4,000

Used Diapers! Well... roughly. I have kept a "count"- the boxes have uneven numbers like 204, I just count that as 200. So we have used 4,000 diapers so far not counting the diapers in the hospital and the "left overs" people gave me in size NB and 1. Cause I didn't think to add those in when I decided to keep count for a year!
9 1/2 months old yesterday and I consider myself a "Master of the Diaper" cause I have changed an ass load of diapers!

Now that Lara is doing a "baby lock jaw" and not accepting spoon feeding/baby foods. Here are some pics of my girls getting their grub on! As you can see they shovel it in by the fistful!



Kristin loves zucchini!




Lara does too!




This is them taking turns riding the pony that they start cracking up as soon as you set them on it!

"Oh baby"

Or "Oh babies" in my case

We had the girls' pictures taken again... I spent WAY TOO much AGAIN! But damn, they are SO cute I can't help it! I went in only planning on spending a certain amount and came out spending twice that- as usual! I can't help it! They are changing so fast and they won't be "babies" much longer!

The place we take them to get their pictures done is awesome. This lady made some weird noises and Kristin wasn't too sure and made "my" wth face. Even I couldn't tell if Lara was about to laugh or cry. But then I said hold on let me get them to smile and voila!



I love this one of Kristin cause she was cracking up!



Kristin has the WTH face here but they are still so cute!



These are actual individual pictures of them, but in order to get the picture of the picture to come out right I had to put them together, in my pictures their dresses aren't cut off.



Kristin lifted up in the "airplane"



Lara in the "airplane"

I just can't believe how fast they are growing! It is going by in a blur!

The past few days Lara does "baby lock jaw" and refuses to open her mouth for spoon feedings. So I decided to try letting them feed themselves more than just cheese and Cheerios and goldfish and Gerber snacks, I cooked up some zucchini thinking I would have a few days worth but NOPE, they ate it all in one feeding!

Little new milestones:

Kristin is cruising like crazy! She moves all the way around the room holding on to the furniture. She even turns from the love seat and takes one to two "steps" not holding on until she gets her little hands on the coffee table! Dear God! Help me!! I can't believe my little baby is going to walk sooner rather than later! She plays "So big" with me (which is raising her hands up over her head). She also bounces and dances (I guess that's what she is doing).

Lara is pulling up on everything! She has learned how to get up but getting down isn't as easy for her yet! She claps her hands and I swear it sounds like she is saying "YAY" (cause that's what I do). Lara and Kristin's cribs are down one wall in their room and they met now and reach over to each other and cry and hold hands! So cute... even if they are crying! I got to get a picture!

Whenever I am having fun someone has to...

Poop in the tub!

Every time we are having fun in the tub and everyone is all in a good mood and playing- someone (usually Lara) poops in the tub! And EVERY time I am taking pictures of the girls splashing and laughing and do little videos with the camera and then I see a red face and poop. (Yes that is my tub and yes I had to scrub down both bath seats and baby toys and all)! How come they don't poop in the tub when Bobby is home?

Took the girls for their 9 month check up today-

Kristin is 26 1/2 inches (10th) and 15 lbs and 4 oz (5th)

Lara is 26 inches (5th) and 14 lbs and 9 oz (less than 3rd)

My little petite babies! Dr said they were nice and healthy and everything looked good.

This weekend

I am alive. I am just not as good at this blogging thing as I am constantly wiping honeys, washing babies, getting snot off cute little faces with my shirt, pumping (yep still pumping... can't say I will be sorry to stop that)or doing something for others. But anyway... We went to Bobby's parents this weekend and the girls go to




Swim for the 1st time! Aren't they cutey-patooties!?!?



I love their little sunglasses.



And we had the girls christened. It was a beautiful day and we had the ceremony in Bobby's parents garden that they had built after his sister's life was cut short defending our nation. There was some cool things that happened during the day that day. As I was getting dressed, I found 2 of Reese's dog hairs in my travel jewelry pouch (damn I miss that dog, but he managed to be with me). During the ceremony 2 butterflies flew through... my dad and Bobby's sister ... perhaps?? I guess you could say it was coincidental. I choose to believe it wasn't.. cause I like to feel that spirits can be with us on important days.

And of course today was my 1st Mother's day. It was a beautiful day. Bobby and the girls gave me a beautiful set of earrings (I LOVE jewelry). And I consider myself to be lucky. In the back of my head, for a moment, I thought this should have been my 3rd Mother's day. But it was my first. It is weird for me. 2 years ago I should have had a brand new baby on Cinco de Mayo 2008. But May of 2008 I was dealing with HUGE cysts from Clomid and I wasn't getting pregnant instead and I was pissed. And here it is May 2010 and I have been through alot and I have two beautiful girls so why should I think of what could have been? Cause I am super lucky to have what I have. I am lucky. I am happy. I am a Mommy!

Happy Mother's Day to my mommy followers, and the mommies- to- be and those that are going to be mommies in the future.

OMG I just previewed before I hit publish and OMG I look like a big fat purple people eater! WTH? Ugghhh... I've got to do something. Can you do South Beach while breastfeeding? I look like Barney! BLAH! I am going to go throw up my dinner now!

Time flies...

when you are sleep deprived, when you are chasing after twins crawling/scooting, when you are exhausted... time just goes SO fast! I want it to slow down some so I can enjoy these babies, while they are babies. I keep hearing "The next thing you'll know they'll be in college" WHAT?

So this past month:

Kristin is an expert crawler which has advanced to pulling up VERY quickly after crawling (I mean within days of crawling), to now she even "cruises" a few steps! Dear God, child slow your roll! She also said "mama" on Saturday! OMG she melted my heart! Kristin is our advanced child physically... she does everything physical about a month or more ahead of Lara.

Lara is an expert scooter- crawling ummm... not so much, that's too much effort for her- she says "I get around just fine on my belly thank you very much, mama!" She talks and talks and talks. And she was the first to melt my heart into a little puddle of mush by saying "mama" Lara is our advanced child socially. She gives kisses to us, her baby dolls, she does all the social stuff ahead of Kristin.

The one thing they agree on-

They LOVE to eat! They eat veggies with a smile and fruit... hmmm.. they make a face but then decide "well it is food so hey might as well eat it". They are just like me!

They are 8 months old now! How did this happen? I don't know myself!

We had these pics taken the other day (shhhh, don't tell on me)! They are pics of pics so they aren't the best but you can see how cute my bay-bays are!






Kristin



Lara


So sorry it takes me so long- but I am busy busy busy! Trying to enjoy them so I won't regret "missing" out on them being babies.

Oh, I keep dreaming I am pregnant... what do you think that means???

7 months old already!

The girls are 7 months old! I can't believe it! We got scooting and crawling and teething




and standing up when they are propped up! Things are crazy!




Taking a stroll in our new side by side stroller. They held hands and looked at each other! So darn cute!



Oh and Lara doesn't like fruit! What kid doesn't like fruit? My kids prefer squash and zucchini! I'm confused by that!I guess it won't last long!

I've got to remember....

So last night, once again, I cried myself to sleep cause I miss Reese (yes, I am still talking about my doggy):




That's my Reese when he was just a little guy.

It sucks being "alone". I know he was hard of hearing, but IF someone had tried to break in or hurt me or the girls, I think Reese would have died trying to protect us or at the very least he might have shit on the floor and at least the smell would have made them gag and then I could have hit them over the head with the phone or a rattle or something. He was trained when he was a pup and although we hadn't never needed it (Thank God)I guess he never forgot how to do it. Nighttime is the loneliest time for me. After I put the girls to bed- most nights it was just Reese and me. That's when I got to have time with him. Usually me feeding him some snacks and just giving him some good ole loving pets or talking to him cause I really forgot sometimes that he was a "dog". But now, I don't have anyone following me around and it sucks. I miss him.

And then this morning, I went into the nursery and I saw both girls laying there in their cribs and my eyes welled up with tears. I just stopped in my tracks and thought about my life.

I have so much- I have a roof over my head... I have a husband who thinks I am "sexy" (so he told me) even though I still look pregnant.. we don't lack for anything (except for time) ... I have a great family (mine and Bobby's).. I have a job (even though some days it is all I can do to survive there too).. I have more than alot of people.


But most of all I have Kristin and Lara




Kristin sitting up during bathtub- this is new- just started this week.




Lara- my little splasher- she soaked me, the rugs, the tile floor, the walls, the cabinets- this too started this week.

Even though it has been alot of ups and downs to get to where I am today-
I've got to remember- I am very fortunate!