Where does the time go?

Happy Father's Day Will!

We are enjoying visiting with family this week on Isle of Palms! Great picture of all the kids

Madi, Caroline, Gracie, Camden, Kate, Jackson, Wright and Sarah Anne

8 months old today...I look at Kate and Wright and I am amazed at how quickly they are growing, amazed at their personalities and development and amazed that they are mine.

They are so much fun and it seems that they do something new daily!

What they enjoy:

Kate continues to roll her ankles when she is happy, restless and almost always when she is sitting. She has started to enjoy jumping and jumps off her toes. (See video below) She has the sweetest spirit and is quite reserved until her brother pulls her hair. She is starting to enjoy food much more. She is not yet crawling, but has started moving more and watches Wright as he arches and bends to get where and to what he wants. Kate makes the sweetest noises when she is excited, grins in front of a mirror, giggles when being tickled and has learned peekaboo. She now has two bottom teeth and is working on a few more!

Wright still loves to jump, he loves to eat and he is wide open! Always smiling and moving. Has started his version of crawling which is using his arms and legs to get from one location to the next, but not the conventional way of all 4's. He likes to take toys from Kate and pull her ear and hair. He sometimes seems fascinated by her and other times acts as if she isn't around. He loves to laugh and has the sweetest giggle...very contagious! He is also sweet and gives the best snuggles. We keep hearing what sounds like dada...I am working on mama with both of them!

He now has 7 teeth!! 4 up top and 3 bottom.

I fed them yogurt for the first time today and they loved it! Happy 8 months Kate and Wright!

First Beach Vacation

Wright with his great grandfather

Kate sleeping on her grandad

Love this picture of sweet baby girl

Wright having fun with his great grandmother, Sunny

Loves the pool!

Kate enjoying the beach

We were lucky enough to be with my extended family last week on the Isle of Palms! Their were 20 people in one huge, gorgeous home and we had a blast! So many wonderful memories that I will always treasure. Kate and Wright loved all the extra attention from aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents! We celebrated Harry's 80th birthday with a Georgia Tech cake, video slideshow and skits. It was priceless! The week consisted of food, fun, music, crabbing, swimming, yoga, golf, fishing and more food. Kate and Wright liked the beach and put their hands and feet in the sand for the first time. Wright of course took a fistfull and went straight for his mouth..fortunately I anticipated this and was able to run interference. Wright loved sitting in the surf with his daddy and letting the water run over his legs. He had the biggest grin! Kate is like her mommy and preferred to sit under the umbrella and feel the dry sand in her toes..twirling her ankles the entire time!

I am so lucky to have an amazing family and I loved the time we had together!

With the blink of an eye....

Will and Wright enjoying an evening on the dock

We enjoyed a family afternoon at the new Mount Pleasant Park!

Loves those grins!

Kate and Wright playing after breakfast in their matching PJ's

Where to begin....we have been very busy the past few weeks and every time I started to sit down and update the blog a few others things got in the way. Kate and Wright are amazing little babies! We had a great 6 month doctor's visit..well, except for the shots. Those are never fun.

Wright had grown 2.5 inches since our last appointment to 27 inches (Will was quite relieved that he is now taller than Kate) and weighed 16 lbs. Kate was just shy of 15 lbs and was 26 inches long. They are now charting in a great % for their age and the doctor is extremely pleased with their development!

We have incorporated more food and they have been eating 3 meals a day for the past few weeks. I am making their food which is rewarding and sometimes challenging because they are eating so much! They love sweet potatoes, carrots, peas, pears, bananas, apples and peaches. They will eat green beans and butternut squash and tolerate avocados. They are both sitting up strong and Wright has started getting on all 4's and rocking back and forth. It won't be long before he is crawling..will be bittersweet for Will and I. Wright also cut his top 4 teeth..yes 4 new teeth last week. He now has 6 teeth. Kate has not cut any teeth yet, but is showing signs. Wright was a trooper through teething with minimal tears...just lots of teethers and drool!

Kate and Wright are already learning to share and are taking toys from each other. It seems that if Kate is playing with something Wright wants it and will wiggle to lay across her and grab at the toy, her dress or her to get it! She is a fighter and hangs on and squeals for him to stop. He just looks up with his toothy grin to make sure I see what is going on and moves on to the next toy!

Wright and Kate enjoy playing peekaboo, eating frozen fruit or ice from their nibblers, jumping, music and the water! It is amazing to watch them grow and develop. They babble and blow rasberries, reach for toys, get upset when they can't reach a toy, hold their bottles and have started trying to feed themselves. We are incredibly lucky!

Mother's Day Treasures

My first Mother's Day was incredibly special! Will and I took Kate and Wright to my parents house for the weekend and they did great traveling! We were both nervous not knowing what to expect. The weekend was fun and full of family time; a baby shower for my sister, Taylor's first ballet recital and dinner with my parents and grandparents. We are both so happy that our families are so involved with Kate and Wright! They are such lucky babies and not only have all 4 grandparents, but 3 great grandmothers and 2 great grandfathers!

Kate and Wright (with the help of Claire) made me my first homemade Mother's Day Treasure!

Sand molds of their little feet! Wright's are on the top and Kate the bottom. It is such a special gift!

Here are a few more recent pictures of Kate and Wright. They are getting much stronger sitting up. They can hold it for about 10 seconds before toppling to the side. Wright is rolling from tummy to back and back to tummy and back and forth...usually not caring what he is rolling onto (like Kate)! Kate likes to point her toes and roll her ankles..our little ballerina!

Playing together...Wright already tries to take toys from Kate. He may be stronger, but she is strong willed and doesn't let him without a fight.

I couldn't resist adding this one of Wright sleeping. So sweet!

First trip to the Beach!

Wright and me playing on the porch

We try to take a family stroll (Conrad included) in the evening to the dock by the house...enjoying a beautiful sunset!

Kate not enjoying the beach quite yet...she looked so precious though!!

Wright needed some shades..I took off his floppy hat to get a picture and it looks like I interrupted his relaxation...he is so cute in his bathing trunks!

Wright looks so much bigger than Kate in this picture..I think it is the angle, but we go to the doctor tomorrow for 6 month checkup so we will see!

Our first beach trip was a great experience! Kate and Wright really enjoy being outside and loved the wind on their face and the sand in their toes. Wright scrunches his little toes when his feet hit the sand and of course wanted to jump. Kate was slower about her excitement(see picture below), but once she was used to the new texture she smiled and made sweet coos. I didn't know what to expect taking them to the beach. I thought it may be too much..too much stuff to pack, too much to handle two babies, too much sand and too much sun, but we did great. We were able to get on the beach in one trip thanks to the Bob stroller. I took a blanket, toys, bottles, sunscreen, water, tent, more sunscreen, diapers....here are a few pictures of our bathing beauties enjoying the beach!