It's Been A While...

and a lot has happened, but it hasn't been very well documented. Now I understand why my baby book was written on random sheets of paper instead of neatly printed in my pink baby book. I was the third child. Time is limited. Zoe would sneeze and I took a picture, wrote about it and called my mom before you could say, Bless You. Actually, that's not entirely true. Her baby book was mostly written in a Word document that I emailed back and forth between home and work. With these guys, I'm just hoping I manage to document their first tooth and steps before they leave for college. I'm trying, but as so many of you out there know, it ain't easy.

But we do have this blog!

I did manage to get one picture during the entire duration of a visit with my mom, dad, sister (Shane) and niece (Dani) at the end of July. Luckily, it's a good one. Mitchell finds kisses from aunts hilarious!

Zoe has been trying to keep busy amidst the chaos in the house. Here's a picture of her jumping into her little pool on a sweltering afternoon. We had to watch each jump and she named them, accordingly. This one was something like a "Super Duper Flooper jump."

She's still quite into her 'art projects.' Here she is creating a masterpiece while demonstrating her tongue rolling talents. Oddly enough, this is how I often held my tongue while concentrating as a child. I also have a lovely picture of her crossing her eyes. Are you laughing, Mom?

Having to deal with one new sibling must be hard for a kid, but two at once? For the most part, she's adjusted well. Sure, there's been some days...but she does seem to genuinely love her babies. On Sunday, with Daddy picking up an extra shift, Zoe turned into Mommy's helper. Both babies were insisting on being fed at the same time (as they often do), so I asked her if she thought she'd be able to give Mitchell a bottle all by herself. She quickly replied, "I can handle it!" The best part was that Mitchell loved it. After the meal, Mitchell didn't want to move. He poked at Zoe's face and pulled her hair, laughing the whole time. The miracle was that she put up with it and laughed back. It was precious!


That same Sunday, I decided it was time to stage three-month pictures of the babies. They are almost 16 weeks. Ideally, I'd have a professional do this, but having almost missed my window, I thought I'd try to take some on my own. Far from pro quality, but I managed some cute faces!


On that same note, we still haven't managed to get Zoe's three year picture done. It's still in the plans, but Zoe decided I better take one of her anyway...in case I forget!

This is a favorite picture from last week. Alyse sleeping. LOVE sleeping babies!

I can't manage to get a similar one of Mitchell since he usually sleeps in his swing during the day, but here he is testing out a Bumbo seat we borrowed.

Alyse in her bouncy with a big smile.

I think my favorite part of the last month has been watching the kids become more and more aware of each other. They've begun to grab at each other while playing and hold hands while tandem nursing. We've been trying to capture the hand holding for a while, but obviously the logistics of it poses a bit of a problem. Luckily, on Monday, they continued to hold hands once they were finished and Rich grabbed the camera and shot over my shoulder while they lay on the nursing pillow.

*SIGH*

I'm realizing more and more that though it's going to be a challenge raising two the same age, it's also going to be amazing to watch them grow up together.


Take Care,
ZMA's mama

PS. Before I log off, I wondered if anyone out there has been missing my husband's wonderful blog writing as much as me? If you're bored with my accounts of our life, leave a comment (but be kind) letting Mr. Mom know that he needs to start posting more!