WHAT...We're How old???

6 MONTHS!!!

Can you believe it? Time is flying! We had our 6 month check-up today.


Jack weighed in at a stellar 18 lbs 3 oz today (50-75th percentile). He's 27 1/4 inches long (75-90th)


Bennie weighed in at 19 lbs 6 oz (75-90th)!!! He is 271/2 inches long (75t-90th).

Lily is 19 lbs 2 oz (95th). She is 26 inches long (75th)




Not too bad, huh? Lots of big news going on around here. See below....


These two are eating rice and oatmeal cereal off spoons!!! Lily is particularly enthralled with cereal. She actually cries when I stop feeding it to her! She manages to eat and eat and eat and not get any on her bib. In just a week and a half she has become a real pro. Jack isn't quite as excited, but he's on his way. These two are also getting teeth. They haven't begun to poke through the gums yet, but you can see two little bumps on their bottom gums. Dr. Hopkins said probably by early July. Fun times! Luckily they aren't fussy all of the time, just in little spurts. So far. As you can see...we are dealing with A LOT of drool!


And then there's Bennie, who likes anything off of a spoon about as much as he likes tummy time. Funny enough, he's a really easy baby. Except when you want him to do things he clearly does not want to do. Then he screams...like a girl. He easily goes down for naps, doesn't cry when he wakes up, and will often just play or suck his thumb in bed until somebody comes to get him out. He only REALLY cries when he is hurting...exceptionally tired...when he's on his tummy...and when a fully loaded spoon is coming at his face. Mind you, he's also the best eater of the bunch, he rarely doesn't finish an entire 8 oz bottle and I am now giving him extra. He's the smiliest, happiest, giggliest baby ever. So for now, we're playing in rice cereal, letting him lick it off of his hands, and letting him chew in the spoon. I figure when he's ready he'll let me know. All three of them are eating four 8 oz bottles a day! They have also been sleeping 12 hours at night for about 3 weeks!!!! It's pretty fantastic. They love to play, play, play! The favorite toy is the jumperoo. I swear Jack would stay in that thing all day long if we let him. Bennie is especially fond of the super-crazy jacked up exersaucer we bought. No kidding, I think it has hydraulics on it. He just spins around in circles playing with one thing then the next.


Jumpin' Jack...as we're now calling him, is always ready for a smile! He's my cuddly baby. He loves to be held at my shoulder and snuggle. He has the LONGEST eyelashes you have ever seen. I have no idea where these come from. His eyes are kind of green right now. We're still waiting on what the final color will be. It is a complete mystery right now. He's a happy-go-lucky kind of guy...reminds me a lot of his Dad.


All are rolling from their back to their tummy. Lily is the pro. So good, in fact, that she wakes us up a couple of times in the night crying because she has rolled to the side of the bed and can't figure out how to roll back. It's easy, though. Walk up the stairs, enter the room, flip her over, and go back to bed. She goes straight back to sleep. It must be tough to be a baby and have this happen to you. Jack likes to sleep on his side staring at his waterfall soother. Bennie has rolled over once. He rolled to his side, then with a quick surge of power rolled to his belly. It took him about a minute to figure out that this is not where he wanted to be. He then cried like a little girl. Unfortunately, he has not mastered the roll-back. To my knowledge he has not attempted this again, and in fact, is probably avoiding it at all cost.
Bennie is trying his darndest to sit. Unfortunately he looks like he's doing the chicken dance. It looks like his eyes are going to be blue. His 1 1/2 inch long hair, which appears to be blond (I'm still holding out for red), likes to stick straight up all the way around his head like a halo. Not gonna lie, it's pretty darn cute. I have also never seen anyone drool the way he drools. He can be wearing a bib and in 30 minutes have soaked the bib all the way through to his shirt, which is also wet. Yuck. Yuck. Yuck. He also is in love with his left thumb. I'm fairly certain he likes this little thumb more than he likes me. I'm glad I'm a close second, however. When he does not have his thumb inserted into his mouth he can be found with an entire fist in his mouth, or the now popular double fishhook. He has the best fine motor skills. He can grab just about anything...soon followed by shoving it into his mouth!
Ahhhh...Our little Buddha baby. Isn't she adorable??? I keep telling her the cellulite looks cute on her...she keeps telling me she is just big boned. She, unfortunately, did not get the eyelashes. She did get the big pouty lips, though! She is all girly-girl. She loves to cuddle and talk softly to you while you hold her in your lap. She really is just the sweetest thing ever. She also has the loudest and bossiest cry...which she is not afraid of using to get whatever it is that she wants. The winner of the smiliest baby goes to Lily. She has a grin that stretches from ear to ear and melts your heart. She already has everyone wrapped around her finger!