Nine Months

Graham and Pierce are nine months old!  How is that possible?

Aunt Julie got them these awesome hats!  We've gotten a lot of use out of them on walks.

My blue eyed boys

Daddy's trick - He used to do this with Monroe too.

Eating broccoli (or the chair)

The trays taste even better

Monroe absolutely loves her brothers.  She never gets tired of playing with them.  

Graham found sister's baby

playing in a box

Round two with teeth started rough for Graham

Helping with the laundry

38 weeks in and 38 weeks out

 A beautiful day at the park

 The boys' first time swinging

Our Wonderful Alicia

Our first video of Graham crawling

We had a hard time deciding on which picture to post because we had so many smiles.

This is the first month that I feel I have different things to say about the boys.  

Pierce seems to be our noise maker.  He claps, squeals, and jabbers more than Graham.  He seems to like music, and he shakes his head when we say no.

Graham is moving more than Pierce.  He is now sitting up from laying, and we find him sitting up in his crib.  He is officially crawling, which means he can now get to anything he wants.  We have put up the baby gates and started doing a better job of cleaning.

Both boys are sleeping all night.  Yay!  They sleep from 7:00-7:00.  They are also loving food.  They want anything we have, and they have gotten good at feeding themselves.  They are in a "Mommy phase."  They will be playing contentedly on the floor, and then immediately start whining when I walk into the room.  If I am playing on the floor with them, they both want to be as close to me as possible.  However, when I try to get them to say "Mama", they smile and say, "Dada" instead.  

Graham now has four teeth on top, and Pierce has two with two more looking ready.  We were surprised when we found them this week.

We have not had the boys' nine month appointment yet, but we took them to HyVee to weigh them.  Graham is 20 lbs 9 oz and Pierce is 20 lbs 6 oz.  They are in the 64th and 62nd percentile for weight.

These happy boys make every day great!  We love them so much!