Sibling Love

My kids are great. I really mean that. Does that mean I don't have days I want to just scream, um, no. I do but really I have pretty great kids. I probably don't tell them that enough. I say I love you all the time but actually telling them that they are GREAT is different. When I tell them that they are GREAT I see this really special twinkle in their eyes I know that seems to mean more to them than just I love you. Here are a couple pictures showing you how much they love each other. Eli and Kehan have a great bond. It melts my heart to watch them together. Kehan is the one to make Eli laugh anyone else has a hard time but not Kehan. Ashlyn loves her baby sister. Often times telling Kjerstin and Kehan that, "She's MY baby sister."

Eli has teeth!

I am behind on getting out the news on a new milestone we have reached in our house. On May 1, 2010 on our first morning in Wisconsin for a quick weekend visit Eli popped through his bottom two teeth. Yes two teeth at the same time! Here is a quick picture of him with his pearly whites. Now isn't he happy? Ellie we are still waiting on you to catch up but being "baby B" you can follow behind Eli for now. One day though you will want to be first!

Thirsties Duo Wrap Review

Oh, how I love my Duo Wraps! I wish I would have gotten a couple of these to start with as Eli is on the biggest setting on the size 1 already but, I am sure it will still fit him for a few more months he is only about 13-14 lbs and it states size one goes up to 18 lbs or about 9 months old. Ellie is on the middle setting so she certainly has more room to grow. I just love these diaper covers!

Duo Wraps have built in leg gussetts that keep EVERYTHING in! I really like that feature. With these there is no having to check and readjust to be sure the cover is fitting well around the leg and over the hip but the gussetts fit so nice around the bottom of the leg that you just don't have to worry about it! Another plus is that the baby has a bit more moveability because the gussetts allow more give or wiggle room with out any constriction on movement.

I believe that the Duo Wrap in size 1 would most definitely fit a newborn and that is saying something for an adjustable sized diaper. Duo wraps are not One Sized but rather two sized that give you 6 different sizes over just 3 different sizes. I have used my Duo Wraps over prefolds, stay dry liners similar to the Flip Stay Dry liners, and over a Thirsties Fab Fitted. The only things to note are with my stay dry liners they are so think because they are made of microfiber topped with microfleece are that you may be able to go down a size because of the thinness of the insert. Then with the Fab Fitted you may have to go up a size depending on the size of your fitted. I have a small fitted and need to go up a size on Ellie. Thirsties is coming out with a new duo sized fitted so look for those in the near future. With the prefold I find they fit right where they should.

The only thing I don't like is that the white  trim all around the diaper stains easily. But my solution is to just put them in the sun to dry on the line and the stain comes right out. Not so sure what I will do in the winter. Maybe a little OxiClean spot remover or just wait until Spring comes again. 

I like these covers so much I have already order two in the size two so I will have a couple Duo Wraps to use until they potty train. They are very affordable at $12.25 - 13.25 per cover.

Here are a couple pictures of Eli and Ellie sporting their Duo Wraps. Eli is in a "Storm" with aplix and Ellie is in a "Melon" with aplix closure.

Look who is learning to sit up

Eli is such a little ham! He smiles all the time. These was taken this morning so he is 5.5 months old and I thought to myself he should be getting ready to sit up by himself. So, I tried it and he can sit for 5 secs or so by himself. Pretty good for his first real go at it. Ellie surprisingly doesn't do as well. She has much better head and upper body control than Eli does when on your lap and such but doesn't do as well balancing herself on the floor. Although she can sit on your lap. Kids are so different and no one child does anything the same as the one before. So it is always new every time you help your child grow. Love that part of being a mom. Certainly makes it so it is not boring.

Kjerstin's Dance Recital

Kjerstin's music teacher at school offered a few weeks of dance classes this spring. On April 25, 2010 they had a recital. Here are a couple pictures taken before we left. Isn't our Kjerstin beautiful? I can't believe come September she will be 7 years old. How is it that your first born seems to grow up SO much faster than the rest?

Eli shows off his diaper wearing too

So I figured I shouldn't let Ellie has all the fun in showing everyone how her cloth diapers fit, so here are a couple of Eli too. The light aqua colored one is a Nubunz premium pocket diaper and the darker blue is a Flip diaper in Moonbeam made by Cotton Babies. I love both styles of diaper and they are both one size diapers so he will be able to wear these until he potty trains, what a deal! And isn't our little man adorable? He has such a mild personality and is ready to smile the minute you look at him!

5 Months Old Already!

Can you hardly believe it, the twins are 5 months old already! April 16th marked the day. We are still breastfeeding and the Eli and Ellie have both had their try at baby food but, so far it is a no go. I have them try at least once a week but, neither of them really seem interested and just spit it out. Eli is around 13 pounds and Ellie is about 11 pounds for my best guess. Ellie is still in 0-3 month clothes but many of the sleepers are getting too short so she must be growing at least a little bit! Eli is still in 3-6 month clothes which is right where he should be although he still in the 5% for weight for his age. Ellie can roll both ways when she wants to and Eli just started to roll yesterday from his belly to his back! One day this week they were sitting in their Bumbo chairs looking at each other and Eli looked at Ellie, got a big smile on his face, and then laughed at her! It was the sweetest thing I have seen them do yet. I just hope it was because he was excited to see her and not because he has started teasing her already!

The other day I looked through their photo albums and it really is amazing how much they have grown since birth and how little they really were. When I had them I knew they were small but it isn't until now when I can look back and see how small they really were that it really has an impact on me. As fast as these first 5 months have gone before I know it they will be turning one!