Caroline and Juliette--Our little miracles: July 2009

The girls have become very active since our last posts. They are not crawling yet, but still manage to move all over the place either by rolling or scooting on their back or tummies. I can separate them and then walk over to the kitchen and come back and they are right next to each other. Juliette likes to steal Caroline's toy and then Caroline screams. Juliette also likes to touch peoples faces so she will roll over to her sister and put her hands on her face, then C starts screaming. It is so funny. They reach for toys, kick, scream, giggle, babble. They are just so cute and so much fun to watch and play with. In the pics below I think you will some of the fun they are having together.
On their 6 month check up the doctor said they are doing very well. Both over 14 lbs, probably getting close to 15 now. They were taken off the formula for preemies and now we give them regular formula. We were also able to stop giving them multivitamins every morning. They are eating cereal in the morning and evening and in the afternoon they have veggies and fruit. We are going through the process of try out new foods. It has been fun, they definitely have a great appetite. Caroline likes her veggies better than fruit, but will eat them both. Juliette eats anything at this point-she must get this from her dad. They were only a few ounces apart in weight and their height was the same, but Caroline still looks bigger. Her cheeks and legs are so chubby and Juliette remains thinner. This is how we tell them apart.
They continue to chew on anything they can get in their mouths. This past week Caroline was drooling like crazy and we finally noticed 2 teeth coming out on her lower gum. She is doing pretty good, especially for it being 2 at a time. Nothing for Juliette yet, but I am sure she will be following in her sister's lead soon. They both have more hair than I thought they would at this point, it is brown. Their eyes seem to be changing some, but I can't decide what color they will be yet. It seems like sometimes they are more blue and sometimes more brown. It seems to change depending on the lighting.
After their 6 month check up I got their ears pierced. Juliette cried, but was consoled pretty quickly, but Caroline cried for at least 5 minutes after. They both fell asleep on the way home and then they were fine when they woke up and have been since. Caroline's earring have a yellow stone and Juliette's stone is purple. We can tell them apart, but it's nice to be able to tell others who has what color earring and we don't have to repeat it over and over.
Well, that's it for now. Sorry it took me so long to post, the last month was a little crazy. My grandma's pelvic fracture is healing nicely and the girls and Randall are over their illnesses. It took me a while to download the pics, label them and organize them. I have to do all that before I can post. There are lots of pics since it took me so long. See you next month!!