6 Months Old

WOW!! January 10, 2009. The boys are 6 months old today. Time really does fly by fast. The boys are changing every week. Right now they are talkative and very interactive. They go between playing in their jumperoos to sitting at the kitchen table and playing with toys to rolling around on the floor.

Kole weighs around 16 pounds and Kiefer weighs around 13 pounds. Kiefer started out being the taller one but all of a sudden Kole has passed him up by an inch.

We started introducing solid foods - just the basics - Rice Cereal. Kole loves it!! He opens his mouth and swallows everything. That is not too hard to believe. Kiefer is still trying to figure it out and rolls the food around with his tongue before he spits it out. We will keep trying with Kiefer and just waiting to get the go ahead from their doctor to start giving them more solid foods.

Kole has been sleeping through the night for a month now. Kiefer likes to play around - some nights he sleeps right through and other nights he wants a bottle - gulps it down and falls asleep in a matter of seconds. Kole is very talkative in his crib. Some nights, oh lets say around 4 am, we hear him in his crib babbling. Eventually, he falls back to sleep. Kiefer only sleeps on his stomach. We put him to bed on his back and in a matter of seconds he flips over onto his stomach. The only problem is that he gets stuck every once in awhile because he does not have any independent leg action with the sleeping bags we put him in. Otherwise, with out that, he is a champ rolling from side to side and/or across the room.

Craig and I have decided to make our own baby food. We are ready with the food mill and LOTS of little Tupperware. We have a book that Aunt Kara gave us that tells you, in order, how to introduce food groups - sweet, salty, savory, sour etc. We are really going to give this a try and see how it works. We really want our boys to grow up with a diverse pallet.

We really feel lucky finding Morgane. She is incredible with the boys - caring, loving, fun, outgoing - We love having her as part of our family. I really do not know what we would do without her.

We got through the holidays. Not too hectic - Loads of fun. Spent a lot of quality time with family and the boys.

Wishing you the best in 2009!! Thank you for taking a look at our Blog.

Cheers,
Shanah