playdate

Hannah and Brennan Flach ... chillin'

Hanging out with Cohen Flach
Meredith sat for a good 15 minutes all by herself! Just when we think she will be behind Hannah with something ... she will take the lead!

this week ...

I came home from taking Cooper to the vet and this is how I find Alan & the girls ... watching football ... it was too cute!

Meredith
Hannah

I can't believe they are 6 months old ...

The girls still hate lying down so this is one solution! I don't think they are going to be rollers, but rather earlier sitters ... they aren't too interested in rolling around ... they only want to sit and stand ... hard when there is only one of me and they can't do it on their own ... these girls are so frustrated at not being able to do everything they WANT to do so badly!

Yes, they already fight over toys ... even at 6 months, they only want the toy that sister has ... sometimes the sister IS the toy and they grab at each other all the time ... most times not so much fun for the one who is grabbed!
All ready for a chilly jog with Mommy! With the slacking off on running for a year, the hills, and the extra cargo ... runs are really hard these days!

Our house ... the Finley Daycare

Meredith ... she is pushing to her fists!

Hannah ... will be sitting without support soon!

Family photo

Mommy & girls ... my always squirmy Hannah and my usually calm Meredith!

my 3 "kids" ...

Here are my 3 kids trying out one of their Christmas gifts. Our house is beginning to look like a daycare! Which, as Alan pointed out, it really is a daycare!! The girls got tons of new toys and clothes. We also started rice cereal today. We got it on video, of course! Hannah did great and got mad if I didn't feed it to her fast enough. Meredith wasn't too sure about eating off of a spoon.

Hannah in the jumperoo

Meredith in the jumperoo

Cooper in the jumperoo

big girls!

Grammy & Granddaddy Finley gave us highchairs for Christmas (we cheated and put them together early). Now we are all ready to start solid foods in a few weeks.

Meredith-just chillin'

I never imagined THIS ...
Miss Hannah practicing sitting in the big girl chair

Miss Meredith is all smiles!

We had our 5 month appointment and are doing well! They didn't like the shots as usual! They both weighed the same at 11 pounds and 4 ounces. They are back off the growth curve at less than 5% but the doc says it is just fine that they are growing well. It just means that they can't wear any of the cute 3-6 month holiday clothes that I got for them! As always, I can't resist taking pictures ... here are some from this week!

I try to get them to lie flat ... happily ... because Meredith is SO close to rolling back to belly ... they don't like it though ... they want to sit and stand (supported, of course) like big girls! They got fussy lying on their backs and needed pacifiers.

Tummy time is another thing we are working hard on!

Hi sister! They are starting to smile and coo at each other all the time. It is the cutest thing!