Oct 31, 2006 Great Grammi Wilson & Halloween

Oct 29, 2006 - Great Grammi Wilson with Stella and Rowan

Oct 31, 2006 - Jess dressed the girls in the outfits they got from Barb Butler, they were a lamb and a bunny for Halloween

Great Grammi Wilson loves spoiling the girls, she has a T-Shirt that she got a while back that says, "If I knew my grandkids were going to be so much fun, I would have had them first". At 82 years of age she still likes to spend time, now with her Great Grandkids, she is a great help when I am taking care of them when Jess is out.

Oct 24, 2006 Swinging and Jumping

Oct 24, 2006 - Rowan fast asleep swinging and sucking her thumb...

Oct 24, 2006 - Stella also enjoys snoozing in the swing...

Oct 26, 2006 - Rowan getting some jumping in...

Oct 26, 2006 - Stella really got into jumping

On Saturday, Oct 21, 2006 we joined Great Grammi Wilson, and Lesley & Paul at Fairhaven Bowl for some glow bowling...now that was a different experience for the girls and not to be left out Rowan decided to add to the excitement throwing up her last feeding. Other than that it went fairly smoothly and we all enjoyed the outing.

Bruce and I had a Marriage Encounter event to attend on Sunday afternoon, so Aunty Milly and Uncle Andy invited Jess and the girls out to Dalmeny for supper, I believe it was Jess's first out of town trip with the girls on her own. Of course, Andy and Milly wanted to get some special baby time out of it.

On Monday, Oct 23, 2006 Nicole, one of the girls that Jess works with at the "Aroma" restaurant had a baby shower for Jess at her house to introduce the girls to some of her co-workers.

As you can see in the picture of Rowan above, both girls have taken to sucking their thumbs. Jess tried the soother but they just weren't taking to them, they wanted their thumbs as their security blanket.

Oct 19 2006 Sleeping and Bathing

Oct 19, 2006 - Sleeping Beauties, such togetherness...

Oct 19, 2006 - Hey Ma, this bathtub is getting kinda crowded...

The week of Oct 16 to 20, 2006 started off on a sad note for Gramma (Berta) as I was finished my three month leave of absence and was headed back to work. I totally loved the experience and it reafffirmed that idea that I would like to volunteer at the hospital once I retire to "rock babies". Since I only work two blocks from home I am able to come home every lunch hour and have a quick lunch so I can read the babies their stories, Robert Munsch, Dr. Seuss, Richard Scarry, Mother Goose, etc.

Wow, three whole months have already slipped away...the girls had an appointment with Dr. Carla on Friday, Oct 20/06 and Stella weighs in at 10 lbs. 14 ozs. and is 22 1/2 inches long while Rowan weighs in at 11 lbs. 4 ozs. and is 23 inches long. They both have 16 3/4 inch heads but Rowan's chest is 15 3/4 inches while Stella's chest is 15 1/2 inches.

About the pictures above, they didn't just finish lunch before their snooze, they had their bibs on because they were drooling so much from teething...so peaceful though. Bathing is like a three man job especially when they are both in the tubbie together...but oh, they do seem to love the water!

Exersaucer Fun Oct 13 2006

Oct 13 2006 - Stella Grace trying out the exersaucer...

Oct 13 2006 - Rowan Sophia gets her turn...

Not quite three months of age but already the "e" word - exercise, exercise, exercise guess it's just something we all have to get accustomed to.