The Carter Twins

Video of Emilie at 10 days old.

Emilie’s Hungry from Jason Carter on Vimeo.

Emilie at two months.  She gives you a nice surprise at the end of this one.

Emilie’s Favorite Spot from Jason Carter on Vimeo.

The girls had their two month check up yesterday (shots and all!)

The official stats are as follows:

Ava
height – 22 inches (45 percentile)
weight – 10 lb 4oz (45 percentile)
head – 15 inches (30 percentile)

Emilie
height – 21 1/4 inches (15 percentile)
weight – 8lb 7oz (5 percentile)
head – 14 1/8 (less than 3rd percentile)

As you can see Emilie is our little peanut.

Both girls had three of their vaccines yesterday. Ava had just settled down on the exam table and was dozing off when the nurse pinched her chubby little thigh and poked her with the needle. She got this “what the hell” look on her face, turned bright red, and screamed her head off. I thought my heart was going to break. Emilie turned various shades of purple, violet, and red after her shots… my poor babies. I think Jason will have to go alone to the next round… I don’t think I can take it again. The rest of the afternoon both girls were really fussy and had long bouts of crying… the kind of crying that left them breathless and sweaty. I ended up napping with both of them for most of the afternoon.

Today, both girls woke up in good spirits…smiling and laughing in their play gyms… thank god. No harm. No foul…

Stephanie

OMG!!

Ava weighed 10 lbs today!! She has developed these full, rollly polly legs that I just want to eat!!
Emilie was 8lb 7oz. She is still long and skinny!!

We made it through another week and the girls are nine weeks old. We had a very busy weekend with the girls meeting their Auntie for the first time and meeting their friend Maya at the zoo and Seaport Village (and also Galit and Alex).

On Friday, Jason and I were able to go out to dinner with some friends while my mother and sister babysat and I was able to go to a friend’s bachelorette party on Saturday while Jason stayed with the girls (I was home by 10pm!!).

As of today, Ava weighed 9lb 14oz and Emilie was 8lb 4 oz. We have our two month check up this week and can’t wait to see what their doctor thinks of their progress. Both girls are already growing out of their newborn clothing and will passing them on to their new playmates Casper and Marley born 09/16 …

Stephanie

OUUUUCH… I just got home from the ortho-hand specialist to “cure” my pregnancy induced carpal tunnel. I just had two of the largest needles inject steroids into both of my wrists… the doctor claimed to use some sort of numbing aerosol spray as he was placing the needles but I swear, I didn’t feel any numbing agent being used… I think it was for show. My wrists currently feel worse than when I got there but the doctor swears it will “cure” the pain permanently (95% of the time). Ohh the good times just keep on coming from this pregnancy.

On another note, our good friends Kelly and Jens delivered their twins this morning at 7:18 and 7:19… we are so excited to meet our girls’ new playmates.

Stephanie

A selection of the pictures from the first month is now online. I can’t believe we’re coming up on two months already!

Up Close With Ava from Jason Carter on Vimeo.

The girls are 8 weeks old today!! We cannot believe how much they have changed and how fast time has gone…

Eight weeks ago I was laying in my hospital room (the first room which was soooo tiny) throwing up in my hair right around this time (8pm)… what fond memories.

Today Ava weighed 9lb 6oz and Emilie was 7lb 12oz. Both girls are doing well.

Grandma Noodle (my mother) left today after being here for another three weeks (sad). We are flying solo for the time being and I am scared out of my mind…

We have our first post baby vacation planned (with the girls) for the first weekend in October… we are heading to Pismo Beach and Nipomo for our friend’s wedding. You would think we were going to Europe based on how excited we are…

Stephanie

A Chat With Ava from Jason Carter on Vimeo.

Yesterday’s weights
Ava was 8lb 15oz (so close to 9lbs)
Emilie was 7lbs 5oz (slowly but surely)