john and julie plus 3: new "firsts"

another week has flown by and the family has experienced a few new "firsts"....

-- no more swaddles. john and i always worry that changing their sleeping situation will create nighttime chaos...so far we've always been proved wrong. first we moved them out of our bedroom, then separated them into their own cribs and now stripped them of their swaddles...each time, they don't even notice! they continue to sleep like experts from about 7:30/8pm until 6:30am. every morning one of them wakes up around 6:15ish and i watch them on the monitor just looking around and talking - pretty adorable. it's a nice little wake-up call to start thinking about getting up, brushing our teeth, and preparing the bottles.

drooping eyelids = sleepy...crap!

catnap before dinner

-- first library visit. leanne took them up to the local library and checked out some books. we got so many books as gifts i didn't even think about heading to the library but am so happy she did. it's so nice to have a variety to read to them since they are so interested in all the colorful pictures. when we read "two is for twins" for the first time, i can't explain the warm fuzzy feeling i got...it just reminds me how lucky we are for these two wonderful babies and for the unique experience they'll have growing up together.

babies reading john a book

law school application photo

-- watched mama run a race. exactly a year ago, i ran my last race. it was my first trail run and i loved it, so when rachel and kim signed up to do the muir woods run again this year, i decided to join them. john, bones and the kiddos came along and hung out at the start/finish line in stinson beach. the weather was perfect and the views were amazing - it was a nice change from my usual SF runs. i can't wait for jacks and liv to be a little older and cheer me on - for now just having them there sleeping in their stroller was a nice treat!

shocked to learn i was the first female to finish...
wish the rubber chicken purse was filled with cash!

stayed in marin for lunch

just where he loves to be - with dad
and yes, that means i'm in the backseat squished between 2 carseats

-- one word...costco. while some head to church on sunday mornings, we went out for a breakfast burrito and a trip to costco. we needed a few baby necessities like wipes and formula, and with the sheer quantity we go through nowadays, i've never been so excited for a family costco outing. the babies are now primarily on formula, which has been a nice change for me, but we realized a huge advantage to breastfeeding that we're giving up- it's free! we will start going through 2 tubs of formula a week and that stuff is not cheap...looks like more trips to costco are in our future.

john would rather be in bed

us girls love to shop!

time to start another week - not much exciting planned except for a visit from my parents - yay! hopefully, they won't mind a little 6:30am wake-up call from their new neighbors. =)

here are a few funny pics from last week's doctors visit...