Maddie loves to crawl over to the corner of the living room where we keep all of the toys, and she gets them all out. She turns the basket that holds all of the smaller ones upside down, and plays with each one for a couple minutes. Then, she moves on to the next toy in the pile. It keeps her occupied for quite a while. So, every day I have a pile to clean up, but for the time that she is entertained, it is well worth it!
I thought people wouldn't notice who was in previous crawling video. I was wrong. I have had quite a few questions about whether both girls are on the move, or if it is just Maddie. They literally started crawling the same day...one in the morning, one in the afternoon. Here is a quick video of Lena. I thought I should give her her moment in the spotlight, too! |
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Last night I gave the girls their first "real meal." They had the same thing I made for Chris and I- ravioli. It was fun to see them eat something I knew tasted good! They also had grapes for dessert. They loved it all! L and M were probably just glad not to be eating baby food again. I wasn't sure how much they would eat and what it would take for them to be full. They also drop so much in their seat I don't know until I pick them up how much made it into their mouths! All in all, it was a success (and nice they could feed themselves part of dinner)!
Oops! I woke her up trying to take a good picture!
Look at all those teeth! Each of the girls have six teeth now. Real food, here we come!
Max thinks everyone that walks in the house is there to give him love. Michele took a time out from the kids to give the poor guy some attention.
Maddie sharing with Brayden.
Our friends, Ed and Michele, were here last weekend. It was so good to see them, and they had their little guy, Brayden, with them. He is just a few months younger than the girls. He is such a sweet baby! He is already crawling. Hopefully he gave the girls some pointers :) It was interesting to watch them all interact. Here they are playing in the floor. 
We disassembled the girls' swing yesterday. I thought I would take a quick picture to compare to the ones I took when they were a couple weeks and three months old. Can you believe how big they are? They are growing SO quickly!
Sunday was Chris's 31st birthday. We had a 7 hour drive to get home from Illinois, so for the second year in a row he had kind of a crappy birthday. We celebrated with a big breakfast Sunday morning before our drive, and we had a "makeup birthday day" on Monday.
It was his cake, so I guess this is allowed! 
The wedding party coming into the reception.
The girls were in such a daze by this point. It was about two hours after their bedtime. Fortunately, they did great! Maddie even managed to smile during the wedding! They both LOVE attention!
The happy couple's first dance.
Brit digging into some chocolate covered strawberries...yummmm!
They were both nice to each other- no cake in the face!
My sis and I with Grandpa.
Groom and mother dance.
Chris finally hit the dance floor when the Hokey Pokey came on!
Mom and Dad
Chris fooling around with Jalynn. I think she was starting to get a little tired here- what a big day for her!
Mom and Steph with our cousin Meredith .
