Four

Just a couple of photos from the girl’s 4th birthday yesterday.  Father’s Day & the girl’s birthday…doesn’t get much better than that.  Their day started with waking up to a pile of balloons outside of their bedroom along with some popcorn.  Then they went to  a movie with Justin.  Next, we had cake & they spent the rest of the day in the pool.  Dad sure knows how to spoil them…I think he made them popcorn & milkshakes at least twice.

We had planned on being in Kansas for their birthday, so we’ll celebrate  in Lalaloopsy style with the whole family once we get there in a couple of weeks.  But we did get a Lalaloopsy cake for just the 4, or should I say 5 of us? Lalaloopsy cake

lalaloopsy cake

 

 

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ZZZZZZ….

10 weeks oldI can remember being completely sleep deprived with the twins.  For the first couple of months, our pediatrician had us wake them up at night to feed them so they would catch up on their growth.  We didn’t get more than 2-3 hours of sleep at a stretch for quite some time.  Mallorie is a completely different story.  Pretty much off the bat, she was doing 4 hour stretches.  By 6 weeks she was sleeping 7 hours straight, by 8 weeks 8.5 hours & since 9 weeks she’s been sleeping 9-10hours at night.  I give her a dream feed at 1oPM & we don’t hear a thing from her until 7 or 8 the next morning.  It’s amazing!   Even when the twins started sleeping through, we would still have to go in a couple of times to give them a binkie.  With Mallorie, we never have to go in at all.

I think one of the big differences is weight.  I was looking at the twins’ weights the other day & they weighed essentially the same at their 7 month check up as Mallorie weighed at her 2 month well check..12.8 lbs.  I totally forgot what little peanuts the twins were!

Sleep is obviously a trade-off though. Mallorie is a pretty easy going baby for the most part.  That is UNTIL she gets tired.  Because she is a great sleeper & we started b sleep training so early, unfortunately the only place she likes to sleep is in her crib.  It makes her really hard to take places, because when nap time comes, she usually melts down.  She won’t sleep in the car, in her stroller, etc.  She just wants her crib! I’m hoping she grows out of this as she’s able to stay awake for longer.

 

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Best Friends

These two are so lucky to have each other.  You’ll rarely find them more than a few feet away from one another!  Especially with me being so busy with Mallorie, I’m grateful that they have each other:-)

 

identical twins best friend

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Like A Weed

It’s crazy how fast time goes!  I know everyone says it, but it’s so true.  The top picture Mallorie is 4 weeks old & in the bottom 5 weeks.  I can see big changes just in that week.  Now she is coming up on 8 weeks old & I  think she looks totally different than these pictures.

She started smiling a couple of weeks ago, which makes everything more fun.  She is growing like a weed!  At her 1 month check up she had more than doubled the average weight gain.  And now she is already past 12 lbs & is averaging about a lb a week!  So different than the twins, when we were constantly worried about them growing enough!

 

4 weeks old5 weeks old

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Easter 2013

Here are a few favorites from Easter this year..

 

Totally cracked me up..Ellie would only grab pink eggs or a few purple.  Audrie threw the green & blue in Ellie’s basket.Then after we said, “ok last candy for today.”  This is where we found Ellie.  She was sitting in her fort with a pile of eggs!   She looks so BUSTED!  Thanks Justin for getting this picture:-)

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