chaotic recap... third edition

Last Saturday night was a get all dressed up, go to Andrew's Christmas party, pretend we're real adults for a night and socialize with other real adults, drink what you think was a reasonable amount, learn a couple hours later that it was far too much for your out of drinking practice self and pay dearly when your daughters wake you several times that night to feed... kind of night.

in short... it was awesome with a side of awful.


Isla and Alice started talking to each other... it started with a few direct smiles and escalated to full on giggling and talking to one another, amazing to watch...



i think i know you from somewhere...



yes i believe you shared a womb with me...

also amazing, when they look right at you when you talk to them.


Yesterday I baked... well it was more like we baked (my Mom, my Mother-in-Law and Myself)... and unlike last year... success was had!

The makings of a hello dolly bar... this time I didn't literally LAYER the ingredients into the pan and I put more than the suggested 1/3 cup of condensed milk... (recipe)

Sugar cookies... I would like to say that I was responsible for the perfect cut outs but it was really Andrew's Mom who rolled out the dough and cut out these goodies... yes I still need to ice them. (recipe from Martha Stewarts Cookie book)

These gingerbread cookies were very easy to make (this coming from someone not at home in the kitchen).  Oh and I swear... this is the ONLY pan where the cookies had a bit of a run in with one another.  (recipe)

Now we just need to hide these somewhere until Christmas (and then I need to give as many away as possible..)


Another first this week... Alice has decided that she wants to hold her bottle (she gets bottles during the night and sometimes one during the day)...

Andrew's let her actually hold it a couple of times at night but he credits her super sticky hands rather then brute strength...


I had to throw this in here simply because those baby legs that Isla is sporting used to look like giant adult sized tights on their tiny newborn legs...

now... not so much.


Today the plan was to go to a movie but then Isla decided not to sleep much again last night and I thought I would likely sleep through a movie... so we went Christmas shopping instead...

and by Christmas shopping I really mean I bought things for myself shopping.  I haven't really shopped in over a year, for clothes that aren't for a baby related purpose (maternity, nursing, for the babies... you get it).  I had been very reluctant to shop for myself because I kept wanting to lose more weight from the pregnancy.  Well all of the skinny jeans fit now so I figure it's safe now.  So today I didn't go looking for anything for myself... I went looking for Christmas presents and I did find some but it always happens that when I am not looking for myself and when I really shouldn't be spending money on myself... that I actually find things I love.

I came home with two.  Happy early birthday present to me.


And finally... some more sweet pictures of our sweet girls that I took these past couple of days...

This weekend we have no official plans but I am sure there will be some Christmas shopping and lots of giggles.

Are you finished your Christmas shopping?

Happy Weekend!