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Jessica photographs the snow.

I just finished telling Jessica how impressed I was this morning when she grabbed the camera and said she wanted to go outside and take photos of the snow. Not because of what she did (although she did make  some really nice photos…), but because it’s rare she’s able or willing to just up and put herself first. And she did. She ditched me with some fidgedy babies and a slightly grumpy Art and Lew and left out the front door. Jessica, I really do hope you find more ways to do that!

Here’s the product of her labor:

Our neighbor Carolyn’s truck.

Here’s an email (used with permission!) that Jessica wrote my mother in Arkansas about teh weather

“I must admit your weather sounds boring.  I took some content-only photos (light and composition totally boring but high snow somewhat amazing) and you will see snow that reaches within inches of our railing on the front steps.  A snow drift that towers over my neighbor’s truck and our backyard tables buried deep.  Quite fun.  The boys are all walking/sledding to Walgreens right now to get the car.  Ben couldn’t find anywhere to park last night after work and got the idea from a neighbor who said, “Yeah, I don’t have time to walk to Walgreens.”  Apparently there were several other cars there from people with the same idea.  Then he had to walk home in the street. There were no sidewalks to speak of.”

Storm of the CENTURY!!!!!!!!

It’s true, it’s a HUGE snowstorm, the biggest I’ve been in and certainly the biggest for the kids. Although Jessica was around for the famous Halloween snowstorm in ’91, something almost any Minnesotan will eagerly tell you all about. We’re expected to get 15-20 inches by the time it’s over late tonight. The winds are howling, it’s officially a blizzard.

It took nearly an hour to shovel out my car. I had to shovel an actual driveway of sorts towards the barely plowed road to make it out. It was higher than my waist in spots.

Twins’ Stats – 2 mos

I brought the camera with me to Netta and Bailey's two month check-up today but it's just too crazy to try and take a picture while you're holding babies, making babies naked, redressing babies, soothing babies after shots and talking about babies' health.  And healthy they are!  Doctor had no concerns.  She was impressed to hear they are all breast-fed and went home with me from the hospital.  (Sometimes I feel bad for twins in general, getting this bad rap that they are all early, tiny and formula supplemented.  I have already met several twin moms who breast-fed their full-term, healthy weight twins.  But I digress…)  

So!  The stats.
Despite the fact that Netta will often sneak in an extra feeding during the day, she was just a half ounce heavier than Bailey at 10 lbs 2.5oz.  (I can't believe she has gained 3 oz shy of four pounds!)  That makes her in the 33rd percentile for weight, while Bailey is just 32nd at 10lb 2oz.  Bailey!  You have catching up to do!  Netta is also a whopping 1/4 inch longer than her sister at 22.75" while Bailey is only 22.5".  Shrimp!  Both their heads were the same.  But who really cares about the head circumference?  Anyway, Netta is 68th percentile for length and tiny little Bailey is 58th.  Funny.  Bailey was 5oz heavier at birth.  Now Netta is the heavy.
Other than weight and height and the general reflex and eye/ear checks there's not much to talk about.  I couldn't remember at what age a baby starts to fall into the two-big-naps pattern for the day so we talked about that.  The doctor reminded me that it can be as long as six months before that daytime routine shapes up and that right now it is very normal for them to be fairly random in the day-to-day routines.  She asked if they are smiling yet and I answered that we think we have gotten a smile out of each of them, but nothing predictably conjures one.  She then said, "And that's pretty much all they do right now."  So there it is!  
The girls got shots today and after we got home and they nursed themselves some lunch around 12:30pm and they slept.  And slept.  AND SLEPT.  They did not wake up until 6:30pm!  Who knows what the night will bring.  Last night they nursed their last meal around 9:30pm and didn't wake until 3am.  I slept five hours in a row!  Then up again at 6:30am.  So nice.  We'll see what happens tonight.