Weekend Round Up

What a FUN little weekend we had! I absolutely HATE Mondays! I feel like all weekend we are such a family unit and then Monday hits and we all scatter our separate ways...

The weeks are beginning to feel a bit more weekend like with warmer longer days. I have been eating fro-yo like a maniac and have gone to yoforia almost every day this week! We went Wednesday and then went out for a beautiful long walk around the Myers Park area followed by a dinner outside at Mellow Mushroom.

dropping the babies off at Gigi's. a rare morning without the bow. 

Gigi loves to take us for walks!

decided to put the bow on the outside of the hat!

toys in Gigi's playroom

watermelon for the first time

swinging in the hammock swing at home

someone is happy to be at Mellow Mushroom

I feel like Thursday is really the kick off to the weekend. We went to see Daddy coach baseball and he is always good to love on his babies after the games! Too bad HT lost but it was an exciting game!

I got to meet the Londry twins on Friday afternoon. They are beautiful and amazing. Seantel is doing a fabulous job mothering these two. I got to hold sweet Ellie and I could not get over how tiny she was! Emma Cate was the exact same size but I couldn't even remember my baby ever being so tiny. They are just the sweetest things!

Jay and I arrived home around the same time and he took over baby duty while I ran to the nursery with my mom to get some spring plants. I have NO clue what plants to get so she was kind enough to help me out. We got phlox to go around my main beds and torenias to go in the beds. I'll have to take some pictures!

The weather was so nice, my Dad was in town and my sister wasn't working so my mom planned a little dinner for everyone. I tried and tried to get a sitter (I seriously called 13 people) with no luck. Fortunately, Jay was sleepy and decided not to go out so we hung out at home while I enjoyed dinner with my parents and sister a hickory tavern.

We were up early Saturday morning with some LOUD babies! We hung around the house and tried to tidy up a bit. Jay cut the grass and I'm proud to say our grass is finally growing in and looking good (such a grownup/homeowner thing to say)... We had our chuch directory pictures on Saturday afternoon and threw a bit of a kink in our plans. The pictures went well and both babies behaved but unfortunately I forgot to wear mascara and lipgloss and look like I am dead. We went for more fro-yo after the pictures (I even have Jay addicted).

We decided to try for a babysitter again and lucked up this time! We took the kids for a long walk around the neighborhood to try and tire them out for the sitter but no luck. At 7pm they were wide awake screaming in their cribs. We kissed them goodnight and were off!

We went to watch the Criterium bicycle race in uptown Charlotte. I got sick watching the bikes zoom in front of us (I also get motion sick on waterbeds... who has a waterbed anymore...)

just because...

racers

We watched the race for a bit then headed to dinner a Ri-Ra. We were wanted to eat outside so we picked Ri Ra's. Bad choice. Love their brunch but dinner was kinda yucky. During dinner I got several texts that Emma Cate was still awake. The sitter had gotten her out of bed, changed her diaper, and was cuddling on the couch in just her onesie bc the sitter didn't think she liked her pjs. I learned to let a lot go by this little encounter. #1 they sleep in a special diaper that holds more "moisture" and I was nervous what I would find the next morning since she was now sleeping in a normal diaper... #2 she was probably freezing in her onesie and it would be super fun putting her back in footed jammies when we got home and then putting her in the crib for the night... #3 someone was taking care of my child and doing the absolute best they could. Was it what I would have done... no, but was my child loved and cared for? Absolutely. 

We had a nice church service and met my dad and sister at Zada Jane's for breakfast afterwards. The babies did pretty well at brunch and enjoyed strawberry pancakes and scrambled eggs.

We went home and took naps and did some planting. Emma Cate hung outside with me while I planted and Holden took a trip to Lowe's with Daddy. We headed over to Gigi and Pop Pops for Sunday dinner and Gigi and I took the babies on a LONG walk while Daddy and Pop Pops watched the masters. The babies LOVE exploring new places and while normally their in Gigi's super kid friendly fun basement, this time they were allowed upstairs and had a ball pulling up on all her furniture.

St. Patrick's Day

We had a blast celebrating St. Patrick's Day! We all dressed in green and headed uptown for the St. Patty's day parade. Note for next year- arrive EARLY to get a good seat! The babies loved the parade and I'm so glad we went! We came home for a quick pump break and then dropped the babies off with gigi and pop pops. Mommy and Daddy met up with Allie, Brett, and Bo and went back downtown for a little bar crawl. We had a crazy night and so much fun!

Park Date

We had so much fun hanging out with the babies this past weekend. We arrived home from Florida on Friday and spent much of Saturday recuperating and hanging at the house. By Sunday we decided to take advantage of the beautiful day and go to the park.

Sunday started off with another amazing church service followed by brunch at city tavern. The plan was to eat outside but the weather didn't cooperate.

Emma Cate is really into grabbing faces!

After afternoon naps we changed out of our church clothes and headed to Freedom park. The weather had warmed up nicely and the park was PACKED. We waited in line for 10 minutes to get into the park and then search everywhere for a parking spot!

The line of cars getting in

We walked around for a bit and then made a pit stop for bottles. We set up blankets and ate in the sunshine!  Both babies miraculously finished their bottles (they've not been so hungry recently) and then we were off again for a few laps around the lake before hitting the swings.

yes, we matched. 

We stopped by gigi's to see her newly landscaped fire pit. I wish I was as talented as my mom! I have two brown thumbs and have no clue where to place flowers. I'm hoping to get her to come by and help out our sad looking front yard!

Crib lowering and scenes from around the house

I've got a little time on my hands want to catch up on a lot of blog posts! Here we are a few days before Easter and getting ready to head to Florida. These are just some everyday shots from around the house.

It was definitely time to lower Holden's crib. He and Daddy worked on it together while I spied on them from the other room. Holden's crib is now as low as it goes but he still is able to stand up. This is making it very hard for us at bedtime. If Holden isn't tired enough (or overly tired) he stands up and plays in his crib. The problem is that he isn't quite as good at sitting down as he is at standing up so he will scream for us to come to his rescue and then 2 minutes later he is standing up again! 

The other day we walked in during naptime and he was standing up facing Emma Cate's crib and she was on her tummy pushing up to see over her bumpers and they were just laughing so hard at each other. I love having twins!

The following are Emma Cate's faces while trying on her new sunhat. She is definitely a character!

We love hanging out together in brother's new lowered crib! So fun to stand instead of nap!

I was cleaning their room and packing for Florida and had put both babies in Holden's crib to keep them contained. I turned around and found them like this. Better hope Holden keeps his gas to himself Emma Cate!

Playdate

Our spring break started out with a fun playdate with all our my teacher friends and their little ones! We've had 7 teacher babies born at our school within the last year and a half! All the mommies have come back to teaching after maternity leave and it's so nice to have other mommies around at work! Thanks so much to Allison for hosting! 

Emma Cate was going through a little phase and CRIED for most of the playdate. Holden sort of froze around the other kids. It was weird to see them act this way since they are normally so crazy around each other. 

9 Month Happenings

We went for our 9 month appointment the other day and the babies did great! They are allowed to eat solid food and I'm working on getting them to try new whole foods. I am making their nutrition a priority but it is HARD! Any tips or suggestions on what your babies eat? I know that they say just to feed them what we're eating but so often we don't always eat the most nutritious food and I don't want to give that stuff to the babies. They've started to eat trader joe's veggies burgers and seem to really enjoy them. Emma Cate is a GREAT eater and Holden is super picky! He is puffs or nothing. Also check out our full sleeve bibs. I am so tired of food ruining clothes and my mom picked these up at Shower Me With Love. They are so great at keeping babies clean!