When Addison and Fischer were just a couple months old, I thought I had them all figured out. I thought, without a doubt, Fischer would be mobile very early on because of how much he moved when I was pregnant, and also how much he loved kicking his feet and moving his hands. I thought Addison would be happy to just be carried everywhere because she loved being held, and would be just fine never having to work harder than necessary to get somewhere.  Boy, did I have it wrong!  Fischer still loves kicking his feet, and Addison still loves being held, but when it comes to being mobile, Addison is very ready. She is trying so hard to sit, crawl and stand all at once. Fischer is happy rolling and scooting. It's funny to watch Addison because you can tell she's trying to crawl, then she changes her mind and wants to go into a sitting position and then she gets tired or frustrated and ends up falling and scooting around.  The other day, I put her hands on two bars and stood her up and she stood for at least 10 seconds on her own. Once she realized she could stand, she started trying to pull herself up. She's a busy, busy girl.

Because of all these changes, we lowered their crib mattresses yesterday. I was worried they would be confused, but they seemed to do ok. It's amazing to me that they used to share a crib, and now they are lowered because they are getting too big and mobile!

Today we started 5 ounces in each bottle of the new formula.  Since their 8 am, 12 pm, and 4 pm bottles are only 5 ounces, they are now officially drinking all new formula in those.  Their 8 pm bottles have about 7 ounces, so we plan to phase out the old formula in those over the next few nights.  Then, there will be no more labeled formula pitchers or bottles, no more post-its to remember which bottle was Fischer's or Addison's, no more buying 3 different kinds of formula and no more accidently mixing up bottles and waiting for bad things to happen! Addison would do ok if she got some of Fischer's formula by accident, but it was bad news if Fischer got some of Addison's. We are almost done with those worries. Yay!

Now that the formula project is almost over, I have a new project. I am working Fischer's naps. I am trying to get him to nap in his crib rather than his swing. Addison has been in her crib for a couple of months. Fischer usually just plays if I put him in his crib, and never goes to sleep. He just kicks, talks, and rolls the whole time. This past week, he did take an hour and a half nap in his crib on Thursday! I was very happy and expecting great things on Friday.  Friday, however, he slept for about 30 minutes, then woke up screaming and never went back to sleep, so I had to put him back in his swing for the remainder of his nap.  Yesterday, he never even fell asleep and we had to put him in his swing for a little nap.  Today, he slept about 30 minutes in his crib, then again, woke up. I need help with this if anyone has any ideas.  Soon he will be past the weight limit on his swing, and then what will I do?!

Scott's mom left today, which means my extra hands left today. :) It's always nice having company because that means extra hands to hold babies, feed babies, change babies and play with babies! She really got a chance to see their personalities and get to know them, which was great.

Last night we went out to dinner downtown. Since we can't eat pizza every time we go out (in order to give Addison and Fischer the crust to chew on) we went prepared with celery. We weren't sure how it would work, but seemed to do the trick. We also took puffs and they snacked on those until our food came, then they "ate" their celery.  Fischer looks a little worried in his picture below - maybe he thought I was going to take his celery - he has a tight grip on it!

I went in our room the other night and found Addison helping her daddy look through his hunting catalog.  She was even ripping out pages. She is sitting really well and loves looking at books and magazines now while she's sitting up.

Everything else is going well. They are tolerating their extra ounce of regular formula well! I think we are going to lower their mattresses in their cribs this weekend. I walked into the nursery yesterday to find Addison grabbing part of her mobile (the part that hooks onto the crib) and trying to pull herself up or the mobile down, I'm not sure which.  So, we figured we better be safe and go ahead and lower them.  They are just doing more and more each day and it makes it harder and harder to get anything done while they are awake. :)

We had another doctors appointment today, but this time it was for our furry babies. We had to take Bo and Sassy for their yearly check up and shots.  Scott and I took them while his mom kept the babies. Both dogs are doing great and in very good health. We even got them both new collars today too. :) Next up for them is getting their teeth cleaned sometime soon.

We are done with shots until the babies have their 12 month check up!! Yay!!! I know it seems like we went for shots all the time, but it worked out to getting one every 3 weeks. We chose to do it this way, but sometimes it seemed like we were going for shots every other day.  They babies continue to steadily gain weight... Fischer weighed 14 lb 13 oz and Addison weighed 15 lb 10 oz. She is almost a 16 pound baby. WOW!

We are done with the doctor's office (I hope!) until their 9 month check up on December 3.  We've never had to go that long without getting updated weights, so I'm sure we'll be shocked when we get their weights on that day!

What a busy weekend we've had! Yesterday was the yard sale, followed by a dinner out for pizza.  Today, we took the babies to their first Down Syndrome Buddy Walk!  We walk in honor of my nephew, Carter. This is the 3rd year Scott and I have walked, and hope to walk for many years to come. One day, we hope to go to Ohio and do the Buddy Walk in that area with Carter!  And, Fischer got to wear his camo hat, just like daddy's. :)

We came home and relaxed for a little while. Then, we decided to put the babies in their high chairs with some mashed up bananas while we ate dinner. They loved the bananas, and even touched it with their spoons and put the spoons in their mouths!! Addison quickly got frustrated because she wasn't able to pick up the slippery food, and couldn't get any on her spoon. She was happy as could be if we fed her though. They sat in their chairs much better this time than last time we tried. Hopefully soon they'll be eating all of their meals in their high chairs!

Also, the babies went up to 4 ounces of the new formula in each bottle today. They seem to be doing pretty well with it. We are just a couple weeks away from having them on the same formula again. Yay! They are also now officially in size 3 diapers! That's just more proof of how fast they are growing.

Addison still isn't crawling, but on Friday she decided it was time to sit on her own! I put her in the sitting position, and she sat for at least 5 minutes all by herself! She did it several more times that day, and sits as if it's no big deal now. She gets tired after about 5 minutes and falls over.  She can't put herself into the sitting position yet, but she's working on that.  Fischer sits for about 5 or 10 seconds before falling over, but this is a big change just from last week. I think he'll be sitting right beside Addison in no time!

Scott's mom is visiting and Addison and Fischer decided they wanted to go out for pizza again so they could show their Grandmom their new crust eating skills.  Just like last time, they LOVED it, and they weren't happy when we took the crust away. Addison handled it better than Fischer - he just gets very mad!! Luckily, he doesn't stay mad too long. :)

We had our yard sale this morning. We sold a lot of baby stuff... it was hard to see some of it go, but I also enjoyed seeing how happy it made the parents-to-be to get such a good deal on the baby items! 

Pictures from September 2009

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