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So twin 1 (Emilia) got the first tooth, first and twin 2 got the second tooth first :)  We can see Emilia's second tooth but it hasn't broken through yet.  Apart from the twins chomping on everything in sight, teething doesn't really seem to be affecting them.

We are heading out today to look at a summer cabin that we are planning to buy with my Mum and Dad.  It is very exciting :)  The twins should be asleep now but little Eva refused and was disturbing Daddy and Emilia so she is upstairs with me.  I am going to try and put her down again after my cup of tea.

Eva

We knew it was only a matter of time, and when I felt in Eva's mouth before I discovered something hard.  Yes, her first tooth has broken through :)

So lovely

We just got home from our second visit to play group and I feel ever so proud of my little ones.  They are so lovely in a social situation.  They don't fuss (not yet anyway) they just play and take in their new surroundings.  They don't cling to me either.  When I see how some other babies are it just makes me appreciate mine all the more.  I really do have it easier than most, most of the time anyway.

So Eva is starting to take toys from Emilia!  Emilia is rolling around on the floor and is managing to get from A to B.  Time for the parents to step up with the child proofing.  This new phase seems to have come all at once and we need to catch up and fast :) Eva is enjoying sitting for now so as it stands is posing no threat, haha! It seems they want to break Mummy in gently :)

Eva trying to take Emilia's teething ring:

Emilia managed to get hold of my cap and put it on!  These pictures are not staged :)

 Emilia likes to pull in her bottom lip:

And because everything my twins do are always completetly different, Eva likes to pull in her top lip:

They just never cease to amaze me :)

First tooth

Both twins have been showing teething signs for a long time, but on Friday afternoon, just before the Sweden/England game the first tooth was discovered :) In Emilia's little mouth.  I can imagine that all English people were very happy with the football triumph but I couldn't stop thinking about my little Emilia's tooth.  It made my day.  Eva is chomping on everything that comes her way so I am sure she won't be too far behind her older sister.  It has been a very long time since Emilia did something first and it is so wonderful.

A few snaps from today:

We enjoyed a very fun night out, whilst Farfar and Farmor Lindqvist looked after the twins and then took on the morning shift, giving us a much needed lie-in.  We even got driven into town and picked up, then my garden got a  makeover on Saturday.  My Swedish in-laws take very good care of us :)

2 fantastic babies

At the end of the appointment Eva and Emilia's Dr said " You have got 2 fantastic babies"!  We already knew that, but it was lovely to hear.

Emilia: 6435 g / 64.8cm long
Eva: 8750 g / 70cm long

The numbers speak for themselves and it was the first time I haven't felt disappointed with Emilia's weight. The Dr told us that very few premature babies grow at Eva's rate! It was all such lovely news.

After the appointment I took them up to the neonatal ward and we spent a lovely half an hour with some of the lovely nurse who watched over our precious little girls.  They were so happy to see us.  One of them actually cried when she saw Eva.  I can remember her, as clear as it was yesterday, caring for her in the first week of her life.  And then there she was today, holding my nearly 9kg little Eva :)  From the beginning that could have gone so wrong comes our happy ending that so many people get to enjoy.    

So as always hospital days conjure up lots of memories, both good and bad.  I walked home afterwards which gave me lots of time to think about everything.

When I put Eva to bed tonight I lay my face next to hers on her pillow and I stroked her head.  Which made me think about when I got to do that for the first time in the hospital.  It made me cry because she is just so special and brave and strong.  Eva is a 24 week old premature baby who didn't have an aneurysm (hjärnblödning) and who is bigger than a 7 month old baby born at full term.  She is an absolute miracle who amazes me every day.

Always the opposite

So here is the deal!  If, when I put the twins back to bed after their first breakfast, I decide to sneak into my lovely warm bed to nap too, one of them is guaranteed to wake up as soon as I start dozing off.  If I have a shower, get ready for the day and clean upstairs they sleep like logs!  Always the opposite of what I want.  But I am not complaining, I love it when they sleep (Emilia tired is not a pretty sight!), it's just sometimes I would like to get a little bit extra myself.

Emilia has worked out that she can move around in bed.  This morning at 5.30, she was lying there playing with her pillow whilst grinning away at me.  She is a cheeky little monkey.  Yesterday I found her in crawling position and sometimes she has turned herself around.  She is starting to outgrow her 3-6 months clothes and we are now starting to put her in Eva's pyjamas!  She is still really small but she is long!

Eva has started sitting up in the pram like a proper big girl.  We all went out for a walk yesterday when Jens got home from work and she saw where we live for the first time.  I am sure her neck must be sore today from all of the head turning she did.

We are meeting with our neonatal Dr tomorrow.  I get proof every day of how healthy they are but it will be nice to get it confirmed.  It will be nice to hear some good things about little Emilia's development.  She is just so perfect and sometimes I have to pinch myself to check that it is real.  But as always it is the weighing that I anticipate the most.  Watch this space for tomorrow's results ;)

The perfect twin teethng toy :)

Eva in the garden with Wanja

The twins in their lovely hoodies from their Great Nanna:

Eva the hairdresser:

Eva the pianist:

Smiling together

Me and Jens have tried and tried to get a picture of our beautiful twins smiling together, sadly to no avail! But today we got it :)

Then they yawned at the same time ("Mummy now we are just sick of you singing at us and making Mr Turtle fly towards us - BORING!"):

But this one is our favourite:

Eva got over her cold after only one day!  Who says premature babies have got comprimised immune systems?  I am still suffering from it and so far Emilia hasn't been sick at all :)  It is a wonderful feeling to get even more proof that they can handle whatever is thrown at them.

My life is just so much fun now.  The looks that I share with my twins, the little games we play, that we can laugh together is just so fantastic. They are all the rewards that we have waited for, for such a long time.  Seeing them with Jens and the lovely relationship that they have with him is better than I could ever have imagined.

I am so happy and I love my little family.