Playing In The Dirt: January 2011

Nine months old already...wow!

Boy does time fly when you are having fun! We go to the Dr. for our 9 month checkup later this month so I don't have any stats for you but I can guess they are all over 20lbs. They are very aware of each other and enjoy playing together on the floor. Well...maybe not always enjoyment. There have been times that all will start screaming and I run in to find Bode biting Cooper and Greyson clawing at Bode, etc, etc. I'm sure this will only get worse! All the boys have skipped over the sitting stage and going straight for crawling. The Dr. doesn't see it as a problem so I'm ok with it. (I don't think it's because they can't, they just wont.) I can't say that we are on any kind of schedule around here. We pretty much start our day when they get up...whether that be 8am or 9 or 10am. They take four, 6oz bottles a day and have a breakfast of a cereal and fruit and a supper containing a meat, veggie, (or meat/veggie) and sometimes a fruit or some Gerber Fruit Puffs (which they LOVE!) or a Baby Mum Mum. Other than the two week long cold that we are just "shaking," everyone is healthy and doing great!

Gig 'Em!!

Cooper West

Cooper is my most patient little guy. He is usually the last to get out of bed and the last to eat. (Normally because he is the most patient and not screaming at me.) He has been known to sleep till noon on several occasions and that is without staying up too late the night before. He is doing the army crawl and trying to pull up on things. He finds himself pretty funny when trying to pull up on the couch...he belly laughs. It's cute to watch. He has one bottom tooth. He pretty much likes anything we feed him. His favorite toy is the jumperoo.

Greyson Reid

Sweet, sweet Greyson! All you do is have to look at him and he gives you this big precious grin! It's heart melting for sure! He is normally the second in line when it comes to waking or eating...he is a little more demanding than his twin. He was the first to get sick on Christmas Day and it really messed with his sleep schedule. He would wake up in the middle of the night and stay up for hours at a time. NOT FUN! I think, crossing my fingers, that he is over this. Two bottom teeth just popped through this week (I'm thinking that was part of the sleep issue too.) He is very easy going and will play with just about anything you give him.

Bode Frank

Bode, Bode, Bode... there is so much to say about Bode. He is our little toot. He is still very serious and has to check a new person out before he gives you a smile. You def have to earn his trust. He just cut his 5th tooth this week. He is long and lean and VERY active. He is crawling and pulling up on anything he can. He still hasn't totally figured out how sit from a standing position so he normally gets "stuck" standing there and will cry until you move him. He is a nosey little thing and will get into anything you leave out in his reach. And he will crawl over his brothers to get to something he wants. (I have even caught him crawling over their heads before. Makes for a pretty loud screaming match!) Now that he is really active, his appetite has picked up and he eats really well. His favorite toy is anything he should not have or anything his brothers are playing with. He has no problem going right up to one of them and snatching away a toy! One day he is going to get punched for that I'm sure.

And I can't leave out my precious Peyton Ross...

I am amazed daily at his intelligence and his desire to learn. He loves to ask questions and then turn around and tell you all about what you just told him. He is very energetic and loves the outdoors. He likes kid tv shows but would much rather watch his favorite tv shows "Billy the Exterminator" or "Cops." I know...crazy! MOST of the time he is very good with his brothers but sometimes I think he forgets they are not as strong as he is. He is so very handsome and sweet!