Auntie Cynthia

Last week I was Super Aunt Cynthia and spent five long days with my brother and sister-in-law and their newborn twins Lucas and Sophia. It was exhausting, but also amazing and I am so glad that I could be there and help out and spend that time with them.

Lucas and Sophia turned four weeks old today. I can’t believe it’s already been a month! Lucas is eating a lot and is trying to catch up with his sister who was a bit ahead of him in terms of weight. Last week, Sophia quickly earned the nickname “angel baby” because she was such a good sleeper and was so calm and relaxed most of the time. Lucas was “fussy butt” because he basically didn’t want to sleep and just wanted to eat eat eat. They both stole my heart though.

Here is our angel baby sleeping, as she loves to do:
angel baby

And here is our fussy butt, awake and being curious:
Lucas

And here’s Anthony sleeping, because the other major theme of the week was getting naps here and there whenever we could:
the third sleepy kid

However, I think one of my favorite pictures was when Lucas started crying in his arms and Anthony decided to impersonate him:
Anthony impersonating Lucas

And here’s the whole new family:
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They are both lovely babies and I can’t wait to see them grow up to be amazing people. I feel very lucky.
bro and sis

Check out the full album of Lucas and Sophia pictures here.

Aunt Day 2 and a Big Storm

Day 2 of being an aunt is going well. Lucas is still being pretty fussy and Sophia continues to be an amazing sleeper. They are both still adorable and lovely and I just want to cuddle with them all the time. We’ll see how it goes tonight now that I’m staying with them and on call through the night (which is also what I’ll be doing the rest of the week).

We finally received some good rain yesterday and today. California is having a serious drought as you probably know. We are expecting lots of rain over the next few months. From what I’ve read, most of our El Niño rain will arrive in November (that’s now!), January, and February. So it’s beginning now apparently.

Before the rain storm tonight there was an amazing sunset with some spectacular clouds. I ran out a few minutes too late to get the really good pink, but this one was pretty nice:
stormy sea

Lucas and Sophia were also surprised about the thunder and lightning:
Lucas and Sophia
Just kidding, this is them after their bath tonight.