A New Baby Trick

Last Wednesday as I was cleaning up the family room during naptime, I heard this terrible banging noise coming from the babies room. Much to my surprise when I went in to check on the girls, I saw Eliza doing this -

That's right. She was STANDING UP in her crib hitting the nursery wall.

If you are thinking - wait, she just learned to crawl and can't even sit up properly yet - you would be thinking the same thing I thought on Wednesday. I think that's why Eliza has this pained expression on her face in this pic. She can't figure out what to do next. Over the past few days, she learned to fall down to her bum and turn over. She can also walk along the side of her crib now by holding onto the bars.

Eliza thinks she's so funny.

Naomi also thinks Eliza is funny. She laughs all the time at her antics.

Naomi can pull up to her knees now so it is only a matter of days until she learns the new baby trick too.

After a couple minutes of picture taking, Naomi made this face at Eliza. When I turned around to look at Z's crib, I saw...

Eliza standing on the OTHER side of her crib! I have no idea what I am in for...

Breakfast with the Babies

Here are some snapshots from breakfast a few days ago.
I let the girls play in their oatmeal...

Eliza loves to eat her fingers.

Eliza also loves oatmeal.

Naomi was not having a good morning...

The only thing that made Naomi happy was eating her bib.
No worries - she took a nap and turned back into her usual bouncy self.

The Hexagon

Due to the the babies recent crawling escapades, David and I decided that it was finally time to put up baby gates. Gramma Dot had these interlocking gates that form a playpen-style baby area. David has taken to calling it the "Hexagon" just like the Octagon for UFC, because the babies use it as their own private wrestling arena.

Here is a pic of the "Hexagon."
Here are some pics of Eliza and Naomi practicing wrestling in Z's crib.Eliza and Naomi

Naomi is really into biting her lips right now.

Eliza is really into eating everything, including her crib.


Don't worry - she likes it.

And so the wrestling begins - Naomi had Eliza nearly pinned when...

Eliza flipped Naomi over and took her down.

Just for Fun

Here are some pics from tonight when I got home from work.

First, I gave Naomi a kiss.

But... Naomi gave me this look,"oh mom!"


Then, I tried to make Eliza smile.


But, she didn't smile - she just continued to eat her hand.


Here is Eliza's very own face pic.


Naomi didn't want to be left out, so here is her face pic.


Two babies together!!!
Naomi on the left and Eliza on the right

Happy Halloween!

Naomi and Eliza are the cutest babies in the entire world... especially when they are dressed as the tortoise and the hare!!! How cool is it to have twins on Halloween? Oh the costume possibilities - Thing 1 and Thing 2, Two Peas in a Pod, etc, etc, etc. Anyway, we loved the idea of having our babies dress like adorably soft animals. I found the turtle costume online and l-u-v- loved it. And that's how we settled on the tortoise and the hare.

Today, we visited Gramma Dot, Aunt Mimi, Aunt Doris, Uncle Bob and Aunt Edna, Gram and Grampy, Uncle Shan and Aunt Annie, Becca, Aunt Lib and Uncle Dave, Claire, David Jr, Ellie, Annie, Mamaw and Poppy, many of Mamaw and Poppy's neighbors, Aunt Becky and Uncle Todd, Andrew and Jocelyn, & Aunt Annette. The girls were amazing - we started at 2pm and got home after 9pm. They smiled and played the whole day, even in their costumes. So here are some snapshots from Naomi and Eliza's Trick-or-Treat World Tour 2008.

Naomi = bunny, Eliza = turtle

All the pictures of the girls on the bench were taken at Gram's.

Here is Naomi patiently waiting to trick-or-treat at Gramma Dot's house. Yes, she is sitting shotgun in the Subaru.

Naomi, eating the toy Gramma gave her as her "treat"

Eliza didn't mind waiting - she got to sit in the driver's seat.

Our last stop was Aunt Becky and Uncle Todd's house, where we decided that it might be fun to have the tortoise and the hare actually race on Aunt Becky's beach towel... Look the tortoise is winning!

I don't know if anyone won the race in the end. After all, they only know how to scoot backwards. Neither baby can crawl forward yet. However, they are super cute when they get up on all fours and rock back and forth.

Baby Bath

Tonight, the babies discovered that they could sit up in the bath... yikes. I already leave the bathroom soaked each night after bath time because last month they learned how to kick water up and splash mommy. They think they are soooo funny. Anyway, here they are sitting up in the bath. I have a feeling that we are going to have to move to the big tub.

Eliza

Eliza (look at her chubby tummy stick out over the tub divider... both girls are actually sitting pretty far up because the bath seat reclines back)

Eliza

Eliza

Naomi

Naomi

Naomi

Naomi

Playing in Argyle Sweaters

It is finally cold enough for the babies to wear their sweaters. This Sunday, they looked especially cute in their argyle sweaters and plaid skirts.

Naomi

Eliza

Naomi

Eliza

Bedtime Again

More pics from bedtime... Eliza is on the left and Naomi on the right. (FYI: the babies are the same height, but Liza is standing up taller in the bed.)