Smiling babies...

News of the children...

Maddie & Morgan were two months old yesterday. It appears they have entered a difficult phase. Morgan especially cries a lot. He obviously has colic-type symptoms and is quite uncomfortable on a regular basis. Some days are better than others though and he has his moments of placitude, which are welcome indeed, and when he does he is so cute. Maddie is, on the whole, a little more calm than her brother but still has her moments - and when she is hungry, there is nothing you can do to calm her down other than give her a feeding.

They are both growing nicely and are now fairly regularly giving us big smiles and "ggrrs" of happiness - often followed quickly by crying.

That's all for now... hopefully there'll be a photo or two in the next post.

Seven weeks and counting...

The twins are seven weeks old today and both seem to be very healthy and generally happy. They are both starting to smile at us fairly regularly, which is a great feeling, as I'm sure other parents will testify to.

You can probably gather, from the relatively long time since my last post, that life with infant twins is quite busy. There is always something to do; whether it be feeding, changing or hugging the kids or baby-related tasks like sterilising and preparing bottles or even just the mundane household stuff like laundry or making dinner, we are rarely idle. As a consequence, there is very little non-baby news to relay, but here is what I've got:

• The weather in the UK is now very autumnal. Well, it is autumn
• Liverpool FC continues to perform well in Europe with a fine 3-0 win over Anderlecht last night but is mediocre domestically, struggling in the Premiership and getting knocked out of the Carling Cup last week
• Hallowe'en has come and gone without much fuss and November 5th is just around the corner - with lots of fireworks planned at a get-together at Jason & Marie's house

To sign off, here is another pic of the twins: