Six Months Old!

Our babies are six months old! This post is a few days late because I wanted to have their stats from our doctor visit yesterday. Here they are with Mr. Bear.


Jake

• weighs 14 lb 1 oz (<5%)
• is 25 inches long (7%)
• has sort of a big head at 17 inches around (35%)
• grins all the time, with big belly laughs mixed in
• steam rolls happily
• scoots towards a toy when on his belly
• is getting pretty good a sitting up without support
  
• very much enjoyed his first taste of rice cereal today

Here's his serious pose:
Attacking Mr. Bear:
Easily distracted:This is Jake's newest trick. We call it his old man face. He makes this face & then talks to us, resembling an old man without his dentures.Mallory

• weighs 13 lb 10 oz (10%)
• is 24 3/4 inches long (20%)
• also has kind of a big head at 16 3/4 inches around (50%)
• is a major giggler
• has a big attitude
• loves to roll
• "talks" constantly
  
• was rather unsure about her first taste of rice cereal

Her sweet & innocent pose:
There are those giggles:
Silly girl making faces at Daddy:
Funny face:
Here are some of my recent favorites.
I hate that she sucks her thumb, but I love how cute she looks doing it.


I'm not sure why Blogger wants to turn this one on its side, but here's Mal having a serious conversation with Daddy.
Garrett & Amy babysat for us on the 13th so we could celebrate Valentine's Day. We had a wonderful dinner at Nick & Sam's steakhouse, & the babies were very good for them. Thanks so much, guys!
Future crawler
Reading some of their valentines
Daddy thought it was funny to pull Mal's pants up to her armpits & insisted we get a picture.
Jake rolled under the coffee table one night & thought that it was just hilarious. We didn't get a picture of him laughing, but he stayed under there forever, just grinning like he was getting away with something.
This was Monday morning. The shirts say Non-Refundable, which was a very appropriate reminder for that day. Thanks, Uncle Ryan!
This was today as we headed out for a walk. I know, I always post random pics of them in hats, but it's just so cute!
They enjoyed the walk & getting to say hi to Grammy & DadDad, & they even fell asleep before we got home. Yea for good naps!
I'll try to get their video of the first cereal experience up tomorrow.