Three Months

Cannon and Adelaide were three months on November 6, but I'm just now getting around to loading November's pictures to the computer.

Cannon slept all night for the first time on October 30th. He has continued to do this since that first night! He eats six ounces every three hours during the day and takes his last bottle at 10:00. He rolled over one time, but I think it was unintentional and he has not done it since. Cannon was baptized on November 21.

Cannon loves:

to be held
to be held by his mama is even better
to talk (he's one chatty baby)
his rain forest crib soother
his bottle
to be swaddled

Cannon does not love:

for a bottle to be late
to be on his tummy
diaper changes
Emily Kay taking his paci
his swing

Cannon you are such a happy baby and I love that your face lights up when you see me. You are going to keep me on my toes once you become mobile. You bring such joy to our family.




Adelaide also slept all night for the first time on October 30th. She still wakes up around 3:00 and needs to be given her paci on some nights. If we're lucky she takes around 3-4 ounces every three hours. She seems to be too busy looking around to be interested in her bottles. She takes her last bottle at 10:30. Adelaide was also baptized on November 21.

Adelaide loves:

to be on the floor where she can kick her legs
to swing
her mobile
stretching
watching Emily Kay
bath time

Adelaide does not love:

a cold or room temp bottle (it must be warm)
to be in the same position or spot too long
the sling
wet diapers

Adelaide you are such a sweet, easy going baby. If you're crying I can usually reposition you and you're immediately happy again. You bring a sweetness to our family that I can't describe.





Adelaide did not like being squeezed next to her brother. The girl enjoys her space. I think she got tired of being cramped. Cannon's expression cracks me up. It's like he's saying " What? I didn't do it"

Some days I still can't believe that I have twins. Our life is crazy, but so much fun and now I can't imagine it any other way.

This is so fun for me to see. Cannon and Adelaide are often caught in the same position.
Simon says "Raise your right hand, make a fist, and suck your paci".


Emily Kay slept in her big girl bed for the first time on November 21. She asked to sleep in it and has slept there since. I was shocked that it made me sad. There's nothing baby about her any more. No diapers, no pacifier, no baby bed.



She's also started drawing lines and shapes and telling me what or who she's drawn. This is a picture she drew of me on her magna doodle. Can you see my eyes and mouth?

Cannon and Adelaide's Baptism

Cannon and Adelaide were baptized in our church on November 21. It was a sweet ceremony and they both did great (if you don't count the blow out diaper Cannon had during Adelaide's baptism). We had many family members and friends that were able to celebrate with us. Aunt Sig even sang as they were walked around the congregation. Thanks to everybody for coming.


Our sweet honorees.


Reverend Bruce Case with Cannon


Rev. Case with both Cannon and Adelaide
Family shot


Sweet baby boy. This baby boy can melt my heart with his dimples.
Beautiful Adelaide - Such a dainty, little thing.

Delicious cake
Four generations
Hands and hearts full of joy.


Those of you reading this, if you know how to post date a blog post please let me know. I'd like for this entry to be with the other November posts from 2010. Thanks!

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Yee-Haw Girl

We had a wonderful Halloween. Emily Kay was all about getting some candy. She loved going up to each door and saying trick-or-treat.

Wade and Mary Francis invited us to Flora for the night. Small towns are the way to trick or treat! Everyone was out, even the firemen were giving out candy.

Cannon and Adelaide enjoyed being pushed in the strollers and they were so tired from all that trick or treating that they slept all night for the first time on Oct. 30! What a glorious day!

Sweet, Sweet Cannon abd Precious, Precious Adelaide

People ask me all the time if one baby is "better" than the other. Of course, the answer is no. They are like any other baby. They have good days and bad days. However, they have very different personalities.

So far, Cannon has been a little more needy than Adelaide. Not that he's fussy or harder, he just likes to be held and talked to more. I joke when I say it's because he had to stay at the hospital and Adelaide stole all of his attention, but who knows maybe there is some truth in that. Cannon also REALLY likes me, which I love. He looks for me when he hears my voice and I can get the biggest grins from him. If he's crying it is almost always because he either wants to be held or is hungry. I think he'd eat 20 times a day if we offered it to him. Even though he's a little needier, I'd say he's the comforter in their relationship. He doesn't like for Adelaide to be upset. If she's crying and I don't respond quick enough he starts crying too and usually stops as soon as she does without me soothing him.

Here in this picture, Adelaide was crying and I went to find a paci for her and when I came back he'd put his hand on her. Now, I'll never know if it was just a fluke since those little hands are not really in his control yet, but I thought it was the sweetest thing.


Adelaide is just precious. She doesn't cry as much, but when she does it is harder to get her to calm down. She doesn't seem to enjoy being held as much, she'd rather look around or be sitting up in the bouncy seat. I think this may be why it is hard to get her to eat. She is rather dramatic and already knows how to poke out her bottom lip. Her cry always sounds as if you have really hurt her feelings. She doesn't seem to have a preference over Matthew or me or anybody else really. She reminds me so much of Emily Kay!



Emily Kay modeling her Halloween dress.

Such Fun

Matthew, Emily Kay, and I met the Price family late one afternoon at the State Fair. I knew that Emily Kay would either love it or hate it. She had a blast and wanted to do it all. Well all except, the big yellow slide She would not go down because it was "too high in the sky". This is the one thing that I really wanted her to do because I wanted a picture of she and Matthew sliding down. She did go down the smaller pink slide.

She and Tyler had such a good time.



Small pink slideRiding the bumblebees


Hot air balloons

Apparently Amanda and I thought they were REALLY funny.

Tyler and Emily Kay
This face pretty much sums up the way Emily Kay felt about the fair.

We had a great time. Thanks to Lolla for keeping the little ones!

Finally Caught on Camera

Cannon
Adelaide