Here a few new pics I took yesterday. Lucy's eyes always seem to make her look sleepy while Audrey has big bright eyes.

"Rock On Everyone"

Audrey & Lucy

new layout...

Soo, I'm trying to give our blog some personality. I searched and searched for a layout that wasn't too girly for German's sake, but I couldn't resist this cupcake one. German is the brown one with absolutely no pink. I'm the one with the strawberry on top and the girls are next to mom and dad. I guess we'll have to have another kid to be the one with red sprinkles. Oh, and I have to add all our bloggy friends again one by one. Some of you may be listed under an alias (just for fun). Tah Tah for now!

Tuesday Twin Tidbit

Instead of just pictures, I really want to make this more of a journal. Every Tuesday I'm going to post something about life with our twin girls, something I want to remember about the past week. And I've chosen Tuesday because the girls were born on a Tuesday. Last night I put the girls down at 8pm and both were quiet for awhile, so I assumed they were asleep, but then around 8:30 I heard some noises from their room. I peeked in and Audrey was sleeping, but Lucy was wide awake cooing and babbling to herself very loudly. German came in also and we both stood there together for a few minutes watching and listening to her goo and gaa. She's getting more and more social, always trying to get my attention and always rewarding me with her big toothless grin. Audrey on the other hand seems to be more of an observer. She listens intently to everything I say, but tries to avoid eye contact. Although, once in awhile she'll just randomly look at me and laugh. I love it!

Trying to change layout...

FYI: Temporarily Under Construction

My girls finally love to sleep

I have to give a shout out to Babywise, I started it just before Christmas and it took four days to get them both to sleep from 11pm-5am at seven weeks. Although, I don't agree with every aspect of the book, it really helped me get the girls on the same feeding and wake/nap schedule. I just dropped their 10pm feeding on Monday night. I fed them at 7pm, put them down at 8:30pm and they slept until 5am! I still woke up every few hours thinking they were going to wake up any second fightin' mad with hunger. I thought it was just a lucky break--ya know just a one night thing, but last night I bathed them, fed them at 7:30pm and put them down at 9pm. I slept a little better than the night before, but still woke up on my own at 4am this morning. They weren't awake yet, but I couldn't go back to sleep. I started cleaning and waiting for them to wake up hungry. German gets up around 6am to change diapers and help me with the girls, then he gets ready for work. But this morning he was shocked to find out that the girls were still sleeping (usually he wakes up to them crying). Finally, at 7am I heard Lucy stirring a little bit, so I got her out of her crib and then had to wake up poor Audrey to eat. I knew it was possible, but I didn't know how exciting it would be for me! 9-10 hours! Two nights in a row! I hope they keep it up, now I just need to reteach myself how to sleep through the night again.

Nothing sweeter than smiles from babies!

Today was a smiley day!

Baby blessings & two month check-up

I can't believe our two little bundles are already 9 weeks old. Their blessing day was beautiful and it was great to get together with family and friends. The girls are growing so fast and we found out today at aproximately the same rate. We thought Lucy would weigh more than Audrey (because of her cheeks and also because she eats more), but Audrey weighed in at 12.7 lbs and Lucy at 12.6 lbs. The 90th percentile isn't bad for premature twins, but we weren't too surprised--big babies run in both our families. German was 9.2 lbs and I was 10.8 lbs at birth.

They had their first round of shots and the girls were so brave, they only cried (screamed) a little bit. I hope they sleep well tonight, Oh and guess how many hours I slept last night---7 HOURS!!! I am one happier mommy :o)

playtime w/ music