Anna and John turned 8 months old on May 17th. They have learned so much this month, it's incredible. Here's a snapshot of what John and Anna are like these days:
* John and Anna became mobile this month! Anna started rocking on her hands and knees in her crib, then progressed to the army crawl, and is now a fully crawling baby!! In one week, Anna got her first tooth (5/29), learned to sit up, and started crawling!!! She cut her second tooth on 6/8.
*John's crawling progressed the same way. He started rocking on his hands and knees in his crib, then progressed to the army crawl. John hasn't mastered crawling on his hands and knees just yet, but he's very close :) He likes to get from place to place by log rolling and army crawling. John learned to sit up on 6/9 and is becoming more sturdy each day.
*The babies were reintroduced to the Baby Einstein videos. John stays glued to the TV while Anna stops to watch for a few minutes, then gets distracted by something more interesting. Their favorite show is Neptune's Oceans. They love looking at all the sea creatures. It makes me want to take them to the beach :) This has become part of their wind down routine before it's time for bed.
*The babies are now napping separately. Miss Anna was keeping her brother up, so we decided to split them up and things have been running much smoother at naptime. Anna likes to get up on her knees and bounce up and down while yelling at her brother to wake up. It is pretty funny, but baby boy needs his sleep, so we had to split them up.
*John and Anna both have to sleep with their "lovie." Aunt Jenny bought John a little doggy blanket and Anna a bunny blanket. They get so excited to cuddle with them and John likes to sleep with his over his face. They definitely comfort the babies while they sleep.
*The babies are eating solids three times a day and started using sippy cups filled with water. Anna is getting the hang of it and John isn't quite sure about the taste of water. We are going to continue to work on that. They also love to eat Baby Mum Mums and any flavor of puffs.
*Some of their favorite toys are their Leap Frog drum and maracas. Anna and John are just starting to play with their Fisher Price house. They love ringing the doorbell and hearing the different songs when it opens and closes. They also love water bottles, filled or empty, we have no idea why!!! Anna loves banging her toys on any hard surface she can find and tries to do this as loud, and as hard as possible.
*One of their favorite activities is imitating whatever John and I do. They make lots of different sounds and their personalities are really shining through.
*John and Anna had their first high chair experience at our favorite local establishment, Mt. Adams Bar and Grill. This is now our Dark Horse :)
*Watching the two of them play together has been an absolute riot. They are learning to steal toys from each other, give each other kisses on the head (I think they are actually trying to bite each other), and John just loves watching Anna crawl around on the floor and cracks up everytime he sees her. He thinks she's the coolest thing around. I think he already looks up to his big sister.
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| First sippy cups |
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| Mt. Adams Bar and Grille |
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| Rocking and Rolling |
