How the Tiemann girls roll

Bonus pic, just 'cause:

Apples and oranges

We took both girls to the doctor on Friday for their checkups, which meant shots all around. Delightful.

But it also meant the customary measurements were taken, which is my favorite part. Amelia continues on her track of being short, pretty light, and having a ginormous head. This explains why everything that fits her elsewhere WON'T fit over her head! :)

21 lbs, 4.5 oz - 25%
28 1/2 in - 5%
47.3 cm head - 85%

Lily is growing healthily as well - although she seems to be a little more average, especially where her head is concerned.

11 lbs, 5 oz - 50%
22 in - 26%
38.6 cm head - 35%

For fun, we pulled out Amelia's stats from her two-month appointment. One day we'll try to stop comparing them, but for now it's harmless fun for us. :)

10 lbs, 9.5 oz - 42%
21 in - 9%*
38.9 cm head - 51%

*We don't think this was an accurate length measurement because it would have meant she had shrunk from her one-month appointment, plus it wasn't until she was several months old that she started slipping down on the bell curve of height.

While we're comparing, here are a couple of photos to see both girls at two months old.


Amelia


Lily

I see a lot of similarities for sure, but I can also very much tell them apart. It's kind of like the old adage of comparing apples and oranges - the girls have their own special traits, but they are definitely in the same family and both are, without a doubt, sweet. :)

Happy Halloween!

It looks like it's going to rain out trick-or-treating tonight, so I'm really glad I took the girls up to Weekday on Thursday for the fall festival parade. Is there anything cuter than kids in costume? (Be sure and watch the short video to get the full effect of Amelia's costume since I didn't get a shot of the back with the camera.)




















(This last one is just to point out that Lily's growing some pretty eyelashes like her big sister. They're lighter, but just as long as Amelia's were at this point. )

Happy Halloween!

It's amazing what a fresh coat of paint can do...

Before:


After:

(And check out Mike's handiwork on the garage doors - niiiice.)

Wordless Wednesday

Erin's wedding, part 2

I'm somewhat embarrassed to post these since they show off what a nerd I am. The first one is Amelia walking down the aisle holding my hand. Between bending over to hold her hand and wearing high heels, I ended up looking like an old lady hobbling down the aisle. I was mortified when I saw the video. Then in the last one you can see how I give Erin the flowers BEFORE the kiss. Maid of Honor FAIL. These are the things you never practice in the rehearsal and then realize during the wedding you don't know when you're supposed to do them!

But then again, this wasn't really about me. Just focus on the cute flower girl and the pretty bride.

(By the way, all the videos are really short, so don't run away!)

Erin's wedding, part 1

My sister Erin got married on Saturday. We have ONE photo from the wedding. One. That's how insane the day was! We didn't even get one of our family. Mike said before we left, "We've got to get someone to take a photo of the four of us." And we got as far as having our camera in someone's hands to do so. Then they announced Erin was going to throw the bouquet, we ran over to see, and never resumed our photo attempt. Sigh.

We do have video footage, and of course, the wedding photographer's photos, which we'll eventually get... For now, you'll just have to trust me that it was beautiful.

But we do have a few from the rehearsal night at least!

All gussied up for the big night.






Amelia was an exact twin with one of the bridesmaids. (Check out that ridiculous grin.)


Here we are on the way to the wedding!


The one photo we have!


We did stage a photo at the end of the night. Lily was screaming her head off, and Amelia was just barely awake. We were all beyond exhausted.

Stay tuned for more, hopefully!