And Again We Try Taking Pictures of the Two of Them.

[for Episode 1, see here] One smiles adorably while the other chews on a stuffed animal: Baby down! Baby down! And we’ll claw out his eyes! “Oooh, what’s this, an EAR?! Let me pull it right off!” “Argh!! You wanted me to make my pirate face, right?”

We Heart Baby Gear.

About a week and a half home now and things have calmed down – the babies still wake 5-10 times a night each (although miraculously, they never wake each other up, even when wailing!). Ryan and I depend heavily on caffeine at this point. A quick walk though babies r us will have you thinking […]

A Whole Bin of Toys?! (2nd day home)

The babies are loving having more than the 12 toys they’re sick of. Luggage came, interrupting our nap (yeah, we neeeeed those naps – babies still waking every hour at night). Haven’t opened it yet. I fear all of Africa might pop out like something out of Jumanji. So good to be home.

First Day Home

The babies woke up more times than we cared to keep track of that first night – sometimes every hour, sometimes every 15 minutes. We expected it, not only because of the jet lag and their clocks being now 12 hours off but because of the new place (where are the Muslim loudspeaker prayers and […]

Day 16: We Get Our Acts Together and Make a Schedule

We’ve been all over the place with the babies’ routines. We try to follow a consistent pattern, but in our efforts to read their hunger/sleep/play cues, we’ve ended up with one baby napping, the other eating, or vice versa. Ryan sat down and wrote out a schedule. In part, it’s to help us get ourselves […]