I shouldn't say this out loud.............

I waited an entire week before mentioning anything. I am still a bit nervous about saying something but............. we have been sleeping. Waking only once maybe twice each night. Last weekend I separated them -- still in my bed but not right next to one another. Since then they are sleeping more soundly -- they had been waking each other up before. They left that out of the owners manual and being the novice that I am took a while to put 2 and 2 together... it's funny how you get all the advice in the world when you don't need any BUT when you could actually use some --- WHERE THE HELL IS IT?????????????? Just kidding. People have told me I shouldn't sleep with them in my bed -- but cosleeping is a practice that I and Jon have both embraced. That is not the problem. Many people cosleep. The problem is we need a bigger bed because we are running out of room in this one. We plan to buy a house this year and when we do we will upgrade to a king sized bed...... or maybe a CA king!!!!!!!!
So now on to the cutie patooties......... how do you spell that word anyway?
Here they are together.... we have been playing on the floor alot more lately-- they should be rolling soon so they need practice..........
I washed all the 3-6 month clothes that I had stored for them (sad sad sad). I found this bathing suit and tried it on Ella -- sort of against her will...............

Here is Edie in action............ she almost has it but not quite!!!

Here is Ella posing in her 4th of July dress.................

Here is Edie in her 4th of July dress practicing push ups..............

We tried a tiny bit of rice cereal from a spoon --- these are the before and afters. First Edie then Ella...............

First GIRLS TRIP !!!!

E and E had their first "girls trip" this week. They had a great time but really missed their routine. They let us know with a tad bit of grumpiness but all in all it was great times. My best friend Yvonne came to visit from Louisiana. She is Ellas godmother. Every year (before this one) she and I and our other friend Letha try to go someplace for a few days to just hang out since they both live in LA and I am way over here on the west coast. Last year we went to Florida. One year we were in Las Vegas -- our friend Kristen came along on that trip. Well, needless to say this year would be a bit challenging for me to get away and since Yvonne --- LOVES LOVES LOVES to come to visit this area -- we had a modified "girls trip". We spent a night in Bodega Bay at a beautiful lodge and spa.......... AWESOME!!!! We took the sweeties with us because I could not have been able to be away from them for an entire night but we did manage to get away Wednesday -- just the 2 of us for some yummy wine tasting. E and E stayed with daddy -- ALL DAY !!! They gave him a run for his money I hear -- but I sure had a great time.

Here is a picture of Ella with her nanny ...........(funny story about this below)
In LA we call godparents different names than much of the rest of the nation. The godmother is called nanny and the godfather is called parrain. Well as we were winetasting Yvonne would tell people who asked where she was from (heavy accent) about her being here to meet my new twins and that she was nanny of one of them. MANY people thought that she was my hired help nanny and commented on how well I treated her. Like she was my babysitter type nanny...... too funny. Even funnier after winery #2!!!!!!!!!
I don't usually dress them alike BUT sometimes I can't help myself. Since it's 4th of July week they HAD to wear these onesies this week........... so I had no choice. Oh my gosh --- baby blue jeans!!!!!!!!!!!

This is an awful shot of me -- it's early morning and we just got out of the bath at the spa we stayed at. I think it's cute of Edie wrapped in a big robe.........

This was the view of the Pacific Ocean from our room........... serenity now!!!!!!!

We had a picnic before Bodega at one of our favorite wineries. Ledson in Sonoma valley. Sorry I don't know how to link on here but google that winery and check it out. They have the best wine. Edie and Ella had a nice time lying on the lawn under the huge oak trees --- here they are. Edie then Ella............

A little soothing for Ella and a little soothing for mommy...........

Edie loves this baby doll when she is lying in her crib. She grabs it and doesn't let go........

Here is a little adorable hat and sunglass action..........

Here is Edie helping me with laundry....... nothing like the vibrating dryer!!!!!!!!

For Sale

Two babies. Very adorable. Both love to smile and one even laughs hysterically at times. They do like to eat alot and their food is quite expensive but I am willingy to shave a little off the price for the right customer. They do poop alot and the diapers are expensive as well.
Included in the (negotiable) sale price are:

Start up kit -- which includes a diaper bag, diapers for 1 week, formula for 1 week and clothes
Insurance cards
Car seats and stroller
Swings and bouncy seats
Bumbo seats
etc, etc.............

Also included are 2 very adorable, high maintenance tiny humans who for the life of me WILL NOT SLEEP. The catch is that I would like them back from 8am to 8pm (along with said equipment)..... So how does that sound you get 2 adorable tiny humans to cuddle with as you lie awake all night long.......... for the low low price of -- negotiable!!!!!!!!

(disclaimer: CPS I do not intend to really sell my children -- lighten up already)

So things are much better here. I am feeling so much better -- mastitis is gone. Or at least I don't feel it there anymore. I am still on the antibiotics for another week. Edie and Ella are cuter than ever BUT still nowhere close to sleeping an acceptable amount at night. The past 2 nights we were up every 2 hours. Now they don't stay up for very long when they wake up but we are still getting up and fully awake. NO FUN !!! They seem to be taking fewer and shorter naps these days though so maybe, just maybe they will start to make up for it at night. The bedtime routine is working very well -- they seem to know when it's time for a bath and bottle as they both seem to get really tired and cranky starting around 5:30 - 6:00 each evening. We are almost always in bed with them asleep between 6:30-7:00.... I wish we could push it back a little to maybe 8:00 but they are so tired and cranky there is no way we could....
Now for some cute pictures --- I haven't taken as many good ones these past few days -- they are more awake and active so require much more of my time which leaves less time for goofing off. The good news is that Jon is able to still keep up his golf very frequently -- that's what's important!!!! (sarcasm dripping from that last sentence)
I am not sure why 2 of these pictures are turned to the side -- I did not take them that way but once they are uploaded I don't know how to rotate them -- sorry for any neck strain this may cause............ ENJOY!!!
Ella Grace snoozing on her tummy (i was right there)
Edie has almost figured out how to get her fingers in her mouth. This is a source of great frustration for her.....she tries and tries and gets so aggravated when she can't get it. So close.

Edie posing for the camera

Ella posing for the camera

Too darn cute

Enough pictures mommy

I love them sitting in these bumbo chairs

Rubi -- babysitting Ella while mommy was busy with the photo shoot

again -- not sure why the rotation -- sorry........... they are posing in the dresses from Papa Jim and Yanming

chunky monkey baby thighs...............

Edie -- still loving her rainforest jumperoo

Edie and Daddy -- twins !!!

Tag -- I'm it !!!

I have been tagged. This is actually the second time I have been tagged but I forgot to do the first one sooooooooooo... here goes! For my non blogging friends and family -- this is not an Edie and Ella post. It's just something that is done in the blogging world -- I don't know why but if I want to be a part of this group I must play nice.



Three jobs I've never done that I think I'd be good at:

1. Party planner

2. Doctor -- I love being a nurse but sometimes fantasize about being an MD

3. Professional sleeper -- right now I would be real good at this profession



Three Foods I Ate Today:

1. Smart Ones Chicken Enchilada Monterey

2. Fiber One Bar (my new favorite treat) only 2 weightwatcher points!!!

3. cheese and crackers



Three Things I've Bought in the Last Week:

1. Cotton Halo Sleep Sacks

2. 2 new dresses

3. groceries



Three Random Facts About Me:

1. I lived in foster homes as a child

2. I used to LOVE to talk on the phone and now I hate it

3. I hate to exercise BUT I want to be skinny



Three Facts About My Pregnancy:

1. I was apparently made to carry twins -- I had not 1 single complication

2. It took 3 rounds of IVF before I became pregnant

3. my pregnancy produced the most adorable set of twins



Three People I'm Tagging:

Lets seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee............... How about

Well -- how about whoever reads this and wants to do it --- GO AHEAD.... it's actually kind of fun.

Super excited to be 100 days old !!!!!!

Edia and Ella are 100 days old today!!!!! As you can see by the following video they are thrilled. We have offered you 2 full minutes of sheer delight...............

All before 8 a.m. --- fun times in the Marbut house!!!

Due to the yucky nature of this blog post I will start you off with some unbelievably adorable pictures. I put together the rainforest jumperoo that our friends Mark and Channing gave Edie and Ella. I could not wait for them to be able to hold their little heads up to get into this thing because it just looks so fun. Well....... they can't jump per se but their little jerky body movements make it move enough to bounce and light up. They L.O.V.E. it --- and I have the pictures to prove it........................



edie loves to stare at this hanging parrot ...........

Ella likes it too.................

And now just a general cute one of Edie...............

NOW ON TO THE GOOD STUFF.......................

This morning started off like any other morning here in casa Marbut. We woke up. And that's where the shit hit the fan (literally). Well it didn't hit the fan but......... there was shit. Read on!!

I mentioned earlier that I have mastitis. Well it's B.A.D.. I have been on antibiotics for 5 days and it has only slightly gotten better. I went in to see my Dr. yesterday and she wanted me to go for an ultrasound immediately to check for an abcess. I should have put a censor warning in the title of this post I guess. Well....the earliest they could get me in was this morning at 7:30. That is damn early in general BUT when you have fairly new twins that, while getting better, still don't sleep through the night -- that is TOO DAMN early. But I want this cleared up so I grabbed the first appointment I could get. So I get there a little early and they very kindly take me right back. The ultrasound tech was very nice and chipper (even though she had worked until 9 pm last night). She pours the very COLD gel on and takes a look to find, as suspected, an abcess. GROSS!!!!!! So she warns me that the Dr. would probably want to take a sample to make sure they have me on the correct antibiotic. Well I appreciate that BUT -- if you are thinking what I am thinking. The only way to get a sample is to get in there. Right? And the only way to get in there is with a needle. Right? Probably a very large (at least long) needle. Right? Well -- if that is what you were thinking. You were RIGHT. It's friggin 0730 (well 0745 by then) and he wants to come at me with a (gasspasser aka uuer will appreciate this) -- 20 gauge SPINAL NEEDLE. I hadn't even been to starbucks yet. So right then and there he gets his little sample and sends me on my merry little way. It actually, believe it or not, was not nearly as bad as I anticipated and the doctor was great. He was the type that when you first meet him you think -- B.O.R.I.N.G.. He was soooooooo monotone and slightly nerdy BUT man was he funny. Being so monotone made his peculiar jokes even funnier. So I guess what I am saying is that if you have to get stabbed in the breast just after dawn, sleep deprived with no coffee on board -- well he's your man. He is funny and efficient. There are some drawbacks to being a nurse when you are a patient though. Everybody thinks you want to watch your procedure. Sometimes you don't -- because you are too freaked out. But oh well -- it's better than not knowing I guess.
Of course when I left there I went straight to Starbucks. Anyone who knows me knows that me and Starbucks have been intimate friends for a looooooooooong time. While there I picked up (as a treat) (after that fiasco I think I deserve a treat) the new Duffy cd. If you haven't heard this chic you should listen. She rocks!!! She has a very distinct and odd voice. But very pleasant!

Now, while I was getting poked and prodded, here on the homefront Jon was faced with his own fiasco................

When I left they were all asleep. I have gotten into the habit of not changing there diapers during the night if they only pee -- just because I have them all swaddled and don't want to wake them for a big diaper change. I mean if it gets out of hand I will change them just not for a little pee....... ANYWAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY. To make a short story long huh!!! Jon noticed that one of them pooped while I was gone so as usual blamed it on Edie...... (poor Edie we blame everything on her) boy was he wrong!!!!! So he gets up to change Edie and sure enough-- only pee. So he gets Ella. And she has poo EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!! This is what he found......

Except there was a baby in that onesie when he found it. Now how something so small manages to get crap ALL THE WAY up her back remains a mystery. I so wish that I could have had a tiny hidden camera on the wall because the video of him changing her would have won us a prize somewhere -- I am sure. He said it was so bad he had to put gloves on. Too funny.

So that's our day so far. Here's hoping for no more big "events". Needles and crap not welcome here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!