Babies are 7 months old!

Well, it has been a little crazy around here.  Daddy is working on finishing his Masters degree and Mommy still works part-time at the hospital.  Samuel is sick right now with ear infections in both ears.  Hazel is well for the moment, but there's something going around the neighborhood.  Samuel can army-crawl when he's feeling good and Hazel can get up on her hands and knees, but no one is crawling quite yet.  Samuel weighs almost 19 lbs. and Hazel weighs about 16 1/2 lbs.  And they keep growing!  Here are some pictures taken over the last month.

"Look at my cute butterfly pajamas"

A day at the new outside mall across from Temple Square

Salt Lake Temple

Having fun in the double stroller

Family picture

Long day

"Mommy has to go to work and Daddy's playing the Wii.  We'll stay with Dadda."

Best Friends

Mmmm...Chocolate Milk...

"What?"

Back to the milk

Time for bed!

Before

After

"We can hold our own bottles!"

"I may need a little more practice"

Who are twins now?

Samuel with his favorite toy

Our solution to a playpen: baby prison

Bunny ears!

Hey Tigger!

Crawl Hazel!  You can do it!

Cutie pie

Happy day

May 13th = Mother's Day = Babies turn 6 months old!

I feel like the luckiest Mommy in the world.  My Samuel and Hazel are 6 months old!  Samuel now weighs 18 lbs. and Hazel weighs 15 lbs.  I feel so blessed to have these two little ones in my life.  They give me so much joy.  Here's what we've been up to.

"Hi Hazel. How are you today?"

"Hi Mommy!"

Jet-lagged auntie who just had to see her niece and nephew
after three months of traveling abroad

Sam and Liz playing Quirkle

Silly Daddy

"I think this hat is a little too big..."

"Look!  No hands!"

"Hi Mommy!"

Cousin Nathan at his birthday party

First umbrella stroller ride

Hazel at the zoo

Samuel at the zoo

"Really Dad?  A brass snake?  You want me to sit on a brass snake?"

"Good morning!"

Little man

Ladie's man

Cute girl

"We're watching you Mommy"

"Happy Mother's Day!"

"And this is how you make chocolate upside down cake"

Finally asleep...

...in separate cribs

5 months old

Another month has come and gone.  Little Samuel and Hazel are getting bigger every day.  Samuel is now 16 lbs. 9 oz. and Hazel is 3 pounds smaller at 13 lbs. 9 oz.  They are becoming more active and love to play with their toys.  They are awake more during the day but do get cranky if they don't get their naps!  I just love watching them discover the world around them.  Here are some pictures taken over the last month. 

"Here I am in my overalls again"

Tummy time in the jungle

Hazel's favorite past-time

Samuel talking to his toy elephant (yes, they do talk to their toys)

"Mom, why do you gotta take pictures when we're so tired?"

It's finally nap-time!

Papa reading a bedtime story

The future Mrs. Besselman?

She's 5 months older

"Looks like brother got himself into a predicament.  He rolled onto his tummy but I think he's going to have a hard time rolling back!"

 

Cousin Caden holding Hazel

Uncle Todd feeding Samuel

"I like this guy.  He feeds me."

"Samuel's kicking me again!"

First bite of solid food (if you can call rice cereal solid)

I'd rather have a bottle...

"Yep, chicks dig me"

"This is right before I threw it all up"

"Don't take my picture!"

Look at that face