The great 6 month weigh in!

We had our six month check up last night. The twins will be 7 months on Nov. 22 so its actually a 6.5 month check up. Hope weighed in at 14 lbs 15 oz and Jack at 13 lbs 10 oz. I cannot believe that both babies have gained approx 10 lbs since birth.

For those of you who want more numbers, both kids are gaining a lot of ground "catching up." Here are the changes in percentile for their age group (compared to other 6.5 month old babies) since their four month appointment.

HOPE
weight - 20% (at 4 month checkup) to 25% (at this appointment)
length - 32% to 64%
head size - 44.5% to 64%

JACK
weight - no change, still hovering in the 1 percentile
length - 3% to 30%
head - 24% to 42%

I was really impressed by these comparisons, especially the changes in length - considering their prematurity. In the end, we may get a couple tall basketball players! Granted if any of you have ever seen me play basketball, you know to pray that Hope and Jack did not inherit my hand eye coordination!

We are hoping their weights will continue to improve, especially Jack's, now that we are working solid food into their diets. We are making slow progress, but have enlisted our experienced day care staff to help Hope and Jack learn how to eat. So far they've only had rice cereal to experiment with, but our doctor suggested sweetening the deal with some pears or peaches, so that is the works for the next few days.

Other than that, things are good. I've gotten a taste of what it is like being a stay at home mom as we've had to deal with the stomach flu/fever/stuffy noses recently. So far they've all been minor illnesses and I am very thankful for that. We have a busy next few days with visits from Kulsoom and baby Emaan, followed by the newlyweds Liz and Mark and then the baptism of my cousin Roxanne's baby Payton. It will be crazy, but wonderful to see so many special people and get to show off our kids.

Just a few new photos for you all to enjoy:

I think they loved how they looked in their coordinating jumpers as much as their Mom did!

Bed shot #3 (compare with June 14th and Sept. 8th posts)