FOUR MONTHS

Garrett and Kathryn turned 4 months on Thursday! And as I always say, I can't believe it. We went to the Pediatrician and they are growing great. K is about 10 and 1/2 pounds and G is about 12 and 1/2 pounds. They are both long - 24 and 25 inches. They did GREAT with their shots-K only cried for a second and when they were done so was she and then G carried on a bit longer but overall was fine. The only thing the Dr. said was to get them on their tummies more-I am really bad about that b/c it is hard with two crying babies-I always want to keep the peace-but we are very strict about it now...

Kathryn is getting very good at holding her head up-she will do tummy time for a little bit as long as she has her blocks. She can stare at those things for an hour! When she starts fussing - I know she is done playing and she goes right down for her nap. She is becoming the easy baby (right now). This morning she rolled from her tummy to her back several times...I was impressed?

I don't think either one knew what we were doing this morning taking pictures in K's bed. Garrett obviously thought it was funny-that or he was laughing b/c I finally found a place that he will sit up. He HATES tummy time-he screams immediately and wants NO part of it. He is lazy I guess and doesn't want to hold his head up.

The babies have now had 2 HUGE outings. On Thursday night I had a "Baby Celebration" Shower with my mom and her friends. We celebrated Kathryn, Garrett, and Reagan my nephew. I asked the Dr. if I could take them-assuming he would say "Absolutely NOT", but he said we could and I was so excited. They did GREAT-they LOVED being held all night. I got VERY teary walking in with them and introducing them to everyone b/c all those ladies are my family. They have watched me grow up and have loved on all of us for years. They were so good about coming to see me in the hospital and most of all I KNOW they were praying daily for all of us. It was a very special moment for me to have the babies surrounded by such love.

The second outing was to JC's! My family goes their every Saturday and I haven't been able to go since early June. The whole time I was in the hospital - I was always a little sad around lunchtime on Saturdays b/c I was missing the fam-time. (They would still bring me a burger and shake though!) Since the weather was so nice on Saturday though, we decided to take the babies to see my dad's NEW JC's that he opened in December. It is SO NICE and we had such a good time. The babies LOVED it :) actually I am sure they were totally confused - they kept looking around going "This doesn't look like the upstairs where mommy keeps us locked up!"

We still have to keep them "in" until April but we are slowly but surely going to introduce them to a few things here and there. I don't want them to freak out once we can get out. More than that though, I need practice getting them out and about-it's hard work!

Sorry it took so long for the update. We are certainly busy around here but on a very good schedule. I have become addicted to Facebook too so I have turned into an even worse blogger than before! Happy Monday!

Speaking of Mondays-Mondays always get a bad wrap for being such a bad day of the week. However, these 4 girls beg to differ-we all had our babies on Mondays. Jenny, Jamie, and Miranda all delivered healthy boys in the last month and we couldn't be happier.

Brody, Luke, and Ranger-hurry up and get bigger so Kathryn and Garrett can play! We are so glad you are all here safe and sound. Can't wait to take lots of pictures of you soon! Love you boys!