Dentes

Most days are onesie days.  Then there are the afternoons I go overboard and decide that the twins must wear something better than just a onesie.  I remember buying this jean jacket while I was pregnant.  It was the last shopping trip I went on before the mandated bedrest blindsided me and I was stuck in the hospital (or at home) using only the internet to make my final purchases (and although the net is extremely useful, I much prefer shopping as an outdoor activity).

I absolutely love putting a flower in Vivienne's hair.  It was pure genius remembering I had a stash of scrapbook flowers, and with a jeweled rhinestone in the center, I can make it a 'flower-of-every-color' to match the occasion.

These are newborn size shoes that Vivienne only got to wear a couple times.  Her feet were too tiny in the beginning and when I remembered about them, I could barely stuff her foot in.  I hope I can find these out in the shopping world as I would definitely get a larger size for future appearances.

Laith is a breeze to dress.  Just a t-shirt and pants, and he's rocking it.  This particular night, I got Laith ready first, then laid him down to play while I got Vivienne ready.  He was screaming his head off and suddenly stopped.  I grabbed Vivienne up quickly, shouting we gotta go check on our little man!, and found him passed out on the blankie snoring away.  Vivienne rewarded me with a huge smile and then passed out herself.

 What the...?!  How did we...?!

 

 

 The last weekend Bryan had off, we got stir crazy enough to dress the kids, stick 'em in their car seats, pack up a lunch and drive 2 hours down the 84 to see Stonehenge...yep, you can see a finished version of Stonehenge in Maryhill.  The twins did surprisingly great.  They slept the entire way there, woke up to eat and check out the surroundings, even got to hear a train sound its long horn and watch a barge travel up the river, then fell promptly back asleep for the two hours back home.  Most amazing was they both were ready for bed at the regular time.  I got extremely lucky that day.  Key words being THAT DAY.

Then Monday started, and my lucky horseshoe ran out.  Laith was extra fussy all week.  The trick was finding the right order of operations.  Was it the bouncy chair, jumper, floor then pack n'play?  Or the jumper, pack n'play, bouncy chair and floor?  Should a nap been in there somewhere, a bottle?  Or a bowl of food?  Oh, I know!  It was jumper, bottle, bouncy, floor, bottle, nap, then pack n' play.  But each combo was wrong yet again.  Finally fed up with his stinky attitude, I shoved him in the pack n' play with a ton of pillows to keep him sitting up and he stopped!  The new set up took him by surprise and he happily played...for about ten minutes.  Vivienne has been a good sport all week, and played along with whatever her brother is up to.  Like this shot below where she's giving him the stink eye.  He shaped up for a moment after that, but then right back to his shenanigans.

Unfortunately, mommy had been wrong about his attitude all week.  I had been telling anyone I talked to (Bryan, Bryan, Bryan, oh and Bryan) that it wasn't because he was teething, he was just being fussy.  Then Friday night, while skyping with family, Bryan shrieked when Laith sunk a tooth into his hand.  Yep, that snaggle tooth had found it's way out of his gums and I'd missed it completely.  Bad mommy.  I tried to check Vivienne's mouth, but she pursed up her lips and gave me a look that said no way momma.  Later that evening when she fell asleep mouth hanging open, I checked and she has two teeth starting to poke!!  It's interesting to watch both go through the same development stages and see how far they differ.  Vivienne has just been extra sleepy, maybe a little grumpy at times, but overall, so sleepy it's been wonderful because Laith has been the opposite.  He stopped sleeping through the night entirely, isn't happy for more than 15 minutes at a time, and screams bloody murder any chance he can.  He obviously handles pain like the typical man cold.  Vivienne handles it so well, she even giggles her head off about it.