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And with that, another month (or more) has come and gone.  I finally got around to uploading pictures from the camera (more from the phone)...July - October!  Unbelievable!  And shockingly, not as many pictures at this point in our lives than there were of kid 1.  I suppose you'll have that.

We celebrated the babies 1/2 birthdays with a visit to the Dr and another round of (lots of) shots!  Joey is weighing in at 16lbs and is 25.5" tall.  Drew is coming in ahead at 17lbs 11oz and 26" tall.  Both are sitting like rock stars.  Joey LOVES the jumperoo.  Love may be the understatement...he's outta control when he's in there!  Sweet little love will even jump himself to sleep on occasion.  Drew is happy in the excercauser and they've both happily played for nearly 60 minutes on occasion.  Drew is enjoying purees and Joey is slowly beginning to appreciate Grammie's applesauce and squash.  Drew is fairly consistently sleeping through the night and Joey has the ability to do the same ;-)!  They laugh at their big brothers and Daddy's whiskers.  Joey is wild in the bathtub and both are grabbing, reaching, and turning for items. Including trying to gnaw on eachother!  And, Joey is even beginning to rock on all fours!  Joey is still happiest when he's around people and is more interested in watching Rudy during dinner.  Drew wakes up happy and loudly chatting and is starting to love people and will happily grab his holders face and come in for a "kiss".  They're both sweet as can be and teething is terrible!  

Joey & Drew

Roman had his 5 year well check and grew 3" in a year - coming in at 38lbs and 3'7.5" tall.  His tubes are out of his ears.  We are making (slow) progress with his tutoring and practice at home. He continues to be an awesome helper with the babies in the morning at daycare drop off.

Jack is having a great year so far in 1st grade.  I had a conference with his teacher yesterday and he's showing improvement in all areas.  He is really good at math and loves art and computer class.  Mrs. Kunk told me she can see him being in graphic design.

Jack & Roman