malia and michael standing in crib

malia and michael standing (with help)

michael malia 6.5 months

Video is long, but the kids are so cute in it!

Michael is starting to get into the crawling position and Malia is making her crazy face.

First Summer!

Our baby pool has too many holes to repair it, so we had indoor fun this first day of summer.

Happy Father's Day

Taking a picture using the timer on the camera is a little difficult. This was the best of the three photos taken.

We busted out the jogging stroller and the kids love it. They both get a good view and they can reach each other which they love.

These are adorable onesies we borrowed from a friend with twins.

We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo.....

We took our first zoo trip recently and boy was it fun!

Malia enjoyed pretending to drive while Michael ate.

Penguins

Lunch!

Fish!

I returned later to go it alone and I ran into a buddy who sent me this picture.

So glad the zoo is near home, and how wonderful to have a pass.

time savers

6 month stats

No picture to go with this post - sorry. I know posts without pictures are no fun.

Anyway, here are the stats from our 6 month checkup.

Malia:

11.47 pounds

24.25 inches tall

Michael:

11.97 pounds

24.5 inches tall

Both kids are in the 0 %tile for weight. Michael is in the 2nd %tile and Malia the 8th %tile for height. We go back in 6 weeks for a checkup to make sure they are gaining weight. The doctor said their development is right on, but their weight is low. As long as they keep increasing then we do not need to worry. (I'm trying to not worry.)

In order to encourage packing on the pounds, I received some advice from a friend who also has a small baby. We will be upping feedings to every two hours and changing the solids to more calorie dense solids such as avocados and greek yogurt. I've never fed them yogurt before, so we'll see how that goes.

Other than the weight, everything went really well at the appointment. More shots, but the kids did great. A little cranky the following day, but what do you expect?

6 months old!

6 months old!

and now for the outtakes....

grillin' and chillin'

Michael manning the grill.

Relaxing in the backyard.
Trying out the baby pool while mom inflates it.

cutie pies almost 6 months

Smiles

It's very hard to get a picture of both kids smiling. So I decided to just post two pictures where each of them is giving a good smile in the picture.