8 Months old!!

Two days ago the boys became 8 months old! So we need to do a little updating. The 7th month in review:

Teeth: Christian has two teeth(bottom middle), Blaine has none so far. They both chew/gum everything they can get in their mouth and drool like crazy!

Crawling: Both boys are army crawling well, Blaine is better and faster at it. Both can crawl on their hands and knees but seem to prefer army crawling.

Eating: Both will eat anything you give them but like to scream about it. Not sure if they feel they need to scream because they are afraid that we will feed the other more or what, but they are not easy to feed! They are eating meat now and seem to like it, but they like the sweet stuff more of course. Of course Mamaw(Beths mom) has been letting them try tea on the end of a straw and they like it. They have also been given various other things from the table have liked all of it! Daily feeding goes like this(time may vary by an hour or so): 6am-Breastfeed, 10am-1/2 jar of fruit + 4 tbs of cereal + 8oz formula, 2pm - 6-8oz formula, 6pm-1 jar of meat +1/2 jars of 2 veggies and fruit, then 10pm-8oz of formula. (yes all day is spent feeding and changing diapers)

Sitting/standing: Both boys have started to sit, but mostly on their knees! Its funny to watch them. Christian will sit on his bottom some though. We have a fence keeping them in the living room. Both use it to sit up and now as of this week Blaine started pulling up to a standing position! and is now doing it against everything else. Christian will not be far behind. Both also figured out quickly with the fence they could both push it over together!(fence is now bigger and strapped to a table!)

Talking: Christian baby talks a lot more than Blaine. Both can do it and do it very loudly when the want to! Christian started a couple of weeks ago to form Dad da and Momma in various forms but we are pretty sure he is doing it on purpose! Blaine has possibly said momma but nothing consistent.

Various others: The boys interact together a lot more now. Mostly to take a wanted toy away from the other or of course the others passy is always better than their own! Also crawl over the other or pull on his hair. They can both get their passy and put it in their mouth and hold their bottles(when they want too). They are extremely curious about everything! Both really like being outside and going for rides in the stroller! They are outgrowing their car seats quickly!

I think that covers it for the most part I will have Beth review and add if I have missed anything. It has been a busy month of development!

Abby's Imagination

I can't make this up- Abby just told me that the Wicked Witch of the West, her sisters, the witch from Hansel and Gretel, and the flying monkeys (I think that's it) have a party in her room every night at midnight. She told me she once woke up and asked them if she could join them and join their club. Apparently, they also have a 5 layered cake that says "Happy Witch Day" on it. She asked me if I want to join Tuesday at midnight. I said sure. She said she was going to ask them if it was OK.

That girl has an imagination!!! WOW!!

The boys are crawling every where and joining forces to knock down the fences that keeps them out of trouble. They are sitting up on their knees and getting into everything. They are definitely double trouble. They love grabbing each other paci's and either putting them in their own mouths or throwing them. It is so much fun watching them interact with each other and with Abby. She is the only one that can get them to really laugh hard. They are both very busy boys!!!

Some everyday Pics