Party girl

Kirby went to a dress up party this weekend.  All the other little girls picked one maybe two outfits and during the party...Kirby picked 5.  What can I say?  The girl loves to dress up!  She looks pretty precious in all of them if I do say so myself!!

  outfit #1

#2

#3

#4 

(can't you just see this one in the rehearsal dinner slide show)

#5

10 months!

Seriously, where is the time going?  It's been a busy month!!  Here's what M&W have been up to!

group shots are impossible these days!!

Maggie:
- you have 3 teeth - front 2 top and bottom left.  you got all three at the same time a couple of weeks ago... while you had 5th disease, a cold and an ear infection.  You really are a trooper sweet girl!
- when we sing "Ay-ya-ya-ya" as in Cilendo Lindo, you mimic us - you are such a great singer!
- you might be beginning to think about crawling.  you've started getting on your hands and knees and rocking back and forth.

- you LOVE puffs, and you grab fistfuls and cram them all along with your fist in your mouth.
- you're still wearing your helmet, but I don't think you need it anymore.  you're head looks perfect!  We go back for a follow-up in a month and I totally expect to be done with it!  We've been pretty laid back about you wearing it lately - your one hour/day without the helmet has turned into 2 or 3 and sometimes you even get to sleep without it!
- you and William talk to each other after you finish your bottles - you just chatter back and forth like you totally understand each other - too cute!!

William:

- you are a great crawler - you started right after you turned 9 months, and you haven't stopped moving since!  you're a little bit of a bully, though - you crawl to Maggie and take her pacifier or whatever she is playing with. 
- you're still fascinated with holes...electrical outlets are covered, thank you very much.  i'm not sure there's much we can do about Maggie's nostrils and belly button, though!
- you are pulling up on everything; we moved your crib to the lowest setting
- you consistently wave hi and bye (that precious backwards wave is my fave!!)
- you are a fan of puffs, too, but you are very careful about eating yours - you pick up and eat one at a time with your thumb and pointer finger
- you have one tooth - top left
- when you play with your toys, you sit on your knees
- you had your 3rd ear infection this month (while Maggie was sick and you were getting your tooth, of course).  dr. s says one more infection means tubes for you!!

I can't believe these babies will be 1 in 2 months.  It'll be so fun to see how they will change in the next couple of months, but perhaps the most exciting thing about them turning 1(besides the fact that we will have survived the first year of twins!!!) is that we bought a bunch of formula while it was on sale this month, so we might not have to buy anymore formula...ever!!!!   This will be a ~$300/month raise for the Gray household - whoooohooooo!!!!!!

Happy Anniversary, Jim!

Wow.  7 years!  I love my sweet husband!

9 months!

Maggie and William, you are 9 months old and so precious!  You are both getting so much personality, and I swear you get cuter and cuter by the day.  Here are your 9 month stats:

Maggie:  17 lbs. (50th %) & 26 1/4 inches (15th %)
William: 18 lbs. 4 oz. (15th %) & 29 inches (75th %)

William 

Who would have thought with those chunk-a-lunk legs that you would only be in the 15th % for weight?!?

You da-dee and di-di and ba-ba all day long.  You've got so much to say!  Still waiting on Ma-ma, though!

You are on the verge of crawling - you rock back and forth on your knees and have moved your arms and knees in sync a couple of paces at a time, but you haven't taken off quite yet.  Sweetheart, that is just fine with me - if you want to wait a couple of more months to decide to be mobile, I would be all for it!

While we haven't let you actually drink any, you L-O-V-E Miller Lite bottles.  You can spot them from across a room and seem to know that you're supposed to drink from them.  You can be sobbing and will calm down immediately when we put one in front of you, only to start right back up once we take it away!  If there weren't laws about underage drinking, we could make big bucks making commercials for Miller!

You like to put your finger in any hole you can find - the air holes on Maggie's helmet, ears, noses, bathtub jets.  Wet Willies have taken on a whole new meaning at our house.

You can find the lights and fans when we ask you where they are.

You sleep on your tummy with your knees under you and your hiney in the air.


Maggie

Mags, you are a jabber jaws, too!  Between you, William, and Kirby, someone is always talking!  I can't wait to be able to understand all the very important things you are telling me!

You've only done this for Maria, but you give her great "Ojitos"

Instead of crying when we're not feeding you fast enough, you lean forward in the high chair, stare at us and bang your hands on the tray.

You can hold a toy or book over your face to play "peep-eye" with us.

You can't stand William's fascination with your helmet and ears.

You've got 2 teeth (top, front, right side) that are on the verge of breaking through.  Any day now! You're going to be so cute with toofers!!

We love you so much and can't wait to see what next month brings!!

Easter

What a great Easter...great weather, great family, great times!!  We all loved having Nana and Papa hang out with us for the weekend.   Kirby was especially excited to have Nana at her house!  She led Pam all over the house all weekend long, chit chatting all the way.

 This was the best group shot we got this weekend...it cracks me up though.  William is losing it and Maggie's like, "dude, what's wrong?" 

When did Kirby get so grown up?

We loved being in Houston and being able to attend our church for Easter.  Easter is one of my favorite services ever, and it was awesome at St. Martin's this year.  We attempted "Big Church" instead of the Family Table Service - we made it through the service, but we definitely belong in kids' church!! 

Maggie started fussing at the beginning of the service, so I hopped up and literally ran into the Narthex and almost into Pres. Bush.  I'm sure Secret Service would have kept that from actually happening :)  While I was calming Maggie down, someone tapped Jim on the shoulder.  Thinking that it was an usher was going to ask him if the 2 seats next to him were open, he was ready to say, "I just need one of these spots for my wife."  It was, however, Barbara, so he gave my seat away!!!  They started to sit down and then realized they would be right next to a litter of kiddos and kept on moving!   Oh well, good to see them anyway.

Rodeo

Our little animal lover was in hog heaven at the rodeo!  Kirby rode the ponies - twice, a camel, and lots of rides...saw chicks, turkeys, bunnies, pigs, sheep, & cows!  It was so fun to spend the day with her!  I look forward to one on one dates with Maggie and William one day, too!

Kirby was just giddy on the ponies - she petted Dolly's mane and talked to her the whole time!

Meet Nick, the camel.  Notice the guys t-shirt.  I almost peed in my pants I laughed so hard.

She was fearless on the rides!

We loved our Kirby-time!!!

Eight months!

Number 2 and Number 3 are 8 months!! 

 the signs aren't really working anymore!

M &W:
Y'all are the most laid back babies I've ever met - you are all grins 98% of the time, and we're sorry that since there are 2 of you, you don't get credit for being as sweet and patient and chilled as you are!

You've been sleeping like champs - sometimes 12 1/2 hours!  We put you down at 7 or 7:30 and you usually don't make a peep until 7 in the morning.   Thank you SO much for that!

You "play" with each other...by play, I mean take each others toys and pacifiers - you already only want what the other one is playing with. Oh, and Kirby only wants what you are playing with!

You are not spitting up nearly as much as you used to - your pedi said by 9 months you should grow out of it - whooohoooo!  Our cleaning bill will get significantly smaller when that day comes!!

You love fruits and veggies, but you're not too patient when we have to feed both of you at once.

You both reach your arms out for us to pick you up - melts my heart every time!

William...

You are close to crawling - you get up on all fours, rock back and forth for a while and then lay flat out on the floor like you've just run a marathon.  You scoot around in circles and can move yourself backwards.

You're kind of sort of waving - we aren't totally sure it's not a coincidence that you move your fingers when we wave at you, but it happens often enough that we're going to go with it!

We think that you've GOT to have some teeth coming in - you are a droolin' fool...but you've been that way for the last 4 months, so who knows!

It's next to impossible to change your diaper these days - you flip over so fast which has caused some really big messes

William, there just aren't that many nicknames for you, buddy.  The only one that has stuck is William Tell.  Someone called you Will the other day, and it was just weird.  How crazy is it that I think Will is weird and Peekie Peep Eyes isn't?

Maggie...

You couldn't care less that you have a helmet on your head!

You finally started rolling over - now you're a little steam roller.

You have the cutest buddha belly I've ever seen.

You smoke William  every time you drink a bottle - we hope that's not a sign of things to come in your college years!

You are also known as Mags, Maggersly, Mooperville, Mag Pie Jones, Sister Sue

Kirby Clause...don't want to leave anyone out!!!

You are acting so grown up these days - you "read" by sounding out words based on the picture under the word, so the word "bunny" is RRRR-A-Bit, and "puppy" is Duh-O-Guh.  You're so proud of yourself (and so are we!)  You get us to sound out things and then tell us, "Good job!"

When we ask you how you slept or how school was or how swimming was you reply, "Oh, it was GRRRREAT!"

You still love to put things in bags/boxes/purses - some of the things we've found - pajamas in the trash can, Cam's Aggie ring in a diaper box, wash rags in Jim's sock drawer, balls in the kitchen cabinets...and others we haven't - my engagement ring, for example.  We've turned our house upside down.

You LOVE Sid the Science Kid.

You have decided that you want a pet.  You tell us all the time that you "sure wish you could have a cat" and you seem to think that Molly is coming back to live at our house.  We offered to take you to get a fish so that Jump could have a friend to swim with and you told us, "I think I don't want a fish - I think I want a puppy!"


You want you wear princess dresses and tutus everyday - you are SO fancy!

Your baby dolls have specific names - Megan, Maggie, William, and Ella.  I have no idea where the name Ella came from, but I love it!!

You won't eat anything for meals but peanut butter and honey sandwiches and chicken nuggets and french fries.  You of course always find room for goldfish, grapes, strawberries, and pretzels.