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We knew this day would come, but it's amazing how our lives have changed drastically in an instant. Not only are Win and Wes crawling, the other morning we walked in the boys' room to find Winston standing in his crib, holding onto the side. The next morning, Wesley was standing in his crib! Now all Win and Wes want to do is practice this newfound skill. So as a result, when I sit on the floor with them, I have 4 arms, 4 legs and 20 fingers clawing their way up my body. Often Charlie, who previously was content to go on his adventures and not look back, will see both his brothers with me and will come over and want to be with the pack. Now would be a great time to have a third arm. It is really quite sweet. And I have to remind myself of that as I dodge the face slapping, scratching and hair pulling. (I look forward to the day that I don't have the wear my hair in a ponytail.) But I think it's the way they say I love you, since they constantly pull each other's hair. Wes has also somehow learned to tackle. This morning, he was so excited to have Win sitting across from him in the crib, he threw himself forward and bear-hugged Win (so he basically tackled him into the side of the crib). Come to think of it, he did the same thing yesterday, tackling Winston into the metal base of the jumper (not fun). Is it too early to sign him up for football?

They also have decided they much prefer finger foods over baby food. Apparently it takes too long for the spoon to come around again when I'm feeding three. So this is helpful in that I don't have to spoon feed them anymore, but it means I'm constantly cooking. We are still introducing new foods and we don't eat at the same time as the boys, so I'm basically cooking 7 meals a day (3 for us and 3+snack for them). And they eat A LOT. You would think they are growing 16 year olds. I can't begin to grasp how much worse our grocery bill is going to be! At least they will be off of formula in 6 weeks!

Here are some sweet photos from today.

While on the jumper, Wesley started laughing hysterically for 5 minutes straight. (Look at all those teeth! He just got his third bottom tooth.)

Winston thought it was funny too.

And I swear there is a smile behind Charlie's hand. (He's chewing on his finger since he's teething- his next two bottom teeth are on their way.)


And in other news, Rob has his first overnight business trip since the boys were born. The timing couldn't be worse as we are moving on Saturday, but it is what it is. Say a prayer for us! And last weekend Rob took Julep to the vet because I felt a lump on her left side. Four hundred dollars later, they told us it was part of her rib. How that happens on one side, and below her ribcage is beyond me. Great timing all around!