A Beautiful Mess and Blessed!: 2 Months and Catching Up!

I have sat down numerous times over the last few weeks to write another blog post...and then a baby cries and needs my attention more than my silly blog! But I still want to do my best to document some of the things about our new lives with the babies, even if it is just playing catch up once a month!! Phew, life with two newborns is controlled chaos I tell ya, that is the best way to describe it. And I am loving every minute!!

So, I left off with when the babies came home. It took a couple of weeks to get adjusted and into a routine which basically consisted of sleeping, eating every 3 hours day and night, and lots of diaper changes!

On December 21st the babies turned one month old!

Then we had our first Christmas. Because the twins were premature we opted to sit out our families Christmas celebrations this year. It was hard but a common cold in an adult can be fatal for our babies because how easily they can contract RSV. On their immature respiratory systems they would be hospitalized and we will not be doing that again!!

So we celebrated at our house with our immediate families, and just our family of four on Christmas day!

Christmas morning

Santa brought stockings

They were so excited! Can you tell? :)

After Christmas and New Years we were back to our normal routine. We loved all the extra time with Daddy home and were sad when he went back to work!

Baby Playtime

Daddy and his babies

Naptime

Baby Bathtime!

Dressing Up

First trip with Mommy to the park

Sleepy Babies and their pacis

On January 21st the babies turned 2 months old! My time is just flying by and the babies are growing to be so BIG!!

Some of things you babies are doing at 2 months: eating 3-4 ounces every 3 hours during the day and going anywhere from 4-6 hours at night (a little more sleep for mommy than one month ago), eating primarily pumped breastmilk and 1 or 2 feedings of Similac Alimentum a day, sleeping in your swings (you don't like to sleep flat so we have ditched the bassinet and are holding off on cribs), love riding in the car (once we are moving that is), Mallory you are pretty colicky in the evenings poor little baby, you both love hanging out in your boppy pillows and bouncy seats during the day, and we make frequent visits to Honey and Poppy's, Gamaw and Papaw's, and Granny's house. You still have not been in public much as we are working hard to keep you well through flu/rsv season!!

At our 2 month well check Mason weighed 10 lbs 12 oz and was 22 1/2 inches long. He was in the 20th percentile for weight. Mallory weighed 10 lbs 6 oz and was 21 inches long. She was in the 45th percentile for weight. Both babies are nice and healthy and right on track developmentally! Both babies have fairly good head control although Mallory is much stronger with hers. Mason has quite the strength in his legs and can kick himself all over the place! We are so thankful that things are going so well! Here are the babies at 2 months!

A few days after their 2 month appointment the babies really started smiling and reacting to us! Now we enjoy lots of smiles and coos everyday and we are loving how they are starting to respond to things we do!