Dear Sweet Pea and Lil’ Bit,
You are 7 months old today and the light of our lives! I’m so sorry you are having to celebrate this milestone with colds/fevers =) Makes your mommy feel so sad for you but lovin’ the extra cuddle time you both want as a result! It was about a year ago when we began telling people the Lord had blessed us with twins but we still didn’t know a thing about you, what you would look like or act like, or even that you were both girls. Boy were we in for a treat! We stand in awe of God’s goodness in our lives and that He has given us two little bundles of pure joy! Having you girls in our lives has taught us so much about the unconditional love of Jesus! The Lord has revealed so much to us about our hearts and lives as we raise you girls and we are so thankful that having children is sanctifying mommy and daddy’s hearts and lives in the process. It feels like yesterday that you girls were placed in my arms for the first time and what a feeling I will never forget. A feeling that until you are a parent, there are no words to describe. It was a new kind of love we had never encountered or experienced until you girls arrived. You were here, alive and breathing, and just perfect! We will never forget what it felt like to hold your tiny, fragile 3lbs 5 oz and 4 lbs 7 oz. bodies and then to attempt to pass you off to each other with such care each time, worrying we were going to break you! Thankfully, by God’s sheer mercy, you are both still thriving and growing like crazy! And for that, we give God all the glory and praise! You both are indeed fearfully and wonderfully made! This has been such a fun month for us to see you both continue to let your personalities shine! Maddie Grace, you are just a cutie pie, happy and content 99.9% of the time if you are fed and you just go with the flow. Whenever we pick you up, you throw your arms behind you which is hilarious to us and can’t be comfortable =) Makenzie, you are still a ball of energy, spunky & dramatic at times, but you keep us in stitches with your looks, smiles, and fun loving personality! Your most recent discovery is your tongue and we just can’t get you to put it back in your mouth for the life of us! =) You love to let it dangle out and stick it in and out constantly! We just crack up watching you girls interact and discover your surroundings. Your reactions to food and new toys are always so different, reminding us how unique you both are as individuals. No two days are ever the same at our house I feel like these days! Every time I think we are in a routine (which is so nice!) one of you decides to change it up on me. Life is an adventure for us for sure each day, but one I am so thankful to be a part of! We love you girls more and more each day and thank God for the blessing of children and the privilege of passing on the Gospel to the next generation! Thanks for making our days and nights crazy, but much more joyous and complete! We love you both dearly!
Love, Mommy and Daddy
Things you girls are up to these days:
-LOVE tags on things!
-Almost sitting up on your own
-very curious; observe/inspect all new things
-when playing with toys, Maddie Grace, you will stick with one toy and be content playing for a while whereas your sister Makenzie loves to switch toys every couple minutes =)
-love reading books and turning the pages/touching the books
-love textures and things that crunch, making noises, scratching chairs/sofas
-obsessed with touching faces
-like pulling buttons on shirts/grabbing earrings
-love grabbing feet and putting in mouth and really grabbing anything in sight
-really enjoying solids-have tried bananas, avocados, sweet potatoes, carrots, pears-love mealtime (MG especially! You go wild when it’s time to eat and you both sit in your bumbo at the table with us every night! Quite a sight!
-Makenzie loves sleeping on tummy with bottom in the air-no matter how hard we try to get you to sleep on your back, you flip within seconds! Maddie Grace rolls to sleep on her side with her thumb in =)
-still no teeth yet-but drooling like crazy still!
-use your paci’s to chew on these days rather than sucking-especially Makenzie who puts in her mouth backwards!
-Daddy’s girls-LOVE playtime with him each night when he gets home from work! (Especially you Maddie Grace! You are enamored with your daddy and will strain your neck to stare at him wherever he is! It is precious!)
-enjoy singing and doing motions
-rolling in every direction
-still spitting bubbles and have started doing it with food in your mouth-yuck!
-very ticklish! We get the best laughs from you girls all the time!
-hate not being able to reach things that are far away
-still gnawing on everything and putting everything in mouth
-we think responding to your names =)
-can see us from far away
-cry when we leave the room
-still enjoy being cuddled (both of you!) which I love!
-MG eating around 5-6 oz. 5 times a day and pull on your ear when nursing and run your fingers through mommy’s hair- sleeping 10-11 hrs every night and weigh 16 lbs 1.5 oz; Makenzie still up in the air-we try to get in 24 oz. but feedings are more spread out through the day-not sleeping well still, waking up often! =( You are still a little squirt weighing in at 13 lbs 10.5 oz
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