That's it. We're moving!

Okay, so "we" are not really moving. But one of the girls is. After many months of trying to solve our sleep problems, DoT and I have decided to move the girls into separate rooms. They are still not sleeping well -- waking several times a night, unless we give in, in desperation, and let them sleep with us. And it now seems that their crying is waking the other one up. So, over the course of the next few days we will move one of the cribs into our guest bedroom. (Unfortunately we can't just roll it down the hall, since the cribs are too big to fit through the doorways.) Hopefully we can cut down the nighttime wakings to only one or two -- and maybe even none (dare I dream). :-)

My mom and dad were visiting this weekend, and it was once again great to have others eager to entertain the girls. Yesterday, my folks looked after the girls for much of the day, and DoT and I were able to have some peace, go out to our favourite eatery for lunch (The Lone Star... mmmm, fajitas), and get some Christmas shopping done. It was great. I still feel like I'm really far behind, but at least now we've made a start. And in three weeks I go back to work and DoT starts his parental leave. So, whatever still needs to be done then will be his problem. :-)

The other "big" news around here is that the girls have started tackling the stairs. E started first, and we taught her how to come back down on her own. Then A started following E up the stairs, but she sometimes seems to think she can do it on her feet, rather than crawling. So we have to be careful and make sure one of us is around if she's heading up too. We're working on teaching her to climb up and down crawling, so pretty soon there will probably be no stopping them. Here's a picture of the two of them heading upstairs, both still in their pajamas ...















And here's one of E, having made it to the landing halfway up (taken a few days ago)...




















Well, that's it for today. Hope you all have a great week.