I don't really have much to say, just that my babies are the cutest babies in the whole world. Here are some of my favorite pictures.
Saturday the babies turned four months. This sounds so cliched but time really does fly when having fun. They are growing so much! It is so exciting when they start doing something new, like talking, laughing and playing with their toys. Everyday we read a couple of books and it is awesome to see them staring so intently at the pictures. They are going to be way smart, I know it.
Gaite is smiling all the time now, all you have to do is look at him and he has a huge grin. He is talking some, but is mainly all smiles. He has discovered that he has built in toys in his hands. He really enjoys trying to put his whole fist in his mouth, as well as his little froggy. We have also discovered that Gaite has a ticklish spot in between his shoulder blades. When you gently run your finger up his back, he grins and throws his little body back. It is so cute.
Paige is like her mother and loves to talk. She will lay in her glider and talk to herself forever. She, I think enjoys reading the most, probably because she is so nosey. It is also impossible to feed her when the television is on, you have to constantly move her head so she can focus on eating rather than what is on the tv. Paige also has a ticklish spot in between her shoulder blades, but she is not near as amused when we tickle her. Imagine that. Paige also has this thing were she is constantly covering her face with her blanket. I am always having to move it because it worries me something being over her face when she is asleep. I will have to catch her on film someday so you can all see how adorable she looks when all you can see is a blanket and the top of her bald head.
Today was the first day of VBS and I am teaching with Marisa the 2nd and 3rd graders. They are so cute! The theme this year is Fruits of the Spirits and our class are the grapes. I must say that I am a little disappointed though, we hardly sang at all and the puppet show was, well lacking somehow. The kids now also move from class to class, so we actually had 3 different classes, that was interesting. We did get to make a really cute craft though, we made sand art suns. They were super cute and it was neat to see all of the kids being so creative, maybe that is the Activity Director in me though. They do VBS so differently now then when I was a kid but that didn't stop my blast from the past. One of my favorite things about VBS was always the yummy orange punch, I can't believe they still serve it, and of course the cookies are exactly the same. We didn't even get to sing the song "What'll I learn at VBS", we did however sing "I am in the Lord's Army" as well as "Joy, Joy, Joy". Love that song! I actually was just singing that to Gaite the other day.
The babies got to stay in the nursery with Lollie and Andrew, Mom didn't complain but I am sure Paige wore her out. I don't know what that girl's problem is but as soon as we get away from her normal settings, she completely morphs into this screaming and hysterical baby. No one believes me when I tell them that she is the less demanding child. Children, they always make a liar out of you.
Gaite by the way has learned to scream, and I do mean scream. I am soooo thrilled. He will start his screaming and whimpering and as soon as I walk over to him he immediately starts to smile. He plays me like a fiddle, or whatever that saying is. Anyone who says that babies can't manipulate you at the age of 3 months has not met my son. Yet even in the middle of these adorable tantrums, I find myself smiling. It really is funny. Those babies are so freaking cute.
Okay, I am feeling slightly guilty. I have not been giving the babies adequate tummy time. I don't really have an excuse, except for the fact that there are two of them and by the end of the day I am tired and not really interested in having them scream their heads off. I know the more time they spend on their bellies the stronger they will become, so I have made a goal to let them spend at least a couple minutes a day on their belly, starting today.
Today was sad but hilarious. They were both screaming harmoniously and not too happy with mommy. Gaite started rocking from side to side and was actually able to turn over. Yea! This is his second time to turn over. After he rolled over the first time I thought to put him back on his tummy and let him try it again. Poor thing, he rocked for a few seconds and then gave up. Once again, sad but very funny. Paige on the other hand usually just roots face first into the blanket and cries. Tonight she turned her head and smiled at Andrew for about half a minute, then went from smiles to seriously ticked in 0.2 seconds. I know Mom feels my pain.
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For as long as I can remember I have looked up to my eldest sister Jennifer. When she told me she had a blog, I thought to myself, if Jennifer is doing it surely I should be as well, right? So here I go. Since I don't really have any friends who blog and Jen will probably be the only person to even read my blogs, I will need you to be sure and leave lots of comments. Okay?
