How are they 8 months old already??

I know I will probably be saying this for the rest of my life, but I really do feel like it was just yesterday that we brought the girls home from the hospital! We are only 4 months away from celebrating their first year of life, and I'm starting to feel like I'm not ready. I want to do so much and I'm sure 4 months is plenty of time, but I'm also thinking about Thanksgiving, Rush's birthday, and of course Christmas (the girls' first so I want to make it BIG!)

Well lets get back on track, today the girls are 8 months old and this past month we celebrated MANY milestones. During their 7 month of life, both girls have started "crawling" not in a very mobile, follow me around the house kind of way, but they manage to get around fairly well. They've also had their 1st tooth (teeth in Reagan's case), they've also become amazing at sitting themselves up and grabbing/playing with things without falling over, and lastly just yesterday I saw Adalyn stand herself up for a split-second before she fell back down.

I'll let the pictures do most of the talking...

Chilling in our high chairs, about to eat dinner as a family

Reagan showing off her sitting skills

The girls love their play center (I can't think of the proper name at the moment), I need to get a before and after picture of the alligator that they demolish as soon as they get in it!

This gummy grin just won't be the same once she has teeth! I love Reagan's gummy smile.

Can you see Adalyn's pretty little tooth? It's not a spit bubble! Looking at her it's the front bottom left tooth.

I think she hams it up for me (which I love, and she comes by it honestly!)

We eat most of our snack and wear the rest!

Momma got too close with the camera and four little hands were all over the camera strap before I realized what was going on!

"What do you mean this isn't a toy?"

Addie's big smile, "I got the camera!"

Absolutely precious

Who knew bottle lids were such great toys? The girls love to play with them after they're done. :)

If she can, Reagan will hold something in her other hand as she drinks her bottle.

Mimi & Poppy are ready for the game just as much as the girls are!

Love it!

*'nuff said*

Adalyn was playing with the neck pillow, when I tried to get a picture she spotted me!

The girls' first time in jeans! I also painted their shirts!

My girls are just so precious! :)

All of our Camp Lejeune friends and us at the Alamo! Left to right: Stefanie, Hanna, & Brock Lennon, Kristen & Brian Rabuka, Us, and Kristal & Brian Pegram (who are expecting a bundle of joy April 2012!)

The girls first time at the Alamo!

I just recently spotted Adalyn stand up for a split-second (before falling back down) so I ran to get the camera in hopes that I could catch her doing it again. We didn't get a standing shot, just her trying to stand.

Working on those leg muscles!

Oh darn! She spotted me.

"HI Momma!"

Reagan was just chillin' watching me take a million pictures of Adalyn.

She has a contaigous smile, you can't help but smile back at her!

She's already working on getting into the vcr/dvd & direct tv boxes!

"Look Ma! No hands!" :)

Beautiful smile! Showing off her tooth!

The girls playing together after their breakfast

The oh-so-threatening alligator (I don't think it's a crocodile because the snout isn't long and skinny) toy on their play center. It's the first thing they "destroy" when they are set in it.

The threat has been eliminated. It is now safe to commence play with all the other toys.

Happy 8 Months! This is the best picture I could get, they refused to sit still and leave the dolls alone. Oh well, as long as they're happy!

"Open mouth, insert (doll's) foot."

While I was trying to get their picture Adalyn held the doll's foot in her mouth and wouldn't let go!

I hope you enjoyed all the pictures! I'm hoping I can start doing more detailed posts now that I'm caught up. Up next is about my first Consignment Sale! :)

Months 4 through 6! Just under 50 pictures outta do it! ;)

Better late than never, right? And if I try to do them just one post per month, I don't think I'll be able to catch up. I would realllllllly love to be caught up on posts, so that when you read or see the pictures it's not something that you already knew. But first things first, we must catch up! So the girls 4 month marks their first "month celebration" in Texas, and also the first one without Daddy. *Rush was not done up in NC, he was still working and getting our house ready to be moved halfway across the country.* Lucky for the girls and myself, my parents (Mimi and Poppy) were more than willing to take in 3 beautiful girls! ;)

If you have a question about a picture (like where we were, or what we were doing, or who is who) let me know in a comment and I'll answer you as soon as I can!

So here we go, it's mostly pictures with a small caption explaining.

First time Poppy has seen the girls since they were born! *He's as happy as a lark!*

 Being little angels at Darby & Jeff's wedding, Charles and Sandy didn't want to give them back!

 Mimi missed her girls!

 Poppy enjoying some bonding time. :)

 Not the same night as the previous pictures. This is how I had to seperate them in the playpen because they started moving SO much. They originally started with their heads in the same direction!

 Our friend Stefanie made the girls onsies and bows! :) On our way to meet half of Somerset at the Miller's party! :) *Not literally but close! ;)

 Chillin' with Miss Christy

 Uncle Ed and Aunt Nita meet the girls for the 1st time! Not sure which one baptised Nita...

 "Uncle" Ryan is lost in her charm...I think it's time they had another! ;)

"Auntie" Jessica couldn't let Ryan have all the fun.

 Rocked to sleep by Mimi and Poppy's dancing.

*Please excuse the obnoxious orange shirt. The girls meet more family, Aunt Karen and Uncle Stu!

 Great Grandma Moring! :) *Adalyn wanted a bottle at the moment.

 Aunt Missy and Uncle John

 Finally! This is their first night in a seperate space, they did wonderful and boy did they move during the night! (June 5, 2011)

 But that doesn't mean they don't enjoy snuggling up to each other! I put them together while I got their morning bottles ready. :)

 Cousin Toni, aka the Baby Sand(wo)man!

Chillin' with Oma (My Aunt)

 Scary identical, right?

Hanging out with Mason while I helped Jessica get her VBS classroom together.

The first signs of rolling! Addie started rolling a few weeks ahead of Reagan.

 "Seriously Mom! Put that camera AWAY!" LOL

 They love sleeping all wrapped up in their blankets! (Reagan)

 Adalyn. They are my sleeping angels!

 I would wake up to find Adalyn had rolled herself on to her tummy during the night! I just loved how her little tush would stick up in the air. :)

 Passed out playing in the swing...one of the last times they fit (safely) in it.

 Showing off how well we roll!

 Chillin' in our NEW HOME! :) Yep we bought a house, but that's a whole other post.

 She was laying on the blue blanket next to Reagan, I looked up and she was WAY over there!

 Hanging out with the Wende's!

 Meeting Uncle Quinn! (It's also 4th of July!)

 Hanging out with Papa Doc!

 Just one year prior we announced we were going to be having a baby. Little did we know it was supposed to be plural! BABIES! :) I wouldn't change a thing!

 Enjoying our bumbo time.

 Nap time while Mom and Dad work in the new house. *I think we were putting their cribs together.

 First nap in their crib(s)!

 At the Frio River! My Klemcke family reunion.

 I grew up coming here every summer. It was called Cliff 7, can you see the 7 in the cliff?

 Baptised River Rats!

 Hanging out with AB! (Aunt Brandie)

 Chilling with Cousin Bernice and Aunt Qin.

4 Generations! My Dad's parents.

Great Grandpa & Great Grandma!

 Fuzzy picture but thought it was cute. Wyatt and Sydney just love their little cousins!

All smiles for Momma!

I tend to get a little ahead of myself...

Ok so I posted about our trip home to Texas before posting about the girls' first trip to the beach! The NC beaches are probably what I'll miss the most, they are so beautiful! *And that's where I found my Megaladon tooth!* Anyways, the summer before we had the girls' Rush and I took the dogs just about every weekend to the beach to let them run free and enjoy swimming in the ocean. Since the girls were born, lets just say that the dogs really missed their weekend outings. We did try and take the dogs and the girls once but the wind was just too crazy and we couldn't even roll down the windows without letting a sand dune in Rush's truck. Finally since we were only a few weeks from leaving NC we decided that we needed to make sure we set time aside to take the girls, get their feet wet, and get pictures (of course) of it all. Our friends were nice enough to offer to take pictures of the whole process! *These pictures were taken May 22, 2011!*

 Loved their swimsuits that Mimi got them for Easter! Just wish they were able to wear them more.

 The hats were a one size fits all (ha!) so the girls are still working on growing into them.