Six Month Check-up

I had a realization the other day as I was attempting to sort through the gazillion of pictures we have accumulated over the past couple of months. I realized that if I didn't start doing current posts along with the catch-up posts, I would never actually catch up. I'm not sure why it took me so long to realize that, maybe I was just overconfident that I could catch-up faster than I am. So, here is my attempt to start doing current posts. :) 

We had the girls' six month check-up the other day! It seems so crazy that they are six months old already! I hurt my shoulder a couple of days before the appointment, so Nick took time off work and came with us. It was so great to have him with us!

Helen was first to be weighed, she was such a pro! 

Helen: 14 lbs 9.8 oz

Then it was Vivian's turn to be weighed, she was not happy about it! She wanted to keep snuggling with her daddy!

Vivian: 16 lbs 6.4 oz

Their stats. Since we went to the doctor about a week and half ago when Helen was sick, we can really see how quickly they are growing! Helen gained almost 9 oz and Vivian gained about 6 oz! Way to go girls!

After Vivian's examination, she got her wish and snuggled up with daddy while watching Helen get examined. I snuggled with Helen after her check-up. 

The sweet babies waited, unaware that they were about to get some vaccinations. There is a shortage on the combination shots they were scheduled for, so they had to get separate shots of each. Poor babies! They were so brave!

Viv with her crunchy monkey and Helen with her elephant-they love them!

Two Month Check-Up

 Helen: 7 lbs 6 oz

 Vivian: 9 lbs 10 oz

We are so proud of how well our babies are growing!

Exhausted after their outing to the doctor!

One Month Check-up

Here are the girls all buckled up headed to their one month check-up:

Vivian being weighed-8 lbs 8.8 oz

Helen being weighed-6 lbs 3.8 oz. She always rolls like this when she's on the changing table too. We think it is so funny, because she stays so stiff-she looks like a little bowling pin rolling from side to side. :)

We were so proud of our girls! They both gained about two pounds since their two week check-up!

After the girls were weighed, we waited back in our room. The girls still don't like to be undressed, and so they were very upset that they had to wear only their diapers to be weighed. My husband wasn't able to go to this appointment, so I was on my own. Desperate times call for desperate measures! I had their nurse snap this picture while I held them both in an attempt to calm them down-it worked pretty well!

Vivian passed out while waiting for her shots-little did she know what was coming. Doesn't she just look so sweet?!

Helen ready on the table and waiting for her shots.

Helen after her shots. She was so upset! You can see from her little eyes that she had been crying very hard from her shots. She looks like such a sweet little elf here!

Overall, the girls did really well considering they had to share me, and got a couple of shots. It was a great learning experience for me, as I learned how to get out and about with the girls on my own.

Two Week Check-Up

We couldn't wait to take the girls to their two week check-up. We were anxiously awaiting to see how much weight they had gained! 

All ready to go to their appointment-once again wearing onesies handmade for them by some of my best friends!

Helen is all strapped in and holding in her pacifier.

Vivian isn't taking any chances of losing her pacifier either!

Waiting to be weighed. Little did we realize how much they would hate it!

Vivian

Helen

Their stats, we were so happy to see how much they had already grown! It doesn't look like much, but each of them were about 1 ounce over their birth weight. That means they had caught back up to their birth weights, and just kept going! :)

They both were so exhausted from their excursion, that Helen fell asleep right on the changing table!