Ladybug Girls
Spring has officially sprung and the grass is growing almost as quickly as our girls. So many changes in them this last month, and mostly in their blooming personalities.
Ava is definitely the independent one and a studier and thinker at that. She can play by herself and really find lots of things to do to take up her time. Only when she's tired does she really need Mom. She wiggles more than a jar full of little caterpillars and is constantly kicking. Although Tina's more apt to cruise the furniture (again, neither are interested crawling - it's two-point mobility for them both), Ava takes the risks and has made the larger improvements on balance and standing. She scares Mom to death, but she likes to constantly test herself by taking her hands off the "aid" and stands on her own - no help. Now Mom's more comfortable that she won't fall each time she tries, and instead watches with amazement (not panic) when she stands for 3-4 minutes by herself. In fact, her confidence in this is so high that she will now put both hands on the toy she's been inspecting and focuses now on the object rather than just the act of balancing.
Bettina continues to improve on her "cruising" skills. She can transfer from one piece of furniture to another. This way, she boldly strategizes how to hop from one piece of furniture to the next in order to reach the prized possession in mind (usually the computer or the TV remote control). She moves very quickly and I have to remember not to be gone from the room very long.
They have added asparagus (which the love, who would have guessed?), cottage cheese, chicken and tofu to their menu. You should see Tina's reaction to her tofu... nothing could be any funnier. She squishes up her face like she's just had a sour lemon and razzes and spits everything out! I have to hide it in other foods and she doesn't so much notice. It's a shame she doesn't like it since it makes a great beginning finger food! So easy to just chunk it up and put on her plate. Well, we're also using Cheerios (so many of those!), Ziebeck toasts and chunked bananas. They are having more and more success with finger foods.
No more new teeth for either, but we're hoping it will happen soon for Tina - her drool rash is so difficult to keep in control. We are having to weed out the 6-9 month clothes as they're too small now and the 6-12 month one-piece PJ's (the kind with the feet) are almost getting there too, Tina's so tall.
We are starting to attend a lot of their playmate's first birthday parties, so that's starting to come onto our radar... how did that happen so fast?!?
