What a Big Girl...

Yes they are growing up... too fast at times for this mommy of twins.. Our latest Big Girl moment... I had been on the phone with a friend tonight and once off the phone I noticed the time and realized that the girls needed to get ready for bed... So I went into the main room (aka the living room) and announced that it was time for bed... Anna got up and walked over to their bedroom door and tried to get in (she can't totally reach the knob yet).. we were so surprised.. we knew that she had figured out that we eat in the kitchen and play in the living room but we had no clue that she had made the connection between saying Bed Time and going to their room to change into jammies and getting into bed. She also gave me zero problems with getting into jammies and going to her crib. Lily just followed the open door and then tried to put her own jammie top on her own head when I was changing her.

They also are giving us less and less problems with going to bed or anything else that we ask of them lately. When did my babies grow up??? Anna likes to walk on her own now.. though sometimes crawling is faster and Lily likes to talk... she loves our daycare provider's daughter and says her name alot lately. She also loves to call for me.. Momma... Momma... Mommy.. While at Grandma's over the weekend I pulled out the blow up pool that my brother and his family had gotten them for their birthday... Anna loved trying to hold the hose while we filled the pool up.. and whenever Lily got wet and didn't like it she'd hold on to Anna... so cute (well till I found a slight bite mark on Anna's back). I also finally opened the Water Table that we got for their birthday. I think S&D played with it more than Anna and Lily did. Oh and Anna was too cute with the water hose.. she clearly was very upset when I tried to put it away. She wanted to hold the hose even when there was clearly not any water coming out of it.. and was so confused by that since she knew that water could and should come out of it. Someday she'll understand it..

Catching up Blog Post

First off I had a birthday... I am officially 35... The actual day was really nice.. The girls went to Music Class and then to daycare and I got a few things done at home. That evening I wore my new knitted top...yes I finished it) and Lee took me out for dinner. Afterwards we stopped by my knitting group where one of the ladies there presented me with some very very yummy Rice Krispy Treats... my favorite. The next day I worked on a cake for myself, mom and D since our birthdays are soo close together. I also made a cake for my daycare provider's son who just turned 5. The cake came out sooo well. S&D were spending the weekend at Grandma's so the girls and I joined them on Friday afternoon and spent the night so all 4 kids could play together. We had a great time even though Grandma and I didn't agree about a few things.

Here's the new top...

I heart Sock Monkeys

Yes I love Sock monkeys... and after watching Mr Magorium's Magical Emporium tonight with Lee I decided that I want to make sock monkeys for Anna and Lily.. I actually already have the supplies needed...though I need to find some thread, a needle and some straight pins. I had bought the supplies (ok it's a kit)... some time ago.. when having babies was on the horizon but not a reality yet. Heck I like to plan ahead.. I might need some assistance though from my mom. She made me a sock monkey when I was approx 6 years old. The ones I will be making are mini sized ones so we'll see how it goes.

I also want to make the sock monkeys at this point in time since one of my favorite kid clothing stores is coming out with a line who's theme is Sock Monkeys (though I'm not supposed to know this info already but I have reliable sources) and I am thrilled to pieces about this.. So I NEED to make Anna and Lily their own sock monkeys.. I may need to figure out a different way to do the eyes though since Googly eyes aren't safe for babies and that is what is in the kit.. I may also use some of my yarn in my knitting stash for the ribbon that goes around the monkey's neck instead of the ribbon given in the kit..

Wish me luck???

Walking , Talking and Teething

Wow I am so amazed by Anna's progress in trying to be more and more mobile over time. Today she has decided to try to start walking. She took 4 steps at one point at Grandma's today and then has taken up to 2 or 3 steps here at the apartment. We did get at least one of those steps on video today... Once again though I am left wondering how long it will take Lily to catch up to Anna and start taking steps herself (without anyone holding them as they take steps).

Talking has started.. I've heard so many words lately... "Thank you, Kitty (or Kitty cat), Momma, mommy, Dada, Daddy, Duck, Cat, Cup"... and these are the ones I can remember hearing them say.

As for the teeth.. I was trying (in vain) to count the teeth that we have yesterday. It didn't go well. I can definitely tell that Anna has at least 8 teeth that I can see but I can't tell if her 1 year molars have arrived yet. Lily I know has 10 teeth which includes her 1 year molars on the bottom but today she wouldn't let me check any of her teeth and instead showed me her tongue.. Lovely. Thanks baby.. I love you.

Two Years already.. (warning: TMI at moments)

I was driving last weekend with a friend to see the new Harry Potter movie and we were talking about kids and our journeys to having them...as we talked I realized that I was coming up on 2 years from when I started my journey to have Anna and Lily.

I did my first shots on July 31st 2007 and came home with the BIG BAG of drugs a couple days before that. That bag was a scary propositon for me. Up until the day that the BAG arrived in my life I was truly hoping to go low-tech for my babies. Unfortunately for us... Low-Tech wasn't working so we had to step our efforts up a notch and go High-Tech and eventually do an IVF cycle. This involved Birth Control pills (what an oxymoron when you're trying to GET pregnant) and the HUGE Bag of Drugs. I picked it up during my lunch hour and I swear I practically cried all the way back to the office. I was tempted to go through the bag at the office but somehow I was able to wait till I got home from work to go through the bag. The contents included: Lupron, Gonal-f, Repronex (the Gonal-f and the Repronex had to be taken together), HCG, Cefoxitin, Doxycycline, Valium,PIO (Progesterone in Oil) and Vivelle Patches.

The reason I remember the date was coming up was because I had heard that the Beach Boys were coming to Boston for a FREE concert (on 7/25/09) and it triggered the memory of being at the Free Concert that they's had 2 years ago (8/18/07)and how I had to scramble to get home to take my last Gonal-f and Repronex shot since I was scheduled to have blood drawn and an Ultrasound the next day (which was my 33rd birthday). I also remember the date because in true Cheryl fashion, I scrapbooked every little thing about our one and only IVF cycle that led to our Twin Pregnancy. I doubt that I'll ever be Pregnant again so I made sure to document everything that I could.

Quack Quack Waddle Waddle

anyone else remember that McDonald's commercial besides me...

Anyway.. Lee and I took the girls to the Children's Museum in Boston today ... the weather wasn't perfect (torrential downpours at some points) but it started out as a nice day. The girls seemed to have a fabulous day since after we left the museum they both took naps in the umbrella strollers that we had them in.. When we left the musuem the rain had cleared up and Lee took us for a small stroll down to the Harbor via the Harbor Walk. Before we got too far though I realized that one of my Dad's buildings (Fed Reserve) was just about perfectly aligned from where we were and I couldn't pass up the photo opportunity (photos to come soon) since it means so much to me.. (heck we might even need to do this many more times in the future as they get older). We eventually wound up at the NEAq's (New England Aquarium) Harbor Seal exhibit. Lily totally was in love with the seals and I bet could have watched them for the rest of the day if we had let her.. eventually we wandered down to Fanueil Hall for cookies from the Chipyard and happened to see an exhibit of some sort for the Wii Sports Resort game. Oh yeah we had to definitely stop and play. Lee is much better at Canoeing than I am but we are both spookily good at Archery. I wanted to do the Bowling game but the line was long and we wanted to go to Haymarket to get some fresh Fruits and Veggies. We got that done and then were literally heading to the car (at Wellington station - I don't drive into Boston unless I absolutely have to) when we noticed that it was about to rain again. We barely got the girls into the car and Boom ... here comes the rain. I got totally soaking wet and it had barely let up when we got back to the apartment and then it started downpouring once again when I went back out to the car to get the fruits and veggies we had bought.

Quack Quack Waddle Waddle... I feel like a duck today...