Finnegan's Awake: Sabine and Lourdes are Five Months Old and a Visit From Grandma

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Sabine and Lourdes are Five Months Old and a Visit From Grandma

It is hard to believe, but it has been FIVE WHOLE MONTHS since the tweenies entered the world. They are getting so big! Both of them are very close to rolling from back to tummy and they are getting a bit better each day at trying to sit up on their own. They can also scoot themselves around on the floor to get in the perfect position to grab the other one's ear or kick her in the head. They are also giggling and cooing up a storm. They just get cuter and cuter each day. Grandma is be able to attest to this as she spent five days in Chicago last week hanging with the kiddies. It was fortuitous timing as Joe had a signing at work he was negotiating and thus never got home before 11 pm the whole time Grandma was here. So the kids got a lot of good Grandma time and mommy thankfully was spared a nervous breakdown! The fun began on Wednesday when we took Finny to see his first movie in the theater, Gnomeo and Juliet. It was cute, but I didn't realize it was in 3D. Since Finny refused to wear his glasses his experience was a bit blurry, but it didn't seem to bother him. Thursday we went to Explore and Much More, an indoor play area where Finn's birthday party will be held. And on Friday we took all the kids to Little Beans Cafe. It's a great little place where adults can drink lattes and snack on hummus and pita and sandwiches while the kids run around a huge play area equipped with a fire station, grocery store and car repair shop. As Aunt Vicki described it, it's like a yuppy McDonald's play land. And then Saturday before Grandma left, she got to see the girls enjoying their weekly Gymboree class. I think they know it is the only forty-five minutes a week that is devoted solely to them, because they just smile the whole class.

I didn't realize until after my first couple of pictures, that I had written the wrong year on Sabine's sign. I guess this is what sleep deprivation will do to you.