How did this happen????????

These outfits -- the lemon and orange -- were the first outfits I bought after we found out we were having twins. I couldn't wait to buy them something. That was before we knew the gender. Back then I swore I would never dress them alike and I would put them in gender neutral clothes mostly........ well that was before I found out they were girls. Their is absolutely NO gender neutral about their wardrobe. Courtesy of ME!!! And I am proud of it. They are girly girls -- (no hair bows though) (I mean not until they get hair) we have pink galore and then some more. Pink is my new favorite color -- there are so many shades of it. There's light pink........... just kidding I won't go through all the shades of pink. So here! Look at these cuties then read on about their appointment with Dr. B today.........

Here they are watching their 15 minutes of baby einstein...... they love that DVD. They get bored quick but for that 15 minutes it's like magic..... I never thought I would let my kids watch TV but with 2 sometimes that 15 minute break is GOLDEN.......... I mean a girls got to pee every once in a while. Right?

I love this picture of Edie "swimming"...........

E and E had their 4 month check up today. 4 months. It was 1 year ago Wednesday that they were thawed (after being frozen for 1 year) and we had the FET (frozen embryo transfer for all you non IVFers). So around today or so this time last year they were implanting and now here they are 4 MONTHS OLD!!! The entire infertility rollercoaster seems so long ago -- but when we were in the midst of it it seemed to drag on forever. It felt hopeless. And now we are 2 of the luckiest people alive. They are awesome!!!

Their pediatrician called Ella robust. ELLA !!! She weighed well under 5 pounds just 4 months ago. They both were a little cranky at the appointment -- it seemed like (though I am sure they didn't) they remembered the torture that took place there at the last appointment. My good friend Lauren (we went to nursing school together) came with me. THANK GOODNESS!!! Jon was asleep because he had to work tonight. It would have been a nightmare handling 2 crank pots by myself. She held them while they got their shots too. That is the most awful thing. I can't help but sob myself -- I am useless. I mean I give shots for a living almost but it's different when they are messin with my sweet babies.

So here are the stats:

WARNING -- you are not going to believe your eyes but I assure you - you are reading these numbers correctly............

Edie Claire:

HC 40.5 cm

length 24.75 in

weight ............................................. 14 pounds 6 ounces!!! Can I get a C.H.U.N.K.Y. M.O.N.K.E.Y.

Ella Grace:

HC 41 cm (she gets that big head from me)

length 22.5 in

weight...............................................12 pounds 1 ounce!!! Short and sweet I like to call her. She is 2 pounds less than Edie but she is also 2 inches shorter. Her thighs are fat fat fat!!!

Edie is in the 75th percentile all the way around and Ella is just hitting the bottom of her chart at about 3 %. Her head circumference is in the 75th though -- so can't we take an average or something so she doesn't feel behind?

Yumminess!!!! (is that a word?)

We are having a par-tay!!!!! I mentioned it before but I thought I would post a copy of the fun invitation (flyer) that I made. I am noticing the print is not very dark but if you click on it it should get bigger so that you can read it (if you even want to). Those of you locals and work folks that read this - if you didn't see it at the hospital -- here is your invite. I did block out my address so that creepy internet crawlers can't show up. You know how to find us though.

I am so excited about it. I love to plan parties and haven't done a good one in a while because of well -- you know I have been tied up this past year - what with being enormously pregnant and all. We will have fun I am sure. I am only doing cupcakes -- which is so unlike me -- because E and E are getting shots Friday so I have no idea how they will be. Besides EVERYONE likes cupcakes. And most importantly these days a cocktail or two or well.....

Lazy days of summer

Things are going well around here. I am in the midst of planning a "meet and greet" type of soiree for Edie and Ella. Since they are 4 months old now. 4 MONTHS OLD!!! How did that happen? The theme of our par-tay is Cupcakes and Cocktails........ Jon is really excited about this theme (hahaha). ((( Those of you at work who read this...... see flyer in break room))). E and E are sleeping much better -- still up 1-2 times each night BUT NOT every hour or so. Edie fights her sleep like nobodies (sp) business. She is less obsessed with fingers because she can finally get some of them into her mouth - usually 2-3 at a time - so we don't need to swaddle her anymore. Thank goodness with the heat the way it has been -- thank you mr. portable air conitioner man!!! We have been spending alot more time on the floor -- Edie can roll fairly consitently from back to front -- and that is where she gets stuck. She will swim for awhile then lets you know when she has had enough. Ella can half roll but she is persistently working on it and I believe she will roll very soon. They both LOVE LOVE LOVE to laugh -- it's is damn cute. They especially like it when we sing, dance and make faces at them. I often wonder if they are looking and laughing and thinking "what an idiot". Who are these fools?
Here are some pictures..............
Rubi says "hey remember me?"
Of course -- another photo shoot!!! I did this one for real because I sooooooooo needed to finally send out some announcements. Only 4 months too late -- but hey I got it done. It's busy 'round here. Some of you will be seeing some of these photos in your mailboxes next week.
Here is Ella posing pretty in her Alabama dress........ ROLL TIDE. (she says that when daddy is around but when it's just us she yells GEAUX TIGERS!!!)ssshhhhhhhhh don't tell daddy...

I love this awesome grin that Edie does -- too cute.

Snickering behind their dresses ........ see what I mean? geaux tigers!

Sweet feet.................

Sorry about the rotated picture here -- I don't know why it does that sometimes. But it is such a cute picture it is worth the craning of your neck.......... whatever daddy did to wear Edie out worked on him too............

Ella ........... bored in her bumbo!!! Fell asleep while watching me wash her bottles.

I got them a baby einstein DVD..... and as you can see they sort of like it.

Sorry about this picture of a picture but I loved this and had to show it off. I finally framed our professional pictures........ I wanted to have them to display for our soiree (i guess a soiree is fancier than the party we are having but it sounds fun to say soiree). I have a ton of pictures but these are soooooooooooo cute......

And yes........ don't worry. Your eyesight is not failing you. Those are Jons hands/arms in the following picture........ WASHING BOTTLES!!! I HAD to get that documented. FYI -- if you want your husband to start doing something -- make a big big deal of it. Ever since I snapped this photo, said I was putting it on the blog, etc......... Jon has washed A TON of bottles. First time for everything.......... he does do alot of other things though........ ie... diapers, diapers, diapers..... man do we change some diapers!!!!!

HUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Awwwwww -- sweet little Ella. Sleeping so soundly in her swing. Notice dustbuster under said swing. This is her new naptime lullaby. I have noticed that they fall asleep when I vacuum while they are in their swing -- so since we have a long haired German Shepard and 2 cats our need for frequent vacuuming is high. Well after my third time today I got the wise idea to try out the dustbuster -- and sure enough she fell asleep right before the battery ran dry. Thank goodness for chargers.
We got a portable air conditioner today. We broke down since our "heat waves" started earlier than usual this year. We figured we may be in for a damn long summer without some sort of cooling -- our fans just don't quite cut it. Jon was just saying that with the over pricing of houses in this area you would think they could throw in a bit of air!!! So we have 1 cool room in our house now -- during the day it will be like heaven on earth. The craziness of our temperature extremes here is bizarre -- high 90s by day and mid 50s by night. I hate being hot in my own house so this ac on wheels has me super excited. Bye bye $100 utility bills!

We've got a roller !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edie Claire in action.........................

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!!!!!!!!