Hurricane Recovery

The kids hardly missed a step in the days after old Hurricane Ike passed. Kate even got a little incisor tooth, which Charlie followed with his own, on exactly the opposite side! Their teeth always come in the same order, on opposite sides. Other firsts include: Charlie sat up on his own, and Kate learned to crawl. Now they're both crawling, although Kate is much more efficient -Charlie's arms tend to give out more. Kate has yet to sit up on her own. We're still working on that. Both kiddos have been seen attempting to pull up on the activity block that we bought for Brent's office and then brought home... so Brent lowered the mattresses in the cribs this weekend.
Oh yeah, they're 9 months old now, and I can't believe it!

Kate finally learned to feed herself toast!


I figured since the house was already a mess, I might as well let them feed themselves a bowl full of carrot puree.
They loved breaking the suction from the bottom of the bowl and pouring it down their onesies... super.
And Jimmy Dean had a yummy snack of carrot puree a la tile.




Everytime I turned around, the kids had extension chords wrapped around them or in their mouths! I don't miss that. Turns out that even babies miss electricity... no Sesame Street or Baby Einstein.




The babies love to play with the activity block. Kate plays peek-a-boo.




Katie crawls:


Charlie pulls up:


Kate and Jimmy take a nap.