8 Months Old!

Here we are at the end of October and my little ladies have hit the 8th month mark. Again, I will say that I really can't believe it! They are getting so big! Here's the scoop on the Phillips' Household.

Miss Madison is loving how active the girls are. She is like a little mommy to them and plays with them, feeds them, reads to them, etc. She will chase whoever is on the move and carries them back to safety. I am pretty sure she is their biggest supporter of the crawling/walking fiasco we are entering. Mama could stand to wait a bit for the walking portion! I am constantly amazed at how smart and mature Madison is. She is such a great kid. She cleans her own room, sorts her laundry, puts laundry away, helps clean the livingroom, helps with the babies, and pretty much does every thing I ask of her. Hard to believe she isn't even 5 yet! I love her so much! She even has her own nickname for the babies "Trouble Monsters" lol. So funny!

Miss Kenzie is crawling absolutely everywhere, including under the coffee table. Down the hall, to her room, in the kitchen. Everywhere! No matter how I try to confine her to one area, she figures out a way past it! Her favorite word is... wait for it...DADA! Say what? She said mama a couple of times, but has switched to dada and there is no stopping her. She will crawl over to the couch where David sits and say dadada over and over. So cute. She gets excited when she hears his voice. She is our music lover and dancer.

Miss Lexie is still my little squeaker. She babbles on and on. Mostly saying Mama. She has also mastered standing up, but has yet to figure out how to get back down which is causing some trouble. And now that she is standing, she is also trying to cruise. Which, of course, Madison thinks is awesome and is totally encouraging her! I went into their room last Tuesday morning to find her standing up in her crib. That's how I find her every morning and after every nap. Such a cutie.

Today, Lexie was trying to cruise while holding onto the coffee table and fell and bonked her head. She was crying so hard. Normally, one doesn't really react to the other's crying, but today, Kenzie stopped what she was doing, crawled across the room to Lexie and started patting and rubbing her face trying to console her. It was the sweetest thing ever! I almost started crying when I saw how concerned she was for Lexie. She kept looking at me like "aren't you going to do something mom?" I love watching them interact with each other!

Sleeping schedule is still amazing. I am lucky. Bedtime is still around 6:30 pm and they sleep until at least 6 am. Sometimes until 7. After bottle, sleep until 8:30. Breakfast, playtime. Naptime. Bottle, lunch, play, nap. Bottle, dinner, play. Sleep. That's it. That's the routine. Great eaters, Great sleepers. But, now that I spend pretty much all day chasing them around, I am exhausted come bed time! I am able to bathe them both at the same time now so that saves me a little bit of time. Neither one have cut a tooth yet, but, I think Lexie is close. We will see! They fit best into 6-9 month clothing, but they can wear a lot of 12 month stuff. Lexie is in size 2 diapers, size 3 at night because she wakes up wet a lot. Kenzie is in size 3. Once we use up what's left of the 2's I will switch to 3's all the time.

Lexie is a little clingier of the two. She prefers to be held and loves to give kisses. Kenzie would rather be exploring and checking out what kind of trouble she can get into!

We broke Madison from her binkie at 8 months. I don't think I am brave enough to go there yet. They only have them for naps and bed time, so it's not horrible. I will let it go for at least a couple more months and readdress that issue in a little while :) Bottles will be done by 12 months. Period. I think it will be fairly easy because they have already weaned themselves to only 3 a day and they never have them before a nap or before bed time.

I finally got up the nerve to get their ears pierced yesterday! Yahoo! They look so adorable! We had Madison's done at 2 months but for some reason I wanted to hold off on these two. I am glad that I finally got it done and they have handled it like champs! Funny story about it, which I will get to later. :)

So excited to take their pictures, maybe today. I am going to do some of them with their pumpkins :) Can't believe how close we are to Madison's 5th birthday and their 1st birthday!