Reflection

As I prepare to return to work I am reflecting on my time spent home with the babies. It seems to have gone so fast and yet so much has happened since the beginning of June. I decided to make a list...in no particular order.

• Ada and Emmet had their first trip to Nebraska
• They have increased their feeding amounts from 4oz to 6oz and now are moving on to 8oz.
• Lots and lots of smiles.
• They are giggling. Not the full fledged belly laughs but it's darn close.
• They are both rolling from back to tummy - but very rarely tummy to back. (Not so good when they wake up in the middle of the night and find themselves on their tummy and are not happy)
• They moved upstairs into their own room.
• They are no longer sharing a crib, although they don't sleep well unless their cribs are right next to one another.
• They LOVE to play with "stuff"...anything really - toys, mommy's hair, faces, daddy's facial hair, their own and eachothers hands.
• They are trying to feed themselves - "trying" being the operative word here.
• They JUST started rice cereal, which Ada loved and Emmet gagged through.
• They are (most days) on a pretty regular schedule.
• SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT! This is huge, obviously!
• They're showing interest in books (really just to play with them and eat them)
• They love watching the dog.
• Ada loves to stand up now and is working hard to sit on her own.
• Emmet has pretty good head control now (that darn Torticollis) - in June he was still so floppy.
• They're into (and growing out of) 3-6 month clothes and are wearing size 3 diapers. We had just started wearing size 2 at the end of June.
• It appears that they are remembering faces...they solemly stare at new people and just LOVE their Nana and mommy and daddy of course.
• Everything (and I mean everything) goes in their mouths.

I know there are more items I could add to the list but I will stop for now. They never cease to amaze me. My little miracles. Looking at this list makes me so happy and yet incredibly sad too. It's just a reminder of how much I will miss when I return to work and am no longer home to see it all happen! Good thing I have a job that completely consumes me when I'm there - I'd be a sobbing mess otherwise.

2nd and probably last attempt!

So, here are our 2nd attempts at a 5-month picture. I think they're adorable, however, they are not usually this serious. Honestly, they smile, smile, smile until I pull the camera out! These will probably be our last attempts at 5-month photos as I will be returning to work tomorrow (unofficially) - Friday is my official start day. Roger will be Mr. Mom during the day and working evenings and weekends. I have had 3 meltdowns already...I'm enjoying my time at home so much. Going back to work at the end of the summer is always hard, but this year is something else all together! I keep reminding myself that I am lucky that my career allows me to have 2 breaks throughout the year and the summers...it doesn't make it any easier but it helps!

1st Attempt at a 5 month photo

This is my first try at a 5-month picture of Ada and Emmet. Obviously they were not phased by my numerous and truth-be-told wacky attempts to get some smiles. I often times crack myself up with the silly antics I engage in just to entertain my babies. For example, this afternoon I put on an exhilirating and exhausting dance routine, complete with flowing receiving blankets (similar to those ribbon things in the olympics) to several Jackson 5 songs. If you can't laugh at yourself, who will? Oh, and 5 MONTHS!!! Can you believe it?

Exercising in our exersaucer!

Ms. Ada Lee


Mr. E-Man

Look what we're trying to do!

Ada and Emmet have been trying to feed themselves lately! It's too cute!

Our first swim!

Today we had an opportunity to take Ada and Emmet swimming with my best friend's family! The weather was perfect, not too hot and overcast - so no sun in the babies eyes! They didn't have a strong reaction to the water either way. We got some smiles and no screaming...so I'm counting that as a success! It was so nice to spend some time with friends and all of our kids!

It's mine...no, it's mine!!

Just can't stop...

I had to post this picture of Ada as it is SO typical. She will play, play, play until she just can't play anymore. Here she fell asleep with her hand on the toy in the swing!

Ada trying to roll

Ada has been trying to roll over...hasn't quite gotten there yet but she's working on it!