5 Months Old

The babies turned 5 months old yesterday.  They are growing so quickly.  Here is a little update on each of them and then plenty of pictures.  I managed to take quite a few this month.

Lincoln continues to be a mama's boy.  He loves me and if I'm in the room he usually will only be happy if I'm holding him.  Even if he hears my voice from another room that is enough to make him cry until I hold him.  He still gets up 2-3 times at night and that is hard on me, I'm not going to lie.  I know he isn't always hungry, but feeding him is the only way to calm him so he will go back to sleep.  If I let him cry he just cries until Annika wakes up and then I have TWO crying babies.

Lincoln has definitely found his voice and he loves to make sweet cooing noises.  He has a softer cry and a more gentle coo than Annika.  Her cry is louder and more demanding and her coos are louder too.  She wants to make sure she is heard.

Please excuse the purple Bumbo seat, but I thought Lincoln looked so handsome in his little overalls.  Such a cutie!

This is a shirt that Kimball wore as a baby so I see a lot of Kimball in Lincoln when he wears clothes that Kimball wore.  That is probably while we frequently end up calling him Kimball and Annika-Rebecah!

We started the babies on cereal about 5 days ago.  We give them a small amount shortly before bed in hopes that they will sleep better.  I'm still trying to decide if it is helping or not.  Lincoln tolerates the cereal, but I can't say he loves it.  I started these babies much earlier on cereal than I did with Kimball and Rebecah. With the others I waited until they were 6 months old before starting them.  These babies aren't really ready for cereal yet because it is taking them longer to get the hang of it.  I'm just doing it in hopes of giving myself a few extra hours of sleep each week.  Here are Lincoln's eating pictures:

Annika is sweet and still loves her swing.  She usually gets up 1-2 times a night.  She is active and smiley.  She will go to anyone as long as they are willing to care for her.  Her hair seems to get redder each month.  She rolls from side to side, but neither baby consistently rolls over.  Annika, too, has found her voice and I love to hear the babies being vocal.  It is so sweet.  

 


Annika doesn't really care for her cereal.  We have to try to trick her with her pacifier in order to get her to open her mouth and then she makes gagging sounds.  I don't really care that she isn't too interested in her cereal because I would rather she drink milk at this point.  Since both babies are still on the small side I am very careful to make sure they have just enough cereal to help them sleep, but not so much that they don't eat well at bedtime.

 

The weather has warmed up recently so we were able to go on a walk last week.  I still bundled the babies up, but they really enjoyed the nice day.  After our record setting cold February the 30s and 40s feel so warm.

Rebecah loved going on a walk with the babies.  It makes her feel so big.  Splashing in the puddles of melting snow was pretty fun for her too.

Four Months Old

Lincoln and Annika hit the 4 month mark on Presidents Day.  We love having them in our family so much.  They are sweet and smiley and I couldn't imagine our lives without them.  Here are a few pictures with a short update from the last month.  

The babies went to the doctor today.  Annika weighed 11 lbs 7 oz. and was 23 1/4 inches long.  She handled her shots much better this time.  She screamed only a few minutes.  In the last month Annika rolled over once from her tummy to her back.  She also slept through the night twice.  She loves her swing and she will sleep in it for hours if I let her.  She is smiley and loves having people talk with her.  I don't think her pictures show how cute she is!

The first set of pictures were taken about 3 weeks ago.  

Lincoln has finally taken the lead in a big way by weighing 12 lbs 8 oz. this morning.  He is 23 3/4 inches long.  The 1 lb 1 oz difference in weight is the biggest difference the babies have had.  Lincoln loves his mom and loves to be held.  If Lincoln sees me he won't settle to be held by anyone else.  Even Joseph can't make him as happy as I can.  Lincoln has rolled over three times now.  His third time was at the doctor's office this morning.  It was the first time I actually saw him roll over. Lincoln has slept through the night once so I am eagerly awaiting the night that both babies sleep through the night on a regular basis.  Lincoln likes to stick his tongue out a lot.

I think this picture is cute.  Both babies have their fists ready.  Who will throw the first punch?

These pictures were taken about 3 weeks ago too.  They show that Kimball actually does hold the babies.

The happy older brother first thing in the morning.

These pictures were taken on Monday, when the babies turned 4 months old.  Annika was rather interested in her dress in the first picture. 

A big smile from a big girl!

  

Lincoln was just relaxing for his pictures.

 

We finally got a smile in the last picture!

 

A Budding Artist

One activity Rebecah does at preschool is "Mat Man".  This activity teaches the kids how to draw people using shapes.  Rebecah now makes "Mat Man" drawings regularly for us.  Joseph liked her work so much that we framed her drawings and will hang them in our house.  

Here is our little artist with a white board marker drawing.  It is a self portrait of
Rebecah in her "Minnie Mouse"dress with Lincoln and Annika in the picture as well.

Close up of the drawing.

   

Here is our goofy artist showing her personality.

Here are her pencil Drawings: