We are growing up so fast!

Look who's sitting up!!!  We are able to sit up with help from our BUMBOS!!!!!

                                    Olivia

                                                                                                       Allie                       

Allie during the Auburn game last week at home.  WAR EAGLE!!!

Sleeping Beauties (Allie-top and Olivia-bottom)

Allie before bed last night.  They were up past their bed time.  Allie loves to laugh now!!!!

Olivia and Allie ready for morning play time!

Mommies little helper

Olivia does not want to miss anything.  She LOVES to be held ALL the time.  Not a good thing for mommy and daddy. We have tried to ween her from this and it's a work in progress.  Last night she was really wanting to be in the action and had not slept all day so she was ill and tired.  I decided to give in a little bit and instead of holding her I put on the baby bjorn carrier and she helped me wash bottles last night.  Both of the girls love the water so I thought this would excite her and satisfy her.  She LOVED it.  She was curious about the brush I was using so I gave her the little nipple sized brush and she held on to it while I washed bottles.  She looks so uncomfortable but loved every minute of it. 



Allie was asleep and didn't feel like playing this time.  Every morning when they wake up they are ready to go and have a ball playing while I get ready for work.  It hurts me to leave when they are the having so much fun and I can't stay and play. 

Last night was the first night that Olivia slept from 9:00 pm to 6:30 am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She's been sleeping all night (all night for us has been 9:30-4:00/4:30 am).  Praise the LORD!!!! We were so happy that she got her sleep in since she didn't sleep yesterday.  She is well rested and so are we.  Allie is still getting up between 1:00 and 2:00 for a bottle but Justin has been so sweet to get up with her so I can sleep.  What a great husband!!!

Like mother like daughter

Here are my girls in outfits that my sister and I wore when we were babies. 

Allie before church Sunday morning. She has grown so much and still looks liker her Daddy.

Olivia before church.  I took this with my phone so it's not a very good picture.

Bitter Sweet

Well, I started back to work this week.  People keep asking me if I'm sad to leave the babies or excited to get away.  The truth is it's bitter sweet.  I miss them so much during the day while I'm working but am relaxed at the same time because I get a break and I know that they are in wonderful hands!! 


Today I left work early to take the girls to the doctor for their 8 week check-up and shots :-(.  The check-up went great.  They both weigh 11 lbs 4 oz and Allie is 23 1/4 inches and Olivia is 23 inches long.  They are growing so fast!  People really are right when they say that.  After Dr. Adams checked them out and said they look perfect and healthy the room seemed to close in.  The nurse walked in with her caddy of needles and band-aids.  I felt my heart stop for a minute.  We put each of the girls down and Olivia (being our drama queen of the two) went NUTS!!!!!! I have never seen a baby so upset and I could not stand it.  It broke my heart so bad and I have tears just thinking about it now.  Allie was up next and she got upset but not as bad as Ms. Drama Queen.  They both did fine and fell asleep on the way home from all of the excitement. 

In this picture you can see their battle wounds with the brightly colored Tiger band-aids.  They both seemed to like the band-aids because of the bright color.  I'm not looking forward to our second round in November.  All of that aside the girls are doing great and are so happy!


We had an amazing milestone last Friday on my Daddy's 60th birthday.  We went home for his birthday party and on his birthday last Friday we were grilling out on the back porch.  Daddy and Whit were taking pictures of the girls and Allie did something we have been waiting for............................She LAUGHED and SMILED for the very first time ever!! Olivia has been doing this for about 2 weeks already but we were so excited to see Allie, too.  Whitney got some amazing pictures of them both smiling and laughing.  This may seem like a small thing to some but it was so exciting to us and a great birthday present for Daddy. 

Allie on the left and Olivia on the right! My happy babies!!

Pretty in Pink

Here are two pictures of the girls before the day got kicked off last week.

                                    Allie

                                                                                 Olivia

Early Morning Thoughts

OH DEAR!!!!!

Well, here we are four weeks later.  As you can see the girls are about to bust out of their bassinet.  This picture was taken last night by my sister-in law after we put the girls down for the evening.  The girls are both struggling with gas so bad and I wish there was something more I could do to help them.  Olivia is on the left and Allie on the right.  Allie went down and before Olivia.  As soon as we put Olivia down she threw her hand up as if she was saying, "Oh dear, please make this pain go away!"  It was the cutest thing but made me so sad because I knew she was in pain.  They eventually went to sleep until the next feeding.

The girls are getting so big! We are not real sure how much they weigh right now but we are estimating them between 7-8 lbs.  Yes, that's right! They have hit a growth spurt and are growing like weeds.  In one week they gained what seemed like 10 lbs.  I was in the nursery last night cleaning up a bit and had to remove some of their newborn onesies.  I started tearing up because I realized that they aren't going to stay my little babies forever.  People have told me from the day we found out we were pregnant that they'll grow up in a flash and it's gone before you know it.  I know that they are only 1 month old but now I understand.  I still find myself staring at them in amazement.

Justin and I went home to Opelika for his Dad's birthday this past weekend with the girls and oh my at having to pack and travel with children.  Again, people kept telling us that it's crazy at having to travel with kids and I truly UNDERSTAND now.  It's difficult to travel with one child and when you have two infants.............well, you can imagine.  The girls are excellent riders thank goodness.  We were at Justin's parents house and Justin's Mom found his baby book.  We were looking through it and were shocked.  I'll explain.  Allie is the baby that we all say is the spitting image of Justin and Olivia looks like me.  In Justin's baby pictures (newborn to about 4 months old), he and Olivia are identical.  It is unreal how much Olivia looks like him.  Their mannerisms are even the same.  Allie is the "present day" look alike of Justin.  Hopefully I can get those pictures and scan them in to show off.  

Last thought before I try to go back to sleep (LOL).  As I was looking at the girls sleeping this morning at 2:30 after they finished eating and we put them down to sleep, I started thinking about my childhood.  Our parents have been so helpful and looking at the girls made me think.  I thought about my parents getting up with me in the middle of the night sterilizing bottles, changing diapers, rocking/walking/singing/praying me to sleep and said a prayer thanking God for them being such amazing parents and taking care of me.  I have taken and still take advantage of some of the things that my parents do for me and realized that at 2:30 this morning.  It's funny how you come to realize some things.  Growing up my parents gave me and my brother and sister everything that we wanted and if they couldn't get it for us they went above and beyond to try and make it possible for us to have.  I just wanted to say THANK YOU from my heart Mom and Dad!! 

As I'm posting this the girls are sleeping and make me so happy to be their mother.  I hope I can come close to being the mother that my awesome Mom has been and still proves to be everyday.