Mistaken Identity?

It appears that Sawyer thinks he is a dog. Not only does he chase the dogs around, he is now crawling in the dog kennel. Danner must think he crazy. Normally she will copy what he does, but not this. She just stands there and stares.......haha. Here are a couple of pictures of Sawyer crawling in the kennel. Notice how Buster is in his kennel protecting it.

February Fun

Danner has been crawling all over the place. She doesn't seem to find "trouble" as often as Sawyer does though. She is happy playing with her toys and watching the dogs. Sawyer likes to try to go near the fireplace, cords, and electronics......Ugg. Here are a couple pictures of Danner playing with some of her toys and entertaining herself!!

Here are a couple pictures of the babies. As you can see Sawyer has a rash on his face. The dr says it is from his pacifer, but he only uses it at night. I don't let him take it out of his crib. I guess we need to get rid of it soon! Sawyer loves to chase Buster around in circles. His new favorite game is "hide n seek." Jesse likes to hide while Sawyer finds him. Too cute.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Today we celebrated Danner and Sawyer's first Valentine's Day. They got several cards from family and a stuffed animal and books. They really enjoyed their cards and were covered in glitter by the time they were done playing/reading them. Here are a couple pictures of them today. Just so you know group pictures are a bit difficult these days. It is hard to keep them both still, smiling, and paying attention. Lost cause........Danner did have a cute bow in her hair, but Sawyer refused to let it stay in. So he yanked it out and ate it. Oh well........Sibling love!!!

Happy Valentine's Day to you!!

Sawyer's Set of Wheels....

Sawyer is really enjoying his "walk-behind" toy. He has finally learned that he can walk and push the car at the same time. Here is a video of him walking with his car. I think he will be walking really soon. He can stand by himself so it appears to be only a matter of time before he takes his first steps. Jesse thinks this is perfect training for pushing the lawn mower. He is practicing for the yard!! Here are a couple of pictures of the babies this week.

Happy 10th Month Birthday!!

Here are some pictures of the babies at 10 months. Danner and Sawyer love to sit by the door and look out.


Well yesterday Danner and Sawyer hit their 10th month. Time has flown by. I can't believe in 2 months they will be 1. It is sad to think how fast they grow up, but I look forward to seeing them walk and talk and play together. We have had quite the week. They both have been sick. Danner started with strep throat almost 2 weeks ago. It sure is hard trying to assess sick babies and figure out what is wrong. I really thought it was just a cold, but took her in anyway. They reluctantly did a strep test because I guess it is fairly uncommon in babies, but that is what it is. Fortunately Sawyer didn't get it. Which is quite surprising seeing as how the babies share toys, bottles, pacifiers, and spit!! But he did end up with a bad stomach bug. He still has it and we made our 3rd trip to the dr in 3 weeks. Poor guy has lost half a pound in 5 days. Danner has lost 2 ounces. Doesn't sound like much but when you are only gainly about half a pound a month.......Must be sympathy because she doesn't have the stomach bug (yet). We have to take her back next month for another weight check. She just doesn't like to drink her milk so isn't really gaining much weight. However she loves solid foods so I am not too concerned.

Danner can crawl and is starting to pull up on things. She can wave, clap, and raise her hands up. She can also say mama, dada, bye-bye, baba (bottle),and no no. And it appears that Danner will stick with the butt scoot even though she knows how to do the "real crawl".

Sawyer is quite active. He is standing and has been crawling for several months now. I think he will be walking soon (too soon)! He likes to crawl to all the wrong places.....like the fireplace, cords, and computer. His favorite thing to do is watch Maggie (our dog) out the window. That is what he is doing in the picture. He just learned to wave and clap. He can also say mama, dada, bye-bye, and baba (bottle).

Out with the "butt scoot".......

Well, Danner has officially mastered the "butt scoot". For those of you who have no idea what that is.....let me explain. Instead of the normal baby crawl, Danner prefers to sit up and put one leg in front and one in the back (like a split) and scoots around on her butt. She can get whereever she wants like this and it is quite a talent. But tonight when Jesse got home she decided she would upgrade to the official crawl. For some reason the babies love Jesse's glasses. So he put them on the floor in front of her and she crawled over to get them. It was as if she could do it all along and just didn't want to. So we will see which is the crawl of her choice, but now we know she can do both. She has also mastered waving bye, bye, clapping, and holding her arms up in the air. She is quite the little smarty pants.
Here is a video of her "butt scoot"

I'm Old.......

Well, it's official!! I'm old. Last night we celebrated my big 3-0 birthday with the family. We went to Hiro Japanese Steakhouse for dinner. Danner and Sawyer really enjoyed it there. They could be as loud as they wanted without anyone hearing them. Sawyer really loved the rice. He made a big mess. They were also very fasinated by the chef and the loud sounds and bright fire at the table. They had some rainbow sherbert for dessert and really loved it. Here are a few pictures from the night.....

Snow Day!!!!

Well it has finally snowed in Wilmington. Yaay for snow. We were anxiously awaiting the arrival of our light dusting of the white stuff this morning. I woke up and peeked out, but it wasn't there. So needless to say, I was quite disappointed. But around 10am the snow started falling. So after naptime, I dressed the babies......or attempted to dress the babies for their first trip out in the snow. It was a 20 minute ordeal. Sawyer couldn't keep his shoes on or his mittens. His hat and 1 mitten was off before we hit the door. And Danner left her mittens on but refused the shoes. SO.......here are some pictures. Danner loved the snow. She even got a few flakes on her tongue. Sawyer did NOT like the snow. I guess he will just be the beach bum.

Outside fun

We took the babies outside last week to play. It was a cloudy day but warm so we went outside to explore. Of course, Sawyer was everywhere. In the flower beds, on the concrete, trying to climb stairs to get a better view of Buster (our Jack Russell) who was peeking out the window.


Danner was more interested in my cell phone. She eventually did figure out that there was some grass and leaves around us.