1st Attempt at "Normal" Food

After we went to their 4 month check-ups we finally got the ok to start them on cereal. This was the first night we tried. They both thought we were trying to kill them. They were gagging and not quite sure what to think.

Remie


Hallie





At least we got some smiles out of it!!!

A week later we have added a little flavor. Remie is not to fond of bananas. But Hallie likes both Bananas and Applesauce. They both still spit out more then they actually swallow, but it sure is good entertainment!!

Chunky Monkeys!

We just got back from our 4-Month Check-up. They both are doing very well. Here are the stats...

Hallie 11 pounds 11 ounces (25%ile) 23 inches long (20%ile)
Remie 12 pounds 7 ounces (30%ile) 24 inches long (30%ile)

At 2 months they were only 2 ounces apart. They both were cooing and smiling, up until the shots. They didn't seem to like that part so well. We get to start solids now. YEAH! Hopefully it will help us sleep through the night a little better!!!

Fishing with her Dad

We went to Soda this weekend. Ryan can't stand to just sit still, so he was going to take the big girls fishing while I worked on some Christmas stuff with my mom and sisters. Rylie didn't end up going. So Sydnie had a date with her dad. They ended up going to Chesterfield and had great time. Syd loves to go with Ryan any chance she gets. I think he will have a little competition when she gets a little older. She keeps telling him that she needs a pink gun! (Don't mind the dates, Ryan was using his hunting camera - they really were taken on 11/7/09.)





I don't think she wanted to touch it.










The end of a busy day!

Baby Pictures - 4 months Old

Here are some updated baby pictures. They are now 4 months old! I cannot believe it has been 4 months. Some days feel like an eternity, but when you look back, it seems like it was just yesterday. They are both doing very well. They are smiling and cooing, and even starting to coo at each other. Hallie is the smiley one right now. You can get her talking or smiling pretty easy. Remie will talk also, but it takes her a little while to get started.

We have also had to update the bracelets that they have been wearing. We have had them in bracelets since we brought them home and it was an easy way to tell them apart. Now the new bracelets are just a little too big, so we keep losing them. I'm sure they will fit in no time at all. We go back to the doctor on November 17th, so I will have weight updates then.

Hallie & Remie




And of course I had to switch them...Remie & Hallie


Ryan took this picture, and to be truthful, neither one of us can tell which one it is. Don't tell her that!

Carving Pumpkins & Halloween

We carved pumpkins on October 30th, after we got back from a USU basketball game, hence all of the USU shirts. As you can see, Rylie wasn't loving getting the "guts" out. We carved pumpkins that Ryan grew in the garden, this summer. It is so nice not having to go to the grocery store each year to buy pumpkins. We had some really big ones that were still sitting out on the front step. They were too big to bring in. The sad part was, that I didn't get any pictures of them.





Just taking it all in...Remie and Hallie








Rylie and Remie






Sydnie, Hallie, Rylie, & Remie


Halloween Night...Hallie & Remie





What a bunch of spooks!



Sydnie and Rylie with Great-Grandma & Grandpa Barfuss

The Mighty Duck Hunters

Since the first of October Ryan has been doing a little duck hunting. I think they spent more time trying to take "cool" pictures then they did hunting. Although, I have to admit, the first two are pretty cool.

Rolling Over

Sorry I don't have any pictures for this one, but I thought I should update anyway. So when I went to pick the girls up from our babysitter on Wednesday, Becky asked me if Hallie had started rolling over yet. I told her that there were a couple of times, a couple weeks ago, that she kind-of did, but I just chalked it up to the way she was laying on the couch. So Becky said that she had Hallie on her stomach earlier in the day and that she was so close to rolling over. Well last night I decided to see what she would do. I had her laying on the floor for just a minute and over she went. Two times she did it...rolling from her stomach to her back!! Then we put Remie down by Hallie to see what she would do. Remie just sat there staring at Hallie. Remie wasn't impressed. Rylie thought Hallie was pretty funny. She said Hallie looked like a dog peeing when she would roll over....the way she stuck her leg out to roll. I had to laugh too!

New Baby Pictures - 3 Months old!!

We had professional pictures taken of the twins and I just got them back on Monday. I am so excited, they are so cute and I have so many to choose from. Here is just a few...

Hallie & Remie




Hallie




Those dang binkies!


Remie




Remie





Hallie






Hallie


Remie


Hallie


Remie




Remie & Hallie






I wanted to thank Wendi Coombs for the great job that she does. She has been taking our family pictures for about 3 years now. (Sydnie was 18 months old when she started taking our pictures.) I have a link to her blog at the end of my blog list if you want to see other things that she has done. Thanks Wendi for all of the time you spend with us!!