The Holidays Are Here

Still no new teeth for either babe but they're chewing and drooling on everything in site!  Poppy's got a sort of frog hop/crawl going on and Eve is up on all fours and rocking still but more movement with rolling around.  It's great cause they can entertain themselves a lot longer by themselves now.  We just have to watch out for whatever Esme and Chan might've left on the floor.  Yikes!

Eve started a little "na-na-na-na" talking but nothing of the sort for Poppy yet.  She has the habit of patting you on the arm or back when you pick her up like she's reassuring you or something.  It's really cute.  Chan has been having a lot of fun entertaining his sisters himself too.  He just runs around and dances and goes a little crazy in front of them and they laugh which fuels him.

All four kids caught a nasty cold a few weeks ago and they all ended up on antibiotics for ear infections at the same time.  I figured, we might as well kill all the germs at one time and get it over with!  They all tolerated the meds well and hopefully we're on the mend now.  Allen and I are hoping we can get back to sleeping through the night or a little closer to it :)  We can dream right?  Haha, that is when we actually get sleep.  Poppy wakes up at least twice a night and Eve is just once but she was sleeping through before they got sick.

Esme and Chan are super excited for the holidays.  Our Elf On The Shelf - Doodle, came back and they can't stop talking about him.  The big kids also decorated the whole tree for us but mommy had to make some adjustments afterwards to even it out.  Oh and we even got our Christmas pictures done.  It was a pretty challenging task to get all 4 kids to smile at one time!  Thank goodness daddy is so goofy ;)

Little Ms Happy.

Tree decorating crew. 

Family hike on Black Friday which was the kids choice. 

Thanksgiving at Aunty B's. 

Our abbreviated Thanksgiving crew minus Poppy who was sleeping. 

I love taking pics of the girls after nursing. 

Our daily regimen while sick :(

We couldn't miss this new movie since Princess Poppy is the main character!  What a coincidence!

Everyday silliness!

Babies in a pack n play. 

Our girls

Exciting Updates

Just as Esme lost her first 2 teeth recently Poppy decided to sprout her first one!  The funny thing is that Eve was the one that seemed like she was teething - constantly sucking on things, drooling, slightly fussy but we still haven't seen anything pop up.  All of a sudden one day we noticed Poppy had a tooth.  Poppy also decided she's tired of tummy time and last week she jumped up on all fours.  She's got the rocking on hands and knees down and she's taken a step or two before but she's still working on it.  Eve just got to all fours this week so she's catching up.

The girls had their first trip last month to San Francisco.  Mommy had a conference to go to for work and so Nana and Aunty Amy came along to help out.  They did great the whole way.  With twins you can't sit next to each other on the flight so we had to sit an aisle apart each way.  Luckily we also got an extra seat next to us so we had a little wiggle room.  Their sleep got a little off but blackout curtains in hotels are amazing!  They got many walks through the city but were always glad to get back to our suite so they could take off their shoes and socks and suck their toes :)  They got their fair share of attention too from soooooooooooo many people.  It's interesting how some people just flock to them and want to know all about them.

Esme's bottom two teeth are coming in fast but no signs of any other loose ones.  Chan keeps talking about his loose teeth now cause he wants to be just like his big sister.  The big kids are both still in gymnastics which they enjoy.  Esme hasn't expressed an interest in anything else yet so we'll stick with that.  Chan would love a ball sport but we have to wait till he's at least 4.  We're not sure how we'll coordinate all those different practices but we'll figure it out sometime.

Halloween came and went quickly this year.  Esme was excited to trick or treat but Chan wasn't sure what he was getting into.  We just went around our neighborhood which is perfect for them.  Esme was Elsa and Chan was Yoda.  It was cute since he chose that over a Spiderman costume.  The babies stayed home with Nana and Papa who passed out the candy at our house.

Twinsies!

"Brrrrr mom!  It's cold in San Francisco!"

"Why do we have to wear all this stuff!"

Thank goodness for Nana!

Checking out the city life below.

Our happy girls :)

Chan and Esme were enjoying homemade popsicles while we were gone. 

The view from Alcatraz.  We actually had great weather in SFO.

They just rolled into each other on the bed and ended up like this. 

Chan likes to offer his super heroes some down time once in awhile ;)

Cousins on Halloween.

Thanks for the outfits Faye Faye!

They're not looking like little itty bitty babies anymore!

Ruffle butts!