9 Month Update

The Twinks have now been out longer than they were in.

As of their last appointment, Emma is 27.75" tall, 19 lb 1 oz, and her head is 17.5" around.

Joseph is the exact same height, is 18 lb 15 oz, and his head is 18.25" around.

They are both quite talkative these days, although most of it is gibberish. Emma's first word was "yay!" as she clapped. She followed them quickly with MaMa (in her "sweet voice") and DaDa. JoeJoe's first word was DaDa. They both cluck their tongues and make lots of fun noises.

Emma crawls around pretty well, while JoeJoe is still working on it. He's not as interested as getting around as Emma is. He's slowly starting to get more motivated, though, and should be getting around soon.

In conclusion, here are a couple of pictures of the kids with some funny hairdos, compliments of their sitter.

Is It Any Surprise That The Twinks Have Strong Legs?

Sicky Babies

The Twinks each have a double middle-ear infections. So that's four infected ears if you're scoring at home. So the kids are feeling a bit peaked (that's "PEEK-id," for those unfamiliar with the term). The doc's got them on antibiotics for a while which should clear things up.

They weighed the kids today, and they're within 1 oz. of each other. So JoeJoe's finally caught back up to Emma, who is still a bit taller than him.

They both love their jumparoo and their exersaucer and have been working on different sounds. They have lots of fun talking to each other and have a lot of fun playing together, even when they don't try to put each others' eyes out. :)

Identical Twins (Which Mine, Of Course, Aren't) Can Be Fun

Twins by Aunt Jess

twins
Originally uploaded by jjamesphotography

Emma Bootiful

Taken by Aunt Jess.

Cumulative 1 Year Old!

The Twinx had their 6 mo. checkup yesterday. They are progressing well and are even ahead of full term babies, based on their development benchmarks. They roll over from back to front and front to back, they grasp objects, move them from hand to hand, follow lights and voices, and "talk" with people. Neither can sit up from laying down, but Emma can stay up for a while, until something catches her attention, and she falls in its direction.

The data:

Emma is in the 75th percentile for height and weight, meaning she is taller and heavier than 3/4 of 6 mo. old babies who were born at full term. Her head is now at the 50th percentile.

Joseph is up to just above the 25th percentile in height and weight, so he's only bigger than 1/4 of 6 mo. old babies born at full term. However, JoeJoe's head is near the 80th percentile. Go, Go, Gadget Brain!

They got 3 more immunizations, and they were sore displeased. JoeJoe is the king of the silent cry, where he is so upset that no sound comes out until he can get another breath, which is often several seconds. Emma wastes no time and cries right away.

After we got home, we played in the exersaucer and the jumperoo, and they had a blast. I'll get pictures posted sometime later tonight (hopefully).