Jail Bird

This is how I found Madeline when she got up from her nap today. She loves her new found freedom of movement.

I Think I Can...

Emma wants to crawl so badly. She is trying so hard. She lunges her self forward and is able to get to the things she wants, but it isn't quite a nice graceful crawl.













Success!












On Thursday night Emma was running a fever and wasn't feeling very well so she got to have some snuggle time with Daddy before going off to bed.

A Few Of My Favorite Things

A few weeks ago I had a gal come over and take pictures of the girls. I was hoping to get the disc by Easter so I could give Chad and all the G-parents pictures for Easter, but I didn't get it in time so I am posting some of the pics here now. Nana was here for the day, so we were able to get a few shots with her. Emma was the happy little ham she always is for the camera. Madi refused to smile the ENTIRE time. In every picture except one or two she has her bottom lip sucked in. I tried everything to get her to smile. I was singing, making silly faces, using props, nothing worked. It was too funny.

A Weekend of Firsts

Well, the score is now 2-1. Emma has her first tooth. It started breaking through yesterday and by today if she let you in her mouth you could actually see it peeking up. I thought she would also start crawling this weekend as well. She can go forward a step or two then falls to her face.

Madi figured out that she could crawl for a while then stop and sit up all on her own, then back to crawling and back to sitting. She was very proud of herself. She also figured out how to pull herself up on her knees on the side of her crib. I am sure it will only be a day or two and she will be standing. I had to pull the rail of her crib up, just to be safe. We lowered the mattresses on Monday but kept the rails down, but now they are up and will stay up. They are growing up so fast.

A mother's little slice of heaven... Emma snuggled up and fell asleep in my lap tonight. I could have sat there for years just holding her and smelling her freshly washed baby hair. I wish I could bottle it up.

Daddy's Girls

Mommy does my hair.

Bath time.


And even during bath time, Madeline goes after the toy Emma has. This time a small duckie tucked perfectly in her mouth.


And of course after bath time we have to do our hair. Emma's hair is just about long enough for a little clip right on top.


Madi's isn't quite there, but a little clip makes her look girly.

Help, it's already started!

How do you teach 8 month olds to share and take turns? Over the last two days I have watched the girls go after the one toy that the other one has. Now that Madi can crawl and Emma is great at scooting, they attack each other and steal toys. It is pretty funny, but I am predicting it won't be so funny in a few months.



I managed to capture the sequence of events... Here Madi had crawled over to Emma to try and get the picture book.

Then we have a moment of sharing, but that didn't last long.
Emma managed to get a hold of the book and put it on the other side of her body, so Madi crawled after it.
Emma got smart and rolled on top of it, so Madi attacked her.

Finally, Emma was distracted by the camera and Madi had a moment of victory.



But that didn't last long, and Emma was after the book again.






Never mind the hundreds of other toys around to play with. OIY!!!