A Quote

I just wanted to share this quote.

We are getting ready to go camping tomorrow. Can't wait. I am not looking forward to loading the motorhome tonight (I have to do three loads of laundry and get the kids fed and to bed and then load the food, do last minute grocery shopping for a couple of last minute things) and then we'll be ready to take off. I'm hopint to get it all done tonight so tomorrow we can relax in the morning.

In other news, my stroller is here!!!!! WOO HOO!!! I broke down and ordered the BOB Duaille (Thanks Uncle Ralph for letting me know about the REI sale!). I got it $100 cheaper because REI was having a huge sale. It was backordered but I only had to wait a week. So I know I just need to find time to go down to the REI store in Huntington Beach and get it. I'm so excited!!!!

Review of One Step Ahead's Divided Dishes

Originally submitted at One Step Ahead

A picky-eater pleaser. Ick! My carrots are touching my applesauce! For finicky eaters, that's enough to spoil an appetite. The solution? Our reusable divided dishes, with five deep compartments to keep courses separate. Top rack dishwasher-safe. Economical and unbreakable--ideal for dining out, too...

Divided Dish 6-Pack

I would buy this product again and again

By Mom to 3 under 3 from Buena Park, CA on 5/19/2008

 

5out of 5

Pros: Easy To Clean, Durable, Easy To Use

Best Uses: Meals, Toddlers

Describe Yourself: Parent of Multiples (Twins etc), Parent of Two or More Children

I LOVE these plates! I had originally bought some cheap $1 plates that were great for the price, but didn't even last me two months. These plates are durable, dishwasher safe and great at keeping things in specific spots for your toddler to be happy. My son loves these plates because they are "his" and moves his food around in the different compartments. The round compartant fits a take and toss cup perfectly so there is even room for the cup on the plate.

(legalese)

My review of the Sandwich Cutter

Originally submitted at One Step Ahead

A PBJ essential! In one quick motion, this clever gadget quarters sandwiches into perfect, tot-pleasing pieces, while removing the bread crust. It even seals the edges to minimize messy oozing. Ideal for picky eaters; works with peanut butter, grilled cheese, and more. Dishwasher safe.

Good Bites Mini Bites

Not really worth it

By Mom to 3 under 3 from Buena Park, CA on 5/19/2008

 

1out of 5

Pros: Easy To Clean

Cons: doesn't always work, Does not work as expected

Best Uses: Meals, Toddlers

Describe Yourself: Parent of Multiples (Twins etc), Parent of Two or More Children

I tried this as soon as I got it, thinking cool! No more cutting my sons PB&J or any sandwich for that matter. One fell swoop and it's cut. Saves time right?? Nope. It doesn't cut the edges good enough I end up having to rip them and it really doesn't "seal" the PB&J in the sandwich. Save your money and use a knife. You'll get the same effect.

(legalese)

6 Months Old!!!

My gosh!! Where oh where has the time gone! Geez! It seems like yesterday I was just posting an update about 3 months! I really can't believe they are already 1/2 a year old. In 6 more months, they will be one year old! (geez, I guess that means I need to start planning their first birthday!!). Let's see. The last two nights Emily has really been trying. She's woken up and cried and cried and cried. Finally I fed her and she went back to sleep Wednesday night but last night she "talked" for a little bit and then I'm assuming went to bed. UGH! I know that girl can go all night. She's done it. She just does it when she wants to I guess. I've said time and time again, it's a good thing she has her bright smile because when she looks at you and smiles, you can't help but NOT be mad at her!

Ok, so what's up with the girls at 6 months:

Taylor:

She is rolling over consistently and is a scooter. She LOVES to sleep either on her side or tummy. You can NOT put her in her rocker and not buckle her in. She WILL fall off because she scoots down. She is now getting baths in the big tub with big brother. It makes bath time a little quicker but she is a squirmy one! She's eating solids now and doing ok. When she is the mood for them, she will open up wide. But if not, she won't take them. She really isn't crazy about rice cereal or peas but likes sweet potatoes and squash. We are moving onto carrots this weekend. =) She sleeps all night for momma because she know how momma likes her sleep. ;-) But she does wake up early. Sometimes around 4am. She is a finicky eater with her bottle. I so can not wait for them to be off the bottle. She fights us and squirms and wants to look at everything but she gets in about 24 ozs a day (4 bottles 5am, 10am, 3pm and 6pm about 6-8 ozs each feed). She is SOLID. She feels so much heavier than her sister and yet she is only about a lb heavier.

Emily:

She has started to roll over and can but doesn't do it consistently. She wants to sit up all the time and can sit unsupported for about 15 seconds before she tries to fall over. She LOVES to play with toys and will manipulate them in her hand all the time. She also LOVES to take the binkie out of her mouth and put it back in. She can do is successfully a lot of the time. She's my good solid eater. She likes everything and gobbles down an entire jar now! She has had a reaction to sweet potatoes (a diaper rash) so no more sweet potatoes for her for awhile. But she's liked everything we've given her (rice cereal, peas, sweet potatoes and squash). She can sleep through the night although she is choosing not to right now. Makes for one tired momma. But that smile of hers just melts my heart. She is a hard person to feed a bottle to also. Again, I can not wait until they are OFF the bottle. I've introduced a sippy cup to her and she's taken to it. Maybe by the time she is 9 months I can have her off the bottle. That would be nice! She is a HUGELY messy eater. I go through burp cloths like crazy!! She is also drinking 4 bottles a day at the same times.

They are both doing good. If I could just get Emily to keep sleeping at night consistnetly I'd be a happy camper! Speaking of camping, we are going on our annual Memorial Day camping trip next weekend. Can't wait. It will be the girls first time at the beach and their first time with sand! I hope the weather cooperates and is nice unlike last year in which we were all wearing sweatshirts at the beach. =( Well, that's our update for now.

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Connor at the La Habra Children's Museum

We went with my working moms group to the La Habra Children's Musuem on Saturday. It was a fun place. Definitely for older kids (i.e., walking although 2 and under are free). They had an exhibit this month of Superheroes, Superjobs, so they had stuff for Firefighters, Policemen, Mailman, Governor, Teachers etc. Although Connor enjoyed the model train set instead. =) We did have a lot of fun!

At the Governor's Desk making an important call!!


Enthralled with the model train


Do I have a future Mozart?? He WANTED to play the piano!!


Riding the OCTA bus. He even "drove" it although I didn't get a picture of that.


Connor and his friend Jasmine (another kid in the working moms group) shopping for groceries!

Grandma & Grandma D's Visit

Connor's New Sand Box

So we got Connor a sand box in January. We just now got the sand to go in it. =) He LOVES it. Couldn't pry him away the first couple days!!







And let's try and see if this video works or not. Please let me know!!

Aquarium Trip

So when Grandma and Grandma D came to visit, we all went to the Aquarium of the Pacific. What a difference a couple of months makes! I took Connor here in June of last year with Melanie and Dylan. He liked it but was never focused per se. This time he loved it!! Here are a few pictures:

It's May Already?!?!

Yikes. Where did the time go? It seems like yesterday it was the beginning of the year. So good news! Emily rolled over on Sunday from back to front. But hasn't done it again since! LOL! Although when she sees something she wants, she tries to reach for it and get it. I bet she starts moving around here soon!! And if I hadn't already said it, she can sit up on her own for about 15-30 seconds. YEAh!!!!

Other than that, not much going on. Emily slept all last night, sort of. She woke up twice but I went in, put her binkie back in her mouth and she went back to sleep. But they both woke up at 4am. I did put the binkies back in their mouths, took a shower and got ready and Emily had fallen back asleep but Taylor was on her tummy doing tummy time (did I tell you all she is a stomach sleeper!). So I got her dressed and fed her and Emily woke up. Thankfully she has started being like her sister and just sat talking in her crib. Whew!!

Here are a couple pictures of them recently:

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Why aren't we sleeping through the night???

Ok, last night. Bath night. I got Emily ready and handed her off to Surbjit to feed. Then I got Taylor ready. Emily fell asleep on Surbjit. Taylor was fighting me (and has been doing that the last couple days). She did eat 5 ozs and then was so tired when I was burping her, her head was on my shoulder and she was fast asleep. Put her in her crib, no crying. Grabbed Emily from Surbjit (who was still sleeping). That woke her up in which I was able to feed her a little more but then she kept fighting me and wouldn't take the bottle. She'd only had 2 ozs. There was NO WAY I could have to go to sleep with just that as that would mean she'd wake up for sure. So I sat her down in her chair. Did a load of laundry and waited for her to get mad. Surbjit got Connor and started gaving him a bath. By this time Emily was starting to cry and freak out so I grabbed her and she ate. She finished about 5 ozs also and was falling asleep so I put her to bed. No crying.

Of course Emily decided to wake up at 12:45am. I tried to just keep giving her her binkie as I don't think she needs to eat at this time. It's just started to become routine for her(which I NEED to break). But in the end, I made a 4 oz bottle and fed it to her. But I swear, half of it ended up on her bib. =( Then Taylor decided to wake up a little after 4am but she was just talking and moving around so I let her be. I finally got her up at 4:45am and got her dressed and ready. And then I had to wake up Emily.

I really hope Emily starts figuring out that waking up at night is NOT a good thing. If I could just get them sleeping through the night again, I'd be a much more rested and happy mom.

What did we do different???

Ok last night, Surbjit fed Taylor and I fed Emily. Neither one ate their whole bottle, they both only had 4 ozs (but they both have been having 7 ozs all day). So we put them to bed at the same time. Emily cried for maybe a minute, then all was quiet and they went to sleep. Connor decided to wake up around 10:30 and came to bed with us. His leg was bothering him. He skinned his knee a little at daycare today but it didn't look bad so not sure what that was about but it seemed like the fabric from his pants was bothering it. So we rolled up his pant leg and he went to sleep next to me. Midnight rolls around and Emily wakes up. I go in to giver her her binkie and she is asleep just crying out. So I give her her binkie, her eyes never open and she sucks on it and appears to go back to sleep. I go to our room but she is now awake so I feed her. I made her a 4 oz bottle only and she went right back to sleep when I put her in her crib. 4am (or should i say 3:56 because my alarm hadn't gone off yet!). Emily is crying again. So go take a shower, get dressed and go feed her which then Taylor decides to wake up. So i feed her. I'm done with both by 5am and then I go finish putting on my makeup and getting ready. UGH!

Bad blogger & last night

I was doing so good for awhile. Then my mom and Diana came into town and I haven't had time since. LOL! No I'm not blaming them. I'm blaming my life with three kids under three. There is never time for anything anymore. I took a couple pictures yesterday of Connor playing in his new sandbox with sand and realized I have 120 pictures on the camera! Geez! Good thing I have a 2GB card in there. UGH! I'll try tonight to download them. I know the girls are chaning so much. I look back at their pictures from when they were a month or two old and they look nothing like that now. And they look so much different from each other now too!

I also wanted to come in here and sort of chronical their nights. Maybe i'll detect a pattern or something.

Last night was bath night. Surbjit fed Taylor, I fed Emily. Taylor kept falling asleep on him. We were also trying new BPA free bottles (Parent's Choice by Wal-Mart). I put Emily to bed and tried to finish Taylor with her bottle. Then I put her to bed. Both babies did NOT cry. (WOO HOO!!!) Both slept all night but decided to wake up at 4:30am. Ugh. Oh well. Poor Taylor had to wait until I was done feeding Emily since she will just sit there and cry while Taylor will sit there and talk for awhile.

So that was our night last night. I want to kinda keep track of when and what happens to see if there is a way to get them to not cry before they go to bed. They don't usually cry for very long but still. It pains me and I'm tired of it. It almost seems like if I put one to bed first and then the other they don't cry. I will have to test that theory out.

4 Month Check up (Ok at 5 months)

The girls had their four month check up on Tuesday. Here are their stats:

Taylor
birth: 6 lbs 7 ozs 18.5 inches
5 months: 14 lbs 7 ozs 24.75 inches

Emily
birth: 4 lbs 13 ozs 17 inches
5 months: 13 lbs 5 ozs 24.5 inches

So Emily is catching up with Taylor!! Although I swear there is more than a one lb difference in weight. If you hold Taylor and then Emily my gosh. Taylor is definitely more heavy. But I think it's because she is more solid than Emily. Emily is my dainty girl!

They both got four shots. And of course, Emily had just started coming down with a cold (runny nose) that morning. She did not fare well with the shots. She had a fever that night and was grumpy. I'm sure not being able to breath out of her nose did not help. So we stayed home Wednesday and she was doing much better by the afternoon smiling again and being her usual self. She seems all fine now but now Surbjit is sick. I sure do hope Connor, Taylor and I don't get it!!!

I know I'm really behind in catching up. I haven't had a chance to blog about Grandma and Grandma D's visit either. I will. Also, Taylor now rolls from back to tummy! And Grandma and Grandma D were able to see it when she did it for basically the first time. Well I will update more later when I have time!!!

Connor picked Strawberries

Last Saturday, Connor and I headed out to Tanaka Farms with my Working Moms group to go on a farm tour and pick strawberries. It was so much fun! We got to ride a wagon pulled by a tractor (Connor's favorite!). It was funny though, every time we stopped he would ask, "all done?". We got to sample fresh grown veggies too. Sugar snap peas, spinach, onions, celery, carrots. Connor didn't really like any of it. Although he did eat some spinach but when I gave him more he spit that out. Hey at least he tries it! The end of our tour concluded with us stopping and picking strawberries. Connor loved picking strawberries . . . and eating them. =) He really didn't pick and and put in the box. I guess that was mommy's job. He would pick a strawberry, say "this is for Daddy" and then proceed to eat it. He probably ate as many strawberries as we brought home! They were really delicious too.


Connor picking strawberries with his friend Jasmine.

















Oh, funny story about Connor and Jasmine - after the tour was over we were hanging out talking and letting the kids run around. Well Jasmine WANTED to hug and kiss Connor and Connor was like NO! He kept moving away and trying to get away from Jasmine. It ended up as Connor running in a circle with Jasmine chasing him! It was too cute! Reminded me of the disneyland ride Pirates of the Caribbean where that lady is chasing that guy. Too funny. I have say, Jasmine finally won out and stole a hug and kiss although Connor wasn't too happy. =)

And we ended the day taking some pictures of the strawberry heads that went:

Binkie Free!!!!

I think I can finally say it. Connor is binkie free!!! WOO HOO!!! One night we were sitting watching CARS before going to bed and Surbjit told Connor, since we are watching CARS, no binkie for bed tonight. He said, "OK". We put him to bed and that was it. The next night I said the same thing to him and he said, "OK." and that was that! He hasn't asked for it once since! Of course now his new thing is he wants the door open. I'll take that over the binkie any day!

Mommy & Daddy Go Out

That's right! Surbjit and I were able to get out of the house Saturday night thanks to Bigi! Our friends Jeff and Romy called us up and asked if we wanted to go to Irwindale Speedway because it was 2 for 1 night. Bigi just happened to be there visiting so we asked her if she would watch the kids. She said yes so we took her up on her offer! The racing didn't start until 7pm anyway so we got the girls ready for bed and put them to bed before we left. Of course they didn't fully cooperate and cried for about 10-15 mins but finally went to sleep. I guess Taylor woke up after we left but Bigi held onto her and she feel asleep and was fine the rest of the night. Connor wasn't a big deal either. He got in his jammies and they watched CARS (his all time favorite movie right now!) and then went to bed.

We got home a little after 10pm so we weren't whooping it up at night! It was just nice to get out of the house just us two for once. I can't remember the last time we did that. Ok I can, I was pregnant with the twins and it was the weekend before I went on bedrest. We would have gone out more but that darn bedrest thing got in the way. Oh well

First Family Photo

So last weekend we didn't end up going camping. Long story short our friend hurt himself while he was loading his dirtbike into his truck and had to go to the ER. He did break his toe and will be out of work for awhile but otherwise he is ok. But since we didn't have anyone else to go with, we weren't going to go by ourselves so we cancelled our trip. John and Melissa and Mackenzie were supposed to come out Saturday since we were only going to be camping about 20 minutes from their house so inside, we drove up to their house and hung out for the day. It was a lot of fun. And we were able to take our first family photo of the five of us. Here it is:

















I'm really glad we got to hang out with them. Since they live so far away, we hardly get to see them anymore. And Connor and Mackenzie are only 4 months apart. They played really well together. Connor was a little touchy and sensitive that day but I think it's because he was in a new environment and all. Otherwise, he did pretty good.

Rolling Over

And so it's begun! Taylor rolled over for the first time from her tummy to her back this past Saturday. It was so funny. You should have seen the look on her face like woah! What did I do?! I put her on her tummy again and she did it again so it wasn't a fluke. Basically everytime I put her on her tummy she would roll over. =) Now Emily needs to do it. LOL! Taylor is almost ready to roll back to front. She is almost there, she just needs to get her arm out the way. Emily is slowly getting there too.

This weekend we moved both of them out of the co sleeper. We had moved the cosleeper to their bed to make the transition easier and to make it so the crib isn't so big for those little babies. =) Well my little babies aren't so little anymore. Taylor wasn't basically trying to roll over in the cosleeper mashing her face against the top of it so I figured it was time for her to get out. Then Sunday morning I wake up and see Emily all the way down OUT of her cosleeper and kicking the musical thing hanging on the side of her crib and turning the music on. (it got her to go back to sleep at least!). So needless to say we took her out of it last night too. So my babies are growing up. (sniff. sniff.)