WOW ... I haven't updated this blog in a LONG time!! I need to get my act in gear!!
Well, let's see. The girls are now 5 1/2 months old ... where has the time gone?! They smile all the time, they laugh, they talk up a storm (well, babble!). Shelby has learned how to hold objects, whereas Morgan is not quite there yet. They are so smart and so much fun!! They don't have much strength in their legs yet, and that worries me at times, but I know it will just take a lot of practice. They go to town in their jumpers, but when you hold them up on their legs they just want YOU to hold them up! Just this week we started them on carrots. Morgan LOVES them and Shelby wants nothing to do with them. Shelby just wants the bottle! Hopefully we will break her of that habit soon. Next week is sweet potatoes, so maybe she will like those better. Here are the girls trying out the carrots.





Morgan is definitely a mommy and daddy's girl. Within the last month she does not want anyone else to hold her but one of us. Today we went to a friends house and if anyone held her, she would get the big boo boo lip and start to cry. The minute I would take her back, she was fine. I spoke with the pediatrician regarding this, and they mentioned that it normally happens around 9 months, but it's fine if it appears now. Shelby doesn't mind who holds her as long as SOMEONE is holding her!! She loves to be held. Shelby is our needy one. Morgan is a little more independent. They are so different yet so similar.

Halloween is right around the corner, and we can't wait!! Shelby is going to be a bat, and Morgan is going to be a chili pepper!! :)

SMILES!!!!

It finally happened today - Shelby smiled!!! And it wasn't gas!! LOL. She was looking straight at me and smiled four different times. My heart melted. I have been waiting for this day for one of them to smile. It was amazing!! I tried all day to get Morgan to smile, but it didn't happen .. not yet!!
Last night the girls slept the longest they ever have in one night. We did the last night feeding at 10:30 and they woke up one time at 3:15 in the morning and then right before 7:30. I couldn't believe it. I kept going in the nursery to check on them to see if they were ok! I think we can attribute it to a change in the formula. The girls seemed to be spitting up more frequently all of a sudden, so I went out and got some Enfamil A.R. Lipil for babies who spit up frequently. It has added rice starch to make it more thick. Well, it must have REALLY filled their bellies!!! During the day I went back to their normal formula and NO throw up today at all. So, now we'll try the rice starch formula at night and the regular stuff during the day and see how that works out.
We are getting ready for our trip to San Diego next week to see Grandma Jessica! I can't wait for her to see how much the girls have grown since she last saw them almost a month ago.