I am trying to catch up, and update all of the picture we have taken this month. My camera is broken so I have had to use my camera phone..pictures are not as good.
The girls had their first Thanksgiving 3 times. We celebrated and ate a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with all the family, then some of the family, and then some more family. The girls loved all three of their Thanksgiving meals.
I have been waiting a long time to wear these little turkey outfits.
We are sooooo blessed to have a sweet friend who allows us to borrow her girls' clothes.
Hadley tried macaroni and cheese for the first time. She LOVED it. She was shoveling it in faster than I could put it on her tray.
Harper was full after all her turkey and mashed potatoes.
Hadley and Namy, "walking off" their meal together.
9 months old has been so much fun!You girls talk and laugh all the time.I so enjoy lying on the floor with you, tickling and rolling around.You shake your head No No No when you want to play, because you know it always makes us laugh.Your absolute favorite game to play is Peek a Boo.You laugh out loud every time we say “boo.”You play it by yourself and you play it with each other.
You girls have your first cold.Two sick babies is a lot of work. We called poison control for the first time this month because I gave you Benadryl before bed……and so did your dadJ. It was no big deal, but we called just to make sure.
You can both sit up on your own very well and with great posture. You pull up to your knees.Hadley, you are days away from pulling up to your feet.Your favorite show to watch is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.I like to hear your daddy sing all of the Mickey Mouse songs.
You are still taking 2 naps a day.You sleep 12-13 hours at night.Your naps last about 2 hours sometimes 3 hours. We put you to bed around 6:30 or 7pm.And you sleep until 7:30ish in the morning.You are wearing 6 months clothes and some 9month pajamas.You wear size 3 diapers.We go through about 10 diapers a day and an extra large canister of formula in 5-7 days.You are starting to drink less formula in your bottles and eat more table food (4, 6oz bottles a day).You girls have tried a lot of new foods this month and you are pretty good at picking up the food and putting it into your mouth.You mostly eat peas, green beans, bananas, strawberries, macaroni noodles, cheese, chopped up chicken, scrambled eggs and still some baby food like sweet potatoes and apple sauce. And your FAVORITE snack is veggie straws.You hate your car seat, especially you Harper, so I am constantly passing Veggie Straws back to you just to avoid screaming.
Hadley I love that you smile when you hear someone else laughing.You have such a happy spirit.You crawl into the playroom by yourself and get out your favorite toys and books to play.I would say that you are the “ring leader” of the head shake No No No!You do it all the time, because you always want to play. You LOVE to eat.You and Harper smack your lips and makes this “mmoop” sound when you are hungry.It cracks me up. Hadley, I did the Heimlich on you this month, I was passing a banana in front of you and you chomped down on it, getting a big bite as I moved it past your face. I did not know you were so fast. Your spitting up has gotten so much better. We started giving you an anti acid medicine that has helped A LOT.It taste horrible, you are a champ at taking medicine….unlike your sister.
Harper, you LOVE to be held especially at the end of the day.You will crawl into my lap and whimper until I pick you up.You raise your arms up when I say “so big” you always wave “hi” and “by” when we tell you too.You talk all the time in such a sweet high pitched voice.You are the “ring leader” in getting your sister to play with you through your cribs when it is time to take a nap.You girls will pull up onto the rails and face each other in your own crib.We can hear you talk and laugh in your cribs for over an hour during nap time.I watch the video monitor like it is a Television and laugh out loud. You still have some stranger danger…but getting better. We have a basket of diapers out living room. Your favorite thing to do is to pull all of the diapers out of the basket. You pull them out one at a time and throw them behind you. You probably do this 10 times a day:)
This age has brought on the challenge of trying to figure out how to hold you both when you crawl into my lap crying at the same time.I am getting pretty good at picking you both up and the same time and carrying you to a new location. I think this is my favorite age to far!
Capturing your picture is getting more challenging:)
We took the girls to the pediatrician yesterday for their 9 month check up. They did great. They are finally back on the "charts." I didn't really care, but I would like to officially get rid of ALL of my 3month clothing. They are both in the 5th percentile.
Harper weights 15.6 pounds and is 26.5 inches long.
Hadley weighs 15.7 pounds and is 27 inches long.
Harper's head circumference is 18.2 inches. (95%)
Hadley's head circumference is 17.5 inches (76%)
These girls have a lot of brains!!!!
Of course, I almost cry every time they get shots, but after some cherry flavored Tylenol and a veggie straw...they were happy and smiling!
They have no idea what "No No" means but they think that shaking their head is hilarious!
They shake their head in the middle of playing or laughing. I think it is their way of being silly, because Martin and I laugh every time.
I also think it is so funny how they always want to eat off of their sister's tray, even though it is the exact same food.
We have had a lot of fun in this beautiful fall weather. The weekends in October were full of family, fun and pumpkins.
We went to Burt's pumpkin patch with our cousin McKenzie.
My sister took this picture to help me understand why I draw so much attention to myself. We do get stopped a lot to "talk about twins." I don't mind chatting with the strangers, it is only when I am in a hurry that I become a little flustered.
We call that Hadley's Bulldog face
Sweet Harper
This is the pumpkin that the girls wanted to bring home:)
We went trick or treating with daddy
and we had a costume party at Nammy's!
The girls were trying to climb up the step at Nammy's house. We were all cheering them on. Kenzie thought it was funny and wanted to show them how it is done.
8 months old. Unbelievable. One, because I never thought I would survive this long with twins, and two because they have gotten so big!
Dear Sweet Hadley and Sweet Harper,
The month of August has been a blast! You are so mobile and active. You want to play all the time. You never get tired of us tickling you and making silly noises. There are many days that I am "out of breath" when I finally put you in your crib at night. But I still love every bit of fishing things out of your mouth, following behind you as you crawl, and wiping up the never ending spit up.
Hadley, you wear a permanent smile all day long. You tongue is always hanging out but your grin shines through. You never refuse food, but you spit so much of it up, no wonder you are always hungry. You kick your feet constantly. You are like a little puppy that never stops wagging her tail. You make ridiculous growling noises, especially while you are in your car seat. They are loud and deep squeals. You think it is so funny and you do it over and over again until your throat is dry and you start coughing. You have officially moved from the army crawl to a real hands and knee crawl. Although Harper is still doing the army crawl, she can keep up with you...no problem. You are even starting to sit up by yourself. You fall over quickly but will stay sitting for a minute or two. You love the tub. You kick and kick your feet. I always know you had a good time in the tub, when the walls are covered in water. Your dad likes to put a good bit of water in the tub so that you can splash a lot (and make a huge mess).
Harper, you are more mellow than your sister. You make sweet cooing noises, and say a lot of mamamamamamam, dadadada in this high pitched voice. I call it your singing. You love when I make choo choo noises or smack my lips. You think it is funny to put your fingers in my mouth and grab my tongue. You have such a funny trick that you play with your dad. You throw your head back every time your dad says, "Wazzz Up?" You eat well, but become impatient while I feed your sister bites of food. You get 3 meals a day and 4 bottles. We have tried almost every fruit and vegetable. We give you veggie sticks, mum mum crackers, peas, and rice crispy cereal.
You girls definitely know each other now. You crawl all over one another and grab at each other's eyes and toes. When one is crying loud the other will start a sympathy cry. I think you have grown a lot this month. We have a check-up soon. I am guessing you weigh 15.5 pounds, which is still tiny for your age but maybe we made it back "on the charts" We have moved you up to size 3 diapers. They are a little big but size 2 is a little small. You are wearing 6 month clothes (some 3 months). Your the best babies that we could imagine!
I have always wanted to take my girls to the park, but it never made any sense to go, because they can't walk or even sit up. Well, we walked to the park in our neighborhood a few weeks ago to let McKenzie play and I figured we would just watch and enjoy the beautiful weather.
I decided that I would try to put them in the swings, but really thought that they would just slump over and cry. As soon as I started pushing them, they LOVED it. They both laughed and giggled every time I said, WEEEEE
