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My attempt at getting both of their pictures! |
Anna and John turned 12 months on September 17th. We spent the morning playing and John stayed home from work to make breakfast for the babies. They had pancakes for the first time and loved them. After nap time, we took them to our favorite local spot, Mt. Adams Bar and Grill for some lunch. President Obama was campaigning in our neighborhood but we weren't able to sneak a peak. We couldn't even get close! After our search for the President we finished up with some vanilla frozen yogurt. The babies loved it! We wanted to save the cake for their party the following weekend.
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Birthday pancakes made by daddy |
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Lunch at Mt. Adams Bar and Grill |
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Future Democrats :) |
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Vanilla frozen yogurt at the UDF |
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Yum! |
In Anna and John's 12th month, they've done a lot more growing! Anna and John both took their first steps, Anna on 9-28 and John on 10-18. Since then they've taken a few more steps but aren't walking on a regular basis, baby steps, right?! When Anna isn't using her feet to walk, she's "walking" on her knees. Most people that see her doing this say they've never seen this before. We haven't either! She's actually pretty fast when she knee walks. John prefers the traditional crawling :) Along with their new mobility, they've also become more independent in other areas. They have their very own snack cups, John learned how to clap, and Anna learned how to say moo and they both give high fives. They've also started eating their food pouches on their own, which has been really nice, kinda like when they started holding their own bottles:) The sweetest thing Anna and John have learned is to hold their lovies close to their faces and give them a big hug, rocking from side to side while we say "awwwww." They are now doing this with just about everything. It's so fun to see this sweet side to their personalities. And lastly, Anna and John absolutely love making a mess. This means dumping out drawers, dumping out anything and everything in baskets and everything in between. We don't love this but it does keep them quite entertained.
As this first year winds down, we just can't believe we survived:) It has been a crazy, but very rewarding year. More details to come about the big birthday bash in the next blog post:) Oh, and the "photo shoot" for their 12 month pictures was a little difficult, but I decided to post them anyway. That's life:)