Shenanigans...

Everyone is feeling great again! The girls started acting like themselves again around Wednesday. We have stayed in a lot since it is 105 degrees outside according to our thermometers...yikes!! If I can get the girls out to their swing before 9:30 am, we can usually stand the heat long enough to swing for a while. :) Other than that, we read tons of books, watch a few minutes of Sesame Street (every once in while, of course), and play with all our cool toys.

We have a dress-up, ballet outfit on loan from our friend Jessica and the girls weren't sure what to think of it yesterday...Miss Lexi sure can point her toes like a dancer though! :)

Lilly thought it was funny...
until she realized her Daddy was in his office and had closed the door on her...what nerve!!

After looking under the door, she sat up and yelled for him. :)

We are now in the full swing of the weaning process. I am down to nursing twice a day and so far we are all doing fine. Here are the girls showing off their sippy cup skills. They LOVE whole milk and go nuts when they see me pouring it into their cups. Here is Lexi... What a cute little mess...

The girls also like nothing more than to drink out of a cup with a straw. They have been doing this for a couple months now and think it is so much fun. Here is Miss Lilly drinking her Pedialyte while she was sick.

Then the other day, I was putting away a new package of diapers. Lilly grabbed one and was examining it sooooo closely. So I put it together for her, and held it up showing her how it went on her little toosh. When she leaned down to look in, and I stuck it on her head. Her reaction was the funniest thing I have ever seen. She was off...with it on her head...cracking up!! Then I was laughing so hard...it was contagious!!

She crawled all over the room, just laughing and smiling at me!! I adore her little laugh!! So here is one of the pictures she will hate me over when she grows up...they were playing the drums. :)

Last but not least, today the girls were feeling especially good, so I put clips in their hair. Here is how the conversation went...

Mommy - Hey Lilly, will you smile for Mommy? Come on, say cheese!! Pose for Mommy!! :)

Mommy - Awww, Lilly! Did you find your clip? What!! You don't like it and don't want to wear it?

Mommy - You would rather wear your new tutu on your head? You are such a stinker!! :)

Mommy - Lexi, are you going to pose too? First, can Mommy have her phone back? Last time you slobbered in it, we had to dry out the battery for a whole day before it would work again...remember that, honey bear? :) Your eyes sure do look big and blue right now!

And now the girls are sleeping soundly...what a good week!!

Crazy Weekend

It has been such a crazy weekend...we went to the ER again today. The girls were having tummy problems and then suddenly broke out in a rash all over their bellies and backs. By the time we got them to the hospital, the rash was down their legs and on their feet.

We weren't sure if going to the ER was the right thing or not, but decided to err on the side of caution...just in case!! The last doctor told us to come back if there had been no improvements or the girls got worse after 48 hours..it had been 46, so off we went.

The doctor was wonderful!! The girls acted traumatized just by us being there. Obviously, not enough time had gone by for them to forget the shots from Friday night. Lexi lost it when the doc went to examine her. :( He believes that the girls probably caught a virus and it has just been working its way through their systems...first through the ears (which are all cleared up now!), then the tummies, and now in the skin. I was worried that they may have gotten a mild case of chicken pox since they just had their vaccine 9 days ago, but it was clearly not chicken pox. He also said that it was not a reaction to anything...they were just tiny, red, pinprick dots.

Now we are home and the girls are sound asleep! Hopefully they will sleep well tonight. Here are a few pictures of the sweet babies...

This was Friday night while we were waiting for the high fevers to go down...Lexi has never sat still this long and was sooooo miserable. Eric wanted her to feel better, but was enjoying his snuggle time! Lilly sat in her chair sucking her thumb like a bump on a log.

These next 2 pictures were from yesterday afternoon. They were feeling so much better at the time! The first sweetie is Lilly and then Lexi...

Now to completely switch topics...I have been trying to eat healthier lately. It can be kind of hard since Eric hates fruits and veggies....BUT, I have learned that he will humor me sometimes and so I have just started to make dishes and then make him try a bite or two. Last week, I bought a spinach salad mix and put some bacon and cheese on his so he would eat it...he told me today that he really liked it. I will have to do that again. At least he got some good greens.

So I have been looking for some good recipes that are quick and easy. I got a recipe called, "Juicecous" from my favorite blog, www.mycharmingkids.net, a few weeks ago. I made it yesterday and it was sooooooooooo good!! It is also such an easy thing to mix up and make differently each time. It is actually couscous, but cooked with half water and half juice. Then you add whatever you want to it. I used apple juice and then added chickpeas, cilantro, and craisins. It was amazing!! I munched on it all afternoon. The couscous I bought is whole wheat couscous with milled flax seed and soy, and contains 450 mg of Omega 3 oild per serving! I fed some to the girls today and they seemed to like it a lot too!

I think next time, I might cook it in some broth and add a little cheese. The girls will like that and it is such an easy way to get some yummy Omega 3's!! Isn't it a pretty dish? :)