Girls

Things I want to remember about my Girls right now!

Franki: She is a talking machine. In just three months she has gone from a few words while pointing at things to now almost completely communicating using her words. I love listening to her string words together to get her point across. She loves outside and it doesnt matter rain or shine we spend at least 2-3 hours a day outside. She loves to look at the ducks and chase birds. She does this hilarious dance whenever she gets excited about someone or something. She shakes her whole body forward and excitedly says whatever it is she is excited about. SHe loves to repeat everything I do or say. In fact today when Addi dropped her pacifier she said Aye, Aye, Aye. I think I might say that sometimes ;). She is OBsessed with holding her sisters hand. If she wakes up in the middle of the night she cries to hold addi's hand. She loves the potty even if she doesnt pee on it she has to sit on the potty at least 15 times per day. So we have officially begun potty training. She loves her friends, especially Emma. Luke, Catie, and her friend Sam. She lights up when they are around. She loves a good mess and loves to pain outside. Her favorite movie is Rio and finding Nemo. She still is not a great sleeper because she loves to cuddle. SHe likes to help me pump and loves to nurse her babies, a little momma in training.  I love that about her she is such a sweet girl. I loved my time off with her and Addi and I will never forget all the awesome memories we made.

Addi: She is the happiest little thing ever. She rarely cries. She is a lot lit\like Franki as a baby but almost even happier which is hard to believe. She is a great sleeper! Thank goodness one of my children is! She loves looking around at everything. She studies objects so closely and has the sweetest inquisitive eyes. She loves her sister. She loves her lambie toy. And she loves her pacifier, it is a life saver! She loves being outside and the fresh air. She loves being carried with her momma in her carrier sclose to my heart. Her laugh is so infectious. She giggles with this little snort and then gets the hiccups. I cant get enough of it. Love her and Im gonna e jealous that someone else will be snuggling on her next week.

I go back to work on monday with no hard feelings. I had a wonderful break with my girls. I lived every minute up with them. I have literally spent the last 12 weeks everyday with them and we have done so many fun and wonderful memorable things together. I feel blessed to have been able to get 12 weeks with them to enjoy my girls company and to savor those moments. Im happy to go back to work knowing that I need to in order to provide for the girls and to help contribute to our family as my husband does everyday. I am lucky enough to only work three days a week and I know the girls will be in good hands while I return to my job. Its reassuring to know that I can have two callings one as a momma (one that I dearly love and cherish) and one as a nurse practitioner helping other people and there kiddos. I just feel really blessed and lucky in life, love, work. I feel at ease with where life has taken me and cant wait to see what else we have in store. Ah what can I say i love these munchkins with all my heart and they have made my life so full.

2 month stats and 21 month stats

Adelina:
9 pounds, 22 inches, 14 inches Head Circumference.

She is my little peanut. She is even smaller than Franki was at 2 months old. She is right on track for her own growth and setting her own path in our lives. She has a strong little head and is the smiliest little baby. She loves her paci, her sister, and her little lamb toy. She is the perfect addition to our family.

Francesca:
22 pounds 12 ounces, 32 inches, 18.5 head circumference.

She is such a little explorer these days. She loves exploring with paint and has recently decided that painting her entire body, including giving herself pedicures with crayola paint. She loves making her sister smile and holds her hand anytime she can. I love seeing her step up to her role as a big sister.

Loving my life and celebrating every moment with them

Just Us GIRLS

In the last three weeks two of them have been just us Gals. As intimidating as it sounds, we again were blessed with beautiful blue skies and weather from the 50-70's which provided us lots of trips to the parks in the mornings and lots of afternoon walks around the neighborhood. I am so grateful that my family lives close. We were able to see them a lot and wat dinner with them which also provided me a little off time from caring for both girls and the dog. My friends were also amazing and planned lots of fun get togethers to ensure we didnt go stir crazy in the house. We really enjoyed our time together bonding, but missed having our Daddy around. We made it through althout it seemed way to long. I will always cherish every minute that I get to spend with my girls and we spent oodles of quality time together doing all sorts of activities. Franki and I also enjoyed a little time just the two of us last saturday. We went on an egg hunt and did some fun easter activities with her bestie Emma. It was great to just spend a little time one on one. We celebrated our Easter at my Aunt Kathy's house. It was a beautiful day and as usual miss franki soaked up the sun, playing with a sand box, playset and toys in the yard for hours on end. Aunt kathy's food and fun are enless and unconditional. We had so  much fun with small little family. Franki enjoyed it so muchshe even entertained us with a little of her singing abilites at dinner. This girl never ceases to amaze me with her hilarious enduendos. My sweet Addi is full of laughter and smiles. She is so enamored by her sister and is still just the sweetest thing She loves to be front row seat for any entertainment that Franki is willing to provide. Enjoying my last few weeks of with me two favorite girls.

Maternity Leave Excitement

I have been so blessed, with two beautiful babies, an amazingly warm and long maternity leave from work, and tons of fun family time. It has been way more than I could have ever expected. So many wonderful memories are being made and shared with my two girls. The warm weather has really been a great outlet for burning off toddler energy and wearing baby out. Both girls LOVE the outside. Addi is so content to be carried close to her mommas heart all warm and snuggly. Franki lovest o explore the grass, color with her chalk and just run all over the yard. Add is only waking up once a night, Amen to this perfect little baby. Today we spent time at the zoo with NANA, Aunt kathy and Ellie. Franki loved looking around at the animals, however some of them freaked her out a little bit. I think she is in the frightened of just about eveything stage which takes the fun out of the large polar bear swimming at her! :). Addi continues to only have eyes for her sister. She loves watching her and is smiling all the time! She happily coos at her sister and they both are just loving having each other around. I am so proud of my two girls and will be spending another week solo with the girls this week. Wish me luck :) and warm weather.

two under two

Happy One Month Birthday to our sweet Addi! It has been one amazing month with my two girls. Getting to know my new sweet baby and making lots of memories with my girl Franki. We are so in love with this new babe. She is an angel. She does a lot of sleeping and eating but overall snuggles and sleeps as well as we can expect an infant to do. It has been an amazing break so far. We have spent many days outside enjoying the sunshine and warmth. How lucky am I so far, it has been the most amazing weather ever for march! There have been many days that are challenging and moments where I wonder what the heck I was thinking having two under two, but honestly it is so worth it. There are a few things I have learned that come wth having two under two. When getting kids into the car or ready to go we lock and load the car with the garage closed (otherwise we might have a toddler on the loose). On occasion if we have plans momma has to get up before the kids get up to get ready, otherwise you end up looking like a mom with two under two (a.k.a food on shirt, little to no-makeup, smelling like spoiled breast milk, you know the usual :)) Lots of planning and organization goes into everyday. If we set to the plan then we typically have little meltdowns or tantrums. We mostly just require lots of love and attention to both of my girls which is the best thing a momma can give. Im learning and loving so much from both of my girls they teach me new things everyday and I love them even more for helping me see the world through there eyes.

Things I want to remember about my girls at this age:
Addi: She has the most inquisitive eyes. When she is awake, she really is wide awake and loves watching her sister. She has the strongest head and will lift it up for 30 minutes just to see what her sister is doing. She has all eyes for her sister. She really seems to concnetrate on what she is looking at it, almost studying it. She sleeps like an angel. She curls up in a small ball on your chest and her breath syncs with mine. She nurses like a champ in about 5 minutes which means more sleep for both of us. She likes to be bundled for sleep at night but her arms all splayed out during the day sleep. She loves to her pacifiers (which franki calls bobby). She makes very sweet sleepy faces, her top lip always sticks out over the pacifier and she is just as lovey as her sister was. Cant wait to see what the next month brings.

Franki: She is using about 30 signs. She also has about 40 words now. She is so smart. She understands everything. She is very goofy making funny faces all the time, she kissed everything goodnight (the magnets on the fridge, her books, adii, everything). She has recently become afraid of loud noises. She loves making funny faces puckering her lips, fish lips, sticking her tounge out. She also loves to tickle Addi's feet. She says WOW to pretty clothes and anything new. She continues to be a very animated little love bug. When she is being shy she sucks her thumb and chews the front of her shirt. She loves taking care of her babies, wrapping them up in blakets, carrying them around, burping them, giving them bottles and pacifiers. She takes very good care of them, she is a little mommy to her dollys. She loves to DANCE and SING and loves a large variety of music from classic kid songs to country to rock. She can find a reason to dance to any melody. Franki loves to play with the stethoscope. She likes having you listen to her belly or to listen to your belly. She tells everyone where she wants you to sit and to sit here all the time. She especially likes to dictate where Addi sits. I love this girl and she is such an amazing big sister and helper.

Loving my time off. Enjoy some of my maternity leave so far.