6 Months!!

I meant to post this on Tuesday which was their actual 6-month birthday but life got in the way. We had a doctor's appointment on Tuesday morning and found out they are growing big and strong! They have changed so much over the past 3 months it's hard to keep up with it all, but here's what they're up to lately:

*They will put anything and everything into their mouths as soon as they get their hands on it.
* About a month ago, they discovered that their feet are endlessly entertaining and now constantly play with them. This makes diaper changes difficult since they immediately reach for their feet and won't let go.
*They've both become a lot more clingy recently. They get very upset when nobody's in the room with them and if I leave them playing on the floor to go cook dinner they start to throw tantrums until I come back. They have been practicing their most pitiful cries and wails and save them up for these moments.
*When this happens while they're in their bouncer or activity center they throw their heads back and their arms out into the air. Sometimes, they'll accidently hit a button and music will start playing. This usually stuns them for a few seconds and they often forget why they were crying in the first place.
*They interact with each other a lot more now. They are always reaching for each other while they're playing and trying to eat each other's hands and feet. Sometimes they even smile at each other which I think is just the sweetest thing ever.
*They aren't big on rolling over although they definitely know how to do it, they prefer to just roll from side to side. If I place them on their tummies they eventually roll to their backs but they have only rolled from their backs to their stomachs a handful of times.
*They love to watch the cats and (if they're sitting within reach) pull out large fistfuls of cat hair and eat it. Then I have to spend 15 minutes fishing out a million little white hairs from their mouths.
*They now play with all the toys in their activity centers and have just recently begun frantically waving their rattles and stuffed animals in the air or banging two toys together.
*I have a feeling they will grow up to be little daredevils because they seem to love the sensation of falling. They have always liked to be bounced but now they like us to throw them in the air or jump up and down with them in our arms. They also love hanging upside down and whenever they're laying on my lap they scoot themselves so that their head is hanging off upside down.
*They "talk" incessantly and have started making gasping sounds lately too. They have also started laughing at things going on around them rather than just in response to us smiling at, tickling, or bouncing them.
*Last night they slept for 11 hours!! From 8:30 until 7:30!! Over the next few weeks we'll try to put them to bed even earlier and hopefully they'll keep sleeping for 10-12 hour stretches.
*At only 6 months their eyelashes are longer and thicker than mine will ever be. We seriously need to have a girl because it seems unfair to waste such beautiful eyelashes on boys!
*They haven't grown much hair, they're still little baldies! They even have a full-on bald spot on the backs of their heads from sleeping on their backs. When I was a baby I had masses of dark hair but Brandon had hardly any so they obviously take after him.
*Speaking of Brandon, they looove their daddy!! They already get excited when they see him walk in the door and they just love to play with him. If Brandon's in the room while I'm nursing them, he has to stay out of sight and keep quiet or else they'll whip their heads around to look for him and if they catch sight of him they refuse to nurse any more.
*They still love to go for walks and be around other people, they are great when I take them to Bible Study and are content to play on the floor and look around. Last week, Cullen started cracking up out of nowhere (I think he was laughing at a lady's foot that was above his head) and soon the entire Bible Study was laughing with him.
*They still haven't mastered sitting up but are steadily getting better at balancing themselves for longer stretches of time. Cullen is still better at it than Jack but I think this is probably because he's bigger and a little sturdier around the middle than Jack.
*When they take baths now they kick their legs excitedly and splash water all over the kitchen and me. I am excited for them to get big enough to take baths in the bathtub together, they just need to learn to sit up a little better first.
*Sometimes when they see us eating, they start making chewing motions with their mouths.