Lily and Grace playing with the music table. Cole loved this when he was their age. Lily was able to climb up herself to use it and I helped Grace. Hopefully this will help Grace develop some strength and confidence in standing and keep Lily out of trouble!
Here she is holding with one hand and with my help is able to walk to me. That is Cole napping in the background. He’s not a fan of naps in general lately and sometimes the only way he will sleep is if I lay down with him on the couch. I didn’t mind it today, I really needed a nap myself!
Cruising! Lily (at almost 9 mos) is now very comfortable climbing and can hold on and cruise along the coffee table and couch. She is also getting good at going between the table and couch with some assistance.
Brian and I drove up to Manchester, NH yesterday to see a live broadcast of one of my favorite political shows on MSNBC, Morning Joe. Gracie appeared on camera during 2 segments of the show and I was able to meet the hosts along with a few other national journalists. We also saw some of the primary candidates up close. A very cool experience. Click the link to Brian’s blog to see our adventure!
I took this photo while sitting on the couch tonight. Gracie is now crawling (hope to post a video soon) and the girls both crawled over to me. Lily is able to climb up and I have a feeling Grace isn’t far behind. My life will never be the same :)
Lily has two front teeth! She also is able to feed herself puffs. Grace is perfectly happy to sit back and let us feed her :)
We love books! I’m happy to see that the girls are showing an interest in books. Truth be told they mostly just put them in their mouths, but it’s a start. Cole started early and loves being read to as well as “reading” to himself.
Snack time! Lily and Grace have started eating puffs. So far they like them but haven’t mastered feeding themselves. They mostly push them around the tray and when they hold them I think they forget they are there. We’ll keep working on it :)
7 months old
I should have titled this post “A day late and a dollar short”. Once again I’m over a month behind in my updates of the girls. For many of you, these details aren’t that big of a deal, but since I’m using this blog as my baby book, I need to keep up!
At 6 months Grace and Lily had a great (last) visit at Arlington Pediatrics. We’re sad that we are leaving the practice and will miss Dr. Sheldon and staff. We have had a wonderful experience with every doctor, nurse, and receptionist there. They are growing well, here are the stats:
Lily-15 lbs, 25 1/4 inches
Grace-13lbs, 13.5 ozs, 24 inches
Both girls love to eat! They are now eating oatmeal in the morning with any of the following: bananas, apples, mango, pears, peaches, or prunes. In the late afternoon/early evening they have another serving of oatmeal with any of the following: butternut squash, sweet potatoes, green beans, carrots, zuchini, and avocado. I make all of my own food with the expection of prunes. It is saving us a lot of money to make it as well as it feels good to know exactly what the girls are eating.
Lily is now crawling and Grace can get from one side of the room to the other at a super speed (mostly by rolling and pushing herself backwards). Grace has started “talking” and says “ba ba ba” a lot. Lily makes these crazy Ewok noises which make us laugh.
Lily wearing the sweater and hat my grandmother made. She has the most amazing blue/grey eyes that as of yet have not turned brown.
Gracie has the sweetest smile :)
My funny boy! Cole recently started to let us take pictures again. He now loves to be a ham in front of the camera! He also is so much fun to be with. We can have real conversations with him and I love that he can tell me about his day at school on our sometimes long ride home.
Lily crawls! We managed to capture her crawling towards Cole’s cars. She loves those cars and it was a source of motivation for her tonight.
