Out With the Old, In With the New

Well, after a week of desperately trying to fix the paragraph long error message I received when I was playing around with the design of my blog, I have resorted to starting over....It is unfortunate and annoying, but necessary. So, my new blog is http://averyandcarolineweimer.blogspot.com/. Click on over!

YIKES!!!!

Ok, I accidentally clicked on something that I shouldn't have apparently and now my blog is all messed up!!! I don't know what happened to my background, header picture, title, etc. I am working on trying to fix it....

Sippy Cups

On Tuesday, Braxton and I took the girls for their six month checkup. Avery is 26.5 inches long (75th percentile) and weighs 17 lbs. 14 oz. (75th percentile). Caroline is 25 inches long (25th percentile) and weighs 15 lbs. 14 oz (50th percentile). The girls did great and our pediatrician was pleased with their progress! He also said to start using a sippy cup some. So, we went to Target yesterday to buy some sippy cups. I could not believe the array of options there were. Big, little, handles, no handles, leak proof, spill proof, BPA free, etc. Target has one whole side of an aisle devoted to sippy cups. Crazy. Anyway, I picked some out, washed them, and we tried them out last night.

Avery did well with it. She drank from it right away and held it for a good amount of time!

So grown up!

Caroline was pretty much not interested in the cup except to chew on it and toss it around. I think she will end up liking it better than the bottle because she is not a big fan of the bottle.

Sweet Caroline

Caroline loves this jumpy thing! She will bounce around in it forever. She usually keeps one leg stationary and bounces with the other just grinning the whole time. It cracks us up! Caroline has a really bad blister on the bottom of her baby toe from all of her bouncing. She now has to wear socks in order to bounce until the blister goes away.

The other night, Braxton and I were watching the girls while they played. Avery was in the exersaucer and Caroline was in this jumpy thing. Caroline had been jumping in it for awhile when Braxton noticed that she was starting to fall asleep. She would jump and then stop for a second and her eyes would close. Then she would open them and start right back to jumping again until she finally fell asleep. It was so cute to watch!

This morning, I found Caroline dozing off again in this thing 45 minutes before her usual a.m. nap time. She plays so hard!

My Two Little Peas In a Pod

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There is a new post below "My Weeklong Birthday Celebration" that is supposed to be above it. Sometimes this blog has a mind of its own!

My Weeklong Birthday Celebration

This past Thursday was my 28th birthday. But, we started celebrating it last Tuesday night. Braxton's parents came over and brought a delicious dinner and ice cream cake. Yum! We had a great visit and they were there to witness the babies first meal in their high chairs. The Weimer's gave me a gift card to Dillards!

Thursday was my actual birthday! Braxton let me sleep in as long as he could before he had to go to work. That was a nice little surprise. That afternoon, my mom came over to watch the girls and I went shopping! I had a great time shopping and felt so free just hopping in and out of the car without popping two carseats and a double stroller in and out of the car with me. Later that night, Braxton and I went to Bonefish for dinner. Bang Bang Shrimp was calling my name and it did not disappoint. Braxton, Avery, and Caroline gave me the beautiful flowers shown above and some new outfits for the babies. That is what I asked for so Braxton and I picked some out from Orient Expressed.

Friday night we had Covenant Group and Braxton brought a strawberry cake from Nancy Patterson's for my birthday! It was so sweet and thoughtful of him!!

Sunday night we celebrated with my family. We went over to my parents house for dinner! My mom made chicken cacciatore which I love and a yummy brownie, strawberry, and whipped cream dessert! We had a great time visiting and laughing. My parents gave me outfits from Orient Expressed as well, per my request again. They are precious outfits! I can't wait for the girls to fit into them and for the weather to get cold enough for them. My brother, SIL, and neices gave me a gift card to Francescas. Can't wait to shop some more!

And to round off the weeklong celebration, I am going to dinner with some of my friends tomorrow night! I am looking forward to a nice girls night out.