Babes on the Move

The days are getting a little crazier. Both babies are officially on the move (and have been for a little while), but they are gaining speed now! Alex is fast, Abby is a little slower, but usually following Alex around where ever she goes. They are pretty darn cute together.

They both follow me in the kitchen at "feeding time" and I've learned, I HAVE to feed them at the same time (solids and bottles) because the one who isn't eating will cry if they don't get it too. Abby is a sympathetic crier, if Alex is crying, Abby will cry with her. Alex, not so much, if Abby is crying, Alex just goes about her business.

Last night we went to the James' for dinner and the guys played games. Alex was way off from her normal bedtime schedule. She stayed up until 9:30!!! I tried putting her down twice and she screamed her head off so I ended up letting her get up and play. She adores their dog, Rascal. He's a little yorkie and just her size. I took her home around 10:30 and she ended up waking up did not want to sleep when we got home. I put her in bed with me and my sweet little baby snuggled up to me and fell asleep. When Josh got home, I put her in her crib and she cried, so he had to rock her back to sleep.

Here are a few pictures from the last few days:

Alex has regained her love for Cooper. She always has to look for him if he's not in sight.

Sometimes he just needs a break from grubby little mitts pulling his fur!

Anytime he is on the couch, she crawls over to him and tugs the fur on his tail.

He usually gets off the couch and moves away from her. Smart boy!

New love, the diaper box. It's the perfect height for her to practice pulling up,

then she can also take a little break and lean on it while she plays.

I recently moved the recliner out of the living room to make a little play corner for Alex. She and Abby love sitting by the window in their corner playing with toys. (No, they are not wearing the same outfit, just very similar, happened completely by accident!)

10 Months Old!!!

Watching Daddy mow the lawn from her bedroom window.

Alexandra is 10 months old today!!! Only 2 more months until she is 1!!! My, how time is flying!

She learned a lot in month 9. She is now crawling on all fours 75% of the time. She is pulling up to stand and as of this morning she is trying to move from piece of furniture to another while standing! She can also: wave bye bye, play peek a boo, pick up tiny objects, take objects out of a container and is now starting to put them back in. She loves for anyone to hold her. If someone comes over, she crawls to them, gets on her knees and puts her hands up for them to pick her up. When we are around new people she holds her hands out for them to hold her. While we were at the grocery store Friday, she sat in the cart and waved to people as we walked through the store. The girl can move FAST!!! She is all over the place and into everything! She loves being outside on a blanket but is very good about staying on the blanket. She will crawl to the edge and put her hand in the grass but will not move off the blanket. She adores Cooper. If he is in the back yard, she will crawl to the baby gate that blocks off the hallway and bedrooms and just look at Cooper while he is outside. She still has her moments where she screams if Coop gets too close to her but she is doing much better about it now. I moved the exersaucer to stage 3 so it is now an activity table and she will just stand there playing with everything for the longest time. We still haven't found any foods she will not eat. I'm getting a little lazy about introducing new foods. We used to do a new one every 3-4 days, but now it's more like once a week. We are slowly moving aways from purees and doing more finger foods. I'm still waiting a little longer on meats. The thought of pureed meat kinda grosses me out so as she continues to get better with finger foods, I'll slowly introduce meat. She is still holding steady with one tooth, although, I think the second one will be through the gums in the next week or so!

Happy 10 month birthday baby girl!

Happy Birthday!!!

Ok...let us all pretend like this was posted yesterday!!

Happy Birthday Josh!!! Today is Josh's 31st birthday!!! I'm not going to get all sentimental and mushy but I'll just say, I am so lucky to have you in my life! You are my best friend, my soul mate and the perfect father to our little bunny! I love you!

We spent the day doing everything Josh wanted to do...which wasn't much. I made him french toast for breakfast then he took a few hours to go ride! When he got back we went out for pizza at Mr. G's, the best pizza here! Then we relaxed all day, watched TV, played Tetris and ate! I made Josh a red velvet cake from scratch, his favorite, and then chicken enchiladas for dinner! Happy Birthday!!!

Bye Bye!!!

Alex waves bye bye! She has been doing this off and on, but we've never been able to catch it on video! (please ignore my annoying voice!)

Swingin' Good Time!

We were running a few quick errands today that didn't require us to get out of the car so I decided since it was so nice out and the girls were being great, we'd stop at the park for a while! Alex LOVES LOVES LOVES being outside! She had a blast on the swing! Abby was not a fan of the swing so we weren't able to swing too long. I put them back in the stroller so we could stroll around the park for a little bit. Again, Abby was not having it. When we were almost done with our walk, I noticed Abby had dropped her pacifier so we had to back track to find it. So, the first trip to the park was not as much fun as I thought it would be.

My Loves

The two loves of my life!

Nomi Visit and Updates

Nomi came to visit us! We had a blast with her. As soon as she walked in the door, Alex crawled over to her and put her arms up so she could pick her up. She loves her Nomi! We spent Friday getting some new plants for our front flower beds. Nomi was great enough to plant them for us while Alex hung out on a blanket, I trimmed some shrubs and Cooper "supervised." We always love hanging out with Nomi, usually after Alex goes to bed we play cards. Too bad Nomi lost...BAD...every single game! We are looking forward to several weekends at home! Next weekend is a big one for us...Josh's 31st birthday is Friday and my first Mother's day is Sunday then the following weekend Grandma and Grandpa are coming to visit! I love when people come to see us!

Alex updates: still one tooth, but the other bottom one is going to pop up any day now! She is back on a schedule, 2 decent naps every day! Woo hoo!!! Her bedtime is slowly moving back to 7 and she is sleeping 12 hours a night. The past 2 weeks or so she has been waking up in the middle of the night, I think it is due to teething pains. If I go in her room and rock her for a couple of minutes and put her back in her crib, she goes right back to sleep. It only happens every 3 days or so. She will wave bye bye (sometimes) and knows who her mommy and daddy are. If we say Mama or Dada, she will look at the right person or if that person is holding her, she will pat them. She plays peekaboo. If she has a blanket she will cover her face then move it when I say boo and she will keep doing it and doing it. She LOVES playing with the receiver for the TV. She knows if she turns the knob, it will turn the sound off on the TV. She will turn the knob and look up at the TV then keep turning it and looking up at the TV. We used to move her away from it but she would immediately crawl back to it and just keep turning the knob. We've learned, if we let her turn it for a minute or two, she looses interest and moves on so we just let her play with it.