almost 3 months

The landmark 3 months and I find myself looking forward to this milestone, not for the growth spurt, no way, but for the thought that they might just soon start sleeping through the night. Although this seems so unlikely to me at the moment as they are only just managing to extend the first part of the night sleep to 5 hours.

A bit of a routine is developing with them though and the changes happen so gradually that it is easy to forget how far they have come from those tiny little ones when they were first born and I was just worried that they would drink rather than sleep. No concern with that these days, particularly not with Safiya! Safiya even got her first taste of natural yoghurt yesterday, very tasty thankyou very much :)

They are just starting to recognise each other which is really sweet with Sol taking more interest in Safiya and Safiya looking everywhere but Sol and then eventually her eyes coming to rest on her. I took this cute piccy this morning on our bed, one of the rare oppurtunities where they were both happy to chill together and smile and coo for Mummy.

Nina's blog made me quite teary yesterday and not a day goes by that I don't appreciate having Mum here helping out. She will be sorely missed by us all when she leaves, but I don't want to talk about that right now, it just makes me sad :(

I have got into the routine of half a morning of work a week and may up this soon as we may have a baby sitter lined up who I am to meet this Thursday, one of the lovely ladies who comes to Medicap Pharmacy (first name Barbara ironically) found her for me. It will be nice to have someone else to help out when I'm working and give all of us some relief.

Spring is on the way with more outdoor opportunities, yey!

Survival of the fittest :)

Mummy and Nani play dress-ups

Coming up to 2 months now and team Ahmed/White seem to be hanging in there with Sol and Safiya growing gradually and starting to have little cooing conversations with us and beautiful smiles. There is no doubt that having twins can be pretty tough sometimes, you just get one sorted and then the other one starts but its the smiles and hysterical laughter that get you through. I honestly don't know how anyone could do it without an amazing support team or maybe do it sanely I should say :).
We are getting more comfortable getting out for outings now and the weather is warming gradually so our slings are getting lots of use, its the recipe for keeping them nice and peaceful. They certainly attract a lot of attention when we are out!
The next step is trying to organise regular babysitting which is going to require some serious research. This week I'm going to try the working scene again with one morning a week and see if its do-able. It will be good for me mentally and to keep up with whats happening in the land of pharmacy.

The men of the house ready for lunch at thai orchid

Shammy is on call this weekend so Mum and I are going to take the little munchkins on a trip to Amish country, it could be dangerous as there is going to be lots of yummy bakery food on offer :).

I just had to interrupt my blog to change Sol's nappy this morning. I was patting myself on the back as I'd managed to contain his pee with the nappy and keep his clothes dry and I thought he'd finished and then a few seconds later he let fly again, there goes all his clothes, his wrap and he gave himself a facial shower and mummy also who was bending over to put his nappy on. He has already pooped in it again so it will be off for another change now but for the moment he is sitting on my lap smiling and cooing at me. I guess I can handle a facial shower any day for that.

Safiya ready for walk in oversized suit and just chilling

Well the days keep on flying by and the feeling that I'm never quite catching up with everything but just managing to complete the must do tasks before they spiral out of control. Another week of adventure begins ........