Daddy, the funniest man alive

I sometimes think the girls get tired of seeing me. I try constantly to make them smile and they are so close to laughing that I make a fool of myself pretty much all day everyday! No longer are my jokes, noises and faces funny....they are bored with me. When daddy comes home its a completely different story. They smile with just a glance at his face and it makes me jealous! This is what I caught the other day when he came home from work...
This is Ryan when he came home and greeted Addison...she was so happy to see him!

Addison with her big goofy smile!

My sweet Ashlyn so happy to see her daddy!

Sweet smiles from my little runt!

BOWS BOWS AND MORE BOWS!

A friend of mine makes hairbows. We recently sold her some furniture from one of our old guestrooms(that is now the playroom) so she made us a hairbow in pretty much every color of the rainbow. She even custom dyed the headbands to match the bow...which is exactly what I had been wanting. I don't think we will need any other bows until the girls grow hair, which looks like it might be a while!! Ryan has no clue how many we actually have, so he is going to get a big surprise when he gets home! I took some pictures the babies when I got home in their new headpieces!! While I was shooting, Ashlyn decided to crack one of her very rare smiles and I caught it on camera!! I don't know why but she photographs SO fat...you'll see!!!I still can't believe sometimes that I have TWO babies!! My sweet little bow headed angels!! They are 3 months old now!


my smiling marshmallow!

Horseshoe Bay Getaway!

Ryan and I took our first vacation since the babies were born. We went to Horseshoe Bay for a few days and left the babies with my parents. It was SO hard to leave them for that long but we survived by watching the videos that my mom texted me. One night I even started crying in the middle of dinner, just by looking at a picture of Addison wrapped in her towel after her bath! Now that it is done, it will be easier to do it again(even though I don't want to). I've learned that we all just need a break sometimes just to get away and clear our minds(and sleep in)!!

One thing I don't like about traveling alone is that you don't have anyone to take pictures of you...therefore I only have a couple of pictures of Ryan playing golf!! He played the back 9 holes of the Apple Rock course. The views from that course are unbelieveable! Unfortunately it poured rain pretty much the entire time, but luckily I had my umbrella. I was his "cart girl", so I drove and never had to get out into the drizzle! Ryan was absolutely soaked when we were finished, but never the less we had a good time.Ryan playing his first hole.

The view of the lake from the golf course.

We also went jet skiing for a couple of hours on Friday before the rain started. It was freezing...maybe that was why we were the only people on the entire lake! We are both so competitive that our main goal is to try to throw each other off as violently as possible. I threw Ryan off first, 2 times. Once he screamed like a little girl and we both sat in the water and laughed so hard we couldn't breathe or swim back to the jet ski. After that, he threw me off 2 times, but not as good as I threw him!! We just enjoyed spending time together. We talked to a realtor about buying a lot on the lake(not knowing that empty waterfront lots start at $500,000). We want to buy a lot and eventually build a house on it...but YIKES...not for that kind of money! So we hope to buy a condo on the resort within the next year instead! That way we can take the girls and families with us and not have to worry about bothering any hotel guests.

All in all it was a great trip. I wish it hadn't rained but at least we got away. I felt like we were first dating again. It seems like the only things we talk about these days are who needs to be changed, fed or put to sleep! It was nice to actually have a normal conversation with my husband again!

Ashlyn smiled!!

1 1/2 weeks after Addison smiled, Ashlyn has now done it too! It was Wednesday September 23rd. I was sitting with her and squeezing her cheeks and out it came! She makes a lot of goofy faces all the time, so I wasn't sure if it was a face or an actual smile. She did it about 5 more times, so I know its real! I happened to catch a quick picture on my phone because she hasn't done it for anyone else yet so no one believes that she has really done it. I guess its just a special thing between her and her mommy....so I'd like to think!! I keep trying to get a real picture of it on the camera but its really hard and she doesn't cooperate. Its strange to me that their personalities are different. Addison studies your face for a minute and then smiles at you if you make funny faces and sounds. Ashlyn only smiles if you do something to her, like pinch her cheeks or wiggle her arms. The more they grow the more I realize how different they really are...THEY ARE NOTHING ALIKE!! Now that I have 2 smiling babies, it makes me look forward to the day they both laugh.

Who needs to poop? Not the Wallace girls...

I am gradually trying to stop pumping. My goal is to be finished by Halloween. Our freezer is stocked(overflowing) with frozen milk and I am getting everything in order. In doing so, I am slowly adding more formula into their bottles. At every feeding they are eating about 2 to 3 ounces, so I add 1 1/2 ounces of formula and 1 1/2 ounces of milk. I intend on increasing it more every week. So, it seems like the formula is making the girls constipated...Addison especially. They have only pooped once since Thursday...this is now Tuesday! Addison seems to be in some discomfort, seeing that she screamed for 6 hours last night. I have tried apple-prune juice, mylicon, Gripe water...everything. Nothing is working. Ashlyn isn't doing as bad. She pooped a little in the night, but poor Addison. I don't know what to do!?!

Snot and Boogers

From the second I got pregnant, I prayed that the girls did not get Ryan's allergies and sinus problems. Unfortunately, I think Ashlyn might have some issues. It only seems to happen in the middle of the night, but it has happened consistantly for the last 4 nights in a row. I will get up to feed them and Ash is struggling to get air. I always investigate to make sure she isn't choking, but it is her nose. It is completely impacted and she can't breathe through it. I think it scares her sometimes because she cries like she is panicing. The first time it happened I wasn't sure what to do, so I grabbed the "ball-sucker" that we got at the hospital and jabbed it into her nose and frantically started sucking. It made her really upset and she cried even louder, but it seemed to help. So now when it happens I do the same thing, just a little more gentle and calm! Maybe a humidifier would help? I will have to do some experimenting.

Our 2 month check up

We went to see Dr. Davidson on Thursday, Sept. 10th. It was our 2 month check up and our first vaccines. Now that we begin looking at the percentile and growth curve, it makes me realize just how tiny my girls are.

Addison: Is now 9 pounds 5 ounces. She is 21 inches long. She is in the 10th percentile and is on the very bottom line of the growth curve.

Ashlyn: Is now 8 pounds 2.5 ounces. She is 20 1/2 inches long. She is in the less than 3 percentile and is still just below the growth curve.

Dr. Davidson says not to worry and that they will be a lot better by their next visit, which is in November. He says that you can't judge anything by their size and weight at this point.

Our first shots hurt me more than they hurt the girls! Addison cried--screamed--but she was calmed down very easily. Ashlyn squealed this really high pitched noise and it made us all laugh. She did cry too and was calmed down very easily. It made them run a fever for several hours and we gave them Tylenol for the first 12 hours after their shots. All in all they did really good and I was happy!