Meet pretend "Owen & Anson"

Meet our new babies, pretend "Owen & Anson." Charlotte & Eloise are their mommies and they sure are good ones! As soon as we knew we were expecting twins, I had been thinking it would be fun to get the girls their own "twins" for Christmas. Then, we found out we were having boys & I started looking around & quickly realized that nearly EVERY baby doll & accessory is so girly! So, I searched on Amazon and came across some precious boy babies.  I made the call on getting the tan with dark hair boys instead of the blondies. Robby has joked about how he is going to have to adopt a baby from further south to look like him  if these boys come out with lighter hair & eyes like their sisters ; ) Who knows, maybe they will have a little tuft of hair on top of their head like these dolls.

With all the girliness in the doll world, this mama got to work.  I ordered some knit fabrics which arrived while my mom was in town...PERFECT! She helped me make a little pattern for their shirts & swaddle blankets & we stitched a couple things together. Since the real Owen & Anson have been referred to as the little buckaroos or cowboys, I decided that the twin dolls needed some "ho-see" fabric as Eloise says.

The swaddle blankets are by far my favorite! Now that we are looking at a preterm delivery for the boys, I think they could just borrow from the baby dolls ; ) Char & Elo are getting the hang of swaddling & diapering their own babies...well maybe more so Charlotte. It just makes Eloise mad when she can't do it & then even madder sometimes when you try to help her. That's just life for an 1 1/2 year old though right?

The twins were given to the girls in addition to their very own stocked diaper bag that is just their size.  I cut & stitched these together in the smallest segments of time so as not to cause any contractions.  I would lay on the couch & cut out or turn fabrics, press them while in a sitting position & then lay down for a 30 minute break.  I was pretty surprised that I got them done in time!

One great thing about the girls is they could care less that I stocked the bag mostly with things I pulled out of their kitchen or toy bin! I did make a wipes case out of felt & had high hopes of making some cloth diapers but due to my current state of carrying twins, I could not sew cloth diapers for twins too : ) Maybe eventually I will but for now, we have a bag of the cheapest store brand newborn diapers that seem to do the trick.  

Uncle Scott was so helpful as he dressed and undressed the babies for their photo shoot. He also gave me a hard time about the photo shoot itself ; ) I enjoy his humor.  

Aunt Jenny & Uncle Steve bought the gray Ergo baby doll carrier for the girls a couple weeks before Christmas.  Charlotte had really preferred to wear it as an accessory rather than carry a baby doll in it (go figure).  Once the twins arrived on the scene, she wants to carry them often which in turn means that Eloise wants to join in on the fun.  Thankfully, the girls received one more carrier for a Christmas gift from Gigi in Michigan so they were set to carry babies together!

Sooooooooo precious! 

Char has mastered talking on her phone (my old cell minus a battery) while caring for her baby. Eloise has conquered biting her babies nails while they ride in the Ergo....very important ; )

Charlotte's baby which I think was Anson got to go get ice cream with us the other night.  It's so nice to keep your baby snuggled up close while out & about.  I told Rob we need to buy one more Ergo to carry a real baby in that way all 4 of us can be out & about with our two sets of twins ; )