Holmes Online: Babies, babies everywhere!

The girls have another new friend (it's been a busy year!). Troy and Jessica's baby boy "B" now has a name - it was a secret - all we knew was the B. Brennan Fraser was born yesterday morning weighing in at 9lbs 6ozs. No pictures yet. We had a good weekend. We're in the middle of another heatwave and we are VERY grateful for the A/C. We've had the girls in their pool a couple of times and I am now more anxious than ever to have grass. They are infatuated with the dirt and the rocks and they spend most of their pool time hanging over the side of the pool trying to eat rocks. John starting spraying them with the hose to get them to stop but they decided they liked getting sprayed. Yesterday our friends Liv and Scott hosted a BBQ in Waterloo for some of our University friends. It was really nice to see everyone - it's hard to believe we graduated 5 years ago this month. Some of you might remember that Liv and Scott had twin boys, Braden and Connor, in March. It was the first time we met them and it was really fun seeing infant twins again. They've had to send away for testing to see if they're identical...I couldn't tell them apart but that doesn't mean anything - I mean people tell us the girls are identical - um...no! I really enjoyed having other parents to talk to about the twin thing that weren't just random people in the mall. Besides the boys and our girls there was Liv and Scott's daughter Emma, Ronan and Amelia. There really were babies, babies everywhere! I think I'm going to stop posting about sleep. That night after my last post was the beginning of what has been an awful time around here. Leah, once known as "our little sleeper", has woken up every night. We think it's the air conditioning that is scaring her. Either that or she's hungry. We're lost. I mean this kid slept through Emma WAILING for weeks without waking up but it seems she gets scared right after the A/C clicks on. It also might be their shots. The doctor said to expect fussiness between 4-14 days and they got it two weeks ago tomorrow. Whatever it is she wakes up wailing. She doesn't want her soother - she just wants to be....cuddled. Yes, she's turned into Emma. Emma on the other hand is trying her best to win the title of "our little sleeper". Problem is Emma has slept in silence for months. Now when Leah cries guess who wakes up... Tonight is their last night in the same room. If we have another 1am fiasco they're getting their own rooms.

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