Five Months!!!

The twins are starting to get more mobile now. As you can see, Ainsley doesn't even want to remain sitting and wants to crawl towards the camera.

"You talking to me?!"

"Yah!!!!!!!"

K.O.

Big Nimmo. Little Nimmo.

End of June fun

The twins had another special visitor at the end of June. My best friend from college, Christy, was in town with her husband and daughter. They were in town for a pageant that her daughter was in and came to visit Carter and Ainsley.

Girl time!


More visitors! The twins are so lucky!!


Later that day, we all attended our friend's baby boy Frank's one year old birthday party. The birthday boy did his cake right here. I have to say that this is my favorite cake moment for a one year old.

Did I get a little cake on my face?



Grandparents come to visit

So last week, Grandma Mattox-Baker came to visit..  She gave mommy a chance to get out of the house, and helped me feed the twins.

 

The rest of the photos of Grandma with the twins are HERE

Then today, they got a visit from Grandpa Nimmo; This was their first experience meeting anyone with more than stubble for facial hair:

The rest of the picture are HERE

Busy fourth month

June started out calm but then got really busy, really fast. My uncle and his family came into town to visit and it was their first time meeting all of the babies. The twins took to them really well, particularly my Aunt Cindy who adored them. We all met up at the yummy Panda House restaurant on Polaris and there was an obscene amount of food that took up every square inch on the table. Aunt Cindy graciously offered to hold Ainsley and when I asked if she had eaten, she said she wanted to hold Ainsley instead of eating. That gave Will and I a couple of minutes to devour as much as we could before Carter woke up from his nap.

Where everyone tried to recover from food coma.

Then the exciting part. Will had been wanting to take the twins swimming ever since they were born. He had read somewhere on the Internet that within 3 months of being born, babies have the instinct to swim from being in the womb for 9 months. Since it's on the Internet, it must be true. Unfortunately, due to them being born in the middle of winter and the risk of them catching a stomach bug at the public pool, we haven't had the chance to take them swimming yet. My uncle and family were staying at a hotel with a pool and had planned on swimming in the evening. Finally, Will gets to take the babies to the pool!

Here is Carter with Will and my sweet cousin Katie. Carter did alright but did not know to close his mouth when water went up to his lips.

Nicole is holding Ainsley here who was prepping for her swim lesson. She did quite well and was able to stay in the water longer than her brother.

The following day was another exciting one. We were taking Carter and Ainsley on their first road trip ever up to Toledo, Ohio. It was a nice, easy two hour drive. The trip up to Toledo went super smooth. We left immediately after their initial 5am feeding and they napped for two hours for the whole drive. Once there and out of their car seat, it was like musical chairs with all the different aunts who took turns holding them. Funny but by the end of the day, I was starting to miss holding my own babies!

My aunt who didn't need to eat because she was full-full of love for Ainsley!

Just kidding, she does eat. Here I was trying to snap a couple of pics of family eating dim sum in between bites.

Carter getting some love too.

I always say that Carter is more particular than Ainsley and he really showed it that day. He was upset and fussed while everyone took turns trying to soothe him.

Turned out that he had a dirty diaper! Oops!

The drive home was a lot less successful than the morning drive. Carter and Ainsley were overtired from all the attention they got. While Ainsley slept on the drive, Carter cried for practically a whole hour of the drive. Once we got closer to home and he stopped, Ainsley started. Twin power I tell ya.





Play times & sounds

Every day is a party.

Carter and Ainsley hang out with their cousins, Allison and Noel every day during the week. On Wednesdays, they get a special treat where the rest of their cousins Timmy, Eliana and Isabella also come hang out. With so much time together, all the babies are bound to learn different traits from each other. Isabella has this special talent to sound like a beautiful singing bird when she is happy, sad, bored, excited cries, laughs, talks or breathe. Apparently, Allison has learn this from Eliana and would periodically call out.

Over the weekend, Carter started emitting what sounded like an uncute version of this call. Or shall we say it sounds more like a loooooong, squealing gawk. Sometimes an unrelenting repetitive gawk. Will and I are baffled at this and didn't want to encourage it so we'll ignore this sound if we know he is fed, burped, changed, not too hot, not too cold and generally comfortable so there is no reason for this. Over dinner, Carter and Ainsley were playing on their play gym mat when he started up again. They had just been changed, fed and burped so we decided to ignore it while trying to finish dinner. Suddenly, the gawking call sound a little muffled and we were treated to an alarming sight! Ainsley had rotated her body perpendicular to Carter and shoved one of her feet into his mouth. I guess she wasn't a fan of his new sound either.

I faceplanted right after this picture was shot.

Tummy time? Easy peazy. I watched my sister face plant.

Beautiful pictures courtesy of Stella.

 

 

Here's a ghetto picture I took but it shows what Wednesdays look like.



Alert twins = fun!

The twins love their Sophie giraffes - thanks Alex for the gifts!



The twins have gotten so much bigger and are starting to show their personalities. Along with heightened alertness is increased awareness and Carter and Ainsley are starting to notice everything around them. Like everything else, there are positives and negatives to these new developments. Feeding times have become a little more interesting now with mandatory eye contact with Ainsley and random fits from Carter. I used to peruse Facebook while feeding them but now I'll catch Ainsley watching me. If we make eye contact, I have to set the phone down or else she'll de-latch herself and start smiling and cooing at me. Carter is generally pretty chill when eating but once in a while, he'll fuss and cry. Usually that is when he wants my full attention which he's used to getting at 3am now when he wakes up crying to eat.

Will helps me burp the babies throughout the feedings or else it becomes a clumsy juggling act when I try to do it. Ainsley will usually finish eating first so Will ends up holding and burping her while I have Carter. Something I noticed recently is that Ainsley will look back at me after Will takes her from me. Her eyes search until they land on me and then she just stares as if to ask why I'm always holding her brother instead of her. It's not a preference but based on the order of whoever finishes nursing first which is usually Ainsley. I was surprised the first time I saw her do this because I didn't think she noticed. The next time, I had Will trade with me and the minute I took her into my arms, Ainsley flashed me one of her rare huge, megawatt smiles.

Ainsley and Carter love playing in their play gym-a gift from our generous friend Grace. They are kept occupied while Will and I quickly scarf down dinner.

It's time to bust a move.

 

Drunken milk face.

Hi.



Lots going on between two and three months

The twins have reached three months and this was the easiest monthly picture that we've taken. No crying occurred and both stayed sitting somewhat upright.

Between their two and three month birthdays, lots have happened. I've returned to work and we've started dropping the babies off at my sister's house for my parents to babysit. It is such a blessing that my mom is willing and able to watch them. The transition back to work was definitely made easier because of this.

Ainsley briefly worn a few 0-3 month outfits and is now moving onto 3M outfits. I didn't realize that 3M was even a separate size and just assumed it was another version of 0-3M. Nope, the order is NB, 0-3M, 3M followed by 3-6M. I've sadly kept a few of my favorite 0-3M outfits with the hopes that Ainsley might still fit in them. It's unlikely though as she was lounging around comfortably in a 3-6M onesie the other day. Carter has outgrown his newborn clothes and moved onto 0-3M! Yay! My baby boy is growing!

 The twins have started returning our smiles when we would make silly faces at them with encouragement. Carter is a social butterfly and flashes that million dollar toothless grin generously. Ainsley is a bit more reserved so when she smiles, I feel like I've won the lottery. More often than not, Ainsley's lips are pursed in a suckling motion indicating that she wants her milk. Now.

Seriously, where's my milk?!

Our feeding sessions start with some demanding cries and diaper changes. The twins are quite smart and start calming down during the diaper change because they realize what is next. Feeding time. After feeding time, Will and I both simultaneously burp one and then the conversation starts between us and the baby we are holding. Carter likes to play and opens his mouth wide as if to call or laugh. Ainsley will make "err" noises at you and when returned, she's a full on talker. I wonder if she will be as talkative later after attaining that skill than she is now.

This month, the twins were treated to a special visit from the Wu's! Mackenzie is doing such a good job holding Carter here. McKayla was a little shy about holding them but sooner or later, they will be able to all play together!

This month, we also took the twins to their first dining experience at a restaurant! We all went to Lucky Dragon on campus. This place used to be Yuen's which used to be Chinese Village. It was a little nerve wrecking but my aunt Mandy did a great job holding Carter.

This is how the future generation eats - a fork in one hand and texting with the other.