Nine Months Old!

Owen and Maren are nine months old!  Unfortunately, they also have their first colds.  There's nothing fun about two stuffy noses, but we're so fortunate to have made it nine months without any illness!  

Owen and Maren are both growing like crazy!  Here are their current stats: 

	Weight	Percentile	Height	Percentile	Head Circ.	Percentile
Owen	21 lb	59	29.5 in	86	18.5 in	90
Maren	18 lb 5 oz	41	29 in	91	18 in	91

These monthly pictures are becoming more of an adventure.  There are three main challenges: 

1.  Keep both babies from diving headfirst off the chair!

2.  Prevent hair pulling and scratching (these are unintentional, of course). 

3.  Try to distract Maren from the sticker long enough for her to look at the camera.  

We started out ok. . .

Then Owen started to think of an escape plan. 

He decided that if we wouldn't let him dive off the front of the chair, he would try the side.  So, we moved to the floor.  By then, we had completely lost Maren.  She was determined to get that sticker off!

Cooper joined in the fun. 

Owen tipped over and cried. 

And, Maren still worked on that sticker!