Naptime Story

Right now we are in Charlotte, so the twins are sharing a pack and play again for the first time in a couple of months. 

Yesterday, I went to put Henry in after Mary Catherine and she looked up and smiled at him with the biggest grin!  It was as if she was saying, "Hi!  Are you sleeping with me?  Yay!"  Henry smiled right back at her.  It was so sweet. 

About 30 minutes later, I can still hear Mary Catherine, which is unusual.  She started crying so I went up and checked on her.  I look in the crib and found Henry sound asleep, but with Mary Catherine's pacifiers on his side of the crib!  Poor Mary Catherine had no pacifiers and could not go to sleep. 

That little stinker had taken them from her even though he sucks his thumb! 

Henry's First Tooth

I discovered Henry's first tooth breaking through his bottom gum tonight.  This explains why his naps have been kind of pathetic the last few days.  I would post a picture, but yeah, right!  Once it's in all the way I might be able to get one.

Yuck.

I attempted to feed the twins some baby oatmeal. 

Henry did not like it.  He kept letting it pool in his mouth. 

Eventually he would spit it out. 

By the end, his eyes were red rimmed from all the crying. 

Mary Catherine did not like it either.  

However, she was more polite. 

When I gave her some she would shudder and then try her best to smile up at me. 

Six Months~December 3rd

The twins are six months! Aren't they so adorable?!? We just love them so much.  The girls continue to enjoy spending time with the twins.  They want to get them out of their cribs after their naps every single day, several times a day.  Since the twins have become more lively and interactive, Jackson is enjoying making them laugh.  They think he is so funny!  

We went to the doctor the other day and got shots.  The twins' stats are as follows:
Mary Catherine: 12 lbs 10oz (4%) and 25 in. (25%)  Henry: 13 lbs 6.5 oz (<3%) 25.5 in. (25%)

The doctor said they had dropped a bit on their curves, but she wasn't concerned because by looking at them she could tell they weren't 'wasting away'.

Mary Catherine has a bit of chub to her, but Henry is lean.  He reminds me of Jackson's build.

I am constantly dealing with my milk supply, but unless the babies are fussy or appear hungry I am okay with them being a little leaner and having breast milk instead of being chubbier on formula.  My milk might go out next week and then they would get formula, but until that happens we will nurse.

I know that nursing them is truly a blessing from the Lord.  It was a great struggle for many months, as you can read about here, but for the last few months it has been going well.  It has increased my prayer life in that area and my dependency on the Lord.

I don't know how much longer I will be able to nurse and I don't know why my supply is low this week.  Recently, I lost a few pounds, so maybe that's why.  I guess I'll just have to stay chubby until June...Darn.