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Adventures in Eating...

These two have been busy taste testing some REAL food and they are loving it! First up, we went bananas...B-A-N-A-N-A-S. Ok, that was lame. But, you know we sang that as we tried them out.

Reluctant at first.........
But two VERY happy little eaters!

Each baby did a scrunchy face and a little shiver at their first taste of the food....but the next bite was less of a shock and much more pleasing. Ha!

Next up, butternut squash fresh from a local farm in Apple Valley. They get VERY excited now when they get into their high chairs and though they were a bit confused at the first bit.......they eventually loved it.

Who knew this would be so fun!

Month #4 Recap (just a little late)

Partners in crime....not sure where they're going, but they're getting ready to make a getaway!

Well.....the babies are already 5.5 months old (almost) and here I am recapping their 4 month. Whatevs....life is gloriously busy and so it's better late then never ;-)

Month number 4.......definitely the MOST fun one yet. It's like these little people replaced our little babies. They have personality, they are so much more engaged in their surroundings, they've gotten so strong.....there are so many milestones!

Much of the milestones, I noted below. Both love to stand, grab at things, pull just about anything into their mouths (toys, clothes, burp clothes, pacifiers....anything). They seem to "favor" certain toys and the blue "hand", teething ring and Sophie the giraff are a few favorites.

Mr. Hudson

At your 4 month appointment which was on September 27th, you were 16.3lbs and 26.25 inches tall. 75th-90th percentile for height and weight.

You are wearing size 3 diapers.

You take about 7-8oz at each feeding which is now pretty much all formula.

You are a very messy eater, but do love being fed. We have you on rice cereal and oatmeal- which end up in the ears, neck, tummy rolls.....but it's so much fun to watch you eat.

You love to stand and barely need much support at all.......so strong!

You love to be tickled on your sides and under your chin....you just SCREAM with laughter!

You talk, talk, talk nonstop.

You love the Jumperoo......you could spend all day in that thing if we let you .

You roll over from back to tummy, but haven't rolled from tummy to back yet.

You love bathtime...and love getting ready for bathtime because daddy gets you all hyped up and laughing uncontrollably.

You love your feet....you lay with your legs up in the air during naps, playtime, when you're on the changing table. You especially love to pull your little socks off.

Little socks? Scratch that....BIG socks. You have big feet and hands. You're gonna be a BIG boy!

You love your sister. You look at her, reach out to her and smile really big when she responds.

You LOVE the pups! You crane your neck, body, arms in the direction of them and pet them and tug on their ears whenever they are close enough. They LOVE the attention...I see a great little bond forming!

Hudson, you are amazing. You are the happiest, funnest, most jolly little soul and it's the greatest gift to be your mom and dad. You wake up with the sweetest smile and squeel of delight.....you're all around an extremely happy baby!

Miss Harper Rae

At your 4 month appointment on Sept 27th, you weighed 13.2lbs and were 24inches tall. This is the 50th percentile for height and weight.

You were size 2 diapers, though I sometimes put you in size 3 which are more like a "diaper suit" but hey- it's kind of nice to not have to buy 2 different sizes.

You usually eat about 6oz per feeding....and it's pretty much all formula.

You started out an extremely messy eater.....but have gotten quite skilled and "neat". You love eating by spoon.....but the timing for this feeding session has to be timed right. If you're overly tired....forget it. No food will distract you from your tiredness.

You started standing just before you turned 5 months. Your feet are exceptionally tiny (as are your hands) so it's funny to see this tiny little body and feet standing so perfectly straight in our laps.

You love to be tickled in your neck and on your tummy.

You love to talk and squeeeeel! You actually SCREAM but it is followed by more jabber and then giggles.....not tears so it's a happy scream not a freaking out scream. It's extremely dramatic.....it scares me actually for what lies ahead.

You roll from back to tummy, but haven't yet rolled from tummy to back.

Bathtime is the highlight of your day. You are seriously the happiest, jolliest little child in the tub. You constantly grab the washclothe and try to suck the water from it...?

Come to mention it, you just love to be naked. You love diaper changes, getting dressed/undressed and the tub. Uh oh.

You love grabbing at faces....especially the puppies and your brothers. You stick your little hands in Hudson's mouth (while he smiles away) and I've caught you grabbing and pulling at Koko's ears and face (while she snores away).

Harper, this month has been especially huge for you. While you started the month just sort of getting out of the fussy stage, as soon as you started "talking" it's like you changed into the happiest, most jolly (we use that word a lot when describing you) baby. You just seem to have really been developing before our eye's it's been the most amazing thing to experience. I LOVE hearing you talk to yourself in the morning....then you talk, talk, talk after your bottle as if you're telling me about your dreams. You are beautiful, inside and out and it is the most precious gift to wake up to you everday.

Blake and I are more than fortunate to have such wonderful, beautiful and healthy children. I bet he says about 5 times a day how blessed we are. Seriously! We feel like life keeps getting richer and I'm just in awe of words often because I feel so lucky that this is our life.

Happy Halloweeeeeen!!!!

Babies first Halloween...complete with a hayride/kids party at church this afternoon and take a look at our "twin" pumpkin! What a great first halloween for these two little bugs!

Blogtober...

I can't believe October is already over and I've got 1 measly blog...if you can even count it as a "post" since it was just a video and no update on our favorite H's.
Boo!
I have a great excuse however.....my 4 month (almost 5 month) old babies who have been changing , developing and growing by the minute. Seriously....this month has been a biggie! I'll update in the next day or two with my usual in-depth account of what's taken place....but here are just a few things these two have been up to.
Standing: Hudson stands constantly. He can stand with almost no help, just a finger to grab onto and that boy is standing on his own. His legs are SO strong!
Grasping and Chewing: Both babies are not only experts at grabbing things with their hands, but everything goes into their mouths. They know how to move around objects so that they fit into their tiny mouths...kinda cute seeing them put their own paci in their mouths!
Sit Ups: Haha....not literally. But these guys are constantly giving their abs a work out while laying on their backs. No more laying and relaxing..they lift their heads way off the blanket or floor and do V-ups.
Talking: the jabber is non-stop in this house. They wake up from a long night sleep "talking", go down for naps "talking", wake up from naps "talking" and "talk, talk, talk" between. They are giggling, laughing, squeeling, jabbering fools. It's music to our ears!
Rolling: Hudson is a roller...Harper is not far behind. This little one needs just the tinyest little tip of her legs one direction and she rolls her body from back to tummy. Anyday now she'll be a roly poly fool!
Feeding: Both babies not only recognize and get really excited when they see their bottles.....but they reach out for them and can grab them. They try (which is so cute) to pull their bottle up to their mouth and feed themselves but aim is usually off and they end up with it up their nose! Haha....a little directional help and they are eating happily away....holding their own bottles! It's not like I can give them a bottle now and they will take the whole thing down by themselves...but we're getting close and that makes me kinda sad! They are getting to be independent!
There are more updates on 4 month heights, weights, places we've gone and whatnot. I'll update in the next day or two.
Here are a few pics of the babies modeling a few of their hats as they get ready to bundle up for winter.

Harper: Scary Lion....GRRRRR

Hudson: Happy/Content Lion

Babies Birthday Video...Just For fun!

Here is a video of the birth of Hudson and Harper. It takes a minute to load...but it's pretty cool seeing the two little miracles the minute they were born!
More video's to come!

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3 Month's and growing like crazy!

Well hello Friends!

Hudson and Harper are going to be 4 months old tomorrow...so I figured I'd capture some highlights from their 3rd month (along with some cute pictures ).

Highlights from month #3~
H & H really started to interact with us and each other this month. They seem to look around and at each other observing and absorbing new sights and sounds. They've started to stare at each other quite a bit which has been really fun to watch. They sort of smile and "talk" to each other and I have even noticed that if one baby is crying- seeing the face of their brother or sister sort of calms them down.

Along with this new awareness, they both really love to look at Koko and Kingston too! It's hilarious but they sort of look and reach out to them. Totally adorable! They are going to have so much fun climbing all over those two silly dogs as they get bigger!

They have both learned to love those bumbo chairs....they have such strong necks, back and stomach muscles that they literally would probably sit in them all day if we let them!

We started "wagon walks" (pic below) with them and they LOVE it! They can see a full view of the sky, tree's and they seem to really love to take it all in.

We revised the nanny situation a bit so we have a new nanny, Stephanie 3 days a week and aunt Katie 2 days a week. Both are doing AMAZING with the babies.....it's been so much fun!

Blake and I each had out of state trips this month where we had to leave the babies for 2 or more nights. We blogged about this already- we all survived but are excited we don't have any trips coming up in the near future.

Notes about the big guy, Hudson McGee

Wears size 3 diapers

Takes 5-6+ oz at each feeding except for his bedtime bottle where he takes up to 9oz!

Still eats bmilk during the day and formula at night.

He's BIG! He feels so solid and big....he's wearing mostly 6 month but some 6-9month clothing already!!!

Started having rice cereal by spoon a few times a week and seems to really like it. He opens his mouth for the spoon and before sort of pushed the cereal all around and most of it ended up rolling down his chin...now most of it ends up in that big tummy of his!

He is LOUD and jolly! He loves to laugh, sqeek, squeel, jabber all the time! Sometimes it's when we're tickling, playing around with him and sometime's when he's just hanging out in the Jumperoo talking to himself.

He loves his chubby little hands. He's always clasping them together and shoving them in his mouth.

He isn't swaddled anymore for bedtime or naps. He started breaking out of the swaddle so we decided to quit swaddling him and he did great with the transition.

He loves to sleep with his hands straight up on either side of his head.

Speaking of sleep, he sleeps for 11 hours straight at night!

He loves the Jumperoo and his legs are so strong that he's a little jumping bean in it.

He rolled over from his back to his tummy (another reason we stopped swaddling)! Of course the first time he did it...mama missed it :-(

Those big, brown eye's and long lashes.......enough said!

He is just a happy go lucky boy. He's rediculously happy, smiley and giggly. He is truly such a joy....I look at him each day and am amazed at what a gift he is to us. We are SO blessed!

Notes about the little Miss Harper Rae

Wears size 2 diapers

Takes about 4oz at each feeding except for her bedtime bottle where she pounds anywhere from 7-9oz!

Still has bmilk during the day and formula at night.

She is very petite! Her little tiny fingers and toes remind us that she's still a baby....even though she is not a newborn anymore.

She wears mostly 3 month clothing- though some 6month clothes fit her!

She wanted nothing to do with rice cereal so we tried rice oatmeal and she seemed to like it much better. It was a total mess...ending up in her eyes, hair, nose.....but what went in the mouth stayed there so that's a plus!

She doesn't talk as much as Hudson....but when she does, it sounds like a lower, raspy voice and laugh! It's so cute!

She LOVES those little hands of hers. They are almost always clasped together and in her mouth. When they aren't however, they are up in the air, grabbing at things (mostly clothing and hair....such a girly girl) or just always moving.

This girl loves her swaddle.....we'll probably be swaddling her until she's 5! Haha!

She is a tough cookie with naps. Hudson goes down for naps pretty easily and while Harper is clearly tired....she puts up a good fight when it's naptime.

She loves to find the television when it's on. I mean LOVES it. It's horrible but if she's screaming and I walk into the living room and the TV is on.......instant silence. She must really just love seeing the colors/screen......but man it's funny how she responds to it.

She LOVES that bumbo chair....I think she likes to be independent so it makes her feel "grown up" to be able to sit upright and look at the world.

We think she's been teething. Her bottom gums are pretty white and she's a drool machine.

She sleeps from 8pm to usually 3 or 4am, is up for a quick bottle and back down until 7 or 7:30am. She has an internal alarm clock set to 7ish EVERY day!

She LOVES bathtime and LOVES to be naked or in just a diaper. She's a wiggle machine as soon as she looses the duds and is able to flail her arms around and kick. Too funny!

Those sky blue eye's and those cheeks............enough said!

She eats great (finally), is all around MUCH happier and is our blue-eyed beauty. She has the most beautiful smile and dimples and lights up our world. We are So incredibly blessed.

We have their 4 month well check-up's on Monday- looking forward to seeing how much they have grown. And we have a fun-filled next few weeks with all kinds of fun "fall" things planned. We're looking forward to seeing what month 4 has in store!