Friday, December 12, 2014

Merlin Magic Sleep Suits

Alexis and Amelia loved to be swaddled. It was the only way they slept for more than 6 months. When they started rolling over from back to front (around 3 months adjusted age), we knew we were in trouble, because we'd have to give up the swaddle soon. We tried swaddling them with one arm in and one arm out as a transition - it worked okay, but they didn't sleep great and we also weren't sure it would give them enough freedom to flip back over if they managed to get onto their tummy.

Luckily for us, one of my friends from a facebook mother's group recommended the "Merlin Magic Sleep Suit," and even sent us two of them that she wasn't using anymore.  They look like giant snow suits, so at first it was too hot to use them. But when the weather cooled down, we tried them out and immediately understood the name. They are MAGIC.

At night, our over-tired, fussy babies would cry at every little thing. And then we put them onto their new sleep suits and they both immediately stopped fussing... before the suits were even fully on! By the time we got them on, both babies were grinning from ear to ear. It was SO WEIRD.  That doesn't happen every night, but it happens a lot. They really really love them. I always say it must feel like they are laying on a cloud or something.

Look at how much they love them (note that this photo was taken at a time of night that you don't normally get many smiles!)


In the mornings when they wake up, they are so happy and just love to play in their suits.  They also love to play with each other, and the suits prevent them from injuring each other.  Look at them ooh and ahhh over the pretty girl looking back at them:



Monday, December 1, 2014

Pumpkin Patch

Another thing I've been really excited about since the girls were born was to take them to the pumpkin patch! Such a fun place, but a lot less fun without kids to bring along.

The girls loved their first visit to the pumpkin patch in Livermore.  Since Daddy skipped the trip to go watch football, Uncle Micah filled his shoes and got some baby-wearing practice. Always a good skill to have!





Mikayla had a great time with nanna on the "Joan's farm" tractor!


The girls practiced sitting... on pumpkins!




The cute "cousin" photo was... not a success. Mikayla still needs some practice holding up babies.


Then the girls practiced sitting in a wheel barrel. With pumpkins! And Mikayla! Mikayla can't resist hugging her adorable cousins.



 

So fun! Can't wait till next year when they can pick out their own pumpkins!


Angela's Wedding

My cousin Angela got married recently, which was super exciting for everyone. The girls were especially excited to attend their first wedding! We had our night nanny come along to help us out so that we wouldn't miss the WHOLE wedding, which ended up proving very useful.

It was a beautiful wedding. Beautiful couple, beautiful venue, beautiful families! Since my cousin is a professional wedding planner, none of us were surprised that everything was perfect.

Anyway, for such a special event, the girls needed some extra special outfits. Right? We took the opportunity to add some pink poof to their wardrobe.