8 Months...

We are 8 Months Old!!!

We can both crawl and have already mastered the art of getting into everything.  Our favorite place to play is under the end table.  Unfortunately, Mom took away all of the magazines so we have nothing to tear up anymore.  Instead we just play under it and have have fun.  We also know how to follow Mom around the house like little ducklings.  Sometimes crying as we follow, but mostly we are just excited because we can finally go where she goes now.  Our other favorite places are the bathroom and Kaysen and Gage's room.  There are so many little and fun toys that we don't usually get to play with in there!!

We are also getting really good at making growling noises and sounds like "mama, dada and baba." Our older brothers think that we are really talking now.  In the past couple days we have learned how to stand up on some furniture. Our favorite things to hold onto are the kitchen chairs, laundry baskets and carseats.  The couches are just a bit to high for us still, but we're sure to be standing up on those in the next couple weeks....or days. 

Teagen started crawling forward with his belly off of the floor really good on June 5th.  It took him a couple weeks to catch up to his sister but now that he can crawl too he has wasted no time getting in to things.  He started trying to stand up, using items to hold on to, the very next day.  He has also cut his two bottom teeth finally.  Man it seemed like that boy has been teethign forever.  This guy has quite the appetite too.  He is the bigger eater of the two and it shows in their size.  He is getting longer and longer while his sister is still this petite little thing.  Teagen is a FUN baby.  He laughs so easily and loudly.  He has this smile that takes up his whole face and the laugh that just starts down deep and bursts out. His older brothers love to play with him everyday because he will just randomly laugh at something they do, so they continue to do it (for qutie some time, until he stops laughing or they are tired.) He is a very "chill" baby too.  He wasn't always this way but as he gets older (so far) he gets better. He is the one that will just sit on your lap and be still as long as he has a binki, or a toy to hold on to.  The only time he really "flips" out is at bedtime. As soon as that lotion is rubbed on his body and that onsie slips over his head this trigger clicks and he starts screaming.  He knows it's about time for food, and he wants it now.  As soon as that bottle is held in front of his face, he opens his mouth big, and just grabs and attacks that thing.  He downs it in record time, nurses also, then gives a big burp and is down for the night. He is my early riser though and is the first one awake 6 out of 7 days. But boy is he a happy baby when he wakes up.  He is not a cuddly baby.  When he's tired, don't you dare try to rock him.  Just lay him down and he'll be happy. Which is wonderful, when we are at home.  Church is another story though seeing as how there is no where to lay him down.  He's is one cute, fun and happy baby.

Kynlee has been crawling for few weeks now and is the one who will venture into any room she can.  She loves to hold onto the kitchen chairs or the boys stool.  She loves exploring all of the new places in the house.  Of course, her and Teagen go in opposite directions though. I'm pretty sure they'll be a gate placed in their bedroom since it's right off the living room so that they can play safely in there when I can't watch them every second.  Kynlee is still this petite little girl.  She has a birthmark tha that started to bleed so I had to take her into the doctor to get it checked out.  When they weighed her she was 15lbs 7oz.  (Kaysen was that at 4 months & Gage was bigger than that at 2 months) But at least it's my girl that's the tiny one right?? She loves food, but not quite as much as her brother.  When she wants it, she wants it. When she doesn't, don't even try.  She also prefers to be nursed verses bottle fed.  She is a constant mover.  When she is held she is constantly trying to stand, face forward, face backward, just move, move, move all the time.  She also tends to "flip out" a bit before bed like her brother.  However, as soon as that bottle is gone, she is either wide awake and wants to play more or passed out and won't nurse also.  She almost always sleeps in about 30-60 minutes longer than her brother each morning.  So, if I can nurse Teagen a bit and he goes back to sleep I'm lucky and will have all kids asleep until around 6:30.  She tend to be a bit more dramatic.  If someone walks away from her, the tears instantly build up and start flowing.  She is so soft and cuddly.  She likes to just be laid down also but is a bit more willing to be held sometimes.  I love it.  She's tiny, cuddly and just so sweet.

Bath times have also become a favorite for them now that they are sitting up by themselves.  They'll splash, kick and suck on those toys for as long as we'll let them.  (excuse the blurry picture. They were moving too much.)

These 8 months have gone by at lightning speed.  Seriously, I was pregnant with them for almost as long as they are old. I'll tell you this has gone by much, much faster than the pregnancy did.  And I am enjoying every chaotic minute with these two.