Not to be outdone

by his sister, Caden decided enough was enough and it was time to roll it....over! He may have held out on us for a while longer, but he gets the award for the slowest-turned-fastest roll over. The first time he rolled over was yesterday...it took like 2 minutes! First it was his head, then the top half, then he finally let go and flipped his legs over. Ryan's mom and I were cheering him on! Of course, it took so long, I didn't think it was going to be an official roll over so I didn't grab the camera. shame on me!

So today, Caden decided to make up for it and give me several opportunities :) Go Caden!

Caden_roll_1 from Casey Little on Vimeo.

And in case you missed it, we tried again.... :)

Caden_roll_2 from Casey Little on Vimeo.

5 months old!

My sweet babies are 5 months old, which means they will be 6 months old next, which means they will be half of a year old! I can hardly take it! :( We didn't have a Doctor's Appt since our 4 month fiasco (yea for staying healthy!) so I don't have an update on weights and length. BUT, I'm pretty sure that Caden is chunking up nicely thanks to our rice cereal and by the look of her perma-wrinkle around her wrists, knees and ankle's, Jenna is not skipping a beat. It was beautiful the day they turned 5 month old so we had an un-traditional monthly shot :)




We have been working on Jenna's head-tilt putting blankets in her bouncy seat and stroller and putting her down for a nap on the opposite side more often. I think we both agree that we can tell a difference! yea jenna!

Caden has enjoyed his rice cereal...it took us a while, but we finally figured out the boy likes it cold! So since we have been giving it to him with cool water, he usually finishes his bowl. We finally went and got Jenna Girl her high chair so she now joins us at the table looking on while everyone else is eating...poor girl :( I've almost convinced myself to go ahead and start her on cereal so we can get in a good routine with both of them being on cereal, going to veggies, fruits etc... As a mom of twins...you do everything you can to have both babies doing the same general things!


Schedule: Our schedule has been anything but this month. Growth spurt, teething, intro of rice cereal...I don't know what is going on! Caden has made it clear that he will only sleep the last hour of each cycle now (down from 1.5 hour). Jenna continues to be my best day time napper going down the last 1.5 hour of each cycle. I think we may have to start changing that though because she is killing me during the night! She started waking up every night at 3:30 am. I read how babies internal clock can get "stuck" so we attempted to let her cry it out for a few nights. 45 minutes - 1 hour later, she was still going STRONG. The nights we gave in and went in there, she was fast asleep as soon as put her back on her side and stuck the paci in. ugh. Caden sleeps solid as a rock from the time we put him down to around 6:00 or 7:00 am. We put the paci in and he is right back down until we start the day at 8.
I love reading other Moms' schedules so here is our sample schedule at 5 months:

8:00 am - wake up and nurse
8:30 am - cereal for Caden / chill time for Jenna:) breakfast for mama if I'm lucky / dinner prep 9:30 am - diaper change / outfit change for the day for both babies (takes longer than you think!!!!!)
10:00 am - morning nap. Frantic house chores, email check, shower for mama. RARELY all three-hehe
11:30 am - wake up, nurse and watch the end of Price is Right! woop woop!
12:00 - 2:00 pm - play time, school time, try to keep them up longer than they want to :)
2:00 pm - afternoon nap
3:00 pm - wake up and nurse
3:30 - 5:00 pm - play, go for a run/walk around neighborhood
5:00 pm - late afternoon nap / dinner time for mom and dad alone if Caden allows:)
6:00 pm - wake up and nurse / cereal for Caden / chill time for J
6:30 pm - 7:30pm - play with daddy, bath time (if applicable)
7:30 pm - down for bed
*9:00 pm - wake up for a quick dream feed. This feeding varies every night..sometimes we do it right at the 3 hr mark b/c we're ready to go to bed and some nights its closer to 10 if we're watching TV or a movie.

I wish we could drop the 9 pm feeding, but I just don't have the confidence that I produce enough milk in the evening to hold them all night. It's a quick feeding, up and back down within 30 minutes for both kids, so until we have them both on solids I suppose we will just keep on keepin' on. How crazy that we can type out our exact daily schedule? Oh how life has changed in 5 short months! :) Anytime we want to do playdates or errands, we go in the morning before the 11:30 feeding. They are happy and can go the whole time w/o a nap and not be fussy. If we do this, then I let them sleep a bit longer in the afternoon nap. I'm thankful for babies that adjust well so far with schedule changes. Hoping that stays the case!

My bald old man is starting to grow some hair up top...so far its coming in brown. I thought he might be a blondie at first, but as time goes and it grows longer, its looking brown and frizzy to me! Your welcome, son. :)

Sleeping: As far as sleeping arrangements: it happened. :( We separated them since they were mobile moving around and kicking each other.Now they are in separate cribs for naps and bedtime. I'll admit, I was so sad! The good news is that they look tiny all alone in a big crib, so I feel like they are not growing up SO fast! :)

Clothing: We are still wearing 0-3 month separates (shirts and pants), 3-6 month onesies and a few 6 month outfits. Can't wait to break out all of the cute summer gear in the next week or two! We have finished the 1-2 diapers so know we are officially big boys and girls wearing size 2.

Activities: I've popped the kids in the jogging troller several times and they love it! I was secretly hoping they would hate it and cry so I would just have to put the jogging stroller up and not use it :) ha KIDDING! As you saw in a previous post, my Sweet Jenna has learned to roll over from stomach to back. I wouldn't say she is consistent, but has done so several times. Nothing from Caden yet...how crazy! I would have put my money on Caden for sure. Now that they have great head control, we broke out the exersaucer. It. is. huge! Special thanks to Cousin Jamie and Kaylee for this "small" donation. :) The kids like it so far and enjoy being upright.

Hello Adorable!



They both found their thumbs this month although Jenna prefers the entire fist method sometimes. Caden still hates tummy time, Jenna surprisingly enjoys it more...and she's getting great at it!








Also, lately it has been March Madness in our house! If there was ever a question who Caden takes after, it was confirmed this past week. We have had the TV's on watching all of the great basketball which has mesmerized Caden! Honestly, during the ACC Tourney, he watched the entire second half of a game...without moving once! It was hilarious...I got a load of laundry done, dishes washed and put away and picked up the entire downstairs! (Jenna was clueless and content in her swing talking to herself). Here is my little basketball-loving baby boy!


Here we are cheering on the Tarheels!!!

Happy 5 months Caden and Jenna!

Look Who's Talking....

So this video is currently in my Top 5. I think it is precious and Caden is just so darn cute! Now, I kept Jenna's "scene" included since I posted Caden's Christmas present video back in December. ( Click here if you forgot :) Have to start out being fair, you know... :)

Caden Talking from Casey Little on Vimeo.

This is Jenna and her recently-found voice. I can't tell you how many times we laughed and smiled this weekend just walking around the house hearing her do this. Precious, precious sounds!

Jenna Talking from Casey Little on Vimeo.

CU Babies

So, once upon a time, there were three girls who met in College. By the end of 4 years, we had mixed and matched roomates and become the closest of friends.



In the years after college, we got married and celebrated each special day: (Sarah, I dont have one from your wedding!!!)







We worked on perfecting our golf game: (yes, too many balls have been lost to count...)





We make SURE we schedule a time each summer to have a Girls Weekend at the Beach:


And now, we are all having babies together! I'm so thankful for healthy pregnancies and births. The babies are each 2ish months apart. The twins were born in October, Bri's baby girl was born on Christmas Day and Sarah's little guy was born March 7th!


Here is our progression:

This was at my YM1 Shower in August:
From Left to Right: Sarah (13 weeks) , Bri (22 weeks), Me (29 weeks)



At Bri's Shower in October:

Sarah (23 weeks), Bri (32 weeks), Me (twins are 13 days old!)



At Sarah's Shower in December:Sarah (28 weeks), Bri (37 weeks), Me (twins are 7 weeks old!)

Fun night in January

Sarah (33 weeks), Bri (Baby Breelyn 3 weeks old!), Me (Twins are 3 months old)


Ta Da!:






Love you girls!

Multiple Choice

Here is a wonderful video for you to enjoy! What will you find? Here are your possible answers:

a) Jenna will throw up the largest amount of chunky, thick spit up all over herself

b) Jenna will roll over

c) Jenna will inadvertently say "Ma"...followed by another "Ma"

d) Caden will suddenly appear in the background picture....crawling by

e) Videographer (Casey) will stub her toe, trip, fall and drop the camera

f) all of the above

Jenna from Casey Little on Vimeo.

Now...be honest, who chose correctly!?

Quick Trip to the Beach!

Last week my sis was on spring break, the weather was dry and not freezing(upper 50's). So with my calendar being incredibly open these days, what's a couped-up Mom to do!? HEAD TO THE BEACH! So off we went: me, my mom, sis and the twins. There was no room in the car for Snuggles crate so we had to leave him behind for a bachelor weekend with Papa T. :(

Our trip down started with a bang...we had to stop with about an hour to go in order to feed the twins. We pulled into a big parking lot and I unpacked the back of the Pilot, crawled in with my mega boppy pillow and proceeded to try to feed them in the back of the car. When mom went to get Jenna out..she had exploded all over the place: down her legs, up her back, puddled in the bottom of the car seat: ewwww gross. I guess this proves her change in disposition the past month..she is back to being calm, content, sweet Jenna like she was as a newborn. She never made a sound! I have no idea when she did all of that, I didn't even smell it. Anyway, we had to strip her down and try to change her in the front seat. It. was. chaos. Anyway, we eventually changed and fed everyone and made it down to the beach house. We had SUCH a good time and the babies were awesome! We went to our favorite restaurants including the Flying Pig...our favorite coffee house! We are definitely locals to them and now the twins are "known." Caden hamed it up for the owner who I'm pretty sure will give him whatever drink he wants when he is a bit older :) We had the best time in the mornings going and getting our favorite lattes and coffee's, talking with people who came in to ooohhh and aaahhh over the twins, and use the Internet connection to make wedding plans!





We had major success in wedding planning while we were there. Its getting so close! Can't believe my baby sis is getting married in 3 months (or if Brad is reading, he could tell us the days and hours) haha! We love the beach and miss it so much! :( Caden was particularly unhappy we left...he cried for an hour straight in the car (SO not like him!) to the point where I pulled over and squished my huge butt in between the twins in the back row and let mom drive the rest of the way. As soon as he saw Mama he stopped crying. Very frustrating...but lets be honest...precious!

Here we are trying out our new gym mat.Super huge hit!




Here we are sportin' our sunglasses...

Editor's Note here: I KNOW those are hearts on Caden's glasses...they were the only ones mom could find. We will be on the lookout for more manly glasses. I can't deny the world these adorable pics of him....heart glasses and all ;)








We walked across the street to the sound and took some pics. Jenna, as usual, is very dramatic about the wind in her face:)







I only packed one pack-n-play. That was a mistake. My babies are too big to share one now! So, as a result they didn't sleep well which meant Mama didn't sleep well either. The second night we were there I think the grand total of hours slept was 3 or 4. ugh. I came home super exhausted from my "vacation." haha lesson learned. Two pack-n-plays from here on out! It was worth it though...we had a great time!

Twins 101 - Quiet Crying

Another question I get asked all of the time is:

"Do they wake each other up when they cry at night or during nap time?"

Answer: nope! not yet at least!

I read that if you put multiples together from the start, they learn to block each others cry. Now, when they get old enough to talk and laugh, they do NOT block that out so be prepared! We will see if this is true or not, but for now, it isn't a problem we are having to deal with.

Dont have much time today, so I'll let the video's talk:

Caden Crying from Casey Little on Vimeo.

Jenna Crying from Casey Little on Vimeo.