Smiles and coos!

The babies are really starting to make eye contact and smile at you! They were 7 weeks on Saturday. It's hard to get them to both look at the camera, so I often divide and conquer!

Henry is really cooing and smiling. His dimples just melt your heart! Sometimes, his little pudgy face lights up so much he winks at you! They are just so sweet. I spend most of my day holding and staring at them.
Lulu's sweet little face is just adorable. I know I gush that I think she's gorgeous, and you're probably over it, but I've waited my whole life to have a girl... get over it!! I have to admit, I'm not sure if she was smiling or crying in this picture, but the smile is hard to catch!

The boys and I have a great time giving the babies nicknames. In the NICU, Joe dubbed Henry "MiBuki" (which is some Star Wars reference for all you Star Wars fans out there), but it's stuck and we find ourselves calling him Buki. Tallulah is queen of the nicknames. We call her "TT," "Lulu," "Lulah," "Madam Pomfrey," "Sissy Von Fusstrun," and the boys' favorite "Lulu Beauregard" (Finn actually thinks Beauregard is her middle name!)

Good news: Tallulah doesn't need to get the brace for her hip dysplasia. Hip Hip Hooray (sorry...had to)! The doctors were happy with how well her hips have stretched so far. Next follow-up in six months.

Henry's foot braces

So, I guess the sooner Henry realizes that Tallulah is the boss the better, but this was an early lesson! Even though she was smaller, she took up most of the room and poor little peaceful Henry just obliged! As a result, his little feet were smooshed! At birth, his feet were turned in and the dr said it looked like club feet, but knew that it wasn't because they can be turned back. We saw Physical Therapy at CHOP and they put him in these little braces. We were just fitted with them this morning. He's starting out wearing them for only an hour at a time and we're working up to more hours a day. They think this is all he will need. It's just that his muscles were overstretched and we're trying to reposition them back in place.

He was such a good boy while they fitted him. He cried while they monkeyed with him, but calmed right away once they stopped. He truly embodies his namesake!

On a side note, none of us is getting any sleep around here. Both babies have stuffy noses and are having a tough time of it at night. Joe and I each hold a baby all night so they can breathe a little better. And last night, for extra fun, Finny had an hour long freak out complete with running up and down the hallway naked, peeing out of the toilet all over himself, me and the floor!

The luck of the Irish

Just wanted to share some pics I took of the babies. I tried getting them in their Irish sweaters on St. Patty's day, but I didn't have much luck. I did get one of the gorgeous Miss LuLu (if I do say so myself, but when you see it you'll agree I'M SURE!!) and a few other adorable ones! Aunt Colleen, Connor and Logan made a surprise visit this weekend and the babies were so happy to meet them!

We ventured up to the boardwalk in this gorgeous weather today! For once, it was just as warm here as it was inland! We could see people actually doing a headcount of our kids as we walked by them! It was a riot. I told Joe I think, for sure, that people are definitely envious of us because we, without a shadow of a doubt, were the LUCKIEST people on that boardwalk!!!

I took that one of them lying in bed with me this morning. They are so peaceful when they sleep. They smell and they snore and if you wake them they scream like Mandrakes, but it's the best time of day. They are so snuggly.

Here is the gorgeous one. Isn't the sweater adorable? Thank you Aunt Kelli. I bought a little crocheted flower to put on it, but I forgot it. And no, I didn't put lipstick and eyeshadow on her, she is just naturally that beautiful! Yes, I'm biased!