6 months

In some ways it feels like Hudson and Brooklyn have been a part of our family forever, and yet it seems like just yesterday we brought them home from the hospital and very slowly started to accept the fact that we really had twins. It feels so good to be past the "baby baby" stage. They aren't eating in the middle of the night any more, they take 3 fairly good naps a day, they are easily entertained by each other, toys, their older brother and sister and mommy and daddy, they love to interact and talk and they are overall content and happy babies. It feels like somewhat of a victory to have survived the first 6 months. I remember several times in those first few weeks thinking....I can't wait until the babies are 6 months old....and here we are. God has been shaping and molding Kevin and I to accept the gifts he has given us in Hudson and Brooklyn. It is definitely a journey and it feels good to be further along the road then we were 6 months ago. I can safely say I am a better person than I was a year and a half ago and I have learned to trust God more which has lead to a deeper relationship with him. We are settling into a rhythm now. I would say the hardest thing about adding 2 babies instead of just one has been my inability to just "quick run an errand." There is nothing quick about loading 3 or 4 kids in the van to go to the grocery store or Target. Errand running now takes careful planning and usually happens without any little ones in tow.

                                    

Hudson Lee

 6 month stats

     18 lbs 5 oz

       27 1/2 inches 

Mr. Hudson is our happy little Bubba. He loves to smile and laugh. He loves to be held and cuddle. He starts frantically kicking when he knows he is going to be picked up. I think his favorite people are his big brother and sister.

Brooklyn Helena

6 month stats

15 lbs 13 oz

27 inches

Brooklyn is our little squirt. She is by far my littlest baby. She is a little more reserved with her smiles, but is beginning to warm up and smile a little quicker for those she doesn't know. She seems to be very aware of what is going on around her and loves to watch us do life around her.

Both kids love the excersaucer. Thank goodness for all the toys and contraptions that clutter our family room, but make mommy's job easier:)

Ethan took this picture for me. A rare photo of mommy and the babes.

Hudson and Brooklyn love to lay on the floor and play together. I often find them holding hands or trying to suck on each others fingers. The other day I found Brooklyn sucking on Hudson's foot. Good think he isn't walking around outside yet.

We're trying to introduce solid foods to H and B. Unfortunately I have a hard time remembering to do this every day. Their doctor says I need to be better about getting them to eat solid foods. I figure they won't be drinking only milk their whole lives, they'll figure it out sooner or later...right?

The other thing we need to be working on more is sitting up. Again...they won't be strictly laying on their backs and tummies forever....right?

I snapped this picture right before I caught Brooklyn falling over. I was pleasantly surprised how well they did when I practiced sitting with them for a little while. In the pictures it looks like they were sitting up all day, but it was really only 3 or 4 seconds, don't let the pics deceive you:)

I am still taking weekly pics of Brooklyn and Hudson individually with their bears, and together. I think the picture of them together will be getting quite interesting very soon.

So there's an update on Hudson and Brooklyn. We can't imagine our life without them.

Videos

Here are a couple videos of our happy babies. We really are so blessed to have happy content babies. They cry when they are tired or hungry and that's about it. Otherwise we hear lots of happy shrieking, cooing and laughing. It sure makes life easier for us to have babies who will just sit and kick in their bouncy seats or play in their excersaucers while we bussle around them and stop to chat every now and then. We have Hudson and Brooklyn's 6 month check up next week so I'll post some pics and stats after that. For now, enjoy the videos!

Ethan loves to talk to Hudson and Brooklyn and most of the time its loud talking and right in their faces. Good thing they aren't anything like Ethan was when he was a baby. Ethan would burst into tears with any loud noise, especially noise from "unpredictable" kids/ babies. He is still jumpy with loud noises, but obviously has no problem being loud himself.

Hudson and Brooklyn interacting on their own. They were patiently waiting for their bedtime bottles. It is so fun to watch them acknowlege each other. I pray that this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship:)

Miss Morgan

To my darling middle child. It's not your birthday, but with your little personality lately I just had to dedicate a post to you.

Morgan has fully arrived to TWO. The phrase you can hear from her little mouth the most is "Me do it" or "I got it mommy." She definitely exerts her independence in a big way. Right now Morgan has us pulling our hair out one minute and laughing hysterically the next. She has such a tender heart and cries if we even raise our voice at her. That makes discipline pretty dramatic in our house. Morgan loves to help and is a loving sister to her siblings. She also loves to sing and is starting to talk almost as much as her big brother. Mo has officially hit princess mode, and most days she is going to be a princess when she grows up. However on the way to church the other day she informed us, " I grow up, I be dinosaur". You can't accuse that girl of not dreaming big:) We are blessed daily by her huge smiles, cuddles, hugs, songs and dancing.

The biggest part of Morgan's day is spent changing clothes. She changes her clothes approximately 5 times a day. Sometimes when she is really quiet I'll say, "Morgan, what are you doing." and she responds with "Changing mommy." Interestingly her clothing choices are usually the biggest, garage sale clothes she has, and of course, they never match:) We're currently working on putting clothes back in her drawers, not neatly, just in the drawer is fine with me. Below you'll find some of Morgan's outfits over the last couple weeks. Enjoy the fashion show:)

We love you so much sweet girl and we feel privileged to be your mommy and daddy.