Caroline and Juliette--Our little miracles: April 2009

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Fun at Grandma and Grandpa Bettis' House

Faye and Ruby

Faye, Ruby and Caroline

A Kiss for Juliette

Juliette doesn't like this. Ruby and Caroline are still trying to figure out what I am doing

Ruby giving Caroline a huge sloppy kiss!!!

Saturday, April 18, 2009

I SEE YOU!!

I think the girls have always known that the other was there, but lately I have seen them visually see the other. They acknowledge this by looking, talking and smiling at each other. Here is an example of tummy time where they spotted each other. Sometimes they do it on their back. It's so cute!!

Caroline is on the left, she definitely has lifting her head down. Juliette still needs a little help.

4 months old on Saturday April 11th.

We went to the girls 4 month check up on Thursday and the doctor said they were doing very well and look great. She even surprised me by telling us we could start them on cereal. I wasn't a bit prepared for that. I went to work that evening (3-11) and then as I thought about it I realized I didn't have anything to feed them cereal with or have any idea how to feed them cereal. So on Friday I was off and I read the material I was sent home with and bought the necessary supplies and around 500pm we gave it a try. Much to my surprise both the girls did very well. We started with Caroline first. I followed the instructions on the papers I was given on how to mix it and hers was very watery. When I mixed Juliette's I made it a little thicker and it was better. I took video and pictures (I have posted below). A lot of people told me to be prepared for funny faces, but they actually liked it for the most part. I guess we will have to wait for funny faces when we start introducing fruits and veggies.

Their current weights are Caroline 12lbs 2oz and Juliette 11lbs 7oz. They are sleeping through the night now so they are not eating as much and so their weight did not jump up as much as it has in the past. I am still pretty proud of them.

This past weekend was quite busy. On Saturday we drove to Waco, which was Randall's 33rd birthday. On Sunday we went to church. This was the first time we have taken the girls to church and we were a bit nervous on how things would turn out. Especially since the girls were due to eat right when we got there. Thanks to a smooth car ride they fell asleep on the way and we were able to carry the into the church with out any problem. The service had already started and everyone was meeting and greeting each other. Coincidentally there was a set of fraternal twins sitting in the pew in front of us. A boy and girl, 5 years old. They were so cute dressed in their Easter outfits with coordinating colors. Their mom saw our girls and was excited to see another set of twins and quickly pointed them out. The little girl sat with her eyes glued on the girls the whole time, just fascinated with them. She was so cute. The little boy was not as curious, but would look back occasionally. Juliette woke up not too long after that and I fed her, she did very well. Usually they like to fall asleep after eating, but she was much too fascinated by all the lights and the beautiful choir singing. She stayed awake the whole time, looking around, smiling and cooing. Randall fed Caroline and of course she stayed asleep. We enjoyed it very much. After church we went to Darren and Christine's house for a delicious meal. It was a great day. Our 2 year anniversary was on Tuesday the 14th which is the day we were driving home. So on Monday Ruth and Walter were very kind and stayed home with the girls and Randall and I went to dinner and a movie to celebrate. It was nice to be baby free and spend some time together. Ruth and Walter also enjoyed their time with the girls. Tuesday we drove home from Waco to home and the girls slept the whole time. I was so glad we did not get stuck in traffic or stop to feed them.

That is all for now. Enjoy the pics.

Juliette's First Cereal

Ready to eat

Umm, I think I like it

well maybe??

I definitely like it!!

Caroline's first cereal

Ready to start!!

This isn't so bad

Man, that was hard work!!!

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Happy Easter

I hope everyone has a wonderfully blessed Easter. I am looking forward to spending it with family. It will be the girls 1st holiday that they will not be in the hospital or held up at home. We took them to get their pictures taken with the Bunny yesterday. It was quite an experience. The line wasn't too long, but it still seemed like it took forever. Of course the girls were full of smiles at home (the pics below in the green dress) but once we got to the mall they were out like a light (car ride does it every time). So we had to wake them up to take the pic and they were not happy about that. They weren't crying for the pic, but they weren't smiling and Juliette wasn't even looking at the camera. Oh well, they are only 4 months old, what can you expect. They are still cute. I was trying to scan the pic so I could put it on here, but couldn't get the scanner to work so I will see if Randall can fix it. I also tried to put a video clip on here, but it takes forever to download so I gave up. I will try again one more time later.

The girls are doing great. We are enjoying all the smiles, cooing and some giggling we are getting from them. They are sleeping pretty good at night. We are trying to get a routine down with them so I think that has helped. They usually wake once in the middle of the night to eat so I can't complain about that. I actually enjoy sitting in the dark an rocking them while I feed them one at a time. I try to keep stimulation down so they will go back to sleep so I keep most of the lights out and the TV off. I have found it gives me some relaxation and time to reflect on how much we have to be thankful for. I find myself sitting there thinking about how everything has gone by so fast, I can't believe the girls will be 4 months old this Saturday (on their daddy's birthday).

Gotta Go, I hear someone squeaking in their room, It's 0730 which is about the time they wake up to eat again. Below are some of the latest pics of them. Enjoy and have a great Easter!!