On Top of Spaghetti.....

All covered in cheese, I lost my poor meatball, when somebody sneezed....

Is that song stuck in your head now? good. :) I was singing it all Tuesday night and I'm pretty sure I was driving Brian up the wall.

I made spaghetti and meatballs for dinner, and of course had to give some to the girlies! We stripped them down into diapers only and let them go to town!

Target Gift Card

Hey everyone! Have you checked out Marital Bless yet?! You should. Leah is an awesome mom and an *Ah-ma-zing* photographer. Basically I'd be broke if we lived in the same state because I'd have her taking pictures of the girls on a monthly basis. Anyways she's giving away a $100 Target gift card on her blog - enter HERE! 

10 Months

Well we're in the double digits! So hard to believe that I need to start planning their 1st birthday party...where is the time going?!

So far I think this is my favorite age! The girls are becoming more independent and have a great time playing with each other. My favorite thing is when they are on opposite sides of the room, make eye contact with each other, then crawl as fast as they can over to their sissy, all while cracking up like it's the funniest thing on earth! I can't imagine them not having each other. They already have a bond at a mere 10 months old.

They crawl everywhere and anywhere. If there's something to pull up on, they pull up on it. Emmy can hold herself up standing for a few seconds before sitting back down, and Cate can walk with a walker! They both LOVE to wave! Me, Brian and the girls will just wave at each other for like 5 minutes. The girls get a kick out of it! They also imitate us blowing raspberries. They say "dada" and "baba" ALL the time....but still no "mama." :(

Eating has become more of a challenge. I think I have to let go of purees because they are pretty much over being spoon fed. In one way this is easier, another way it's more of a pain (mainly to clean up). They eat a lot of table food now. They pretty much eat what Brian and I eat for dinner. They like meatloaf and mashed potatoes, cherrios, tortellini, steamed broccoli, cheese and of course puffs. And of course they are still getting their bottles of pumped breastmilk.

Catherine is working on her 7TH tooth and Emily is working on her 5th!!! This has equaled some sleepless nights unfortunately. Emily *always* sleeps through the night, but it's hit or miss with Catherine lately. When she does wake up though, it's very easy to get her back to sleep. All I have to do is give her her paci and rub her butt for a few minutes and she's back out.

Well I think that's it for this month! I'm excited to get the girls out more as the weather gets better - we have plans to go to our first horse show this Friday!

Happy Easter!!!

Happy Easter from our little family! I can't resist posting a ton of photos, my little girls really hammed it up for the camera for this photo shoot! They had a great Easter! Saturday we visited my parents, then Sunday my in laws came up to visit us! They had their first taste of mashed potatoes and thought we were trying to poison them....oh, girls! I thought they were good! :)

9 Months

Oh dear! About a week late on this update! Well, the girls are 9 months already! I *cannot* believe that their 1st birthday is approaching, far too rapidly if you ask me! The girls are so fun, I really love this age. Although they are giving me grey hairs with their mobility!

They both crawl around like crazy! You cannot keep these girls contained; it's especially fun when they both go opposite directions. The joys of twins! :) They are both pulling up on everything, which is what really makes me the most nervous! There have been plenty of bumps on the head for these girls, yikes! We also just had to drop their cribs to the lowest setting!

Emily has her two bottom teeth and I am pretty sure her top two are starting to come in. Catherine has her two bottom teeth, her two top teeth and one more next to her left top tooth! They certainly get cranky when they are cutting their teeth, but overall it's not too bad. I just give them tylenol or teething tabs to keep them calm, and it only lasts a few days until they are back to normal.

They are eating a lot, although their appetite decreases when they're cutting teeth. They are still on 100% breast milk and eat 3 meals a day. For breakfast they split a mushed banana, and then I usually add a cube or two of fruit that I've made. I also add in some homemade organic oatmeal every so often as well. For lunch we usually eat yogurt and puffs. Then for dinner we do a veggie cube and fruit cube combined, and they always finish dinner with a baby mum mum!

We love taking walks - we do at every possibility! We had a nice warm spell two weeks ago and we took them for a walk every day, it was great. We even went to the zoo for the first time last week with twin boys just our age! They are Catherine and Emily's future husbands and are OH so cute! We all had a great time together!

They nap twice a day - usually for about an hour - an hour and a half at 10:45 am, then the same amount of time at 4:30pm. They still sleep great at night, which is wonderful!

They love playing with their toys, although they get bored pretty easily. They torment each other. It's sort of funny when one pins the other down, or tries to climb on her. Or if they are both standing next to each other and one falls down she pulls the other down as well. It's rather amusing. :) They don't watch TV too awful much, but they do tend to be drawn towards Little Einsteins, Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!