Sunny Day

 We went to the park awhile ago, I used our other camera - since it is smaller and I just barely uploaded the pictures.  So here are some fun shots from the park.  We do like to enjoy the nice weather.  There is a foot of snow outside today - so we will have to wait awhile before another trip to the park.

10 Months

 Wow! 10 months old.  My girls are growing up.  And I have to say they are pretty cute.

 Here are the car seat comparisons, they have come a long way:

10 months

6 months

4 months

3 weeks

  I didn't weigh them this month - but I bet they are between 17-18 pounds.  Jenna has figured out how to scoot backwards and will run into things and get stuck sometimes.  Kaylee is getting stronger and started to put more weight on her hands to lean forward to grab things. 

backed up under the chair

They are eating well, still baby food but we have added yogurt and they are good at picking up puffs and making it to their mouths.  Kaylee's second tooth came in last week (March 3) Jenna's will probably come in soon.  Here is an attempt to capture their first ones:

Jenna

Kaylee

We hung our twin swing in the basement yesterday.  They girls liked it, even though we had to keep them going very slow - Chris wanted to swing them higher.  Doug let the boys climb in (one at a time) and they had fun pretending to surf.

Chris and the girls have colds again, so the nights have been interrupted a bit, but overall everything is going well.  We just keep plugging along day after day.  I had to run a lot of errands this last week- I really don't like going to the store with 4 kids, so hopefully this week will be a little less crazy.  I am looking forward to our Spring Break - we are going on a quick trip to Estes Park and visiting the Denver Zoo, I'm excited.  

Boys Update

 Hey, I got around to Blogging today, so here's a quick update on what's been going on.  Not much really, just the normal school and everyday stuff. The boys are getting so big.  Tyler and Chris sometimes play so nicely, other times they both want to be in charge.  I get tired of being the referee a lot, but we are slowly making progress I think.

We got out the watercolor paints the other day though and the boys had fun.

Chris

Tyler painted Kai's Fire Dragon- note the flaming tail

Damon painted Lloyd's Golden Dragon

 Tyler and Chris really like to play with Play Doh, and ours was getting dry, so it was time to make a new batch.  Tyler wanted to stir for a bit.

 Tyler made his own version of Lloyd's Gold Dragon out of Lego's.

 I love it when they fall asleep - didn't take a nap during quiet time, but fell asleep watching Cars.

 Normal activity after school: they boys come home, do their daily chore (right now Tyler puts the silverware away and Damon sweeps under their chairs), do any homework they have, then they get to play the wii.  They are good boys, I don't even have to ask them - they just know what they have to do and they do it.

 Chris came upstairs and said he was a moose.

 All of our boys still love their blankets, so we had to document them of course. 

Chris's, Damon's, Tyler's

Comparisons

So I put some pictures of the girls on Facebook and it was fun to get all the responses from friends and family,  I think people look at FB more than my blog.  But anyway, everyone loved the girls' cheeks.  I guess I am used to them since the boys all had them too - here are the boys at 9 months:

Chris

Tyler

Damon

I think we are all in the same family, who do you think the girls look like the most? 

9 months old

 Well, the girls are 9 months old now.  I waited to post until their Dr. visit.  Jenna is now 16 lbs 11 oz and Kaylee is 16 lbs 4 oz.  They are getting so big.  They sit very well and only fall over occasionally and usually it's because they are reaching to get something.  Jenna seems to be more of a thinker right now.  You can see her mind working as she is playing with something or watching you do something.  Kaylee seems more content to just sit and play.  She loves it when Tyler is nearby and makes her laugh easily.  She still tilts her head to the side a lot but has gotten better at holding it straight.  She is more vocal at times and says ahh and ba-ba often.  Jenna likes to click her tongue.  They are both interested as they watch us eat.  They are eating baby food twice a day and have had sweet potatoes, peas, carrots, beans, squash, bananas, and applesauce.  I have just been making our own, so that is all I have made thus far.  I have recently given then some little puffs and they think that is fun to try and grab them.  I think Kaylee managed to get one into her mouth - success!  Also, we noticed on Feb. 7th that Kaylee's first tooth had come in.  Her bottom left.  Jenna's feel close - so we will see when it pokes through (Feb 13th).  They are such good girls and just sit and play nicely at church and at home.  Jenna does like to still Kaylee's toys though.  I will come into the room and Jenna will have a big pile of toys around her and Kaylee will have nothing.  They will also steal each others binkies, even when they are sucking on them, pretty funny to watch.  Pulling each others bows/flowers is another fun thing to do. :)

They like to sit in their saucers and bounce away.  They get entertained watching their brothers run around and be crazy.  Hopefully that won't rub off on them too much.  No real signs of crawling yet, but I will hope that is the case for awhile.  I love the sitting up and staying put stage.  We love you Jenna and Kaylee!

Girls like cars too! (Kaylee / Jenna)

 Wrapped up after bath. (Kaylee / Jenna)

 Cute in the highchairs (Kaylee / Jenna)

 Loving the warm weather and the sunshine (Jenna / Kaylee)

Kaylee

Jenna

 I bought some clothes online before the girls were born, so I was guessing on sizes.  I found these outfits and realized that they were almost too small already, so we better start wearing them.

Kaylee

Jenna

I love Kaylee's look

Such happy girls!

Sick and not much else

 So, haven't blogged in awhile, but not much has been going on besides being sick.  I therefore haven't been taking many pictures either. 

So a quick update: Around January 19th Tyler got a fever and had it for a whole week.  Finally on day 6 I took him into the Dr.  he also had a hive type rash and he had had leg cramps earlier that made it so he couldn't walk.  We're not sure if it was the flu or just a bad cold virus - whatever.  He got better.  Damon started getting sick about 3 days after Tyler.  He missed 3 days of school, but didn't get as sick as Tyler.  Christopher got it about 3 days after Damon.  Then Doug, Jenna, Kaylee, and myself got it about the time Tyler was getting better.  The girls were pretty sad with fevers and cold symptoms.  Doug probably got it the worst - he is still trying to recover.  I am better for the most part, just still coughing a bit.  It was a bad bug whatever it was and glad to be seeing the end of it. 

Now to some more pleasant stuff.  I am loving the winters here.  They are so mild and we have these great days that are in the 50s and 60s and the sun is shining and we can go outside and play.  Ahh, so nice.  Sorry all your Utah people with the bad inversion and freezing temps.  I do miss the snow a bit, just so you can play in it.   But it sure makes walking to school a lot easier with clear side walks.

First time in the big tub, but sick with fevers.

 Playing outside

 Chris was reading a story to his baby bear, notice he has covered him with his blanket as well.

 Big into Batman lately.

 Made a fort today.