Daily Life and a little update

Well, we are in i guess what you could refer to as a schedule. sort of. Cris usually drives me to work around 0530, and betsy watches the girls (who usually wake up around 0600) until Sally arrives. Cris usually is home by 3 p.m. and then he brings the girls to the hospital to pick me up around 5 p.m. This varies a little on a day to day basis, but that's the general idea. '

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Juneau is 12 months, and doing so well! She knows 3 babysigns, "eat" "more" and "all done". She usually uses them appropriately, but sometimes she gets so excited that they all get used simultaneously and it is a little confusing. She is pretty close to walking, and loves to walk while holding our hands. She's kind of a chunk, and although we haven't weighed her recently, she is busting out of her 12 month clothes. She LOVES music. Her favorite song since she came home has been Johnny and June Cash singing "Jackson". She also loves to watch her adoption video. She watches it several times a day, and every time seems more and more enhralled. She still gives little hugs, and is learning how to blow kisses. Juneau is adventurous and independant. She loves trying new things. Her personality is on the serious side. She does laugh when we play with her, but spends lot of time investigating things and just exploringMommy and Pretty June-bug

Enjoying her first birthday cake (a few days after her actual birthday)

Nova will be 5 months this week. She is unbelievably sweet. Her personality is so different from Juneau's. She oozees sweetness, and makes these adorable little giggle sounds. She is kind of a scaredy cat, and cries at silly things, like getting in the elevator. Her bottom lip quivers when she's scared, and then she makes the saddest face! She is sitting up somewhat on her own, but is still pretty unsteady. She is reaching and grabbing for anything and everything. She has been trying a little cereal and some baby food. Not much really makes it into her mouth, and most of what does make it into her mouth she usually spits back out, but she really enjoys trying to eat! She still wakes up twice during the night to eat, but i don't really mind because she drinks her bottle and goes straight back to sleep. Nova's awesomely huge smile

Our lives are TOTALLY different with these two girls, but we couldn't be happier right now. At night when the girls are asleep and we have a few minutes to just sit still we will often just talk about how amazing it is that things have turned out the way they have. There are definately stressful times (and lots of them!) but the rewards of getting to be Juneau and Nova's parents make the rough times seem so trivial.

Juneau trying to show Nova where her tongue is

Hugs!

Mommy reading to the girls after a long night at work