7 Months Old!!!

The babies are seven months old!!

Time is flying by and the babies are growing up so quickly.

Jaiden can now sit by himself (see video below). He enjoys eating solid foods and is in the habit of testing out his voice. He loves to scream and sometimes it's almost like he is competing with himself on how loud of a shriek he can make. We have recently nick-named him 'tom-cat' or just 'cat'. He often sounds like some sort of feline critter. Jaiden also likes to flip up onto his tummy from his back side - he is getting so good at this. The only problem is that he hasn't figured out how to roll back onto his back-side...so he generally cries out for help because he gets stuck :) JJ is generally a much calmer boy than he used to be and he is no longer 60% of our energy :)

Ariya Bella is a little doll and daddy's little girl. She is full of smiles and greets daddy with an ear to ear smile and lots of excitement everyday after I get home from work. She's a little bundle of joy. Unfortunately, she doesn't like to sleep on time like her brothers and typically stays out for at least an hour longer nightly...which cuts into our much needed downtime at the end of the day. Mommy is typically the only one that has success in putting her to bed - she likes to be rocked and cuddled to sleep. Mommy sings to Ariya at night and that really does work. The Bella baby is also starting to talk a lot more now..in the past she was much quieter than her brothers and this is quickly changing! Ariya can also sit up now.

Kailen is not much of a Koala Bear anymore! He is vocal, and he loves to scream when he wants his way. Our calm koala is now becoming more aggressive - I guess he learned a little something from the old feisty Jaiden! Kailen is full of laughter and smiles these days. He is showing some first signs of crawling too - if you put him on his tummy he now puts his bum up and sometimes makes backward and side movements..can't wait for him to crawl. Kailen loves solid foods, and well...food in general. He typically eats the most! Kailen's favourite game is peek-a-boo and he is also ableto sit now.

Last weekend, we travelled back to Toronto from Ottawa and took the scenic ride home (Hwy 7). It was a nice drive until mommy and daddy realized that we didn't pack any diapers for the trip home. The poor kids had to suffer in dirty diapers until we reached the half way point in Belleville where we found diapers at a Shoppers Drugmart. That was one tough lesson learned for the future.

The countdown to our move date is fast approaching. We're going to miss T.O.!