Professional Pics

This summer we did a professional photo session.  Here are the best shots.  The babies were 8 months old.

Josie's follow up appt

Today we had Josie's 8 month follow up appointment at Credit Valley Hospital (it's based on her due date). The occupational therapist was very impressed with her fine and gross motor skills.  She also gave us some tips to help James learn to go from lying down to sitting and from sitting to standing.  The Paediatrician said that Josie is perfect.  We obviously agree.  

Earlier this week I spent two days in Peterborough.  The twins loved visiting with their cousin Brianna.  Here are some pics from the Peterborough Early Years Centre.

James and Grandma Charlotte.  

James is awesome so I guess Brian must be pretty awesome too.

We had beets for dinner tonight!

Bath time at our house.

Standing!!

I will post a proper update tonight but I am just so excited I had to share this.  Today James stood unassisted for about 15 seconds.  He did this multiple times!

Babies on the move

In the last week we have watched Josie progress through the stages of learning to crawl and she is now on the move.  James is still mostly crawling with his tummy on the floor but he is experimenting with regular crawling and I think he will have it mastered soon.  

Josie has also learned how to pull herself up on things.  This is amazing but also scary because she has a lot farther to fall now.  

The twins had a great visit today with Auntie Vickie.  She was very impressed by how mobile they've become.  

I'm not sure if I have posted this yet but the twins continue to say dada, A LOT.  This week they have also started saying mamamama but not yet in the context of referring to me as their mama.  I'm working on it!

Clean up

We got a little carried away when we were cleaning up the babies toys today. :)

Fun Fall Weekend

We had a great family focused fall weekend.  Friday night we went to Ikea for dinner.  James had difficulty focusing on dinner because he discovered his shadow. 

Saturday morning I took the babies to Amazon Indoor Playground where I met some other Etobicoke moms.  A lot of the toys were too advanced for the twins but they loved the ball pit and as usual being the mom of twins made me a mommy celebrity.  

We also spent lots of time in the twins new playroom (aka our new sunroom).  They love the carpet.  

The babies continue to grow up right in front of us.  

Sunday we went to visit Melissa and Gethin at their new house in Erin.  

All-in-all it was another great weekend.  

9 months old

Wow!  I can't believe my babies are 9 months old.  They have grown up so much in the last month.  They are now sitting up, army crawling, have 2 teeth and they have both said their first word: dada.  They are so much fun right now!

We took them for their 9 month check up today. James is now 16 lbs 6 oz.  He is in the 15% for weight and the 50% for height.  Josie has grown a lot this month and is up to 14 lbs 3 oz.  She is in the 3% for weight and the 15% for height.  This is a really big deal because she has always been below the 0.1% for weight until now!

I did a little photoshoot with them this afternoon.  They don't look like babies anymore :(

Today I had some moms and babies from my online baby group over.  There were 12 moms and 13 babies!  All the babies were born between Dec 2013 and March 2014.