fun developments

the kiddos have been doing lots of new things lately and it's pretty fun!

Kaylee...

• is making lots of new sounds. she's been doing this for a few days now and it's very fun! she's moved on from primarily vowel sounds to trying out different consonants. her favorites are ba-ba-ba and da-da-da. it's fun to talk back to her and when we put them to bed she chatters to herself for awhile and although she's nowhere near actual words, it sounds much more like words.
• is getting one tooth, lower middle (ech em, these are apparently called lower central incisors). she's pretty much on schedule for this I guess (web md says these teeth should come in btwn 6-10 months).
• has a funny new smile. it is ridiculous looking and very scrunchy-face. cracks me up.

Ethan

• just started making a few consonant sounds yesterday. he likes ffffff fffffffff and can make clicking sounds with his tongue. he does ba and da too, but not as much as kaylee. he still loves the raspberries too.
• ethan is going crazy with his teeth. he has both his lower central incisors, and is working on one upper central incisor as well as both of his upper lateral incisors (the teeth next door). three teeth at once! they do bother him, but he's a pretty good sport about it. we've seen some nighttime sleep disrupted which is sad because even if we do feed him he's still sad sometimes, so we think it is the teething thing, but overall he is a happy kiddo. the teeth he has coming in don't usually start coming in until 8 or 9 months, so my child has now done something ahead of schedule. I believe this is where I, as an incredibly proud mother, write 7 blog posts about it... :) (but I don't have that kind of time, so you just go ahead and imagine them)
• rolls over back to stomach. okay, so now we're back to how behind schedule my kiddos seem to be sometime. they are just not into the rolling. for months now both kiddos have been able to roll from back to side. they sleep on their sides almost every night. and ethan likes to take it another 45 degrees - but that dang arm... he always traps it under himself and then rolls himself back to his back. actually ending up on his stomach is apparently not his thing. but in the middle of the night two nights ago, there he was, on his stomach. way to go buddy. sorta - this not rolling thing has been rather convenient and not bothering me that they weren't. now we have to make sure he always has one arm out of his swaddle so that he could roll himself back if he wanted. which we were transitioning to one arm out, but now the transition is over apparently. and the transition to one arm out, then two arms out, then no swaddle at all is supposed to mean more night time wakings... hurrah... :/
• is learning about his tongue. pretty cute when he sticks it out.
• can kneel in his crib. is pulling up to stand. damn. I was really enjoying this lack of mobility thing. these things are new of yesterday but in case I was hoping for a fluke, he did it several times yesterday. pulled up on the swing (with his sister in it), pulled up to a kneel in his crib repeatedly. he was like, oh look, this is neat! so last night we lowered his crib. this morning blake said he pulled up to a kneel again, but at least most of his body is below the crib rail height and he's unlikely to flip himself out. we'll see, perhaps we'll find ourselves lowering it again soon.

okay, you want some pics?

this is what we look like when we try to see mom while sitting in ethan's crib.

a normal kaylee smile.

seriously, that's a smile. no, really. (and doesn't it make you laugh?)

dad & ethan playing with their tongues.

kaylee smile again...

hi mom!

oh look, we can grab the side of the crib...

hold on there, how did ethan get so tall all of the sudden?

ethan: hey, while I'm up here, this is delicious!

let's try this again. okay, I grab the bumper...

and then look! look! I did it!

I can kneel for sure...