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