The girls are now 8 months, and they have been growing! It is so fun to see their little cheeks, hands, bellies, and thighs start to plump up. We are working on them sitting up all by themselves, and they are starting to get the hang of it, but the definitely still need some support. Lulu has started army crawling with just her left arm to pull under her (thanks to Zio Russell). She has the biggest smile on her face once she grabs whatever it was she was moving towards (like playing cards that he was placing in front of her!) Stella is not moving forward yet, but has been on all fours rocking back and forth. She looks like she wants to take off at any second, but then falls back and rolls to get what she wants. I am sure that they will both be crawling soon (although I am very nervous at the thought that they will both be mobile!)
They are enjoying trying all different fruits and veggies (still baby food) and honestly seem to like the veggies better than the fruits (even peas!) They also like mum-mums--a soft melt in your mouth baby bar. They are getting better at getting them in their mouths on the first try!
They are starting to get very connected to their blankies and pacifiers too. If they are crying, you can hand them their blankies and put a paci in their mouths and they will calm right down. It is very nice to see them self soothing with these items. They have also really developed a morning and evening sleep schedule. In the mornings, they will take a 6 oz. bottle and then have rice cereal and are back to sleep between 8:30 and 9 am. They are mostly sleeping through the night from 7 or 7:30 to 6 am! They may wake during the night, but mostly b/c they would have dropped their paci and can not find it--even though they have 3 or 4 of them in their cribs. It has been so nice to be able to spend some time with the big girls after the twins go to bed and then get some time to fold laundry and go to bed before midnight!
They are also starting to have some favorite toys. The love the stacking cups, anything musical, and anything that shakes and makes a sound. They LOVE to jump in their jumpy exersaucers. They love their feet too--and are constantly touching them. SO CUTE!!! They put everything in their mouths, so we are definitely baby proofing, and trying our best to stay on top of Talia and Giana and all of their small items. With the summer weather here, they also love going for walks and swinging at the park.
Here are some pics of Stella:
and some of Lulu:
and, of course, their tushie pics:
and these close ups:
