SYDNEY:
She has been such a delight, she had a few rough days a few weeks ago that I attribute to her two front teeth coming in. She is super smiley and has even been happy when placed on her tummy. It was such a struggle for awhile to get her good tummy time because she would cry immediately. That has changed, and she is wiggling around and trying to get her legs in the crawling position. She moves around in circles and backwards, she sure is making great progress.
She is also doing really well when we put her in the kneeling position, she tries to get her feet under herself as if to pull up, but is not quite strong enough to do it on her own just yet. With a little help she pops up to the standing position and does quite well. The thing we worry most about with this is that since she is not crawling around finding things to pull herself up on, she is not learning how to catch herself when she looses her balance and falls(it is amazing to see how B and T have really learned how to fall without hurting themselves over the course of a day or two). At this point if Syd were to fall from the standing position she would do a massive face plant which we obviously do not want to happen. One of her favorite things to do is the sit stand game where she pulls herself up using our hands, get a kiss on the nose and then plops back down into the sitting position. She laughs and likes to do it over and over.
Also, today for the first time, when Busia and Papa went upstairs to get her from her afternoon nap she was on her tummy!!! AND she was not screaming. I would have loved to see exactly how that happened because she does not typically do a lot of rolling around. She is also doing much better with strengthening her core muscles, she is able to stay on her stomach longer and pulls up higher and higher. Way to go sweetie you have come sooooooo far and we are very proud of you!!!
You may have heard me mention this before but it amazes me how much Sydney responds to music!!! Chris downloaded a piano keyboard on his iPad and she absolutely goes crazy banging on the keys. We may have a little musician on our hands. It is very entertaining to watch her when the music starts she reacts immediately with a bounce, a head bob or stretches her arms out as if she wants to dance. Music really seems to make this little one happy!!!
I have to note that Sydney has four teeth, two top and two bottom!!! Well, let's make that five, I just today noticed she has her left eye tooth almost half in. I swear they are dropping overnight around here.
TAYLOR:
This little lady has come a long way in the past week! She started pulling up on her own and like her older sister is all over the place pulling on onto everything. She sometimes crawls on all fours, but she gets around faster dragging her tummy across the floor.
I think she has been having a little trouble the past few days with her teething. It looks like one of her front teeth is about to cut through. She seems a little off and a little more tired, but still is her sweet smiley little self whose smile is contagious!!! She is totally our social butterfly. She loves seeing new people and always gives huge smiles!!! When we were at the Zoo she had a permanent grin on her face the entire time Auntie Ang was carrying her around and she could see all the people!
Taylor also has been a rock star eater lately!!! She does a great job feeding herself, especially the little pancakes I have been giving her. She makes quite a soggy mess, but manages to get the pieces into her mouth and ends up eating by far the most compared to her sisters! I love a healthy appetite.
A few days ago, Taylor started doing this thing with her hands that is really hard to explain, so I am going to have to try my hardest to get it on video. I describe it as if she is playing the drums, she moves her fists up and down really fast. She seems to do it when she is happy, so quite often, or when she seems excited, like if she sees food coming her way. Or, sometimes she does it when I am changing her diaper, it really is the cutest thing ever.
Taylor still picks up things with her feet and tries to hold things too!!! It is so cute to see and it really doesn't matter what it is, her sippy cup, a toy or a ball she is always putting her tootsies to good use!!!
BROOKE:
This little child has a desire for adventure, she is all over the place!!! She has now mastered how to catch herself, so when she looses her balance she does not plant her face into the ground. I love to see how she learned to prevent the falls. Now, that said when she is getting tired, toward the end of the day she has more mishaps. She has let go completely a few times to test the waters, and wobbles her way down to the floor, but she is getting so strong and is well on her way to being a walker.
She never takes the easy route, obstacles are no challenge to her. Whether it be our legs, her sisters, a pillow or the new rocking cow toy (pictured here) she would rather go over than around, way to take the rough road baby girl!
In the last week she has also started talking, A LOT!!! Auntie Ang pretty much taught her to say DADA and now that is her favorite thing to say. She has an adorable sweet little voice.
For some reason Brooke has become more and more pf a snuggle big lately. I am not really sure why, but throughout the day she crawls over to me and climbs up on me and just wants to sit and chill with me. I absolutely love this, it really is sweet. Sometimes, I know she has a motive...to get to my lap top, or to use me to get to the remote, or camera or something else she shouldn't have on the sofa. Why is it that kiddos always want these things???
This picture is the look I get a lot from her and I just love, she a nice full set of lips on her, aren't they beautiful??!!
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