Record highs!

 We have been having beautiful weather here for the past couple weeks.  Today they are actually calling for a record high of 82 degrees!  We have been playing outside as much as we can.  Lily even knows the way to the park and if we don't turn down the one path she tells me "no mommy, playground that way".  

Playing outside

Lily had lunch in her playhouse outside today

Happy Evelyn

Lily playing with Evelyn on the floor

Lily is really starting to talk to much and becoming her own little person.  In fact the other night after dinner Sean got a look at what the future will hold with a preteen or teenager.  Sean told her that she needed to finish this one piece of a sandwich before she could have some grapes, she did it so I went to the fridge to get the grapes.  While I was getting them out Sean tried to get her to take another bite.  She looked him dead in the eye and said "No Daddy. I already ate for grapes. I ate that. Grapes go right there".  All of this was accompanied with large arms movements and a lot of attitude.  I was so happy that I was standing behind her because I couldn't keep a straight face.

Sean and his girls

3 month twins??

 Here is Evelyn's 3 month growth photo.  She is such a happy baby.  I can't believe how fast she is growing.  

Also, we have noticed how much the girls look alike, especially when you look at Lily's baby photos and cover all her hair.  I am going to have to label photos well because I have a feeling we will be confusing these two photos in the future.

 

Sleeping in?

For the past week both girls have gotten up at exactly the same time each day.  At 6:22am Evelyn starts moving around a little bit in her bassinet and when I look at her she is wide eyed and smiling at me.  About 2 minutes later I hear Lily start talking in her room.  I am not sure what it is that is waking them both up.  Evelyn isn't making enough sound for Lily to hear her on the other side of the house.  Lily isn't waking up first that Evie would hear her through the monitor.  Since it is happening everyday, including weekends, I don't think it is a bus or some other loud sound outside.  Somehow my girls have synced their internal clocks.

Well this morning I woke up at looked at my phone (we don't have a clock in our room) and saw that it was 7:18am.  They slept in!  I was wide awake, but wanted to enjoy the fact that I got an extra hour of sleep and see how much longer they would sleep, so I just laid in bed quietly.  Pretty soon Evie started stirring.  I looked at the clock. 7:22am.  Pretty soon after I hear Lily start making sounds.  I got out of bed and started our morning routine but still remembering and enjoying that I got an extra hour of sleep.

Then I remembered that last night was Day Light Savings and all clocks set ahead an hour.  They really got up at essentially 6:22am.  I suddenly didn't feel as rested as I did before.  And I am still curious as to what is waking both girls up at that time.

Last night

I know I say it all that time, but I am going to try to update the blog more.  It is easy for me to just do it when something big happens, but there are so many cute things that the girls do during the day that I want to get on here for everyone.  I also realized how much I use this as a way to keep track of the girls.  I didn't keep a baby book with Lily, but I did write everything on her blog so I have been able to go back and see when she was first rolling over and such.

On Monday Evie rolled from her belly to her back, then yesterday she did it from her back to her belly.  She has gone from belly to back many times, but back to belly just the once.  I have a feel that by the end of next week she will be rolling all over the family room.  She has definitely been interested in all of Lily's toys and I am sure she will be trying to get to them anyway she can soon.

Last night was rough.  

Evie decided that she wanted to be awake about every hour and a half.  She still only ate about every 4 hours, the rest of the time she just wanted to smile and "talk".  She also was not content staying in bed and just talking to her mobile. She wanted to talk to me. And she felt that I needed to hold her to do that.  While she is adorable and I love holding her and seeing those smiles, 3am is not the time for it.

Lily also was up once last night which is very rare for her. Around 4am I awoke to her screaming in her room.  When I went in she wanted to bed and just kept whimpering "shoes".  I am not sure what kind of nightmare she had about shoes, but I do believe we have a very girly girl on our hands.  I think her teenage years are going to make us go broke because she will want to buy so many shoes. 

I figured I would end this post with a picture of my smiley baby.  This isn't one of her huge smiles, but it is one of the only ones I have actually gotten a picture of.  (I think she is going to be a red head!)

Rolling over!

Evie has two wonderful things to celebrate today.  Last night she slept for a 7 hour stretch! (ok, I might be a little more excited about that one than she is).  She probably would have slept even longer, but I heard her move a little bit and decided to feed her since she usually eats every 3-4 hours at night.  She did go back to sleep after eating for another hour.  The other thing to celebrate is that she rolled over from her belly to her back for the first time this morning.  When she did it Lily looked at her and said, "No Evie, stay".  I don't think Lily is looking forward to having her sister be able to follow her around and take her toys.  I will admit that I was kinda thinking the same thing as Lily, but more that I want her to stay a little baby longer.  She is growing up so fast.  Lily first rolled over right after she was 4 months old and Evie will be 3 months in just a couple days.  I have a feeling she will be very mobile at a much younger age than Lily was just because she will be wanting to follow her big sister around.

Lily is such an amazing big sister and Evie absolutely loves her.  Today Evie was sitting in her bouncy seat and Lily was sitting in front of her making sure she had her pacifier, blanket, and hat.  Lily was making silly faces so that Evie would smile at her.  Evie hasn't giggled yet, but I have a feeling the first time she does it will be because of Lily.

Lily has a cold right now so she isn't completely being her normal high energy self.  While I hate that she isn't feeling well, I have loved having a toddler that wants to snuggle all the time.

Evie's 2 month visit

Evelyn had her 2 month well visit today (yes I know she is closer to 3 months, but this is when it was able to be scheduled).  She is doing wonderfully well and all the nurses and the doctor commented on how easy going she was.  She hardly even cried when she got her shots and was smiling before I even had her completely back in my arms.  He did give us a little handout about colic because she is very fussy in the evenings.  It seems like everything the handout says is stuff that we have been doing, but it does say that it should start getting better around 3 months so I'm crossing my fingers.  I also talked to the doctor about putting Evie on a schedule.  When Lily was that young we let her set her own schedule because so many people were watching her and she was already sleeping through the night.  Now with the two of them, and the fact that Evie is still up every 3 hours at night, I feel like I need a more rigid schedule just so I keep a little of my sanity.

Here are Evie's stats:

Weight: 10.91lbs (34%tile)

Height: 22.5in (34%tile)

Head Circumference: 15 in (16%tile)

Lily is talking so much!  I am hearing her use more and more words each day and she is stringing them together into sentences more.  Yesterday there was a toy that I had gotten out for her during her nap.  When she saw it she looked at me and said very clearly "Is that for me?".  I was amazed.  I think even if it wasn't for her I would have given it to her, or found something for her, just because that language was amazing.  Right now she is really interested in all things arts and crafts and loves to take care of things.  She has a stuffed puppy dog that she carries all around and treats like her own baby.  She also loves to help me cook.

Happy Valentine's Day

I know Valentine's Day is still a couple days away, but I had a free moment now so I thought I would post early.

We did a mini photo shoot the other day that didn't quite go as planned (why do I even try to plan things with toddler and a newborn?).  We did get a couple decent photos out of it though.

Lily and a rose

Such beautiful eyes

Beautiful girls in hearts

Daddy was off to the side trying to get them to smile

Cute Evie

Playing with some heart sun glasses

Evie even got in on the fun!

 Evelyn is also 2 months old!  I can't believe I have been a mother of two for 2 whole months.  It feels like Evie just came into our lives, but then there are times where I can't remember life without her.  She has grown so much in the past two months.  I don't know her exact weight and height as she doesn't have her 2 month well visit until closer to 3 months due to scheduling conflicts so I will just have to wait till then to see how big my baby is officially.

Evelyn at 2 months

There have been a lot of changes for us recently.  We started officially working on potty training yesterday with Lily.  Yesterday went great, today has not.  She has decided that she likes that the design on her pull-ups disappears when she goes in them, so she is refusing to go in the potty.  I think I am just going to buy underwear and deal with whatever messes come with it because right now she is finding diapers and pull-ups to entertaining.

Evelyn is starting to get on a schedule a bit more so that is helping with my sleep and there for sanity.  The main problem with the schedule she has come up with is that her afternoon awake time is at the exact time as Lily's nap time.  I would love to have a little bit of time to myself to get cleaning and such done.  I have heard about different ways to put your child on a schedule that works around your family schedule so I am going to have to research it a bit more.  With Lily we didn't put her on a schedule because the one she came up with on her own worked with our life at the time.

I haven't started my new job yet, but hopefully will soon.  Right now I am enjoying all the time I am getting to spend with my girls.  Also, I have taken up the hobby of sewing.  I have made an apron for myself, and just today started a dress for Lily.  I will try to post some pictures of things I make as I do them.