Five Months

They are five months old now! (well, they were five months old, a long time ago. I'm a little behind schedule)

I'm not going to lie, this has been the hardest month for me so far. They are such good little girls and they still don't cry too much and still sleep through the night, but this month has been frustrating for them and for me. They want to go, they want to play, they want to be held (all day long), they want mommy to read to them, tickle them, and play with them the whole time they are awake. Which would not be a problem if there is just one of them. But there are two babies and only one mommy! This month I have looked at people with just one baby with envy. I wish that I could just sit with my baby and love on them all day, but I have to choose which one to play with. . . . which just sucks! There are a few things I have learned to do with both babies, but they want one on one time too, and I do love it when I am able to just pick up my Izzy and love on her, but it brake my heart then when Pepper looks up at me and starts crying because she wants one on one time, so then I pick her up and put Izzy down and then Izzy looks at me, so . . . you get the idea. Don't get me wrong, I love having twins and I feel so lucky. I can't imagine one baby without the other and they are such good girls, but where there are many pros there are bound to be few cons.

How could you not love this little Izzy. She is my sweet little girl. She has finally found something she likes to eat. Solids! Yay! Now maybe we can start putting on some weight and catch up to her sister. (ya, right!) She is such a happy baby and loves to smile. She is my little smile girl. She smiles all the time and loves to be around other people. I can hand her off to anyone and she will turn on her charm and before you know it, you are in love with this little girl.

She loves to read with her mommy and we are working on sitting nice. She is an archer. We call it planking. She will go stiff head to toe. It is funny but makes it hard when you are holding her on your lap or trying to change her diaper.

Pepper has been doing much better with the sitting but she still will need some work. She is the big talker! She ga-ga's and goo-goo's all day. We are having a few problems with stranger-danger and she does not like being handed off to anyone, but other then that she is a very happy baby. (Most of the time)

Her new thing is kicking her bed. While she lays in bed on her back she will lift her legs up in the air and slam them down onto the bed as hard as she can! You can hear it from anywhere in our house! I will put them down for their nap and start cleaning the house and every few seconds hear, bump, . . . . . bump, . . . . .bump. It makes me giggle. Oh, I love them so much!