6 Months old and lots of new things!

I am belated in posting their 6 month pictures, they are starting to look like little boys...

Evan

Ryan

Collin

Here is the latest: everyone can ROLL!!  We woke up this morning to Evan on his belly in the crib!  We put him on the blanket for wiggle time while his brothers were in the jumperoos, and he rolled off!!  So excited for him, but also scared that all the boys are semi-mobile now.  Evan also does this adorable wiggle/squirm that we call his "shimmy".  Collin likes to bite his lower lip, and Ryan loves to make a raspberry noise with his lips.  All the boys are much more demanding of attention.  They want face time, all the time.  They also are awake for a lot longer during the day, taking 2-3 naps of an hour or so throughout the day.  Yesterday we started spoon feeding rice cereal, no one was really into it.  Collin was the only one that opened his mouth for the spoon, Evan and Ryan didn't get the connection.  They each got about 4 spoonfuls, Collin got more on the spoon than the other two since he actually opened his mouth for it.

We had a wonderful trip to Houston last weekend to visit Neenee.  We had a great time visiting our old youth pastor at his church in Conroe, shopping at the outlet mall, going to the Houston Zoo (where we felt like they should put us behind a fence as an attraction), and eating yummy Mexican food.  We can't wait to make another trip, the boy's were great.

6 month well-check

We went to the doctor yesterday for the 6-month well check appointment.  We had our last vaccines for a while, yay!  Here are the updated weights and stats...

Evan 17# 8 oz, Ht 26.75", head 17.5"
Ryan 17#, Ht 26.25", head 17.25"
Collin 16# 15 oz, Ht 26.25", head 17.75"

Ryan and Collin are still pretty close, they look different to us most of the time but there are moments (especially when they are sleeping) where you can really tell they are identical.  They both sleep on their belly now and flip over almost immediately when laid on their backs.  No issues on their check-ups.  Ryan still has the hemangiomas, a big one on his back, and a little cluster on his left side, but they are not a problem.

Evan still doesn't roll much, and his head is still a little flat on the right.  We may need to get a helmet for him because his forehead isn't quite symmetrical from the flattening... we're waiting to hear from the company and get all the information before we do that though.  We want to get all the information.  He also has an appointment with another specialist for another non-medical issue.  Otherwise he is doing great!  You can't even tell he has the hemangioma, we'll continue the medicine for another 6 months more than likely, especially since it is doing such a great job.  And he's obviously the big boy of the group!

They are all pretty much spot on developmentally, no real delays to speak of.  They are definitely vocal, Ryan and Collin have no problems rolling, and they use their hands constantly.

We are supposed to start spoon-feeding any time, but I'm post-poning another couple of weeks for selfish reasons... The first is that we are driving to Houston with the boys for their first car trip, and it is just too much to mess with and will be too messy.  The second is that it is just too much to mess with and so messy in general!  Once we start, that's the end, there is no going back to our easy 4 times a day bottle feedings.  I'll post updates and more importantly PICTURES of that once we start!

Here's pictures of our play session last week...

Evan and Ryan

Collin and Ryan

Evan, Ryan, and Collin (awake)

Collin and Ryan

Evan, loves to pat his head :)