So Piper is no 3.5 months olds and doing GREAT! Looking at her, you'd never know she was a premie. In fact, I think she is bigger than Maddie was at that age.
Things around the Johnson household have been pretty tame as of late. Maddie is embracing being a three-year-old much to the dismay of Dianne and I. Personally, I think the "Terrible Twos" is a crock because three has been hellish. Maddie is a great little girl but she will test you on EVERYTHING. She's like those dinosaurs in Jurassic Park that attack the fence but never in the same spot. That's her. A big, horrible, man-eating dinosaur. What's most annoying is that she doesn't seem to be trying to piss us off, just trying to learn which I know we shouldn't get mad at (but it's hard when she asks 20 questions every minute of every hour of every day).
Now during the 10% of the day when she's not pushing our buttons, Maddie is awesome. She started school recently and loves it. This year it's with her best friend Keller so she's loving that. It also allows Dianne and Melissa to hang out regularly which is a nice break for the mommies. She also finished swim class and will likely be doing Ballet or Soccer soon. In about a week she's going to stay with Mimi and Papa for a few days which will be a nice little break for Dianne and I (yeah! only a 3-month old! so easy).
As for Piper, not a whole lot to report besides the fact that she's doing really well. She's putting on the lbs like it's going out of style (she was only in the 0-3 month clothes for two weeks). She's also started to laugh and giggle a lot which is always fun. She's not much of a napper (only sleeps for about 30 minute stretches during the day) but saws logs all night from 9:30 to 6:30.
Dianne and I are doing well, Nana babysat the girls the other night so Dianne and I bought some wine, cheese, fruit... and parked the car at a local harbor and just chilled. It was so quite we didn't know what to do with ourselves. We need to make a point of doing that more often because it's really easy to neglect your relationship when you have kids to worry about.
That's more or less it. I posted more photos so go check them out.
