The Carter Twins

The girls impressed their MD today at their 4mo check up. Ava was 12lb 15oz and Emilie was 11lb 6oz. They are not HUGE babies but well within normal ranges… They also had three more shots which made both girls really really sad. They recovered well from them however had a major meltdown later in the afternoon. Those cries go down in history as the most god awful cries I have ever experienced.

Stephanie

ps- On night 5 of our sleep training both girls slept from 10pm-6am… progress!!

Medical costs for multiple pregnancy $10 (copay) plus parking

Maternity clothing and misc $407

Preparations for babies $ 2000+ and  counting

Fitting into your pre-pregnancy “skinny jeans” $ PRICELESS

As you can tell from the lapse in posts… the girls are keeping me busy. Life is much more manageable and we are having a blast. We have had two play dates this week and have been getting out more often alone (allowing Jason to work without interruptions).

Their last weights were

Ava 12lb 9oz
Emilie 11lb 1oz (both fed prior to the feeding so the weights are “padded” a bit)

Stephanie

The girls are 3.5 mo old now and growing, growing, growing… Today, Ava weighed 12lb 1oz and Emilie was 10lb 7oz. Tonight I dressed both in 0-3 mo sized sleepers that we received as gifts while in the hospital… I can remember saying to Jason “they will never fit in these” because they looked gigantic. I could not believe it when I looked at Ava in hers… I was barely able to snap it closed and the legs were riding around her knees… I can’t believe they are the same little 5lb babies…

This past Saturday we attended our first twins club play date. There were 6-7 families there with their twins (mostly girl/girl twins)… Imagine, that is 14 little babies sitting and crawling around… it was a sight!!

Stephanie

We have been blessed with girls that sleep!!! At least this week…. Here is our pattern:

Both girls start to fall asleep some time between 8-9pm, feed one last time by 10pm, then sleep until 5-7am each night. Then to top it off… they wake up for breakfast and fall back asleep until 9-10am… it is miraculous to me. What a difference some regular sleep makes…

Today Ava weighed 11lb 5oz (seems to be tapering off in the speed in which she was putting on weight)
Emilie was 9lb 15oz (OMG… almost double digits finally).

Both girls have the breastfed “chunk” look to them with very delicious rolls on their thighs…

Today I had Ava in stitches laughing while biting the bottoms of her feet. Hopefully we will get some video posted of her… it is priceless.

Stephanie

The girls are almost three month old and growing so fast. Yesterday Ava weighed 11 lbs 4oz and Emilie was 9lbs 10 oz. Both girls are so interactive, smiley, and “laughy”. Yesterday Ava and I were discussing DIY home repairs and she cracked up laughing when we discussed “plumber crack”… so cute.

Well the girls are 11 weeks old and have survived our first family vacation.

Jason and I took the girls to Pismo Beach for a friend’s wedding. We broke up the trip by driving from SD to LA, staying over night with Grandpa Dan and Grandma Bonnie. The next day we drove to Pismo Beach where we met Grandma Mary (Granny Noodle) and Grandpa Lou. The girls were great in the car, sleeping most of the time (just like their mother) and slept for long periods of time during the nights. Fueled by our success, we are looking into our next trip…

Today Ava weighed an amazing (as always) 10lb 12 oz and Emilie was 9lbs even!!!

Stephanie

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!!