Monday, July 4, 2011

5 months and independence celebrations


Happy Fourth of July!!! The babies celebrated by taking a walk w/ their friend Carter and then drank lots of Similac. Then watched fireworks on TV while waving their American flags. It was a busy day!




The babies will be 5 months on the 8th. They are doing pretty great. They are starting to "talk" by saying "bagooooo" and "iiiiii" and "uhwaaaaawa". They are grabbing stuff and holding it in their hands . They have started to put their hands on the bottle which we encourage but sometimes it makes it harder for us to feed them because they like to pull it or push it away.
We do daily exercises like push ups, squats, sit ups, they practice standing up while holding on to our hands (which they are very good at).

We have started a new schedule which is a ton better than our previous schedule.

7AM - Wake Up!
7:30 - EAT
8:30 - 9:00 - Play
9:00 - 9:30 - NAP
9:30 - 11:30 - Play
11:30 - 12:30 - EAT
1:00 - 4:00 - NAP
4:00 - 5:00 - EAT
5:00 - 8:00 - PLAY and be fussy
8:00 - 9:00 - EAT
9:00 - BED

Did you notice that they are only eating 4 times a day! This is greatness!!! It gives us a whole hour - hour and half of freedom to move about the room and get stuff done.

We got them a jump jump and they sorta like it. They are still a little to little for it. But we put them in there anyway. Here is a picture of Ashton in it.


The babies like to sit together sometimes and sometimes they don't! But here is a good picture of them cooperating in their patriotic outfits.


We also like to play games. We play the game spoons with little balls. The rules are everyone starts in a circle and 2 balls (1 less than how ever many is playing) are put in the middle. The first 2 babies to get the balls wins and gets to eat first. (Okay they really don't get the reward of eating first...but that would be a good reward).

The end of the game....Presley and Ashton win this round.


The beginning of the game. Is everyone ready?


The game isn't always played naked but we have learned that if they babies are crying take their clothes off. Hopefully that won't stick as they get older.

Keegan is the big man in the middle.


We were trying to get Presley to smile but she wasn't much in the mood.

Keegan smiling after he eats.


Ashton smiling too! I should have rotated these before I uploaded them. Sorry.


No we don't have another baby boy....this is the boys best friend Carter. He belongs to our friends Lydia and Wes.


The boys are best friends....most of the time!


Tomorrow the family....the whole family....including the dog and cat are going on a road trip around Texas. We are going to Lewisville and visit my parents and dropping the cat off. Then going to Childress to attend a birthday party of Jillian Parker Pierce and see Keith's family. Then we are going to Seymour to live for a week w/ Keith's sister and her family. Keith will also begin his job. Then we will head back to Lewisville to visit my folks and pick up the cat. Then back to Austin. It will be an adventure and I will try to document it. Did I mention our dog will be w/ us the whole time. This will be fun.

Still trying to sell our house and its not looking good. But we are trying to stay positive. Why did we think it was a good idea to buy a 2 bedroom house?