10 Months!

I seriously cannot believe how quickly we're approaching the one year mark.  It just doesn't seem possible that I will soon have one year olds.  These girls become more delightful (and active, and opinionated) every day.

Since we've been struggling with the girls trying to eat their month stickers, I decided that I would try to stick it on the chair first.  Tannah was on to me right away.

So, we resorted to sticking them on and taking pictures as fast as I could before the stickers made it into their mouths.

And, we're done.

I look back at the sessions from their first few months, and I probably have at least one hundred pictures of me trying to get them to both look at the camera (and eventually smile).  Now, I'm lucky if I get 10 off before the stickers are in their mouths.  At least I got some cute ones this month:)

At ten months:

• The girls are crawling and cruising machines.  And, boy, are they fast.  
• Some of their favorite activities are crawling away from us as fast as they can, ignoring our requests for them to come back, and pulling everything they can grab off of the coffee table and couch (and looking very proud of themselves when they grab something that we wish they wouldn't, like a remote control or cell phone).
• Tannah can stand on her own without pulling herself up.  She will take one step toward us before lunging if we set her a little ways away from us.
• Harper can stand up without holding on for a few seconds at a time.
• We're finally starting to get some "ma-ma's" mixed in with the "da-da's".  I still don't think they associate those sounds with us yet.
• They love their stride-to-ride dino and will walk in seemingly endless circles using it.  They also love to play with (and crawl through) their Laugh and Learn Home.
• They are in size 12 month or 6-12 month clothes.  We're slowly starting to add in some 12-18 month clothes, but most of those are still pretty big. 
• We just moved up to size 4 diapers.
• They sleep from around 7 pm to 6:30 am, but are still generally getting up at least once per night.  We had stopped night time feedings, but the girls have been sick and waking up more frequently.  Sometimes it's impossible (or maybe it just feels that way) to get them to go back to sleep without feeding them.
• Tannah has six teeth, and Harper has two.
• The girls now only eat finger foods while at daycare.  We still do a stage 3 food for dinner because I want to make sure that they get enough food before they go to bed.

They continue to interact with each other more and more, which is cute beyond belief (except when they are trying to push the other one away when I'm holding both of them - apparently sibling rivalry starts early:)

Maybe it's just me being a proud mom, but everyone who meets these girls seems to fall in love with them.  I love to see how much joy they bring to everyone who comes into contact with them!