The McPherson Chronicles

730 Woke up- kicked soccer ball around the house 745 Pulled all the books off the book shelf and strategically placed them all over the living room 815 Break for breakfast 845 Carefully placed the rest of breakfast on the floor around high chair 900 Removed clothes from box of giveaway items 915 Unfolded blankets from basket 925 Peek a boo! 930 Rearranged the toys strewn about the living room 945 Climbed on pillows in order to get to the picture on the 3rd shelf of the bookcase, watched Mom then move the picture and pillows 1000 Break for nap (played for 15 mins before finally going to sleep) 1200 Peed on carpet after rolling off changing mat 1215 Pulled all the throw pillows and blanket off the couches 1230 Lunch 115 Climbed on the pillows again to get at the 2nd shelf of non-baby books and removed one unnecessary page from book 130 Did laps around the house saying "dadada dadada dadada" 140 Meltdown over push toys 200 Meltdown over books 230 Meltdo...

We got an unexpected treat today! I had my usual Friday off work and Kevin had jury duty. That's not the treat. We started off the morning with the girls' appt. at the pediatrician for shots(thank you Mom for coming with us!). The girls did very well waiting 35 mins for the Dr. to pop her head in and check Lucy's ears. Both ear infections are completely cleared up so the girls got 2 shots each. They cried briefly and were such troopers. We ran a quick errand and were home for late morning naps. While the girls (and Mommy) were napping, Kevin was released for the day from jury duty! After a quick lunch, we packed up the girls and decided to get out of the house for awhile and run some errands. The girls love riding around in their stroller and as long as they're moving and there are things to look at they're so good. Daddy got a new phone and Mommy got to exchange/return a few things before we were home just in time for afternoon naps. It was a nice start to the week...

On my to-do list is to upload a few videos of the girls. I'm hoping to get to this during nap time . In the meantime, here are a few quick updates I realize I'd neglected to post. We're done with baby food and have moved entirely to regular table food. Some days are better than others, but overall they are good eaters. Our favorites are peas, green beans, carrots, potatoes and bread. We try to introduce them to new items everyday and are hoping they take to more stuff soon because we're sick of the usual rotation. They are also, as of yesterday, completely on cow's milk. They were down to one session of night nursing, more for my sake than theirs, but now we've eliminated that. Teething and ear infections set Lucy back on the switch from soy to regular milk so she's still 1/2 soy 1/2 regular milk. We're working our way over to completely cow's milk since she no longer has a reaction to it. She seems to have grown out of that, thank goodness. And they...

Here's how we manage to squeeze everything in on a typical day 6:30-7am Rise & shine! 8am Breakfast (any combination of cereal, fruit, pancakes, eggs, yogurt) 9am Playtime 10am Naps 11:30am Milk 12pm Lunch (veggies, fruit, cheese, yogurt, meat) 1pm Playtime 2pm Naps 3:30pm Milk/Snack (puffs, cheerios) 4pm Playtime 5:30pm Dinner (veggies, try whatever mom & dad are having for dinner) 6:15pm Baths 7 or 7:30 Milk/Bedtime

We love the time change! While most everyone else lost an hour last night, we gained one, sort of. Let me explain. When we had the fall time change we were so excited to "gain" an hour as we had every other year for our lives. With 2 babies, we were surprised when we lost an hour and the babies woke up extra early, depriving us of our time sleeping (as usual). Having wide-awake babies at 5am was definitely not in our plans for that Sunday. So last night we put the girls to bed at the usual time and then went to bed ourselves a bit earlier. The girls slept in until 8:30 and so did we!! This is the most rested I've felt in awhile. Kevin and I couldn't remember the last time we both got to sleep in that long. Of course it screwed up the eating and nap schedule we had down to a science, so we'll have to adjust that this week. After a rough last week with Lucy sick (double ear infections) and Olivia not quite acting up to par this morning, we'll take all the extra...

We made it one year without : messing up which baby is which sleeping in catching a full season of any 1 tv show ever visiting the ER spending a night away from the girls buying any formula (Mommy's especially proud of this!) any ear infections, cuts, bumps or bruises (these are sure to come though) We made it one year with : our sanity still in tact (as much as it was pre-babies at least) the help of SO many people a constantly messy house (or is this the new clean?) more laundry, clothes, toys and diapers than we ever imagined a lot less sleep, a lot more silly faces and tons of smiles and laughter 2 minor colds, 1 pink eye and 4 teeth (with more any day now!) 2 healthy, thriving and beautiful little ducks And it's been the best year of our lives. We couldn't be happier!

Saturday was the big party and it was so much fun! We squeezed everyone into Grandma & Grandpa's house and let the girls do the entertaining. They finally got to show off their new tricks- standing and walking! Overall, we were impressed at how well the ducks handled all the people and attention. They're notorious for their stranger anxiety and while we've definitely noticed it getting better, we were hesitant about how they would handle the party. While they still had their melt-down moments, they seemed to feel comfortable enough to play with their cousins and, gasp, let go of their mom and dad for a minute or two. They were very good babies. Here's a run down of the party goods: Homemade duck sugar cookies The party cake- funfetti with cream cheese filling and vanilla frosting The ducks' cupcakes (which they wouldn't try a bite of)- banana with cream cheese frosting Make Way For Ducklings timeline (yes, I realize it's going right to left- long story)...