8 months!

Our sweet babes turned 8 months this weekend!  What an amazing milestone!  We were able to spend the day tailgating with my family for a couple hours before it got too hot.

(Andrew with the boys [L, S])

The last few weeks have been very busy for us.  Lawson's respiratory virus really rocked his world (and ours) for a little while.  Little Buddy had it bad!  After going to the doctor on a Friday and then Saturday, we found ourselves at urgent care on Sunday when he just couldn't stop coughing and was having trouble catching his breath.  After some intense saline squirts and major suctioning, we were sent home.  I felt that it was time for some serious reinforcement at this point- grandma!  My mom came from St. Louis where she was already helping my sister with her two boys- sorry, Katie!

On that Monday Lawson was really wheezing badly, so we went back to urgent care.  They ended up giving him a breathing treatment and sent us home with a nebulizer.  That really helped a lot, thankfully!  My mom watched Lawson for the next two days while we sent Sutton to daycare.  Fortunately, by the end of the week. Lawson was much better and Sutton has still not gotten sick- fingers crossed!

This last week, Andrew's mom came in to help out while Andrew was out of town for work.  So basically, I got spoiled for two weeks by the boys' grandmothers!!  I guess I have to start cooking, cleaning, and doing the laundry again (although none of that will be done as well as they do it)!:)

At eight months, the boys are suuuuuper fun!  They are both rolling from their stomachs to backs, and very close to rolling from back to stomach.  They are smiling all the time- especially Lawson!  They are eating baby food twice a day.  Sutton LOVES to eat!  On top of consuming up to 40 oz. of formula a day, we can't feed him his solids fast enough! In between bites he frantically kicks his legs until the next bite. Lawson is a bit more reserved when it comes to eating, but seems to enjoy it too.  Both boys are very vocal now!  Between Sutton's shrieks and babbles and Lawson's grunts and nervous cry/chuckle, things are pretty loud around here!

In occupational therapy, we are working on sitting.  Lawson seems like he is getting closer to sitting independently, but Sutton has a little ways to go.  Sutton had a month long break from tummy time while he was recovering from surgery, so he has a little more core work to catch up on.  

I'll leave you with more of our favorite pics from lately:

(L, S)

(Lawson)

(Sutton)