9 Months

Well, the girls are 9 months now.  Wow, I cannot believe our babies are 9 months old.  We went to the doctor and here are their latest stats.

Allie
Height    29.5     94% Percentile
Weight   21.10    87% Percentile
Head      44.1 cm
Two middle teeth on the bottom with one budding at the top.
Clapping along to Patty Cake.
Crawling like crazy.
Pulling up on everything.
Walking while holding on to objects.
Waves bye-bye.
Has separation anxiety big time!
Allie is coming off of her Zantac this week for her reflux. YAY!

Olivia
Height    29.5     94% Percentile
Weight   22.2     91% Percentile
Head      44.3 cm
Two middle teeth on the bottom with one budding at the top.
Clapping along to Patty Cake.
Can play Peek a boo.
Crawling like crazy.
Pulling up on everything.
Walking while holding on to objects.
Waves bye bye.
Has stranger and separation anxiety like crazy!

All in all the girls are growing perfectly!  Doctor Adams is amazed at how healthy and strong they are.  He said they are developmentally ahead of  other babies their age.  That makes me so happy.  As a parent you always wonder if you are doing something wrong or not doing enough of something.  Doctor Adams assured me that our babies are growing and developing perfectly. 

The girls are down to two bottles a day now; a morning and night bottle.  This is so nice.  Those of you who can remember when they were younger, we were going through 12 bottles a day with each girl (sometimes more) totalling up to 24 BOTTLES a day!! I hated bottles, especially washing them.  Now we are at 4 bottles a day, HALLELUJAH!!!!!

And oh goodness these girls LOVE to eat.  The girls are eating us out of house and home.  This has always been a concern of mine.  Am I feeding my babies too much?  Are they eating enough? Am I going to starve them?  I am very cautious of what my babies eat and how much.  I don't mean to sound like one of those moms that puts their kids on diets or feeds their babies so much they become obese.  I want my girls to be healthy just like anyone else.

The girls are still on their strict schedule.  People poke fun and even criticize the way we stay on this schedule.  If you have one baby and especially multiples, then you know a schedule is a NECESSITY to SURVIVE!!!!  Go ahead and make fun, criticize, or talk about me behind my back our Doctor told us today that our girls are developmentally ahead of other babies and they are right on track for their age, we are doing something right.

Here are a few pictures from the last two weeks.

Allie (L) and Olivia (R) in their wagon they got for Christmas from their Great Great Grandmother.  Thank you Granny Lacy!  The girls LOVE this wagon.

Allie (L) and Olivia (R) during bath time.  They love their bath.

(Allie)
Does this child look like her Daddy or what?

(Olivia)
"Hmmm, I wonder if this tastes any good."

Allie and Justin
This makes my heart melt.  Allie has had a bad time with these silly teeth coming in.  Justin always knows how to calm her down.

And here comes Olivia.  I promise my babies wear pants.  I don't know why she doesn't have her pajama bottoms on.

The next four pictures the girls are in outfits that my sister, Whitney, and I wore when we were their age.  The girls wore these to church on Sunday and as we were walking into church, I said to the girls, "You girls are wearing outfits that Aunt Whit and I wore when we were your age."  Justin quickly came back and said, "Wow girls, these are 30 years old."  I quickly corrected him and stated that the outfits are 27 years old, not 30.  Funny guy.

Allie in a two piece smocked dress with a hand embroidered overlay.

Allie

Olivia in a smocked jumper with a tie sash in the back.

Olivia

 Aunt Whitney and I bought the girls a bowling set.  Let me tell you, the girls LOVE this thing.

Allie (L) and Olivia (R).  They love the bowling balls.  It came with two, how nice.

Justin set them up for us.

Justin showing the girls what to do.  Coaching them.

Allie bowled first!!!! She got her first strike!

She was ready to do it again.

Olivia wanted to keep her ball all to herself.

"Nobody is taking this away from me!  Can anyone see me?"

We had pictures done with an amazing photographer, Erica Hartzog, on Tuesday of last week.  We made the girls 9 month pictures, Easter pictures, and family Easter pictures.  I'm headed tomorrow to pick them up.  I cannot wait to see them.  As soon as I get them, I'll post some. 

Happy Monday!!!