Leading the Double Life: sippy cups

Who Doesn't Love a Play Date?!

Jane and Emma are changing EVERY DAY now. It's unreal. Last weekend, we were lucky enough to finally be able to have a play date with some of our besties, who have a daughter 6 months younger than Jane and Emma. It was the MOST FUN EVER (for babies AND mamas and daddies).

"Check MEOWT" and "Daddy's Little Cupcake" Onesies

Skinny Jeans

Toys from the MoMA Toy Store

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I mean, look at this little cutie!!!

You may remember Olivia's mama from this post.

After the kids went to bed, we got to drink some "lemonade" and talk about how crazy it is that we all have kids now and they were all sleeping in the nursery peacefully together. It still blows my mind!

The really fun part about this month is all of the things that the girls are learning and how quickly they are becoming little KIDS! They can pull themselves up to standing, creep all around the perimeter of the living room, going from one piece of furniture to the next, and Emma has finally gotten her knees up under herself to crawl. Jane is babbling ("dadadada" -- so unfair) and pulling herself up to standing in her crib, and both girls are getting teeth in on the fly! They are into LITERALLY everything now, and I'm just trying to figure out how far to go to baby-proof our apartment when we are still diligently searching for a home...

SkipHop Foam Floor Mat (I'm pretty sure they discontinued this color scheme, but there is a similar mat here).

On Saturday, I decided to get brave and make the twincesses grilled cheese for lunch. I slapped some cheddar cheese between a couple of slices of whole wheat bread and grilled it on the stove top. I cut it up into really small pieces (nothing bigger than a pea!) and gave them that, some actual steamed peas, and their sippy cups and fully intended on cleaning the kitchen as they fed themselves lunch, but then stood there and cried like a crazy person and took pictures as I realized that they are becoming so much more independent and soon won't need my help anymore! Now THIS is a milestone, people!

This weekend we have a date with Aunt Heather to have our very first restaurant experience, and we are going to be visiting Stride Rite to get walking shoes and little sneaks for the girls. While most docs will suggest that bare feets are the best for learning to walk, I can't imagine just taking Jane and Emma out with no shoes on unless we were going to the beach. Right?

Hope you are all having a great week! Happy Hump Day!

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Cruisin'

9 months

This week has been yet another one for the books. Daddy came down with another stomach virus (same strain that MUTATED...ugh!!!), and the girls fought it for about a day and a half, which was fun. My mom and I spent an entire night giving Pedialyte every 15 minutes for 4 hours until Jane and Emma could hold everything down, and then we gave them 4 whole ounces and put them to bed. I now live in constant fear of being soaked in throw up every time one of the girls puts something in their mouths. Awesome.

Some cool stuff happened this week, though. Now that the virus has cleared the girls' systems, they are acquiring all types of new skills. The organic puffs that I posted about on my Facebook page were a little hard and terrifying (for me), so I went and got them some Gerber puffs, which have been a big hit. Emma even learned how to feed them to herself!

We gave them sippy cups for the first time this week.

Sippy cups by OXO

They have learned how to pull themselves up to standing, and they are dabbling in standing on their own (which has resulted in a couple of scary crash-landings, but we survived).

This one was taken just prior to Jane falling straight backwards onto her back, and pulling the walker right down on top of her. I'm now 10 years older after hearing the crash and turning to see her lying under the walker, screaming her little face off.

They have also finally started trying some CRAWLING! This means more independence for Jane and Emma, and less for Mama and Daddy. Time to start baby proofing!

What babyproofing methods do you use? We live in a small apartment with lots of fun corners and fixtures for them to smash their heads on, so I'm trying to figure out exactly how far I have to go and what products work best.

Hopefully we are all over the worst and I'll be able to post more frequently and regularly now. We got some great weather this weekend, which made me yearn for spring even more than ever! I am in full-blown spring/viral cleaning mode, and am beginning to purge our apartment to prepare for our biggest news of the year -- we are starting our home search! I hope that you will all follow along as we search for a home to raise our little family in.

Have a great Monday everyone! xoxo

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