It's Been a While

It's been a really long time since a post has been made, and believe me, I know!  Many people have made me well aware of the fact that they do not appreciate the lack of posts.  My grandpa, Opa, is one of them, and he really doesn't appreciate it!  I know how you feel, you become emotionally invested in families of blog's that you follow, and nothing is more frustrating than when they stop updating.  I am now "that guy".  For that I apologize, I have had every intention of posting about what is going on in our life and things just got busy!  But, the truth is, I enjoy doing this, and I am going to try and be better about keeping everyone informed about what is going on with us!

I guess we should start way back when I stopped.  My monthly posts stopped at six months, and that is when things started getting busy.  Easton and Emerson started crawling and there was no turning back. This past year has been such a joy and watching the two of them grow and interact with us and each other has been amazing!

They are both so stinkin cute and have very different personalities.  Emerson is our wild child.  She loves to climb and is all over the place.  She's pretty tough too.  She likes to pick on her brother (she's been walking since the new year and he hasn't).  It entertains her to take a toy away from Easton and "run" and then laugh.  Oh yes, that's her.  I keep thinking, you better enjoy that now because once he walks, it's on.  She loves to dance, I mean LOVES to dance, and she talks all of the time.  She has a handful of words that she says.  I love it when she talks to me, knowing exactly what she is saying, and I don't have a clue.

Easton is our more sensitive child.  He LOVES to cuddle (which makes me happy) and gets his feelings hurt easier.  He enjoys being silly and loving on Emerson.  He is also stubborn and can have more of a temper when things don't go his way.  Nothing like getting on to him and then he laughs.  Then I have to try not to laugh because the face he makes when he laughs is contagious.

As of yesterday, they are both walking now.  Easton is still in the wobbly faze though.  I love it when kids first start to walk.  They throw their arms up in the air and take such little steps.  They look up at you for the praise they so much deserve!

They turned one on January 6th and we had a party with so many of our family and friends to celebrate them.  Never again will we have a party at our house.  It was pretty crazy, but a good crazy!!

Basically we are eating up every minute with these two!  The love they have brought is indescribable!  Thank you so much for being patient with the lack of posts, and I will try my hardest to be better!  With that being said, just assume that no news is good news!!

Easton 7 months

7 months-pictures of both of them getting harder

Emerson-7 months

Emerson-8 months

Easton-8 months

8 months-pictures becoming impossible

Eason tackling her for once

One of Easton's favorite spots

Emerson-9 months

9 months-we must have been doing something really silly to get them to be still

Eason-9 months

Easton-10 months

Emerson-10 months

10 months-them making a liar out of me

Fist Day at Disney

Emerson-11 months (will not sit down for picture)

11 months-do NOT want to keep these stickers on our shirts

Easton-11 months

Hanging out in the back of Dad's truck

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve

 One Year

One Year-love Em's face

One Year

6 Months--I'm SO Late!

Six Months

So, I'm a bad mommy!  I'm having to hurry and do this post because in three days it will be time for the seven month post.  Oh well!  We've just been having so much fun, I haven't had time to sit down and get all of this typed up.

Easton and Emerson are both doing amazing!  They are both growing like weeds and are just SO happy!  They truly smile most of the time and usually only get upset when they are hungry and tired (even those times aren't bad).  They are both rolling over all of the time and actually enjoy being on their tummies now.  One of their favorite things to do is to roll around and grab each other.  Both of them also really enjoy playing in their exersaucers.  Now they get bored being in their bouncer chairs and sometimes will try and turn around in them.  We're having to use their little newborn loungers sparingly because they roll right off.  There have been a couple of times when I left the room for a few seconds and come back and they're on the floor.

July 4th-They look so "tall" here

First time in the "big" seats of the stroller

They did this on their own.  For the first time, they didn't change their pose while I ran to get the camera.

Eating is going much better for Emerson.  However, she does usually wait until she's had about five bites before she decides that the food is okay to continue eating.  Easton, on the other hand, hasn't turned any food away and he doesn't hesitate at all when he eats!!  It's so funny because they know when I put them in their high chairs what's about to happen…and then they get really excited when the bibs come out!!  AND they now both hold their own bottles.  Even though this is a big deal, I have to admit, sometimes I wish they would still let me feed them (they're growing up too fast).  Every once in a while, though, if they are really tired, they drop their hands for us to feed them (love those times, sweet, sleepy babies)!  Mr. Easton also cut his first two teeth.  The first one showed up on July 4th and the second one was a few days later.

I love watching them interact with each other.  They smile and laugh at each other, and they look for each other.  These two continue to bring us so much joy!  We just love them so much!!

Easton

Weight:  19 pounds 3 ounces

Height:  27.5 inches

Eating:  7 ounces in the morning and before bed; 5-6 ounces with meals; cereal for breakfast and one container of food for lunch and dinner 

Teeth:  July 4th

*Loves to play on the floor and play in the bouncy exersaucer.  He smiles easily and loves to bounce when you hold him.  He HATES the nose sucker-outer.  He will snuggle too!!

Emerson

Weight:  16 pounds 1 ounce

Length:  26 inches

Eating: 6 ounces in the morning and before bed; 4-5 ounces with meals; cereal for breakfast and one container of food for lunch and dinner

Teeth:  none yet

*Loves to play on the floor and in the stationary exersaucer.  Wiggles like crazy when you change her diaper, loves the nose sucker-outer.  Have to work a little harder to get her to smile and is easily excited.  Not really into snuggling…thinks she might miss something!

5 Months

We're Five Months

Can you tell we're teething!

I just have to start by saying how much I love these two (I know, shocker!).  There is no such thing as too many kisses at our house, and it's a good thing.  They have brought us so much happiness and quite frankly, I can't get enough of them.  They are changing more and more every day and their personalities are really shining through.

We have started introducing cereal and vegetables and surprise, surprise, Easton LOVES everything we've given him.  Emerson on the other hand is not so fond of the veggies.  She absolutely cannot stand green beans and she's thinking about giving squash a chance.  It's pretty entertaining watching her facial expressions and even more dramatic, the gagging that takes place!

Before

"What's about to happen?"

"I think I'm going to like this!"

First bite

Give me more! (He was mad to have to be waiting)

First bite

I absolutely HATE this!

Both of them enjoy being in the exersaucers.  Right now we have to tuck a blanket in front of them so that they don't fall over and hit their faces.  They both have their preferences though.  Easton likes being in the one where he can jump (he absolutely loves to bounce--even when you are holding him he likes to bounce).  Emerson prefers the exersaucer that doesn't bounce, but has A LOT more toys to play with.  She spins around in the seat to play with all of them.  It's so neat to watch them focus in on a toy and reach for it.  And then it goes right into their mouths.  With that said, I think they both must have teeth trying to come in because EVERYTHING goes into their mouth.  This includes, but is not limited to, mom's bracelets, the finger of anyone they grab, their own toes, etc.

Playing at Ashley's

Our first swim at the Meijer's

Shopping with Mom

Swimming (floating)

My absolute favorite thing that has started is that Easton has become quite the cuddle bug!  He lays his head on my shoulder or chest and just loves on you!  I LOVE THIS!  Emerson, on the other hand, doesn't want to have anything to do with that.  She is a little nosy rosy and is afraid that if she lays her head down she is going to miss something.  The crazy thing about all of this is that Cade and Addi were the exact same way.  Cade loved to cuddle with me and Addi really didn't care much about cuddling.

This past month we also experienced our first virus.  Easton had a bad cough and our pediatrician put him on an inhaler to loosen the symptoms.  Cade and Addi both had to be on inhalers as infants, so this was nothing new to us.  He is now much better!

We are simply loving life and I could not be happier that I am now out of school and I can spend more time with my two love bugs!!  We are truly blessed!!

Easton

Weight:  18 pounds (holy moly)

Eating:  6 ounces (7 oz. in the morning and evening)

Cereal:  May 12

Veggies:  June 2

*Loves to smile, lay on the floor and roll over, and play in the exersaucer.

Emerson

Weight:  14 pounds (as of June 23--I'm so late)

Eating:  5 ounces (6 oz. in the morning and evening)

Cereal:  May 12

Veggies:  June 4

*Loves smiling, loves to watch Chloe (our dog), very observant about things (nosy rosy), very active when having her diaper changed and while taking a bath!