9 months

The babies had their 9 month check up this month and the Dr. said everything looked great. They only got one shot this time; flu shot. This month has been rough with illnesses for the babies. Luke caught bronchitis from the church nursery. It was not fun. High fevers, throwing up coughing. Once Luke was better we made it a whole week without illness and Luke ends up getting sick again. He caught rotavirus from the church nursery; they will not be going back to the nursery for a few weeks. We had just moved into our new house and my mom came in to help unpack and help with the kids. As soon as she drove up I walked down the steps to let her in and Luke started throwing up all over me the steps and Evan. I thought it was just a fluke and it wouldn't happen again. A little while later he started doing it again and we knew it wasn't a fluke. This was on Monday, but Wednesday he was still throwing up and had horrible diapers every 5-10 minutes. Wednesday by lunch I started this lovely virus and Mark had to come home from work to help with the kids. By Wednesday night Evan, Mark and my mom had it. That night we decided to take Luke to the Emergency room because he was getting dehydrated, shaking and crying for hours. Emergency room doctor said to keep doing what we were doing and pump fluids. Thursday we took both of the babies to their dr and she had us stop all formula and food. We were to only give them pedialyte every 30 minutes; once the babies made it past 36 hours I think without throwing up we could start introducing formula back in. We eventually got over it and thankfully Wesley never got it.

Evan weighs 19.2 lbs and is 28.25 inches long.  Evan loves to take a bath and splash Wesley.  He also loves to eat, swing and go on walks. Evan loves to look at books and open and close them over and over.  He has one tooth and the second tooth is going to poke through shortly.  He does a great job at feeding himself. Some of his favorite foods are; black beans, peas, cantaloupe, crackers and chicken.  Evan can drink from a straw sippy cup at lunch and dinner.  Evan sits by Wesley in the car and loves when Wesley talks to him after school.  He smiles and laughs at him.

Luke weighs 17.7 ons and is 27.75 inches long.   Luke loves to take a bath, eat and pull up on everything.  He has one tooth and the second tooth is going to poke through shortly.  We bought a new baby swing for the swing set and try to go out when it is warm; he loves to go out and swing.  He does a great job at feeding himself. Some of his favorite foods are; black beans, peas, cantaloupe, crackers and chicken.  Luke can drink from a straw sippy cup at lunch and dinner.  Luke is crawling on his hands and knees now the majority of the time instead of doing the army crawl.

 Wesley has his trampoline out in the new playroom and the babies love to pull up on it and try to climb on it.

Evan loves this music table as much as Wesley did.  In 3 short months the babies will be one!