Cute Little Bears

The girls hop into their bear suits in seconds for a quick swing on a cold day!

One In & One Out

Playing together!

Pot and Pan Band

The girls love banging on pots and pans! Video to come!

9 Months!

How the time flies when you're having fun. These babies are a blast! We are so lucky to have healthy, happy babies.

Evelyn 9 Months!

Evelyn is a busy, independent little girl. She's all over the place! She is crawling (she looks like a lizard with her feet turned outward), pulling herself up, walking behind her push toy, climbing stairs (when supervised and allowed!), climbing on me, climbing on anything she can climb on. She is has perfected falling square on her bottom and then gets back up to climb and crawl again.

She too loves the same toys as her sister and is getting more interested in dolls and plush toys. She loves wooden blocks and dumping out toys from the bins, and then crawling into the bins!

She loves to eat everything (even though she still no teeth!)-- food, paper, trash, and anything else she finds on the floor. She will get very mad at us when we try to get it out of her mouth! Seriously though, this girl loves to eat and is very good with finger foods. She loves corn, peas, green beans, broccoli, cheese, the list goes on and on. We really haven't found anything they don't eat (well, really, we don't accept that as a response...they just get it the next day!). Evelyn is a MESSY eater. She loves to put her hands in everything. And, she enjoys pulling off her bibs (annoying! especially when she laughs about it, but it's hard not to laugh too!) and tugging on her hair with her goopy hands.

Evelyn is still a good night sleeper and becoming a better day sleeper now that she has her own nursery (pictures to come, Mommy is still working on it). She's becoming more cuddly and will often take a break to lay her head on your shoulder. She's also a bit of a Mommy's girl and needs to be sitting on my lap during storytime before bed. Daddy gets very sad when she does this, but I'm sure one day she will be totally all about Daddy. He will get his turn.

Evelyn is a pretty amazing acrobat of a baby.

Here are the stats from the doctor:
17 in head = 21st percentile

27 1/4 in height = 31st percentile

19lbs 2oz in weight = 51st percentile

Looking good Little E! She actually has a fat roll over her pants! She is WAY bigger than her Mommy at 9 months (weighing in at just 16lbs 14oz), but about the same height (28 inches).

Sylvia 9 Months!

Sylvia is such a big girl! She's still "army" crawling, but hikes her belly off the floor more. She's getting fast at pulling herself around the room! She's even starting to push herself forward and backwards some.

She's not too fond of her exersaucer anymore (her once favorite toy), but loves to stand tall and play with anything. She's quite chatty if you hold her up. She starts out on her tippy toes, but we re-position her to stand on her flat feet. Sylvia loves books and is quick to turn the page for you or take a nibble. Her favorite toys are these small round boxes, a blue block, a ring with balls inside and a new homemade toy that's a plastic bottle with beads inside. She loves music and will move up and down while sitting if you start to sing!

She still doesn't have any teeth, but I can see the impressions of 4 on the bottom that are moving their way up (at least I think that's what I see).

She's still a good sleeper and a really good eater. Tomorrow we are transitioning almost entirely to finger foods -- we're done making purees, I think!

Sylvia has a ton of hair and it's a little wavy on the back. She still lets us put bows in her hair, but gives me a hard time when I clean her ears...she's bats my hand way! She's a determined little girl and pushes her bottle, food and anything way when she's finished wiht it.

Our little girl is getting so big and she's so adorable.

Here are the statistics from the doctor:

17.5 in head = 59th percentile

27 3/4 in height = 50th percentile

19lbs 13oz in weight = 62nd percentile

Finger Foods

The girls are good eaters! Now they are doing pretty well with finger foods. They love to eat cold veggies. One day they will be begging for cookies, now they squeal for veggies and cheerios.

Busy Evelyn -- Evelyn Walking Assisted

Evelyn is active! She is standing, crawling, climbing and walking while assisted. Here are a few videos to show how busy she is! I realize there are a lot of posts of her. Posts of Sylvia are coming.

This walking thing is new -- like it started yesterday. I bet she'll be walking by 10 months. Remember, she's not even 9 months yet!

Evelyn Walking Stairs

Busy Evelyn Standing