Merry Christmas! Hard to believe it's that time of year again. All it took to remind me was going out to the store on Saturday. "What's with all the people? Oh yeah, Christmas is on Friday."
So, it's taking a little more effort to decorate for the holidays this year, with the whole working full time and three kids under three thing. And, we're on our third ear infection in three weeks (that's one for each of Will's ears and one for Lexi's right ear), and three of us are on antibiotics right now. (That would be me and the twins.)
Not much happening here on the day after Thanksgiving, so we took some photos. Abby suckered me in to buying a gingerbread house, so that fun lasted us about 7 minutes. What's that black stuff on her face, you ask? "I'm a kitty kat, mommy!" That's some mascara and eyeliner combined on her face. The guy at Bed, Bath and Beyond thought it was pretty funny this morning.
We will be posting photos soon of the twins 6 month birthday - holy cow, time flies. They made a trip to the doctor last week because they both had colds, and Will has an ear infection in one ear. But, oddly enough, Lexi is the one who was fussing the most. All is well now. We've started solids - Lexi is taking to it a little bit better, perhaps due to her two bottom teeth, or just because she's Lexi. Will weighed in at 18 lbs. (hello, new car seat soon), and Lexi weighed 15.5 lbs.
We enjoyed a relaxing day at home, and had some friends drop in with turkey, ham, and a cheesecake. What a deal!
We are headed out of town for a few days courtesy of my parents (can I hear an Amen?), where we have a packed schedule full of activities each day. Just kidding. We're headed out of town to go sleep for a few days. But, before we go I thought you'd like to see a shot of Lexi from school on Friday. Her teachers got creative with the girls and had some fun.
On Saturday we crossed the milestone of Abby's first haircut - we went with Harper so that Abby could see her go first. Apparently it was "no big deal" - since Dora and lollipops were involved. No tears were shed, except when Harper couldn't wash her hands in the big sink.
Here's a sneak peak at the Halloween costumes this year, assuming it's a little chilly. They're too cute to wait to post. Abby is most interested in the scary life size skeleton man at Target to concern herself with a costume, so she'll probably just be a UGA cheerleader.
Funny story for the day: Josh was trying to sneak a cookie in the kitchen while Abby was watching Dora. He finished and came to the couch and she immediately busted him. "Daddy, you had cookie!"
Will weighed in at 15 pounds and Lexi came in at 13 pounds - the rest of the office visit was pretty uneventful, if you can call an office visit with two 4 month old infants uneventful.
Below is a shot before they went to bed on their four month birthday - no, we don't usually dress them in the same outfit but we had to do it at least once. Will is on the left, in case you can't tell who is who.