Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

March 24, 2011
Today was filled with changes. Josie has now become too active for her swing...and Noah's determination hold onto the seat while she's in it has raised safety concerns. So, after one final joy ride we packed it up into the garage. We were so dependent on both of our swings for so long that our home doesn't look the same without them. Replacing the swing is their new toy-chest. We were able to rearrange the furniture to look much more like our living room pre-parenthood, which feels a little odd for Ben and I. Finally, while Josie's been scooting short distances for some time now it often seemed as though she thought her belly was stuck to the floor. But today, something in her shifted and she had a great time scooting and crawling all over the house. This new-found mobility makes her much more interested in interacting and playing with her brother which is so much fun to watch.

For good measure, here's a picture of the two of them in their swings when they were one month old.

(Godmother, the title of this blog is for you)

Getting in on the action

March 23, 2011
Josie joined in on the fun today as both littles watched Bennett continue breaking up concrete.

No Photo (but 4 teeth)

March 22, 2011
We didn't get a photo, but I didn't want to forget that Noah's 4th tooth broke through yesterday.

Adventurous Monday

March 21, 2011

I started the day by convincing Bennett to join me and some other MoMs and their twins at Chevy's for lunch. I enticed him by saying we could stop at Sears to look for a storage shed. We ordered a shed and found a steal of a deal on a pink beach cruiser. This is my first bike that doesn't happen to be a hand-me-down and I feel a bit like Phoebe from "Friends." Now we can all go for rides together. As I loaded the babies in the car, Ben started breaking down a cardboard box to place under the bike to protect the car. And that's when he cut his finger with the knife. We thought for a second he might need stitches, but we bandaged it up and he loaded the bike on the car while I attempted to maintain some sort of calm with Josie and Noah who had now been inside a car that wasn't moving for almost a half hour.

Needless to say, we didn't make it to Chevy's. But after a nap and lunch, Josie and Noah were piled into the bike trailer and I got to break in my new bike. We learned that the littles seem to fall asleep better in the trailer than in the car or stroller and they remained cozied up for sometime after the ride ended.

Later that night, project build an in-law began with Bennett trying out his new hammer and breaking up some concrete in the backyard. Noah found that hilarious!

Easy Sunday

March 20, 2011
We spent a nice lazy Sunday cleaning and playing around the house. Noah found the bumbos that we had tucked out of the way and decided he wanted to use them again and Josie enjoyed looking at books (her favorite thing to do).

This one's for Loli (and all the Pouci girls)

March 19, 2011
I think my little Jo wants to be a Puoci. She has Tori's cheeks (well, almost), she flaps her arms like twins Annabelle and Juliette and now, the upside down pacifier like Olivia. We had an eventful day running errands while navigating the rain and wind. I was channeling Bennett when I found a steal of a deal on a craigslist purchase: Josie and Noah (I) now have a cool new toy box (and I now longer have to look at the messy heap)!

All packed up with nowhere to go...

March 18, 2011
Spent the day trying to entertain the littles while packing up for our long weekend at Nonna and Nonno's house. Unfortunately, we decided not to make the trip because Luka (also visiting) had a high fever. We were disappointed to miss out on the opportunity for the littles to meet the family and friends, but we hope Lulu is feeling better!