Sixteen Months!

Time keeps marching along very quickly, and these girls just keep growing and growing.  They also keep exploring, learning, and getting into everything.  They crack me up every day, but they absolutely will not sit still for a nice picture.

No I will not stand nicely next to my sister



This is what I got when I asked Harper to give Tannah a hug.

Baby gymnastics - I just realized that this should probably be labeled "Toddler gymnastics" - how is it possible that they are toddlers?

At 16 months:

• The girls can run, walk backwards, and think it's hilarious to spin in circles until they're so dizzy that they fall down.
• They love their purse, grocery bag, bracelets, and pretty much anything they can wear on their arm/shoulder.
• They wave and blow kisses at every person and car they see from a distance, but they get shy when confronted with new people up close.
• They love to point to dogs and birds and loudly proclaim, "da".  However, they flip out if a dog's nose or tongue touches them.
• Speaking of flipping out, they both know how to throw a major tantrum complete with giant tears running down their cute little cheeks.  I've never seen children who can start to cry so quickly.
• They love macaroni and cheese, quesadillas, ravioli, and pretty much all fruit.
• They drink about three sippy cups of milk per day.
• They wear size 12-18 month or 18 month clothes, size 4 diapers, and size 4 shoes.
• They love to "help".  They like to throw their diapers away, and we've been working with them to pick up their books and blocks.
• They love to dump their mega blocks on the floor.
• They love to stand on their chairs and look out the window.
• They give fantastic hugs and are getting better at closing their mouths for kisses.
• They sleep from around 8 or 8:30 until 8 am.  They sometimes still wake up once at night, but they go back to sleep on their own pretty quickly.

These two are so much fun.  Getting hugs from them is one of the most amazing things ever.  They wrap their little arms around my neck and squeeze.  I love it and them so much!