The Adventures of Lily & Grace: 2012

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Grace & Lily are best friends already.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Osh Kosh Cuteness!

Here are some pictures we took of the girls sporting their new Osh Kosh overalls compliments of Grandma & Grandpa Ken. (Lily is in Pink, Grace in Denim)

NICU Reunion & Visit from Aunt Kathy & Uncle Tom

Grace and Lily had a busy weekend! They went to their NICU reunion at a nature park nearby to see some of the nurses that took care of them and also some families that were also in the NICU while they were there. It was great to reconnect with some of the families and see how much the babies have grown!

Grace and Lily also met their great Aunt Kathy & Uncle Tom who came down from Boston to see them! We all went for a nice walk at Rolesville Park and had a nice lunch at The Mellow Mushroom in Wake Forest. The girls did a great job on their little adventures. They had a great weekend. Here are some pictures that we have so far---there will be more to come.

Uncle Tom meets Lily

Aunt Kathy meets Grace

Aunt Kathy meets Lily

Friday, September 21, 2012

Grace Growls Like a Gremlin

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Grace and Lily are 6 months old!

It is very hard to believe that the girls are 6 months old today! 6 months ago today, was supposed to be my baby shower but ended up being a day we'd never ever forget. Our girls came early at 29 weeks gestation and spent nearly two months in the Special Care Nursery. Grace and Lily started out at 3lbs 5oz and 3lbs 4oz...they now look like "normal" chunky babies! We weighed them on our "official baby scale", the Wii Fit, and Grace is 14.1lbs and Lily is 13.9lbs! They are doing wonderfully. They have grown and changed so so much in the last 6 months. They sleep in their own room in their own cribs (well most nights), are practically holding their own bottles during feedings, are playing with and reaching for toys, have noticed their hands and feet, are rolling over with no problem and are trying like **** to crawl! Our girls are smiling and laughing and have completely melted our hearts. They are amazing. We feel so thankful and blessed to have such happy and healthy little baby girls. Happy 6 months to Grace Lucia and Lily Giovanna today! We cannot imagine our lives without them! To see more monthly pics, go to the monthly pics posting.

Friday, September 7, 2012

Lily Rolls Over!

Lily rolled over!! She is pretty proud of herself!

Lily has been trying and trying to roll over for weeks now. But she is also content just laying around and would kind of try for a bit and then find interest in a toy or something else! Last night, she finally rolled over and we both were able to witness it! Of course, we both screamed and clapped and probably scared the **** out of both of them--Grace looked like she was thinking about crying but then got it together. :) Needless to say, we are both extremely proud of our little Lily and now Grace has a partner in crime to roll with! Now, we're just waiting for the crawling....then we're realllly in trouble!

Labor Day Weekend Visitors

Jeremy, Gramps, Grace, Jared, Erika, Lily & Michelle at Firebirds for lunch!

Gramps playing with Grace and Lily

Michelle, Lily, Jeremy, Grace, Gramps, Jared & Erika

Aunt Erika getting some baby love!

Uncle Jared getting some baby love!

Michelle & Grace, Erika & Lily

Lily and Mommy

Lily and Grace enjoying some tummy time!

Daddy and a sleepy Grace at Firebirds

Grace & Lily enjoyed lots of attention over Labor Day weekend from their Gramps, who they both love to fall asleep on, and from their Uncle Jared & Aunt Erika! Everyone had fun playing with the girls! We celebrated Uncle Jared's 30th birthday by going out to dinner at Shaba Shabu for sushi! We were both really excited to do this because we rarely ever get out of the house with the girls unless its for a walk or a trip to the pediatrician! We ventured out and the girls were great! So good in fact, that we decided to go out to lunch the next day at Firebirds Wood Fired Grill! Here are some pictures of our weekend!

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Monthly Sticker Pics

Grace & Lily are 10 months old! (Jan 17, 2013)

Grace on left, Lily on Right.

Grace & Lily are 9 months old! (Dec 17, 2012)

Lily on left, Grace on Right.

Grace & Lily are 8 months old! (Nov 17, 2012)

Grace on left, Lily on Right.

Grace & Lily are 7 months old! (Oct 17, 2012)

Grace and Lily are 6 months old! (Sep 17, 2012)

Grace and Lily are 5 months old! Lily has the bright pink pants, Grace has the grey pants.

Grace and Lily are 4 months!

G & L are 3 months! (Grace in pink, Lily in Grey)

G & L are 2 months! (Grace on Left, Lily on Right)

Grace & Lily are 1 month old! (Grace on Left, Lily on Right)

Let's Play Catch Up! (June-July-August 2012)

We had full intentions of posting every week, then the goal was once a month. Well three months later, here we are. Lucky for us, we have had two very good reasons for getting behind! We promise to try to post more than once every three months!

Catching up...

Growth & Development--
Grace and Lily are growing like weeds. They have had their two month check up and then their four month check up complete with those fun little immunizations. We also had our "clinic" appointment at WakeMed with the neonatologists to check to see how they are developing. The doctors were blown away at their growth and development. The girls are both on the growth curve for their corrected age and just on the curve for their chronological age. Lily even surpassed her sister in weight!

Grace and Lily are holding their heads up very well, are very alert, are smiling and are very nearly laughing. Grace has mastered rolling over and Lily is oh so close to rolling over. Before long, Grace and Lily will be crawling at this rate! We're so proud of them.

Goodbye Reflux, Hello Sleeping Through The Night-- It seems as though (knock on wood) that the nasty reflux may be gone for good! Hallelujah! The girls suffered from reflux for many months making feedings very very difficult and very very very MESSY. Jeremy and I have had our share of being projectile spit up on more times than we can count. This also made it necessary for the girls to sleep on an incline so they slept in their bouncy seats for a long time. Because the reflux seems to have gone away, the girls are able to now sleep in their own cribs, in their own room! In addition to this, they are sleeping THROUGH THE NIGHT!!!! We're not excited at all.... ;)

Visitors--
Lily and Grace have had visits from their Nana, Papa, Nonna, Grandma, Grandpa Ken, Gramps, Aunt Katelyn, Aunt Jen, Aunt Mary, and are going to meet their Uncle Jared & Aunt Erika this weekend! They've also met some friends and neighbors, and had visits from some old friends from the Special Care Nursery--Amy, Alaina, and Brandy!

Nanny Search--
After months of interviewing potential nannies, we decided it's best for Michelle to stay at home this year with the girls. Michelle is happy to be able to spend this time with G & L and be around for all their milestones!