Please don't revolt!

(hm,hm, Auntie Lisa!) :)

I promise, I will update someday....

The good news is that all is well...The girls have been growing...At three months, Audrey was 9 lbs and Norah was 9 lbs, 13 oz. They are gaining a little over an ounce a day--right on target! They are breastfeeding champs now, and I'm SO thankful for my little friend, the EZ-2-Nurse Twins Pillow. Goodness, if anyone out there plans to nurse twins, this is a MUST! Lots of smiles from the girls. They are so cute! Of course, how would you know...all the pictures are stuck on my camera...

Ethan is so funny and so cute. He's all cuddled up in bed with daddy right now...and the girls are sleeping in their swings...and it's thunderstormy and dark....I can either jump in bed with my two sleepyheads or try to get something productive done...

Weighing In

2.5 months--
Norah, 9 lbs, 21 inches
Audrey, 8 lbs, 3 oz, 20 inches

I can't believe how big they're getting!

32

Off the top of my head and in no particular order, here are 32 random things I'm thankful for today:

32. The internet
31. Chocolate
30. Ethan's Angel Kiss freckles
29. "Praise You in this Storm", by MercyMe
28. Swaddle Blankets
27. Sadie Fair the Chocolate Princess
26. Water
25. A clean house
24. "Streams in the Desert"
23. Norah's chubbanub cheeks
22. Audrey's bright eyes
21. Caramel macchiato
20. UPS Deliveries! (One just arrived...exciting!!! No, wait, THREE just arrived!)
19. Cards from my Bunya
18. Visits from family
17. Snuggling feet with Chris in the middle of the night
16. Strawberries
15. Catching Pastor Jack on the radio
14. Facebook messages
13. An empty laundry basket
12. Elizabeth George Bible studies
11. Ethan or Chris playing with my hair
10. Flowers in nature or flowers in my house
9. Our Valco Baby stroller--BEST EVER!
8. Kids Day Out
7. "Headlines" with Jay Leno
6. "A friend loves at all times" Proverbs 17:17
5. Laughing with Poppy Frank at movies
4. Hearing a praise
3. The sound of babies sleeping
2. Clean, soft sheets in our just-made bed
1. The sound of Chris walking through the door

Man, 32 goes by too quick! There are so many things to be thankful for today!!

Thank you, Jesus, for 32 years of life. Please let the years you have planned for me be filled with glory to you. You are the reason I live. You are the reason I breathe. Let my eyes be fixed on YOU today and everyday. I love you!!

Mommy Confession

I took Ethan to our community Easter Egg Hunt today....

He wanted to crack open some eggs on the way home....

First egg--a ring
Second egg--a top
Third egg--??? Contents went flying out

So, we get home and I'm carrying Audrey into the house in her car seat. I spot something yummy under her hand--the missing egg contents, Smarties! I know these are Ethan's favorites, but he won't miss them. He's surely long forgotten about the missing prize, and I'm starving for lunch by this point, so I quickly eat them on my way to get the mail. Next words out of Ethan's mouth---"I just can't find that prize! I've been looking under all the seats and all over the car!"

I felt so guilty, esp. since he had JUST sweetly given me his rings. I grabbed some Nerds from our leftover candy stash, placed them under Audrey's hand, and sent Ethan searching. Luckily, he was thrilled and wasn't at all suspicious about how such a big box could fit in such a small egg ;)

Lesson Learned!

I will never, ever, ever, never, EVER try to nurse one baby at a time during the night because I'm too tired to wake and deal with two babies, and *hope* that the other baby will continue sleeping for an extended amount of time. Back-to-back-to-back-to-back-again feedings do not bode well.

Picture Post

Norah Isabella, 2 months.

Last week, Norah weighed 7 lbs, 1 oz. This week, she weighed 7 lbs, 13 oz---a gain of 12 oz in 8 days!! She is in the 50% for weight. She is 20.5 inches (75%) and her head circumference is 35 cm (50%).

Norah has the most kissable cheeks! She demands attention and has quite a temper. She works herself into fiery tears and bright red face in a second. Chris says she's "high maintenance and definitely "my" child". She loves to snuggle and has worked her magic into sleeping with us in bed--the only place she will let us all sleep in peace. One friend said Norah was not meant to be a twin because she wants all eyes on her. She's been quite a character, even since all her flipping in the womb!

Audrey Elise, 2 months

Last week, sweet peanut Audrey weighed 6 lbs, 11 oz. Today, she weighed 7 lbs, 3 oz--Ethan weighed 7 lbs, 2 oz at birth! She is in the 30% for weight. She was 19.5 inches (50%) and her head circumference was 35.5 cm (60%).

Audrey has such a sweet, gentle disposition--not unlike her quiet self in the womb. She is easy going and though she would rather snuggle, she is fine to sit contently and take things in. She loves her pacifier and sucks it vigorously, like Maggie on the Simpsons. She also loves a relaxing, warm bath. When she does need something, her cry is sweet and small, and she makes the most pitiful little face. She's a keeper!

Ethan and Daddy installed new toilet seats today. Here's Ethan demonstrating the new razzle-dazzle feature--a small seat within a large seat! Chris decided that since we would need little people seats for the next several years, this was the way to go.

Here are both the girls in a twin carrier.

Together in the carrier.

We took Ethan to play mini-golf and ride go-carts this week. His face was SO cute on the go-carts, which we ended up riding 3 times. We thought that would be his favorite part of the day, but he said his favorite was mini-golf!

Poor Ethan. We promise he doesn't always have Dumb and Dumber hair....

Grandma and Grandpa. Doesn't Mom look pretty?

It's always windy on trash day, and other random things...

It's a beautiful night, and so windy. And it's trash day. So typical. Looking forward to picking up random trash tomorrow.

I found a new station that I was REALLY excited about because they play old-school cartoonies! Smurfs was fun, Flintstones wasn't as great as I remembered, but the best part was watching Ethan giggle at Scooby-Doo.

Ethan wanted a tape recorder, and since I have fond memories of my brown Fisher-Price tape recorder, I was more than happy to oblige. We found one at the Goodwill, but the plastic microphone had caked-in crust, and that was just too gross. I talked Ethan into going with me to another store to find one....which turned into a trip all over town...lugging babies in and out of the car and all around the stores...and we FINALLY found one at Wal- mart (just up the street, of course; I should have listened to Chris in the first place) and it was more money than I wanted to spend, but since we had looked so hard, I bought it. Thirty minutes into our recording fun, it malfunctioned and started burning through the plastic :(

Audrey and Norah are two months old today! Nothing new to report, but we have a doctors appointment tomorrow. Booo....I hear Audrey waking up....I was enjoying my quiet....

Chris had an emergency landing tonight. Something was burning somewhere. I don't have any details, but it involved air masks and fire trucks. Praise God he's safe and on his way home!

We visited a busy park over the weekend, and while all four of us were in the women's room alone (Ethan, the two babies in a stroller, and myself), a man entered. I thought he innocently made a mistake and I said, "Oops, this is the women's room." He started quivering and making weird noises and kind of pushed past us into a stall, where he continued to make noise and act strangely. My heart sank and I couldn't round up Ethan and maneuver the stroller out of there fast enough. It scared the daylights out of me! It turns out, he was mentally ill and his caretakers came looking for him. It made me realize how quickly and unexpectedly something could happen....like that's all I need (anyone who knows me knows that FEAR is my biggest spiritual hang up).

I don't like Starbucks Chai Tea truffles.

My house is quiet :) and almost clean :) :)

I still have to make Ethan's lunch.

Chris is coming home. We survived the weekend without him.

Night time is easier than day time.

I love Jesus.

My spell-check isn't working.

Norah poops way more than Audrey, but Audrey spits way more than Norah. They slept together in the Boppy last night, and I slept with them on the couch. As an experiment, I let them sleep as long as they wanted (almost). We're still supposed to wake them every 3 hours until they weigh 8-9 pounds. After 6 hours, I HAD to wake them to eat...their "breakfast bar" was about to explode, if you know what I mean. I think they loved snuggling.

I should be sleeping.