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Just some things I want to make sure I don't forget:

Sam
Sam doesn't coo as much as the girls do, but he definitely is a talker. And he's found his "happy squeal"… he can sit in my lap, or on a boppy, and entertain himself with his happy little squeal for a good long while, but mostly in the morning. He is my snuggliest baby, preferring to be held at all times, and happiest when eating. He prefers nursing over bottles under most circumstances, and he knows my voice for sure. He'll be perfectly content sitting in the nanny's lap, but when I walk in the room, he'll immediately turn toward me and smile and reach toward me, even if he was just drinking happily from a bottle. He loves to play on the activity mat, and sit in his Bumbo chair. Yesterday we tried him in the exersaucer for the first time, but he's not QUITE stable enough for it yet. Jess suggested using some rolled up receiving blankets to stabilize him, but I haven't tried that yet. It would probably work. On Friday, he weighed 12 pounds, 13 ounces, my big boy. He looks awesome in stripes. But then, I'm partial to stripes. 🙂 He is wearing 3 month clothes, some 3-6 month clothes and even a few just plain 6mos clothes! Goodness!

Ellie
Ellie is very smiley these days. Ever since we got her to start gaining weight, she's been much more alert, much more smiley, and much more active. On Friday, she weighed 9 pounds, 14.5 ounces! She is still getting the 28 calorie fortification 4 times per day during the week, but I am free to nurse her as much as I can on the weekends, so I try to give her at least two 28-calorie/oz bottles on the weekend, but I nurse her the rest of the time. She is taking 5oz bottles per feeding and takes at least that much when nursing as well, which is astounding. She doesn't have to see the doctor again until next Tuesday which makes me really happy. She is long and skinny and still has a newborn sized waist, so she still wears Newborn pants, but has outgrown her Newborn stretchies and onesies. So she's solidly in 0-3 month clothes, but is long enough to wear 3 months even. She coos a lot and still loves to suck her thumb, particularly in the middle of the night. She does NOT like to eat in the middle of the night still.

Abby
Abby has been smiling and cooing longer than either Ellie or Sam. It's hard to believe that she used to be the runt of the pack. She's way ahead of the bunch in so many ways now. She holds tight to her teddy bear, pulls bottles closer, smiles broadly when she sees you peering at her first thing in the morning, and LOVES to play on the activity center. She also loved the exersaucer yesterday. She was 10 pounds 12 ounces on Friday. She hates formula of any kind, but still won't nurse, though I haven't completely given up trying. Sigh. When I'm feeding her a bottle, I can't look her in the eye, because if I do, she smiles so broadly that she stops sucking on the bottle. It's very cute, but makes for very long mealtimes!