the process of discovery

One of Lori's co-workers let us borrow one of those exersaucer things that babies apparently love. The girls are not quite big enough for it yet (their feet don't touch) but we thought we'd throw them in there for a sec just to see what happened.

Lori and I love watching the babies "learn" things. Our days are about these tiny, fantastic milestones that we can see all over their faces. Lori and I were talking about it the other day, and then Dr. Bailey, on Grey's Anatomy described it so well when she talked about her son learning the "K" sound. (Yes we watch that show)

Anyway, I thought I would give you guys insight into one of those discoveries

Here is Sylvie walking us, step by step through what it's like to realize that you like something. Also, since she has no actual language or sentence structure with a bank of adjectives, we have no idea what it's like to think as a baby. I'm stepping in here to fill the gap. I'll be translating Sylvie's thoughts to English so it's easier for us all.

Step one: "What the hell is this?

"I'm upright! I, I feel like I'm floating! why is my dad not holding me and just staring at me with that silly look? how come I'm not being held? when I'm upright, someone is always holding me! How is this happening? My head is touching nothing! I am unsure! what do I do now? I think I'll make that sounds and face I usually do when I'm unsure about something. I think it goes like this... am I doing it? I am"

Step Two: "oh, wait..."

"I made the sound and no one picked me up. Why am I still here?..... wait.... is, is that, is that one of those brightly colored, smelly things that grows outside? I see those on our trips to the car and when we get in and out of our stroller. I think mom calls them flowers. How come this one doesn't smell? Hmmmmm. Curious. Well, it's really nice anyway. It's red. I think that color is nice. Maybe I could enjoy this. let me take a closer look"

Step three "Yep, I like it"

"This thing makes me feel nice inside. like when I get a bottle in the morning. yum yum. It also makes my face move in a pleasing way. Mommy calls it a smile I think. I like smile. smile feels nice. WOW! HA HA! this is so fun!"

There you go. Our daughter and her thought process. Also, As you can see, I, for some reason, decided to show that there was a space between the giant orange circle and her feet. It shows scale. they are cute and tiny.

4 month visit!

The girls had their 4-month visit to the pediatrician Thursday afternoon. For the first time, I had to take them by myself since Ian was working.

It was trickier doing it alone, but I have to say that I managed it wonderfully. I had little stations set up for changing their diapers and disposing of them, and felt very organized.

Even though the girls at daycare said that they didn't nap much that morning, thankfully the Sylvie and Jane were complete angels. They laughed and smiled, and were extra sweet. They both cried receiving one of the shots, but calmed soon after. It was a good day for it overall.

They're doing great! Sylvie is up to 11 lbs 14oz, and Jane is 12 lbs 8.5oz. I can't believe some babies are born that big....Jane is 26 inches long--in the 95th percentile for their age--Sylvie is almost as long.

Anyway, I snapped these while they were on the table waiting for the doctor. They look conjoined. They've come a long way since that first visit Ian posted.