When will I ever...

Get a good picture of all the kids at the same time? *disclaimer, I know these pictures are off on their focus and lighting:)* Abby and Jack were holding the babies so I decided to pull out the camera and take a cute picture. ha, right. This is what I got:

Typical, no one is looking.

She was trying to get their heads together.

Georgie just kept slipping down.

He was trying to get Iz to smile... while ignoring poor George.

...then the babies heads needed to be touching...

And this was the best I got. Perhaps I should just photoshop each child in individually, haha.

5 months.

I know it is cliche, but I just can't believe how fast time has flown! These little sweeties have hit the five month mark as of yesterday. They are such a joy to have in our home. Georgie is still just a chill as ever and Izzy is starting to mellow out.

Georgia is eating much better! Even almost better than Elizabeth now.
Elizabeth is my little rolly pollie. She goes front to back and back to front. I have to keep an eye on her or she will go all around the room.
Georgia is still fine with not even attempting to roll, haha.
They both make the cutest noises.
They have hit another growth spurt these last few days and that has screwed with Georgia's sleep schedule, as in she has been up until midnight at the minimum, last night it was 1:30. As annoyed as I was, she was just so happy and cooing and kicking I couldn't be mad:)
They love to play with their rattles.
They love their bumbos.
Their happiest time is right after they eat breakfast.
Georgia makes just a few noises when she is hungry, and slowly gets louder if you don't get to her within the next ten minutes. Elizabeth screams non-stop until she gets fed.
They are so sweet together. They are very aware of their surroundings now and smile and make noise at each other. They grab for each other's appendages when they are within arms length, and like to hold hands... or feet;)

We love these girlies!






It makes me so happy to see them both in clothes I made:) and I was so excited to find jeggings in their size!! I wish they had the next size up, I would have bought them too! I told Ben I wanted to buy more in this size, but he told me I was silly;)

The joys of twins.

Twins are hard. I am not going to lie. Twice the diapers, twice the crying and screaming, twice as long when you get up at night and the list could go on. But we also get twice the happiness. I just love my girls and now that they are getting older and are more aware of their surroundings they are getting to be so much fun.

I love how they interact with each other lately. When they lay by each other they wiggle to get closer, they love to be touching or holding hands. I put them on their stomachs the other day and they were so cute. They would take turns coo-ing, squealing and laughing.



Then they would copy each other. If one put their head down the other would, then up then down again.



They have been loving toys lately.

I scored another bumbo on craigslist. Hooray! They do the same thing in their bumbos. Sometimes we put them side by side and they hold hands, other time looking at each other and they "talk" and smile.

I sat them in their bumbos last night to feed them their solids and said how glad I was to have two because it makes feeding them so much more efficient. He started laughing so I asked why. He pointed out, how many people say that about doing simple tasks with their singleton (multiple mama speak for one) babies? I think it is kind of true, I know even when I had only one at a time I still didn't want feedings or baths to take forever because I would rather be doing something fun like snuggling. But when it comes to twins, it is essential! Just by having two bumbos I have cut feeding time in half! For the first eight weeks I couldn't get Elizabeth to properly latch, so I would bf Georgia, pump, then bottle feed Elizabeth. A month in it finally clicked in my head if I fed George and pumped at the same time it would be so much faster! So I went from 1 hour 15 minutes at feeding time to 45 minutes, why didn't I think of it sooner?? Now they both bf and I can tandem about half the time which makes it 10 minutes, or 20 if I do them one at a time. We even have a bath routine down that has been cut from 45 minutes to 15! It involves Ben, so I dread bath time when he is gone:) And the list could go on and on... I know it is lame, but I get so excited when I find a new time saving method! Mostly because it gives me more time to focus on the fun times with my sweet children:)

Mmmmm...

I finally upgraded my camera... and I don't know why I waited so long!!! The difference is just amazing. I am able to shoot at night under my ceiling light and still get a good picture. Never would that have happened before, I had to turn on all the lights and photoshop like crazy- which makes "noise" in the photo (a.k.a. make it grainy).



I was playing with it the other night and it was much easier because Iz was asleep, haha. Much easier to focus when she isn't moving;)


The girls have started solids! So far they have had rice, bananas, sweet potatoes and peas. The older two never really were interested in baby food, and by the time they were they had a full set of teeth. Really. Okay, maybe not a full mouth but they each had their first tooth at 3-4 months and were eating cut food by 8-9 months. Serious.

I have been having fun making my own purees for them. Since the older two didn't really like purees and I was working I didn't go homemade for them. So far I have done bananas, peas, green beans, pumpkin, squash and I have avocado and apples waiting to be made. The fruit makes my house smell good... and the vegetables, not so much, haha. Oh, and I freeze them so I can do it in a bigger batch and not have to cook everyday:)

They get a puree around their noon feeding and then a puree mixed with cereal before bed. In the begining it was only at noon but Izzy still seems hungry after her last feeding of the night so I started doing cereal and she is much happier.

Iz will usually eat two cubes and gobble it all down, sometimes I think she might even go for more... But I don't want to be puked on if I am wrong:)

And Georgie? Well, she has definitely improved but she still will only eat a few bites then she acts like she is gagging. I figure it is easier if I am feeding one to just feed the other too. It is funny how differently they have developed, Georgie is more vocal and smiley and Iz is more physical. She rolls front to back, back to front, is obsessed with her fingers and toes, so I think that may have something to do with her being more ready than George for food. Maybe, maybe not?

Halloween.

Another Halloween come and gone. Abby found a costume in Grandma's bin, I made Jack's costume, and the twins' were Ben's idea.



This was at Abby's school. They did the traditional parade and Jack wanted to dress up too. But then we got there and he didn't want to be there. Oh well.

My little cuties. His hat looks weird... I never did get a good picture of it, but it has a stem and a leaf on top.

Rivals. Ben thought this one up... Probably because then we just wore basketball shorts and t-shirts and were still in a "costume", haha. Like he doesn't wear that everyday:)

Georgie got BYU because her coloring doesn't go great with red or certain shades of pink... so easy decision there:)

Hey, I guess I did get a picture of his hat.

The awesome Laidlaw tradition of pumpkin soup bowls. Awesome.

This was his first haul. Ben and I took all the kids out... and made it through half a block before Elizabeth started to fuss. So he carried her for a bit, then George started to fuss so I quickly walked them back and got them fed while the older ones finished out the block.

Then Abby begged everyone to take her again, and Auntie Rachel and Uncle Brandon were nice enough to do so. They came back with their pumpkins full again... More for Mom and Dad, haha:)