn took a little nap while we ate dinner. It was totally adorable how snuggled up she was cuddling with her froggy.