Random Picture Saturday

From Britany at 4 Little Men & Girly Twins

Find the 44th picture from November 2007

Mine are all on an external harddrive, so I went to flickr and counted the November pictures to get to the 44th one.



We went to Iowa to visit family for Thanksgiving and celebrated Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Abby's birthday with everyone since we wouldn't be back in December. Abby STILL talks about that Dora cake!

Teeth

Way Back When-sday

Date: May 18, 2005
Age: Abby, Exactly 5 months old

This is pretty much exactly what Emma looks like when I try and change her these days. If she's not reaching for her feet, and trying to get them in her mouth, she's pushing her butt up in the air. Cora just loves to kick so hard she knocks everything off. Fun times.

Thanks to Cheryl at Twinfatuation for starting Way Back When-sdays!

Jumperoo videos

I just taped the girls in the Jumperoo. Here you go:

Cora


Emma. She's not doing much in this one, but Abby's hilarious in the background!


Emma again, this time jumping.


Bonus Abby singing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Quick Baby Update

The very early morning wakeups from Cora must've been tooth-related. After a few days, she's now back to waking up around 6:30-7. If that's the only teething issue we'll have, I'll take it! Emma's also back to waking up once a night, typically between 3-5, and going back to sleep until 7. This morning, Emma actually woke up first around 7:15! Emma still doesn't have any teeth, but Cora's two are about a third out. They still have a little ways to go.

Both girls are also on the verge of sitting up unassisted. They can sit with just a minimum of support now, and if we position them just right, they'll stay by themselves for a few seconds before falling. Cora LOVES it when we try sitting her on our bed and let her fall instead of catching her. That's one of her favorite games.

Both girls can roll both ways now. When they want to. They rarely do, but we've seen them both do it on occasion. Cora's also getting up on her elbows and knees and rocking already! It won't be long before she starts crawling. Scary! She's figured out how to work herself like a froggy to get a toy out of reach. She brings her arms and legs in under her, then "swims" out. The best way I can explain it is that she looks like a frog trying to move from one spot to the next. I'll have to dig out the video camera and film it.

8 Things

I was tagged by Chelle and Paige to do this meme. Sorry it took so long for me to get to it girls!

8 TV Shows I watch:
1. American Idol
2. Fringe
3. Days of our Lives (shut up)
4. Rock of Love Bus
5. Real Housewives
6. Top Chef
7. Grey's Anatomy
8. The Daily Show

8 Restaurants I love:
1. Mackensie's Chop House
2. The brewery in Castle Rock (can't remember the name off the top of my head)
3. Jack in the Box
4. Chipotle
5. Red Robin (Abby's favorite)
6. Culver's
7. Ted's Montana Grill
8. Kura Sushi

8 Things that Happened Today
(or yesterday in my case since it's only 7am)
1. Emma slept until 6:30 again!
2. Watched the inauguration
3. Picked up Abby from preschool
4. Went to a playgroup
5. Had lunch at Panera Bread with everyone
6. We all took a 2-hour nap when we got home!
7. Watched American Idol
8. Abby got a bloody nose before bed

8 Things I look forward to:
1. The babies sitting up, but not crawling (they're close!)
2. Spring!
3. Being done with this class
4. naptime
5. Going to the park this afternoon (68 degrees here today!)
6. No more spit up
7. The babies' 6-month checkup to see how big they've gotten
8. Getting rid of the co-sleeper once Emma's consistently sleeping through the night

8 Things I wish for:
1. No more spit up!
2. Babies who sleep past 6am
3. Lenses
4. A Speedlite
5. Other camera toys
6. A cleaning fairy
7. A personal chef
8. To magically lose 30lbs without any effort from me

8 Songs I just listened to:
Again, it's only 7am, so I put my ipod on shuffle and picked the first 8 songs
1. No Doubt--Spider Webs
2. Rehab--Bartender Song
3. Blues Traveler--Crash Burn
4. Pearl Jam--Betterman
5. Naughty by Nature--You Down with OPP (shut up)
6. Paula Abdul--Straight Up (shut up)
7. David Cook--Light On
8. Sublime--Garden Grove

8 Favorite Movies:
1. Steel Magnolias
2. Trading Places
3. The Goonies
4. Breakfast at Tiffany's
5. Silence of the Lambs
6. Heathers
7. Lady in White
8. White Christmas

Tag 8 people for this meme:
1. Beckett (Tali)
2. Bella
3. Heather
4. Kim
5. Niki
6. Rachael
7. Rachael
8. Robin

We officially have teeth!

Cora finally cut her bottom two teeth a few days ago. They're still not completely out, but they've both cut through her gums. Hopefully now she'll start sleeping past 5:45am! My baby who's been sleeping 12 hours almost every night the last few months has now decided 5:45 is a great time to get up for the day! At least when Abby would wake up at 5:30, it was already light out. Cora has managed to go back to sleep for about an hour a couple times, but only if she's nursing. The second I stop, she wakes up.

Emma looks like she'll be cutting her first two teeth soon too. She actually slept from 7-8pm to 3-5am for about 2 or 3 weeks. Until a few days ago. Then, she started waking up around midnight as well. Last night, she woke up at 8:30 and 9pm, then I had to wake her up at 7 since Cora was already up! I haven't looked today to see if her teeth are in.