6 Month Stats - Wow We're Big (at least one of us)

Kaitlyn and Nicole had their six month appointment on Wednesday. They definitely have grown and continue to delight us with more developmental milestones every day. :-)

Kaitlyn weighed 16lb 2oz, putting her in the 55th percentile. Her height was 24 1/2 inches and is the 50th percentile (I think...I can't remember exactly but I definitely know the percentile is correct).

Nicole weighed 18lb 15oz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's the 95th percentile. We're cutting her formula intake back per the doctor's suggestion. I think she'll be just fine, and she's a baby. I know plenty of other babies with baby fat that are perfectly healthy and at a normal weight today, so it's fine for now. I think if we cut her back, that will help and maybe she'll go back down a few percentiles. I truly think that from what I've read, she was eating too much anyway. I should have cut the formula back myself, but at the 4 month appt (when she was 90th percentile), they said absolutely nothing to worry about. Oh well. She's also just a bigger baby in general, as her height was 25 1/2 inches, putting her in the 75th percentile.

I, of course, have tons of photos from Christmas. I'll get those posted soon.

Happy Holidays!!!!

Man, We've Come a LONG Way, Haven't We?

I was just going through my yahoo emails and came across some photos from the hospital that were emailed to us. I had seen them before, but it's been such a long time since I looked at them. I just had to put this picture up for comparison sake. Kaitlyn and Nicole look SO different now. They've literally trippled in size and the stork bites (that's what they call the redness above their eyes) have subsided. Wow, they look different!!!! Even more adorable today than they were then.

More Baptism Photos

Happy Thanksgiving From Our Children of God

Huh? Kaitlyn and Nicole were baptized this past Sunday. Here are some photos (and I have more to come of them in their precious white dresses) plus some from Thanksgiving and the days following.

Look What We Did This Weekend....HOW CUTE!!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE BARBREES! HO, HO, HO!!!

Nicole is on the left in the green (yes, it's a hunter green dress...through the scanning process the color got a bit corrupted), and Kaitlyn is on the right in the red. Don't worry, we'll have a real holiday card that we send later.

One Year Ago Today!!!

One year ago, probably right about this time because I never used to get to work this early, I was taking a pregnancy test and learning that it was positive. Wow!!! So, it was one year ago that our whirlwind adventure began. And it took an interesting twist in December when we went for our first ultrasound as you all know. :-)

A Fun Weekend!

We tried rice cereal for the first time ever this weekend!!! Yippie!!! We had some on Saturday morning and then some on Sunday morning. The doctors told us that if we got even 1-3 spoonfuls that we were making progress, so we weren't aiming for any miracles this weekend. We fed each of them about 1-3 spoonfuls, but I wouldn't say that 1-3 spoonfuls actually made it in the mouth. :-) It was fun to try that with them though. A new step. They'll get better.

Then, due to the lovely blackout of the Falcons game, Mike couldn't watch it at home like he was supposed to. With the lack of fan support in this city, it wasn't hard for him to come by a ticket at the last minute. So, he went to the game after all. And we decided to make it a family outing. I took the girls and we went down and tailgated with him and his family/friends. It was fun. Not only was it our first tailgate, but it was our first Marta ride. Woo Hoo. Don't worry, mommy and daddy hand sanitized before touching us after getting off of the train. :-)

Enjoy the pictures from our weekend. Love, Kaitlyn and Nicole