6-months old

Harrison and Madison are officially six months old. The adjustment to having two new babies at our house has been easier than originally anticipated. Everyone in our house has finally settled into a "groove" and things just work out, somehow. We go through a lot of diapers and laundry and it seems that my house is never completely clean but these babies bring such a joy to our family, it doesn't really matter. Because, at the end of the day, we have 5 beautiful children and couldn't be happier!

Harrison was born one minute before Madison and is appropriately bigger than she is. His dad calls him "Han", as in Han Solo from Star Wars. Owen calls him "Harry", even though we'd prefer he didn't. Gavin loves to make him smile by dancing or jumping in front of his face. Cameron likes to take him downstairs to "play with the boys" on occasion. Harrison has one adorable dimple in his right cheek. When he smiles, it takes up his entire face! His hair is growing in blonder than any of our other boys and with a tint of red, like his sister. His eyes are blue! He loves being on his tummy and can roll from front to back and almost back to front. He has figured out how to move already and will push/pull himself around his play mat to get where he wants to be. He HATES eating anything other than breast milk but is forced, daily, into eating a few bites of cereal. He will almost tolerate oatmeal but detests rice. He sort of liked carrots the other day but dislikes squash, green beans, bananas, pears. I'm sure that will all change eventually. Harrison can laugh and coo and makes me smile. I do not know what I'd do without him. I love the quiet times when I can just sit and hold him, without being needed by Madi or any of his brothers. I often thank him for coming to us.





Madison has the entire family wrapped around her little finger. Her brothers cannot get enough of her. A couple of weeks ago, Spencer was playing with her and was throwing her in the air and catching her. She GIGGLED this high pitched giggle. Spencer kept saying, "Did you hear that?" as he'd attempt to make her do it again. If you have 4 boys, a high pitched giggle is a rarity in your house and it is SO exciting! She has many nicknames: Madi, Mads, Madi Jayne, Lady, Princess, Sister, etc. I have been astounded by how our laundry pile of reds/pinks/purples has grown since she joined our family. I used to only have to do a specific load of reds/pinks/purples maybe every 10 days or so. That is no longer the case! We have been overwhelmed by "GIRL" colors and I love it! Madi loves to eat. She loves rice & oatmeal cereal, carrots, green beans, squash, bananas, pears, etc. She is to the point where she wants anything I'm eating too. So she occasionally gets a little taste of grown-up food (bread, pizza crust, mashed potato). Recently, I was drinking water through a straw and she wanted some...bad! So I let her try it and she loved it. So we got her a sippy cup with a straw. She thinks she's so big when she sits in her Bumbo and holds on to it's two handles and drinks water like a big girl. She loves being on her tummy, like her brother, so rolling hasn't been very important to her. But she can roll from back to front and she has started sitting up a little better every day.





Han & Madi have a special relationship already. Whenever they are sitting next to each other in their Bumbos or laying by each other on the ground, Madi reaches over and grabs Harrison's hand. Maybe any baby would do that but I think it's adorable. I hope it's the foundation of a lifetime friendship. I hope they will be the best of friends and that they will help each other make good choices as they grow up. I am so grateful that we were blessed with these twins!





And a comparison of how they've grown from birth to 6-months:


Oh, how we love them!