This has been a big month for Giana. Firstly, she is fully crawling (and she is fast!), she is pulling to stand and she has even taken some steps as she is holding on to your hands or furniture. I am not ready for her to be walking. I just want to yell at her to SLOW DOWN! She is getting too big too fast. She has almost perfected her pincer grasp, and she loves to put everything in her mouth. And while she has started to eat some people food (yogurt, apples, grapes, pastina, bread, avacados, just to name a few), I would say that her favorite food at the moment is paper. She loves to grab it from Talia and shove as much of it in her mouth as she can. Silly girl. Gigi has started to talk too--she says 5 words consistently: hi, dada, mama (although mainly when she is sad), yaya (for Talia) and baba (for bottle). Her little voice is so cute, except when she is screaming in her car seat. She has really started to understand so much more, as we are signing with her, so she understands "more", and "all done". She will also come to you if you ask her to and we are trying to label everything before giving it to her, or saying up, when she stretches her arms to be picked up. She is going though her "Stranger Danger" phase, and is very serious when she comes into a new situation. Smiles can be hard to come by with Gigi for a "stranger", esp. if the person is male. Sleeping is getting better, but she is still waking up at night. The difference now is that I am not going in there unless she is screaming as this probably means that she is stuck in the standing position or that she has dropped her pacifier. I think that she is really close to sleeping all the way through the night--let's hope. Her 9 month appointment is on Weds, so I'll update with her stats then.
Here's a sneak peek into their Halloween costumes: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White. I love this pic as it shows how much Giana really looks up to Talia. 
Look at how cute Giana's leg is here--is she a natural model or what??!!
Talia wanted to play with the tunnel this morning, so we grudgingly took it out. At first, Gigi was a bit scared of it, but once she went through it a few times, she thought it was great and it was so much fun for both of the girls. Talia was chasing Gigi around and she just loved it. Now that Gigi is getting older, it is really great to see how nicely Talia "plays" with Gigi. And Gigi just loves Talia!
Talia, of course, loved the monkeys. There was a big one leaning against the window here and Talia used her sweetest voice talking to him. "Why are you sad, monkey?" It was pretty cute.
Here's Talia listening to a story, raising her hand to answer questions and sitting criss cross applesauce. What a good student!
