Catching Up with the Colburn Twins

It has been awhile since I have blogged on the girls. For the past week, our family has been really sick. I started with a cough that turned into bronchitis and Mike brought home the flu from school. Soon after that, both Juliana and Olivia came down with the flu. I have never in my life seen a little person so miserable. Juliana didn't want to move. She had a fever of 101.7 and laid on my chest moaning. After she lost her lunch, we took her to urgent care where they swabbed her for the flu. She tested positive so they put her on tamaflu. Within two days she was acting like herself again, although Olivia was going down hill fast with a fever of 100.6. That night we gave her the tamaflu and within the next two days she was well.

Our sick little Juliana

 Juliana with a fever of 101.7

Our family is almost better and life is good. The girls are growing so fast. We have managed to outgrow our size 6-9 months and are now in 9 month clothes (even though they are almost 11 months). Their petite size keeps us from having to buy a lot of clothes.

 Juliana 

 Olivia

Juliana and Olivia are also developmentally growing. They have managed to mimic our actions, mimic some words, stand while holding on to furniture and eat with their hands. There are a few times out of the week that Mama allows them to play with their food. We read that allowing them to play, helps them to learn about textures and how to eat with their hands. Even though it is a royal mess, they have fun learning and exploring the new world before them.

 Our girls standing in their cribs.

Along with our new found developments, the girls are learning to test the meaning of "No". They have found really quickly that if they do not listen, it results in a time out or a little swat on the hand. So, the fun begins with discipline (being sarcastic). Our prayer as parents is that God will help us to train our little ones to love Him and be respectful to others. 

 

How could these little ones be bad? 

 The girls are creeping up on 11 months really soon and we have been amazed and blessed parents to two beautiful twin identical girls. I can't wait to see what joys they will bring to us next month.

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What's That?!

Mike and I are starting to introduce new foods to the girls. We are gradually trying to get them to eat table food more regularly. So far, our new foods have been yogurt, mixed fresh vegetables, and lemon. Yes, lemon. We had given the girls some avocado and didn't realize that it had a little lemon juice in it to hold the color (it was given to us by a friend). We mashed it up and started feeding it to the girls. Olivia, accepted it right away and didn't make much of a face, so we still did not know that it had lemon juice in it. When we fed it to Juliana, we could figure out what was wrong until I asked Mike to try it. We laughed so hard. Our poor Juliana was not a fan of lemon at all but Olivia didn't mind it. This was another difference that we saw in our girls. As the week progresses we are going to introduce kale. It will be fun to see how our girls adapt to their new world of food.

 Juliana after giving her avocado.

Olivia after giving her avocado.

10 Months and Growing!

It is so amazing how quickly our little ones are growing. I was giving the girls a bath today and realized that they are going to soon outgrow their tub! I can't believe it! It is absolutely amazing to me. These past 10 months, my girls have brought Mike and I more joy than we have ever had before. It does not matter what kind of day we are having, because when we take the time to look in our little girls and the smiles they give, it cheers us up and we fall in love with them all over again.

Juliana and Olivia

We are looking at some upcoming big events for the girls. The first event is on April 3, 2011. This will be their 1st birthday, which is only 2 months away! The second event, April 9 will be their dedication at church. We are very excited for both events, however we are even more excited to have Pastor Micah give the girls' dedication. For those who read this blog and don't know who he is, he is my pastor through my teenage years. I was his first baptism, he performed my grandmother's funeral, our wedding, and part of my mom's funeral. So, now you can see why it is important that he dedicate the girls. That will be a beautifully awesome day.

 Juliana

 Olivia

I imagine these next few months are going to bring more joy and love then I could ever hope for. So far, both girls have 6 teeth and weigh about 18 pounds. They crawl all over the place and are trying to pull up on furniture. Every morning we take time after a diaper change and go over the pictures of the family and it makes me laugh to see the expression on their faces when I say the names. So far, Mama and baby have the best expressions. As far as solids, the girls are eating a lot more table food, fruits, vegetables, and beans. We have not introduced them to soy products or dairy as we are unsure how they will be able to digest them. We know the girls have an allergy to soy, so we will have to wait until they are 2 before we can even introduce soy to them. So, veggie food is out for awhile. Ugh.

 Olivia teething.

 My excited Juliana, smiling.

Our family has been richly blessed and we hope that you will be blessed with us.