Sister Friends

The other night after we fed the girls, Shane went out side to bar-b-que and I went to the kitchen to get our dinner ready.  I had left Siena on her stomach and Aria was on her back both on the floor next to each other.  All of the sudden I heard laughing.  At first I couldn't figure out how Shane had come back in and was playing with the girls and I hadn't noticed.  Then I looked into the family room and this is what I saw:

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Seriously it was the cutest thing.  Everytime Siena would move on her tummy, Aria would crack up.  I think we missed the best part of her laughing the hardest but this gives you a good idea.  She kept on laughing at her for over 5 minutes.

It's cute watching them notice each other and interact.  Lately they are always grabbing each others hands and just now the other ones ear and either acting like it's some toy they found or just moving it around looking at it.

It looks like they really will be sister friends.

What does this say of things to come?

Happy Valentines Day

2 Valentines to add to my list this year.

Of course this guy will always be my #1 Valentine.

5 Months

An update about Siena and Aria at 5 months.

• Both girls are sleeping about 11 hours a night now.  We still have our occasional wake up early but dare I say it’s not that often (don’t tell them I said that, I don’t want to jinx myself.)
• They love to talk to me and we go back and forth.  Siena has decided to talk constantly.  She has been a little quieter until now and that has definitely changed.  Aria has started mimicking me a little and still has the sweetest little voice.
• Both girls are laughing so hard.  In fact sometimes they are laughing so hard I think they’re going to gag themselves.
• They are playing with their toys much better.

Things Aria would do ALL day if I let her:

• Sit up in her bumbo or with someone holding her
• Suck/chew on her firefly stuffed animal, or really lick and suck on anything
• Watch TV…no matter what’s on, she’s interested
• Kick her legs, and let me tell you she can get those legs going so fast.
• Drool and spit up…never ending.

Things Aria would never do if we didn’t make (er…encourage) her:

• Lay…on her tummy or on her back.  She lifts her legs and head at the same time and grunts at us until we pick her up.  She’s going to have some strong abs.

• Roll Over, I swear she has absolutely no interest in rolling over, she sees no need when she can just sit all day.

Things Siena would do ALL day if I let her:

• Play in her Exersaucer or Johnny jumper
• Lift her legs and then slam them into the ground, crib mattress, bath tub water, etc.  In fact that is what woke me up this morning, I could hear her doing that from the other room.  I don’t even know if she was awake.
• Say Ah-goo, she is so proud of herself with her talking all of the sudden and talks constantly.
• Smile at anyone who looks at her and looks around to see if anyone is looking or wanting to talk to her.
• Kick off her socks.  She has learned to use one foot to push against the other foot and get her sock off…it’s so annoying.  We’ll all be happy when it’s summer and I don’t care if her feet are covered.

Things Siena would never do if we didn’t make (er…encourage) her:

• Lay on her tummy 
• Take a nap for more than 40 mins.

Let the feedings begin

We started both girls on rice cereal this weekend.  Siena has been showing signs of being ready for a little while but I've been in total denial.  I thought I would be excited for this milestone but it turns out I'm in complete denial my girls are getting this big.

So I finally relented and we did our first rice cereal on Saturday.  Here's how it went down.

Actually it went better than I thought it would with a few funny faces but not as much as I was expecting.  And since then they've both been eating pretty good.  The first bite is always followed with a look like why are you putting this in my mouth but they get more in than they push out which I think is a good sign.

The first day we used their bumbo to feed them and it became apparent pretty fast that it wasn't going to work like that for long.  So I suggested to Shane that we get out their high chairs to which he replied, ok.  I then turned to him and said "REALLY?"  to which I got a weird look like why are you freaking out when I just agreed with you.  It was a test...I'm so not ready to have 2 high chairs in my house.  Not that I care about the high chairs but that just means I have 2 girls old enough to sit in them.  I know, TOTAL DENIAL.  So we did it and they actually love sitting in their high chairs so I guess it turned out ok.  Here's a picture of them in their high chairs the 2nd morning...yes I left the rice cereal on their faces on purpose.

Our first bath together

And I think we're going to be good bath friends for a long time...

We've been bathing the girls in our oversized kitchen sink which has been working really well.  We have a good routine down, I bathe the girls while Shane switches off getting them ready for the bath and then for bed.  So we decided to move it upstairs tonight so we can bathe them together.  Soon they'll be sitting up and playing and they enjoy their bath so much I thought they would like the big bathtub, which they did.

Independence

 
I'm not sure if this is independence for the girls or for the parents...and I'm not sure if this makes me happy or sad...nonetheless independence it is.

It does come in handy when one person is in charge of feeding two babies...