HaPpY 8 mOnThS {{ 1.25.2014 }}

The girls turned 8 months today. We have been having a REAL winter this year, so we have been cooped up inside for a few weeks, with exception of going to the our Doctor visits here in town and in Cincinnati, so we are all SOOOOO READY FOR SPRING AND SUMMER!!!!!

Our visit to Cincinnati went well. Everyone is coming along well and we got to see Dr. Lim this time ( the surgeon that removed Trenna's tumor) and he said she is looking very good. She was weighing 10 pounds, 14 ounces last week at the doctor visit, and most likely is up to 11 pounds now! Ellie is up to 14 pounds and 13 ounces, so as well she has probably bumped up to 15 pounds.... Growing like little weeds! We go back next month for a hearing test and to check up on Trenna, but Ellie is fine until her one year check up. After a long snowy trip up to Ohio and back, the next day we had to o back out again to get the dreaded shots at our pediatrician, but everyone is protected from the flu, RSV and all the basic 6 month stuff too!it was a bit rough since they had to have 4 shots each, but they were troopers and only cried a little

The girls are learning new stuff everyday. We've been trying new foods but their favorite right now is peaches and animal crackers (under close supervision, of course) They have also tried bananas, butternut squash, and will start trying broccoli in the next few days!!! Of course, we've let them try a little ice cream too... Just a smidgen of a taste, and Ellie loved it, Trenna wasn't sure about the strange cold stuff I was giving her (I'm beginning to think she could be my picky eater!)

Because we are experiencing a real winter this year, we are taking the time to let the girls experience it, like feeling snow...

Ellie is SO CLOSE to crawling.... she just can't get the movements of her arms and tucking her knees up under her at the same time, but she can roll and army crawl with the best of them! Trenna is playing with her feet and doing lots of tummy time, but she is standing her ground and refusing to turn from her back to her belly, even though we know she can do it! they are both still in the teething stages with nothing breaking through still, even though the docs say their gums are looking swollen and "full". Cutest thing ever is that they notice each other all the time now and "talk" and smile at each other a lot.... but of course the moment I reach for the phone or video camera to capture it, the moment has passed.

Though we have been through a lot of rough patches in 2013 and we are still faces challenges each day going into 2014... with each of those challenges comes knowledge that we have to look above for our answers and not try and do it ourselves. We want to work very hard to make sure the girls understand the love and appreciation for our Almighty God. In a world that seems to be trying to break down the beliefs and remove God from our everyday lives, it's more important now more then ever to teach our girls the power our Lord and Savior has to help keep us safe and look after us, as long as we do two simple things.... believe in Him and keep the faith in Him.

And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is.

~ Ephesians 3:18

And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.

~ Philippians 4:19

Merry Christmas, the girls turn 7 months old!

Sheesh it's been a busy couple of months! With the all the holidays and family and friend visits, I never thought I'd be able to get this month's post finished.... Even though it's been in draft for a few weeks! So because the holidays fell on the time that the girls turned 7 months old, we didn't have to go back to Cincinnati at all this month, and only a nurses visit to the pediatrician's here in town, so there's not a lot to report as far as doctor updates go, but Ellie is around 13 lbs and Trenna is over 10lbs now! So because there isn't a lot to report, I'll just post all the cute Christmas pictures we did with the girls!

We never got the chance to send out real Christmas cards this year, so this was our on line greetings to everyone

Aunt B's birthday was December 15, so she came by for a visit. You can't see their shirts, but Trenna's said " My auntie rocks" and Ellie's said "My aunt is my BFF"

The girls and their first picture with Santa... they didn't know what to think of him.... but if you look close, you can see Ellie was twirling her hand in his beard!

The many faces of Christmas Ellie

Lots of crazy stuff happened this month.... Including Trevor being hit on his way home from work one evening and it flipping his car completely upside down, but soooo thankful he was unharmed, minus a few sore muscles. And then there was the night we came home from my parents house, where we celebrated our family Christmas that night and had strong winds, a down pour and tornado sirens going off..... and discovered that the winds were so strong they tore a chunk of our shingles right off the roof, so in the pics below was Trevor temporarily tarpping it until we got it fixed!

Yup, that would be Trevor's car UPSIDE DOWN in the street!

 

But besides all those crazy events, we had a great Christmas spent with out families, playing Phase 10 with Aunt B and Aunt Annie, going to Jessamine Christian Church with the whole Sherwood clan for the Christmas Eve service and the girls even got to experience solid foods for the first time! They tried oatmeal, rice cereal and sweet potatoes! Still a work in progress, but they are kind of getting the hang of it!

Happy Thanksgiving, the girls turn 6 months

I have been a TERRIBLE blogger and I've not posted in over a month! So sorry, but it has been a busy busy world in the Sherwood house! I'll keep it short and sweet, mostly I just want to post all the pics from around thanksgiving time, so I can also start on the BIG 7 months post for Christmas!

So like I said, we've been pretty busy around here, growing and learning new things! Our doctor visit was on Nov. 21, and at that time, Trenna was weighing 9lbs 3oz and Ellie was weighing 12lbs 11oz. The have become 2 very chatty little girls, with lots of things to tell us, especially in the middle of the night when its time to be sleeping!
Thanksgiving was our first holiday trip taking the girls to our families houses and of course I over did it with packing, because that's just what I do.... but we made it work and the girls had lots of fun visiting all the family and friends!

Trenna hanging out with our friend Rebecca

The girls with our friends' children at our "Friendsgiving"

Trenna with our dear friend and her "aunt" Erica

Ellie watching sports with her daddy

The girls routing on the Kentucky Wildcats!

Ellie snoozing in grandma's arms

Trenna fell asleep while hanging with her aunt B on Thanksgiving

I don't get to get into the kitchen as much as I'd like to these days, but when I do, I LOVE my cute little happy helpers!

"Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever" 1 Chronicles 16:34

"Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.  For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods." Psalms 95:2-3