Two Months Old!

Such big girls we have now (Alina is in the picture to the right)! To celebrate, we went to Babies R' Us yesterday. This was a big deal as it was the first time we completed both a diaper change and feeding outside of the house (other than once before to the doctor's office). Babies R' Us has this awesome room set up for just this purpose. Back by the bathrooms, the room had two changing tables, a gliding chair, and a love seat (see Avery in the picture below on the love seat - apparently she was not as thrilled about the room as we were).

While we were in there, right after the feeding when we were strapping the girls into the car seats, Alina decided it was the time to have a massive poop. Luckily, the accompanying wet fart alerted us to its existence. Ches picked her up and started changing her, and she decided to poo again...and again...and again. Then, after cleaning up the constant stream of poo, she thought it the appropriate time to pee everywhere. Ches finally was going to secure the diaper when the second barrage of urine shot up and all over the new diaper and the mat we had down. Thanks to Ches' quick, skilled moves, he was able to save the outfit she was wearing. We are so happy that this was being dealt with on a nice changing station instead of in the back of our car.

When we were finishing up, another mother walked in with a very cute 4-week-old boy. She was totally shocked to see us with twins. She kept making statements about how difficult it must be for us to handle the twins when she was having a hard time with just the one. We said that we had a lot of help which has enabled us to be able to handle the load. But then she said she also had the help of her in-laws and that it was just so much work to have one baby. She sounded pretty rough. It made us both thankful for our situations - to have such wonderful daughters with wonderful grandparents (and aunt & uncle) and wonderful teamwork between the two of us.

We made out like bandits with all of the sales Babies R' Us had for memorial day weekend. We even got a new carrier that fits Ches perfectly without having to subject the girls to a face full of beard. We tested it out when we both walked to Safeway with the girls in the carriers. It was very nice to have the convenience of just attaching them to our chests instead of setting up the caravan. We even managed to buy all the necessities for our memorial day grilling session including a 12-pack of beer, sack of potatoes and the other essentials (hot dogs, buns, chicken skewers, etc.). Hopefully we can make a solid attempt to take a walk everyday with the girls in the carriers, weather permitting.