Cannon and Adelaide are 5 months old!

Cannon and Adelaide were five months old January 6. They are becoming more and more attached to each other. They like to lay on the floor and look and touch each other. It has been very fun to see them really notice each other. Their personalities also started to really shine through. Cannon is a very serious baby. He loves to touch and study things. If you can get a smile out of him you feel very special. Adelaide is a wiggle worm! I'm afraid that once she can crawl I will be on my toes all the time. She is a smiley baby. Anyone can walk in the room and she's going to flash them a big ole grin. It's so cute!

Big sister had to get in on the action.



At five months old Cannon and Adelaide still eat every three hours during the day. Their last bottle is around 8:30 or 9:00 and they sleep until about 7:00.

This schedule was somewhat disrupted because they had RSV at the end of January. Emily Kay brought it home from school. Thankfully, they did not have a bad case of the virus, but they did end up with double ear infections. The ear infections seem to bother them more than the RSV. While they were sick, I found our Baby Einstein DVDs and they loved them! It was the only thing that would soothe Cannon. Here are all 3 of my sick little babies enjoying the DVD.



They can push up easily on their arms and are pros at rolling over both ways. This was the first month that they began to sleep unswaddled. Cannon loves his thumb. He refuses to take a paci of any kind. Adelaide loves to stand in our laps and really gained good control of her back.

They tried rice cereal for the first time this month and Cannon loved it and Adelaide tolerated eating it. Typical.


Here she is once I quit trying to feed her any.

Taking a really good nap. (Don't worry, I didn't leave them there unattended.)
This month they have both started to love to see what Emily Kay is up to. Adelaide will practically come out of your lap to find her. Emily Kay also discovered that they like for her to read to them and she takes her role very seriously.

Reading...


Notice the hand...she's done this since she was a baby.
Just sitting in their bumbos...

We also got the ecersaucer out of the attic this month. Guess who loves it just as much as Cannon and Adelaide.

And this last picture of Adelaide reminds me of my first baby girl.

Christmas Morning

When we got home from my mom's house on Christmas Eve, Emily Kay got Santa's milk and cookies ready to put by the fireplace. Then we got her ready for bed. Thankfully, the busy day had tired her out and she was asleep in no time. And Santa came!
Emily Kay woke up around 6:30 (not too early) and we made her wait with us in our room while we fed Cannon and Adelaide their morning bottle. She was not happy but I wanted to be able to take pictures and record her reactions.

The first thing that caught her eye was the Cinderella crown and DVD. She was so funny. Ella has the same movie and Emily Kay insisted that it was Ella's and that Santa did not bring her another Cinderella movie.
Then she realized that the keyboard made lots of different sounds and had a microphone and she had fun playing with it for about 15 minutes (that's a long time for this little girl).

Next, she found the Toy Story memory game and we had to play then. She's got a pretty good memory! Then she was ready to see what was in her stocking. This was my favorite to watch because she was so animated about every little thing.

Making sure she got it all.
Then she helped Cannon and Adelaide see what Santa brought for them. She was so sweet to them.
C and A with their new toys.
Cannon and Adelaide's first Christmas and Emily Kay's first Christmas as a big sister.

We had cinnamon rolls and hot chocolate for breakfast and then got ready to go over to Lolla and Pop's house.

Emily Kay helping me open a present.
Emily Kay opening her favorite new toy! Tiana now goes everywhere with us.

Cannon and Adelaide taking it all in.
Adelaide got a little fussy so she got to sit in Gan's lap.

The funniest gift this year was this Superman Snuggie that my mom gave Johnny. Too funny!
Emily Kay also loved her Castle!

The aftermath!
After opening presents, we ate our traditional Christmas meal of quail and cheese grits. Yum Yum! Then Emily Kay fell asleep and some of us played a little Apples to Apples.

Sweet baby boy!

That evening we went over to Matthew's parents to celebrate with them. I don't have many pictures from their house, but Matthew got a Wii and he was very excited!
Emily Kay loved her Snow White CD and gloves.

Cannon and Adelaide were too tired to even know where they were.


We had a fantastic day!

Christmas Eve 2010

We enjoyed Christmas eve by spending time with Matthew's extended family, going to the Christmas Eve service at church, and finishing off the day at my mom's house. It was so nice to do all of our Christmas Eve activities for the first time as a family of five. We were late every where we went, but that's okay. We enjoyed the day and really tried hard not to rush.

Grandma Maxine holding Cannon and Adelaide.
Cannon opening a gift with a little help.
Sweet little ladybug.

Do you think Emily Kay liked the Cinderella dress?


Kelly and Addie.

Go Go and Cannon
Mom and Debbie

Dane and Casey

I promise we had more fun than this picture indicates. :)
After eating a ton of good food, we headed home to get ready for a visit from jolly ol' St. Nick.

Same pink pajamas -

different baby girl.


Adelaide at 4 months.



Emily Kay at 4 months.

December...

We've had a wonderful month...

Cannon and Adelaide are now 4 months old and are as sweet as ever. We took them to their 4 month check up and both received a great report. I feel incredibly blessed that these two sweet babies are healthy and have overcome being 2 weeks early in such a short amount of time. Cannon weighed 17lb 4 oz and was 26 inches long. He's in the 90th percentile for both weight and height. Adelaide weighed 13 lb and 9 oz and was 24.5 inches long. She's in the 50th percentile for both weight and height. (Adelaide has the exact same stats EK had at her 4 month check up - pretty good for Adelaide considering EK entered the world 2 pounds bigger)

Cannon and Adelaide are generally laid back. They have begun to notice each other and smile and coo. They are both getting stronger and love sitting in their bumbo seats.

Cannon still eats 6 oz every three hours and Adelaide has moved up to 5 oz every 3 hours. Both babies sleep from 10:30 to 7:30.


The only picture I took on December 6.



Emily Kay went to the opening of the new Children's Museum. saw Disney Princess on Ice, had a Christmas party at school, and went to see the lights in Canton. I've been terrible about taking pictures, that is going to be one of my New Year's Resolutions.



Emily Kay has really enjoyed getting ready for Christmas this year. She loves the Nativity set, the Christmas tree, wrapping gifts, making treats, and looking at Christmas lights. It has been wonderful to experience the Christmas season through the eyes of a child.