Happy 9 Months & November Wrapup!

Oh November, you disappeared fast!
Not much to report- just the same going ons. This was busy because Eric went away for part business part pleasure for the better part of a week. This is when I really miss living near family. It would have been nice to have help close by, but we made it through and I was beat at the end! Brooks is getting funnier and funnier. His conversation has become much clearer and more abstract. And Ivy is also gabbing a lot more (although even Brooks will say 'what's Ivy talking about'). She is also, sort of, on the move. She isn't crawling classicly, or even really getting anywhere with deliberation. But she can manage to end up 4 ft from where I put her, so something is going on in a series of pulls, twists, and wriggles.

Pictures from the 2nd half of November!

The trio watching to see Daddy get off the bus after work.

Brooks is a little jealous of all the baby gear and climbs right in!



Silly Ivy!

Brooks loves his trampoline and loves it even more if one of us jumps with him!




So while he jumps, Ivy jumps too!


They opened a new Chinese place near us- B loves the meat on stick appetizer- he calls it a meat lollipop.

SO cute- they are watching youtube videos of themselves :)

Hard to believe it was exactly 2 yrs ago we went to Disney with Brooks and bought this hat- he thinks it is funny to put on Ivy!



Ivy's favorite game with Daddy- it's called 1,2,3 IVY! and then she looks in the mirror. Brooks will even ask to play 1,2,3 Ivy LOL

And Happy 9 Months Ivy!!!
At 9 months
*you smile all the time and find Brooks to be the most hysterical person ever
*you have serious mommy attachment issues still- I love it and am a little suffocated all at the same time
*are the snuggliest cuddle bug ever
* nap twice a day- 1st nap in the stroller, 2nd nap we let you cry and you go down on your own now!
*get up once in the night somewhere between 4-5pm
* eat 2.5 meals a day. You sit down to lunch and dinner (usually one 4oz jar of food/yogurt/applesauce plus finger food of whatever B and I are having). Breakfast counts as half a meal b/c sometimes I will give you toast or a waffle or something, otherwise you just munch on cheerios
* found your voice and have started babbling and shrieking
* Get very very frustrated when you don't get what you want (please crawl soon!)
*move around, but don't know how you do it, so get frustrated when you want something LOL
* are loved to pieces!
*weigh in at 17 lbs! My peanut :)

i have not disappeared

Blogger, the site through google which hosts this wonderful (Free!) blog has changed even more.  I can no longer link multiple pictures from my shutterfly album.  I have inquiries in for help and am looking at different host sites.  To go through one picture at a time is tedious.
Thanksgiving post is coming!
To tide you over- I give you my cuties on our tree shopping outing :)

Fall Happenings!

Well, blogger has done something weird with their formatting, so if this comes out wonky- sorry!

We have not been up to too much, time is just sailing by.  
Updates on the kiddos
Brooks-
*was accepted to preschool! He is going to be starting 3 mornings a week in January
*is hysterical and tells jokes-  his top 3 are "get big trouble touch a pickle", "put dog food in the oven" and "knock knock, who's there, sherlock, sherlock who, sherlock the door" (he says all parts, doesn't let you respond.  Just saying those things sends him into hysterical giggles and often a case of the hiccups
* is huge into names right now, so at gymboree when he sees his friends he yells out "i see ____ (arya, jessica, miles, tomas, james, raina, etc)
*apparently he has overheard me leave a lot of messages b/c now when he fake talks on the phone he says 'hello, carly meyer, 51992 (part of our phone number)'
*saw a mom nursing her newborn at gymboree and after that proceeded to yell 'baby eat boobie milk' at her every time he saw her whether she was feeding the babe or not
*tells me 'mommy be sad' so i can fake cry and he can give me kisses and say i'm so happy, i love kisses
*is obsessed with elevators, automatic doors, and gates, if we pass any we must watch the doors open and close (this can take quite a while at the Whole Foods entrance since people constantly walk in
*rides the bus on the weekend with Daddy for fun-  often this involves a dunkin donuts coffee for me so I love it

Ivy-
*has 2 teeth!
*is starting to try to crawl- she lunges forward from sitting and gets frustrated and collapses
*stands well holding on to things and even stands for a few seconds on her own
 *has started babbling, lots of ma ma ma and ga ga gas
* had lost weight from month 6.5 to 7.5 so we were pretty concerned.  Babies losing weight is a BAD thing.  Proud to say from 1 month ago she gained 20 oz!!! When you are only 15.5 lbs, 1.25 lbs is an awesome gain
*loves eating table food-  she eats jar food so much better than B ever did and happily digs in to whatever we give her.  So far she has had waffles, pancakes, toast, spaghetti, spanish rice, lamb stew and some chicken
* is still the smiliest child ever
* is still mommy-attached, but is getting much better
*loves her brother- he makes her smile and laugh more than anyone

And PICTURES!






standing!  last shot shows no hands!

B loves forts these days,  for some reason he goes in and says "brooks, what you doing in a doghouse?"
 
Gorgeous kiddos at the Franklin Institute


WORD!
 
Not into pictures at the moment
 
Tubby time girl









Gymboree cuties-  he is not picking his nose, but doing the shh motion along with a song

 
Spaghetti eating girl- she loved it.  Brooks says "holy moly ivy messy" when she eats

Part of Ivy's bedtime routine-  storytime with daddy
 
B's new thing is crossing his arms and making a tough face








 
My sleepy guy-  his sleep has been off lately, he takes forever to fall asleep at night and his naps end up being long enough I have to wake him in hopes he will fall asleep earlier.  He is so out that he doesn't even wake when I go to get him
 
Ivy was not a fan of canteloupe


Another of B's "jokes".  He stands in the dustpan and says 'what you doing in a dustpan, put in garbage' and then cracks up
 
I love how much they love eachother

 
My pretty babies

 

On her way to crawling- it will be soon!
 

This is a picture of Brooks pooping.  LOL!   He goes and hides in a corner and wants privacy, if you ask what he's doing he will say 'go pooping' but he does not want an audience.  I think this is a positive step towards potty training.
 

FALL FUN!
We went to brunch and encountered leaf piles on the way home.  To say Brooks loved playing in the leaves is an understatement.