Anna Claire's a mover and moves quite fast on her belly with her legs and arms pumping away. She's a pro at commando (or army) crawl and will get from one end of the house to the other in a few seconds - she even tried to crawl out of the doorway and down the step when I left it open to get something out of the car! She gets onto her hands and knees and rocks but hasn't yet figured out how to move. She holds all of her weight in standing and even took a few steps yesterday while I was holding both of her hands. She's pulling up to her knees from sitting when next to something she can hold on to.
She loves toys that make noise or that react in some way. She really likes to look at books and will usually sit on my lap and look at the book while we ready stories. She will release a tiny object into my hand and has started to clasp her hands together but has not yet clapped. She
is teething a lot and while she already has a total of five teeth (two on top and three at the bottom), I think she's got another one on its way. I can't believe how fast she's changed in just a few months and that her first birthday is just around the corner.
Owen is growing taller and he is potty trained!!! He is about 95% potty trained and only wears pullups or a diaper at night or nap and wakes up dry most of the time (yay, that means we've got $40/month for something other than diapers!). He is quite a little monkey and climbs on anything that he can - I actually made a deal with him that he could sit on the table outside as long as he didn't stand on it (I couldn't believe what I was saying...). He knows how to hold two fingers to show "2" and five fingers for "5" (he worked on this for a couple of days and was so proud of himself when he figured it out). He climbs up the slide then turns around and slides down. He matches shapes and can identify most of them. He draws a circle and accidently drew a triangle and identified it a couple of weeks ago. He can verbally spell his name and identify the "O" in print as well as identifying his name out of a choice of two names. He knows his "whole big" name and sometimes knows daddy's as well.
Owen had lots of firsts this month - he caught his first fish (reeled it in himself!), rode on a huge army truck (I'm told it's called a "deuce and a half"), and had his first easter egg hunt (wow, eggs with candy!!! - he asked to do it again the next day, go figure!). He LOVES to do new things and figure stuff out. Lately he is really exerting his independence and loves using the words "no" and "I do it myself" (can you hear my exhausted sigh...) so we've had a bit of a struggle in figuring out who is in charge.
All in all these two little people are growing and changing too fast and make us laugh (and sometimes cry) on a daily basis. They are more fun than a barrel of monkeys and generally smell better too! I really love watching them do stuff for the first time because it's so neat to see someone experience a sight, sound, taste, or activity with so much wonder.
Here are a few (ha ha) pictures from the past month.
Owen decided that painting cookies is not as
important as taste-testing them!
important as taste-testing them!
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