Wednesday, August 30, 2006

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.

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