Our Fine Day Out

Yesterday the girls had a new adventure. We decided to take them out on the town for about an hour after an appointment. Since it was cold, we took them to the Prudential Center mall and had lunch. The Prudential center is relatively quiet and not as crowded as some other malls.

As a proud dad it was fun to see a couple dozen people stop in their tracks who had to comment on how cute they are. Although, one lady reached in and touched Mila's pacifier (I don't know why). We had to confiscate it to stave off the stranger germs, but we had brought a spare. I had fun pushing them around and, of course, I love it when people fawn over the girls.

On the Nanny front, we are fortunate to have found a great new nanny. Kara is a wonderful young woman who lives one town over. She shows up early every day - and is great with the girls. Myra and I really like her. She seems to love taking care of them. It makes me feel better about leaving for work in the morning.

Speaking of work, I start my new job at Fidelity tomorrow. I am looking forward to the change.

That's all for now. As usual, I'll post a couple of cute pix of the girls. Here's a great shot of the girls duking it out in the crib. That's Sophia on the left with a blow to Mila's head. And, of course, Mila is countering. No, I did not pose them like that, they do this on their own.

Here's Mila in the stroller at the mall. She loved to look all around at everything and really enjoyed herself. Both girls were great and never cried or fussed. Generally new people and sensations can overstimulate them, requiring a couple of days to calm them down. They handled this outing very well.

Sophia mostly slept through the whole thing. I think the movement of the stroller lulls her to sleep.

Happy Valentine's Day - The Girls are 3 Months

Our girls turned 3 months old yesterday! They are getting so big, and developing new tricks every day. Here is a picture of Sophia with her Tita Georgie.

Sophia smiled ear to ear and laughed out loud for the first time the other day - a trick she has since repeated a few times. Mila appears to be trying desperately to talk and trying out all the new sounds she can make.

Turning 3 months is not without its trials and tribulations. Grammy Collins returned to San Antonio on Wednesday during the storm - it took her about 15 hours to get there with all the delays. She was an amazing help and the girls will really miss her.

We hired, and already fired our first nanny. Apparently good nannies are very difficult to find. The nanny we hired was good with the girls, but couldn't show up on time, and didn't think it was her responsibility to show up when we expected her. So Myra is taking a couple days off to try to find a new nanny. We are trying to avoid an agency, because they charge around $3000 for a placement.

Here's Mila holding on to her bink. I call her new favorite game the binky game. She spits out her bink every ten to fifteen minutes and then whines until daddy gives it back to her. Her favorite time to play is 3am.

I don't know exactly how big the girls are now, but they are starting to outgrow the ability to both sleep in their pack and play. They can now reach each other and frequently whacking ensues.

They both feel really heavy as well. Their next appointment at the doctor's is on March 5th. I can hardly wait and am tempted to buy a baby scale. They both have healthy appetites and equally healthy diaper-output. In computer science terms we would say that their systems are highly interactive.

Other than the whacking and the binky game - the girls sleep pretty well at night. Sometimes they go as long as 5 straight hours.

I'm going to attempt to get some video up here on the blog. No promises, my lame laptop is having a hard time with the video editing software.

I apologize for not updating the blog more frequently but, as you can imagine, the girls keep me quite busy. When I get a spare moment I like to care of little things like eating, sleeping, and using the restroom. I am starting a new job on February 26th - I'll be back at Fidelity doing some cool interactive stuff. I'll be happier there, and we'll actually be able to afford a nanny with the pay increase.

Oh yeah - here is a picture of the girls' Ninong Jason two-fisting the suds. He says he's given up beer for Lent, I can hear his liver screaming in protest.

Our Chubby Babies

The girls went in for a pediatric appointment to get a shot of Synergist. That's an antibody which helps them resist RSV, a virus dangerous to preemies.

As of this morning Mila was tipping the scales at 9lbs 9oz and Sophia at 9lbs 2oz! They're growing like crazy!

They are both developing their funny little personalities. Today Sophia was punching Mila in the face, and Mila just started sucking on Sophia's hand.

Here's Mila all dressed up to go outside in the cold. Of course, every time they have to go to the pediatrician we have record cold.

Here's Sophia in her snappy sweater.

Ups and Downs

The girls continue to do very well - growing, eating, pooping. They are both developing a lot of neck control and hand-eye coordination.

Personally we had an up and down weekend. Yesterday I was offered a new job back at Fidelity, which I am very excited about. Today we had lined up 3 potential nannies to interview. Not one showed up or even called. It was a frustrating day.

Not much else to report, so here are some new pix. Notice how big the girls are getting.

Here's Mama with Miss Sophia. She's very strong and will stand up on your knees of you hold her under her arms. She likes to grab on to people's bottom lip and pull.

Here's Mila working on a bink. This particular bink is attached to a stuffed duck. This ingenious contraption was a gift from friends Sarah and David who also have twins. The girls love these and it is easier for them to hang on to the bink.