We have noticed that as they grow, they do nothing short of miraculous things. Small things, which we take for granted everyday, but incredible feats for a baby. They have discovered their hands and love to stare at them in amazement, they make cute cooing/talking noises which we just adore, and they like to stand up on our laps and look at everything around them. The grocery store is a great place to entertain babies. We've taken Claire in a carrier - they can see so many things, also they love to smile at people. We are so in love with these two little people - whom I still can not believe grew inside of my belly. Wow.
Tomorrow we leave for Manitoba for a vacation to visit family, so I took the babies' four month photos two days early.
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| We're (nearly) Four Months Old! |
We are travelling to Thompson on an impromptu trip to see my grandmother, who was recently in the hospital. Our original plan was to meet her in Winnipeg, but since she can not travel right now, we are going to go to her. She will get to meet her only great-grandbabies. She is thrilled and has been talking about meeting the babies since we visited her last September. I am looking forward to the experience as well. Also my mom is flying in, so we will have four generations in one place.
From Thompson we will be going to Winnipeg for a short stay to visit friends and tour our old city. We are planning on taking the babies to the forks (and of course to BDI and the Pancake House. It's all about the food..I'm not sure that's a good thing..) It'll be like a walk down memory lane. We haven't spent time in Winnipeg since 2004.
Then, we will be off to Brandon for a family 50th wedding anniversary party on May long weekend. I imagine we will be seeing a lot of family and the babies will either be social butterflies or make strange.. lately they've been learning to make strange when new people hold them. I'm hoping the babies will be in a good mood that day so everyone can see how adorable they really are.
After all of that touring around Manitoba,we will be spending a week out at the farm for some relaxing and visiting with Grannie & Grandpa Smeltz. I can't wait!
We've packed a small arsenal of baby gear in rubbermaids, diaper bags and suitcases. Plus we've got our camera and laptop bags. I hope we haven't forgotten anything we'll need, but like usual I'm sure I've over packed for us. Early morning we'll load the truck and head out (which, of course, I am sure will not be as simple as it sounds). Our goal on day one is to get to Prince Albert, SK and over night it, then day two - to Thompson!
