Saturday, March 6, 2010

Tunnel and Tent Fun




The girls' (and Daddy) have a new toy -- an incredibly long tunnel and a cool little tent, which we've made plush with soft blankets and pillows. They love it!

Monday, March 1, 2010

Peek-a-Boo

The girls are so cute and play peek-a-boo whenever they can. Sylvia likes to play with her shirts. Evelyn loves to play with blankets. Soooo adorable.

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Soft Play Room

We love soft play rooms...a nice relatively safe environment for baby fun.

Standing Babies

These girls are so cute and so big! I put Evelyn in Sylvia's crib while getting them ready the other morning. It amazes me how much they've grown!

10 Months!


As each month passes, we can't believe it. Where has the time gone? As they say, time flies when you're having fun!!

Sylvia 10 Months!

Sylvia has made a lot of progress this month. She is a pretty fast belly crawler, she rocks back on all 4s, will take a few movements forward on her hands and knees, will pull up to standing, will move from things (like couch to toy) if they are close, can sit from standing (this is harder to do than you think), and just started moving from belly to sitting (very new!). She is a little behind on gross motor skills, so we had her evaluated and the therapists say she has a weak right side (legs and pelvis) and simple exercises like putting toys on her right, holding her hips together when on all 4s, and helping her move from belly to sitting will help her get up to speed in no time. We are having someone come to the house 2x a month for physical therapy. The therapist said we don't have anything to worry about, but we just want to make sure Sylvia (both babies, really) have every opportunity she can to be successful. And, we know she will.
Sylvia's still a very happy baby, but is crying more as I think she's frustrated with her inability to move as quickly and easily as her sister. She fusses and then quickly cheers up.
In fine motor and communication, Sylvia excels. She is scoring at least 10 months and up to 12 months! Who knew that pulling off your socks is a 12 month skill?!
Sylvia is a bit more picky with what she eats, but she still eats very well. She loves cheese, fruit, yogurt, peas, corn, cheese toast, blueberries, raspberries, etc. She isn't as fond of proteins, but seems to prefer turkey, beans and ham.
Sylvia's hair is long too and we've just started pulling it to the side since they are taking out their barrettes. She still has no teeth!!! Most doctors say that's better anyways since they are getting a night bottle and milk rots teeth!

Evelyn 10 Months!


Evelyn is just as busy as last month, but more. She is a super fast crawler, pulls up on anything, cruises on furniture, and walks excitedly when behind her push toy or with someone. She waves, gives "5", points at the birds on the wall when asked "where are the birds", kind of says dog and bird (she is definitely trying to talk), occasionally points to her belly when asked, hands toys to you when you ask for them (most of the time), drops toys in a bucket when asked, among other things.
Evelyn is a very good eater. She loves everything! She will gobble down an entire scrambled egg yolk (they can't have whole eggs until they are 1), suck the juice out of mandarin oranges, eat as much cheese toast you put in front of her. She loves veggies, beans, cheese, fruit, fish, chicken, turkey, beef, etc. Sometimes I wonder if she will ever stop eating. She much prefers her food over milk and really doesn't like being fed. If it's something she can hold she will not allow you to put it in her mouth, she takes it out of your hand. A few days ago she was loving kidney beans so much, I probably let her eat WAY too many. Let's just say, it was a lesson...beans really do cause lots of gas, especially in babies. She was up crying and after hearing the worst gas of all times, we quickly figured out the problem. We gave her mylicon and pushed on her tummy and it really helped.
Evelyn's hair is super long! And, she has TWO teeth. The second tooth made its appearance on Tuesday, March 2nd!





10 Month Outtake!


It is getting more difficult to take this monthly picture. Check out these hilarious outtakes.