Rolling Through October

Things are still going well here with C&C here at the K house. We weighed the babies last week and Cole is well over 8 pounds and Camryn is right at 7 pounds. Yep, Cole has officially hit the weight requirement to go into the Baby Bjorn. We'll be trying that out soon. In the meantime, Cam is still perfectly content in her wrap with me. Later this week they'll get their 2 month shots...then we can all get out of the house more! Things aren't always so stir crazy here though, we've had some fun visitors. Some of those wonderful people appear in the pics below...

Well, not this one. This is just me from the neck down with them. And with this being early in the morning, that's a good thing. But how cute are these snuggle babies??? We're having some good "upright" time here after meal time. AHHHH they are so cute, I love cuddling with both of them!

We got to see the Dillon's! It was way too short of a visit, we miss them so much. We can't wait for all our babies to meet up and have as much fun together as their parents do.

Brown Bears holding babies... :) :)

And then we got to see Aunt Stacey for a long fall break weekend! Cole is in love with her--he would just gaze up at her so lovingly. And of course, Camryn was loving being held by Stacey a lot of the time she was here.

Sleepy Cammy...

My view looking down at Snuggly Coley (and Snuggly Mario)

Cam saying Hi from her favorite spot, the wrap

We got a fun visit from Nora!!

And here's an image seen frequently by me in the afternoons around here:

Content babies dozing off after a great bottle.

Bonding Times

It's been another week of learning and growing here. Cole weighs a little over 7lbs. and Cam is a little over 6lbs. When most people see them for the first time they comment how tiny they are. Very true. But all I see is how big they're getting to be! This week we learned that Camryn really doesn't like to eat in her chair. She screams, she pushes and kicks the bottle away, she throws an absolute fit most every time--all while finishing her bottle when it's all said and done though. Cole on the other hand will eat anywhere, in any position, as long as he gets to eat. He drains his bottles every time! He is such a good good good baby.

We also learned that there are just times when all they want to do is be fussy. Usually that is remedied by swaddling or holding. When neither of those things were working last week, we sang and danced the fussies away. I walked/danced around the house for an hour singing along to what turned out to be the Adult Contemporary music channel on our TV. Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson "Man in the Mirror" were particularly soothing to them. I kind of enjoyed it myself--being able to belt out songs and have two little ones respond to it in a positive way...

Something else great is fresh air. They like to be out in their stroller and with the nice weather we've been having, that's worked out well.

Our baby Jayhawks received their first piece of mail from KU. Matt was so excited, he took pictures

Bonding time: We're in "Twin Cradle" position here with the still fabulous wrap. The wrap isn't really Cole's favorite thing. But at times when they both want to be held, we make it work.

Oh yeah, another thing we learned is that they're starting to really notice the TV. So they get to watch Baby Einstein videos now. Whenever there are big color contrasts on screen their eyes get more alert and they kind of reach out their hands. They last about 20 minutes into the videos. Here we are below I believe a bit overstimulated from a rousing "Baby Mozart"--and full from lunch.

Bonding Time: Dad and Diva Cam in her leopard print gown

Bonding Time: Mario with his babies. Here's snuggle time up against Camryn's bottom

And here's bonding time with Cole--with a protective paw on his face

A Wrap Up

Wow, blogging so quickly again, yay!

Tonight we took our first walk around the block. It was so nice, hopefully it's something we routinely do more often now. The babies promptly fell fast asleep as soon as our double stroller started rolling. Doctor's orders that we can't take the babies out anywhere in public really (Restaurants, Target, Kroger, etc.) until after their 2 month shots (which is at the end of this month). But we do have the go ahead to take little walks outside around our neighborhood and stuff in the meantime. It's nice to all get out of the house for a bit, definitely need to do this as often as possible.

In other news, I believe it's time to filter out and move on from our preemie clothes here. Cole's NB size clothes fit him perfect (he's been out of preemie for over a week now) and Camryn can wear most of her NB size clothes pretty well. We discovered last night that she cannot wear her footed preemie jammies and her preemie onesies are extremely snug in the tummy area--she must've grown length-wise and belly-wise in the past couple days because she was way too crammed in them when we attempted to put them on her last night. This is exciting! We've got TONS of cute clothes starting in the NB size that we're so excited for them to wear and to show them off in.

The rest of our excitement is over the previously mentioned, overnighted baby wrap I ordered. Still kind of like origami to put on--but so worth it that I've figured it out every time so far. I absolutely adore holding my babies, but I'm also so happy that Cole loves his swing and that Cam now loves our new baby wrap.

And now for some more pictures...

When it's just me feeding them, the babies still need their 15-20 minutes of "upright time" after eating. So we all pile into the recliner chair for a bit. And by "all" I mean: Me, Cole, Cam, and Mario. The babies lay up on my chest and Mario lays on my lap with his paws between the two babies. Again, Cesar Milan would have a heart attack. I find it totally precious.

Cole so sweet and peacefully sleeping

Cole so satisfied after a wonderful lunch

Uncle Robby and Camryn both enjoying some great milk!

Dad multitasking with Cole (and with his fantasy football team)

An image often seen around here lately: Peeping Babies

They like to peep around corners and doors at me. I laugh so hard every time! Here's Peeping Camryn...

They got all geared up for the KU football game yesterday. Too bad it didn't bring our team much luck. Here's Cam's cute pink KU socks.

And here's Cole with his KU Football onesie on!

The wonderful Moby Baby Wrap. Here we are modeling the "Newborn Hug" style:

And here we are a la "Newborn Cradle"

Cam and I are channeling "Newborn Hug" mode and listening to our Coldplay Rock A Bye baby cd as I type. And I just turned around to find a Peeping Cole looking in on us! Must be time to eat again...