Okay, so it has been awhile since our last entry, but we were out doing exciting things! Last Tuesday was the twins first outing into the real world (not going to family members house or the doctor). We went to the mall! (very appropriate first outing if you ask me). Now, it wasn't exactly easy...we had to time things just right. Immediately after their 11:00 bottle, I changed their diapers, got them dressed and rushed out to the car (that I had already pre-packed with the diaper bag, formula, bottles, blankets and stroller). The pre-packing took about 30 minutes and then preparing the babies took another 15 minutes - so a total of 45 minutes of prepwork for a 2 hour trip, but oh well. It was worth it. We headed off to the mall, and on the way they, of course, fell asleep. When we got there, they still slept in their carseats until I got them in the stroller. Jack stayed asleep, but Claire woke up and wanted to look around. We went in, and I checked in at the picture place (the whole point of this trip was to get their 3 month professional pictures taken). They said it would be about 20 minutes, so I decided to go get some food. Claire was awake this whole time...very curious about what was going on. When I get to the food court, a small crowd gathers around my stroller wanting to look. Of course, I wouldn't let anyone touch them (worried about the germs...I don't want them to get infections!). It was amazing how everyone is so fascinated with two babies! I did get some of the typical questions (see previous blogs) including the "are they identical?" and "are they the same age?" Never ceases to amaze me. I really think I should create a handout with FAQs.
Anyhow, we get back to the picture place and now Jack is awake, but all Claire wants to do is sleep. We sit her up in the chair to get her picture taken next to Jack, and she keeps leaning over on his shoulder and falling asleep. We try and wake her up so that she has her eyes open, and this makes her mad and all red-faced, so the pictures of Claire don't turn out very well. Jack's aren't perfect, but at least he kind of smirks in one of them (and I was standing on my head just to get that out of him!)
Anyway, the pictures got done (it will take a few weeks for them actually to come back), but I think they turned out pretty well considering. The babies were being so good afterwards, that even though I thought I was pushing my luck, I decided to go shopping for a little while. We went to Children's Place and got them some clothes (and cute little sunglasses). Then I got some sunglasses for myself. They really didn't start fussing until the very end when it was closer to their bottle time. I was pretty impressed. I might actually be able to do this again sometime...
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