Late Update!

Since it has been over a month I figured I should at least do a little update.

SHILO

 

Shilo loves to sit up and has been for nearly a month. She is able to lean forward and play with her feet and pick up toys and go back to sitting straight up. She can turn her head from side to side, but still falls over if she leans to much either way. Falling to the left or right doesn’t startle her as much anymore, but falling backwards still makes her cry.

Shilo loves to be in a standing position, and loves to jump and move her legs. She has started to mimic steps a little too.

Tummy time is still hated 90% of the time, but when she wants to she will push her chest off the ground. Usually though she will just cry and refuse to even lift her head…

Shilo is getting really good at articulating her paci. If she wants to chew it (one of her favorite things to do) she will pick it up and put the side or backside into her mouth. If she wants to suck on it she puts it in her mouth correctly and does so. She’s getting pretty good with her fine motor skills while playing with toys.

Recently she has become extremely attached to me. She doesn’t even like it if I am a couple feet away. It can make days seem pretty long if I have a lot I need/want to get done.

Shilo has started to “sing” a lot more. It’s really cute, except it sounds really close to her cry.

She recently discovered her toes and the bottom of her pants are fun to play with.

At night Shilo will sleep from 10:30 to at least 3am. In the past 2 weeks we had about 6 days that she slept until 5am.

Any time she sees Hoshi she smiles and laughs.

We gave her apple sauce for the first time about 3 weeks ago. I believe she likes chewing on the spoon more than she likes the food. At first she seemed pretty interested, but lately she is all about the mama milk and nothing else.

If she can chew it or lick it, she will (we took an infant/child CPR class to prepare for when she becomes mobile. God forbid she sticks something in her mouth and chokes, but with Shilo it seems more likely).

KAYLEY

Kayley is starting to want to play with Shilo more and has figured out ways to do this that make both the girls smile.

More words are being added to her vocabulary every week. Many of them still sound very similar to each other, but if you are playing with her you can figure out what she is talking about with a little guess work.

Jumping, walking backwards, galloping and running are her favorite ways to get from one place to another.

She is getting really good at hanging up her jacket and putting her shoes away all by herself.

When in a parking lot or near a street she is great at holding someone’s hand.

She wants to use the potty more and diapers are not getting as wet any more. We have a routine that she uses the potty when she gets up in the morning, before and after nap, and before bed. On rare occasions she will ask to use the potty at other times, or at least tell you she went potty. She has been totally fine using potties anywhere. While she is fine going peepee on a potty, going poop freaks her out so she refuses to do that on a potty.

Yesterday was the first time I heard her experimenting with her voice in a singing kind of way all by herself.

The way she says please is the cutest thing ever!

Kayley is all about doing it her way (typical for someone her age). She is also all about having choices.

Animals and mermaids are the coolest things in her opinion. She also loves reading her Bible and any book relating to Jesus.

She loves to pretend to call people on her play phone.

  

And there’s a quick update on the girls. Sorry for the lack of pictures, but our camera broke almost a month ago and we’re waiting for it to come back from the camera doctor.