We Have Lift Off

This is Henry's accomplishment for the week.  Needless to say Nick lowered his mattress before bed!

Henry is a busy body.  He wants to go all the time.  He thinks there is always something more fun to play with over there.  I ran to the kitchen and when I came back I found him playing in Cali's kitchen with this silly grin on his face!  He is so proud of his exploring!

Hannah is such a laid back girl.  She is just content to sit and play with toys.

Yesterday was the first time she showed any interest in going somewhere.  She went from sitting to her tummy then wiggled a little.  No real movement but this is a good start!

Time to baby proof the house again!

Blueberries and Peaches

For a summer adventure we decided to take the kids to pick blueberries and peaches today.   Nick was working so my mom "Nana" came to help.   Nana and Cali picked the peaches while I stayed with the twins.  Then Cali, Henry and I headed out for blueberries while Nana and Hannah stayed in the shade.


Cali and Nana showing off their peaches

Cali found a blueberry!  It was pretty warm so we didn't pick that many.   Luckily they had pre-picked ones that we could add to our small pile.

The blueberry crew.

 They had a tent with a cool air fan going that we enjoyed after our hard work.

8 Month Twin Update

Henry and Hannah are eight months old today!  I say this every month but man it goes by fast!  It seems like the key to the first year with babies is survival.  Once you get past the year mark you can start to breath and relax some.

Due to scheduling and life being crazy the babies just went to their six month check up this week.  They got 2 shots and did great!

The Dr. suggested we start to introduce sippy cups.  Cali is showing Hannah how to do it.  Hannah liked it but Henry wasn't a fan.  We'll work on it.

Henry - 8 months

Hannah - 8 months

Hannah loves to stick out her tongue! 

MONTHLY UPDATE:

Food - Four breast milk bottles a day.  Hannah takes 5-6 ozs, Henry 5-8 ozs.  They love solid food and are experimenting with finger foods.  They get three solid food meals a day.   They love green beans, pears, bananas, avocado, and carrots.  Hannah prefers fruit while Henry likes the veggies.

Sleep - They take a morning nap and an afternoon nap.  They are in the process of dropping the third nap.  Some days they make it with 2 naps some days they need 3. They go to sleep at 8pm and wake up at 6:30am.  

Clothes - Hannah is in 3-6 and 6-9 month.  Henry is in 6-9 month size.

Weight -  Hannah 15 lbs 4 oz Henry 17 lbs 11 oz

Height - Hannah 26 inches Henry 28 inches  

Diapers - Pampers size 3

Health - Hannah continues to improve on the meds for the Hemangioma.  Somedays you can't even see her red spot!  She also seems to have "food sensitivity" to strawberries.  So we will avoid those for a while.  She ate strawberry yogurt and her skin turned red on her face where the yogurt was.

Playing in Henry's crib

Fun Facts - Henry is a tummy sleeper.  If you lay him down on his back we will roll over to his tummy.  Hannah is very laid back.  She will sit and play by herself with little complaint.   She is also a big talker.  Henry is a mover and has started to creep/ crawl.  

Interview with Cali

What is your favorite color? Purple
Who is your best friend? Hannah
What is your favorite animal? Zebra and monkey
What is your favorite food? Pasta
What do you like to play? Teddy bear and baby
What do you want to be when you grow up? Fisherman
How old are you? Free (three)
What is your favorite song? Oh Mexico



What is your favorite book? Dumbo

Too cute!

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Being real

For Father's Day we all loaded up and went to a local park. Nick and I wore the twins as we walked around. Cali liked visiting the sheep and goats. There was a park for Cali to play on and a stage.

I took a few pictures of Nick with the kids sitting on the stage. I could show you the photo with smiles and eyes looking at the camera. Instead I show you this photo. The is my real family.


Nick is smiling. Cali is talking, something she does ALL day long. Henry is trying to climb out of Nick's arms, he is always moving. And Hannah is just sitting back, chilling.

So there you have the perfect picture of my family. A real picture.


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Seven Month Twin Update

The Jordan kids are getting so BIG!  Cali is doing great as a big sister and enjoys the babies most of the time.  She misses getting 100%  of our attention but is doing well.  She is a big helper with the babies.  She will tell us if they are crying, she will give them their pacifiers and even sing to them when they are upset.

The babies are so active these days.  They stay awake for 2.5 to 3 hour stretches so they are doing so much more.  They like their exersaucers, the bouncy seats and sitting up.

Playtime looks like this!  They both sit up well on their own but the boppy pillows help just in case someone falls over.  With two babies, you can't catch them both if they tip over at the same time (which  happens a lot!) so the pillows add protection.

Henry 7 months

Hannah 7 months

MONTHLY UPDATE:

Food - Four breast milk bottles/ nursing a day.  Hannah takes 5-6 ozs, Henry 5-8 ozs.  They are loving solid food.  They get three solid food meals a day.   They love green beans, pears, bananas, avocado, but aren't a fan of peas. 

Sleep - They take a morning nap, a lunch time, and an afternoon nap.  They go to sleep at 8pm and wake up at 7am.  It is amazing!!  We are getting sleep.

Clothes - Hannah is in both 3-6 and 6-9.  Henry is in 6-9 month size.

Weight -  Hannah 14 lbs 12 oz Henry 17 lbs 2 oz

Height - Hannah __ inches Henry __ inches  

Diapers - Pampers size 2, Huggies size 3

Health - Hannah continues to improve on the meds for the Hemangioma.  Somedays you can't even see her red spot!  Henry has a tooth!  

Fun Facts - Both babies do well at sitting up, rolling, and talking.   They love to sit up and play with toys.  They are already fighting over toys!  Poor Cali doesn't understand why they won't share.

For fun here is Cali's 7 month update from September 2009!

Playing Catch Up

Life with 3 kids 3 and under is keeping us beyond busy!  Between kids, work, family and church it seems like we are always going.  On top of that our laptop has been being dumb for the past month and I finally got it fixed last night.  So here are about four posts worth of pictures and information in one!  Enjoy!

Random Twin News:
Last Sunday June 3rd the twins when to the nursery at church for the first time!  They did great but I'm anticipating this week won't go as well since they will know what is up this week!  Yes, I know they are almost 7 months and that is a long time to wait to put them in the nursery.  Yes, my husband is a pastor there.  But I waited a year before I put Cali in the nursery.  So yes, I am THAT mom.  Moving on...

The twins have dropped their evening nap.  They take a long morning nap, a nap after lunch and a short afternoon nap.

Henry's first tooth finally broke through this week!  The poor boy has been drooling and teething for weeks.

Both babies are doing great at sitting up and are enjoying playing with their toys.

PICTURES!!

In May the kids and I joined "Aunt" Angie and Landon to pick strawberries!  The girls had a blast and the babies chilled in the stroller.  Cali has come a long way in her berry picking skills.

Cali playing with her cousins on there NEW bunk beds!

Kimmie is 8!  She had a super fun Mickey Mouse birthday party.  Here are the girls in their Minnie ears.

Henry hanging out with Uncle Tim.

The famous Cindy Bailey came down to visit and finally got to meet the twins.  She moved up north before they were born.  Hannah Bailey is named after this amazing, Godly woman.

It was 86 degrees last week so we broke out Cali's pool while the babies napped.  She and Daddy got very wet!

Landon turned 5 and had a pool birthday party.  Cali loves the water!  Abby and the rest of the Dickey's helped me chase Cali in the pool.

For Mother's day I asked for a night away.  Yes, I single night where I could do whatever I wanted and sleep uninterrupted!   There was a Gluten Free conference in Charlotte last Saturday so I left the house Friday afternoon and stayed downtown.  I went to Ikea, meet up with some blog friends for dinner, stayed in the awesome room below and hit the conference Saturday.  It was a perfect Mom Vacation!

 Here are some pictures from the conference.

So there is our life for the past few weeks!