Busy Afternoon

I took advantage of a sale at Target today and bought one little push walker/car thing. They seem to like it and we'll probably get a second one even though they can't use it that well yet. Here's a little action sequence of Tilly with the new car:

While Ellie got a turn on the car, James and Tilly ate some cheerios and puffs:

And Isadora found a fun new place to hide:

Then the girls were rewarded with cherry oatmeal:

Ellie with bowl, Tilly without bowl

Don't Judge Us

So don't judge us, but sometimes, just sometimes, instead of folding our clean laundry right away like my father recommends we dump it in one of the baby's cribs. (A basenet really, but I don't understand the difference.) Well last week I thought I would combine my love of not folding clothes and the babies' love of looking out the window and occasionally petting a cat. The results were a smashing success! Abby got some time to herself and took a long shower and I ate graham crackers and peanut butter while the little ladies gazed out the window on a blustery day. Good times.

Here are 3 beautiful pictures the Morrises took of the girls today. Thanks for rolling around on the ground through ant hills, David, it was worth it, the pictures are great!

Flowers, Laundry and Flowers

Here's some pics from our trip to the arboritum with the Schweerses.

Ellie and Eisley Fun on a deer of some sort Tilly and the frog

Crazy Cousin Chris Hats, Inc

Here are hats Chris sent us. They're pretty sweet. Ellie is the lion and Tilly is the mouse. The next video is from two minutes later. If you're interesed in buying a hat by Chris you can contact me, his manager. We'll try to put of some of the Nana Tiggeman photos this week.

Thing One and Thing Two

Matilda is in the Thing One shirt and Elinor is in the Thing 2 shirt

Spittin' Good

The girls are doing well at 7 1/2 months. They both have 2 little teeth coming up on the bottom. Teething has been a fussy time and they have been doing a lot of crying with real tears. We went to the doctor for their flu booster this week. They have each gained two pounds in a little over a month. Tilly is nor officially 17 lbs and Ellie is 17 lbs 9.5 oz. They have mastered rolling over and turing in circles on their bellies. Ellie now says "ba ba ba ba ba" and Tilly stays busy making raspberries (as you will see in the video below). They are doing well with eating and have enjoyed their evening oatmeal, but they are not fans of carrots or peas. We're hoping to master sitting up soon (they keep leaning back) and crawling (they only seem interested when a cat walks by). We hope you enjoy the video below. Tilly now does this every evening, and Ellie usually has more oatmeal on herself than is her belly, but they have a lot of fun.

Six and a half months

Just a quick update on the little ladies:

Tilly all tuckered out from bananas.

Eating solid food is going great. Tilly acutally started crying yesterday because I was not feeding her fast enough. They now eat butternut squash, sweet potatoes, bananas with cereal, and zuchini. They also eat frozen bananas and cantelope in this mesh pacifier thing. They get completely soaked in juice and drool, so we save it for the evening before bathtime. We make the food ourselves to save a little money, and we know they are getting fresh, organic fruits and veggies.

Elinor enjoying some pre-bath frozen bananas.

We got a new inflatable bathtub that the girls love. It looks like a giant rubber duck and it quacks when you squeeze it's beak. They think the quacking is hilarious and they giggle a lot. They are also fans of kicking and splashing in the bathtub. It's too small to fit them both, so we'll have to wait for bath parties until they are big enough for the real tub.

Tilly; Ellie (they both were having fun, but the flash caught Tilly off guard)

We enjoyed our first trip apart from the girls. They spent a few days with Nana and Grandpa in San Antonio, while we went to a conference for James in Austin. The grandparents had fun and James and I got two nights of baby free sleep. The girls are getting quite skilled. Ellie has pretty much mastered rolling over, especially when there's a toy that needs to be reached. They are both getting closer to being able to sit on their own, but would still prefer you to help them stand intstead. They are always doing little crunches to try to sit up, which seems to be a good sign. They love to eat their feet and play with toys now. They also love watching they cats. They get really excited and start kicking and jumping when they see them. Sirus and Little one are their favorites, because they can usually grab some fur when they walk by. The girls were very excited to see that Sirus accompanied us to the vet yesterday and responded to all his cries in the car. They can also grab almost anything they see within a second or two. They can go from laying on the couch with their toys to completely wrapped in pillows and blankets in about a minute. They also like grabbing eachother, which leads to some crying (when one starts chewing on the other's hand/foot) and many scratches. Overall they are happy, healthy little girls who are getting to be a lot of fun.

Matilda playing with the blanket; Tilly trying to eat Ellie's ear

Everyone likes their new toy from Michelle (even Little One)

Tilly, Ellie, and Gnomey in some snow/ice (Tilly and Ellie are the same height, the camera distance is just different)