For the grandparents...

Merry Christmas!

This is a painting I did which represents Christ's birth. The poem below, 'the star', goes along with the painting. 

Moving up in the world!

Ten weeks old and changing fast!  A few of our new advancements....

No more baths in the bathroom sink--we're big enough for a baby bathtub now!

No more preemie or newborn size clothes--yup, we wear 0-3 months!

Chaci's the happiest about this one--Size 1 diapers! (they're SOOO much cheaper!)

Working on holding our heads up...often wobbly, but getting stronger every day!

Our next goal?  Maybe we'll keep practicing sitting up!

Makett can drink from a cup!

We were having a hard time getting Makett's medicine down, as it's a powdered capsule that we dissolve in milk.  The powder gets really clumpy, so using a dropper wasn't working so well.  We decided to try having him drink it, and to my surprise, he does pretty well.  Some days he'll completely chug the entire thing without dripping or taking a break.  I find it  entertaining!

A few more pictures...

I'm sorry I've been so terrible at getting pictures up!  My Mom was here this last week, it was wonderful!  When she left on Thursday the laundry was washed, bathrooms clean, floors done, and freezer filled.  I'll try to keep it that way.  The help was great, but it was mainly just nice to be together.  It's going to be lonely without her!

Makett

Tanzen

Makett-Tanzen...so talented at standing!

My mom cooked us a belated Thanksgiving dinner...yum! 

If knowledge is power, why do I get so confused?!

So I figured that I could prepare myself by reading--it always worked in the past!  In addition to my private collection (pictured above) I've also checked out numerous books from the library.  All very informative! Scheduled feeding or demand feeding?  Put babies on a sleep schedule or never wake a sleeping baby?  Soothe to sleep? Feed twins together or separately?  

The answers to these questions are all here...too bad they contradict each other!  

If only I could find the book titled "Tanzen and Makett: Everything Chaci Needs to Know".  Let me know if you see it.

By the way, out of all these resources, my favorite is the B.B. Sleep Solutions DVD, done by a sleep specialist in SLC.  Wish we lived closer, she does private consults and sleep parties.  You can get the DVD off her website, http://www.bbsleepsolutions.com/

Chuck Norris can gargle peanut butter...and other important facts!

Driving on our way to Lake Mead with my family last year, Kenzi started texting ChaCha for Chuck Norris jokes.  I had no idea there were so many...so during my late night baby feeding sessions, I started texting ChaCha for entertainment, and then began compiling a list of my favorites for Chaz.  Well...it got a bit out of hand...but I thought I'd share some of my Chuck facts with you.

• Chuck Norris doesn’t read books, he just stares them down until he gets the information he wants
  
• If Chuck Norris is late, time slows down
  
• Someone once challenged Chuck Norris to a duel.  That person in now known as Captain Hook
  
• The grass is greener on the other side.  But if Chuck Norris has been there the grass is soaked in blood and tears
  
• There are no steroids in baseball, just players Chuck Norris has breathed on
  
• Chuck Norris puts the laughter in manslaughter
  
• There is no ‘ctrl’ button on Chuck Norris’s computer.  Chuck Norris is always in control
  
•  If you have five dollars, and Chuck Norris has five dollars...Chuck Norris has more money than you.
  
• Chuck Norris can drown a fish.
  
• Chuck Norris CAN find the end of a circle.
  
• Chuck Norris can gargle peanut butter
  
• Chuck Norris can eat just one Lays potato chip
  
• Chuck Norris can sneeze with his eyes open
  
• Chuck Norris stared evil in the face, and it backed down
  
• Chuck Norris’s tears can cure cancer.  Too bad Chuck Norris has never cried
  
• Chuck Norris once wore glasses.  The result was him seeing around the world and looking at the back of his own head
  
• There is no theory of evolution, just a list of creatures Chuck Norris allows to live
  
• A blind man bumped into Chuck Norris.  Touching him cured the blindness, but he didn’t see the roundhouse coming
  
• Chuck Norris invented the beard
  
• Chuck Norris writes these jokes, he likes his fans to be informed
  
• Chuck Norris has never won an Academy Award for acting, because he’s not acting
  
• Chuck Norris can get Blackjack with just one card
  
• Chuck Norris got a perfect score on his SAT's, simply by writing Chuck Norris for every answer
  
• Chuck Norris can split the atom. With his bare hands
  
• The bible used to be called Chuck Norris and friends
  
• There is no such thing as tornadoes. Chuck Norris just hates trailer parks
  
• Chuck Norris has already been to Mars; that’s why there are no signs of life there
  
• Chuck Norris is Luke Skywalker’s real father
  
• Chuck Norris ordered a Big Mac at Burger King, and got one
  
• There is no such thing as a lesbian, just a woman who never met Chuck Norris
  
• Not common knowledge: there are actually 3 sides to the Force.  The light side, the dark side, and the Chuck side
  
• God said “Let there be light” and Chuck Norris said “Say please”.
  
• Chuck Norris does not use a spell checker.  If he misspells a word, Oxford changes the approved spelling
  
• Chuck Norris doesn’t wear a watch, he decides what time it is
  
• Aliens do exist.  They’re just waiting for Chuck Norris to die before they attack
  
• When Chuck Norris had surgery, the anesthesia was applied to the doctors
  
• Chuck Norris destroys whole continents.  Ever heard of Atlantis? ‘nuff said.
  
• Apple pays Chuck Norris 99 cents every time he listens to a song
  
• AIDS was specifically designed to kill Chuck Norris.  It failed miserably
  
• When Chuck Norris does push ups he doesn’t push himself up he pushes the world down