Six month check-up

Here are the stats:

Riley

16lbs 6oz

25 inches

Colter

17lbs 13oz

26 1/2 inches


They are pretty much at the 50th percentile for everything. I am so thankful to have two happy and healthy babies. They amaze me every day.


You'll get a laugh out of this. Jeff and I wanted to specifically talk with Dr. Gorvy about how Riley has been waking up at 4:30 or 5:30 in the morning. We had gotten to where both of them would sleep until between 6:00 and 7:30 and frankly, we loved it. Dr. Gorvy just listened very patiently (I really do think he was trying not to smile) and then told us our children had spoiled us. Turns out Riley is acting more "normal" now than before!


Jeff experienced Riley and Colter's immunizations for the first time. Everyone did well.

Six months already?!!?

I can't believe Riley and Colter are already six months old. This is my favorite picture of them. Just looking at it makes me want to run and cover them in kisses!

Jeff held down the fort today while I went to the Moms of Multiples consignment sale. I found a ton of good deals on clothes for this fall and winter. I was loving the $1 and $2 items! I kept going through my basket trying to make sure I had enough for both of the kids. Somehow I still ended up off balance. These are Colter's new clothes.

These are Riley's new clothes. OK, so Riley got a lot more than Colter. Jeff says Colter needs to get used to it now. There are just so many cute girls clothes out there! We got everything washed and had a good laugh while we were hanging up their new outfits. I didn't think about the fact that Riley doesn't have much of a neck when I got her a cute little turtle neck. Jeff did a good impression of how he thinks it's going to look. Poor sweetie. Good thing we think she's gorgeous.

We are now prepared to eat our veggies!

OK, so I was completely over the cloth bibs. Way too much work to clean them and not nearly enough coverage. These bibs remind me of raincoats (which actually wouldn't have been a bad idea) but they were exactly what I was looking for. Aren't they cute?!
We still manage to have peas (our newest food) under the chin, in the ears, and everywhere when Riley sneezes. No big deal to us, we're just glad the babies are enjoying mealtime.

I had to post this picture of Riley. It's the first time I caught her full grin on camera.

Next food: Avocado

We've added avocado to our short (2) list of foods. Riley did some gagging, but caught on before long. Colter wasn't phased by a new taste. He just continued with his method of using his fingers to shove the rest of the food in his mouth.
Uncle Scott is staying with us for a while. If he's around during mealtime, he grabs a bowl and helps out. He's usually feeding Colter (no particular reason). They have had quite the big time and are really bonding.
Both grandmothers were surprised we chose avocado as the second food to feed Riley and Colter. I guess Jeff and I never had avocado as babies. It was fast and easy to mush up, so it worked for us.

Happy Birthday, Daddy

Colter wanted to be the first to say "Happy Birthday, Dad!" (Riley was a close second).
We tried to have a surprise pool party for Jeff while two of our neices from Texas were here. But, there was something about us decorating 40+ cupcakes that tipped him off. Hehe. We thought we could pass it off as learning to decorate cakes, but I guess not. Bailey and Madison did an excellent job decorating. They can say that I taught them, but the reality of twin infants is that they got very little instruction. They're just naturally super creative. I mean, it never occurred to me to make roses using 4 different colors of frosting!
Aren't they beautiful? (The cupcakes and the girls).
They even fed the babies in the middle of all their hard work.
Seriously though, we want to wish Jeff a happy birthday. We three love him to pieces. He brings so much of the fun, laughter, organization, love, level-headedness, and goodness to our family.

Bring on the food, people!

Jeff and I decided it was finally time to start solids. Riley and Colter are 5 1/2 months old now, so we figured they were probably pretty hungry.







Well, maybe not that hungry! We really started out pretty slowly.
We took some videos of both of the kids enjoying (?) their first food.


Riley's first taste of cereal:


Colter's first taste of cereal:

(Yes, we've worked with Gov on not hovering quite so closely! It was hard not to laugh, though).

Back from the lake

We got home this afternoon. What a great week! Jeff and I are pretty much exhausted because Riley had a very hard time sleeping (gas, overstimulated, teething, who knows!). Plus, we are learning that vacationing with kids is nowhere near as relaxing as vacationing as a couple. It was worth it, though, because Riley and Colter really got to bond with everyone. I was a little worried that Colter would be overwhelmed because he had been in a bit of a mommy phase, but he was as social and outgoing as Riley.

Here's a recap of some of our fun memories.

Uncle Greg got the baby pool filled with water.
Uh, we forgot water from the hose is pretty chilly! This is as far as we got that day.
So, the next day Uncle Greg and Bailey refilled the pool with buckets of warm water from the bathtub. (Now that's love!)
Riley went for it and had a great time.
Colter still had memories of the freezing water from the day before. Poor guy.
Good thing Aunt Jennifer was there to rescue him.
Aunt Laurie and Uncle Greg gave him some extra love, too.The bumbos were awesome to have at the lake. We could pull Riley and Colter right up to the table to hang out with us. Of course they're a tad bit lower...

but they don't seem to mind being the short ones.
We had a houseful of cousins and friends!
Papa Jim is famous for all his hats.

He was kind enough to let Colter try one on. He and Colter had some good bonding time as he worked really hard to teach Colter to open his arms widely when we ask him how big he is - "so big!"
You know your cousin loves you when you have a poop explosion on her and she's still smiling. Riley wasn't the only one with an explosion, just the only one who got her photo taken.
Colter's looking pretty cool in these shades (he's so cool he doesn't care that they're pink).
Riley's not so sure about this.
She prefers to wear hats.
Jeff and I got to go running together several times during the week thanks to some very sweet family members who were happy to hang out with Riley and Colter in the morning. While the hills were painful, I loved it! It's so much more fun to run together. Jennifer and I also took the babies on a couple very hilly walks. It was a major workout just pushing the double stroller up the driveway.

It was so steep that Jeff had to help each time we were ready to come home. Turns out we should have brought the jogging stroller because we could have used that break!
The ultimate lake picture: chilling out in the hammock!