Day 314

Lulu and I had a little after morning nap outing together today-- we had a couple errands to run, so we left Papa at home to watch football & P was napping. We had a return to Old Navy, look at the hat my baby tried on:

She didn't buy it. :)

We spent the rest of the day at home , just enjoying having Daddy home. The girls loved watching him mow the back yard, prune the trees and clean up! It was cute, they watched him like he was a movie. 

Lu is sleeping better these days, but las night had an off night. I guess it's bound to happen. 

That's all, goodnight.

Day 313

Luciana is contributing to sleep very well at night. She wakes once, and goes right back down. :) I have to admit-- I'm still not sleeping great, as my body is still accustomed to waking multiple times, but it'll get better! 

We had friends over for dinner tonight (Papa's friend from work & his wife), so our day was mostly preparation and regular stuff (meals, cleanup, baths, etc.) We had a good day, and are just happy we get to have Daddy home tomorrow... Even if he's watching football, he'll be home. :)

Oh, Lulu and I did grocery shopping today, while Daddy & P napped-- she loves riding in the shopping cart now! No more Ergo or car seat, she is more and more a big girl every day.

I'll be sure to post pics tomorrow. Night!

Day 312

We stayed home all day today, waiting for  the installer of our new plantation shutters. Those people always want to come right in the middle of the day, so you can't really do anything but wait! But, it was worth the wait-- they are gorgeous! We now have the ability to shut out the morning sun, hopefully enabling the girls some great sleep, until 10am!!! Ha, right. 

We played, colored, sang, danced, brushed our own teeth, said new words, splashed in the kiddie pool, hugged, kissed, and had a good time. 

We also fell off the bench at the kitchen table, refused breakfast, pulled hair, threw the ball at someone's head, screamed, cried, fallen off the chair into the toy box, crawled into a table & bruised the cheek, refused lunch...... I could go on, but I won't! We still had a good time, and I considered today a good day. Having two under two is tough, but there are so many fun things about it, I'm so happy we get to do it.

So, Luciana tried to eat a bagel today, with Mama watching like a hawk, since she has only two tiny teeth....

She was "whatever" about it. :) Oh, and I have to mention-- whenever one of the girls gets hurt or in trouble and cries, the other feels her pain and cries too. It's sweet, funny, and loud. 

That's all.... Time for some sleep! Lu is sleeping great, still. Only wakes once and it's usually in the beginning of the night. :)

Day 311

Well, guess who is all of a sudden crawling now?! Luciana Mary, that's who. :) What a cute crawler, too, her "steps" are really small, and she looks so happy to be mobile! I saw her take a couple "steps" yesterday & predicted she'd be crawling in a week... She just needed a day of trying, I guess! So sweet.

Daddy and I both had dentist appointments today, so that ended up being our whole day. We didn't take the girls anywhere except for an evening walk, which was quite nice, because THE HEAT IS GONE!!!! Yay!!!! I'm so relieved I didn't go out and buy 3 more fans like I almost did. This summer has been super up and down weather wise, and I'm just ready for it to be over.

Here are a few pics from today:

The first one, Daddy stood her up like that, she didn't stand on her own! And the second-- he caught this moment while he was doing dishes. Sisters playing together, this is how you melt a Mommy's heart! :)

Goodnight. 

Day 310

It took our baby girl 310 days of practice to... Sleep through the night!! :) Great timing, Lu-- do it on a night that Mama can't sleep a wink! ;) Last night was brutal! Penelope kept waking, she was so hot. I went in to give her water, put her hair back in a pony tail, and soothe her back to sleep a few times. Daddy, who was exhausted & needed rest for work today, went to bed at 8, but had to have a fan 3 inches from his head! It was a loud fan, and I wouldn't have been able to hear the girls cry, so I slept in Sofa City-- in the playroom/livingroom. Lulu slept sans swaddle, in just a onesie  and seemed to have the best night of us all! She didn't wake once, but of course I kept waking just out of confusion, habit, and fear, to be quite honest! I kept thinking of awful reasons she wasn't waking up... But, my common sense won, and I stayed OUT of her room! She and P woke a minute after Papa left the house at 4:45. :/ I changed P's diaper, and she went back to sleep, and brought Lu to our bed, and she slept a couple more hours too. Here's what I woke up to this morning:

I had a hold of her arm while we slept... Didn't want her rolling off our bed! Poor P fell once, and we aren't having that happen again. 

So today was hot. Whatever, it's becoming the miserable norm. We were out for a couple hours, and when we got home again, I noticed it wasn't nearly as hot as it was yesterday at that hour... It is still hot, but cooling off slowly. 

Tonight before dinner, I saw Luciana crawl a few "steps"!! :) Our angel is doing it! I made a huge deal, scooping her up to cover her face with kisses, and probably scared her a little. :/ Point here: she will be super mobile within a week. Yiiiiikes!! 

That's all folks. 

Day 309

90+ degrees out again... Ugh! We are all just miserable in this darn heat.

This morning I had these two beauties in my bed :

We all lie there for a bit after both were awake at 7:45. 7:45!! What a heavenly feeling to sleep later than the butt crack of dawn. We had to clear out of the house while it was being cleaned, so we ran a few errands, and strolled around an airconditioned mall until they were done. Once back at home, the girls had to nap in their HOT rooms... I felt like I was punishing them!! :/ Terrible.  After they were awake, we cooled off in our pool:

(See, Lu, I covered you up ;))

I have been giving the girls cool baths as well... They seem to like it.

And lots of water!! Even for Luciana. I tried to get her to drink it from a bottle, no go. A cup, she wasn't getting it, so I spoon feed it to her, and she loves it. :)

That's all for today. It's just too hot to move, type. :/ Night.

Day 308

Ah, lots to say, but I'm just so tired. Luciana isn't sleeping well tonight without her swaddle. :/ She was fine from 7 until 10:30, and that's when she just got very fussy. I put her back in a swaddle around 11:30, because she just wouldn't stop crying, kicking, and fighting me when I tried to rock or nurse her. Left to cry in her bed, she just got even more upset, so I just swaddled her. She's sleeping again, and I need to try to sleep too. 

We went to an indoor playground with some park friends, called Jump n Jammin', in Mission Viejo. The girls had a ball, and we got out of the heat for a while. :) It basically feels like an oven outside, at high noon. :( We have to be out of the house for the cleaning lady in the morning, so we'll see how hot it is-- maybe park, maybe we'll have to be indoors again. Here are a few pics. Night.

Haha, Lu's face here!