9 month marathon post

whew...here goes....
Things have been crazy here. In the past month the boys have been growing so much, and are becoming more and more mobile. Not crawling quite yet..but soooo close, especially Ronnie..he has started getting up on all fours and rocking back and forth. That has been going on for about 3 weeks now, so I am guessing crawling should be any day now! Joey can push his chest up and move around in a circle, but has yet to get his butt up. Otherwise they are doing great! obviously growing super well.
The only obstacle we have run into is that daggone cereal..we have tried three times, both rice and oatmeal, and each time we have big tummy issues. We have a GI appt this week, and hopefully we will get some answers on what to do next.
We did get over half of a hurtle this past month too...we got through sleep training with Joey.
Our pediatrician wanted us to wait until 8 months, because they have been through so much already, and they still had such tummy issues, so if they cried they needed me. SO...we went ahead and started with Joey, because he's my easy going little guy. He was a champ...1st night he cried for 50 minutes, 2nd night 20 minutes, 3rd night 4 minutes, 4th night, not a peep :)
We planned to start Ronnie soon after, BUT he wanted to put that off for a while, so he decided to start really teething..and then to put it off further decided to get THREE teeth at once!!! Poor little guy! He still has a little ways to go, and I hope they hurry up :(
OH! and Joey did get his bottom 2! With him though, I hardly noticed a difference besides the drool. He is just so laid back!
Well...
here comes the good stuff, the pictures :)
First we'll start with some stuff from the past month

ronnie can sit like a champ now!


joey is getting much better at sitting too!


my favorite joey look


ronnie has only managed to "crawl" backwards..and it gets him in some funny positions..he doesn't seem to mind


trying to read a book to the boys before nap time...they are having none of it ;)


We also took the boys for their first walk in the stroller without their car seats..
Ronnie LOVED it, Joey was not so sure. It was really cute at the beginning, every hill and bump, Ronnie would squeal :)


















AND we gave the boys their first bath together! They loved it! Again, especially Ronnie..he was splashing the whole time.









Here starts our 9 month photo shoot :)

Ronnie is irresistible


Handsome Ronnie in an adorable outfit from Aunt Jess






Ronnie took a break from the photo shoot for his favorite activity, rocking back and forth on all fours :)


Joey was napping the 1st half of the photo shoot


He was pretty excited about the prospects of a fun shoot


Handsome Joey






joey is soooooo over it, haha




The boys entertaining each other












my loves


beautiful ronnie


Trying to take the 9 month picture was ridiculous this time around, haha. Ronnie doesn't like being put on his back for the most part anymore..so I had to just wait for him to roll over...they are getting to be such HUGE boys









joey says "mom, i thought you were done with the photo shoot!" :)


finally time to eat




this evening joey spent some quality time with his doggie..he loves shorty, and i love that smile :)


finally! no more paparazzi!!



thanks for looking, love to all from nora, ron, ronnie and joey

9 months!!!

I am working on a big 9 month post..but for now lets just see what changes have been going on these past 9 months

1 month, right after the boys came home from the hospital


3 months


6 months (chunksters)


9 months! switched sides, but believe me, it was hard enough to get them to hold still for half a second!

Christmas pt. 2/Happy New Year/We'll see how long this nap lasts

Soooo, I will try to get this update in quickly before the fellas wake up from their nap. For some reason the first nap of the day is the best one..
I keep hearing it's supposed to be the 2nd one..but the boys never got that memo. Its fine with me, I like this time to myself in the morning. Its kind of relax time. When they actually nap for any longer than 30 minutes in the afternoon, I feel like I should get stuff done, but this nice 1-1.5 hour nap in the morning lets me do email, shower, read, drink lots of coffee and just unwind and mentally prepare for the struggle of the next nap in a few hours, haha.
The boys are doing well right now. Its no surprise schedules were a bit wacko from the holidays, and because of that they actually slept through the night once..so that makes twice in just about 8 months..wooo!! It was nice, i just wish that night I had gone to bed before 1am, so I would have gotten more than 5 hours sleep! New Years day they decided they would not nap at all..I guess they were just excited thinking about everything they are going to do this year :)
It seems like they might be back on some sort of normal schedule though..so yay! Time for me to mess it all up again :) Some changes are coming...gonna try solids again next week, I am going to try to move out of the nursery soon (although Ron is the one who is more hesitant, because he likes sleeping with the dogs so much!). Then, the much dreaded sleep training!!! I am still not sure how much I will do. I know I need to break them of the habit of falling asleep with the bottle, and have to let them learn to fall asleep on their own, but its so hard to determine when is the right time, and when their health issues are resolved enough.

***both boys are awake now, so i will make this fast while i watch some tummy time***

i just took these with the webcam :)


and ronnie is working on sitting up..


First...
Christmas :)

on christmas eve daddy reading twas the night before christmas


the tree


our first stockings


daddy testing out the toy piano


ron putting together the crawl and cruise


the tree on our first family christmas morning :)


ronnie was slightly excited


opening the 1st present


and enjoying the paper


joey opening one of his many books


joey loves his giraffe mat


and ronnie loves his monkey mat


ronnie also loves his feet


i think the family favorite is the piano..




the pile of presents at the grandparents house..


in the new chairs :)


the boys got a little scared by the many camera flashes as they posed in their chairs, but they had each other for comfort ;)


ronnie's favorite gift=wrapping paper


drums were a hit too :)


aunt jess with ronnie


joey and grandma


joey and grandpa


aunt kimmie with the boys..and yes ronnie had to have a wardrobe change..his tummy didn't even give him a break on christmas!


aunt jess and uncle sean entertain the fellas


joey practicing tummy time


ronnie thinking back on the great week "i could kinda get used to this christmas thing"


ronnie could not get to sleep..poor thing was more tired than i have ever seen him, but he was very pleasant, which was amazing..i think he was too tired to fuss :)


the christmas booty


daddy and the boys playing with all of the goods


while i was writing this the boys have been on the move...not crawling, but rolling all around the room..its pretty awesome :)


whew! marathon holiday post done!
I hope everyone had a great holiday, and a very very happy new year...I know we have some amazing stuff to come, and
I am so excited and happy we have such wonderful people around us to share it with!
Love to all!