Growing Babies

“They grow up so fast,” “Enjoy them now,” “They grow like weeds,” “You blink and they are going away to college,” These are all sayings I had heard before parenthood, but didn’t quite understand till I had two babies of my own. Titus and Adelaide are only six months old, but those six months have flown by. It is amazing how quick they change, and not only change and how quick they learn new things. They are no longer little silent, motionless blobs, they are quick, noisy, six month olds with personalities to boot. Both babies have started crawling in the past week or two. Also, they can now sit up and play instead of laying down all the time. They are both very happy about this new milestone.

Adelaide is our independent baby. She wants to do everything on her own. Forget about holding her, she would rather crawl and explore her surroundings. We must always keep an eye open for Adelaide because you don’t know what type of mischief she will be getting into. She is also feisty. She fights her car seat with a vengeance, and would prefer to feed herself even though she isn’t very good at it. I am sure we will have a very strong willed child on our hands as time goes along. Titus is our tender hearted child.  He prefers to be held and snuggled as much as possible. He prefers a peaceful quiet surrounding and spooks easily.

Not only are their personalities changing, but they are changing physically too. At their last Doctor’s appointment, Adelaide was 12lb 12 oz. a far cry from her birth weight of 4lb 15oz. Titus was 14lb 13oz. The doctor was proud of both of them. 

Another physical change, is that they are starting to grow hair. It has been a long wait, and the process has been slow, but finally, hair is starting to appear. 

These are just a few of the changes in our children. I know that more changes are going to come, and some will slip by unnoticed. It makes me happy that I can stay home and see all of these things take place in their lives. I want to enjoy every moment that I can, so that when I hear all of the sayings about how fast they grow, I can know that I did my best to capture everything I could.