Tagged

To play this game of tag, post the rules on your blog. List 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, and 3 random surprising facts about yourself. Tag 3 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Joys:
1-The moments when my babies smile at me unexpectedly, for no particular reason, and listening to my babies laugh and play together. It is so cute when they both start giggling.
2-Family, I'm so excited to get to see everyone soon!
3-Sleep

Fears:
1-That something will happen to Ray and I will be a single mother with no income.
2-That something will happen to me and Ray will be left with two kids.
3-That something will happen to one of the babies.
I'm sure I had fears before having children, but I really don't remember what they were.

Obsessions/collections:
1-I collect globes -- mostly because people give them to me. Of all the globes I own, I have only purchased one. I have, however, purchased most of my large maps.
2-Organizing my life. This is a very difficult task and a never-ending one. I also don't think I'm really obsessed with it, maybe if I was it might get done.
3-Sleep. I can never get enough.

Random Facts:
1-When I was single I preferred to go places alone rather than with any size group because alone you meet a lot more people. (Now that I'm married with small children I don't really go anywhere.)
2-The last time I was asked what my favorite dessert was I didn't even think of ice cream. (That even surprised me, when I thought about it later.)
3-One of the best unforeseen side effects of having children is that I get to sing the hymns at church now. I don't know how many years it's been since I got to regularly sing rather than play the hymns at church.

Now, I'm not tagging anyone. My reasons are thus: I feel that tagging is the blogging equivalent of chain mail. I really don't like chain mail and never pass it on. If anyone thinks this looks like fun and would like to participate, pretend I tagged you here. Otherwise, it ends with me.

Teeth

Update: Cora has two teeth (both lower front ones) and Ruby has one (upper). They're showing up fast. (June 22)

Cora has a tooth now! It is her first. Ruby still hasn't had any show up. I am grateful that Cora is getting teeth first because she is my non-biting child. It really wouldn't hurt my feelings if Ruby waited a while to get some.

Cora didn't seem to be bothered at all by the tooth until it showed up. She's been sucking on her fingers a lot more than usual the last couple of days. She also hasn't been napping well at all. I don't know if it's all related, but the timing makes me think it probably is.

I noticed the tooth on Tuesday when I was feeding her cereal, I could hear it hit the spoon when she would bite down. I would try to take a picture but it isn't big enough to really see just yet. Maybe after it grows in all the way.

Happy Father's Day!!

Happy Father's Day to all you fathers out there.

Our new stroller

I now have two double strollers. This may seem like overkill, but both strollers have their best uses. The tandem is great for walking anywhere and goes through doorways so much easier, but it won't fit in my car. This one folds up small enough it easily fits in my car and the girls can see each other and play together.

We got a great deal on this stroller at a garage sale. Sometimes garage sales are great, like last week when we found this stroller, a walker, and a pile of baby clothes. Then there are weeks like this one where we basically wasted three hours looking through other people's junk. You just never know what you might find.

Random Happenings

We finally got the highchairs out. The girls look so tiny in them right now, especially Ruby because she slouches. It has been so much easier to feed the girls, I wish I'd gotten the highchairs out sooner.

In this picture I was trying to capture Ruby playing with the blind cords. She was standing up on the couch, looking out the window, and got hold of the cords. Then she got swinging them around pretty good, as you can tell by the blurriness in the picture. She seemed to quite enjoy the game.

These pictures relate to stories in the last posts.

Ruby sucking on her toe.

Cora doing crunches,
it's kind-of hard to see in the picture
but she does have her head and legs lifted up.

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.