7 months old

All 3 girls about to go the pool (twins aren't swimmers yet)

Allison blowing bubbles (or veggies if it is dinner time) and Brooke ready to get down and crawl!

I love you sistee! (i love Brooke's arn in this one, she looks so big)

Thing ONE and Thing TWO! Funny huh?

The twins are now 7 months old as of August 20th! I can NOT believe 7 months have already passed! This time last year, I was a mess, thinking of EVERYTHING we had to do before Allison and Brooke got here. I was about to start my 12th year of teaching school, Claire was going to her first day of Primrose, and Junior was starting his first year as principal of Christie Elementary. Man what a year does!!! I am NOT starting school this year, Claire is going to Mother's Day Out at our church (thank GOD) and Junior will be starting his 2nd year of being the principal of a great school in Frisco ( his school got an exemplary rating this past year, FIRST time in the history of the school, I think it has EVERYTHING to do with the principal, I'm just saying....)

Here are some new stats on the girls.....

WE HAVE A CRAWLER!!! Brooke is out of control already. Today while I was getting dinner ready, enters Brooke to the kitchen, first time her little knees ever touch the kitchen floor. She also has 2 teeth! She is pulling up in her bed (which we were supposed to lower this weekend, but didn't get around to ) She says dadadada all the time. She LOVES to be in the mix of whatever everyone else is doing. She is still pretty little, about 15 pounds now, but moving ALL over the place. She is a hoot!

Allison is doing great too! She is a smiley girl! She LOVES her mother to no end....doesn't want me to leave the room or put her down. She isn't crawling, persay, but did army crawl this morning to get a bottle i laid on the floor!! I think we are about to have 2 crawlers on our hands.... Lord help me...Alli doesn't have any teeth yet, but is really working on one, or two! Alli HATES ALL veggies. She spits them ALL over the place at dinner every night. I have come to terms with it now, I just let her blow them all over me every night. Allison says hi now too!

Happy 7 months girls! I can't believe it! We love you very much!!!

Allison

Brooke

Allison wouldn't let go of the paci.!

junior, jill and the girls (yes, Brooke, I am still here)

This past weekend, August 9th, we had the girls baptized at our church, Grace Avenue United Methodist Church in Frisco, TExas. It was a great day for all of us. We had many family members with us to celebrate. I thought Billy's sermons was most fitting for the day, it was about gathering together! Let me tell ya, we GATHERED! Thank you to everyone who was with us in person, thought, prayer, and in heaven! We love you all from the bottom of our hearts and know our girls will feel your love forever!

6 months old

Best Friends and Sisters!

Allison Ann

Brooke Elizabeth

Yes, my friends, we made! Half a year that is! The twins are officially 6 months old as of Monday. Lots of people have told us if we could just get to the 6 months mark, things start to get easier. I have to say things are starting to ease up a bit. Brooke seems to have turned a corner and doesn't spit up as much or cry as often. Thank you Lord! Allison is still very sweet, but not quiet. She has discovered her voice and LOVES it! Brooke is getting up on all fours and rocking back and forth. I must say it is pretty cute. Allison hasn't done this yet, but I am sure it is right around the corner. Anothere cute thing we do is sing. Brooke LOVES the "jump up and down" song. It is a song Claire sang at school this year and now it is our house theme song. We go through everyone's name and then everyone laughs! So cute!

We now only have 4- 8oz bottles per day (less washing of bottles, AMEN) and baby food once a day as well. They eat a veggie and fruit each at dinner time. Now if we can just get to the point of not having to buy formula, that will be WONDERFUL (6 MORE months)!

We had our 6 month check up yesterday with Dr. Stokes and all went very well, although both girls had to get a shot in each leg. Both girls are healthy and strong. here are up to date stats on each girl so you can get a sense of how big they are now:

Allison: 15.4 lbs 25.5 inches
Brooke: 14.8 lbs. 25.25 inches

They are both very similar in size but Allison head is bigger which makes her look bigger!

Happy half birthday sweet girls! We made half a year! YEA!!!

Last week we decided, very last minute, to take the girls to visit Aunt Jenn, Aunt Gregg, Audrey and Marshall in Amarillo! (Claire has always called Gregg "Aunt Gregg" instead of Uncle Gregg, so we let her!) It is a 6 hour trip one way. Junior and I were hesitant about being in the car that long with all three girls, but they did GREAT! We only stopped one time on the way there and twice on the way home (one long stop at Mamaw and Pop's house, much needed and very nice!)

We visited the Amarillo zoo, which is the coolest FREE zoo I have ever been to. We love going there to see the monkeys, tigers, lions, and many other creatures. We also went to the Discovery Center. This museum is so cool too! It is very hands on for all ages of kids! Junior and Gregg got to squeeze in a round of golf too.

We had a great time! THANKS AUNT JENN AND AUNT GREGG!! We love you all very much!

Summer time!!!

Claire and her "blue" drink! NO MORE WHINING!!

Junior, Jill and the twins (Claire refused to be in the picture) at the DWA! So cool!

4 generations! Memaw, Mimi, Daddy and the girls!

Me with all my girls, notice all the pictures of Claire in the background. She was already at Mimi's when we took this picture. We started date day afterwards YIPPEE!!


Brooke with her faux hawk! Of course Daddy did baths and bed this night, and I am not complaing what so ever!!! I love to have a break!

The summer has officially begun in the Gonzales household! No real bedtimes, doesn't matter what time we get up, no real plans for the day! We love it! We have already done some really fun things. First and foremost, the twins spent their first night away from home! It went really well too! They stayed with Junior's mom, Mimi. AND, Claire stayed at Junior's grandmother's house on the same night, so we had NO kids for the first time in about 6 months. NICE!!! We also took all three girls to the Dallas World Aquarium on Friday. Claire loved it until she noticed all the kids that had colorful drinks, then she HAD to have one in order to stop whining. Thank you Mimi for getting Claire her blue drink. The twins did great at the aqaurium as well! They love to people watch! Now that Daddy is home all week and weekend, he is enjoying more time with his girls! We love the summer time!!

We are 5 months old

YEA! We are 5 months old!






Allison Ann





Brooke Elizabeth




Brooke doing the motor boat!





And, of course big sister had to be in a pic. too!




I can NOT believe the girls are already 5 months old! Sometimes it feels like just yesterday they were born, and other days I feel like I have been doing this for EVER!! THey have definitely devloped personalities(the first picture captures their personalities very well). Allison is VERY laid back and quiet. Even when she cries it is quiet. Brooke is LOUD all the time and loves attention (by that I mean she likes to be held)! They are both eating LOTS of cereal and soon we will start baby food. Brooke is "scooting" all over the place. She puts her face on the ground and gets her legs up under her. Then she is off! It won't be long until she is crawling! Allison isn't scooting just yet, but she is not far behind. They both love to make the motor boat sound, especially while I feed them cereal! It is so fun to watch them grow every day.

Happy Father's Day

Allison was too tired to join her sisters for a picture with Daddy!



Junior and 2 of his girls!

We had a great Father's Day this year! Claire and I made Junior breakfast in bed and then we were off to church. After church we headed over to Junior's parents house to swim and have lunch! Once we came home all the girls were pooped, see pics. I didn't get any pictures of all 3 girls with their dad, I waited to late in the day. Allison was too tired!
Happy Father's Day Junior!