Happy Easter!

"5The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 7Then go quickly and tell his disciples: 'He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.' Now I have told you."
Matthew 28:5-7

We had a great Easter! Grandma babysat Sunday morning so we could actually attend a normal worship service. That was a nice treat. Then we headed to the Andrews' for a great dinner. It was the first time for the kids to be up and around the whole time and to get to play with their cousins. As you can see in some of the pics, it looks kinda like Jax and Charis are brother and sister, and like Price and Savanna are. Too funny - Jax even has the "you are all idiots" expression down! And Grandpa did a great job feeding Price and Charis!

Professional pics

So, I mentioned the professional pics in my Spring Break post, but did not go into any detail. It was all in all a pretty good experience. We went to Sears, and I think they did a pretty good job. The kids were all dressed up ~ Charis in a little Gymboree outfit (compliments of Campbell Cheatham) and Price in navy slacks and a Polo. My mistake was probably trying to take this on by myself; another adult would have made things much easier. But alas, it was me and the babies. And darling as they were, Charis would not smile for anything. She would only make the "you are all idiots" face, except for one where she was about to cry. Oh, well until we were done - then she was all smiles. And Price, as usual, was grinning the whole time. I'll give this another shot at 1 year, and probably will try Portrait Innovations, as that seems to be a good experience for lots of folks I have heard from. But maybe at 1 year she'll be ready to smile for the camera!

Spring Break!!

This has been such a fun week! It started Monday with a lunch with Kendra and her two girls, Gwen and Hannah. We met at Blue Mesa and it was so fun, but a total madhouse. The gentleman sitting next to us paid for our lunch - I think he felt sorry for us! Tuesday, Nicole and baby Adley came over to play. The babies slept while we got to sit down and eat lunch - how nice! Wednesday, we saw the genetic specialist, and she said the babies are looking good! After that we went to the zoo!! This was a very exciting outing, and we went with the Hansens and their baby, Suzette. The kids got so excited over the mountain lion; I think they recognized it as a cat, and thought it was just a big version of Scooter! Friday we had our 9 month check up; the babies weighed in at 15lbs 12oz (Charis) and 17lbs 5 oz (Price) and I can't remember the inches but Price is 1 1/2 inches taller. After that we went and got pictures taken - our first professional pics! It was action-packed and wonderful. Additionally, Chris sodded part of the backyard and we hung some new swings for the kids!

Bath time, splash time!

I took the big step from bathing them separately in the kitchen sink to bathing them together in the big bath tub! They love it. They kick and splash and have such a great time. Admittedly it is a bit tougher, but I am getting better at it. Of course on one of my first tries, when I got Charis out, Price went forward to his tummy, and although his face was not in the water, I was jumping up to make sure it did not end up there. As I did so, Charis lunged forward and bumped her forehead on the toilet. The poor thing - now that she is pulling up on everything, she always seems to have a little bruise on either side of her forehead; this one looked like it was going to be worse, but it was about the same as the rest of them. This little blow up tub is new, and makes me feel more comfortable with the bathing task, but I don't think they'll fit in there for long!

We love bagels!!

We have gotten brave and tried some new "finger foods" consisting of banana cookies and bagels. They were just so funny when I first gave them the food. Price immediately takes it to his mouth, but Charis is just not so sure. She might drop it or at least she'd look over to see what Price was doing with it. But turned out it was all great fun, even if a bit messy!

Blessings!

Not being a blogger by nature, I have never really posted just to post. But I have a few minutes and a cute pic from Valentine's Day to show, so here it is. Charis is now standing at every opportunity; she will grab onto anything she can and pull up to a stand. I learned this Thursday morning when I heard some rustling coming from their room so I flipped on the video monitor only to see her just pull herself right up in her crib. Thankfully we had lowered the mattresses on Monday - otherwise I am pretty sure she would have catapulted herself right out of there. Price is still not crawling but seems to be a lot more interested in the Jumparoo (thank you Amersons) which seemed to be the precurser to Charis' crawling. Also he has gotten his top two teeth in. On the foods front, we gave them egg yolks today - scrambled. This seemed to go pretty well. Some of our other recent food adventures include Tahini (this is like sesame seed paste - it does not taste very good to me), peaches, tofu, mango, asparagus and green beans. Finally, I just am overwhelmed lately at how blessed we are, in so many ways. I'll spare you a long list, but we do serve a great and mighty God, and I praise Him for all he blesses us with daily.

Look who's crawling!

Charis started really crawling at about 7 and 1/2 months. She is going everywhere now. That includes right over Price if he is in her way. Price relies on rolling if he wants to get somewhere, but it is clearly not so effective as crawling, and he tends to get frustrated when she crawls right past him and ends up where he was wanting to go. But not to be outdone, Price is showing his new favorite sound phbbbbt!