8 months old!

(I wrote this two weeks ago and finally posted it. Sorry.)

So another month has gone by and our little girls are bigger and funnier than ever. I can't recall any significant events that happened in the last month. Dan started school a couple of weeks ago, so we're finally getting in to our more normal crazy schedule. I start school next week, so life as we know it is going to start to get more hectic... but we chose this for ourselves, so we'll figure it out. :)



Abby: Abby now has 2 teeth and they are starting to show up when she smiles, so that's pretty cute. She is using a lot more sounds now when she "talks" and it's pretty funny sometimes. She also understands us when we ask her to "jump jump" when she's in her jumper chair. She loves it. There are some times that I swear she is going to launch herself out of the chair. She is not crawling yet, but she can roll over from one side to the other. She tends to get stuck on her belly sometimes though. She's figuring so many things out and is getting super heavy. She's our big little girl. Abby also just recently discovered that the dogs are funny things. One day she busted up laughing when Coda was play with her stuffed duck. It was hilarious!



Bridget: Bridget is also a very happy baby. She has 4 teeth now and her hair is starting to get longer in some places. She's a runner. If she's in her exersaucer or laying down, or pretty much any time, she loves to move her legs like she is "run-running." She is not crawling either, but she has started rolling across the room. We'll lay her down in one place and come back and she's across the room under some chair. She still loves the dogs and is doing a pretty good job at petting them... except for yesterday when she starting pulling Coda's hair out. Ha.


Both: They are both sitting up on their own (as you can see by the photos). That's super fun for us because they can now do a lot more on their own and have lots more toys to entertain them. They still love eating food with a spoon, but unfortunately for us they have learned that they can spit it out and splatter us with food. They don't do it often, but maybe we should start wearing bibs too. They love talking to and laughing at each other. Their exersaucer makes music noise, and they'll hit the buttons to get the music going and then Bridget will dance and Abby will jump as long as the music is going. They look like they're having a good time, and we love spying on them when they get going like that.


Both girls were getting pretty crabby by the time I tried doing a photo shoot with both of them. I didn't get any good photos, but here are some of our favorite bloopers and the captions that make them special. :)

Abby: "Are you feeling okay?"

Bridget: "Don't worry Abby, I'm right here."

Abby: "Sigh. I know." :/

Abby (interviewing): "So Bridget, how do you feel about that?"

Abby: "It's called the Heisman."

Abby: "Are we done taking photos yet???"

It's crazy that they are already 8 months, and I'm sure before I know it I'll be saying their 9 months...and older! Like I mentioned before, starting this month Dan and I are both full-time students. The girls will start going to day care more regularly and life will just generally get crazy. We're excited about it though. Can't wait to update you next month on the girls accomplishments and photos. They are getting so big and so smart so quickly. It's really fun! :)