Someday He'll understand

Disclaimer: I'm going to complain...

Two hours to myself... is that too much to ask of Lee. Two hours.. Lee was home today due to an appt regarding his pinky finger that he broke about 2 months ago. So since he was home I didn't need my mom to come over to watch the girls while I went out for my weekly knitting night. He did great for the first 1.5 hours.. but I swear at 7:30 exactly the phone calls started. "I can't calm them down"... "one cried and then the other one started up"... "when are you coming home" and my personal favorite.. calling me and then leaving me a message of a crying baby. I understand that he's not used to being home with the girls during the day but come on buddy give your wife a break for 2 hours so she can knit and see her friends in peace.

When do I get my break? I'm with these babies 24/7 everyday. Even when Lee gets home from work I barely get a break from the girls. I'm lucky most nights if I can eat a meal by myself. Or find time to knit. Even once they are down for the night (I feel so lucky that they sleep through the night already) I don't a break since I feel like I am running around like a headless chicken getting Lee's lunch together for the next day, doing laundry, trying to clean something around here (and it barely gets to stay that way) or any of the other things that need to be done.
I'm tired all the time yet he gets to take naps on the weekend. I also make and clean all the bottles. I can't even remember if Lee has ever cleaned a bottle or two for me.

I actually have a plan in place that will hopefully make him step up. I'm going to an all day crop from 9am till 9pm on the 18th of October. I'll bring my phone so he can call me but I'm not going home to bail him out with the babies. If that doesn't work, I'll get my relatives on his case the next day at the Baby Dedication for our girls. I might need to do that anyway.

We love our Rice Cereal

especially if you are Anna and Lily and are totally new to eating it at all. or if your mommy (me) is new to making and serving it (especially the when and how part). Thanks to a discussion with my friend Sharlene as to how to go about it at lunch today, I was successful in tonight's attempt at eating cereal. I was so excited I even took pictures of their faces once we finished the bowl. I'll share them once Lee gets home and I can load them. But it was so cute to watch them eat it. Especially Lily since she was my big refuser the first couple of days that I've tried to get them to eat it.

Update from our trip to the Pediatrician on Thursday. We got through our 4 month appt with flying colors. We did really well. Anna rolled over for both the doctors and the nurse (my little show off). Current weights are:

Anna 14 lbs 12 oz
Lily 14 lbs 4 oz

We don't go back till November for our 6 month appt which will include part one of a flu shot as part of the shots that they will get. Then we'll need to go back for the second part of the flu shot 30 days later.

I see a Tooth !

My mommy instincts were right on.. though only for ONE tooth..

Lily is getting her first tooth... it's so adorable yet very painful for my sweet little girl. I've been doping her up with Little Teethers and Orajel and Baby Tylenol.

Anna has no teeth at all. Maybe at our Ped appt tomorrow the Dr will find one but I can't seem to find one at all for her.

Babies are starting to stir from their naps so I need to keep this short.

Playing "I SPY"

Remember this game???

I spy with my little eye... the possibility that Lily has some teeth coming in already. I think I briefly saw a couple of teeth budding. Not exactly sure yet.. but I'll keep the Orajel / Little Teethers on hand as much as possible..

Maybe later I'll check Anna's mouth and see if she has anything sprouting yet.

Funny pictures of the girls

I'm so glad that my girls are so Close... but really.... would you let the following happen???




Yes Lily really is a tolerant baby... I hope that sometime soon she gets Anna back.. and Lee and I are very bad parents.. we not only took pictures but we filmed them too and were laughing our heads off at them.

Anna can roll

Even in her sleep...

New Accomplishments

Apparently it is time to start freaking out the parents..

Anna has decided to learn to roll over. From her back to her tummy. She's been working on it for a small while and decided that yesterday would be a good day to go for it for real. I was changing Lily's diaper when Lee came into the living room, glanced at the crib (where Anna was) and asked me if I'd noticed Anna. Yup she'd rolled herself over and was holding her head up too. Argh. So I figured that was the end of it. Nope. Today she's been rolling herself over all day long. In fact she's supposed to be going off to dreamland right now but instead she is rolling herself over, getting stuck (she can't make it back over yet) and crying.

Lily for the most part is being kind to us. She's only trying to sit herself up, but not rolling over. YET. But she is fighting her sister back on the rolling.. When Anna tries to roll toward her, Lily kicks out a leg to stop her. Hilarious stuff.

Any bets on if we get any sleep tonight???