Six Months

I can't believe the boys are six months old today! Half a year -- wow. They're such wonderful little guys. We're so happy to have them.

We had sun today for the first time in four days, so we took the babies out for a walk by our neighborhood lake. (There's a little gravel path down to the lake, and it turns out our strollers really aren't good for off-roading -- they made it, but it wasn't a smooth ride!) Stanley was happy to get out of the house, too!

James had a good day today with his bottles. He was drinking 35-40 ml per feeding, which is still not his best, but it's an improvement from where he's been recently. We just went up to the 24 calorie version of the formula, and he seemed to be doing well with it until the evening, when he had a bit of a spit-up and seemed a bit more uncomfortable. So, we'll see how things go.

Matthew has been having great fun grabbing things recently (mainly toys hanging from his activity gym, although watch out if you have long hair); his coordination has improved so that he's actually able to grab things on purpose instead of just randomly. He was fussing a little bit the other day while he was playing, and I think it may have been because he was frustrated because one of the toys was hanging just a little too high for him to reach. I wonder if this is the start of a new phase. Up until now, if he's crying, it's almost always for one of three reasons -- he's hungry, he has gas, or something has hurt him (scratching himself, getting a shot, etc.). But today he was fussing a little and then smiled when we came over, and started fussing again when we left -- so maybe he's now going to start expressing himself about some other needs as well as just the basic ones.

We had a really nice evening -- one wonderful friend came by bearing dinner (and immunizations), and another (also wonderful) friend came over later to watch some football with us. Hooray for adult company!