NC and Lily news

We had a great weekend in NC visiting my sister's family (which now totals 5 people!). The twins are absolutely adorable. Owen is such a little cutie and so chill. He was more awake when we were there and his big blue eyes will just melt your heart. Cecilia is just like the rest of the girls in our family - spirited! :) She stayed asleep more but was fidgity and noisy a lot of the time. It was so great getting to hold two SO tiny little babies. It feels like forever since Lily was that little!! Owen indoctrinated me by pooping and peeing EVERYWHERE. Boys are definitely much harder to change than girls are. Ava is being a great big sister and actually "played" with Lily some when they were both in the right mood. Ava asked Lily if she remembered that they were cousins. How cute! When one of them got whiny/crying though, it definitely affected the other. They don't like to hear each other do that! On Monday I got to help my sister take Cecilia and Owen for their first doctor's appointment and then I went with Dawn to get her staples out. The incision looks great!Lily DEFINITELY does not like loud noises/high stress situations!! She was fussy a majority of the time when we were at Dawn's house just because there was more people there and loudness. Luckily we stayed at a hotel though since the Mendez house was full. Lily was able to chill out there some and was much more content in the quieter environment.

Lily is getting around SO well now for not crawling. She does pretty much everything but crawl to move around on the floor - scooching backwards, rolling over, etc. You turn around for a minute and she'll be somewhere completely different than you laid her. Today she also started really "babbling" the "b" consonant for the first time. It's more like "boo boo boo" though than the normal "baa baa baa." So cute!! Can't wait until she gets the "mama" sound out!! Lily also LOVES being "chased." Matt or I will hold her and pretend to run away from the other and say "i'm gonna get you" and she thinks its hilarious!!! She's so playful now and independent. Matt had her on the bed this past weekend and everytime he walked over to her and said "i'm gonna get you" she would roll over and hide from him. Lily is now trying bananas - homemade by yours truly. She loves them! She is really a good eater so far.

Well... I think that's all the news in our world for now! Hope everyone is having a great day!! Here is a cute pic of my two favorite people in this world: