10 months!

We are getting so close now to Jack and Maddy's first birthday...it is a little bittersweet.  The greatest joy of my life has been watching these two grow and learn new things.  They are becoming such fun little people.  It is hard not to get a little sad thinking about how quickly time passes by.  It has by far been the most intense year of our lives.  Now is the point when everyone has started asking...when are you going to have another baby?  Not any time soon, people!  We still have our hands completely full keeping up with these two.

Jack and Maddy are moving all over the place.  They both crawl so much they have little rugburns on their knees!  They pull up on anything and can stand on their own with just one hand on the wall to balance them.  They have also figured out how to safely get down when they get up...bending their knees and sitting down rather then just simply toppling over.  They follow each other around everywhere, it is so sweet.  They share (or they don't share, sometimes) their toys with each other.  They smile and giggle at each other.  Those are the moments I realize how truly blessed we are to have two at once.   They entertain each other and the friendship and bond they are forming now before our very eyes will last their lifetime.  Whenever one starts doing something, we know it is only a matter of time before the other one starts doing it as well.

Just this week their verbal skills have started to take off.  Maddy started shouting (very loudly) "babababababababab"  two days later Jack chimed in.  So sweet to hear their little voices together.  My favorite time of day is when they first wake up, they sit or stand in their cribs facing each other and have a little conversation.  If we leave them alone they will talk to each other for 30 minutes or more!  Another fun time is coming home from work and seeing their beaming smiles when they see me.  They both crawl right over and try to climb each of my legs.  On my Fridays home with them and the weekends I relish all of my time with them.  They love walking to the park and swinging, swimming in their pool, riding in the cart at the grocery store.  They love their puppy, and have quickly learned how to sneak her snacks from their highchair.  They are getting so good at finger foods and can feed themselves peas, cheerios, pieces of fruit or other veggies, cheese, beans, and scrambled egg yolks.  They are still the greatest little eaters.  Their new favorite food is the lasagna I made for them last weekend--good thing they loved it because it took forever to make!