they are 9 months old

The babies are 9 months old today. I know its hard to believe. I took pictures today but have not uploaded them yet. Will try to get to it tomorrow. But I thought that I would post some facts about them for right now.

Carter:

• He never stops moving, not even in sleep. He is all over the place now that he is crawling.
• He loves to clap his hands.
• He is pulling himself up on just about anything.
• He took a few steps tonight, holding onto my fingers. He just recently started standing flatfooted. He was still standing on his toes.
• He loves to eat, eat, eat. He is not one to stop eating unless he is really tired. Most of the time you have to finally just cut him off. I am talking about food here.
• He is only taking 2 bottles a day, and he is a slow poke eater.
• He is my happy baby now. He has kinda changed personalities with Morgan.
• He doesn't really like baby food in the jars cause his momma has spoiled them and usually makes them all sort of tasty concoctions.
• He is still really only saying Dada, much to my disappointment. I am ready to hear a momma out of one of their mouths.
• He has two teeth on the bottom. Oh where, Oh where are your other teeth?
• He does really well with his sippy cut.
• He can pick stuff up with his fingers but this is something that Morgan beat him on.

Morgan

• My little daddy's girl. This girl loves her daddy.
• She is still frustrated because she can't crawl. But she is trying a little more, she just wants to do it so bad but gets mad so easily.
• She is scooting more and more.
• She still only has two teeth on the bottom. Mommy is impatiently waiting for more to come in.
• She also still really likes to eat but she reaches that point where she will tell you that she is done. What she does is a little different according to who is feeding her. This is when you usually but Carter off.
• Its funny how is lags behind Carter just a little bit. She is getting closer to clapping her hands but hasn't done it yet. Makes me wonder...is this how things are always going to be with the two of them. Carter being a real go getter and Morgan being the procrastinator? I guess we wait and see.
• Morgan is also taking 2 bottles a day.
• Morgan will say dada, Daddy and HI. Again I would like to say that I would love to hear a Momma.
• She is wearing 12 month clothes.
• She finally figured out how to drink from a sippy cup.
• She has gotten really good at picking things up with her fingers.

I know that I am forgetting something for one or both but that is it for now. will post pictures soon. Leave me a comment if you read this please.

All that Jazz...

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4 years old and starting Preschool!!!

Keagan started preschool today. I would like to know where the time went. How is it that he is old enough to go to school. He going to Grace United Methodist for school. I think that he had a good time. He did really well. I thought that he would have a harder time going into the class but he just went in with his teacher. He is such an amazing little guy. He picked out his outfit and finally got to wear his Pokemon backpack. Although he was a little disappointed that he didn't get to take his Super Mario Bro MarioKart lunch box with him. I can't wait to see how he grows and all that he learns.

She will be crawling around the mountain, sometime in the near future. I hope.

Morgan is so frustrated right now its comical. Its almost as if the babies have traded their personalities. Carter is so happy now that he is moving around and can go where he wants. But poor Morgan can't go anywhere and she lets you know when she has had enough of being left alone. She has finally started scooting around a little. She goes through this vicious cycle... You set her down, she sits for a couple minutes, flops onto her belly, starts to whine until you set her back up. Unfortunately as soon as you set her back up she flops back to her belly again. I will be happy when she finally starts crawling.

If you are happy and you know it clap your hands.

Carter started clapping his hands out of the blue. He is so cute doing it. He will crawl a little, sit up and start clapping. This went on for about 5 days and then, no clapping for over a week. Then yesterday he started clapping. He is just so darn cute.

4 years and 4 months and 8 months

Sometimes I feel like all I talk about on here is the babies. So here is too Keagan. He is such an amazing little man. I know that most parents feel like this about their children so I am going to toot his horn a little. He is so smart. He is ready to start preschool and I can't wait to watch him learn and grow. He picked out his backpack last week, who would have guessed that he would pick out the Pokemon one. How is it that he is old enough to go to school. He loves to play on the xbox, sometimes he just wants to sit with me or Craig and watch but he also likes to play some of the games by himself. He is the best big brother ever. He loves his baby brother and sister. Especially now that they can play with him or he can play with them. He has now decided that he wants to be like daddy and sleep in his undies only. He has been a great big help with keeping his toys picked up, mostly without having to ask him. I am so blessed with these three wonderful children.

More pictures of the kiddos

The babies...

I took the babies to the doctor last Friday and here are the stats on them and a few updates...

Carter:

• Weighs in at 18 lbs 4 ounces




• He is 27 inches long (I think)




• He is sitting up really well now, this happens only when he stays still long enough to sit there.




• He has no problem getting where he wants to go. He was doing a combination of things to move but this afternoon he was crawling. YEAH!!!!




• He can sit himself up now.




• Had to move his mattress in his crib down to the lowest level because he is going to be pulling himself up before to long.




• He love love loves yogurt. He has hardly swallowed the bite before he is opening his mouth for more.




• He has started getting his bear in his crib. About a week ago I noticed that almost every time I went in to get him he had moved the bear out of his corner.




• He got to go to his 1st fair but slept through all of the animals.

Morgan:

• Weighs in at 19lb 10 oz




• She is 26 1/2 inches tall (I think)




• She can sit by herself also, she is better at this than Carter because she doesn't move like him.




• She hasn't even considered crawling, I am still not sure that she ever will. I still think that she will go straight to walking.




• She gets upset when she gets stuck in a certain position. Since she isn't trying to crawl she still dislikes being on her tummy, and since she isn't moving she hasn't considered that she might be able to sit herself up.




• She has gotten to be a nosey little thing. Especially when she is eating, must be the vantage point.




• I still don't know if she has a fave thing to eat.




• Both of the babies are getting good at using their sippy cups. They are also starting to dislike their bottles.

Slish Slash Vacation Bible School

Keagan went to vacation bible school at Stidham Church. He had a great time all week. For the most part he didn't sing or do the motions to the songs but occassionally he would forget that there was a bunch of people watching him and he would do a couple.

Slip-n-slide down the hill

I bought a cheap slip-n-slide a couple of weeks ago. We set it up and sent the kiddos down it, the babies had my help. Keagan had a blast. It was on a hill so he had fun sliding right down. The babies didn't like it at all.