The Babies are 11 months!!

This was our money shot this month.  :) (It’s also the only one I edited.  It’s almost been a month since I’ve posted – gotta streamline!)  They turned 11 months old on September 29th.  Now, we’re in the month of their birth.  Wowza!

It’s getting HARD to take pictures of these boys, especially Thomas.  See?

This one basically stays where you put him though.  :)

Basically, they’re adorable.

So.

The babies are 11 months old now.  Here’s what I can think of about them this last monthly post before the big OH ONE!!

• Thomas is all over the place.  He crawls for real on his hands and knees and can pull up on anything. He does this cute thing where he can scootch around 360 degrees while sitting on his bottom.  I’ve seen him let go briefly while holding on to things and also take a couple of steps when something he’s holding on to moves.
• Michael is scootching – he pulls himself across the floor with one arm and pushes with his toes.  He can sit but can’t get himself into or out of a sitting position on his own.
• The boys can both wear 12 month size clothes, but mostly Thomas wears 18 month.
• They’re sleeping from 7-something at night to 6-something every morning, pretty regularly.
• They take two naps, though sometimes the afternoon one gets dropped. 
• They eat three meals of food each day and nurse 5-6 times.  Their favorite things to eat are Cheerios, bananas, and anything in a pouch.  At home they pretty much eat what we’re having but out I will usually send along those baby food puree pouches.  They love ‘em.  And it’s a pretty good way to get some veggies into them.  Veggies aren’t they’re favorites.  :)
• Thomas likes to get into and explore things.  He’s pretty much not happy unless he’s stealing my phone or eating some schoolwork or other such things.  :)
• Michael’s more content with standard baby entertainment but less content without me close by.
• We went in last week to the pediatrician’s office to have the babies treated for thrush (which they didn’t have but I did) and discovered that Michael had a double ear infection.  Boo.  He’s on antibiotics and was doing better for a couple of days.  Then this morning he woke up with a fever, which he hung on to all day.  He felt totally miserable and spent the whole day sleeping, nursing, and moaning.  It’s very pitiful to see my littlest baby hurting so much.  Hopefully it’s a short-lived virus!
• We got their weights at the appointment (fully clothed).  Michael is 15lbs 7oz (0th percentile), and Thomas is 19lbs 6oz (27th percentile).
• Thomas is so strong. He throws himself back or down when he’s fussy or frustrated.  I don’t think he’s been getting quite enough sleep lately, and he turns in to kind of a monster in the early evening sometimes.
• Thomas loooooves to dance.  His particular favorite jams are the opening and closing songs of Gilmore Girls.  It’s pretty adorable.  He stops whatever he’s doing so he can dance when the music comes on the television.
• They both have the most adorable smiles.
• Thomas has three teeth on top and two on the bottom.  Michael has two on the bottom and finally cut that second one on the top.
• They both love their daddy and their brothers and sisters.  I love that so much.
• They really have started interacting with each other in the last month.  I catch them staring at the other one sometimes.  Poor Michael is always at the bottom of the dog pile, but he doesn’t seem to mind toooooo much.  They pat each other; it’s sweet.