The babies are doing great! At our 2 week checkup, they were at about the 2nd and 5th percentiles on the growth charts (for various measurements), and Tille was off the chart small for a couple measurements. Our next appointment is in a couple of weeks, so hopefully they'll show slightly better growth. I weighed them a few days ago and Hattie was 7.8 pounds, Tille was 7.2 pounds. So they're getting there!
We're getting used to the new life. I can't believe it's been 7 weeks since anybody in our house got more than 4 hours of sleep at a time (probably longer, since neither of us was sleeping well for months before the babies came). I didn't have any expectations for how hard it would be to have two newborns. I knew it would be hard, but I didn't imagine it any certain way. So far it's been manageable. As long as I know the girls are fed and clean, it doesn't stress me out too much for them to cry. But still, so often I'll be feeding or burping or soothing or diapering, and I think how much easier it would be with just one. We go for a lot of walks and I sit on the couch nursing ALL DAY LONG!!! But these girls are super cute. In the past week or so, they've started being really smiley (when they aren't crying). Hattie is always really smiley first thing in the morning. Tille smiles more later in the day. They love cuddling, but they also really like facing forward and just hanging out on our laps.
We've also moved into our new house and are getting nice and settled. The view is amazing. The mountains turn pink, gold, red, and yellow at sunrise and sunset. They're so pretty! And with all the fall colors, the scenery is even better. Our ward here seems really awesome so far. Our first week at church, tons of people came up and introduced themselves after church. This past Sunday was our 2nd week (since general conference was last week), and even more people came and introduced themselves. A couple hours after church, one of the bishopric came over to our house. He just lives two houses away and told us anytime we need anything we can call him. And his daughter would love to help with the babies. The ward already has a set of twins and a set of triplets, all about a year old. This guy's daughter has been a big help to the triplet family, and she said she can totally help with twins. Nice! A few hours later there was another knock on our door. It was a lady from the ward (who I think I met our first week). She remembered we lived somewhere on this street, so she went around asking people if they knew which house we're in. Eventually she landed at our door, and she brought us dinner. So nice of her! So yeah, this ward will be pretty cool.
Here are a few pictures of the babies:
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| Tille likes to pose for the camera |
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| I was putting Hattie to bed and saw Tille sitting like this. I hurried and got a picture, but when I checked about 10 minutes later, she was still in this position. It must be tiring to sleep with your arms straight out and tensed. |
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| The girls love their baths. They'll dangle their arms and legs over the little hammock part of the tub into the warm water in the tub and just be so relaxed. |
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| This is our view. Not bad! |
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| The girls love their cuddles. I'm still figuring out how to go from this position to standing up, carrying them to their room, and putting them in bed without dropping anybody. |
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| Caught mid-sneeze |
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| The girls are pretty good at tummy time. Each of them has even rolled over completely a few times. |
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| She had a rough day |
