House tour- Lucy and Ellory's nursery.

Here are some photos of Lucy and Ellory's nursery! I love how it turned out. We did not know the genders beforehand, so we had to wait to do a lot of it until after they were born. Here is what it looked like when it was Norah's nursery. A lot of it is the same, like the wall color and furniture, with just ordering another crib. I'm glad it's a decent sized room, so it wasn't too hard to fit two cribs in. 

To fit the crib on the other wall, we had to move the dresser over, which meant putting the rocker in the other corner and the toy shelf that was there into the closet. All in all, I think it fits well! I don't love the chair in the corner and how close it is to the nightstand, but it's the best we could do to fit two babies in there!

The curtains, rug, and bedding are from Pottery Barn Kids. I think it turned out really pretty! It's soft and elegant and will last them for a long time, as they will be in this room for longer than Norah was. 

I love their canvases, and these sweet wooden name signs I ordered on etsy. Probably my favorite pieces of the room!

I really like how this dresser turned out. I really love the mirror and lamp with the lace pink shade (both from Pottery Barn Kids also). And their newborn/family photos turned out so nice!

The giraffe picture I got a long time ago, before we even found out it was twins, from Hobby Lobby. The white flowers on the other wall are from Target, and the framed floral picture is from Megan Carty Art, which is really neat because she also made the "You are my sunshine" picture that was in Norah's nursery and is now in her big girl room.

The cards on the far top left are from their great grandma. She loves to make cards, and the cards she gave them when they were born were so pretty and matched the room so well that we framed them. The wooden rocking horse was from my nursery when I was a baby, and the animal giraffe was made by my great grandmother, who passed away the week before Norah was born.  The lamb is what my mom gave me when we found out we were pregnant with Norah, and we've used it to take all three of the girls monthly pictures with. 

I'm also so thankful for their huge closet!

Summer pool inauguration.

Summer is officially here- we broke out Norah's pool! 

Norah had a great time and it was fun to watch her play!

And here's our little cuties in the bathtub!

"And we'll have fun, fun, fun..."

For some reason, when I was thinking about what to call this post, I thought of "Fun, Fun, Fun" by the Beach Boys. While maybe the rest of the family was having fun, Lucy probably didn't think so by the following pictures, and Ellory was just sleeping through it all. Ha.

This is the first time in their sit up seats! (The Fisher Price Sit-Me-Up Floor Seat is one of my favorite baby items! Norah used hers all the time, and I made sure to buy another one when we found out we were having twins.) They have only sat in them a couple times, and Lucy pulls the following face each time.

Ellory had just woken up and was too tired to care, and just leaned over and went back to sleep.

Hopefully Lucy will grow to like it! It's funny to see how different twins are already- they aren't often doing the same thing!

We went to a "summer celebration" in a neighboring town on Saturday, and had lots of fun! Norah had the most fun with inflatables and train rides. Lucy and Ellory basically slept through the entire outing, except Lucy woke up for a few minutes to give me these beautiful pictures. 

Ellory was, once again, sleeping. (I try to wrap burp rags around the head piece to catch spit up, because washing the car seat pads is a bugger, in case you were wondering.)

In the few minutes that Lucy was awake, I had to take her out and put on her new summer sun hat. Super cute, right? She obviously loved it.

Norah and Daddy waiting for the train ride!

Norah seems so much bigger this summer. (I'm sure a lot of that has to do with having two tiny babies!) It's been so fun to watch her be brave and do independent things. Seeing her jump on the train by herself and dive into an inflatable full of kids she doesn't know makes me so happy that she is growing up and doing things on her own. Watching her have fun is better than having fun myself!

You rock those shades, Norah. :)

"Well she got her daddy's car and she cruised through the hamburger stand now..."

Love her face in this picture! Having so much fun!

Norah loves to point out every type of vehicle on the road- trucks, motorcycles, excavators, cement trucks, etc. This loader inflatable was a hit!

Having three girls is pretty awesome!

Perfect weather at the zoo.

On our last day in Des Moines, we hit the zoo! We were waiting all week for the best weather day, and we nailed it because it was a beautiful day! Norah was so excited! Every year/season is so fun because it's like experiencing it for the first time since they grow so fast. Norah was so young when she went to the zoo previously, so it was great to experience it with her at this age.

She loved the fish tanks. She has never seen Finding Nemo or Finding Dory, but has seen things about it, so she shouted, "Wow! Look at all those Dory's!" when she saw the fish, and legitimately thinks the fish are called that. Too cute.

My mom is wonderful. She is an amazing grandma to me kids and we are all so fortunate to have her in our lives! Whenever we see her, she is incredibly helpful and engaged with the girls!

Norah had to crawl right in this egg, and posed for the perfect picture. Nailed it, Norah. (But, she is getting better at taking pictures, so I'll take it!)

She loved the kangaroos jumping around.

Watching the penguins swim. We also went to the seal show, and Norah enjoyed their tricks!

Lucy and Ellory did fabulous and basically slept the entire time. 

Very thankful for warmer days, fun trips, and family!

Lucy and Ellory- Three months.

(I wrote this two weeks ago when the girls were actually three months, but just getting it up to publish now. Oops.)

Lucy and Ellory are three months! They are such sweet girls. Occasionally time feels like it's going slow, but more often it feels like it's flying. Overall, they really are good babies. They will sometimes have fussy moments, of course, and the evening is usually the worst for fussiness, but it's not too bad. Thankfully Daddy is home in the evening to help! The evenings feel like they fly by with supper, baths, and getting three to bed. There's also loads of laundry with two more babies in the house! I wouldn't trade it for anything though. Being a mom to three is tiring, constant, and demanding, but very worth it and I am so honored to be their mom. The good moments outshine and their little smiles and coos are so perfect!

Feeding: They eat about every 3 hours during the day, occasionally 3.5. The times aren't as rigid anymore since their nighttime feedings vary, which kind of messes up the day, but it's still about the same. They eat about 6 times a day- early morning, mid morning, early afternoon, late afternoon, early evening, and bedtime, and 1-2 times during the night. Most days they still have two bottles a day, occasionally just one if I don't have people to help. The doctor said at their last visit to try to still do two bottles each day, but to do at least one for sure, to help them continue to gain weight (since their bottles are fortified with a little formula mixed with my milk). Ellory drinks 3.5 oz in her bottle- she chugs it and would probably drink more. Lucy drinks 3 oz, and is a slower drinker and sometimes doesn't finish. Nursing them both at the same time is still going really well. Lucy sometimes unlatches a few times and has to start again, but is doing pretty well and I'm so thankful nursing both is going well!

Diapers/clothes: Switched to size 1 diapers and 3 month clothes at about 10 weeks. They are wearing all 3 month clothes, with most 0-3 month outfits still fitting. 3-6 month clothes are still big. Ellory poops less now, and they both have bigger poops less often. They both toot often (and boy do they smell!) and trick everyone into thinking their pants are full when they aren't.

Sleeping: Their sleeping is slowly getting better, which I am super thankful for! At their two month check, they told me we didn't have to wake them during the night anymore to eat, so we could let them sleep as long as they would like. At first they still woke up about every 3 hours, occasionally 3.5. Now, they usually skip one feeding. Sometimes they still eat twice in the night, but have been regularly sleeping until sometime between 3:30-4:30, and it's amazing to get a few uninterrupted hours in bed! So, they usually go down around 11, eat once around 4ish, again around 8ish, and usually go back to sleep until about 9.

Developments: The smiles and coos are the best! Ellory smiles a bit more freely, but both smile and it's so perfect! They started smiling more at 9 weeks and cooing more at 10 weeks. Lucy cries more to be held and is a bit more dramatic. Her cry is higher pitched and she seems to cry more often out of frustration or annoyance. Ellory is more laid back and is more content to sit/lay by herself, but when she cries it's so sad, with big tears and her bottom lip out. Ellory likes her paci, but has sucked her thumb a few times too! Lucy sometimes sucks her fist, and will only occasionally take a paci, but you basically have to hold it in her mouth because her suction isn't super strong. Lucy rolls onto her side and twice rolled off her Boppy pillow, so I think she will roll over first. They don't really seem bothered by the other, but they don't really love cuddling or acknowledging each other either.

Favorites: They both love to be held, but Lucy cries to be held more. Lucy loves lay on your chest. The paci calms Ellory down. They both like to sleep with their arms up and out and never liked being swaddled. They both enjoy taking a bath, but don't love getting out. They both fall asleep pretty quickly in their car seats and like sleeping in them. It's neat to hear them be calmed by our voices or being near them when they are upset. We would do anything to get them to smile! Lucy and Ellory, you are the best babies!