So since I am unable to post video to this blog, I have decided to switch sites. Our new site is
http://georgeandlauren.blogspot.com
Just add this to your favorites. I’m hoping to have the video up very soon. Thanks!
We Have Video! February 15, 2009
YEAH!!!! I am so excited. I always knew that our camera took video, but I never really attempted to try it until the other day. So now I can post video of the girls rather than just pictures. This was some video of them that I took today. Please forgive my annoying voice in the background and George talking on the phone. He told me that it wouldn’t take sound so I “talked” it up. Hopefully, I can catch the girls talking it up next time.
Where’s the video, right? Ok, so I tried downloading it, but apparently I have to pay extra money to show video on the blog. Question for you fellow bloggers out there. Do you have to pay to add video? I’m looking for a new blog host to use that will allow me to add video for free. Please let me know! Otherwise, I will fork out the money, but I’d rather be cheap. If I do switch blogs, I will let you guys know and add a link to my new one.
George and I celebrated our Valentine’s Day on the 13th. We went out to eat and then made homemade Valentine’s Day cards for the girls. You can see them in the pictures. George was so proud of his idea and his finished product. I helped out, but it was really his project. Hopefully, the girls will look back on it one day and appreciate the love behind it.
My Sweet Little Distractions February 14, 2009
So what’s happened in the last week? I had a lot to say when I started thinking about writing this blog and now I can’t seem to remember what I wanted to say. I’ll just start writing and I’m sure it will come to me.
My precious little Hannah and Kate are still growing and changing. I keep telling them, “God couldn’t have made you any more beautiful or perfect.” It seems like within this last couple of weeks, my love for them has just multipled a million times over. I think it’s because they are interacting back with me and there is more than a one-way relationship. I’m also feeling more confident as a mom. They are settling very nicely into a 3.5 hour schedule. They wake at 7:30 in the morning. I usually go to wake them and they are just laying there smiling in their crib, which according to Babywise, is a good thing. Happy babies mean they achieved good sleep! They stay awake for about an hour and a half and then it’s naptime for 2 hours. It’s almost like clockwork for them now. If they could swaddle themselves I think they’d put themselves to sleep. They fuss a little during naptime, but all I have to do is go in there and reinsert their pacifier and they’ll go back to sleep. I’m a little afraid of how we are going to try and break them of their pacifiers because they are really dependent on them, but it works for now. Although, Kate has jus recently found her fingers and her entire fist to be a tasty treat when there is no pacifier. They nap 3 times a day. They go to bed at 8:00, wake up at 9:30 for one last bottle, and they are down until 7:30 in the morning. George and I finally get to have about 2 hours of alone time. Whoever knew that could happen in a house with two babies?
I was vaccuuming the other day and put them in their Bumbo seats so they could watch me and be out of the way. I faced them towards each other so they could look at one another. I glanced over at one point and found them smiling at each other. It was so cute. One of them would smile and the other would hesitate for a second and then smile back. My mom had them talking to each other the other night so I’m sure it won’t be that much longer before they are aware of the other one. I usually lay them on their activity mat next to each other and Kate was sucking on Hannah’s hand the other day, but I think she thought maybe she just grew an extra hand.
I mentioned in my blog last week how I took Kate to a women’s bible study I am doing and it went great. Well, this week I took both girls. It wasn’t bad. I had to wake them from their nap to get them in the car and even though it was a decent car ride, neither of them went back to sleep. They both got hungry at the same time and then fussy because they were still tired. One of the women ended up holding Hannah for me, but I just felt so bad because part of the bible study is on a video and I felt like they were a huge disruption. ( Maybe that’s the teacher in me coming out.) If any of you ladies have taken a Beth Moore bible study, you know how much God has gifted her to teach and how you don’t want to miss a minute of what she’s saying. Honestly, at one point, I just wanted to cry because I really want to learn but I felt like I wasn’t soaking anything in because my attention was so focused on keeping them happy and quiet. Part of me wanted to give up the battle and go home because it was really frustrating. I wasn’t angry with my girls. They’re babies, that’s what they do. It was actually a little cute because Kate sat there and talked to her Lamaze peacock for quite a while. Anyway, it kinda stayed on my mind all day, but then then Lord reminded me how blessed I was to have these two little “disruptions.” He reminded me, “Lauren, you should be grateful that these two little premature babies are with you, have the normal cognitive abilities to “talk” and fuss, and have a desire to eat. These women in the bible study are the same precious women who prayed with and for you to have a baby, cried with you when you lost your first baby, and then prayed for these two precious little girls to live and grow. They are also mothers. Don’t you think they understand?” He just kind of broke me and made me realize that people understand that it’s hard with twins and that I should really be grateful for how much they are acting like normal babies.
George had his second appointment of physical therapy yesterday and has two more next week. He has yet another week of work off. He’s going on almost two months now of being off of work. It will be a big adjustment for both of us when he does go back.
I had some pictures to post, but George has the camera so I’ll put them on in the next couple of days. Have a Happy Valentine’s Day!
Bumbo Babies February 7, 2009
The girls are changing so quickly. I took Kate with me to a women’s bible study that I just started and she was so good the entire time, except for when she was ready to eat. She layed on the floor and looked around for a while and did some tummy time without fussing. Last night we also went over to a friend’s house and they were so good. Hannah just laid on the floor, completely content. She had nothing to look at but watching Kate swing back and forth. It’s just really nice that they can kinda entertain themselves now. I’m sure it will get even better when they start becoming more aware that there is another baby and they start interacting with each other.
This past week we have realized our need for two cribs now. They are too long to place in the crib horizontally. By the end of the nap or in the morning they have managed to squirm themselves down to the bumper pads or place themselves in odd positions. Last night I tried to separate them a little more within the one crib we have right now and they ended up side by side. Hannah’s head was next to Kate’s feet and Kate’s head was next to Hannah’s feet. It reminded me of ultrasound pictures we have of them in that position. How sweet. I wanted to get a picture of it, but George had the camera with him. I tried out the Bumbo this past week just to see if they were ready for it. They did good, but I think I may wait another week to try it again. Just curious for all of you moms who read this and used Bumbos with your kids, when did you start using them?
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5 Months Old February 3, 2009
I spent the last couple of days re-reading my blogs from the very beginning, back in April. It’s amazing how quickly time passes. I can’t believe that Hannah and Kate were so small at one point. I know in five years I’ll be saying the exact same thing. They are definitely changing. Kate smiles all the time and is so close to rolling over from her back to her stomach. She gets about 2/3 of the way there and then starts getting really frustrated. She is about 13 lbs. now. We are finally pulling out our 0-3 month clothes because she no longer fits into newborn sizes. My Mom and I think she has hit a length growth spurt because her face looks a little thinner and so does her belly and we definitely know she is not losing weight. Hannah is still as precious as can be. Her little smiles are priceless. They both have picked up laughing, but not the full giggle yet. They make this weird noise that comes from their throats, almost sounds like a frog. It’s their way of laughing though.
George is off for at least this week and the next week. He is supposed to get started on physical therapy twice a week. For the second week in a row, we made it to church and bible fellowship class. We love being there with the girls, but we both commented after church this past week that it’s really hard to not be distracted. I kind of switched their schedule a little bit so feeding time comes during our bible fellowship class and it we both pretty much got nothing out of the lesson because we were so preoccupied with them. If they were normal babies, I’d be all for putting them in the nursery but we cannot do that until after RSV season is over in April.
That’s about it for right now.
