day 24: Today was not a great day. In fact it was a pretty terrible day. Paul started off the day by crying for the first 30 minutes of his morning nap. Then we went to lunch at Ben’s office. That part went ok. On the way home Paul fell asleep and I decided that instead of driving around for his nap I’d take him into the house and put him in the crib. BAD IDEA. Not only did he not go back to sleep when I took him out, he screamed at me for an hour. So did Amelia. Then they fussed at me for another hour. It was not pretty. I decided to salvage what was left of the afternoon by taking a very long walk after they ate their 3 o’clock bottles. I walked from 4 until almost 6 o’clock and felt much better afterward. I took this on the way.

day 23: Today’s outing was to one of my very favorite (and very overpriced) stores to pick up a dress for my sister’s wedding shower this weekend. Since having the babies I no longer fit into 90% of my old clothing, and especially don’t fit into any dresses. I haven’t thrown them out yet in the hopes that someday they *might* zip again but I’m starting to doubt it. Anyhow here’s my cute new red dress.

day 21: sorry for another late night in the house blog post. I meant to bring my camera when the babies and I headed to the beach this afternoon but I forgot. We didn’t see much anyways, it was windy and they were tired. After dinner Ben and I watched a movie. We’ve taken to watching them in a pile of blankets on the floor in the library since it’s further from the nursery and we don’t want to wake them with the sound of the TV. Herbie likes to get in the pile. I think he likes it because he’s not allowed in our bed and this makes him feel like he’s part of the family 🙂

day 20: sorry this post wasn’t put up last night. I was very very tired. We switched up the babies’ schedule (which made for a long day in itself) and then I wanted to run some errands after dinner and ran into the longest EVER grocery store line. I also picked up a jumperoo for the babies. Yes. A jumperoo. They jump in it I guess 🙂 Isn’t this photo from the instruction manual a little creepy? That’s not my hand camera shake, that’s in the picture. I guess it’s supposed to show jumping?

day 20: how do I love the peanuts? Let me count the ways… they are so darn cute I just can’t stand it. I love their little outfits and little shoes… I just want to eat them up!

day 19: Yesterday I photographed my first wedding of ’09 and first wedding since having the babies. I was so excited to finally be back in business… I really missed getting out and shooting. More photos on my wedding blog.

day 18: Well today was pretty much anything BUT relaxing. It was kind of a hectic morning. I decided to stay in between 10 and 1 to let the babies catch an extra nap before we went out at 2. They had other ideas and didn’t enjoy me trying to put them down at a non-standard nap time. Amelia had her first physical therapy appointment today and she did not enjoy that either. Ben and I recovered by going to a CPK with the babies on the way home 🙂 First wedding of the year is tomorrow… can’t wait!

day 17: Today the baby twin playgroup invaded the LA zoo… Paul was quite excited about it as you can see 🙂

day 16: Ben and I went to dinner tonight (thanks mom for babysitting!) and imagine my delight upon opening this fortune:

Are you reading this Paul? Amelia? This means you 🙂

day 15: Today Allison came to LA to claim her long loaned bed that we’d been keeping here at our place for the last few years. At first it had a home (the guest room) but was seldom used. Then it moved up in the world as not the guest bed but the “grandma bed” when my mom moved in with us for a few months after the babies were born. Most recently it lost its spot in the house when the babies graduated from our room to their nursery. It lived in the “library” between our living room and kitchen for a while for grandma’s occasional overnight visits but was mostly just in the way. Now it is gone. I kind of miss it. At least I got some company for the day.. Allison and her friend Kelly. Shocked to find out (while looking at the last year’s book) that photo-rific is alive and well again 🙂