Chunker Monker & String Bean

Those are the current nicknames for my girls. Eve, who started off as the little one, weighing a pound less than her sister, has, in the past two months, soared ahead, likely weighing close to 14 pounds now. String bean, on the other hand, is constantly moving, and therefore weighs less, probably right around 12, maybe 12.5.

And the smiles....my goodness, the smiles. I can't wait for laughter to accompany those toothless grins. We're starting to get occassional squeals out of them, though generally such fun noises are reserved for when they're looking at each other.

They are such happy babies...which everyone tells me is because I'm such a relaxed mom. I don't know about that...I think I was able to relax because they were, and continue to be, such good babies. The sleep thing isn't quite worked out yet, as they've gone back to shorter shifts, but otherwise - these babies are very even-keeled.

Girls clothing is going to me my downfall, though. I will admit, selfishly, to a moment of disappointment when we found out they were both girls. I had really wanted a boy...especially two. Now - I couldn't imagine not having these wonderful ladies in my life.

But it IS a LOT of pink. Apparently clothes manufacturers think we live, drink, eat, sleep pink. I have not been quiet in expressing my opinion to families and friends who may buy us clothes that pink is not a favored color in this house. But - 80% of the clothes out there are pink.

And not even a fun pink, like magenta, but pastel pink. Yeah - everyone talks about bright colors stimulate babies' brains, but they make the clothing all pastel until they're a year old. Ok...using the word 'all' was an exaggeration. But the vast majority of clothing for little babes is not bright and vibrant. As a mother - it gets old. I wear bold colors (when I'm not hiding out in form-flattering black). Fortunately, my sister found very adorable BRIGHT sun dresses for the girls and at the huge resale last weekend I was able to find a few bright outfits, so there's hope.

In the meantime, Eve is currently hanging out in one of my outfits from when I aws a baby (it's bright yellow) and Mae is dressed is purple. She looks good in purple and I currently save all purple outfits for her. The same way I save the yellow outfits for Eve. They just look better, in my opinion.

Mae just woke up from her mid-morning snooze to smile at me. She gets so excited while smiling she has to look away. Fantastic. And Eve is propped in the boppy right next to her, sound asleep. They sleep all cuddled up to each other at night, too. So flippin' adorable.

Love these babies. Love them so much.