Two-Months Old: August 11, 2014
The girls are doing great! Both are eating a ton and gaining weight ahead of the curve. They are pretty good sleepers - great at naps and learning to accomplish some longer stretches at night. They usually will sleep about 4-5 hours during the first stretch of the night. Second stretch is somewhat shorter around 3 hours. Daddy is in charge of Julianna at night (she is better about taking a bottle) and Mommy is on Francesca patrol (she is a champ nurser and great at going right back to sleep afterwards). I wouldn't call us "well-rested", but it's definitely more comfortable than the 1-2 stretches they were sleeping in their first month. We'll get there! Nicholas is still in love with his sisters - sometimes a little too much and we have to remind him to be gentle. They are growing more alert everyday and therefore, more fun for Nico to squeeze heads and squish cheeks. Both girls have given us a few grins (thank god!) and that makes everything worthwhile. Somehow they know to flash those gummy grins in the middle of the night, right when you're about to lose it! And then out of nowhere, patience returns.We've had lots of visitors in the first two months - Nonnie & Natalia made two trips! Pa came down for over a week, Uncle Doug, Aunt Cynthia and cousin Amasa came up for a weekend and Grandma and Grandpa Busso were down a few times. All the company and help has been fabulous - we really appreciate it! We managed to get out of the house several times, with some crying, but nothing serious. So all in all, a successful summer!
Here are some highlights:
First Smiles:
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| Francesca |
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| Grinning for Nonnie |
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| Julianna wants to give smiling a try.... |
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| And she's got the hang of it! |
Our Activities: Spray Park, Chesapeake Beach and Play Mat Time
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| Natalia and Nicholas at Spray Park |
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| Nonnie and Nicholas at the beach |
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| The girls came too! First trip to the beach, but no playing in the sand and surf yet! |
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| Play time! |
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| Doesn't Natalia look beautiful with her slick new hairstyle? |
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| Just look at the chub!!! |
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| "Where are we going, Mommy?" |
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| Happy Baby! |
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| Proud Big Brother Nicholas |
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| Look at these ADORABLE onesies from Grandma & Grandpa Busso! |
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| We are so happy to be this cute! Well at least Francesca thinks so! |
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| Sittin' Pretty on Daddy! |
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| Mommy's morning staff meetings these days... |
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| You have no idea how difficult it is to get them both in this position, on my own! Snuggle bunnies! |
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| Hanging out with Nonnie. |
