Lately

Well, so much for trying to keep up the blogging... Who knew taking care of three girls under the age of 28 months would be so all encompassing! We've been in survival mode since the twins were born in May and we're just now starting to come up out of the fog. This doesn't mean things are easy, but they are certainly getting better, surely but slowly as the little ones grow.

Clara and Maia are now four months old, and up to so much more than when they were just bitty infants. Both have learned to roll themselves over from their front to their back(Clara a month ago, and Maia just recently). Unfortunately they get stuck on their backs like turtles flipped on their shells and they don't know how to get themselves back on their fronts again. It's really fun to see babies learn new skills, and then do the action over and over again, just because they can.

The girls are also now sleeping in their own cribs in their own room, and doing a nice, albeit inconsistent, job of sleeping for 4 to 6 hours straight. Mom and Dad slept with the babies on their chests in their bed for the first three months, but were able to move the girls out on their own in order to get some much needed personal space. The transition went well, although it involved some crying and resistance from the babies. Each girl seems to like her own crib now, and they both go down to nap and sleep fairly easily after a bit of CIO training.

Lena is loving her little sisters. She hugs and kisses them several times a day, and just today she said she didn't want to go to school because she wanted to stay to play with Clara. Too bad baby Clara is too little to play with Lena, big sister would probably get bored in 10 minutes or so. But we can't wait until they're all a bit older and can play with each other and take care of each other. This is something we really look forward to.

Here are some pictures.