Welcoming The New Year

2012 has come and gone, and we've just entered 2013. It is pretty hard to believe that Clara and Maia are already over 6 months old, 7 months and two weeks to be exact! Things are definitely starting to get a bit easier. A friend of mine who also has twins calls it "entering the sweet spot". And we'd have to agree. The babies are rolling over both ways, sitting up, crawling, eating lots of solid food, and, the best recently acquired skill, sleeping through the night. It took them a full 7 months, but it seems they've finally got it, the best Hannukkah gift! They're naps have become much more predictable too, and we're  on a pretty good schedule which definitely helps keep us a bit more sane. December was a long month, with everybody in our house catching several different ailments. It started with a pink eye infection that all of us got, and then the little girls came down with some sort of intestinal bug causing continuous diarrhea and diaper rash for a full three weeks, what a downer! The culmination of our health challenges was a seriously annoying cold, that somehow only Lena was able to avoid. And poor Daniel also got the flu. After weeks and weeks of battling something or other, it seems we're all finally healthy, and ready to enjoy the new year!