Trouble with Toilet Paper

I'm not kidding you, every roll of toilet paper in the powder room is pulled off the roll. They wander away for a minute and then come back to me with a whole roll trailing behind them. It's cute and they love it, but now I shut the powder room door.

Half Marathon For Evelyn and Sylvia

Mommy ran a half marathon (13.1 miles) for the girls. It was a good race and the girls were there with Daddy rooting her on at miles 5, 8 and at the finish! She paced 10 minute miles, which is good!

Olives

Sylvia LOVES to eat olives. Evelyn loves them on her fingers and enjoys chewing them and spitting them out. They are definitely our children because both of our families LOVE olives.

Silly

These girls are just silly!

Bath Time -- Not So Fun Today

Bath time was great until the end. Daddy was away so it's always a little tricky making sure one stays in the tub while the other one is dried off and dressed. Sylvia has having such a good time in the tub so I decided to take Evelyn first. We sang songs, acted silly and then it was Sylvia's time to get out of the tub.
After she was all dry, I went to drain the water. I noted something strange in the tub. I went to grab it, but quickly realized I didn't want to touch it. Little Miss S went poopie in the tub!
I'm sure this happens to everyone's kids, but I totally wasn't expecting it. I thought it was sooo gross, but kind of funny at the same time. I quickly wondered how long it was there, did they need another bath, did they drink some of the water, will they be sick? Yes, I'm neurotic about a lot of things. This may have been a valid reason.

Wonderful New Habit

Most kids suck their thumbs...I did it, my brother's did it (well, Gage used to suck his left middle and ring finger, but he's a weird-o!). My little one, Evelyn, sucks on her arm! This is a new habit that developed when we moved to the new house. When she was getting molars and we didn't know it! So, she self soothed by sucking on her arm. Giving herself lovely hickeys and a few times little blisters!

For 2 weeks now, we have wrap her arms at naps and bedtime with gauze to prevent it. Once day, she found the top of her arm (by her shoulder) and sucked that! Crazy baby.

So, per the doctor's instruction, I got some natural nail biting/thumb sucking cream. It tastes horrible (had to test it!). I got it off Amazon and was anxious for it to arrive. I put it on the top of her hand (we now dress her in long sleeves at night so she really can only suck on her hand). Even before bedtime, she licked it and came over to me with the most disgusted face -- drooling, spitting, etc. I felt terrible, but sorry baby girl, it's for your own good!

Let's hope it works. Doc says if it doesn't try any number of gross things -- soap, hot sauce (well, I love hot sauce, but a baby might not!). Any other gross ideas?

Poor Little Evelyn Hospitalized (She's Fine!)

This weekend was not very fun. We had plans to catch up with friends we hadn't seen for a while on both Saturday and Sunday, but that didn't happen. After going to the arts festival in Old Town on Saturday, we discovered Evelyn's arm and hand were a little puffy. We thought maybe she was bitten by a bug, so we gave her motrin and put her down for her nap. She wasn't bothered by it and slept over 2 hours. When she woke, it was worse. We took her to the ER and they diagnosed her with cellulitis (a bacterial infection caused most often by a scratch getting infected with staph or a bug bite) and transferred us to another hospital, which specialized in pediatrics. Evelyn and Mommy arrived at 6pm and after she ripped out her IV, they tried 7 times to put in another only to "blow" 2 veins in the process. Finally they just gave her 2 shots of antibiotics and decided to admit her overnight for observation.

We finally got a room in the pediatrics ward at 11:30pm! Can you say this little girl was TIRED?! She finally went down at midnight and slept only 6.5 hours. The doc came in the AM and gave her 2 more shots and then discharged us. Daddy took her to the doctor this AM as another follow-up and now she's on a 5 day series of more antibiotics. Unless it worsens, we don't have to go back. Phew!

After googling, we realized that if the bacteria was a certain type it is flesh eating! I think they wanted to make sure she was being treated properly and it was a minor infection (as the blood results said) and nothing very serious.

This was really just a fluke it happened to her. We will never know what caused it, but apparently tons of nasty bacteria exist on our skin and it's just sometimes the bad stuff finds it's way into a scrape, bite, etc.

Thankfully, she's on the mend. And, besides a little sleep deprivation, she was totally fine and in good spirits. It was a long 18 hours though, but Mommy was happy to spend lots of quality time alone with Little Evelyn. We don't get much alone time with the girls and let me just tell you...having one kid would be sooooo easy for us!

Sylvia made Evelyn an adorable little welcome home sign that said "I Love you Evelyn," which we all loved and thought was soooo thoughtful. I hope to post a picture of it.

Flour Play

Evelyn and Sylvia are playing with flour this morning. Evelyn is a major priss about getting her hands dirty, so she isn't really very into it, but Sylvia is!

Cute Videos

The girls are just so big -- totally into coloring, magadoodles, playdough, trying to put on shoes, feeding each other and just being incredibly cute.

Evelyn's New Expression

"Mommy, I know I'm doing something bad and this is how you look at me."

Play

Just some cute play time pictures. They met a fireman when Sylvia hit her head hard at a playground. They gave them these adorable hats, which they love. Well, they love all hats!

Discovering New Places

The girls love to discover their new house. They have found all sorts of cool things in drawers and places to read.

More Teeth

Well, the big ones came -- both got their upper 1 year molars at the same time! And, during the move! We thought they were screaming because of their new environment, but they were really screaming because of their teeth!

They both now have 8 teeth! And, they are working on their lower 1 year molars. It was a rough 10 days!

Yard

Here's tiny Evelyn running around the yard.

Bad Influence Already

Sylvia can be a bad influence on Evelyn and vice versa. Here are two good examples. First, Sylvia, then Evelyn.

Moving Videos

We have been BUSY! We've moved to a new house on August 25th! Here's the link if you want to see it. We love it. Our townhouse is rented and we are pretty much moved in. It has a HUGE yard and tons of space for the girls to roam. We love it!

Here are some videos of our move. Pictures to come.

16 Months

While 16 month pictures were not officially taken, here they are in their chair in the new house. They barely fit!

Moving Fun

In addition to moving videos, here are some cute moving pictures. For some reason, I didn't take any pictures of Gram, who was critical to the process. Thanks so much Mom for flying out for 5 days to help us unpack and watch the girls. You worked like a dog, dealt with my crankiness, and I thank you for that!

Do you like the first picture of David trying to take the old TV out of the armoire. La La got to take this home.

Using Spoons

The girls love to use utensils! They are getting pretty good at it too. We now use plates and bowls too. It does make things a whole lot more messy, but they love it. Big girls.

Grocery

The girls don't often go to the grocery because I go on Friday's and Angela watches the girls. But, when they do, they ride in style (well, except for Sylvia's hair!).

Pool Fun

After work, we spent about 2 hours outside...playing in the sprinkler, pool, with the water table and hose. They couldn't get enough of drinking the water from cups in the pool (gross! thankfully it was new water), and from the sprinkler (not as bad!). They loved climbing up into the chairs just as much as playing in the water. Good fun was had by all. Excuse the nakedness...who needs bathing suits in your own yard?! After all this water fun, I took them up for baths before dinner because they were a filthy muddy mess. Summer time is so great!

Go back and review old posts

There are some I just posted that go back as far as late June! I try to keep them in order for their book.

Pretty Blue Eyed Girl

While attempting to snap pictures for their 15 month update, Evelyn was being super photogenic. Look at these. She's so pretty! [So if Sylvia, of course!]

Mommy & Daddy's 4th Anniversary

This weekend, Mommy and Daddy went to Annapolis to celebrate their 4th wedding anniversary. We were lucky because La La watched us for the 27 hours they were away. We went to a music class, to Old Town to meet new friends and doggies, took a good nap, and had a fun bath. This was Mommy and Daddy's 3rd overnight away from us, 2 times La La watched us and the other time Gram did while they went to a wedding. We don't like them to go away, but we barely notice becase we are having so much fun! Here we are goofing on in the tub before bedtime.

Flowers

Here are some silly shots last Friday. The girls breath in and out of their nose hard when asked if they want to smell a flower. Sylvia nods her head that she wants to smell the flower and then turns her head. Evelyn goes nose first and agrees that it smells good. Super cute.

Sylvia's 6th Tooth

Sylvia's 6th tooth finally emerged -- the upper right lateral incisor. This is just 9 days after Evelyn got her upper left lateral incisor. Next, they will work on molars. Yikes.

Shoes

Yesterday we were going out to the grocery and I put some new shoes on Evelyn. They were pink with polka dots. Very cute. David proceed to put the shoes Sylvia always wears on and she started crying. We couldn't figure out why. She kept crying. Then, it dawned on me she was crying because she wanted new shoes too. So, I took out these blue crocs and she happily let us put them on her and the crying stopped.

It's hard to believe at 15 months they are already fussing about shoes! I can't wait until their teen years!

Cleveland Zoo

We went to Cleveland for a friend's wedding and Gram and Gramps met us there! We had great fun at the Cleveland Zoo. Check out Sylvia's face when she discovers the gorilla! Gramps took control of pushing the stroller. This was the girls 5th airplane vacation, so 10 flights! They did great.

It was interesting because just a few days before we decided to transition the girls to one nap a day. It worked out perfectly on vacation too!

1 Nap

The girls hadn't been taking 2 naps consistently, so we transitioned them to 1 nap a day (12-2pm) in about three days. I thought it would be a huge ordeal, but it wasn't.

Lounging Poolside

Check out Evelyn lounging poolside! All she needs is a sippy cup of milk and she'd be in heaven.

15 Months!

Oh gosh, this picture taking thing is getting difficult. The girls are hilarious! Here they are in their chair, sort of! Evelyn wouldn't let Sylvia in the chair, can you tell?

At their 15 month checkup they received a clean bill of heath. Here are the statistics.

Sylvia's are listed first and then Evelyn's

Head 18.25cm -- 60% 18cm -- 25%

Height 30.25in -- 45% 30.25in -- 45%

Weight 22lbs 14oz -- 45% 21lbs 50z -- 30th

Note they are the same height!

Evelyn's 6th Tooth

Evelyn got another tooth! It's the left upper lateral incisor! Since everyone is so well versed on the correct naming of teeth, I attached a picture!

Sylvia's working on her right lateral incisor for her 6th tooth, but it hasn't come in yet!

At the Concert

From Angela: "We had a great time at the concert. Sylvia danced in front of the band! Evelyn ran around like a crazy girl! They loved it. We talked to the singer, she has 3 year old twin girls too." Here are 2 of the 4 pictures she emailed us.