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.)

Two Giant Babies in One Little Crib

So we finally decided to separate the girls into two cribs for naps and bedtime... They are just too big for one crib. For the past week, we have been waking up to find Naomi flipped over on top of Eliza OR Eliza pulling Naomi's arm out of her swaddle blanket in order to gnaw on her fingers. (As you will see in the next picture, the girls are big fans of putting everything in their mouths these days. I have a feeling that this teething phase will be a LONG one.) Anyway, I thought I would take pictures of the girls in one crib this afternoon to show everyone how big they were the last time they woke up in the same crib at home.

Eliza in a remarkably good mood

Naomi in an unusually bad mood

The crib seems big enough...

Here are the girls together

Apparently, Naomi does not care for this either.
(Side note: check out Z's face in this pic - classic.)

Then she decides to play with Eliza's foot...

Now she's happy!

Don't worry - at bedtime, Naomi returned to her normal, happy self and wanted to play.

Futebol

Here are my baby girls watching the Bronze Medal soccer game this morning. They were too cute. They watched soccer with me for over an hour. Eliza is the first video - she kicked and cooed during the entire game. Naomi, the second video, was too nervous - she only sucked on her hands. They are of course fans of A Selecao...(Que pena que sera mais quatro anos ate Brasil vai ganhar a medalha de ouro... Penta Campeao!)

These videos are from my camera, not my camcorder, so the quality is not great... at least you can see my gorgeous baby girls.

Dinner Time

Today was my first official day home with the babies. As of this week, I switched to part-time to stay at home with the girls on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. I was so excited to start my domestic lifestyle that I decided to go all out and make Brazilian food for dinner. Although our girls are still on a strict, baby formula-only diet, David and I thought that they should be a part of dinner too. We put them in their highchairs at the dinner table with us. Here are some photos from the evening.

Eliza with her toys

Eliza loves her highchair.

Naomi also likes her highchair.

But... she doesn't seem to understand it yet

David at dinner


After dinner, we watched Naomi and Eliza's favorite Olympic sport - synchronized diving...

Naomi watching the Olympics

Eliza watching the Olympics