EIGHT months old!!!

Happy Birthday!!!!

These mini's are growing fast, eight months already...wow. I know that is what every parent says, but it's true. Some days are very LONG, but collectively the weeks/months go fast. Always learning new tricks and letting their personalities shine, it's evident to me how different they really are. Each child is their own person.

Mister Truman may look like his daddy, but he is very much a "spaz" so most say he has my personality. (thanks people, thanks!) He is our "mister personality" that will shine a smile or give a giggle to anyone. Miss Aubrey may look like my side of the family, yet she is our calm observer. Yes, she's like her daddy. She's a tough cookie to crack, she won't give just anyone a smile and trying to get her to giggle is a BIG job. Overall, both these babes live up to their "gender stereotype." Here are some new things from the past couple of months:

• mister truman: 19 lbs. 3 oz; 27 3/4" tall (head is still in the 93rd percentile!)
• miss aubrey: 18 lbs; 26" tall (head is still itty bitty)
• mister truman has three teeth, miss aubrey has one tooth
• mister truman has mastered the army crawl, miss aubrey crawls backwards and rocks
• mister truman and miss aubrey talk all day - dada, baba, bobo, everything but mama
• both have been ill for 6 weeks solid
• mister truman gives hugs
• miss aubrey still cannot figure out how to blow raspberries, but she'll be great at blowing out her birthday candles
• mister truman loves to give zerberts
• miss aubrey has a crush on mickey mouse
• mister truman and miss aubrey sometimes talk to one another when they should be going to sleep...they love crib chat time
• mister truman and miss aubrey love to sleep on their side and up against a corner of their crib, most often towards each other
• they STILL steal toys from one another, but often I find mister truman hands a new toy to his sister before he steals from her...so we call that a trade!
• they are both all over the house so our ottoman, and any other extra furniture is used as "gates" from the dvd's, and other items they just shouldn't be into!

Happy Birthday mini's - you are loved by so very many...especially your mom and dad. Kisses.

34 sundays

...another sunday closer to a year of these mini's being home! In the past couple of weeks we've had some more changes. Miss Aubrey now is a proud owner of her first tooth! (bottom right) Mister Truman is officially a master at the army crawl and has already learned how to "turn on the charm" when the word "no" is uttered from my mouth. Miss Aubrey took an adventure and found a new area of the home, all on her own! They don't crawl so I still have one up on the speed of them, but they are getting quicker at squirming their way around. It won't be long until I will be running laps in the house trying to capture them! At least I'll save money by not needing a gym membership.

They are both enjoying having a variety of tastes to their meal times, they even like squash! And just this week I decided to give them some banana puffs, it was utter enjoyment watching their expressions. The first time they just stared at these foreign objects in front of them, then would look at me with confusion. The second time I put them in their mouths and Miss Aubrey decided it just wasn't for her...she automatically spit it out and since it was stuck on her bottom lip she kept trying to push it off with her tongue. She was NOT impressed. Mister Truman kept it in his mouth, but wasn't sure why. The third time, Miss Aubrey picked one up and put it in her mouth and kept it there. She actually went back for a second one! Mister Truman, well he just decided he'd play "puff hockey" with them on his tray. Disclaimer: I don't give them because I think they need snacks, rather I want them to learn hand/eye coordination...so maybe I can soon give them their spoon and they will feed themselves so I can just eat bonbons on the couch during meal time! ha.

They are definitely growing quickly and keeping this house a busy one. I enjoy all of it and constantly have the video camera out trying to capture every moment for their daddy. I am fairly certain they think the camera is just part of me now! Well, enjoy and maybe soon I'll figure out how to put videos on here so everyone can see them in action. OH, I also had too many cute/funny photos for these weeks so I put bonus photos at the end...feel free to comment with some clever captions!

33 sundays

miss aubrey

mister truman

34 sundays

miss aubrey

mister truman

bonus photos!

share any clever captions you have...

...until next sunday,

annie and mini's

32 sundays

February was a busy month for this family, so we got a little behind on blog posts. But here we are, into a new month and marking the calendar for 32 sundays of the mini's home.

We were traveling fools and the mini's were champs through the whole trip and really didn't mind being in their seats for that long. I think they've al

ready realized what army life consists of...lots of traveling! It's been bitter sweet to be home as it's tough not to be close to all our family and friends at home, yet the additional space is comforting. I could tell that mister truman recognized being home, the first day we were here he smiled the entire day! We have had a lot of interesting things happen in the past month, but I won't bore you with all the details because you probably won't find it interesting at all. So, below are the photos from the sundays. Unfortunately I misplaced (LOST) a memory card from our camera so we don't have photos from the 29th and 30th sunday. It's a bummer I know. But enjoy the ones we do have!

31 sundays

miss aubrey

enjoying her "new" toys at home

mister truman

also loving his "new" toy at home, so many things to do

...and we wonder why our kids attention spans are short

32 sundays

miss aubrey

?possible thumb sucker?

mister truman

(he's a serious superhero here with his bib on as a cape)

...until next sunday,

annie and mini's