Oh-oh!!

Let me start this post off by saying that we do our best to set a good example for Da'Gorgeouses. That being said, I just have to write about a conversation that took place today between LongRifle and her tia ta-ta-ta (aka Nina). Ta-ta-ta called to speak to Grammy while she just happened to be at our house having fun and spending some quality time with Da'Gorgeouses. They had just woken up from their afternoon nap and had TONS of energy. Grammy decided to put ta-ta-ta on speakerphone so that Da'Gorgeouses could talk to her. Pistol, who is usually all over the phone to talk to her twin ta-ta-ta, ignored the phone and continued to run around playing. LongRifle however, headed straight for the phone and said..."Hi, big butt!" LOL!! Now this is totally my sister's fault (do her eyes in the picture above give you any indication of what she's like?), since they were little she's told Pistol "you've got a BIG BUTT", squishing her diaper while saying it. So both Pistol and LongRifle use the word butt and nalgas correctly (maybe we could have used hiney or behind or bottom, but we didn't). For awhile now, Pistol has off and on addressed her tia as big butt, but more recently she just calls her ta-ta-ta. LongRifle has NEVER called her anything but ta-ta-ta UNTIL TODAY!! She didn't just use it once, she used it over and over again while speaking to her. Oh well, I wonder if ta-ta-ta will mind that Da'Gorgeouses call her big butt from now on, do you think it is something they will eventually grow out of?? Oh-oh, I hope it never slips out while we're in public!!!

******************Sickness Update*****************************

Da'Gorgeouses are still sick. Nose running, watery eyes, congestion, thankfully the low-grade temp is gone. They are however, snoring at night and waking up looking somewhat tired. I hope this cold is over soon.

Nicknames

I should have set this blog up a long time ago, after all the girls are one and a half already! I've decided to start this because I want to keep track of the happenings in Da'Gorgeouses lives & I want them to be able to come back and see this someday. They change so quickly & I can't believe it was just last May that they were born at 23weeks 5 days weighing 1.4 & 1.5 lbs. They're doing amazingly well & have managed to keep me on my toes every single day!

Last night I was trying to think of nicknames for them, collectively we call them Da'Gorgeouses, but they have to have their own names. I'm not big on nicknames, I feel that somehow sets another label on you, but I also don't want to put them out there just like that. Henceforth, the oldest (by 1 min) will be named Pistol, her twin will be known as LongRifle and their daddy shall be called TheDrillSgt., and me, well I'm just MamáChanga. While the girls were in the NICU for 14+ weeks, they were given those nicknames by TheDrillSgt. He's a former Marine (well, you know, once a Marine, always a Marine) and somewhere along the way managed to go back into the military (the Army) and became a DrillSgt. I asked him last night what his nickname would be, he wanted something like MsomethingHowiter, or TheCanon, but it just didn't suit me, and since this is my blog and he came up w/ their nicknames, it's only fitting that I should get to pick his.

LongRifle was given her name because TheDrillSgt. noticed that her legs were really long, and she had an easy-going mellow personality. Her sister on the other hand was smaller, but more muscular with tons of attitude (a spitfire), so in keeping w/ the weapons theme TheDrillSgt. named her Pistol (and boy has she lived up to it).