Aunties Kari and Olivia

We had a visit from Jack and Sadie's aunties Kari and Olivia on Monday. After we exhausted them with a walk Jack feel asleep in Kari's arms. It took a bit more doing and a lot of soothing, but Olivia was able to even get Sadie to fall asleep in her arms.

Look Deep Into My Eyes

And...We Have Smiles!

Over the past week or two Sadie and Jack have started to smile in earnest. We had a few sort-of smiles in the first few months, but according to the doctors those early smiles are normally just a sign that the baby has gas. But over the past week or two Sadie and Jack have both definitely been smiling out amusement. This parenting thing is getting fun!

Tummy Time

Books, Books and More Books

Jack and Sadie's first cousins once removed Rob and Sarah and their second cousin Hallie (I did a little research on Wikipedia to figure out them apples) showered Jack and Sadie with a selection of books recently. To entertain myself more than the babies I picked up one of the books and started to read to Sadie. Amazingly Sadie responded, which is pretty amazing because Sadie does not respond positively to much yet. Three times today Sadie fell asleep while I read to her! Who knew newborns liked books? We're going to be doing a lot more reading out loud in our household.

Slingin' It

J. and I took Jack and Sadie out to a party and a couple of dinners this past weekend. Our saving grace was our slings. Without the slings we would have been making a bee line for home with our screaming children. Fortunately both Jack and Sadie love to snuggle up in our his-and-hers slings. We didn't have slings at first, but thank god our friend Lisa insisted on giving each of us a sling. Depending on your frame of mind, you can view my choice in slings as Buddhist monk or road work crew orange. J. has a classy one-arm, army green sling. This photo is of Sadie sleeping away while we had dinner at Phoebe and Drew's house last night.

7 lbs 6 ozs and 5 lbs 14 ozs

Eating and weight gain are big preoccupations in our household. Last week when I took Sadie and Jack to the doctor the doctor was concerned because Jack's weight gain had slowed down. We went back to giving Jack additional breast milk in a bottle after breast feedings to try to increase his weight gain. So far it looks like it's working. When I weighed Jack today he had gained 4 ozs in 6 days, which is not too shabby. Sadie's weight gain is slower, but does not concern the doctor because it is consistently 1/2 an ounce a day. She's just smaller and may stay small.

In the 10 weeks since they were born Jack has gained 2 lbs 11 ozs and Sadie has gained 2 lbs 7 ozs. Soon they will be so big we will not be able to pretend to eat them any more.