Surgery

Tomorrow Lizzie goes for her surgery for tubes. I'm a little nervous about the anesthesia. Everyone I talk to tells me it's no big deal. They tell me that it helped their little one and not to worry. Say lots of prayers for us. So far, only Lizzie needs them. We are still waiting to find out about Gracie.

Because of the surgery, my parents came down. They spent today taking care of the girls. It was a great day for all of them and the girls were so happy when I came home from work.

And I can't believe I missed blogging about this...... The girls turned nine months yesterday! I can't believe how old they are. Both are getting ready to crawl. Lizzie is starting to get on all fours and rocking back and forth. Gracie is looking like she is ready too. The girls do everything differently. They do it around the same time, just different!

Laughing

As I mentioned in my last post that Gracie always make Lizzie laugh. Here is a video of the girls together. Gracie is in the upper left corner with the toy. Lizzie is watching her in the lower right and thinks she is the funniest thing. Both girls are laughing, but Lizzie is the one you can hear.

I haven't had time to blog lately. The girls keep us really busy. I've been home with them the last two days because they've been sick. I had to call Grandma and Papa to the rescue so I could go to work tomorrow. They should be on their way any minute and I should be folding laundry and cleaning the house!

Exersaucers

The girls love their exersaucers. They play in them all the time. They also like watching what the other one is doing. Sometimes they laugh at each other while they are in them. They love to laugh at each other. Lizzie thinks that a lot of stuff the Gracie does is hilarious. Yesterday, I had to take the girls to the doctor because Lizzie was not feeling well. We get to the doctor and I'm paying and doing my stuff and I hear Lizzie laughing. I look down and she is laughing at Gracie. The nurse had to come out and see what they were doing. We are there so often they started calling the girls "our twins".

New Pictures

We went last weekend to see my family in Oklahoma. We had a great time with everyone!



We finally got a family picture since Christmas. It's hard to get pictures of the whole family.

Crawling and first tooth

Over the past 2 weeks both girls are showing signs of crawling. First it was Lizzie and her technique is the inch worm. She sticks her butt in the air and then pulls her feet behind her. Gracie does the army crawl.

Then a couple of nights ago, I was feeling in Lizzie's mouth and she has a little bitty tooth coming in! I can't believe the girls are getting so big.

In other news, Lizzie went to the ENT on Wednesday and she is scheduled to have tubes put in on March 13th. I'm nervous about it but I know that lots of kids have had them and it's ok.

Attention

Whenever we go out with the girls, we always get stopped. We get questions like "do you have twins?" or "is it a boy and a girl?". Anyway, yesterday I had to take Grace to the pedi because she wasn't feeling well. I noticed a man sitting in a restaurant and he held up two fingers and I nodded yes and walked on.

When I come out of the pedi office, the same man comes running up to me and in broken english starts to talk to me. He asked about the twins and then asks me about the octuplet mom. For some reason everyone thinks you are an expert on all multiples because you have twins. So he asks me, "you hear about octo mom" and then he keeps saying "she crazy, she has 8" holding up fingers to let me know how many. I just keeping nodding and smiling and try to get the girls in the car as fast as possible and leave.

I decided since I was off work early and needed to get my grandma a gift I would go to the mall. I get the girls out of the car and pull out the huge double stroller I have dubbed the monster. I bang around JC Pennys and can't find anything. I decide to venture farther in the mall. As I walk, I get stopped by a man working a kiosk. He has to tell me his twin story and asks if I had them natural too. Like it is any of his business. I politely talk to him for a minute and then leave. I finally get to grandma's favorite store and draw a crowd there asking all kinds of questions. The comment we hear the most often is "one's asleep and one's awake".

Now, I know how celebrities feel. :)

Happy Valentine's Day and trip to the Zoo

Here are the girls in their Valentine's t-shirts. I went crazy at the dollar bin at Target. Poor Lizzie has an ear infection and hasn't been feeling well. We go in a couple of weeks to the ENT to find out what we are going to do. This is her third since December.



On Saturday, we decided to go to the zoo. We asked some friends of ours to go with us. We had a great time. It was 4 girls two years old and under. Three of them were infants! It took us an hour and a half to eat lunch and feed all the girls! It was great day, not too hot and not too sunny. February is a great time to visit the zoo.