The Stuff
The babies were seven months old yesterday.  Crazy! 

Their personalities are starting to come out now, which is fun.  Erin is getting really mobile these days.  She rolls around to get toys or until she runs into a barrier.  But she is happy to play with toys or explore a new texture (like the bricks on my dad’s fireplace) by herself for the most part.  Alex is not terribly into the whole moving thing, though he can roll if he wants to.  He is a jolly little social guy, though.  He loves to laugh, and he prefers to interact with people, unless he’s tired.  He likes to suck on the tags of his toys these days, and he’s started sticking out and sucking on his tongue.  Too cute!

And I figured that some pictures would be appropriate, too.

Alex sitting up in a chair…sort of…
 

Erin just generally being adorable:

The “babyproofing” I’ve done so far…a makeshift corral (those are our pack-n-plays)!

The Nonsense
Yesterday, we spent the day in C-ville with my parents and visited Michelle and her girls for a bit since they were in town.  Fun times!  Kathy has a really cool playset in the backyard now.  Wish it had been there when we were growing up!

We took the babies on a hike in their carriers on Tuesday evening.  My hip hurt really bad yesterday.  I guess I was carrying Erin a bit wrong or something.  But it was fun, so we’ll have to figure out how to do it better next time!

We watched the pilot of a new Sci-Fi channel series last night (Warehouse 13) and really liked it.  And Eureka is coming back on Friday night.  WooHoo!  Who needs reality TV when you have Sci-Fi shows to watch?!

Of course, I have two episodes of America’s Got Talent to watch on DVR, too.  So I guess I’ll have to admit to the more “normal” fare, too! 

I think we’re going to make a quick trip to the farm this weekend.  Eric is probably going to take some (or all) of tomorrow off and we’ll head out, stay one night, and come back on Saturday.  We really do need to get out to see everyone, but I can’t do another two-night excursion this soon!  I do think we can manage a one-nighter, though.

I think that’s about all I have for now…later!