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We celebrated Halloween with our PEPs group today.  The girls got dressed up in their first set of costumes – and I must say looked adorable.  They’ll be in different costumes for actual Halloween with their big cousin Maren who is coming to visit (hooray).  Stay tuned for more cuteness! 

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The girls turned 3 months old this week.  They really seemed to have grown a lot over the last few weeks and look much more like little people now (as Allan mentioned in his posting about Lydia’s overalls).  Here are a few milestones: They outgrew their “N” (newborn) diapers and are now in “1″s, the [...]

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So the militant baby union (Madison Vallley Local) has declared a late afternoon/early evening sleep strike for the forseeable future.  When asked by managment for a list of demands, the union leaders replied with demands for a diaper change as a precondition for further talks.  As reported in the local and national news, tensions are [...]

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So… I got home this evening, and Eleanor had dressed Lydia in the cutest outfit of pink overalls: Eleanor left for a Girls on the Run meeting, and left me with both Lydia and Hadley.  Seeing Lydia in her “non-baby” outfit and feeling her more grown up body when I picked her up (both she [...]

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We’re extra lucky here this week– my Mom came in on Saturday, and Eleanor’s sister Laura came in today (Tuesday).  It’s so nice to have visitors / helping hands / the chance for the girls to meet more relatives. My Mom has been really super helping with the girls– a key figure in handling a [...]

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One of the things that is great about Seattle is the natural beauty that you can see pretty much any direction.  Mountains, water, we’ve got it all (when the weather is clear). After a hard day of work, the commute home can be a little rough as well (although is is not so bad for [...]

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  There’s nothing quite like a (your) baby’s smile– and I caught Lydia in the act this evening for the first time.  (I guess she was short the market this week… [investing joke]). Social smiles make all of the work feel like it has some payback In any case, I thought her fans would want [...]

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We always start our PEPs meetings (more on PEPs later) by everyone sharing their highs and lows of the week.  Here are mine from the last few days: High: Over the weekend, the girls turned in some amazing sleep.  On Friday night, they slept from 8pm to 4:30am and on Saturday night, they slept from 8:30 pm [...]

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