Charlie
Addie
Elliot
Addie, Elliot, Charlie
Monday, October 20, 2014
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
"I'm going to be 2!"
This year's "I'm going to be 2!" photos came after their birthday. We made an attempt or two before their birthday, but my terrible two's had no desire to participate. But we had to keep up the tradition!
Terrible Two Times Two
The twins are two. Terribly so! They hit, pinch, & bite. They find different sized boxes and crates and stack them in such a way to make staircases to access items we've placed out of their reach.
They're teething, too. That compounds things.
Luckily, they're cute as ever!!!
They're teething, too. That compounds things.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Back at it Again
Well, we're all back to school now - Dave teaching middle school orchestra, me teaching middle school chorus, and Elliot is off to First Grade. It's been challenging getting everyone back on schedules and back into all the business that comes with the school year.
Yesterday was an especially trying day. Some of my former band students came to room to visit with me, and they sounded so hurt that I was no longer teaching band. They were interpreting my choral position as I never wanted to teach band and was waiting for a choral position to finally open for me. If only they knew the truth that I'd much rather be teaching band. I do love middle school and I love my co-workers here. I'm back after six years away, and it's cool to work with my old colleagues again. I just miss band. Band is what I do. Band is what I love. But I do think I'm doing a pretty good job. And I'm busting my arse trying to do well.
After I got home, Addie wanted to nurse as she often does when I get home from work. But the sessions are shorter and shorter. And fewer and farther between. So I said, "Addie, I think you and I need to have a talk." I admit - I cried. Stopping nursing feels like admitting that my babies are not babies anymore. I love the baby stage. But my babies are toddling now. I exclusively nursed for seven months (the first year, really), then nursed along with baby food and finally big kid food. Seventeen months for Charlie and eighteen for Addie. That's a pretty good run. Just a sad ending.
We also had Elliot's back to school night. There was a disappointing amount of talk of 3rd grade testing (she's only in first grade testing and we're SO worried about that third grade testing already?!) and Pearson - the company who makes the tests and all the textbooks to go along with them. I'm feeling a bit concerned for Ellie's school year.
Elle is loving school - making loads of new friends, going to specials, and doing things on the Smart Board. Addie & Charlie are both walking now, in fact Charlie's gotten quite good at it. It's still not the preferred method of getting around for them, but it's getting there. We've decided to try them dairy free for a week and see if that helps the tummy aches they're getting.
Yesterday was an especially trying day. Some of my former band students came to room to visit with me, and they sounded so hurt that I was no longer teaching band. They were interpreting my choral position as I never wanted to teach band and was waiting for a choral position to finally open for me. If only they knew the truth that I'd much rather be teaching band. I do love middle school and I love my co-workers here. I'm back after six years away, and it's cool to work with my old colleagues again. I just miss band. Band is what I do. Band is what I love. But I do think I'm doing a pretty good job. And I'm busting my arse trying to do well.
After I got home, Addie wanted to nurse as she often does when I get home from work. But the sessions are shorter and shorter. And fewer and farther between. So I said, "Addie, I think you and I need to have a talk." I admit - I cried. Stopping nursing feels like admitting that my babies are not babies anymore. I love the baby stage. But my babies are toddling now. I exclusively nursed for seven months (the first year, really), then nursed along with baby food and finally big kid food. Seventeen months for Charlie and eighteen for Addie. That's a pretty good run. Just a sad ending.
We also had Elliot's back to school night. There was a disappointing amount of talk of 3rd grade testing (she's only in first grade testing and we're SO worried about that third grade testing already?!) and Pearson - the company who makes the tests and all the textbooks to go along with them. I'm feeling a bit concerned for Ellie's school year.
Elle is loving school - making loads of new friends, going to specials, and doing things on the Smart Board. Addie & Charlie are both walking now, in fact Charlie's gotten quite good at it. It's still not the preferred method of getting around for them, but it's getting there. We've decided to try them dairy free for a week and see if that helps the tummy aches they're getting.
Monday, September 2, 2013
Catching Up
Elliot is prepping for first grade! Just one week from today she'll be off on a big bus to a new school to begin her number grade journey through elementary school. All her school supplies have been purchased, labeled, and stuffed into her big girl backpack. *sigh* Where did the time go?
Addie has a taken one step. Twice. I never thought that the twins would be nearly 18 months before they even attempted walking. At 18 months, Elliot was starting to potty train! (I purchased a second potty on Saturday, though...we just won't be putting it out yet.) Addie is quite pleased with herself for standing on her own in the middle of the room, but her stance is just too wide to get a well-balanced step.
Charlie has broken her own record with 12 steps. She is a slow-and-steady kind of girl, but it's working for her. The best part of those 12 steps was that we weren't saying, "Take a step! Take a step!" but rather she decided to try it on her own. She's a bit of a daredevil - she was removed from the top of the kids' picnic table earlier this week. I have also realized this week that because they are SO tiny, when they "open" a childproofed cabinet, they can slip their tiny arms in the space that it does open and pull things out. Curious children should not be so tiny.
Our venture into the nanny world begins for real tomorrow. Our first ever nanny Danielle came two days last week to meet the girls, play with them, and get to know our home and routines. Tomorrow I back to work after nearly 20 months off. I'm not too stressed about it, as it is Superintendent's Conference Day, then we have the rest of the week off. Danielle will be with us tomorrow & Wednesday. Next week - that's when I'll be a wreck.
Addie has a taken one step. Twice. I never thought that the twins would be nearly 18 months before they even attempted walking. At 18 months, Elliot was starting to potty train! (I purchased a second potty on Saturday, though...we just won't be putting it out yet.) Addie is quite pleased with herself for standing on her own in the middle of the room, but her stance is just too wide to get a well-balanced step.
Charlie has broken her own record with 12 steps. She is a slow-and-steady kind of girl, but it's working for her. The best part of those 12 steps was that we weren't saying, "Take a step! Take a step!" but rather she decided to try it on her own. She's a bit of a daredevil - she was removed from the top of the kids' picnic table earlier this week. I have also realized this week that because they are SO tiny, when they "open" a childproofed cabinet, they can slip their tiny arms in the space that it does open and pull things out. Curious children should not be so tiny.
Our venture into the nanny world begins for real tomorrow. Our first ever nanny Danielle came two days last week to meet the girls, play with them, and get to know our home and routines. Tomorrow I back to work after nearly 20 months off. I'm not too stressed about it, as it is Superintendent's Conference Day, then we have the rest of the week off. Danielle will be with us tomorrow & Wednesday. Next week - that's when I'll be a wreck.
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Growing up...
Today is my 34th Birthday. That sounds older. Like not "early mid-thirties." Just plain old "mid-thirties." Oh, well...I've never been that into my age anyway. Growing old doesn't seem so awful. Forty used to sound nightmare-ishly old, but I have plenty of friends over 40 now, and they seem cool enough. Sixty was ancient - but my parents and in-laws are 60 and it seems pretty great. What's 34?
Only somewhat related, I remember being in high school thinking how hot college football players were (Go Buckeyes!!!), and then in college still thinking they were hot but DUMB, and now I think, "Oh, look how cute they are! Such little kids!"
Updates on the kids:
Elliot is still rocking her piano & cello. That kid has some serious talent. She is ANNOYINGLY a perfectionist, though. She will throw a full-on, door-slamming tantrum if she cannot get a song "right" on the first try. By the third try, she's typically quite good. She's also very funny. Making jokes out of everything. We were just in California, and she made this doozie up on the way to California Adventure:
What is Mater's (from Cars) favorite ride?
The Mater-horn! (a la the Matterhorn at Disneyland)
Anyway, it was really funny then.
Addie is a grump lately. She doesn't sleep nearly as well as Charlie, and I'm hoping that's why. She still only has four teeth at 17.5 months old - maybe more are working their way in. She hits & pinches. She throws tantrums by slamming her head into the floor. But, oh, that girl's smile is a thing of beauty. Lights up her whole face. And my whole heart.
Charlie no longer nurses. It breaks my heart. She's just not interested, there's too much exciting stuff to do and see. But 17 months of nursing, especially for a twin, seems really successful to me. It's actually what inspired this post. I told David that I am the one who needs the nursing right now, because I'm going back to work. I need those snuggles and cuddles. But she does still cuddle. I worry about their resenting me when I leave them for the first time in almost 18 months. She's still a clown. She is SO CLOSE to walking. I think she's waiting for me to go back to work next week to walk to make me feel more guilty about it :(
My favorite "trick" that the twins are doing now is "Sissy Kissy." When you say that, they find each other and kiss. It's especially funny because Addie really open mouth kisses everytime. Lovin' my girls!
Only somewhat related, I remember being in high school thinking how hot college football players were (Go Buckeyes!!!), and then in college still thinking they were hot but DUMB, and now I think, "Oh, look how cute they are! Such little kids!"
Updates on the kids:
Elliot is still rocking her piano & cello. That kid has some serious talent. She is ANNOYINGLY a perfectionist, though. She will throw a full-on, door-slamming tantrum if she cannot get a song "right" on the first try. By the third try, she's typically quite good. She's also very funny. Making jokes out of everything. We were just in California, and she made this doozie up on the way to California Adventure:
What is Mater's (from Cars) favorite ride?
The Mater-horn! (a la the Matterhorn at Disneyland)
Anyway, it was really funny then.
Addie is a grump lately. She doesn't sleep nearly as well as Charlie, and I'm hoping that's why. She still only has four teeth at 17.5 months old - maybe more are working their way in. She hits & pinches. She throws tantrums by slamming her head into the floor. But, oh, that girl's smile is a thing of beauty. Lights up her whole face. And my whole heart.
Charlie no longer nurses. It breaks my heart. She's just not interested, there's too much exciting stuff to do and see. But 17 months of nursing, especially for a twin, seems really successful to me. It's actually what inspired this post. I told David that I am the one who needs the nursing right now, because I'm going back to work. I need those snuggles and cuddles. But she does still cuddle. I worry about their resenting me when I leave them for the first time in almost 18 months. She's still a clown. She is SO CLOSE to walking. I think she's waiting for me to go back to work next week to walk to make me feel more guilty about it :(
My favorite "trick" that the twins are doing now is "Sissy Kissy." When you say that, they find each other and kiss. It's especially funny because Addie really open mouth kisses everytime. Lovin' my girls!
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Baby Book Schmaby Book
Okay, I am horrible at keeping up with baby books. And by "keeping up with" I mean "starting." But I keep tripping over the papers they give us at the doctor's office with the girls' stats, so I'll record them here as I find them.
* = weighed at home in car seats with luggage scale
Birth:
Elliot: 19 inches, 5 lbs 11 oz, hc: 12.5
Adeline: 3 lbs 6 oz
Charlotte: 3 lbs 2 oz
Lincoln: 1 lb, 10 oz
1 Month:
Elliot: 20.5 inches, 7 lbs 2 oz, hc: 13.5
2 Months:
Adeline: 18.75 inches, 6 lbs, hc: 13.25
Charlotte: 18.25 inches, 5 lbs 4 oz, hc: 13.25
*May 27, 2012
Addie: 7.18 lbs
Charlie: 6.5 lbs
*June 3, 2012
Adeline: 7.64 lbs
Charlotte: 6.9 lbs
3 Months:
Adeline: 21.25 inches, 8 lbs 2 oz, hc: 13.5
Charlotte: 21.25 inches, 7 lbs 5 oz, hc: 13.5
*June 24, 2012
Adeline: 8.5 lbs
Charlotte: 7.84 lbs
*July 4, 2012
Addie: 8.88 lbs
Charlie: 8.6 lbs
*July 10, 2012
Addie: 8.24 lbs
Charlie: 7.34 lbs
4 Months:
Adeline: 21.75 inches, 9 lbs 4 oz, hc: 15
Charlotte: 21.75 inches, 8 lbs 12 oz, hc: 14.75
*August 5, 2012
Addie: 10.28 lbs
Charlie: 10 lbs!!!
8 Months:
Adeline: 24 inches, 13 lbs, hc: 16.25
Charlotte: 24.5 inches, 13 lbs 14 oz, hc: 16.5
10 Months:
Adeline: 24.5 inches, 13 lbs 8 oz, hc: 16.75
Charlotte: 24.5 inches, 14 lbs 4 oz, hc: 16.75
Shots: None
12 Months:
Adeline: 26.25 inches, 14 lbs 6 oz, hc: 17.25
Charlotte: 25.75 inches, 14 lbs 10 oz, hc: 17.25
Shots: HepA, Prevnar
15 Months:
Adeline: 27 inches, 15 lbs 14 oz, hc: 17.5
Charlotte: 27 inches, 15 lbs 13 oz, hc: 17.5
Shots: Hib, MMR
18 Months:
Adeline: 28.75 inches, 19 lbs 6 oz, hc: 18
Charlotte: 28.25 inches, 18 lbs 10 oz, hc: 18
Shots: DTap, HepA
2 Years:
Adeline: 31.5 inches, 22 lbs 7 oz, hc: 18.5
Charlotte: 32 inches, 21 lbs, 11 oz, hc: 18.5
Shots: Varicella (Chicken pox) 1 of 2
3 Years:
Adeline: 27 lbs
Charlotte: 26.5 lbs
4 years:
Elliot: 39.75 inches, 34 lbs 8 oz, BP: 93/61
Shots: Prevnar
5 years:
Elliot: 42.5 inches, 38 lbs, BP: 89/62
Shots: DTap, IPV, MMR, Varicella
* = weighed at home in car seats with luggage scale
Birth:
Elliot: 19 inches, 5 lbs 11 oz, hc: 12.5
Adeline: 3 lbs 6 oz
Charlotte: 3 lbs 2 oz
Lincoln: 1 lb, 10 oz
1 Month:
Elliot: 20.5 inches, 7 lbs 2 oz, hc: 13.5
2 Months:
Adeline: 18.75 inches, 6 lbs, hc: 13.25
Charlotte: 18.25 inches, 5 lbs 4 oz, hc: 13.25
*May 27, 2012
Addie: 7.18 lbs
Charlie: 6.5 lbs
*June 3, 2012
Adeline: 7.64 lbs
Charlotte: 6.9 lbs
3 Months:
Adeline: 21.25 inches, 8 lbs 2 oz, hc: 13.5
Charlotte: 21.25 inches, 7 lbs 5 oz, hc: 13.5
*June 24, 2012
Adeline: 8.5 lbs
Charlotte: 7.84 lbs
*July 4, 2012
Addie: 8.88 lbs
Charlie: 8.6 lbs
*July 10, 2012
Addie: 8.24 lbs
Charlie: 7.34 lbs
4 Months:
Adeline: 21.75 inches, 9 lbs 4 oz, hc: 15
Charlotte: 21.75 inches, 8 lbs 12 oz, hc: 14.75
*August 5, 2012
Addie: 10.28 lbs
Charlie: 10 lbs!!!
8 Months:
Adeline: 24 inches, 13 lbs, hc: 16.25
Charlotte: 24.5 inches, 13 lbs 14 oz, hc: 16.5
10 Months:
Adeline: 24.5 inches, 13 lbs 8 oz, hc: 16.75
Charlotte: 24.5 inches, 14 lbs 4 oz, hc: 16.75
Shots: None
12 Months:
Adeline: 26.25 inches, 14 lbs 6 oz, hc: 17.25
Charlotte: 25.75 inches, 14 lbs 10 oz, hc: 17.25
Shots: HepA, Prevnar
15 Months:
Adeline: 27 inches, 15 lbs 14 oz, hc: 17.5
Charlotte: 27 inches, 15 lbs 13 oz, hc: 17.5
Shots: Hib, MMR
18 Months:
Adeline: 28.75 inches, 19 lbs 6 oz, hc: 18
Charlotte: 28.25 inches, 18 lbs 10 oz, hc: 18
Shots: DTap, HepA
2 Years:
Adeline: 31.5 inches, 22 lbs 7 oz, hc: 18.5
Charlotte: 32 inches, 21 lbs, 11 oz, hc: 18.5
Shots: Varicella (Chicken pox) 1 of 2
3 Years:
Adeline: 27 lbs
Charlotte: 26.5 lbs
4 years:
Elliot: 39.75 inches, 34 lbs 8 oz, BP: 93/61
Shots: Prevnar
5 years:
Elliot: 42.5 inches, 38 lbs, BP: 89/62
Shots: DTap, IPV, MMR, Varicella
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