Seeing Green

Yesterday we went to Pops and Mimi's to meet Mom's cousins, the Greens: Jeff, Maria, Cameron and Ryan.

photos to follow...

Christmas Day

Then at lunchtime we went to Nana and Grampa's house for dinner and more presents.

Santa filled stockings for Sofia and Maia



Nana and sleepy Sofie

Maia showing off her Xmas headband

Christmas morning

Christmas morning Auntie Jill came over to help us get ready to go to Pops and Mimi's house for breakfast and presents.

Auntie Jill, Maia, Mimi and Sofia



Uncle Tim, Henry, Maia, Auntie Jill, Sofia, Jane and Merrie



Jane giving Sofia a bottle



Uncle Tim giving Maia a bottle



Uncle Tim, Maia, Mommy, Auntie Jill, and Sofia
Christmas 2007

Christmas Eve Eve

Today was day 2 of our Christmas, we went to Nana & Grampa's house to exchange gifts with Auntie Birdi, Uncle Marc, Conrad & Corey. Then we got even more gifts when Great Gram and Michelle came, and we also got to see Great Auntie Bobbi and Great Uncle Donny after their flight.

The CUTEST Christmas Presents Ever! (Maia & Sofie)



Sofia



Maia



Auntie J wearing our hat!



Sofia and Conrad under the tree



Auntie Birdi and Maia



Cousins Conrad and Corey

Christmas comes but 4 times a year!!

Our Christmas started on Saturday when Nana H came over with presents and a visit! The presents had bows that light up which entertained us for quite some time!! We LOVE lights!

Nana H giving Maia a bottle

Sofia and Auntie J were sad when Nana H had to leave

SMILE! :D

We smiled for the camera!!...

Sofia





Maia

Meeting Auntie Jill

Now that the fall semester is over we were finally able to meet our Auntie Jill! Too bad she wasnt feeling well and was only able to come for a short visit...

Auntie Jill and Maia



Auntie Jill and Sofia

Oh No! 1st Shots!!

Today we had our 2 month doctor appointment and got our first set of shots. We cried.... real tears which made Mommy cry (when did she turn into such a softie?!?)!

Sofia: 10 lbs 4.5 oz, 22 inches long
Maia: 8 lbs 14.5 oz, 22 inches long

Maia and Sofia 2 months old

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

It is snowing again! I never even got to drive my car after cleaning it off 2 days ago!
And since we are too young to play in it (I cant very well put them in snowsuits and have them making snow angels!!), we decided to have a photoshoot! The girls didnt have as much fun as the mommy did.

Say cheese!

This past week we have been all smiles! Of course as soon as the camera came out we got bashful... or it could be because we were naked!!
(Needless to say I got no pictures of their smiles but they still look wicked cute!!)

Sofia





Maia





Merrick

First ultrasounds outside the womb

Yesterday we had our appointment with the pediatric radiologist to have our belly ultrasounds. The good news is they were able to see the sugar water going into our bellies and see the belly walls. So I guess that means it is nothing worse than acid reflux. We refilled our Rx of Zantac and will continue with that.

Concerned family members patiently awaited our return home to visit with us. It had been over a week since we had seen Mimi and we also met our Great Auntie Dee!

Sofia and Mimi



Great Auntie Dee and Maia



We were so tired after a long and exciting day that Sofia went to bed at 8:30pm and slept until 2:30am.... 6 HOURS!! And Maia finally caught on, she slept from 9pm until 2am.... 5 HOURS!!
And the Mommy went to bed at 10:30pm so I got 3.5 CONSECUTIVE hours of sleep, the most I have had in MONTHS!
Yay for sleeping babies! Hopefully this is the start of a trend and not a fluke! I guess we'll see tonight...

The Sleep Whisperer

Last Saturday we finally met our purple-haired tattoo-bearing Auntie Kristin. She came and played with us while did baths, and she wore us out!

That night Sofia slept from 9pm - 2am! Since then she has slept 4.5-5 hrs almost every night! Too bad Maia was still up every 2-3 hrs....

Auntie Kristin and 'Edna' (Sofie)



Auntie Kristin and 'Agnes' (Maia)

Santa Claus is coming to town...

Maia and Sofia with Santa Claus @ Emerald Square Mall 2007

6 weeks

Today we had an unplanned trip to the doctor's office to check their weights before increasing the Zantac dosage to treat acid reflux for BOTH girls.

Sofia: 8 lbs 9.5oz (she gained a pound in 10 days!)
Maia: 7 lbs 10.5oz

The girls have an appointment next Friday to see a pediatric radiologist and have an ultrasound on their little bellies to rule out anything else.

Other milestones for the week...

Monday we went shopping for our Christmas outfits. Tuesday night we slept from 10ish till almost 3 and Wednesday from 10ish till about 2, but Thursday we were up every hour or so... oh well.

We also started using our playmat and it holds our attention for about 15 minutes!

Gobble Gobble

For Thanksgiving we went to Nana and Grampa's house. Auntie J helped us get ready and we wore matching red overalls.

This is what we ate...

And we finally got some pictures with our mother...

Mommy and Maia

Mommy and Sofie





We met some family for the first time such as Great Uncle Gary, Great Gram, Michelle and Jenny.


Sofia getting a bottle from Great Gram





And we spent time with some familiar faces...

Sofia and 2Nana



Maia and Great Uncle Jeff





Maia and Great Auntie Kelly



Nana and Sofie




It was a long day and you know what they say about turkey making you sleepy...

Sleepy Maia

Sleepy Sofie

One Month Old!

On Monday we had our one month doctor appointment and we have grown!

Sofia: 7 lbs 10 oz and 19.5 inches long
Maia: 7 lbs 5 oz and 19.5 inches long

Doctor said everything was perfect.
Maia was given a prescription for Zantac for acid reflux which will hopefully soothe the projectile puking, we have to call and follow up with the doctor in 2 weeks.

We do not have to go back until we are 2 months old and will get our first set of shots.

We also had another 'growth milestone'... we no longer fit into our preemie clothes!

Veteran's Day

On Sunday, November 11th we had a 'meet and greet' at Nana and Grampa's house. We went there about lunchtime with the help of Auntie J and Brent, and hung out all afternoon meeting family.

Grampa and Maia napping after lunch



Auntie Birdi, Uncle Marc and cousins Conrad and Corey were the first to arrive.

Sofia's 2nd bottle ever given by Auntie Birdi



Uncle Marc and Maia



Great Aunts Carol and Bobbi waited patiently for us to wake up.

Great Auntie Carol, Maia, and Great Auntie Bobbi



Great Auntie Kelly and Uncle Jeff also came, along with Great Auntie Jeanie and Evan, Great Uncle Michael, Great Uncle Vinny and Shannon, Great Uncle Donny, and Bryan.

Great Auntie Jeanie and Maia



Great Auntie Kelly, Maia, Nana and Sofia



Bryan and Sofia