August 9, 2008

Ri in the sink..

Morgan in the sink

Morgan's new trick.. She likes to climb in the middle of the coffee table and belly surf.. Then cry!

There not babies anymore... I realized that when I saw a lady with her new 3 week old baby in the store the other day and she was soooo tiny (and not even a preemie) and reality set in that my little girls are getting so big so fast. Morgan is still crawling away but can finally go from sitting to crawling even if she refuses to crawl on her knees. Riley is already cruising on everything she can. She will crawl over to the couch or the cabinets or me and climb up then move along the coffee tables. She still walks like frankinstein but thats ok... Even Morgan tried to pull herself up today to a standing position... It won't be long now...
Ri still only has two teeth and Morgan none.. But they will come..

Also Mommy got a new tattoo with all the kids names.. Click on Aiden's blog to see..

July 21, 2008

The girls are HUGE!!! Let's start with that.. They are finally on a schedule and doing great with it. Bedtime is anytime between 7:30 and 8:30 and they will sleep til about 4 or 5 and then have a bottle. After that they go back to sleep til at least 8am which is pretty good.

Nap time is about noon or 12:30 depending on when they got up and they will sleep til about 1:30 or 2.. That is a morning with Daddy.. and he leaves to work at 2:30

I get home from work at 3:30 or 4 and they are up and will usually go back to sleep at 5 for a half hour if we are not out and about. It's usually a short nap (very short) then it's play time, bath time every other day and play time again until they get a bottle before bed and once it's bed time, it's BED TIME! 8:30 is the limit if we are home, which is most of the time. It was hard in the beginning cause they would cry but that onlu lasted a week and they learned it was night night time. Now it's pretty easy and if they cry (once in a while) then i go in check them give them kisses and thats that. For example as I type, Morgan is not a happy camper.. :(

They are learning so fast though. Morgan started crawling first and she still does the belly crawl. Riley just took off one day on all fours and just kept going. Not they are both trying to pull up on things and they are ALL OVER THE PLACE in seconds. Riley does much better getting from sitting to crawling to sitting again. Morgan still doesn't get how to get from sitting to crawling, but once she falls over ( lol ) she is off and all over the place.. She is so fast..

We are currently cup training with hopes to have them off the bottle by there first birthday or at least 14 months. We will see.. There new pedi thinks they are so darn cute and just amazed with all my kids, especially Aiden.

Riley had her first ear infection when the bug cam through the house and stayed a while, but it missed Morgan. Well not the bug just the ears. We all, except for daddy, got the sore trout, runny nose, cough, itchy eyes.. and the kiddos had a few other issues going on.. (Can you say got poops) ewww i know.. It was a stinky house with 3 poopers.. ha ha ha

Last weigh in was right after Aiden's birthday and here is the tally...

Morgan 20 pounds 9 ounces and 27 inches tall (at 9 months old)
Riley 21 pounds 8 ounces and 29 1/2 inches tall (at 9 months old)

and just for fun to compare..

Aiden 26 pounds 1 ounce and 32 inches tall (at 2 yrs old)


I will post pictures soon... for now I have to go rescue the girls with nite nite kisses..

June 22, 2008

Happy 9 months to my two beautiful baby girls... You are getting so big so fast and learning somuch so quick.. I love you both and can't wait to see the beautiful girls you grow up to be...

Both the girls see there new pedi on Thursday so we will know more then on weight and height. Everything else with them is just falling into place. They are both on the verge or crawling and the baby babble is just awesome.. Riley has about 4 inches I think on Morgan now.. She is sooo tall already.. You would never know these kids were 6 weeks early.. I think soon they are going to weigh more then Aiden and he is 2.. lol

Here are a few new pics of them today on there new quilts the Oma made them..
Yes by hand.. She is truly an amazing talented person..

Morgan

Riley

Riley & Morgan

June 11, 2008

We had a little celebration today with cupcakes for Aiden and Riley gave us her own gift.
Miss Riley for the first time has done something before Miss Morgan.. Riley got her first tooth today on her brothers birthday..

Both girls a super huge, and doing fab. Riley wiggles all over the place on her back and rolls every where she can't wiggle. Morgan is still doing the "baby swim" and rolls all over too. She has even attempted to hold her own bottle.. YAY

I will have pics soon.. And wait til you see the girls in there new bikini's LOL
Daddy doesn't like them cause he said it doesn't cover enough.. Boy are they in trouble when they get older.. Although after bing at the mall a few times with my mom I have banned my kids from there til they are 30 unless they are with me.. (ha ha) Some of the things these kids wear makes my head spin. NOT my child!!!!

On another note.. The girls are doing better with there bedtime. 8:30 for the last 3 nights. It's bed no matter what and if they cry or fuss then so be it. After about 10 to 15 mins they are both usually sleeping with no prob. They do however wake up sometimes at midnight to eat and then they eat again at about 5 or 6.. After that they will sometimes fall back to sleep then get up at 7:30, but usually now they are up by 6:30 or 7 for a little while then will go back down about 9 for a little. I usually leave for work by 7:30 so it's on daddy after that..

FIngers crosse dthe sleeping in the Russell household gets on a good schedule and then finally all of us can get some good beauty sleep. (Right now with 3 kids teething, it's tough some days, I'm lucky I make it til bedtime..

June 6, 2008

OK so my two little girls are NOT SO LITTLE!! I think Riley is almost as tall as Aiden and Morgan, well she isn't as tall but man they are both so much bigger. There not even 9 months old and in size 12 months for the most part. we can squeeze them into smaller sizes depending on the maker and if it's a shirt, but pants, shorts, and skirts they need 12 months and even soem of those are tight. It's crazy to me cause Aiden last year at this time was in 12 to 18 months (which got tight) and now again he is wearing some of the same 18 months stuff and it's big on him cause he got so much taller he thinned right out. I think the girls are going to be the same way. Ri is already tall and thinner then my Morgan (who everyone picks on for having so many baby rolls, it picking in a fun good way cause she is so darn cute.) I think she is going to sprout too. I have a feeling these kids are gonna be pretty tall considering I am almost 6 feet and Chuck is about 6 foot 5.

Both girls are rolling, sitting, standing with assistance and doing what I call the baby swim. It's when they lay on there belly and move there arms and legs like they are swimming, which is the first sign in crawling, then comes the bum move, which they do too...
It is going to be so weird having two crawling and one walking. It will be just crazy around here. More crazy then it already is.

The girls are getting to a better schedule. The sleeping by 8:30 thing still hasn't stuck but I'm still trying and eventually they go to sleep. They are no freaking out like before and screaming. Morgan will stay awake and talk to herself for a while at times and Riley too. Sometimes they talk to each other I think, and sometimes they cry, but most nights are not so bad. It's between the hours of 3 and 10 that are nuts. With 3 teething, only me home, and babies wanting constant pick me up attention or I am going to cry, makes it a bit difficult.
By 11pm i am so wiped out that I don't have the energy half the time to do anything. It takes everything I have to try and get things ready for the morning and pick up from the tornado that just went through the house lol. Then it's up again at 6am, get ready for work, join the traffic for my hour and a half commute, work, traffic again and then me and the kiddos til daddy gets home at 10:30pm, unless he goes out, to the gym, or it's a friday and he has to work til midnight.

They are growing so fast and i want them to stay little but at the same time I want them to be a bit more independent. For example, hold there own bottle (Morgan attempts to, Riley basically looks at me like I'm nuts) and walk and sit up a little better then they do now (they can sit up for a while but still do that "I'm so excited I'm gonna fall over move and they will flop backwards or forward and bump there noggin, then the cry comes)

SO I guess we can't have it all. We can't have out independent 3 month olds, they have to grow to do the helpful things, so I will just cherish every second I have and look forward to the new things they try tomorrow..

May 12, 2008

There getting too big and I am not liking it.. What happened to my preemies.. LOL
I saw some preemie clothes in the store the other day and can't imagine that they use to be too big for the girls (and Aiden) at one point. It's just weird..

Morgan is sitting up better and better and RIley is trailing behind her pretty well. They both have become talkitive which I love and giggle so much.. The best is Morgan has said dadadada a few times now.. It's so cute.. I also think they are teething but hey what do i know.. They chew EVERYTHING, it's funny, they're always chomping on this or that, fingers, binkies, toys hands, there feet.. lol

Well here the the latest pics that I promised..

Riley Lorene Russell

Morgan Kennidi Russell

May 7, 2008

They may be twins but they couldn't be more different.. LOL

With that said, it's been one heck of a week. With there brother sick, and Riley getting it for a day (thank god no longer) I am starting to wonder if my girls are teething or just spoiled.
I've also been told by friends that I need to have them in bed by 7pm and the need to deal and cry it out, that they will learn 7pm is bed time and get on a better schedule. I think people forget that we live in an 1 bedroom apt (til the 17th) and that them crying it out keeps everyone up. Even if they are in the living room where they currently sleep with one of us (Aiden sleeps in our room in his crib with who ever doesn't sleep in the living room that night)

We move into our new 5 bedroom house on Saturday the 17th so then it will be a bit easier to give everyone there space and start some schedules but til them I am stuck.

Riley goes down most nights pretty easy. She will lay there til she is tired and fall asleep. Not always but 75 % of the time. Morgan however prefers to be rocked and have her bum patted. She likes when you shush in her ear and hold her. But lately she doesn't want anything. She just screams. It reminds me of the colic days and at moments I just want to put her down and go outside. She has a voice that is like nails on a chalk board and when it's 11pm, your tired, and she is waking the other ones up, you start to go nuts. Eventually she will settle and as long as she feels me next to her or I am holding her and butt patting she falls to sleep. But this last week she has been really tough. Getting her to sleep is like pulling teeth which makes me wonder if she or they are teething.

I can't compare them to Aiden, as he is almost 2 and just got his 4th tooth lol. A friend of mine has a little boy 5 days older then my girls and he just got 4 more teeth so he now has 6.
I however had no teeth til I was one so I don't know, maybe my kids will take after me. Aiden on the other hand is on his own schedule since he was such a preemie.

Other then that the girls are getting huge, Riley is finally standing some when you hold her up and bearing weight on her legs. Morgan its up pretty good but still falls back or over after a little while, Riley just started sitting up a bit, but she has always been behind compared to Morgan so that is no surprise to me. She is however getting so long, her feet now hang over her car seat. Neither has reached the weight limit to be in the "big girl" seat, and with Ri not sitting up well yet I am not comfy switching her even if it is rear facing. So I am going to wait til she gets to the right weight limit even though she already mad the height requirement lol.

As for foods, well I am a terrible mom this time around. It was new and fun feeding Aiden all kinds of new fruits and veggies but with the girls they are still on bottles with cereal for the most part. I do my best giving them fruits and veggies when I can line them up and feed them at the same time, but Ri still seems to not like foods much. (unless it's pasta sauce or whip cream)
Peaches, pears, apples, bananas, all of them and she takes a bite or two, gags and wants no part of it. Once ina while I can get her to eat about 2/3 of a jar but it takes twice as long to get her to eat it as it does Morgan and with 3 kids under 2 time is everything.. UGH...

BUT I have promised myself I will do better cause they need it. So plan on some funny pics and stories to follow I am sure of Riley covered in something.

Well since all the kids are finally asleep and I have to work in the morning, it's past midnight and I'm exhausted, I am going to bed.. Before we do we wanted to say Happy Birthday to our Oma!! (Chuck's mom) we didn't forget.. Love you