The Hoppers

Monday, March 18, 2013

Half a year??

Really?? My baby girl is six months old today. That is just crazy! Well, we haven't been to the doctor for her 6 month check up, so I don't have any stats for you. BUT, I will share what she has been up to.

Margaret can officially army crawl or roll wherever she wants to go. She is really strong. She is thinner than Evan was at this stage and I think it is because she is crawling already. Margaret is always on the go. She wants someone or something to play with her. She loves when Evan plays with her.

Her favorite food is breast milk but she has tried sweet potatoes, banana, green beans, butternut squash, peas, and cheese. That last one was by accident. I was eating some and she grabbed it right out of my hand. She is just fine, so no harm no foul.

Margaret is finally sleeping pretty well. She loves to sleep on her side, so until she mastered rolling over sleeping was tough. She will sleep from 7-2 (eat), 4, then up at 7. We haven't quite figured out the 4 wake up, but we are hoping we can get rid of it soon enough. Overall, I am really happy with her sleep because she was getting up every two hours for a while. She is also in her crib and can put herself to sleep. We put her to bed awake for naps and bedtime. It took a while to get to this point, but I am glad we made it! Sleep is good!!!

Margaret is in size 2 diapers. She wears 9 month in anything that is loose and 12 month on things that are tight. Things are usually small because of her length. With Evan we were in big clothes because of his weight. It is fun to see the differences as they grow!

Margaret doesn't have any teeth, but I know at least one, maybe two, bottom teeth are coming in.

Alright I think I covered everything. Love these guys so much!!!

Can you tell he is proud he did NOT share his legos??

Now he has to share!!

Giggling at eachother!! LOVE!

Precious Princess is 6 months old!!

Got to get a close up of that big smile!

Forgot the pillow in the first one.

Comparison. Still some similarities, but not twins anymore!!
So glad to see Margaret has more hair!

We had an awesome day with Grammy and Pops at the Dallas World Aquarium Evan loved all the animals and showing off his animal noises! His favorite part was hanging out with Grammy and Pops. He least favorite part was watching the shark getting fed. He loved the fish, ducks, and alligator!

Haha I couldn't resist because of Evan'd face!

Watching them feed the sloth!

Evan is ready to look at more animals!

Both kids watching the giant manatee!

Evan found some ducks! Quack! Quack!

Stare down with the fish. He loved this part.

Evan got to see a shark feeding.
He is in their somewhere and wasn't so
thrilled to see the blood of the octopus!

Grammy and Ev looking at starfish!

He loves these guys!!

Weekend fun!

We had a busy but fun weekend!

Arbor hills!

Arbor hills! A bit chilly.

Evan loves to give Gaga hugs!
I loves that he loves his sister so much.

They are already playing together!

SOOO funny!

We went to visit the Easter bunny.
Evan cried at first, but then loved it.
Margaret was just chill.

Loving the sunshine.

Picking grass.

Just love her!

Daddy was grilling for us on a beautiful day.

Happy St. Patty's day!

Evan and I at M's party!

The ball pit!!

Evan's best buddy!

He loved the cake and airplane ride.

Shirtless sunday?

Loves his legos!

Love playing with this awesome dude!

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Margaret is crawling!!

Well, it is official, Margaret is crawling. I like to call it the Shamu. She lifts her upper body really high and then hits the ground and waves her body forward. It is an interesting technique. None the less, it get her from point A to point B. Mom isn't too happy about this!!

Meanwhile, Evan is just full of words! He is basically a parrot! He has a few favorite phrases right now: Let's see (and he taps his finger on his face), there he/she is, Gaga milk (any time she is crying), and good girl lola (not sure where that came from, but he loves to pet her and tell her that). His words are all over the place. He currently loves any trucks: firetrucks, dump trucks, semi-trucks. He points to them all! He will see a car and say no, but then see a trucks and say there it is! Such a chatter box!!