Gotta love that sly look! I can just see her darting around the yard in a few months screaming chase me!
Hey, I'm standing.
Not sure you can see this but the girls had the little grass stains today...that should be incentive to walk!! Those poor knees!
My little pair of baby giraffes. Dear Ava and Isabelle,
Happy 14 months Ava and Belle! Each day you are learning so much that is amazes me. I sometimes feel like I can see your brain working as you figure out something new. More and more things that we say you catch on to now. I can tell you to drink your milk and you do! I can tell you to give me your foot and you do! I can just imagine when you find your words that you'll be chatting up a storm with us.
One accomplishment you have mastered in the last two months is moving on to the sippy cup full time. Belle you were resistant to holding the sippy cup yourself at first but once we stopped holding it for you and just left it there for you to do alone you did and have never looked back. So I guess when push came to shove you could do it but just wanted to be waited on...don't blame you kid...live it up while you can! We started you both out at first with sippy cups at lunch and you did fine. Then we moved towards no bottle in the am when you first wake up which I though you would have a fit with but you were fine. Then we jumped into, by sheer fact that they were around one night, sippy for bedtime and you were again fine. So no more bottles for my big girls! We'll keep a few in the cabinet for any night that you just don't feel like yourself and need a little comfort but to be honest the transition was so easy that it really surprised us. Not that we should have been surprised, you seem to adapt to these changes we throw at you very well.
As for eating, you have some different personalities there. Ava you basically will eat anything. Any fruit (blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, etc.) you are fine with. Belle, not you...you have your favorite which is strawberries and you could eat them none stop and don't want anything to do with the other stuff we put on your tray. Actually you win there since you just throw it over the side. Ava you are a food stealer so we have to be careful if we turn our back that you are not eating all of Isabelle's food since you are so much faster. Ava you are also my sharer as you often give me some of whatever you are eating. You both are really wanting to feed everything to yourself so anything that is on a spoon tends to be more difficult. So sometimes we just opt for the mess and have you feed yourselves. I have not ventured into teaching you the spoon yourself.
No walking yet for either girl. However, I apparently was a late bloomer as my mom said I was not walking to at least 15 months (right before my brother came home I finally got it). I honestly don't think they see a need to at times. In the family room where they spend most of the time they can get around holding on to things and they crawl so fast that they just prefer that I think. Ava does like to practice walking holding on to only 1 hand. She takes a random step or two getting to the next piece of furniture but one hand is usually holding on or reaching for something for balance. Belle on the other hand isn't really into walking. She will if you make her (to humor me I guess) but she prefers crawling or just sitting in one place. She will walk a bit but then just turns those legs into jello for a rest ( a tad bit lazy I think). She will stand up to watch TV or get around when needed but the majority of her time she is just mellow and content in 1 spot. The doctor says up to about 16-18 months is all in the normal range so who knows....she did warn me that I am going to regret wanting them to walk since it will be in 2 different directions. So stay tuned on that front.
Ava you are so funny when we take you for walks. In your wagon, you have to sit in the front since then you can't touch the wheels. In the back seat you are always hanging over the edge trying to play with the wheels as they go round and round. You also stand in you car as we push it as if you are so excited to be driving it! I can envision you climbing out of your window as a teenager since you are my explorer! You also have some wild child hair! I don't want to cut it so I am letting it grow in but getting it out of your eyes and tamed back is a chore sometimes. Plus, since you are so active it always gets messed up. My little free spirit. You love playing peek-a-bo and singing songs. You tend to have a shorter attention span though and on to the next task where Belle can play with the same toy for a long time (case in point the sand table video).
Isabelle, you are still my drama queen. You definitely like to be pampered at times. In the wagon you always put your feet up as if to say yes go ahead driver take me for my afternoon stroll. Sometimes I call you my little German solider as you seem to bark out directives if something is not right till we do what you want. You hate having a messy diaper...so that might help with later potty training. You tell us RIGHT away and are not happy till we fix it. We can get you out of your mood pretty quick though with a tickle whereas when your sister is in a mood she is sulky for a longer time. You are also getting lighter hair so I wonder if you are going to turn into a Blondie on me. One thing I love is how you love your blanket on you at bedtime. You love to be tucked in tight and you pull it up and snuggle with it....priceless!
So needless to say you keep us entertained. I am looking forward to seeing what this summer brings and seeing you interact with each other.
Hugs and Kisses,
Mommy
Ava you are so funny when we take you for walks. In your wagon, you have to sit in the front since then you can't touch the wheels. In the back seat you are always hanging over the edge trying to play with the wheels as they go round and round. You also stand in you car as we push it as if you are so excited to be driving it! I can envision you climbing out of your window as a teenager since you are my explorer! You also have some wild child hair! I don't want to cut it so I am letting it grow in but getting it out of your eyes and tamed back is a chore sometimes. Plus, since you are so active it always gets messed up. My little free spirit. You love playing peek-a-bo and singing songs. You tend to have a shorter attention span though and on to the next task where Belle can play with the same toy for a long time (case in point the sand table video).
Isabelle, you are still my drama queen. You definitely like to be pampered at times. In the wagon you always put your feet up as if to say yes go ahead driver take me for my afternoon stroll. Sometimes I call you my little German solider as you seem to bark out directives if something is not right till we do what you want. You hate having a messy diaper...so that might help with later potty training. You tell us RIGHT away and are not happy till we fix it. We can get you out of your mood pretty quick though with a tickle whereas when your sister is in a mood she is sulky for a longer time. You are also getting lighter hair so I wonder if you are going to turn into a Blondie on me. One thing I love is how you love your blanket on you at bedtime. You love to be tucked in tight and you pull it up and snuggle with it....priceless!
So needless to say you keep us entertained. I am looking forward to seeing what this summer brings and seeing you interact with each other.
Hugs and Kisses,
Mommy
