11.20.09
Slow Down! (revisited)
Okay, so I am just now getting a chance to revisit this train of thought. And even since then, new things have developed (of course!).
Today Lucas sat by himself for a minute or two. I was able to grab the camera and snap several pics before he fell. What a big boy!
I'm sitting!
Kyla worked on trying to crawl again today. She’s got the legs part down, now if she could just coordinate the arms. 
A lot of times she goes up on her tip toes and Mom says she looks like she’s doing yoga. LOL
Yoga anyone?
Things haven’t been all roses, of course. Babies generally have their good and bad moments. While N and I know we are the luckiest parents in the world, we’re also exhausted. The last few weeks have been really tough. For awhile they were really consistent in their sleep patterns and even though I wasn’t keen on the time they liked to wake up, I was getting used to it. Then they went nuts. They started waking up at 4 AM and not going back to sleep. And the naps have been hit or miss. The last few days they’ve taken turns with their naps. Yesterday they went back and forth taking 10-20 minute cat naps. Today they both napped longer, but never at the same time. I’m exhausted.
But, on Monday N had a followup with his neurosurgeon. He asked if it would be possible to increase his weight limit (for lifting) from 15 lbs to 20 lbs because the kids are 16 and 18 lbs. The doctor said it was fine with him, as long as PT says it’s okay. He starts PT on Monday morning. So hopefully he’ll be able to help a lot more! Of course, he’s kind of picked them up a few times this week anyway, but mostly Kyla, since she’s the lighter one. He says he’s been a little sore from it, but I’m sure PT will help ease that.
Monday we had a play date with two other sets of twins and their moms. Kyla and Lucas were the oldest kids there! LOL We met at KA’s house. We sat and talked while their babies slept, and mine played. Their babies were SO tiny and I couldn’t even remember Kyla and Lucas being that small! I ended up going back through old pictures just to see how tiny they used to be. It’s amazing how much they’ve changed. Look at this picture from when we first brought them home!
So tiny!
How can so much change in just 5 months? I wish I could slow it down!
11.18.09
Slow down!
Wow these kids are changing fast! I swear they each do something new every day. Lucas is now “razzing” and Kyla is saying “Dadadadada” and occasionally “Mamamama” or “Babababa.” It’s so cute!
We’re still not crawling yet (Thank God!), but it she’s getting really close. Right now, when she gets up on her hands and knees (or, more frequently, toes) she tries to move forward, but ends up going backwards. LOL The small quilts we have on the floor are no longer sufficient for protecting the floor from spit up because they both scoot off of them all the time (or wad them up under them so they can chew on them).
*****I wrote the above in the morning. After being interrupted and getting busy throughout the day it is now time to go to bed. I’m exhausted. I will have to revisit this train of thought some other time. *****
11.09.09
5 months (and one day)
Yesterday the babies turned 5 months. Amazing! They’re changing so much and really developing adorable personalities.
The other day while I was on the computer, K was on the floor and L was in the exersaucer. Suddenly I notice that they’re both laughing! I look up to discover that they are looking and laughing at each other. Too cute! Then today, while I was grading papers, N told me to look up. They were talking to each other! 
Yesterday I did a bit of cleaning, getting ready for their impending mobility. I took the play mat and swing, which they’re no longer interested in, up to the attic and moved the exersaucer to give them a bigger area in which to play. I’ve also rearranged the furniture in their bedroom, making room to move the pack ‘n’ play (still set up as a bassinet) into the room. I’m trying out having them sleep in separate beds at night to see if that improves things. Last night was great, but we’ll see if that is thanks to the separation or the fact that K was up til 8 last night. Either way, I’ll take it! Unfortunately, nap time this morning has not been so successful. Thirty minutes does not count as a nap, in my opinion. That’s what my grandfather calls “resting your eyes.”
The swing actually breaks down to become a little rocking chair. L looks like such a big boy sitting in it:
Sittin' in his big boy chair
And K is really figuring out how to get herself up off the floor. Check out her practicing:
Next step, crawling
11.04.09
He did it!
my baby boy finally rolled over! 
He actually rolled from his front to his back last week, and today he rolled from his back to his front! Woohoo!
I realize, of course that he’s right on schedule, developmentally, but when his sister’s been doing it for a month now, it’s hard not to wonder if he’ll catch up. But apparently once he decided he didn’t want to be left behind, he just went to town! Kyla had at least a month between front to back and back to front rolling. Not my little man! One week! And now, a month after rolling, baby girl is working on getting up to her hands and knees. Baby boy is trying now too!! 
We have a feeling we’re going to have a couple of crawlers by Thanksgiving. Yikes! My nephew didn’t start crawling until 6.5 months. If they pull it off, they’ll be crawling at 5.5 months, and they were premature! Why are they trying to grow up so fast?!? I want it to slow down! I’m not ready for mobility!!!
