6 months?!

I can't believe that Luke and Amelia turn SIX months old this week.  Holy cow!  Now I get why parents are always saying it goes by too quickly.  I'll post some recent pictures and also a video of Luke laughing ... so sweet!  I'm not the best with technology and I can't figure out how to edit the video either in iphoto or on youtube so ignore the fact that it's turned the wrong way ... sorry about that!  I'll figure it out one of these days (maybe when I'm not so tired :) )   Since I haven't had a chance to start their baby books I'll try to write down some of my favorite things about them right now.
Amelia:  Oh Amelia!  What a fun little girl you are!  In the mornings Amelia is all smiles.  She doesn't wake up often at night anymore (only once or twice to feed) so she wakes up happy and refreshed.  She is extremely social.  She loves when we have visitors or go to parties or out for adventures.  She just soaks it all in.  She can totally hold her head up now so she's loving being in the Jolly Jumper and bumbo chair.  She tracks Molly everywhere she goes and just giggles and laughs at the dog.  She tends to get over tired easily so I have to be careful to get her down for naps in time or she has a complete meltdown.  We try to avoid those!
Luke:  My sister calls Luke "the little professor" ... he does have a very wise look to him.  We joke that he always looks like he's contemplating serious world issues.  But when he laughs, boy does he laugh!  Luke has amazing eyes, they look right into your soul ... and the most beautiful eyelashes (his sister will be jealous one day).  He isn't totally able to hold his head up yet (maybe because it's on the big side?!) so he's a bit less independent.  I think he's working on his first tooth and he's definitely entered the phase where everything goes into his mouth.  He's quite a bit bigger than his little sister.  Someone at church today was like, "Oh, they're twins?!  But he's so much bigger!"  I think he might take after his dad.  Good thing we shop at Costco!  We haven't taken them for their six month appointment but I think he's about 18 pounds.
Now that the babes are six months old I've decided to stop pumping.  What a relief!  Since Luke never learned to breastfeed after his weeks in NICU I've been pumping 7-8times/day for the last six months.  Each time takes about 20 minutes so I don't even want to know how many hours that equals!  On the days I was alone with them it was so challenging to feed both babies and then pump.  But I really wanted them to get the benefits of breast milk for the first six months.  Now that I'm back at work and they're not sleeping through the night it just doesn't feel possible to keep pumping.  I need those nighttime hours to sleep!  While I feel a bit guilty about stopping, I mostly feel relieved and like I'll have a bit more time ... although since they're almost mobile that time will be used for running after two babies!
And now for the pics and video :)