Visit from Nana

Nana (Tracey's mother) came to visit from New Jersey last week and we all had a great time. We went to the park one day with some other twins moms, and instead of just sitting in the stroller, we got the babes out and played on the ground for a little while. We also did some shopping a couple of days, which they always love, and they made two trips to the airport -- once to meet Nana, and once to pick up Russ, who took the opportunity to go visit his mother for a couple of days while I had some help around the house. We took a bunch of pictures while Nana was here, they're in the Month 8 album.

On Friday we had a doctor visit for their Synagis shots, and we found that Jimmy is up to 18 1/2 lbs. and 28 1/4", and Katie 16 1/2 lbs. and 26 1/4". We'll have to pick out new car seats very soon, as Jimmy is very near the 29" height limit for the "baby buckets" we have. Hard to believe that they went from this picture to outgrowing the seats in just over six months!

They keep making progress in other areas too. No one has crawled yet, but Jimmy gets up on his hands and knees now too, and manages to scoot forward a little bit at a time on his belly. Katie gets her knees and then her feet underneath her, but hasn't quite figured out how to move her hands at the same time. They both hold their bottles most of the time, at least until they get bored and start waving them around instead, dumping formula all over. Sitting up is going well, both are very talkative, and we gets lots of smiles and giggles all around.

Their latest discovery came yesterday afternoon, when they were supposed to be napping. I heard both of them laughing at once, and when I went in to investigate, they were on their hands and knees, grinning at each other through the crib bars (their cribs are right next to each other, in an "L" shape). When we awoke this morning (slept through the night! Yay!), they were doing the same thing. It's adorable, but it also scares me a little... when those brains get working a bit better, there's no telling what they'll come up with together!