11 months

Our little guys are getting to be so big!

Boy, do these boys need haircuts

Joel

Jeremy

But Jeremy definitely still has the weight advantage between the two.  I'm not sure of their weights since they didn't have check-ups this month.  Jeremy did have to go to the doctor twice in the past month - once for a bug bite that turned into staph infection and another time for a scratch on his eye ball - and he weighed in at 19 pounds, 13 ounces both times (they were only a week apart).  Jacob was a pound less than that at 1 year old, so Jeremy is definitely our heavyweight boy even though he is smaller than most babies his age.

Over the past month, Jeremy has started waking up almost every night.  It isn't fun.  I think it is the worst when a baby goes from consistently sleeping through the night to waking up so much.  And most mornings one of the babies wakes up by 6am.  It makes for sleepy parents.

Joel just got his fourth tooth!  And Jeremy finally got his first!  Jeremy got his first tooth right about 2 weeks ago, and although his gum looks swollen - no sign of the second which usually accompanies the first.

Joel has started clapping his hands and Jeremy seems intrigued when he sees someone clapping their hands.

Joel acts like he wants to stand on his own and has even balanced for a second or two.  He also is a lot better about pushing a little walker around.  Jeremy seems to have a little trouble with the walkers - he leans against them and they move, but his feet don't move so he falls.

The babies love to play peek-a-boo at the door to the half-bath.  Jeremy mastered it first by pulling the door open and closed whenever someone went in.  Unless they latched the door closed when they went in, then he just laid on the floor and cried that he couldn't play with the person trying to use the potty.  Joel had to practice a little more - he kept accidently pushing the door all the way closed (causing Jeremy to lay on the floor and cry) or push the door all the way open so it wasn't right there to pull closed.  He got the hang of it though.

Joel is so excited to have found someone in the bathroom

Jeremy realized it was peek-a-boo time

Jeremy says "Open the door more so I can see"

Joel came into the bathroom so they can play peek-a-boo with each other

Joel is a little more willing to try finger foods, but neither baby are big fans.  But boy do they love their baby snacks.  They eat waffles and pancakes and sometimes muffins, but most of the time I find tons of food on Jeremy's bib after he is done eating so who knows how much he is actually eating.

Jeremy with a stash of food on his bib

Joel loves waffles

First time playing on the brown grass outside

Making some lunch

These two boys certainly are characters.  Joel will scream if something isn't going exactly his way.  So, let me tell you how fun that is.  Jeremy is more of a whiner if he isn't getting his way.  We love our little boys (who won't be babies for much longer)!

Jeremy's pretty excited to have his picture taken

Joel's not so sure about having his picture taken