Baby vs. Baby vs. Baby

Okay, so I'm not up for a crop session so that I can showcase the kids in a nice 3x3 collage....BUT, I did actually grab some pics of Sam and Maggie as babies for you to compare - - - if you are so inclined. :-)

Here are 4 pics of Miles...staring blankly at the camera...as did his sister at this age. Miles is 4 1/2 months right now.

Here are Maggie and Sam at about 4 months.

And Sam and Maggie at 4 1/2 months.

Looking back at our house with TWO of everything, it looks so odd now...somehow at the time, seeing 2 bouncers or 2 high chairs or 2 saucers seemed perfectly normal. Now we see, in hindsight, that was one whacked out situation. It sure is a crazy thing, having two at a time. Thanks Lord, for giving Miles to us....without a twin. :-)

"Family"

My (Leah's) parents are wanting to come up and visit the kids so badly right now and are jealous that their good friends, Jim & Sandy, are here instead. They stopped by this afternoon for a visit on their way thru town. Jim graciously read several books to the twins, and Sandy took Miles off my hands for a while. :-) The Allen's have been (practically) lifelong friends with my parents and came up to Spokane when we got married and served my family in so many many ways by driving a van full of Viertell's all over the place for several days. Thanks for giving us a call on the way thru! It was fun to get to share our home and kids with you for a bit!

Yum.

We were aiming for a cute pic like this:

But instead we got a not-so-cute pic like this:

SpideySam and SnowMaggie

The kids didn't really respond to their given names yesterday afternoon. Sam was to be called Spiderman or SpideySam and Maggie wanted to go by SnowWhite ONLY. Whatever you say Margaret.

The princesses finally meet. Is there any other caption appropriate? :-)

Happy Halloween!

Miles at 4 months, wearing a Halloween outfit that Sam wore at 6 weeks....(and looking mighty cute I might add!).

Crazy Dirt.

Maggie and Sam sporting their hats for "Crazy Hat Day" at Good Shepherd this week. They were complete with puffy paint, feathers, sequins, plastic spiders, and poof balls. A real work of art.

Sam and Mags had a GREAT time playing in the garden this week. If the color looks bad on the pic...it's not. That's just how much dirt they had on them. I didn't think it would ever be wise to bathe then BEFORE dinner, but this day it definitely was.

Random Monday Post.

I really have nothing exciting to blog (unless you want to see my newly reorganized cupboards...)- so here are some pics of the kids from the week instead. :-)
Miles, sporting his matching hat and shirt outfit from Great G&G Moffat.

Miles, sporting his fat boy face.

Andie, you will be SO proud of me: I bought paint. And then I let the kids use it. AND, I might even let them use it again. :-)

And of course...pumpkins. The kids did part of the scraping, but the rest was done by Daddy. Somehow he didn't make it in the pictures though. Oopsies.

Miles. 4 Months and counting...

Miles had his 4 month well baby check today. Eric and I are starting to think that he will forever be our slightly more than unpredictable child. At 2 weeks he was middle of the pack (50th % for height and weight), at 2 months he was 75th for height and 50th for weight...now at 4 months he's in the 30th for height and 45th for weight. What a nutty little guy. Outside of an outrageous list of lotions and creams his excemic skin, there really is nothing new to report. Oh, his head has dropped from the 25th percentile to the 10th. He really is our pinhead baby!

Stats:
24 1/2 inches long
14 lbs. 6 oz.

Just for comparison: Sam was over 18lbs at 4 months and Maggie was over 16lbs. Yes, I am realizing every day just how ridiculously large my twins really were (or is that are??....).