Three Months

Erin and Halle are three months old today!  Some days it feels like a blink and other times I feel like they have been here much longer than only three months - crazy how that happens.  Life is settling down as Erin and Halle become more predictable and on more of a routine.  The past few months have taught me the value of coffee in the mornings and a glass of wine in the evenings...  :)  I have learned that "witching hour" is real (and actually lasts for 2-3 hours sometimes!) and despite numerous attempts, you can not hold two babies and a toddler at one time.  Really, you can't.  Seriously though, it has been amazing learning more about Erin and Halle as they grow and develop.  I am looking forward to each coming phase and am excited to see more of their little personalities.

To see all of the fun chair pictures together see A Chair for Two!

Here are some fun facts about Erin and Halle at three months!

Smiling!  Hooray!!  Both smile when they see us and will "talk" with little coos and cute sounds

Erin is quicker to smile and seems really social.  You really have to earn Halle's love (and smiles), plus catch her in the perfect mood...  haha

Halle is able to sleep without being swaddled for naps - Erin MUST be swaddled tight for any sleep to occur

Halle seems to be the lighter sleeper - moves around more when she is sleeping

Erin's poops are yellow,  Halle's are green.  In case you were dying to know.  I do think it is weird they are different when their diet is the same...

Sleeping 7hr stretches at night,  but it is usually from 9pm to 4am.  If only we could get it to shift 2 hrs fwd..  no such luck though.

Both are eating 4-5 oz every 4 hrs or so.  I usually have them on the exact same schedule, but lately have adopted more of a staggered routine in order to get more one on one time with each little one.  

In 3 month size footy sleepers and still in newborn size onesies and pants.  Those are getting tight though - moving up soon!

They are tracking almost perfectly in terms of gestational age (would just now be 2 months) and while it seems slow, they are doing great!

I wasn't successful in getting them to smile for their chair picture (I don't think they can really see far enough to smile at me yet...), but I was able to get some cute shots for their individual pictures!

Here are a few bonus shots from our fun photo shoot.  Thankfully Lia gave me a good nap this day and the timing worked perfectly.  Happy, smiley babies are clean, fed and ready to play - this takes coordination to get them both in this mindset at the same time!!  Mission accomplished I think.  :) 

For being the more smiley one, Erin was really stingy with her big smiles when I was taking pictures.  She was seriously intrigued by the giant black thing in front of Mama's face...

I think I finally have a kid that looks good in yellow!  I had so many cute yellow outfits from Lia and she is just not a yellow kind of kid...  Halle - maybe!  Yay!