Week 8 Happenings

This week we celebrate our 8 week mark! We will be going to the doctor next week for their 2 month check up where they will be getting shots. Pretty sure I already mentioned that in my last post - I guess I am hoping the more I talk about it, the easier that day will be. (ha!)

Anyways, Rob and I took the big step last night and moved the babies into their room. We put them in their own cribs after the 8pm feeding. I do believe it was a little harder on me than Rob, but I think we were both ready for them to be in their own room. We do after all have a monitor as well as video cameras in there - so it's not like they are really alone. I put my iPad next to my side of the bed with the video monitor on just so I could watch them and make sure they were doing ok. The other monitor was turned up and put a little closer to me as well -- just in case they started crying! I actually slept much better than I thought I would. It was hard to sleep at first, but as the night went on and we did our two feedings, I found it easy to get back to sleep each time. The babies did wake up a little earlier than usual this morning by about 30 minutes and Rob and I think it might be because it's a little brighter in their room than ours. So that will have to be fixed! Anyways - here's a picture of what I was looking at last night before going to sleep!

In other news, the cats are very happy because we now have our bedroom door open since the babies are not sleeping in there. So needless to say, last night they were little explorers, and I even had my little Wooter sleep with me. As I told Rob, two babies left my room, but I gained one furry baby back in the process. 

We also unofficially weighed them this week. Carter is weighing in at about 10 1/2 pounds - and boy can you tell! He is turning into quite a little chunk! We actually lovingly refer to him as our chunky monkey. Madilyn is weighing in at almost 9 1/2 pounds. She is doesn't eat quite as much as Carter does - perhaps because she is watching her girlish figure - but she is still gaining each time we weigh her. We will be getting official weights and measurements at the doctor too which we are pretty excited about. 

This past week we also went out to dinner with the babies for the first time. As "Aunt Kimmie" said, this is the easiest time to go out and eat with the babies because they aren't talking - or throwing things! I saw some logic in what she was saying, so Rob and I decided to try it out. However, I did make Aunt Kimmie and her hubby come out with us just in case her logic proved wrong. Carter slept the whole time, and Madilyn (no surprise to me) was awake the whole time. But, she was in a pretty good mood, and really enjoyed looking around the restaurant. 

I have a few pictures to post but I will try to post them this weekend. Sleep is calling my name - and I best try to get in a few ZZ's before it's time to feed the babies again!

Another Video

Here's a quick video of Carter moving backwards on his playmat. Notice where he starts and where he ends up! Such a big boy!!

Carter on the Move!

Lookalike

Rob and I have talked about who we think the babies look like, and have yet to come up with an answer. Neither of us really blatantly see much of ourselves in Madilyn and Carter yet. It's funny taking the babies to see friends, family, and coworkers because several people have commented on how much Carter looks like Rob or how Madilyn looks like me. I think Madilyn and Carter both have very similar features - but just not quite sure if they got them from me or Rob! Anyways, we thought it would be funny to take some pictures of them right next to our faces and compare them to see if we could see any similarities. What do you think?

Rob and I with Madilyn

 

And here we are with Carter:

Pictures!

So, I have loaded most of the pictures we have taken since the babies arrived, and I thought since I have not been very good about blogging, I would at least put some pictures up on the blog! Before that though, the babies are doing great and growing day by day. We have our next doctor's appointment for the babies on July 5th - and they'll be getting some shots. I don't think Mommy or the babies are going to have dry eyes that day. Anyways.. Pictures!

 Our first official family of four picture :)

My mom and I feeding the babies!

Madilyn at 1 month old 

Carter at 1 month old

Gucci Babies!!! 

Daddy holding his babies on our first trip to Bridge City

Mommy holding some sleepy babies!

Here's a video Rob took in the hospital not long after the babies were delivered. Madilyn is on the left, and Carter is on the right. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLooW3YPKrQ&feature=youtu.be

Hopefully I will be posting more in general, but life is busy sometimes! :) Of course, we wouldn't have it any other way -- we love our Biddle Babies! 

Happy Father's Day

Today we celebrated a very special Daddy in our house! 

Happy First Father's Day from your 3 biggest fans! We love you, Daddy!!!

One Month Old!

It is completely crazy that Madilyn and Carter are a month old today!

Things have been a little busy around our house - but here is a little highlight of Madilyn and Carter's first month.

Madilyn:
*She is alert, and doesn't want to miss a thing - and therefore doesn't always want to go to sleep after she eats.
*She loves to stretch after waking up from sleeping, and arches her back and makes really funny faces. Rob and I say she sometimes looks like a duck because of how she puts her lip out.

Carter:
*Is a completely relaxed baby. We feed him, burp him, and he pretty much goes right back to sleep.
*Has become very alert of things around them - not only our voices, but things with colors as well

Both:
*really like being in their car seat - which means they both like being in the car and running errands with Mommy and Daddy, and they also like going for walks in the neighborhood
*are sleeping in our room in a pack and play. Rob and I had said before they were born they would go right to the nursery - but Mommy changed her mind once the babies got here! (I promised Rob they would be out of our room by the time they turned 2..)
*Have been to the doctor twice. We went to the doctor the day after we left the hospital, and then went back for a two week check up. We don't go back to the doctor until they are 2 months old!
*are becoming more aware of their hands and sometimes suck on them. They still don't have complete control of their arms, but they aren't flinging them around quite as much as they were in the beginning, but they are still working on having total control.
*have a love/hate relationship with the bath. It just depends on the day if they are happy or sad that they have to take a bath.

Tonight Rob and I weighed the babies with our fancy scale we bought. As of tonight, Madilyn weighs 7.8 lbs, and Carter weighs 8.2 lbs. Of course, those are not official weights, but needless to say, they are growing!