Happy Easter!

We celebrated Easter in Wisconsin at Crystal and Dave's house (Kenny's brother and sister in law).  Crystal is a wonderful cook and we had a great brunch. Thanks for having us over!

  Easter Baskets

I just love thier dresses this year and can't believe that I got this pic where they were all looking and SMILING!!!!  I am such a lucky mommy!

We love our Aunt Crystal!

My family--

I am truly blessed...today and everyday!

Stella and Lucia are 5 months!

Time is just flying by...and the babies are getting bigger and cuter every day!  

At our 5 month check up, Stella weighs 12 pounds, 9 ounces and Lulu weighs 12 pounds, 2 ounces!  And although they are getting bigger, they are still in the 25th and 10th percentiles on the preemie scale.      

They are definitely starting to be on a sleeping and eating schedule, and they are getting better at eating cereal every day.  At night, they are falling asleep around 9 or 9:30 and most nights will sleep until 4--can't really complain!  Most days, they are also taking 2 solid naps for at least an hour or 2 and then 2 other little cat naps.  I am hoping that these naps condense into 2 longer naps and they continue to move towards going to bed earlier...I'd like to fold the piles of laundry that hang out on my couch before 10 pm one day! :)  They are doing great eating cereal and I think that I am going to start to give them cereal 2x/day...

They are becoming more and more social and will initiate cooing and gurgling.  It is so cute to talk to them.  They have both discovered their tongues and like to "talk"by making sounds and sticking out their tongues and seeing the sounds it makes.  They have great eye contact and are following objects all over--esp. their sisters!  They LOVE to smile and we've even heard some little giggles from Lulu.  So cute!!!

They are still wearing size 1 diapers and are still wearing 3 mo. clothes...although they seem to be getting snug, esp. at the crotch area--they are following in their tall sisters footsteps, it seems.

Here are some pics of Stella:

And here are some of Lulu:

and more of the two of them:

they make the funniest faces, don't they? 

BOGO on twins!

Thanks to my friend, Jenn, who gave us these ADORABLE onesies--they finally fit!!

Car Seats

The girls are getting so big!  It is amazing to see how much they are growing every day!  While they are sitting in their car seats, I can really tell how much...

Here's Lulu--isn't she so cute??!!!

And here's Stella--can't really tell who is cuter--

They were so happy and full of smiles!  I am so in love!!!

Stella and Lucia are 4 months old!

The girls are growing every day and it so great to be at home watching it all!  At 4 months, the girls are smiling all the time and LOVE watching their big sisters dance and sing and move all around.  They are getting very good at holding their heads up and are consistently rolling from their tummy to their backs. We can't have "tummy time" for very long because they just end up rolling over...but then they are stuck so they cry.  It's actually pretty cute.  They are starting to coo and gurgle back when you talk or sing to them.  We love talking and singing!

At their doctor appt. on Tuesday, Stella weighed in at 10 pounds, 5 ounces and Lulu weighed 10 pounds even!  They are both 22 inches tall.  And even though they are still only the 10th percentile on the preemie scale for both weight and height, they are getting so big!

Stella is smiling at one of her sisters here...

They are both officially out of anything newborn sized, so most of their clothes are either 0-3 months or 3 months.  They are wearing size 1 diapers.  It seems like we are starting to get on a schedule during the day, and some days where they both sleep at the same time (!)  but some days they just take a bunch of 30 minute cat naps, and never at the same time!  Most nights, they are sleeping from about 10 to 5, and then get antsy and want their pacifiers...although they won't necessarily eat again until about 6:30 or 7.  Good sleepers! Although we've had some rougher nights, where one of the babies is up every hour...not fun!

Lulu was not happy about taking pictures...and Talia is trying to help her calm down...

So, I decided to take pics of Stella

but then Stella got mad and sad too...

so I switched back to Lulu...who was much happier...

 We started cereal over the weekend, and their first instinct was to thrust it out, but they are each getting in a few good swallows.  We'll keep practicing!  

Lulu is waiting for her cereal 

Stella thinks the cereal is yummy