Lots of visitors

It's amazing that 3 weeks have passed since I blogged last. At first it was because there was nothing to blog about (and no time to do it), but then things picked up and were very busy around here. Labor Day weekend is an annual gathering with the Wilcox clan - primarily hosted by the Hagemans and Schafers up at Ennis Lake - but it all starts with a lot of preparation. And this year the prepwork was in my kitchen! But thankfully, not really done by me. Oma Bev came to hang with the girls and I and she spent the first day in the kitchen. Joe was stunned because we still had to scavage for dinner! But we got food for the entire weekend. Oma said - don't get used to me coming and cooking at your house, and I responded - don't get used to me cleaning up all of the dishes after you! It was a mutual understanding. But the house got tidied up on Thursday before the Hagemans headed for the Lake.

On Friday, Aunt Brandy and Uncle Zach flew in from Phoenix to see their new nieces. Actually, they came to help me get projects done that I just couldn't make any progress on. I think I had Uncle Zach fixing drains and putting items up on high shelves within 2 hours of arriving. But there was lots of baby cuddling too. Great Aunt Carol & Uncle Jim stopped by to meet the girls and see the house for the first time on Saturday. Of course, Aunt Carol got the whole routine, holding, feeding, & diapering for Maggie (Thanks Aunt Carol!).

Then it was off to the Lake. There was quite the gathering at the lake and some fierce ping pong and foosball competition. But the Lake was for visiting only as the weather was crummy! Cousin Leslie became the official baby holder along with Great Grandma Evelyn. Oma and Opa even gave up their master bedroom for the grandbabies and parents. Apparently, they didn't want to have to get up every 3-4 hours during the night! The girls did great - because of lots of holding. As far as the first overnight trip, we did fairly well with only one major forgotten item, an extra bottle of oxygen. Dad had to make a run back to Bozeman to pick up the extra - oops.

Labor Day Monday brought us back to Bozeman and rejoined by Aunt Brandy & Uncle Zach. Aunt Brandy jumped into her major project of turning the holding room into the play room, and the first thing on the list was removal of floral wallpaper. She did awesome and had it all down in just over 4 hours. They also ran errands and other various items before priming the walls for the paint. That was a late night project that everyone participated in but me - I was out of gas and needed to feed the girls. On Thursday they headed back to Billings.

Yet the house wasn't empty for long as Uncle Andy and Melanie came to tour Bozeman Thursday through Saturday. We gave him a good excuse to come to town.

We did visit the pediatrician on Tuesday the 2nd. The girls are still doing really well. Evie weighed in at 8 lbs! Maggie is still working on those quality pounds and is 6lbs 15.5 oz. But they are both jumping up on the growth chart. The Dr. did say that their heads are the first things that grow and Evie's looks huge! Other than that, Maggie is still having problems with giving her food back, so we started her on Prevacid for reflux.