Cora

Recent Cora stories:
Cora is going to have the strongest abs ever. She does crunches all the time. In an attempt to sit up, she will lift her head/arms and her legs. It doesn't help her sit, but she'll have a six-pack soon. Cora hasn't gotten her own toes to her mouth yet, but she has tasted Ruby's toes. She didn't seem too impressed. Cora has rolled across the room. She tried to keep rolling into the mirrored closet door.

We have made a breakthrough: Cora will eat applesauce!! Before this her dietary choices consisted of rice cereal and oatmeal (and marshmallows if Ray was feeding her). Ruby still prefers the flavorless, bland varieties of food.

Cora has discovered that she can blow through her nose. She regularly scrunches up her lips and blows through her nose, yesterday she even snorted.

Just now Cora started laughing and I looked over. The girls are playing on the floor and Ruby was rubbing her feet on Cora's head. I guess Cora likes head massages.

Bath time for Cora is very relaxing. She likes to lounge in the water and hardly moves at all. Yesterday she accidentally splashed and got a bit upset.

See how smart Cora is? She can already read the junk mail.
Cora is sitting very well these days. She always wants to sit now. She hates lying down.
Maybe it's time to retire the bouncy seat.

Ruby

Recent Ruby stories:
The other day when I was about to get the girls out of their crib, Ruby rolled onto her side and put her arm across Cora in a half-hug. It was very cute and only lasted a moment.

It has been so fun to watch the girls interact. One day as I was holding Ruby and Cora was sitting in the swing, every time their eyes would meet they would both start laughing. After a moment they would go back to their individual pursuits. Ruby especially will laugh every time she catches Cora's eye. It's almost as if they share some inside joke that no one else will ever understand.

Ruby can put her toes in her mouth now. She is getting much better at sitting, although she still wiggles too much to sit for extended periods of time. She can roll over, but hasn't figured out that she can cover distance that way. She tends to just roll back and forth in the same spot.

Ruby loves baths, she tries to get into the water before I'm ready for her. Once in, she splashes all over everything. She especially loves to get her legs going, she can really splash a lot that way.

Here is a picture of Ruby picking on Cora. Ruby kicked against the bouncy seat until Cora was folded in half. Cora didn't seem to mind too much at first, after a bit she got mad.
Who does this picture remind you of?
This is a typical Ruby look. Any time she opens her mouth the tongue comes out.

This has been the month for visitors

Jeremiah, Shelli and Shayla came up from Colorado and stopped in to visit us for the afternoon. Cody, Kristy and Kayla came over, too, so we had a full house again. I got to experience two two-year-olds (Shayla is over two and Kayla is almost two) in my house. I can hardly wait until that is a daily occurrence. (I hope you can feel the sarcasm in that statement.)

Here Shelli is with all the little girls.








Jeremiah and Shayla.












I got a picture of Cody this time. But I didn't get another picture of Kristy, which she probably appreciates. :-)

Another Cute Picture

This is a lot of posts from me in one day. I'm currently taking advantage of the fact that Ray is distracting the babies. Also, I wanted to add this picture before I forgot.
The girls were watching the road construction that has just resumed on our street. We may eventually get pavement again, although the 2" of rain in the last 48 hours has slowed progress. The babies got to listen to the road construction for the first month of their lives, now they can watch it.

A Moment to Preserve for Posterity...

Ruby actually smiled for the camera!!! It was a one-time event so it needs to be saved. Usually when she sees the camera she just stares. This one time, she actually smiled and held the smile until the picture was taken. (I don't know what was causing the shadow across her face.)
Yes, Jenn, they are in matching outfits again. I don't dress them in matching outfits all that often, but when I do I take pictures.

Visitors, Part III

I know I'm slow with this post. I'm trying to get it up before I have more visitors. I guess this has been the month for everyone from Colorado to travel to Wyoming. I'm just wondering when my family is going to get up here?

Eileen and Kay are the daughters of Aunt Joan, Grandma Jean's twin sister.

Here is Eileen with Cora:
Kay and Bob with Ruby:

More Visitors

Ray's mom and sister came for a short visit. Here are pictures of the girls with Grandma and Aunt Julie. It was a lot of fun to have them here. The girls were certainly sad to see them leave. (When I'm here by myself they don't get held as much.)












Grandma and Julie were even brave enough to feed the girls. Although, Julie tried feeding Ruby once and would only feed Cora after that. Ruby is a bit more of a challenge to get food into.

Mother's Day

This morning I was greeted by this on the table:

Inside:

My babies already have autographs!!

Visitors

Ray thinks this post will encourage everyone to come visit us, just so you all can make an appearance on this blog. That is everyone's goal, right?


We had visitors last weekend. I know I'm slow putting these pictures up. It's hard to find the time with two babies wanting my attention. Anyway, here are some pictures of the girls with everyone.

Great Grandma Jean










Great Aunt Linda and Cousin Kristy







Cousin Kayla. I like this last picture because it really captures the way Ruby always reacted to Kayla. Cody was also here but I didn't get a picture of him. (Sorry, Cody.)

It was so much fun to see everyone. We are so far from family that we just don't get visitors often enough.

Can you find the babies?

Baby Conversation

This video worked out pretty good. You can see Ruby stealing a toy from Cora. Cora actually tried to keep it for a while. Before I started recording Ruby had tried to remove Cora's hand one finger at a time. It was funny.

You also can hear a "conversation" between the girls. I don't know if you can tell which baby is talking at any given point. I can recognize their voices, but it all seems to sound about the same to other people.

I'm not sure what this says about me...

Yesterday afternoon Ruby spit up all over me and my first thought was, "Oh, good, it's all on me." Granted, I would prefer that she spit up on the burp cloth, but that seldom happens. So the next best thing is that my clothes catch it all, as they can be easily thrown in the washer. It's not nearly so easy to clean up couch cushions, floors, carpet, or any number of other items that are occasionally hit by spit-up.