My baby girls are nine months old now. I feel like every month that goes by I say, “This is definitely my favorite age”. I wonder if there will be a point in which I’ll wish they were still a previous age over the current one, but at this point they are learning and doing new things everyday. It’s so fun to learn more about them and watch as they become more active, more expressive, more opinionated and just so very different. The best thing has been watching them play together. Wherever Emmie goes, Ainsley is not far behind. Whatever Ainsley has Emmie is sure to be interested in it. Emmie is far more adventurous and active, seeking to destroy anything in her path. Ainsley is more focused and aware of those around her. She likes to focus on one object and examine how it works. Emmie is far to busy for such things.
During the first few weeks after the girls began crawling, it was relatively easy to build a barricade that kept them in and out of places. However, now they are much to strong and smart to be fooled by such things, they either go through it or over it, so we invested in the Ultimate Baby Jail. So far it has been great. It allows them freedom to roam around, make a mess, and I don’t have to worry if they are into something they shouldn’t be or if they’re attempting to climb into the fireplace. Now if only I could keep them from pulling each other’s hair and using the other as a stepping stool.
Today we went with Mom and Grandma to run some errands. Of coarse we hit up Costco. While we were out it got pretty cold, and Mom forgot our sweatshirts. Lucky us, Grandma bought us some cute warm sweatshirts. All that shopping made us pretty hungry so we got some yummy bagels from Trader Joes.
Lately we’ve been trying lots of new foods. In the morning we love waffles, bananas, yogurt, apples and our favorite Cheerios. We also like frozen peas, green beans, raviolis, carrots and spinach. It’s so fun exploring new foods. We’re glad Mom is such a good cook.
Today I went to my weekly PT (Physical Therapy) I really enjoy my therapist Mary. She is very patient and encouraging. Today was a good session for me. I didn’t cry or need my blankie. I was able to do all of the stretches and relax. My neck felt so much better after and my crawl was a little straighter too!
- ainsley
We love our Aunt Maddy! She came to spend Christmas with us. She brought us lots of fun gifts. New puzzles, blocks, books and clothes. We looked so cute in our first pair of trousers!
She is lots of fun and lets us do things Mom says no to. We get to fly in the air, pull the dogs tail and chase the Cat! We hope she comes to visit more often.
…… and a Happy New Year!!!
It’s been a long month recovering from colds, stuffy noses and ear infections, but I’m happy to report everyone is finally on the mend. The past few weeks have been full of some exciting times. Both girls are beginning to crawl. Emberlyn has her army crawl down pat and apparently has many places she needs to be ASAP. That girl is FAST. She is also mischievous and is only interested in the things that are a. Not baby proofed and b. Dangerous. But if you’ve ever spent ten minutes with Emmie, that should not surprise you. She finds just about everything hilarious and will always take a brief pause from her very busy life to pose for a picture.
Ainsley is also exploring the world from all fours. However she is content to inspect one location or object for more than .005 seconds, unlike her counterpart. She is a Mommas girl and does not appreciate it when I vanish into thin air (a.k.a. leave the room.) She enjoys being held and would rather I not have any other objectives in life. She is not as generous with her smiles or laughs, but when they make an appearance, they melt your heart.
Both girls are very chatty. Emberlyn is often heard squealing with excitement at the sight of the cat or dog and sings a little song to herself as she falls asleep. Ainsley loves to be part of the conversation and interjects with “EEaahh?? Eaaaahh!!” It’s quite cute.
Cheerios are a new obsession. I came home from a workout the other morning and was greeted by Mike asking if you could either overdose on cheerios or be sent into some kind of Cheerio comatose.
So all is well here. We look forward to the first Christmas. Although it is guaranteed that the boxes and wrapping paper will be a far bigger hit than whatever is hidden inside.
I look forward to the New Year and cannot even begin to imagine the fun and excitement that lies ahead. Each new day is truly a treasure.
Well most of the situation has been cleaned up. The Facebook account has been shut down and the article from the Pregnancy website has been altered to remove Gwen’s name and pictures. Unfortunately I have no contact with the person to find out why she did this. I will trust that it will just “go away” but I will definitely be double checking that my doors are locked at night and I am putting London on night watch with an extra spiky collar.
I am also exploring options on protecting our Flickr photos, Vimeo videos and this website in general. Stay tuned for more info on that.
Ready for something random? I googled my name today and it lead me to a baby website. “No big deal there” right? Well except for its in New Zealand, and the information is totally bogus!! The pictures and names are ours but everything in the article is made up. Kinda freaky. Should I worry about this? I assume they just swiped our pictures from Flickr for their article, but WHY use our real names? hahahah too weird.
**edit** ok it gets worse…Apparently this person in NZ has made a Facebook account and has many of our pictures up there. She is masquerading as us and having active conversations with friends pretending to be us. It is quite creepy and now I will have to have the whole thing investigated. For the time being I will be making all of our Photos and Videos PRIVATE. So if you want to have access to our photos/videos you will need to email me and I will grant you access. Sorry, but this is turning out to be a security worry.
