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Ding, Ding, Ding!!! Howdy family and friends! It’s been a good week-plus since our last posting on Valentine’s Day, so we thought an update for everyone was necessary.  Before we get to the bread and butter of this posting, we better send out a special thanks to our 2009 Valentines. Who knew that with these lovable faces and engaging personalities we could pull in so many appreciated Valentine’s gifts like clothes, toys, cards, and candy (Mom and Dad are pleasantly helping themselves to the candy spoils). Thanks for the gifts and we’ll try our best not to disappoint in the cute babies department for next Valentine’s Day and all the goodies that will bring more love and cheer!

 

Other than the typical eat, sleep, poop schedule, which is surprisingly pretty physically taxing for us, we are continuing to do what the doctor ordered and our efforts are paying dividends. With the addition of multiple ounces on a daily basis, our respective weight classes move us from one class to the next almost daily. Ms. Eleanor is still one weight class above her little sis, coming in at close to 8 pounds (Mom’s a heavy sleeper, so there’s speculation that she’s sneaking in an extra feeding during one of Mom’s rare, deep sleeps!). For what Madelaine lacks in size she makes up for in energy and sheer determination, which is needed to compensate for the weight difference that leaves Madelaine trailing slightly behind at 7 pounds.  

 

As far as length is concerned, we are, head to toe, pretty identical at 19.5”. As far as other similarities-from head to toe-are concerned, we are still doing our best in looking and acting nothing alike, leaving Mom and Dad with the routine phrase of ‘yep, she’s like you and vice versa.’

 

Well that’s about it from this corner of the universe in good ol’ K-town! In the spirit of celebrating Mardi Gras this week and our recent growth, ME would like to wish everyone a Happy Fat Tuesday! Hugs and kisses, ME  

Supersized Love on this special Valentine’s Day!

Cupid has surely hit his mark this year with Mom and Dad by providing them with two bundles of Love on our first Valentine’s Day! Our first day of Amor-our Spanish is already kicking in-has been lovingly welcomed in while modeling our new heart outfits! Mom and Dad are showering us with extra kisses-who’s counting when it’s hundreds daily-to mark this hearty day! All of this love is certainly adding to our continued growth, as you can see in our glamour shots! Hugs and kisses to our special Valentine’s family and friends out there! Love ME

Our First Month!

What a month it has been for ME! We have so much to talk about-health, happiness, growth, sleeping, eating, and much more-which will be naturally double the pleasure. As per doctor’s orders this past Monday, we had a follow-up doctor’s visit to check mainly Madelaine’s weight. Based on her increased calories as directed by the doctor, which was included as an additional feeding on top of her typical eight, Madelaine put on roughly 26 grams per day over 7 days. This accumulation even surpassed Eleanor’s 24 grams, bringing Madelaine’s and Eleanor’s respective weights to 5.9 and 6.9 pounds. As far as length we won’t be dunking any basketballs in the near future, but we now measure the same at 18.5”. Our doctor explained that these two measurements have placed us closer to the normal population of infant growth, so we’ve come a long way baby since unexpectedly dropping into this wild world one month ago! Ms. Madelaine still has some acid reflux that comes and goes throughout the day, but overall the amount that she spits up has seemed to lessen with each passing day. For some unexplained reason, sleeping in our Pack ‘n’ Play on the main level of the house has been an uneventful part of the day. We quickly fall asleep when Mom and Dad place us in there and we can easily pass 3-4 hours of the day in there dreaming about springtime and helping Dad prepare the lawn for the summer! Because of our fear of heights (wink wink) on the second level, we haven’t been able to catch many Z’s during the precious nighttime hours…much to the chagrin of Mom and Dad. We think our tandem system of spitting out our pacifiers and crying within 10 minutes of Mom and Dad “supposedly” tucking us in for the night has gone without a hitch. We’re not sure how long we can keep this up, but in the meantime we savor (as we’re sure Mom and Dad do!) our nighttime sleeping arrangement as Queens in a King-sized bed in the comfortably warm presence of Mom, Dad, Tootsie, and Leona! Speaking of sleeping at night and fitting in our required feedings, we typically eat at 11, 2, and 5, give or take an hour-such good bonding time with Mom and Dad! Cheers to all and the thought of the day is Think Spring!! Love, ME