Movin' and Groovin'

The twins turned 9 months a few weeks ago and boy oh boy do they have a lot going on. Butter is quite the little mover. He now can crawl faster than anything I have ever seen, pulls himself up on anything and everything, "cruises" around and between furniture, climbs the stairs like a champ (all the while laughing and giggling), and walks while pushing a toy or holding your hands. He is everywhere and into everything!

Crawling up Momma's leg

Peanut is not so advanced. He is still struggling to learn to crawl, but can roll like a champ and to anything he wants. In the last few weeks he has started doing a strange rolly army crawl type thing when he really wants to reach something. Anything else he will just roll too.

The boys are working on eating table food, something that Peanut is much better at than Butter! Mostly anything chunky or to textured Butter will spit right out. Peanut is a little piggy and shoves it all in his mouth. He has 2 teeth (working on more!) and Butter still has none (although I am pretty sure we are working on one!). Peanut has really caught up size wise and now weighs more than Butter. I am looking forward to their 9 month appointment tomorrow to see the difference in their weight, their differences in every other way are so apparent!

Yummy!

We had quite the bout with illness at our house a few weeks ago. Peanut and Butter both got Hand, Foot, and Mouth from daycare and Doodle had some unknown virus. No sooner were the twins back at Daycare than they got sent home one after another with Strep. The doctor said it was a secondary illness related to the Hand, Foot, and Mouth. 2 weeks and a couple days later and everyone was back on track just in time for a 4th of July trip to Grandpa's cabin.

River Rats!

 Fishing with Grandpa Doug



First Fish

We had a ton of fun! Doodle got to ride a jet ski for the first time ever with his Grandpa. We swam and ate too much food and boated. At the end of the trip we stopped at Arlene's family sand pit and walked to the river. The kids had tons of fun splashing and eating river mud (yuck!). Doodle also got to fish and caught his first fish (and several more)!

Doodle also had another first. He went to the Dentist. He was a total rock star and sat by himself, did exactly what he was told, and had no cavities. He has been pretty proud of his clean teeth and the ball he got to choose from the treasure box.

Teeth Cleaning

 

Changing seasons and a growing boy

Its hard to believe that fall is finally here. Everyone I have talked to while being pregnant has been ultra sympathetic to me being pregnant all summer. In reality, it wasn't that bad. With the exception of a few hot spells the Nebraska weather was relatively kind to me. When it wasn't, I just stayed inside. I found myself able to play golf all the way through my league only having to skip once due to heat index's over 110. I played in all of the golf tournaments I play in every year, with our team being in the championship flights for 2 of them. In fact, I played some amazing golf this summer. I'm digressing. The moral of this rant is, it hasn't been so bad. Only in the last few weeks have I really started swelling, waddling, not sleeping well, and just being generally uncomfortable. Now that this has all hit, it has hit hard. I realize that it is time for me to slow down. Time to start saying no. Time to rest up and nest in. I made through 2 hours of the State Fair last weekend (which I love) and nearly passed out. That was my wake up call. In looking ahead we have a couple of hot days left this week and are looking at 70's for next week. That I can handle.

Our boys are growing and doing well. Last week we took Doodle with us to our weekly appointment. He got to see his brothers and told the Doctor that they are "naughty" silly boy. Sadly, Peanut has flipped again, back to breech and Butter is transverse so we are back to looking at a c-section. Disappointing, but it is what it is. The non-stress tests are going ok. Sometimes they take forever (1 1/2 hours) but Thursday they were able to find the boys easily and it only took 25 minutes.

Today is Doodle's last real day in regular "daycare", he officially moves tomorrow into the Early Preschool room. I cannot believe it. When I got the letter last week about his move I cried. Its so hard to believe my baby is growing up. I look at him and see how tall he is getting, how smart he is and I am so proud, yet so sad to see the baby go. It makes you realize how fast time really goes and how much you take for granted because you are so busy in life.