January 23, 2010

Eight Months!!!

How time flies!! The boys have now been out of my tummy for as long as they were in it. Here are some things the boys are doing now and accomplished in the past. Don't feel obligated to read all of it. This is more for journal purposes but it's also for you to get to know the boys better.

Can you see his two bottom teeth and there was no editing done to his eyes, such baby blues

CARTER:
  • Our little solid chunk. At 6.5 month appt he weighed almost 18 lbs - 50%.
  • Our short little guy. At 4.5 month appt he was 26 in - 25%
  • Growing at a consistent rate although he has dropped 10 percent in the growth percentiles the last two checkups. He really had a growth spurt at 3 months.
  • Our happy smiley guy. Such a flirt and smiles at everyone.
  • Always has his mouth wide open along with his eyes.
  • Loves his mommy... sometimes a little too much. Might have a momma's boy on our hands.
  • Has been sleeping through the night since 7 months and we love it!!
  • Binkie boy to the fullest!
  • Loves to lay down in the tub and make tsunami like waves
  • Our gerber baby with rolls after rolls.
  • Crawls/scoots on his tummy
  • Sleepy head and loves to sleep in in the mornings with mom
  • Talks all day long with frequent squeals and screams
  • Started holding his own bottle at 6 months
  • Mimics really well
  • Loves making new sounds with this mouth
  • Such a people person

Our sweet cuddly boy
TREY:
  • Just our little guy! A little under 17 pounds -28% at 6.5 month appt
  • Our tall guy! 27 inches - 63% at 6.5 month appt
  • Such a fast metabolism. Eats everything he can and then finishes Carter's bottle and food.
  • Our serious thinker! Studies things intently especially zippers, buttons, and strings
  • Morning Boy! Wakes up ready to go.
  • Curious guy and has that look of what trouble can i get into now.
  • Love Love Loves Daddy
  • Army crawls and started crawling on this knees a few times
  • Shy guy. He takes a while to warm up to people.
  • Silly guy. Gets hyper at night and is so silly and funny.
  • Would rather sit up in the bath tub
  • Can sit up from laying flat on his back. He has amazing stomach muscles
  • Picks up his legs to walk when you hold his hands while standing
  • Has been sleeping through the night since 4 months
  • Just barely started holding his bottle, not that he couldn't but he refused
  • Can play independently for an hour on his own.
  • Fights sleep
  • Just started pulling his own hair and his brother's as well
BOTH BOYS:
  • Know to how clap
  • Blow raspberries and make funny sounds blowing air out of their mouth
  • Love being read to
  • Love bath time
  • Sleep through the night
  • Have two lower front teeth
  • Say "dada", "dad", "mom", "momma", "bob", "ut" and "oh" sounds, "me", "ne" sounds
  • Love saing dadada over and over and over again
  • Say momma usually when they are sad or crying
  • Such good travelers
  • Happy sweet boys
  • Love when daddy comes home to roll and wrestle on the floor with
  • Love solids especially fruits and vegetables
  • Not a fan of chicken or beef solids
  • Getting the hang of trainer sippy cups and love them
  • Love anything electronic - cell phones, ipods, wii remotes
  • Love cables and paper
  • Having troubles with constipation for a few months now. Not fun!!
  • Just starting to pull themselves up on things
  • Love peek a boo especially with a blanket
  • Love to be tickled and laugh so hard
  • Working on picking up things with their thumb and pointer
  • Love finger food when they can get it in their mouth
  • Just started interacting with one another. They talk and play with each other and it is the cutest thing I have ever seen.
  • Try to stick their binkies in our mouths as well as each others. So cute


Left looks like a school photo but he always sits with his hands on his legs and right is classic Carter face.

Classic Trey face, he loves those fingers

4 comments:

DuncanAndCandice said...

your boys are beautiful, i can't believe how fast they are growing up...

Chris said...

Being a grandpa is the best!

danandglenna said...

So adorable. Thanks so much for sharing with us. We loved reading all the detaila. That's the first thing grandpa does in the morning is pull up your blog.

Patrice said...

Oh, those are the cutest little guys! I can see that all you went through to get them here was certainly worth it!

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