100 days
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until the kids are a year old.
More to come tomorrow, but I can only say 100 days today 
and it’s 11 minutes before it’s only 99 days and way past my bedtime. Much to update, so hopefully tomorrow.
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Gallery upload
I just uploaded a ton of photos, some are in the 8th month but most are in the 9th month folder.
1 comment February 15th, 2008
8 Months
The kids are growing, they are growing far too fast for our liking. In talking with James the other day the only word I can come up with is that I feel robbed. Not robbed in the sense that I had something stole from me, but robbed in that;
rob (rb)
v. robbed, rob·bing, robs
3a. To deprive unjustly of something belonging to, desired by, or legally due (someone):
meaning, I feel that I’m being deprived of something I desire… more time, more one on one time, just more time with my kids. After I started talking to James about it, he said someone he knew as a teenager had twins and that’s the word she used also.
Sure I spend pretty much 24/7 with them. With the exception of a handful of times I’ve run to the store alone, ect. Never more than 2 hours have I been away and even then it’s only been twice. Usually it’s 30 minutes tops.
Onward to the kids;
They are hillarious, I think this age is really fun but really hard also. Hard because they are testing us, and me (simply as I’m with them more often, they have more chances to test me).
They are starting to understand being told “No”. Like Evelyn in the bath the other night wanting to stand up. She didn’t much like that Mama and Dada told her no. James has been pulling hair, and two other things which he is told no for. Most recently, James told him “No” for pulling up in the bathtub also, the poor little guy didn’t like being told and quivered his bottom lip. Evelyn would make scrunched up faces like the start of a cry out, but she’d open her mouth and nothing would come out. Haha.
James is really quite cute actually, I can tell he knows he’s not supposed to do what he is doing. He looks at me, and looks at what he’s doing. Watchs me, and continues to do what he’s not supposed to, hiding it (so he thinks) from my view. He’s very sly about it. Now all I have to do is look at him for this one thing and he 97% of the time stops.
James is has been so close to crawling, for weeks now, I’d say a month even. He had the actions for his feet/legs and one arm down. But he hadn’t figured out yet how to move the other arm also. I did catch him the other day moving it and he went sideway… but not sure if that is how he goes in circles also, so I’m thinking it’s not really anything he learnt new/recently. He gets around the family room by going up on all fours butt high in the air and then he brings his feet forward, and drops. Then he does it over again OR he goes backwards
Well, Sunday night he did it. Wouldn’t you know it was after James talked to his mom and said that no, he hadn’t crawled yet. But that night, he crawled on all fours, with some coaxing temptation of a monkey, book and a tablespoon. He is now working it, he likes to get up on all fours, and then sit down and get up on all fours, and sit down.
Evelyn is starting to get moving too. She’s started bouncing, finally learnt how to bounce in the jumperoo toy, but also on Daddy’s leg. Mama isn’t as good for bouncing on - neither Evelyn or James enjoy bouncing on my leg the same. It’s always for a shorter period of time, but they’d bounce all night on Daddy’s leg if they could. She’s also scooting her way around the family room-I caught her in the DVDs today. She does get up on all fours and rock too, she reminds me of James.
She tends to do things after James, but she does them quicker when than him. She must learn faster, perhaps.
Both are pulling up to stand, and stand for a good clip of time. Especially when tempted by the remote control placed just out of reach on the stool they are holding onto. James pulls himself up to standing and lets go with one hand, trying to balance. He also takes a few steps while holding onto my fingers (one index finger in each hand of his).
They are SOO much more interactive with each other. I catch them at least 2 times a day talking to each other, or laughing at each other. Evelyn takes down James and vice versa. He’s learnt to steal toys now too, though Evelyn gets upset sometimes. Whereas when she steals them from him, he moves onto something else.
I added a 3rd meal to their schedule this week. We’d been doing a lunch & dinner only as Evelyn was hardly eating lunch even… but she did better if the solids were later in the day… it’s only been two days but they are doing well so far.
As the gallery photos show, they are trying to learn to self feed. It’s going OK. James does slightly better than Evelyn, but neither is a pro. Both are eager to learn though, so we’ll keep on trying.
Tonight we put the kids in the cart (we had to take two)versus the double stroller in their carseats, in their carseats in the cart or one in the cart and one in a sling)) for the first time. Evelyn seemed to really enjoy it, James started off liking it but I think he grew bored… and hungry. I don’t yet know what I’ll do when the kids aren’t in their carseats we have at the moment anymore, they transfer to the stroller and carts easily. I think the days of one baby in the cart seat and one in the sling are on their way.
I will have to ask some of the Mothers of Multiples group what they did. Speaking of which, we are going out for the first time together without the kids this month. To an event with the MOM club. It’s a couples dinner out, our friends Matt & Shaun are going to be watching the kids for us. I’m extremely nervous (about going, not them watching J&E), I know they will cry, but I also know that it’s good for them (teaches them to trust us) and good for me, and our relationship.
James has decided to change his and Evelyns bedtime. A few weeks ago he just plain ole was ready at 7pm to get ready for bed, and we’ve been doing it ever since. They now sleep from around 7:30pm till 8 or 8:30am. Wonderful! With the time at night we’ve gained I’ve been catching up on some scrapbooking and James his video gaming.
Speaking of that, I’m off to do just that!
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