6 mos

6 months have passed since we brought our two baby girls, one not even big enough to fit in her car seat, home. I can't say it's been smooth sailing or even that it's been more fun than stress. I can say that we love these little girls fiercely and that the last two months have been huge in their development and for our family. Rylee and Sawyer are now social, engaging and happy babies who are a joy to be around. We've been able to go from a stressed family with a 4 year old and twin girls with all day colic to just a busy family with a 4 year old and 6 month old twins. It doesn't sound like a big difference, but oh man it is! With that comes the ability to start seeing their personalities grow and how different our identical twins are. You'll see that they are both happy and not wanting to miss a thing, and busy!

Sawyer in yellow, Rylee in polka dots

For their 6 month birthday they got their "loves", or as Cassidy calls them their Lulu (after her love Lulu). We got Rylee a giraffe, as she loves to look and observe and is generally pretty low key and chill. We got Sawyer a monkey...

They were put to good use right away and have quickly become a good snuggle buddy and must have. I have to say they are pretty darn sweet

They are happy on the floor for pretty good chunks of time, but they are never where I left them, especially Sawyer who often manages to travel long distances (under Cass's red table, over to the dog bed, between the couch and chair...)They may not be crawling' but they are definitely moving; rolling or scooting!

and still hanging out together (Rylee in flowers with pink trim, Sawyer in elephants with purple trim)

Rylee muggin' and laying the smack down

Our Rylee. Quick to smile and giggle, loves close contact and zurburts, social, wanting to watch and not miss a thing and focused on reaching and grabbing for anything that "might" be a toy! She is able to sit up for quite a while without support and likes being in the position...she can see better! She is generally content if a few toys are within reach and loves being able to manipulate and figure them out.




Our Sawyer. A big beautiful smile when she shares them but is often studying things. She is determined, loves close contact and "wrestling" and is always on the move. She too can sit up, but doesn't do it for long as she would much rather be scooting around exploring and getting into interesting situations. She is already getting up on all fours and rocking and I've watched her scootch her knees up to be able to launch herself over her arms...she is so strong and always ready for action.





Health wise the girls are growing well (we'll have our Dr. apt later this month so check back for stats). They are in 3 month clothes, but close to moving up. Sawyer is still a little smaller and petite despite being a better eater, could be all the moving! Both girls seem to have happy tummies and it is wonderful. We did have to start supplementing with formula as I wasn't quite keeping up with their appetites and are at about 50/50 now. Making that switch was tough for me, but the girls are now stretching four hours between feedings during the day and sleeping from 8/8:30pm to 6:30/7am at night without feeding, maybe just an occasional resettling. It's been really great seeing their contentment grow, allowing their personalities to come out and for their skills to develop. It does seem like they are making up for lost time, growing and changing daily! I can see that we are always going to be a busy family, but the good stuff is definitely making a comeback!