Weekend adventures

Hello A&P fans! 

The past couple of weekends we have been on the go, and having lots of fun.  We celebrated our cousin's birthdays at The Jumpy Place, went shopping and sat up in the cart for the first time, and had a BIG ole' play date with friends.  Oh, and Parker has his first tooth.  It's on the bottom and has a companion coming in as well. 

Enjoy the pictures!

Jack and Jamie blowing out candles

eating cake is serious business!

A day in the life...

Whew, the last month has just flown by! 

The twins are 7 months old now, and growing up so quickly.  Here's a typical day...

5:00am Wake Up - morning bottle & play time
8:00am Breakfast - fruit, cereal
8:30am Nap
10:00am mid-morning bottle & playtime
Noon  Lunch - veggies, meat, cereal
12:30pm Nap
2:00pm Early afternoon bottle & playtime
4:30pm Late afternoon bottle - sometimes a catnap & playtime
6:00pm Dinner - veggies, fruit, mum-mums
6:45pm Bath, PJs, Read books
7:00pm Bedtime

Parker is sitting up really well, and reaching out to gather toys - usually the ones his brother is playing with.  Andrew is content lounging back unless he's really interested in the toy in front of him. 

Meals are becoming more about the family time.  Jeff & I can finally eat hot food again!  Often times, the boys will eat some of what we are eating, if it is easily mashable.  Andrew and Parker love feeding themselves finger food!  Mum-mums, puffs, fruit cubes, etc... are favorite finger foods.

The boys are getting more and more cuddly.  They love kisses and hugs - both giving and receiving. 

Well, that's it for now A&P fans!  Hopefully tonight I'll be able to get some video of our favorite nighttime activity - bath time!  Andrew is having so much fun discovering how to splash, and Parker loves playing with all the toys. 

Mornings just got a whole lot easier...

A&P can both hold their own bottles now. 

Andrew is a pro - he's been doing it for a few weeks.  We call his auto pilot..

Parker can hold his own bottle, but would still prefer to have his hands behind his head, playing with his hair.  More and more having a bottle in his mouth is winning over running his fingers through his mane.

In other news, Parker can now pull up.  He does it mostly holding onto our fingers (as you can see in the YouTube clip in the upper right of the blog).  He can, however, pull up holding on to anything else stable that he can gets his little hands around. 

Two Toofers

Andrew has two teeth coming on the bottom - and I'm sure he can't wait for the rest of them to come in.  That kid LOVES to eat.  We've even moved up to having some items from the school menu:  mashed up green beans, pears, baked ziti, ravioli, etc... 

Attack Kisses

This morning my heart melted. 

For a few weeks Andrew has been perfecting his "attack kisses."  He studies your face, usually your cheek, and opens his mouth wide to plant a big slobbery kiss.  Sometime he'll even pull your face in with his hands. 

Parker decided this morning it was time for his attempt at attack kissing.  I didn't realize what was happening when I carried him into the kitchen, until he grabbing my face and was closing in on my cheek.  It was so cute.  As soon as it happened and he saw me smile and kiss him back, he did it over and over.

Man, these boys sure do know how to work the cuteness!

mmmm...donuts

We are now sitting up!!  Parker is AWESOME at it, and Andrew is close behind.  As you can see, Parker loves the stacking donuts - he tries to eat them. 

Sitting up has totally changed bath time!  Now the boys have fun playing with toys in the bathtub.  Tonight Parker couldn't stop laughing.  We have an octopus that squirts water.  I was trying to get all the water out so it would stay clean and it looked like the octopus was sneezing.  He thought it was hilarious.