Three Months Old

I cannot believe my girls are three months old today. Where has the time gone? Right now the girls are so smiley. They smile when I wake them up in the morning. They smile when we talk silly to them. And they are starting to "ahh" and "cooo" They love when Morgan and I repeat what they say. It's absolutely adorable.

Kate is Daddy's girl. I think she looks a lot like Morgan, but she also does a few things that remind me of him. For one thing she wakes up like him. She opens her eyes fast and looks around a little confused figuring out where she is.

Kate also is the more vocal. She loves to coo and will stare at your tongue and try to move hers when your talking to her.

Rose looks like her Mommy. When she is awake she is very bright eyed. She loves to stretch and stretch when she wakes up.

Rose loves Mommy to hold her. She also has mastered the pouty face.

I love these girls to death and can't wait to see how much they grow in the next month!

Getting in Gear

Ok it will be 3 months next week since I had the girls, and I've got about 12 pounds I need to lose in order to be back into pre pregnancy weight. Having twins does a number on your body. I was very proud because I only gained the 40 pounds recommended in a twin pregnancy. I read a lot of stories of women gaining much more when pregnant with twins.

So my goal for the next few months is to get back down to where I was if not even lighter. Another goal is to get back into my jeans comfortably. To do that I've been getting taking the girls on a walk every morning. I walk for about 30 minutes. It's not a really brisk walk because of the heat but it's not a stroll either. In the afternoon while the girls are taking their long nap I've started doing a workout from the p90x series that my pirate brother in law made for me. Those workouts kick my butt. Sometimes I just have to look at the tv and laugh, but I'm getting there. Then most nights I'm trying to run at least 2 miles. My goal is to get to 3 miles by Sept and run the Turkey Trot 5K on Thanksgiving...in 30 minutes or less.

It really feels good to be back running, but 9 months of not running really sets you back.

The Thumb

I'm not sure when I started sucking my thumb, but I was 10 years old before I broke the habit. When I was 5 I had an old nightgown that belong to my mom. It was really soft and I called it my gun-gun, don't ask me why, I have no idea. Then the gown disappeared only to be followed with a soft pillowcase. If I got really desperate I would tickle my face with my hair. I'm not sure how I stopped either, but thankfully I did.

Morgan has told me he was not a thumb sucker or a paci user. When we brought the girls home from the hospital I was absolutely against them using pacis. Yeah, that lasted about a week :) But last week I noticed that Kate would take a paci, spit it out, and try to shove her fist in her mouth. Now the girls don't really know they have hands yet. They are starting to grab things that happen to get close to their fist, but the realization that they can control those tiny hands hasn't set in yet. You can really tell that Kate wants the thumb, or finger who knows, but they are staying to close together. I told Morgan it is only a matter of time...it's in her blood. Then yesterday we saw Rose doing the same fist sucking move. Great!! Now I'm going to have two thumb suckers?!? I'm not sure which way to lean, but when they get to be 1 or 2 I can take the paci away. I'll keep you posted on our thumbsucking or not ways.

What's going on with us

The days are flying by and if I don't stop and write it all down I'll forget what's going on. The girls are 2 months old and changing everyday! They had their first Forth of July! We helped our church hand out water bottles for a local 4th event. Ok really Morgan helped and I sat with the girls who were there to be cute.

That night we went to Pastor Don's house for some dinner with other friends from church. We had so much fun. Now that we are boring parents we don't get to see our friends, so it was really great to be able to spend some time hanging out with them and getting to know some new people. After dinner was fireworks.

Before the show. The girls did great!

The girls are beginning to spend a lot more time awake these days. I'm having a little trouble figuring out what to do with babies that can't sit up or really play yet, but we're figuring it out. I have some of those Bumbo seats and they just now can sit in them and watch me. We have a game that they sit on one side of the living room and Momma rolls a toy giraffe on wheels to them. They watch that giraffe intently.

My Kate girl in her purple Bumbo

Rosie looking thrilled.

Their thinking "Mom aren't you suppose to be playing not taking pictures.

The biggest things for me happened just yesterday. I left them in the nursery at church for the first time. I would love to tell you all about the sermon I heard, but I was hoping the whole service that my children wouldn't forget who their momma was.

Then to top it off last night was the first night they slept in their crib. They slept all the way from 9:30 to 5:30. A new record. This momma is not so sure how she feels about all this change....except for the more sleep. Love the more sleep!

Welcome Baby Annabel

This pic is of me and my good friend Mary An. You might not notice because of my gigantic baby belly, but she has one too. Mary An was about 5 weeks behind me during our pregnancies. This pic was a week before Rose & Kate were born. But poor Mary An still had 10 make that 11 weeks. Well the wait is over. Mary An and Mike welcomed there sweet b

aby girl Annabel on Tuesday! I don't have pics of her yet, but she is beautiful. I

'm so excited to have someone to share in the experience of being a first time mom. I hope our girls get along together and the twins don't gang up on Annabel.

We love you Ludes family!!