What a Strange Night

This first part has nothing to do with the babies, so I apologize. I'll get to them next.

Mike has done some odd things in the middle of the night before, leading me to believe that maybe he's got some kind of sleep thing. It's not necessarily sleep walking and it's not necessarily talking in his sleep, but stuff like that. So, last night, around 3am or something, I awaken to my husband standing on our bed fiddling with our ceiling fan. At this point, I say to him, "What are you doing?" He responds that he's changing the light bulb. Now, in his defense (....I'm laughing so hard as I type this by the way....), our ceiling fan takes two light bulbs. One has been burnt out for about 2 weeks now. So, from that respect, it did need to be changed, but at 3am???? And, not to mention, he didn't have a new light bulb with him. He was just taking the cover off the fan. STRANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK, so that was actually my second interruption last night. The first one came around 11:30pm when I awoke to Nicole crying. This has been going on for about 2 weeks now. Every few nights, we now hear her crying in the middle of the night. From what I've read about the 9 month age, it can either be night terrors or separation anxiety. Mike and I are trying to not go in there and see if she goes back to sleep (cause we don't want her to think that we'll come running every time she cries...vicious cycle). However, I don't want to ignore her basic needs either. Anyway, we ususally break after 10 minutes. So, last night, I went in and cuddled with her for about 10-15 minutes and then put her back. She did cry again off and on (mostly off) for about the next 10 minutes, but then she went back to sleep.

Needless to say, I'm going to be very tired today.

Last update. The babies had their 9 month checkup last Monday. I'm a bad mom and don't remember the exact height and weight figures, but I know the percentiles. Nicole was 85th for height and 92nd for weight. She had been 95th for weight at the 6 month check, and I was surprised to learn that she had only gone down 3 percent in weight because I actually think she's thinned out quite a bit. Well, this can all be explained by the fact that she was 75th for height and went up 10 percent. So, she has thinned out.

Kaitlyn was 50th percent for height and weight. This is a decline in both areas for Kaitlyn (not too bad, maybe 5 percent or so in each), but she appears to be exactly on track for her age, so you can't be disappointed with that. I have to admit, I was hoping that they would both be tall, but maybe just Nicole. Who knows at this point.

If I had to guess at the actual figures for height and weight, here's what I'd say. I believe I'm pretty close:

*Nicole was 21lb and something oz (it was high...on the way to 22lbs) and 28 1/2 inches tall.

*Kaitlyn was 18lb and something oz (maybe 6 or 7oz, so right in the middle) and 27 1/2 inches tall.

I may not be exact on those figures, but what I do remember for sure is that Nicole is now just over 3lb heavier than Kaitlyn and exactly 1 inch taller.

Happy Reading. That was a long one. And have a great day!!!

Why Not? A Few More Photos

Pictures, Pictures, Pictures...FINALLY!!!

Kaitlyn looking rather "dope" with her Gerber puff hangin' out of her mouth. Aw Yeah!
Nicole knows the answer. Ooooo...I know, I know!

Great Grandma and Great Grandpa with Nicole (left) and Kaitlyn (right).

Working on standing up. If we forget and let go, well, then we fall over. Good thing the diaper pads the fall. :-)
Looking pretty in the outfits Great Aunt Julie gave us.
Grandma Sandy came for a visit. What a pleasure. And a great weekend to go outside.

Life in the hood. What up G? Kaitlyn says this is how you're supposed to wear a cap Nicole!
Happy Valentine's Day (WAY LATE)!!!!!!!!! Nanny Joanna gave us these nice stuffed dogs.

Applause, Applause, Applause

Both Nicole and Kaitlyn have figured out how to clap. It's so cute and funny to watch. They just get fired up and happy about something and they'll clap. A lot of times it's also to mimic us which is cute.

Neither of them crawl, pull up or talk yet. When are these things going to happen? I try not to be concerned, and I'm not stressing at all. However, I do know many other kids their age who are at least doing one of those three things. Oh well. We're just taking our time, right?

Hanging In There

It's been a while, so I thought I'd just give a quick update. I've been REALLY busy at work which is probably why I've neglected to update until now. (The end is in sight at work which is why I'm taking a moment now.)

Nicole has a second tooth now.

No one is crawling yet.

I'm heading out of town this weekend for my cousin's wedding in Houston, so these will be my first nights away from the girls since they've been born. I think it's going to be tough. I'll obviously survive, but I'm going to miss them. Mike's mom is coming up to help him with the babies while I'm away. It's two nights total, but three days. Ah. I can just say again, "I'm going to miss them."

I've got some cute pictures I need to put up, so I'll do that when I get a chance.

More Teeth

I noticed several days ago that it looked like another tooth was breaking through on the bottom for Kaitlyn. Yep, I was right. She's now got two tiny white teeth popping through on the bottom.

Man, it takes a really long time from the first sight of a tooth for it to be a full tooth size. Nicole was the first one I spotted with a tooth, and her tooth is still maybe only half way in. It's been two weeks (mabye more). Still only one tooth for her though.

No crawling. We keep thinking that it's any day now for Kaitlyn, but no suck luck. Am I really going to think it's "lucky" when she crawls everywhere. :-) We'll see....

On the bottle front, both Kaitlyn and Nicole can pretty much feed themselves now. Nicole is much better at it and can now even get the nipple back into her mouth if she takes it out. It's awesome!!! Kaitlyn will hold her bottle and feed herself, but hers slips sometimes, so she requires help.

A Few More Photos

Gamma with her four grandkids above!!!

Practicing with our hats inside for when it gets colder outside (which it did...snowed!!!) Glad mommy found these hats.