Godzilla v. Ultraman

16 weeks have come and gone. It is now quite OK for Mike to go off to work for 8 hours. Heck I've even gone off and left Mike for a couple of hours. Just over a week ago we left Addison and Lily with my mom and our ever helpful neighbor Kay. And, yes, we went and played golf. Granted the weather wasn't great...windy and cold...but it was golf.

This week we started having babysitters come to the house 2 times a week. They are OU college students who are majoring in Early Childhood Education. Both Katie and Brianna are wonderful with the girls. So far Mike has definitely been able to get lots of work done while they are here. I'm still getting the hang of letting go, but did have some time to focus on work. Tomorrow night we are planning to go to a party in the neighborhood for a bit while Katie watches the girls. We'll see how that plan pans out.

This week Lily passed the 12lb mark...as of Monday she weighed 12lb 2oz. Addison weighed 11lb 9 1/2oz. Both girls are growing beautifully.

October 8 Lily and Addison were baptized at Athens First United Methodist Church. Lily's god parents are my sister Kathleen Wallace and Mike's brother Matt Meyer. Addison's god parents are our dear friends from Notre Dame, Sara Harty and Steve Wenc. We were blessed to have my parents (Gram and Pop) and Mike's parents (Grandma and Grandpa), Mike's sister Bridget, and my grandmother present at the ceremony. That weekend Lily and Addison also went to their first college football game and saw OU beat Western Michigan.

Lily has been building up her muscles quite nicely. She's been holding her head 90 degrees on her tummy for a couple weeks. Addison is just catching up to her in that department. Both girls enjoy standing. Lily has found the joy of laughter. Every time she laughs, Mike and I just burst out ourselves...then eventually we end up making her cry cause she doesn't understand why we are laughing so hard. Addison continues to smile and coo and I believe she's realized she needs to turn up the volume to keep up with her sister. Addison also enjoys singing (fortunately she does not appear to be taking after her Pop in her singing skills).

Tonight we had a fun family night. The four of us sat on the floor playing. Eventually, Mike and I were sitting facing each other and we had the girls in our laps facing one another as well. We had a great time having them play pat-a-cake together, making them hug one another, and generally seeing them interact. We laughed and laughed when we held up the girls while they stood and we slowly "walked" them towards one another. Lily was Godzilla and Addison was Ultraman. Mike and I provided the audio portion of our entertainment. It is these types of moments that make it more fun to have two.