5 Months

Here's what the little ones have been up to:

Both boys have been sleeping really well. In fact yesterday, Spencer slept from 9:30-9:15 with a brief wakening at 7:15 to nurse. Last night Ryan slept until 7:30. Someone usually wakes up around 3:30-4:30 to eat. Both fall back to sleep immediately and go to bed awake. That is a huge difference from their older brother. Eli was a bugger to get to sleep at that age. These babies are a piece of cake compared to him! :)

Both babies are still nursing and drinking formula exclusively. I think Spencer is ready to try some solids, but I'm not so sure that Ryan is ready. Both can sit in the bumbo seat well, so maybe we'll try soon. We waited until 6 months with Eli, but all kids are different I guess.

Both are smiling and laughing. Spencer loves to have his chin kissed. Ryan loves goofy faces and sounds. Eli gets a kick out of making them smile. His favorite methods are pretend sneezes and "ah...boo!"

The boys are outgrowing their 3 month clothes and are wearing 3-6 or 6 month now. I'm hoping we can make it through the summer with what we have, but these boys are catching up fast!

They are now sleeping in their room in separate cribs. Yes, I realize they are five months old. There are some reasons why we waited so long. First, they were waking up to nurse 1-2 times each throughout the night.
It was easier for me to get them and nurse them in bed. Second, I wasn't ready to move the queen size bed out of the nursery. The twins' room was the old guest room. I wanted to keep a bed in there as long as possible. Third, I didn't want crying babies to wake up Eli. And fourth, I just liked having them near me. :)

The boys don't have much hair at all still. Ryan's appears as though it's going to come back in dark. His eyes have been darkening as well and are almost all brown. Spencer's hair appears to be a little lighter. His eyes are still dark blue.

Spencer started rolling from front to back very early but doesn't roll the other way. Ryan just started rolling from his back to front.

Both boys love the swing, especially Ryan. We've gone through quite a few packs of D batteries these past few months. We have two swings set up in the house- one in the living room and one in our bedroom. Ryan will often take one of his naps in it- yesterday his early nap was 10-2 in the swing.

Spencer can practically stand up. He makes his legs so stiff that we can put him in a standing position and almost let go.