8 Months

You guys have developed and grown a lot this past month.  What a fun stage this is too!  We have had a busy start to fall and you are both loving all our new activities and being outside a ton with the nice weather. You are still loving my cooking and feeding you new foods is so neat.  We love watching your reaction to different tastes and textures.   I still make all of your food myself.  We have tried some meat and more mature combinations.  Last night you ate a mixture I made of sautéed onion, carrot, cauliflower and tomatoes with basil.  You also eat some small finger foods like beans, peas, banana, avocado, cheese, oranges and cheerios.  I had you both all by myself for 4 full days at the beginning of the month while Daddy was away on a work trip.  As a dentist he rarely travels and I am so thankful for that! You both were so well behaved, but you are also lucky to have a Daddy that is so helpful and hands on!  I also spent my first night away from y'all last weekend as some friends and I went to the beach for a much needed girls weekend.  I missed you both so much, but to see you light up when I came home melted my heart! 

Our schedule these days:
7-7:30AM wake up.  You both wake up really happy and just rolling around sucking your fingers and babbling until we come to get you up. You drink a 6 oz bottle and then watch TV in your bobby pillows while Mommy and Daddy drink their coffee and prepare food/bottles for the day.   We play for a while and work on sitting up on the floor.  You are still both morning babies!  I have started feeding you yogurt and some banana around 8 and play more before a 4 oz bottle at 8:45.  You take a nap from 9-10:30/11.   We change clothes and usually go run errands during this time.  You eat lunch around 12/12:30 and drink another 5 oz bottle around 12:45.  We play a little while and read books.  You nap again from 1-3:30/4.  You drink a 4 oz bottle when you get up and most days meet our friends at the park.  Sometimes if Daddy is going to be home before 5 we stay home and play with him!  At 6PM we feed you real food.  Then we take baths and you drink another 6 oz bottle before bedtime at 7PM.  You are still amazing sleepers!

Ellie:
Nicknames- Bug and Sissy
You are still the easier twin, very independent and energetic.  You weigh 17 lbs 5 oz.  You are drinking 24 oz a day.  You are wearing size 2 diapers and size 6 month clothes.  You have two bottom teeth and lots more hair!!  Your personality still keeps us laughing!  You're getting more and more beautiful each day and are just a pure joy.  Your favorite book is 5 little monkeys!  You're completely sitting up on your own and…..yes, you are army crawling!!!!  This makes me nervous that you are becoming mobile!!!!  You are still our little trouble maker.  Your favorite toy is the car "walker".  You will stay in that car forever!  We take it outside almost daily and you will chase Riley (our dog) around.  I have taken it to play groups that I know will be outside and you chase the big kids around….hilarious!!!  You are still attached to your pink elephant lovie and have to have it to sleep while sucking your thumb:)

Graham:

Nicknames- G, Bubba and your favorite BoBo- not sure why, but this name cracks you up so we have started saying it more!

You are still so sweet and my snuggler.  You weigh 18 lbs!!  You still like to be held a lot so you give me a workout!  You are eating about 24 oz a day and lots of food.  You love just about anything I feed you!  You are in size 2 diapers and size 6 month clothes.  There are few 9 month shirts that you wear under outfits since you are so long:)  You also have your two bottom teeth now!  You are not as interested in sitting up or moving like your sister.  You still make our favorite noise after you sneeze and suck your two middle fingers.  You love books and pay very close attention when I am reading, Brown Bear, Brown Bear is still your favorite.  Your favorite toy is the Jonny Jump Up and stackable cups.  We haven't gone to far from home this month, but lots of short trips.  You are doing better in the car, but if its more than 15 min….you cry and cry until we reach our destination:(    I secretly love that you are a mamas boy, but ready for you to like the car a little more.