4 Months Old (Almost)

Charlotte is the cutest little nugget, and gets cuter every day! When she catches our eyes, her face lights up with the biggest smile! I. Just. Can't. Stand it!!

So stinkin' cute. 

She mastered rolling over last month, and has now moved on to rolling over and holding her head up. She loves it. I walk away for a minute, and return to find her 2 feet away of her original position on her tummy passed out. When she sleeps on her tummy, she goes into a deep slumber that not even the screams of her big sister can bring her out of. 

She is an extremely happy child. So happy and content, that I forget I have a 3 month old in my living room sometimes. Talk about low maintenance! 

I've learned to go with her flow. In the past, I have tried to feed her because it had been 2 hours and she "should" be ready to eat, but she would just smile at me as she spit out her milk and let it slide down her little cheekies. She would look at me like,

"Mom I was totally fine, not sure why you're trying to feed me. I'm just chillin' quit harshin my mellow. "

The only times she gets upset, is in the middle of the night when she wakes up to eat. She is ready to eat RIGHT NOW. Unfortunately I have to wake myself up and hurry to the kitchen to make her bottle, which according to Charlotte, is wildly unacceptable. 

I hear her mad cry when I make it back to the bedroom, but once she gets her food she falls back asleep as she gulps down her milk. 

She also is funny when she is really tired. She will fuss/cry when she is really sleepy. Almost like she is agitated that she isn't sleeping. We will usually move her from the floor to her chair or vice versa, where she will quickly fall asleep. 

Yep. That's it. That is our angelic child. You have my permission to be jealous. Frankly, I don't know how we lucked out with two mild girls. GIRLS... aren't they supposed to be divas? 

Maybe that will come in their teenage years, and in that case I will enjoy my easy children while they are young in preparation for their wild and dramatic teenage years. 

Oh, have I mentioned lately that I love being at home with my girls? Sure, I don't always get out of my pajamas (or EVER), and it has been a hard transition from having adult conversations to asking Emma not to color on the walls for the umpteenth time, BUT I am grateful that we don't have to worry about the cost of daycare for both girls. I am ecstatic that we don't have to wake up the girls at 6:30 a.m. to take them to daycare so that we can get to work on time. Emma has gone from waking up at 7 a.m. every morning to 8:30 a.m. and sometimes even 9 a.m. each morning. 

The best thing? I get to watch every moment of my girls lives as they learn, grow, and turn into sweet little ladies. 

The next time you see Matt, give him a huge pat on the back (or buns, whichever you prefer) for working so hard for us and making it possible for me to stay home. It has made all the difference in our lives, and there is no way that I could leave our girls right now. Matty, you are my hero!

And now for your viewing pleasure, lots of pictures of our girls!!

Until next time!

xoxo

The Twistles

Charlotte's faces

 Charlotte is unbelievably adorable during every part of the day, and when she locks eyes with you, there's no turning away from her interested stare. Her eyes are so big and beautiful, I find myself just getting lost in them. Here are some of her faces :) We love our Charly!!

xoxo
The Twistles

First World Problems

My awesome family all chipped in to get us a new double stroller for the girls, and we went and picked it out a few weeks ago. It looks great, and we love it! Except...

Our brand new double stroller doesn't fit in our Mazda, or Matt's Nissan. Now we have to get a new luxury SUV so we can actually use it! Gosh, that sucks!

We'll have to find a solution soon, and also find the $scrilla$ to pay for a new SUV. For now, it sure is nice to look at! 

Thanks family, we really do intend to use it eventually...

xoxo
The Twistles

Home Life With The Girls

Life has been hectic these past few weeks, to say the least. If I ever thought having one baby was a game changer, I had no idea what having two would be like! 

Charlotte has settled into the newborn feeding schedule, I was hopeful she would sleep longer through the night, but she wakes up about every 2 hours to eat in the middle of the night. I am up with her 3-4 times each night for about an hour at a time. It's completely exhausting. Right when I get into that deep sleep, she wakes up and wants to eat again. I feel like it's Groundhog's Day every night, and I just pray that I make it to daylight. 

Emma wakes up around 7:30 a.m., so I have just enough time to feed Charly at 7 a.m., burp her, change her, and then brush my teeth and wash my face before Emma is up. Diet Pepsi and Rockstars have been my saving grace during the day! By the time Matt gets home I probably look like a disaster and am so tired that I barely have the energy to say, "hi". I really miss sleep. 

Charly is very alert and awake during the morning, and around 3 p.m. passes out for hours and hours. She wakes up around 6:30 and I try to keep her up for a few hours so that she is tired again for bedtime. It doesn't always work, but that's alright. 

Emma loves her "baby", and really likes to help out. She looks at me with the most concerned face if Charly cries or even makes a peep. 

When Charly is out cold during the afternoon, Emma and I have our own time together where I muster up any energy I have to play with her. The weather has been nice still, so we go on the patio to play, or we read books or watch a movie and cuddle. I absolutely love this time with her, and try to make it a point to do it every day. Today, we watched videos that we have taken of Emma. She thought it was so hilarious, and would laugh when she heard Matt's voice on the video. I snapped a few pictures of her watching herself on the laptop, because her expression was just too cute!

Emma watching herself on the laptop

She was so cute!

laughing!

Learning how to use a computer...

Emma really wanted to help me feed Charlotte, and did a great job! She loves to help Momma with diaper changes, feedings, and binkys. 

Doing her kissy face while feeding Charlotte

She loves giving the baby kisses

Had to throw in a sleeping baby picture :)

I found this idea off of Pinterest! Emma loves it; the original game is to weave these pipe cleaners in a pasta strainer, but Dad came up with this idea too. We play with these at least once a day. 

All in all I love that I get to be home with my girls. It is beyond exhausting, but the payoff is so worth it. This is what I've always wanted, and I'm so thankful to Matt that he works so hard to make it possible for me to stay home. We are truly blessed and have been ever since we got together. I can't wait for some normalcy around here, the first few weeks have definitely been rough! 

I love my family!!

xoxo
The Twistles

Miss Charlotte Anne

She's here!!

(Granted, I forced her out like her older sister, but hey, don't judge)

I went in for my 39 week check up on 10/18/12, desperately wanting to have some kind of positive action happening so that I could be induced. I was so done being pregnant. After she checked me, I was still only dilated to a 1 and maybe 50% effaced. 

Luckily I have the coolest doctor ever, and she said, "you know what, you are 39 weeks, and I am fine inducing you now. Let me check to see if they can get you a bed tonight."

She left the room, and not joking, Matt and I both said a silent prayer asking that there was an open bed that night. She came back in quickly, so we thought it would be bad news. "Well, they have a spot for you and I've put you on the schedule! Just show up at 8 p.m. tonight and they'll start the induction."

Shock was the expression on my face. Holy crap, I was having this baby now! Matt and I went home, straightened up the house, got everything packed, and arranged for Emma to stay with my brother and sister in law. 

We went to Happy Sumo for our traditional "pre-baby-meal-until-you-can-eat-again" dinner and then headed up to the hospital. 

It's always fun to go to doctor's appointments at the UofU, because the CEO of the hospital has the same last name as us. The employees are always a bit more polite, friendly, and willing to go above and beyond for us because of course, they assume I am related to the CEO. So upon check in, we were greeted at the door by a friendly nurse that asked if I was "Rachel Entwistle" and walked me right to our room. I can't lie, so when our nurse asked if there was any relation to the CEO, I had to let her know that Uncle David would not be visiting us any time soon. :) It was a nice 20 minutes while it lasted. We still received amazing service during our stay. 

I was induced at 9 p.m., and had a slow progression until about 12 p.m. the next day. Everything went bizarrely well, I was kind of waiting for something to go wrong. I was able to sleep for most of the night, and then jumped from 4cm dilated to 9cm within 30 mins, and then 5 pushes later Charlotte was born! 

This time around was too easy, I was super blessed!

Things have been hectic here on the home front, but I think we are getting into a nice schedule and it can only get more normal from here. I definitely forgot how much I enjoy my sleep... now that I don't get it anymore! 

Emma loves her little sister, and always asks where the baby is when I get her out of bed in the mornings. She loves to give baby Charlotte kisses and help put blankets on her. 

Here's some pictures we took during our stay at the UofU Hotel Hospital:

Just starting the action...

Waiting... 

Contractions and stuff.

Matt's luxurious sleeping arrangements... our nurse swapped this one out for a better one after we arrived...  Last name relation maybe?

Hi baby!!!

So in love.

And also SO tired.

Emma meeting her little sister for the first time, she brought her a stuffed squirrel and was so excited to give it to Charlotte.

Me with my girls... so precious

  We feel so blessed to welcome baby Charlotte into the world, we've been waiting to meet her for a long time! She is such a little angel and we love her so much already. More blogging to come, maybe.. when I get the time/energy/motivation!

xoxo

The Twistles