Tuesday, March 17, 2009

First Birthday!

The girls are 1 today. Wow! It went by so fast. The early days were really tough, and they seemed to go by slow, but then they also went by fast. I'm still amazed that my body created and carried two perfect humans. The girls are doing so well. Maya has taken some steps! Sofia is standing on her own for a bit. They are also starting to sign! Both can do the "all done" sign, and Maya today signed "more" after I signed it. They are at a really fun age right now. They like to try to copy things I do, they are getting a sense of humor, eating table foods- it's amazing!

On the sleep front, things are getting better. I haven't been posting much because I had been so tired and busy. Maya was waking every night wanting me, and about 2 weeks ago, Sofia started waking as well. I had a week or so of very little sleep. It was awful. It got to a point where one night I had gotten about 2 hours of sleep and had to call in sick the next day because I was so exhausted. I decided to once again try CIO. I hate doing it, but I NEEDED sleep. The first night was actually fairly easy, second night, not easy at all. It kills me to hear them cry. However, after about 3-4 nights, I am happy to report that for two nights in a row, Maya has NOT woken at all! Sofia still has, buy she quickly goes back to sleep. They are also sleeping later in the morning. And taking better naps. I think they needed sleep almost as much as I did! So while I hate CIO, I think it really was the best solution for us.

The birthday party went well! It was pretty stressful- we had a lot of people and a lot of babies! I invited two other twin families, so we had 6 1 yr olds (or almost 1), an 8 month old, 2 two year olds, and 4 older kids. Plus all the parents! It was crazy but fun. Here are some photos:
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The girls in their birthday tutus
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Waiting for cake
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Pinata
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Beautiful tutus made by my friend
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4 comments:

Hilary said...

Happy 1st birthday girls!!!

The Adventures of Grunty and Chubbs said...

TOO cute! I was just thinking the age of my babies (7 mos) was the best yet! I guess it's all just fun and enjoyable, isn't it!? (And challenging!)

Happy Birthday girls!

Novel said...

Many congratulations on getting through this first wonderful, terrifying, happy year! The girls look so sweet in their jeans and tutus and the cake idea is lovely. How great that you are finally getting some sleep. Hope that continues and improves. Happy Birthday to your beautiful babies.

Rebecca said...

I absolutely LOVE the tutus!!! I think I'll have to put Hailey in one when she turns one...don't know about Matthew...I don't think he'll appreciate that! Beautiful job on the party!