Ten

Happy 10 months to Squeakers and Peanut! Big changes this month: standing up on their own, walking along furniture, each getting their first teeth (bottom two) and waving hello. They really notice each other now--they chase each other around the living room and stand up in their cribs and "talk" to each other. It's hard to believe their first birthday is just around the corner.
E is starting 3rd grade tomorrow. Holy smokes! She's getting so big too. Another good note--her cast comes off this Friday. Hooray!
I've also been working on getting back into shape. I started week 3 of P90x. It is hard but not as bad as I thought. I'm starting out slowly and taking my time.
The house is getting organized. One day at a time I take a room and organize and clean it. I do this during their afternoon nap. It feels good to see the house coming together.

Bump in the road

Sunday was supposed to be the start of our vacation at the campground. Not even 1 hour there and E fell off her scooter and broke her thumb and wrist. We found a way to make her cast waterproof--gore tex liner. Now she can go swimming and shower. I feel so bad that her summer is ending this way. But on a good note she only has to have it on for four weeks and she can go swimming.

The kids

Today is the babies 9 month birthday! Time is flying by and so are they. Peanut is super fast with pulling himself/crawling and Squeaker rolls around. The dogs even know to get out of the way!
Last Friday was E's 8th birthday. We celebrated with friends, cake and swimming. This year I finally got on the ball and had games. We used water balloons to have relay races, volleyball & squish the balloon on the metal chair-my personal favorite. E has a surprise guest-her teacher for the past two years-Mrs. M. E really enjoyed her party.
We will be leaving for the campground for two weeks this Sunday for Vacation Bible School. The campground is a throw back to days of yore. It really is a dream if you are a young. Tons of other kids to play with, VBS, a pond to swim in and a boarding hall where you can get three square meals a day. I'm a little intimidated to have the babies by myself for two weeks but my Dad will come out and I believe my friend who owns the cottage will take some vacation days to spend with us. Crossing my fingers that I maintain my sanity ;-) The only downside is no internet. We read and watch plenty of Seinfeld on dvd.

Peanut


Squeakers




Miss E 8 yrs old

There's a birthday in the house!

E and Kristie at the Furry Tails Reading Program
Don't you just love the book she picked out?

Today is Miss E's 8th birthday! We are celebrating with ice cream cake and plenty of pool time (temps to go well over 95). She is super excited for her special day. Me too. I love birthdays because it's a day to celebrate the person. She has basketball camp and then we are having Chinese food and cake. Tomorrow is her party. People will either be in the pool or in the house because it's going to be another hot one.
I am very excited to say I started working out again. The babies are going down for somewhat regular naps. I did the 30 day shred yesterday. I was comfortable with doing just 30 mins of exercise to: a. get back into the swing of things and b. I could shower after I was done. Gradually I would like to increase my work out time to one hour. My legs and arms are a little sore ;-)
The babies are doing well. Peanut is pulling himself and getting ready to crawl--he pulls himself through the bottom of the exersaucer. Squeakers is in love with Kona. He squeals when he sees her. It's the cutest thing. And they both like her one toy.
I am going to start breakfast. I have a special request for chocolate chip pancakes.
Stay cool!

8 months

E, Peanut and Squeakers (eating the 8 month sign)

Wow! I can't believe my babies are 8 months old. They have sure grown a lot. Peanut is spinning himself around and getting ready to crawl forward. Squeakers rolls all over the place and has discovered his voice. They both love the puppies and squeal with delight with Kona or Logan enter the room. They light up when they see E. Nothing is safe because they grab whatever is closest to them.

Squeakers

Peanut

Sunny days (update with pic)

We spend our afternoons strolling around town. It gets us out of the house and me much needed exercise. The babies enjoy it too. They look around and then usually take a nap. After our walk we pick E up at the bus stop which she loves. She enjoys showing her bus driver and the kids her brothers. She is very proud of them and is a great big sister to them.
Sleeping is something we are still figuring out. Naps are on the couch (our couch is super comfy). Sometimes they nap for 30 mins or as long as 1 1/2 hours. Night time they go down about 8-8:30. We put them in their cribs and basically it's anyone's guess how the night will go. Some nights are excellent with minimal waking or, like last night, it's get up and eat a couple of times-Peanut- or reposition Squeakers because he gets stuck in the corner. I would love to get a routine with sleeping until 7 am. That would totally rock because then I could get up and do the P90x dvds.
E had her assembly on Friday. It was a great show! She got to sing at the microphone and had a speaking part. Her and our neighbor made onesies for the babies to go with their costumes for the show. They are wearing them today. I'll try to take a picture and post it later.


E and Squeakers
Peanut and Squeakers wearing their surfer t's.

I haven't skipped town

I've just been really busy. The babies will be 7 months old on Sunday and have started rolling over. E joined Little League and there are games 2 nights a week and 2 practices a week. Trying to keep up with cleaning and laundry is a struggle. We had some rainy weather but now it's looking up. As long as it the radar is clear we go for long walks all over town. Squeakers and Peanut love being in the jogging stroller and usually fall asleep.
We moved them to their cribs in their nursery. Peanut does really well--he can sleep pretty much anywhere. But Squeakers gets up so many times during the night. Plus he's usually up for good between 5:30 am -6:30 am. M has been getting up with him because I was getting no sleep (Peanut is good for getting up at least once). I know this too shall pass but the lack of sleep makes me (and M) crazy.
They're both sleeping on the couch. That's where they nap. I believe because it's soft and their head is touching something. The naps can last for up to two hours! (I am always right by them)
I took them today to E's school to help paint their t shirts for her assembly. She got most of her hibiscus painted on the front of her shirt. She wanted to paint onesies for the babies but they got hungry and tired so we came home.
I'll post pictures later ;-)