It's amazing how much a baby learns in a year. With the holidays approaching it's easy for me to look back at where we were a year ago. Last Thanksgiving the girls were so tiny. All they did was lay around. They weren't rolling, or crawling or running. We were at my aunt and uncle's house and during dinner we put the girls on a blanket underneath the ceiling fan where they were content for at least a few minutes. Now I can't imagine them holding still for a few minutes watching fan blades spin around and around.
At Christmas they were still sleeping all day and just wanted to be held all day. I know that I took a lot for granted when they were that small. Now, it's pretty much a miracle if they fall asleep in our arms. In fact, they DON'T fall asleep in my arms. My mom and Matthew's mom have managed to get them to sleep in their arms, but they refuse to sleep in my arms. It's a little sad! :) They are just SO big!!
This Thanksgiving they will be running around Grandpa and Grandma's house...probably getting pulled around the hardwood floor by the arms and LOVING it. They will be feeding themselves turkey (and Navajo tacos) with all of their aunts. This Christmas they will be opening their own gifts, and playing with the boxes...probably not the toys. Haha!
Time goes so fast. So, I wanted to take a look back at the past 14 months. A walk down memory lane, if you will.
Lyla - the oldest, but the smallest. The beautiful baby with the squished face. She came out of the womb holding her head up and wanting to look around and see everything around her.She lost her umbilical cord on September 26, 2013. She rolled from her tummy to her back at 3 months. She rolled from her back to her tummy at 5 months. She starting sitting when she was 6 months, and started crawling at 8 months. She stood at 9 months and walked on August 24 (11 months). Her first words were "Dada" and "Kitty Kitty."
Alya - beautiful, wiggly, cuddly little girl. She was born wanting to cuddle and be loved. She lost her umbilical cord on September 24, 2013. She rolled from her tummy to her back at 3 months. She rolled from her back to her tummy at 5 months. She started sitting when she was 6 months, and started crawling at 8 months. She stood at 8 months and walked on August 18 (11 months).
Her first word was "Mo."
Now-a-days these two are practically running. Lyla likes to take off as fast as she can, and usually ends up in a face plant. Alya is a lot more careful most of the time, but her feet are growing and getting too big for her shoes, and she keeps face-planting once we get her shoes on her.
They love to look at animal books. They can make all sorts of animal noises. Cow, horse, snake, bear, turkey, elephant, cat, wolf, dog, (they try pig), they make a great fishy face, and they open and close their fingers like a crab pincher. The do "choo-choo" for train, and they act like they have their hands on a steering wheel for car. They like to play on the I-Pad and my phone.
They love to be outside. When they get the hankering, they will bring me their hats, or gloves, or shoes, or coats. They love Mo so much. They like to give him kisses. They have also found out where we keep his bones, so he gets 4 or 5 bones a day from each girl. (That's exaggerating a little...) They like to get the bone and act like they are going to give it to him, and just before he goes to get it they run away from him. They even sample them for him - I don't know - maybe they are making sure they're not poisoned or something!
They are just so fun!! They have their moments...as all kids do. They really are the greatest.
