Happy Birthday, Grandma Sandy!

Yesterday we celebrated Jeff's mom's birthday. As always, the babies were so excited to spend the day with the family, and Mama & Daddy were happy to have a few minutes to grab some food without any interruptions!

I dressed the babies in their pumpkin-butt PJs that my mom bought them. Here is a before-the-party shot:

Ok, sorry. This is just their butts. The front of the outfit is kinda boring and I thought this picture would be hilarious. Unfortunately you cannot see their faces - they didn't agree with me :(

Now for some party shots

Jozlynn 'riding' on Daddy's shoulders (with a little help from Grandpa)..

Ooh, candles! Jeffy's expression is priceless...

Man it's a good thing we had twins. One baby for each grandparent. :)

Apparently just being at home with Mama & Daddy is pretty boring, the babies will usually get fussy after about 2 hours of  'awake time' and need a nap. But when we visit other peoples' houses? Oh no, they're perfectly content...the entire time. They hardly ever fuss unless it's almost time to eat, and naps occur only because they can't possibly keep their eyes open any longer, as evidenced below:

"Wow, Grandpa - I don't know about you but singing is exhausting!"

I think she slept like this for about 45 minutes. Silly girl.

Luckily Jeffy was still wide awake, hamming it up.

"Don't worry Joz, I got this - you can take a nap!!"

He was awake almost the entire time we were there. He fell asleep briefly when Grandma Sandy was feeding him his bottle. "Yummy bottle...full tummy...happy Jeffy...zzzzzzz"

Today is the babies' first Halloween. My parents are going to come over later for pizza and to help with baths and bottles since it *might* interfere with passing out candy to the 300+ trick-or-treaters we usually get. We bought pumpkins but haven't had a chance to carve them yet... not sure if we even will. Oh well!

4 months old!

How is it possible that my babies are already 4 months old?! Time is absolutely flying. I cannot believe how big they've gotten in only 4 months. It will be interesting to see how much they change in the next 4!

Now for some pics:
The babies' first trip to the Franklin Cider Mill.

Sorry Mom, not feeling very photogenic today!

These orange things are strange..

Here is their 4-month picture. Taken Sunday morning:

Jeff and I went to the Baptism class at our church last night. The babies are all set to be baptized on my 26th birthday, which will be very memorable for me! My mom is making their christening outfits: Jozlynn will be wearing a gown, Jeffrey will be wearing a romper. They coordinate pretty well also! We are crossing our fingers they behave ;-) More on that later...

4 month stats:
Jozlynn - 13lb 4oz, 25.75 inches; 50th percentile for weight, 90th percentile for height
Jeffrey - 14lb 8oz, 25 inches; 50th percentile for both weight and height

The pediatrician said to keep them on formula only until they either a) start waking up earlier and being hungry, or b) are up to 30oz of formula per day. Jeffy is almost at 30oz so we may be starting him on rice cereal in a few weeks to see how he does. I have a feeling it will take Jozlynn another month or so before she's up to 30oz. I've gotten tandem bottle feeding down to a science, so I'm in no rush to have a try at tandem spoon-feeding. That ought to be interesting! We estimate that around 6 months, both babies should be right on track with their solids. They are now up-to-date on their shots, as heartbreaking as they always are for Jeff and I. :(

The babies currently have either 5 or 6 bottles per day, depending on what time they wake up. For the past month or so, bedtime has been around 8pm and they wake up anywhere from 3am-6am. They have given us a few 'uninterrupted' nights, but I usually am re-swaddling or re-pacifying halfway through the night. Jeffy can eat as much as 6oz in one feeding, but mainly sticks to 5oz. Jozlynn can eat 6oz as well, but only as her first bottle of the day. The rest of her bottles average between 3oz and 5oz. She is definitely the more finicky eater! They are still in size 1 diapers and 0-3 months clothes. I did just buy a whole bunch of long-sleeve onesies in 3-6 months, but they're still big on them.

Jeffy has rolled for us a couple times, but it's pretty inconsistent. Jozlynn isn't very tolerant of tummy time but has great head control. Both babies hold their heads up without any trouble when we carry them around and they just love it when we sit them upright on our laps. Their main interests while on our laps now are the TV, Melkom, Mama, Daddy, lights, and windows.

We are getting excited for the babies' first Halloween. We decided not to dress them up this year, but do have some cute footed PJs with pumpkin-butts as well as some "My 1st Halloween" onesies they'll be wearing this weekend. I'll be sure to post some pics :)

New to the blogging world!

Reading others' blogs about their experiences raising multiples has inspired me to create my very own blog. I hope to document most of the babies' first year (or next 2/3 of a year since they're already 4 months old!) I figure this will be a fun way to keep family up-to-date on our 'weekly happenings'.

Enjoy!