bedtime rituals

The twins are acutally very good at going down at night. We feed them their solids, then give them a bottle and then it's baths and bed (although to be honest here...we do not bathe them every night) The whole process takes about an hour and a half, but they are very good and Felix and I are getting to be like a well oiled machine.

1. I do the solids while he cleans up from dinner and makes the bottles.
2.We each do a bottle
3. I get the bath ready while he is stripping down one of them-usually whoever seems most tired.
4. I bathe one, hand off to Felix who does diaper, lotion and pjs, while I am changing the water in the baby bathtub and stripping down the other one.
5. I bathe the second one while he brings the first one up to the nursery.
6. I dress the second one and bring him/her up to the nursery where Felix already has the lights dimmed and the lullabies (in Spanish!) playing
7. Felix rinses out and puts away the bathtub and washes the bottles while I wipe down the highchairs.
8. Whew! Relax and have a beer!

Funny thing is, we never decided "Ok, you do this, I'll do that".. I guess with two you just figure it out and get into a rythm.

Liliana always sleeps on her stomach. Always. And she always likes to have one hand holding on to the mattress as she is doing in this picture...sorry it is so dark, but I didn't want to use the flash while they were out.



Lucas is usally a back sleeper. He was really tuckered out tonight and his eyes closed almost instantly as he hit the bed. When did he get so big?!



Nothing beats watching them sleep...nothing.