11(9 adjusted) Month RN Visit

The RN came by again today, giving me a much needed break from study/homework.  

Her only concern was Oakley's core strength, as she tends to slouch and not want to sit up for as long a periods of time as her sister.

So what we are working on this month is:

Helping them learn crawling positions.

Build core muscle strength with Ms. O.  

More/different solids.

Oakley

21lbs 8oz

Blue eyes, Blonde-ish hair

Stork bite on forehead

• gets around by rolling
• Waves
• "Momma" and "Dadda"
• Peaches, pears, bananas, apricots, strawberries, blueberries, apples, carrots, green beans, cheese, crackers, cereals, squash
• Cries at strangers
• mimics noises
• Shakes her head yes
• 6 teeth.  4 top 2 bottom and possibly more coming in.
• Loves car rides and long walks on the beach ;)
• Can sign "milk"
• Sleeps from 7:30pm-7:30am 
• talks or cries herself to sleep
• tries to crawl but usually ends up rolling
• Sleeps mostly on her tummy these days
• mommy's girl
• talks to her sister

Kenzington

20lbs 12oz

Blue eyes, Blonde-ish hair

birthmark on right shoulder

• Gets around by Rolling or pivoting, but likes to stand or sit more
• When asked for a toy will hand it over gladly.
• "momma" and "dadda"
• Peaches, pears, bananas, apricots, apples, strawberries, blueberries, carrots, green beans, cheese, crackers, cereals, squash
• Cries at strangers
• cries and gets mad at loud noises
• Mimics noises and mouth movement
• 4 teeth, 2 top 2 bottom, more coming in on top.
• Loves car rides and little animals
• dances to music
• shakes her head yes and no
• can sign "milk"
• sleeps 7:30pm-7:30am
• talks herself to sleep
• tries to crawl but only gets the butt moving
• starting to lift her legs to walk when helped by mom and dad
• talks to her sister

(PS. I'm going to be doing a giveaway as soon as school slows down[the next week or so]! So keep in touch! <3)

9 month RN visit

Oh boy, 9 months already. So nuts!  Anyway, the RN that has been seeing the girls once a month came again today.  With the girls being sick last month we were really interested to see how much they weighed. Not to mention I had some questions about Kenzington.

Oakley 

19lbs 5oz  

Down from her 19lbs 8oz last month.  

She rolls all over the floor, picks up and puts everything possible in her mouth.  

Just this last week she is getting the hang of standing up like her sister. 

 When we say her name she turns and smiles.  

She is still sporting her stork bite on her forehead and seems to have longer hair than K. 

Little miss dramatic as always is teething again and has finally cut her top right tooth and the one to the right of that.  Now in total 4 teeth.

She is our little motor boat and likes to blow bubbles.

Oakley is definitely a little more shy and quiet but also seems to soften up a little quicker and smile more often.

She is our cuddler and will always grab your face and pull you in or just simply lay on you and watch her sister be hyper.

Kenzington 

19lbs 1oz

Up from her 18lbs 15oz last month.

Although she has rolled over before front to back, back to front.  Recently she has refused to do so and insists on simply standing or sitting up.

Miss K is all about trying new things and insists on doing it her self.

She has started to shake her head no and dance to herself.

When we call her name she also turns to see but with more of the look of "What?! I was busy."

Her hair is a little shorter than O's and seems to stick up in some of the most funny places.

She seems to be starting to get her upper right tooth as well but it hasn't cut yet and she is handling it much better than her big sister.

Just these past few days she has started to try and really talk.  When she sees a new thing in the room, like the vacuum for example, she will look at it screech and say "bubub" then look at us like she is wondering what it is.

Speaking of Vacuums she is afraid of loud noises and when I clean she gets scared and shakes..makes me so sad, lol.

Their eyes are still blue with specks of gold in the middle.

Both talk to each other and play with each other.  It seems to be a game how many times they can pass a toy back and forth.  At least they are sharing right?

When they talk and scream at each other the dogs whine, mostly Kiona like she can't stand it..we can't help but laugh. 

My cat lives with their grandparents and when ever they see it we call it the "weird dog" so we are pretty sure they wont know that a cat is called a cat when they are older.

O is a mommys girl and K is a daddys girl.  

Both are eating new things often, just recently we tried Cheerios and loved them :)

Their grandpa is naughty and gives them jello or ice cream when mom isn't looking. 

They seem to attempt to say "milk" through signing but always at the wrong times.

The only things we are going to be working on is using a cushion to show them the kneeling/crawling position.  As well as getting Kenzlee comfortable with her tummy time again and rolling over. 

6 Month RN visit

The RN came by again today for their 4 month adjusted visit, but yes they are 6 months old. :)  

They were weighed in at Kenzington 15lbs 14oz and Oakley at 16lbs 15oz.  

So we think Oakley is going through a bit of a growth spurt as well as she doesn't sleep as well/long and tends to want to eat an extra bottle a day.  None the less they are both doing great!  In the 90th and 97th percentile. 

They both can sit up on their own for a few seconds at a time.  We think they may be teething since they bite on everything you put in their mouth and have been little pills more often than not. Haha.

It's so great to see week by week what they learned. We have been using some small sign language signs around them even though we know they can't do it with their hands. They have definitely learned the "milk" sign so even without a bottle in hand and we sign that to them they start to fuss and sometimes cry like, "yeah we know we want it now!" :)