cuties

Blake took this picture while I was at church last weekend:

Ethan: Don't worry everyone, this is my sister Kaylee and I will protect her. Everything is good, and I am happy.
Kaylee: Um, wait, do not leave me with him.



random stuff

It's december - have you noticed? My calendar has noticed. Here are a few random things we've been up to:




• Above: Our multiples class reunion. Yep, 6 1/2 of the 12 couples showed up with their babies for a little reunion this past weekend. The girl in the very center is the half couple - one of her twins was sick, so her husband stayed home with the sick kid, and she brought the other in. Other than that all the husbands are behind their wives. Pretty funny isn't it? that's a lot of babies.
• Today we went in for the kids' 4 month appt. More shots afterwards, but it was SO much better this time. Ethan didn't even cry at all for his first shot. Maybe he was worn out from all the crying he did for the doctor... but Kaylee cried for the doc and for shots - she is not so easily worn down! Crying at the doc was due to missing nap time as the appt started half an hour late (well, at least, that's what I think it was due to!). We might try the redmond clinic next time and see if their appts are more timely. nothing else to really note at the appt. I'll find the papers w/ their stats sometime and put that in a 4-month post later.
• nobody has made any more rolling progress. we should prob give them more tummy time...
• we said a temporary goodbye to our cosleeper. it served us so well for a few months, but now that they sleep in their own room it was getting a lot less use. at first I was just excited to lend it to my friend so that it would get used again and she wouldn't have to buy one, but I am now excited about regaining the space in our room! although actually, we moved a chair from downstairs into that spot. But! we gained space downstairs because that chair moved upstairs, the papasan was donated, and we only added a Christmas tree. a very nice tree I must say, but i don't have pics yet.

i have more to say, but no time to say it in. so that's all for now!

how are those neck muscles doing?

I was looking through some pics and thought these were just sorta amusing... sometimes they like tummy time and holding their heads up, but other times they just want to lie there (I didn't include any pics where they're crying because they're done with tummy time... okay I don't actually have a lot of those anyways because I do usually pic them up instead of continuing to take pics). but... what was I saying? I am so tired right now... I don't know. here are some pics. enjoy... I'm going to go enjoy some sleep...

snow

it snowed recently. since this is old news for all my local readers, we'll make the narrative short, and get to the pics. these were taken on wednesday - most of the snow was monday/tuesday, so it's not the snowiest look ever, but blake did go in to work all three days and taking the babies out in the snow / below freezing weather myself seemed like an undertaking plus blake said he wanted to take them out with me so I didn't even try! (side note: blake ran to work every day to avoid crazy snow traffic... since he rarely rarely reads this blog I can say that I just learned about these crazy yaktrax and picked him up a pair for christmas, but I'll give them to him early if it snows again). anyways... pictures:

dad and kaylee

me and ethan - hats on both kiddos made by my friend tierney!

silly kaylee noise

thanksgiving pics coming later when I find where the camera went...

for now - we finally caught kaylee's silly noises on video. Ethan coos - they are what you would expect baby noises to sound like. but kaylee does this gurgly trilling noise. sometimes she coos too, but more often when she "talks" it's this funny noise. but, whenever I try to catch it, she stops. So here's blake talking with her, and me secretly filming...

she is going to be really good at rolling her Rs.

out and about with twins

Here are our/my tactics when going out with the babies:
- go with another female. this works really well with jackie. people assume one baby is hers, one is mine.
- put one baby in a carrier, one in the stroller. people assume the stroller is empty and just there for backup.
- we used to snuggle both babies in the carrycot of the single stroller. but now tehy're too big for that.
- blake and I each take a baby in a carrier. we do this often for the grocery store, and when we're in the store we split up. if we meet up in the store (did you get the peanut butter or should I?) Blake will just keep walking when people ask questions. I find myself automatically stop, and then wish I hadn't. But usually I can say, "well, I have to go catch up with my husband now..."

Why do we have these tactics? Because this video is SO true... and so funny to me - hope it's funny to you too.



I have literally been asked every single question in this video. One time I sat outside of Jamba Juice with the babies while Blake ordered a drink and I had almost that entire conversation. I was so surprised that a complete stranger would ask about IVF and then keep asking! (You all can ask whatever you want since I know you, but a complete stranger?) The other comment I get from A TON of people is, "well now your family is complete all at once!" I do find that absolutely amazing. Considering that Blake and I don't know if we're done having kids, it's amazing that so many random people think that they know!

okay, but I didn't write this post to complain, I'm just sharing because Blake and I found it so funny and even if you don't think it's funny, it's always funny to see what blake thinks is funny... but hopefully you did think it was funny.

roll kaylee roll

Kaylee: Mom, why are you always posting cute videos of Ethan? What about me?

Me: Because Ethan does something cute, and then I get the camera, and then he does it again. You do something cute, I get the camera, and you cry at the camera.

Kaylee: Hrumph. Fine, I'll show you. I'll show you all. I will roll over, and I won't cry. You'll have to post that. I just need a little help with the rolling part... I shall incorporate a bit of a slope and some gravity...

ta da!

(sorry the laptop in the background is sorta distracting. we had just finished watching church. church in bed. I pretty much love technology.)