Hallelujah!!!

My babies are napping once again, thank goodness!!! They just needed to be separated or they will just play through there whole nap:) I borrowed my mother-in-laws pack and play, so I put Maci in it in my room and Dane in his crib and they snooze away:) The funny thing is, at night they sleep fine in there room together. Problem solved...for now, there's always something it seems like when you have kids but it's definitely all worth it! Maci and Dane are both professional little crawlers now and they are pretty fast too. Dane still is loving to bear crawl on his hands and feet all over the place, it's hilarious! Maci might be our first little walker! A couple of nights ago Maci pulled herself up on a pampers box we had laying around and walked it all over the place:) She was having a blast! Last night we were over at grandma and grandpa's and they have one of those walkers and I helped Maci get up on it and she pushed it all around, slowly and somewhat wobbly, but she would catch herself if she thought she might be going down and regroup then off she went again! I can't believe my little 14 lb 12 oz, 24 in. long little girly could be walking soon! I tried to put Dane on it too, but he gets so distracted and just wants to play with all the other toys:) Dane makes the funniest noises and he has from birth basically, lol:) He does a grandpa weeze, tongue flicker, fake coughs, and a somewhat new one is "k" noises over and over again! He's hilarious and when he does his fake coughs it's like 5- 10 in a row, silly boy:) Maci loves to babble, scream and squeal:) She is such a smiley girl even to complete strangers! Dane loves to be thrown around and swung upside down, basically anything crazy he loves and laughs away:) Daddy is his favorite to ruff house with, Maci joins in but you have to be more gentle with her or she doesn't like it. She surprisingly likes to be swung upside down to, but not too wild. Dane loves food especially food Ryan and I eat and puffs of course! He is always down for eating:) Maci is a more picky eater and will spit a lot of things out that I try to give her, but she also loves her puffs:) We go through those things like crazy! They are both obsessed with the fridge and dishwasher, whenever they here the fridge or dishwasher door open they bolt towards it, rascals! Needless to say, it takes double the time to clean the dishes or cook anything. We don't have the biggest kitchen, actually it's quite small so when they are in there crawling around I have to be pretty careful and step over them or move them out of the way. Speaking of small kitchens I can not wait to move out of our crammed little apartment into hopefully a townhouse:) Our contract ends July 11th so Ryan and I have been looking at a few places for rent. Nothing we love yet but we still have a little time. Most townhouses here have basements and most are finished basements which is what we are looking for. We also want a nice deck with a little fenced in yard, atleast 2 good sized bedrooms and 2 full bathrooms, a decent kitchen, and the basement has to have carpet for the munchkins to play in:) Hopefully we can find something we really like! We are headed to the beach this weekend which I'm really excited about with Ryan's brother Eric his wife Hilary and some of our good friends Shawn and Krystal. We went with them last summer and had a blast, it will be a little different this year though. We are going from 2 kids to six!! Last summer me, Hilary and Krystal were all pregnant and they each had there little girls with them! It should be interesting and hopefully all our kids will behave:)

Rascals!!

Until this past Monday, Maci and Dane slept in there bouncy seats for there naps, in seperate rooms. Lately they have been maneuverning there way out of them and when I go check on them there's no baby in the bouncy. Maci has done it twice in the past couple of weeks and Dane did it last weekend! So I figured it's time to put them in there cribs for naptime. I was absolutely dreading it! There Monday morning nap came too quick which usually I'm thrilled to put them down for naps. So I grabbed Dane put him in his crib then Maci into her crib. They weren't going for it right away:( I let them cry it out for 10 or so minutes, went and checked on them and they were both perched up in there cribs. I went and laid them both back down, put there paci's in there mouth and prayed they would go to sleep. It was a miracle, not a peep for 2 hours! The next nap didn't go as well but not too bad. Tuesday was good not great. Today was a complete disaster! There morning nap consisted of them basically playing for two hours in there crib and talking and laughing at eachother! Rascals! My plan tomorrow is to put a playpin in my room for Maci to nap and Dane in his crib, otherwise they will just stay up and chat and then be moody the rest of the day:( Wish me luck! Here are some cute pics of my 2 rascals lately:

9 month check-up

I can't believe my little munchkins are 9 months old!!! They have changed so much since my last post! They both started crawling a few weeks ago, so they are into everything now! They love following each other around and getting into trouble, lol:) It's so fun now that they actually play and interact with each other! They are already best friends although they do tick each other off sometimes too:) They love crawling all over each other and poking and pulling at each other!
9 month stats:
Dane:
17 pounds (15%)
26 inched (5%)
his head is in the 30th percentile

Maci:
14 lbs 12 oz (not on charts)
24 inches (not on charts)
her head is also in the 30th percentile

Dane is a wild man, a lot of it has to do with his crazy father, lol:) He loves to wrestler with his Daddy! He is full of energy and crawls like a maniac! He has this new bear crawl that he does on his hands and feet with his butt in the air, it's the funniest thing ever:) Dane has 2 bottom teeth now. He loves to be held and really wants to be held right now, lol. He is pulling up on everything now and has lots of falls throughout the day! He is such a little explorer and if I forget to close any door to a bedroom or bathroom he heads straight to it. He has figured out how to open and close our tv console drawers and will sit there and just open and close open and close over and over, lol. He also loves remotes and our Iphones, as soon as he sees an opening to possibly get our phones he is all over it! One of his favorite things are food and treats, he's gonna be a big boy! He is such a sweet boy and makes me laugh everyday!

Maci loves studying everything out especially faces:) It took her a few more days to figure out how to crawl, she just wanted to do it the right way unlike her maniac brother who just wanted to get moving however weird way he figured out:) She loves her brother but he does love to bug her, she has learned how to bug him back, lol:) She has also learned how to get out of her bouncy seat which they take naps during the day in, rascall!! She loves to play but not too ruff:) She's obsessed with getting into the diapers and making a mess of them, lol:) She loves to babble, blow bubbles and squeal as loud as possible, especially at church! She has also figured out how to stand in her crib but doesn't quite know how to get herself down, so she'll cry to let us know she needs help:) Maci is such a sweetheart and I just want to cuddle and kiss her all day!

Jumperoo:)

We got Dane and Maci this jumperoo a couple of weeks ago and these videos are there first experience in them. Dane can actually bounce himself now, Maci's little short legs aren't quite long enough but she loves playing and figuring out all the toys:)

bumbo action!!

Mimi got Maci and Dane Bumbos for Christmas:) They love them! This is a video of them over the weekend playing in there bumbos. They are getting so big!! They will be 5 months on Sunday! I love my little munchkins and love being a mom, it's the best thing ever!!

singing time and Play gym fun:)

Already 1 Month Old!!!

Dane Austin and Maci Mae's Birthday:)