6 Months Old

Today Addyson and Braden are 6 months old! Their first 1/2 birthday!!!

What a long way they have come! Addyson weighs 9 pounds 2 ounces and Braden weighs 15 pounds 2 ounces. It's amazing how much they learn to do in such a short time! Addyson is now rolling over both ways. Braden rolls from his tummy to his back. They are trying cereal - you can see how much they like it by these pics!

Addyson still is a challenge when it comes to eating . . . some days. We had about a week of horrible fights. Now when she's done eating there's no forcing her so she just makes it up later in the day. Over the last several days though she has been eating AWESOME! In about 5 minutes and more than normal - so we're enjoying this phase for as long as it lasts! We still have to wake her up every 4 hours at night so Ryan and I are still severely sleep deprived . . . but we're glad the kids are growing and doing well. Braden has made huge strides in his eating and has gotten his suck-swallow-breathe down and was even able to move up to a faster flow nipple on his bottle. He still loves to eat!

They are both really noisy and learning to use their voices. Braden has lots of smiles and laughs - especially for his mommy :) and Addyson is hilarious. She can scoot herself all over the place! I can only imagine how much fun she will be to chase once she starts crawling!! They are both sucking on their fingers and Braden likes to suck on his arm, so they're drooling like crazy. Braden still loves his swing. They are now sleeping in their cribs in their own room at night and doing great at that. Braden still amazes us with his pooping abilities - just today he pooped out the top and side of his diaper and got a bath because he had poop seriously from his hair to his toes. What a boy!!! Both of them are grabbing and holding things.

They are both tons of work and tons and tons of fun. Life has changed so much but I wouldn't want to imagine it without them. We are so thankful for lots of things today. Back in January I wasn't sure what life would look like at their 6 month birthday - whether God would let us have both of them and whether they would be healthy, happy babies or not. I never dreamed they would be doing so well - they have never even had a sniffle. As challenging as two infants can be, God has continued to give just enough patience and strength to make it through. And just when things are the craziest they give big smiles and make it better! What a blessing they are.

Here's some more snapshots of our precious miracles!