Dont' do it Leah!

So, thankfully, I have never been addicted to any illegal substances. I have never really liked alcohol, never tried drugs and smoking has always discusted me...However, I did go through MAJOR withdrawl from one thing in my life...SUCKING MY THUMB. It was just so tasty, comforting, and convenient. I can still remember how dificult it was to stop the sucking! I just thought I couldn't survive without it! SO..I vowed to NEVER let my children suck their thumb. I wanted to save them from all the pain and torture of trying to quit the thumb Well...it turns out, I am a sucker (no pun intended) for a cute sucking baby! Leah has discovered her thumb. It started out as just sucking on her hand whenever it came near her face, but now, she goes straight for the thumb and jams it in her mouth. I caught her in the act today and as you can see, she doesn't really know what to do with the rest of her hand! She just looks so darn cute, I have to let her keep doing it! Hopefully this will just be a phase and she won't get addicted like her mommy!

2 Months!

The girls had their two month doctor's visit today! They are both doing GREAT! Isabella is 8lbs 9 oz and Leah is a porky 9lbs 3oz! They are both on the growth charts now. Woo-Hoo! They are the same length, 21.5 inches long and they say their heads have the same circumference, but I don't know what they are measuring...CLEARLY if you look at them, Leah has a much bigger noggin! They are still really suffering from reflux, so the doctor suggested adding a little cereal to their bottles to see if that helps (it will hopefully stay down better since it will be heavier). We are hoping that works AND hoping just as much that it will encourage them to sleep through the night a little better...we'll see....

First Big Snow!

Wow! We got a lot of snow...around 19 inches they say. It was very beautiful and fun to be snowed in with the family for the weekend (well...not exactly snowed in as Cesar went out and "played" in the snow with the car all weeeknd). Can't wait for the girls to be older so we can all go sleding, make snow angels and build snow men.

Cookie Baking

This year, Deanna had a great idea to start an annual Christmas cookie baking day. We thought it would be a fun thing for the kids as they get older. So, the girls and I packed up and drove out to aunt Deannas. We were going to make 7 types of cookies...all of our favorites. Well, the girls and I didn't get there around 11:00 by the time we woke up, ate and got everything in the car and ready to go. We were there for a good 10 minutes...and it was time for them to eat again, so we fed the kids (which takes about an hour and a half for the girlies). Then, it was time for mommy to pump. So, I finished that and Deanna made a couple batches of 7 layer bars. We started to make sugar cookies and, oops...it was time for the girls to eat AGAIN (do you see a pattern..). So, I fed the girls, pumped and then tried to help out with the sugar cookies. I made about 5 cookies and put them on the cookie sheet and my friend called, so I answered and tried to hold Leah, talk on the phone and cut out cookies. What a great multitasker I thought I was...until I looked around for my cookie sheet. Deanna had gone upstairs to change Kai but I thought, "well, maybe she took it with her." OK, so I am a bit tired and have irrational thoughts sometimes. Then, I stood up to replace Isabellas pacifier and that's when I found my cookies. They were UNDER MY BUTT...I had sat on them! Oh my...that pretty much sums up our cookie day. By the time we finished we had made 2 types of cookies plus the sugar cookies, which didn't get decorated. Wow...life with kids is a bit more complicated. BUT....it was a super fun day despite the fact that we didn't quite reach our goal. We also got some pretty cute pics of the kids. Deanna bought them all these adorable shirts so we thought we would try to get some good shots...here's what we got!

Aww...Kai trying to kiss Isabella

Ooops...now he's trying to EAT Leah...we have about 20 shots of this :)

"Look at my legs mommy!"

"woo-hoo, I can get them even higher!"

We finally got one where at least all the kids were looking!

CAN'T WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR!!!!

Thanksgiving

On Thanksgiving we took a little trip to Aunt Gaby's house to say Hi. We couldn't stay for long because the doctor told us not to be around little kids at all, but it was nice to get out of the house with the girls.

Aunt Gaby & Leah

Cousin Paulina & Isabella

The day before Thanksgiving we took a trip to Deanna's to meet up with Uncle Sam and Christine. What a great time we had catching up with them!!

I just love this outfit Kai was wearing :)

Play Date

We had a play date with cousin Kai on Tuesday (translation=Deanna came over to help me keep my sanity). Here are a few pics that Deanna took.

I love this picture! They are already becoming friends!

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Leah pretending to suck her thumb



Already fighting...wow, we are in for it!

1 Month Doctor's visit

Today we had our 1 month doctor's visit. I can't believe how fast time is going. Everyone says that these days go by so fast and they really do! Some days it feels like this season will go on forever (like when the girls are up and playing at 2am..which is when I am writing this!), but then I realize they are already getting so big. As of today, Isabella is up to 6 lbs. 4 oz. and Leah is 6lbs 14 oz. I can't believe she is almost 7 pounds!! They are both 20 & 1/4 inches long. Both are still under "normal" weight and height for their age, but the doc says they are doing a great job at catching up!

I learned a very important lesson today...I will NEVER go to the doctor alone again :) The girls decided to both scream their heads off, Isabella peed all over the table, Leah spit up all over (managing to have milk come out both her mouth AND her nose), and both girls had to get shots! Fun times doing that on my own!

Yesterday, the girls had their developmental assessments. They did a great job! They are doing all the things they are supposed to be doing at this age.

My new favorite thing is that they love to play together. When they are both awake, if we put them on the ground for play-time, they will spend an hour or more just cooing and talking to each other. They wave their hands around and stare at each other. They really seem to like being together down there!

Daddy & Isabella


Leah & Leah

Congratulations Daddy!!

This is by far my favorite picture so far! I think she just looks so sweet and peaceful. Oh, this is Isabella for those that can't tell them apart yet :)

Leah...doing a great job working her neck muscles!
Daddy got his purple belt this week! We are so proud of him. He got it very early...he still needed over 60 hours before he should have received it but he is just SO good that they just promoted him anyway. This is not something they do regularly. We are all so proud of our jiu jitsu star!!

Just me and the girls

This is the first week I am "on my own," at home. My mom has been SUCH and amazing help but now she is on a business trip. Deanna has been so awesome too! She drives all the way out here A LOT...even when she has a million things on her to do list...and keeps me company, helps with the girls, and has made us a bunch of really delicious dinners! Cesar is also back to work full time, so I was very nervous yesterday about being alone this week, but once Cesar left for work and the girls and I got through the first feeding, things just went smoothly. Deanna came to help me today, so today doesn't really count as an "on my own," day. Tomorrow I go to the doctor by myself with both girls..this will be a first. I'll have to break out the double stroller for the first time in public (we have walked around the block with it, but that's it). I am hoping by the end of the week I will be comfortable with the idea of being home alone. We'll see...

Here are some pics from the first few weeks of life! We have so many favorites, but here are a few.

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