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Quick Update

Ok since I am woefully behind on my blogging, I am just going to give a quick rundown of everything that has happened in the last 2 months. In June, Steve took a week off from work and we had a "staycation." We visited Atlanta and went to the Georgia Aquarium, Coke Museum and Ikea. We also got to visit one of my grandmothers and tour Historic Westville.  At the end of June, Steve went to a wedding in Texas, leaving me alone with the girls for 4 days. It was tough but we survived!

In July, we celebrated the 4th with some friends but still made it home early to get the girls into bed.  Steve took command of Dog Troop and became the official "Dog 6." AKA Commander AKA CO. I celebrated my 28th birthday on the 21st with lots of help from our sweet girls. At the end of July, we got a pig! Ok, not really. We had a random little piglet show up and take residence behind our house. He was here for about 2 weeks but our neighbors just called Animal Control to come get him. Percival couldn't stay forever but I hated to see him go! Also in July, we got to attend my oldest brother's stepson's 1st birthday party. Happy First Birthday Landon! In sad news, we found out that my mother-in-law has Stage 4 cancer but she has a great attitude and is ready to fight! Our Nana is tough as nails.

In August, we have mostly just been hanging out! We have been able to visit with some new friends and Steve just had a 3 day weekend. On Sunday, we visited my dad's mother and most of our extended family. There were 3 little girls there including ours. My cousin has a 1 year old who was not sure what to think of the other babies! She is an only child and doesn't go to daycare so she's not used to other children. That was kind of funny to watch.

In girly news- both girls are crawling and pulling up on the furniture. Amelia is cruising along the furniture and pushing her little stroller all over the house. Claire is waving at everyone and will sometimes give you 5. Both girls will give "noggins" when asked. Claire has 5 teeth (and is cutting a 6th) and Amelia has 7 teeth and is cutting an 8th. We are down to one nap a day and still mostly have a 7:00 bedtime. Both girls are getting better at self-feeding but Claire does better than Amelia. Both girls are drinking from a sippy cup but they still get bottles too. And that's what we've been up to!

Happy Flag Day!

My mom made these outfits for the girls. You can't see it but they have cute little bloomers too. I love this picture- I swear Claire knows she's cute when she's wearing her piggies. Such a ham!

Speaking of hams...

Sometimes I just can't get Claire to smile for the camera.

The girlies LOVE to swing on the swingset that my dad built for them. We go out there almost every day. I wish I had a picture of Claire swinging. I think she was sleeping when we took this one.

My husband is sexy. LOL He sometimes needs to do practice ruck marches to keep in shape for when he has to do real ones. Luckily (for me) he decided to take the girls with him one day. Which gave Mommy some peace and quiet. 

Claire has 4 teeth!

The girls were watching Baby Einstein like this the other day. Claire was just sitting there with her foot up on Amelia's back. Not sure what to think about that.

I am so proud of this! I was looking for a new stroller for the girls and I really wanted this one but at $250 plus shipping, well, I wasn't willing to pay that. Luckily I got this one on Ebay as a local pickup for $52! That is incredible! It is practically new- it has a couple of small scratches but its in great shape. I can't wait to use it with my girlies! Its a LOT easier to steer than our current stroller too!

9 months old (tomorrow)

I can't believe my babies are going to be 9 months old tomorrow. I am in awe of the many many ways they have changed in such a short time. For example:

•  Amelia- she has ended her (sadly unrequited) love affair with the ceiling fan and moved on. Yes, she's fickle, but this time she has turned her attentions to the DVD player, with whom she has more in common. Namely, that they both spend their days 6 inches off the floor. 
• Claire has 4 teeth now and she will bite you with them without you even asking. What a generous little soul! Also, 20 minutes is apparently a great afternoon nap. After a 30 minute morning nap. Who needs a break? Oh, mommy? Nah...
• We all three have colds. So add that to the kid not napping and the mom not sleeping. We are very happy here.

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Some pictures from Memorial Day weekend-

My friend Heather (the girls' "Aunt Heather") lives in Japan and sent us these kimonos

Amelia is always trying to make a getaway these days. She is crawling! Claire is totally content to stay put.

Eh...

Sorry for the lack of posts. I just haven't been feeling it. The girls are doing great though. This is a very funny age. Amelia has learned to make the Indian (Native American?) noise and Claire is still a jumping fool. We have hired a babysitter to help me for 4 hours a week so maybe our house will occasionally have groceries or a clean bathroom. Yipee! She starts tomorrow! The girls are getting their pictures made this weekend and its also my dad's birthday. That's it for now. Told you I wasn't feeling it.

Schedule: Unsynchronized

We have hit the dreaded unsynchronized schedule. Baby Claire is ready for 2 naps a day and Baby Amelia still needs three. I guess we will just be a little off-kilter for a while until Amelia catches up. At least they are taking their morning naps at the same time and (HALLELUJAH!) it has stretched to 1-1.5 hours most days! Remind me to thank the Naptime Gods.