8 months old

The babies are 8 months old now.  Time continues to fly by without stopping.  They experienced the pool for the first time this month.  We bought an inflatable wading pool for the big kids, but the babies enjoyed it too.  Annika was so cute in her suit.  Lincoln enjoyed sitting with Daddy.

 

Joseph, Rebecah and Annika

Here is a little update on each baby.  Lincoln is just over 16 pounds.  He is in no hurry to be mobile which is very fine with me.  He is a good eater and sleeper.  He enjoys eating toast and Cheerios in addition to his fruits and vegetables.  I have him sleeping through the night now.  This was something new just this week...I just let him cry.  He cried about 45 minutes the first night and I was awake for every minute of it.  He always goes to bed without crying, but he would wake in the night wanting to eat so I finally decided to call it quits so I let him cry.  After the first night he fussed just a few minutes the second night, but not long enough to wake Annika.  The third night he didn't cry at all. Sleeping through the night has its trade offs...Lincoln now gets up for the day between 5 and 6 am. Not a big deal except that Annika isn't sleeping through the night yet.  Lincoln loves music and likes to rock side to side, especially when he is excited.  He has just two teeth.  Lincoln loves to sleep with his fleece blanket covering his face.  When I can, I uncover him because it makes me nervous.

Lincoln and Daddy

             

 

Annika is spunky and always on the go.  She is between 14 and 14 1/2 pounds.  She only eats when she is in the mood which isn't very often.  I'm lucky to get the recommended number of ounces in her a day.  She eats her solids well and likes Cheerios better than toast.  Annika is on the move.  She army crawls all over the house.  She has become a "mama's girl" within the last two weeks so she will crawl after me crying.  How sad is that?  Sometimes having two babies that want mom can be a challenge, especially if they both want to be held at the same time.  I have gotten fairly good at picking them up at the same time, but it is always easier to hold just one.  I love Annika's ready smile and her even temperament.  Now that Lincoln is sleeping through the  night we will begin to work on Annika sleeping through the night too.  She got two new teeth this month so she is up to 4 teeth.  Annika loves to sleep with a fleece blanket too even though it is getting to be summertime.  Annika goes crazy for UNO cards.  The big kids are on an UNO kick right now so sometimes we see how quickly we can play a game before Annika comes to eat the cards.

I love her facial expressions in these pictures:

 "We have a nodder!"
 For those who didn't catch the movie quote, that was from CARS.  

It's almost as if she is saying:  "You caught me crawling!"

Yes, we know she has red hair.  There is red hair on both sides of the family.
 I'm asked about her hair almost every time I leave the house.  I love her hair though.

I'm so grateful for our babies.  I couldn't imagine my life without them.   Kimball has gotten very good about changing wet diapers and will frequently change the babies in the morning and get them dressed if I'm busy.  Rebecah is good at making the babies laugh.