Punkin Patch

As Parker would call it.  Actually he refers to any single pumpkin as a Punkin Patch!

 

I love going to the pumpkin patch!  Something about the feeling of fall and an opportunity for some cute photo opps of my kiddos gets me all excited!!

 

This year we ventured to a new pumpkin patch (to us) that was "all the rage" from most people I spoke to in our area.  So we loaded up and headed out with Aunt DeeDee in tow.

 

OH MY...this place was an absolute mad house.  Filled with a plethora of bounce houses and slides, food tents, plywood cut outs of just about any character/show/movie you could ever even begin to think of.  They have a tiny train pulled by a tractor that ran around the property that had a line with enough ppl in it to fill Cowboy Stadium (silly parents...I am not that nice!).  Needless to say I was slightly annoyed.  Afterall, I just wanted a nice pumpkin patch with great little set ups for photo ops and what I got was a pumpkin patch on crack!

 

But we were there and had just paid to enter and spent 30 minutes parking...so we were making the most of it!

After fighting the crowds with my big double stroller we made it in and of course over to the bounce houses!  The only thing that made the entire day worth it was how much fun my little guy had.  He loves a good bounce house and big slide!  He looked so grown up waiting in the lines, shoes off, standing as close to the person in front of him as he could (he had to make sure no one cut in front of him!)  The look on his face when he knew he was next was almost like Christmas morning!!

 

After that I got what I came for...a few pictures of my littles and our family with the pumpkins!!!

 

 

 

 

ps- see the line of cars behind us...that was the line to get in.  CRAZY!

 

 

 

4 months...thats one-third of a year

TIME SLOW DOWN!

 

This is the last time I will have babies and I do not want it rushing by!

 

These four months have flown and we are enjoying every single minute of them!

 

The girls were 4 months on Sunday and had their doctor appointment today!

 

Over the past couple weeks they have really started filling out and putting on that most amazing baby chub!  I just love it!  Especially because that means all those clothes that have just been hanging in their closet are finally getting some wear!

 

Reese:

 

 

• She weighs 12lbs 10 oz and measured 24 inches long
• wearing size one diapers
• wearing 0-3 and 3 month clothes
• constantly laughing
• rolling onto her left side and trying so hard to get over...but that dang shoulder is still getting in her way!!
• babbling on all day...especially when she sees herself in a mirror.  I keep trying to get video of her and her sister when they babble back and forth but of course they both stop and stare as soon as I get a camera in their face!
• Loves sitting up in her bumbo and looking all around the room!!
• grabbing at everything.  if it is in reach, she will get it and shake it and sometimes hit herself in the face with it...ouch!
• kicking around like crazy...when on her back she is using her feet to scoot herself (slightly, no major movement) around.
• still seeing a physical therapist once a week for her torticollis.  We are seeing really good improvements and her pedi thinks at this point any issues will correct themselves as soon as she is sitting up and as her neck gets stronger.  We are still going to be proactive in the meantime!
• she wants nothing to do with her paci anymore.  she gets pretty angry when/if I offer it to her...guess that's a good thing in the long run but makes calming her down a times a little harder now!
• had her first visit to the pumpkin patch!



Morgan:

 

She weighs 11lbs 8oz and measured 24 inches long
wearing size one diapers
wearing 0-3 and 3 month clothes
constantly laughing and always all smiles
rolling onto her left side and trying so hard to get over...but that dang shoulder is still getting in her way!!
babbling on all day...especially when she sees herself in a mirror.  I keep trying to get video of her and her sister when they babble back and forth but of course they both stop and stare as soon as I get a camera in their face!
Loves sitting up in her bumbo and looking all around the room!!
enjoying tummy time more and more.
grabbing at everything.  if it is in reach, she will get it and shake it and sometimes hit herself in the face with it...ouch!
kicking around like crazy...when on her back she is using her feet to scoot herself (slightly, no major movement) around.  I try to keep her on her noggin nest and she always scoots right off
had her first visit to the pumpkin patch!

 

 They are both completely in love with their big brother and he feels the exact same!

Always wanting to hold them and kiss them and help me take care of them.

He brought me a paci the other day and I gave it to one of them and she stopped fussing and he looked at me so serious and said "I told you so" and then gave me the sweetest grin!

They are so lucky to have him watching out for them!!!

 

 

Happy four months baby girls!  We love you!

 

talking about their day!

 

 

3 months...

I know this is almost a week late, but hey life is busy! 

 

Can you believe 3 months have already passed?  Me either!

 

These sweet baby girls are such a blessing to us and we love watching them grow everyday!

 

I really love seeing how they are both becoming more aware of each other.  Always looking at/for one another and grabbing onto one another while doing playtime, etc.  It is so sweet!  I pray daily that they will have a strong and close bond and will be each others best friend always!

Miss Reese:

 



• As you can see this sweet girl is getting so strong and holding her head up like a champ!  She actually enjoys tummy time these days!  We are so proud and excited watching her build those neck muscles.  The stronger her neck gets the easier it will be to work on correcting her torticollis.
• Speaking of torticollis, she is still receiving physical therapy once a week and we are seeing small improvements.  She is always very stiff when she wakes up and we do our stretches throughout the day and by evening she seems great.  Then overnight she tends to tense right back up.  I wish I could stay up all night and make sure she doesn't bring that ear and shoulder together, but I know that's not realistic.
• She is smiling and laughing all of the time! 
• Cooing is also a new favorite hobby!  I love listening to them go on and on!
• Still sleeping good we put them down around 1030 and they are waking around 7.  They eat and fall straight back to sleep for a little bit.
• We are still swaddling, but Miss Reese has been showing signs that she may be ready for the swaddling to end!  I think we will probably take the swaddle away here in the next few weeks.
• She is constantly sucking on her hands
• Still wearing size 1 diapers and newborn clothes.  Slowly fitting into more and more 0-3 month outfits
• She is rolling onto her left side constantly. 

Miss Morgan:

 

• She is getting better with tummy time each day.  Still not a huge fan of it.  I try to keep her on her tummy as much as I can to help her build that neck strength and also to get her off her back.  Her little head has a pretty decent flat spot right now!  Pretty much the same as Parkers so I am sure it will round itself out eventually.
• Miss Morgan is always all smiles.  She is so happy and its rare not to catch her with a smile or a giggle!
• She is constantly moving her legs and lifting her little bottom trying to roll to her side, but hasn't quite made it.  I think she will be there anyday!
• Cooing is also a new favorite hobby!  I love listening to them go on and on!
• Still sleeping good, we put them down around 1030 and they are waking around 7.  They eat and fall straight back to sleep for a little bit.
• We are still swaddling and Morgan still seems to love it!  Rarely trying to break free!
• She is constantly sucking on her hands
• Still wearing size 1 diapers and newborn clothes.  The 0-3 months still tend to swallow this little lady.  Its amazing what a few ounces can do when it comes to baby clothes fitting!

Love these sweet girls with everything in me and cannot believe they are already 1/4 of a year old.  Yes, I think about it like that and make myself even more depressed at how quickly the time goes!!

 

Here are a few pics:

 

 SFA vs Texas Tech, mom and dads alma maters and girls had to side with mom!

 big bro is always watching over them!

 checking each other out during tummy time

 on our actual 3 month birthday

Aunt Lindsay captured this when she came over for a slumber party!